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Episode 35 - Virginia Pillars (The Curiosity Hour Podcast by Tommy Estlund and Dan Sterenchuk)
Season 2, Episode 35 - Virginia Pillars
Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Virginia Pillars. Virginia, the Iowa author of the award-winning book, Broken Brain, Fortified Faith: Lessons of Hope Through a Child's Mental Illness, lives on a farm, along with her husband of forty-two years. She is the mother of four, one of whom suffered from mental illness, and a grandmother of four with a passion for reaching out to families who are also affected. She volunteers both as an educator and support group leader for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and speaks to organizations on the effects of mental illness on families. Virginia became certified in First Aid for Mental Health in 2014. Virginia details her journey through mental illness with her child in her memoir, winner of a 2017 Selah Award for Memoirs and the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.
Virginia’s writing also appears on the websites: The Mighty, Joy Alive and her blog, http://www.virginiapillars.com.
She contributed pieces for the book, Grief Diaries: Poetry & Prose and More.
The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund.
Please join our Facebook Group, The Curiosity Hour Podcast, to continue the discussion about this episode online: www.facebook.com/groups/thecuriosityhourpodcast/
If you have any guest suggestions, comments, or feedback, please email us at [email protected].
Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language.
Notes:
The brief music at the beginning and end of the podcast is the track, "Trail" on the album "Trail EP" by Nobara Hayakawa. We are using under creative commons license. The artist/publisher does not endorse or approve any of the content of this podcast.
freemusicarchive.org/music/Nobara_Hayakawa/
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Season 2, Episode 35 - Virginia Pillars
Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Virginia Pillars. Virginia, the Iowa author of the award-winning book, Broken Brain, Fortified Faith: Lessons of Hope Through a Child's Mental Illness, lives on a farm, along with her husband of forty-two years. She is the mother of four, one of whom suffered from mental illness, and a grandmother of four with a passion for reaching out to families who are also affected. She volunteers both as an educator and support group leader for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and speaks to organizations on the effects of mental illness on families. Virginia became certified in First Aid for Mental Health in 2014. Virginia details her journey through mental illness with her child in her memoir, winner of a 2017 Selah Award for Memoirs and the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.
Virginia’s writing also appears on the websites: The Mighty, Joy Alive and her blog, http://www.virginiapillars.com.
She contributed pieces for the book, Grief Diaries: Poetry & Prose and More.
The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund.
Please join our Facebook Group, The Curiosity Hour Podcast, to continue the discussion about this episode online: www.facebook.com/groups/thecuriosityhourpodcast/
If you have any guest suggestions, comments, or feedback, please email us at [email protected].
Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language.
Notes:
The brief music at the beginning and end of the podcast is the track, "Trail" on the album "Trail EP" by Nobara Hayakawa. We are using under creative commons license. The artist/publisher does not endorse or approve any of the content of this podcast.
freemusicarchive.org/music/Nobara_Hayakawa/