Bite Size Biographies

Kate shares her journey of becoming a Psychologist, from attending her own parent’s highschool graduation as a baby and frequently moving as a young child, to an abusive near-death experience at a summer camp, through suffering further abuse as a freshman in college, to eventually finishing her final papers while breastfeeding. Kate has a doctorate in Psychology and describes multiple positions she’s held including an internship at a psychiatric hospital, and caring for inmates at a prison, discussing the unique challenges each job presented. Kate talks about how she dealt with multiple serious health concerns like contracting an infection which put her into a coma and caused partial vocabulary aphasia. She describes how ongoing medical and emotional challenges led to her feeling isolated and depressed, how she dealt with those feelings, and how when she began a podcast as a hobby it brought her community, interaction, and a place where she utilizes her breadth of knowledge.

Kate's Podcast Ignorace Was Bliss can be found at iwbpodcast.com or @iwbpodcast on social media.

Podcast Highlight: Up All Night, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-island-presents-up-all-night/id1460025534

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Chalet shares what it was like to grow up in Brooklyn, New York and witness the effects of the crack epidemic which gripped her community. She shares stories of growing up in a strict household with high expectations and excelling in school, sneaking out and clubbing as a young teen, and stories of close-calls and tricky situations. After leaving for college at sixteen she became a successful young professional and went from earning $50k/year to relocating from Brooklyn to Dallas, Texas and at times struggling to make ends-meet on as little as $1,000 a month for a family of four. Today Chalet lives in Virginia and is a Professor, as well as the author of Black Dresses Stain, Relive, and most recently Black from Scratch.

Visit Chalet’s website at www.chaletswits.com

Podcast Highlight: Ignorance Was Bliss, https://iwbpodcast.com

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Michael discusses growing up in Hong Kong, discovering his passion for Archaeology, the difficulties he faced going to college half a world away in an unfamiliar culture and society which at times made him feel unwelcome and marginalized, how he turned those challenging feelings into connections and friendships, and much more. Listen to his podcast The Arch and Anth Podcast at ArchAndAnth.com or on your podcast app of choice.

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Bite Size Biographies, the new biography podcast about life stories, is coming soon.

Visit our website https://bitesizebiographies.com, and follow the creator and host on Twitter @CoryThorpe

If you enjoy Bite Size Biographies please consider recommending us to a friend.

Bite Size Biographies is coming soon.