How to Do You

Do you have someone in your life who you just can't forgive?  Today Kirsten discusses the power of forgiveness with Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt. (Yes, this includes forgiving people who haven't even said they are sorry). Katherine’s latest book, "The Gift of Forgiveness," was an instant New York
Times bestseller. It features her interviews with more than 20 people who have worked hard, and are still working
hard, to overcome unforgivable and unimaginable experiences.

Katherine is the author of four books, an animal advocate, daughter, sister, wife and step-mom.

Today Kirsten talks to Kaitlin B. Curtice, a writer, storyteller, poet and truth teller. They discuss her new book, "Native: Identity, Belonging and Discovering God." Native is about identity, soul-searching, and being on the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a member of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin demonstrates how reconnecting with her Native American roots both informs and challenges her Christian faith.

Kaitlin travels around the country speaking on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples and has been a featured speaker at Why Christian, Evolving Faith, Wild Goose Festival, The Festival of Faith & Writing, The Revolutionary Love Conference, and more. She is a monthly columnist for Sojourners, has contributed to On Being and Religion News Service, and has been featured on CBS and in USA Today and the New Yorker for her work on having difficult conversations within the church about colonization. She is also the author of Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places.

This week Kirsten has an intimate conversation with therapist and educator Miyuki Yamamoto. Find out what happened when Kirsten attended her retreats, how we learn from an early age to 'fake' it to receive praise, and the mind/body connection with chronic pain.⁠
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Miyuki has been leading transformational women's work for 15 years in Japan, USA and Australia. She offers women's retreats, one-on-one personal work, and a 3 year transformational program in Japan and USA. Additionally, she's a Certified Facilitator of the Daring Way ™, Brene Brown’s shame resilience work in Japan.⁠

This week Kirsten talks with the incredible Tara Brach about  how to love yourself into healing with meditation.⁠ ⁠ ⁠If you ever feel that you're falling short⁠, you need to be fixed⁠ ⁠or you're missing out on life⁠ you need to hear from Tara. ⁠She explains in this episode how to let go of the trance of unworthiness and she shares key insights from her most recent book, "Radical Compassion," which is a roadmap for learning to care for yourself.

Dr. Tara Brach is a clinical psychologist, meditation expert, teacher, and best selling author. Tara is a guiding teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. Additionally, her weekly meditation podcast is downloaded by 2.5 million people a month.

Today we have a bonus episode from Ian Morgan Cron discussing how each Enneagram type is likely experiencing the pandemic that has caused so much fear, uncertainty and isolation. Ian also offers tips specific to each type on how to cope during this time, or any stressful period.

Ian Morgan Cron is a psychotherapist, Enneagram teacher, host of the popular Typology podcast and bestselling author of The Road Back to You.

Kirsten talks this week with Marie Forleo--an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and host of MarieTV--about her #1 New York Times bestseller, "Everything is Figureoutable."  

Oprah has called Marie a thought leader for the next generation, and in today's episode you will see why. Marie is self-made and her story of overcoming obstacles as she built her dream career and dream life is incredibly inspiring. Her advice is wise, funny, and  practical. She gives you tools you can use right away to reframe whatever you facing. That includes her thoughtful perspective on how we all should be navigating this unprecedented time in our lives with the Cornonavirus. 

The coronavirus has overwhelmed our world, putting many of us on a rollercoaster of emotions. It turns out that a primary emotion many of us are experiencing is in fact grief.  In today's episode Kirsten talks with one of the world's leading grief experts, David Kessler about how to process grief, including the specific kind brought on by the pandemic sweeping the globe. Kessler worked closely with Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, who developed the five stages of grief, and in his recent book, "Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief," he expands on their work together and shares his own personal experience with grieving the unexpected loss of his son. 

As the world faces down COVID-19 and all the uncertainty and fear that comes with it, Van Jones' story of resilience is especially timely.  Van candidly discusses a childhood facing down bullies,  the public harassment he experienced which forced him to resign from his dream job in the Obama White House, leading to a debilitating depression, as well as his evolution from a young radical to a bridge builder. A sought after thought leader, Van is a bestselling author, a CNN contributor and the host of CNN's "The Van Jones Show" and "The Redemption Project." 

Glennon Doyle is the Oprah-endorsed author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "Love Warrior" and an activist who has raised more than $25 million dollars through her nonprofit Together Rising. Today we discuss her new memoir, "Untamed," which chronicles her path to living authentically, or as she calls it, releasing her "true wild self." "Untamed" is a call to arms for anyone who is tired of living life according to a script dictated by cultural conditioning and the expectations of others. 

Do you believe that the only thing standing between you and blissful happiness is that "one thing" that you need to get or achieve? Perhaps it's a job, or a spouse or the perfect body. Today Kirsten sat down with Josh Radnor, best known for his starring role on the long-running CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” which brought him all the recognition, fame and fortune he believed would solve all his problems. Spoiler alert: it didn't. That experience sent him on a fascinating journey. He shares the insights and wisdom he picked up along the way in today's episode of How To Do You.