Audacious Freedom

I start off Season 3 cracking myself up by admitting to you listeners that I f*cking love - and frequently sing along with - some songs that, well, are pretty inappropriate about women and sex. Tune in to find out if you love some of the same ones, too!

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Even though cigarettes can kill you, I still can remember - decades later - the ritual of smoking them. And sometimes, I actually have little flickers of memories of the ritual and wonder if I would smoke cigarettes again if ever a *healthy* and *non-stinky* version of cigarettes were made. (Not e-cigarettes).

Every late afternoon/early evening, Bogie, our 15-year-old pug PANICS. And he turns into the Tasmanian Devil until he gets his dinner. And when he PANICS, I become agitated and my daughter is agitated with me because she is now home from school and she needs me to listen to her day.

I am a Single Parent by choice which sets me apart from other parents who might also call themselves *Single Parents*, but who are in fact, Single Parents not by choice and co-raising their child or children with an ex.

Before my last two years of high school, I began taking classes at the local university, George Mason. I took French, then Spanish classes. I met two Soul Sisters and I graduated from my undergraduate degree a semester early, at 21 years old.

Moving is so painful for me because I like all our things in order. To pack everything up from the old place and to unpack and put things away in the new space - however lovely - is like a giant Rubix cube! Join me on this episode as I share the pain and the things I would tell my future self to do differently in our next move!

On this 20th anniversary of the attacks on America on 9/11, I reflect on the events as they unfolded as I had just arrived at my office in Midtown Manhattan. I remember some of my phone conversations and the fear running through my family and friends on this horrific day. And mostly, I honor all the victims and their families.

I don’t think I have done anything harder in my life than reaching out to three of my ex’s as a courtesy before launching Season 1 of this podcast. I don’t name any of them and I would very much like for their identities to be private. But good lord, in this episode, I share the painful and emotional process of reaching out to my life’s biggest mistakes.