it's the season finale of itty bitty coping committee! cofounders ashlee green & karla lamb wrap things up with the lessons they've learned in 2021.

show notes:

the update ashlee cryptically refers to: her new essay about COVID-19, dating apps, & self-discovery in HuffPost Personal!

email ashlee or karla with your praise & suggestions: [email protected] / [email protected]

in this episode, listeners will meet molly talo, karla's "little sister" AND a licensed therapist who works in the detroit area. molly went to michigan state university for undergrad and earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, then graduate school at the university of michigan for a master's in social work. molly’s focus in her work is around attachment, relationships and boundaries, major life transitions, and helping people understand their mental health diagnoses of mainly depression, anxiety, and/or ADHD. in this episode, we tackle:

in this new episode we tackle subjects like hiking, wearing masks, feeling stuck, new perspectives, conservative upbringings, goth aesthetics, the power of eyeliner (shout out to author r.o. kwon), the etymology of "JIZZ," the art of birding, edgar allen poe's raven inspo, charles dickens, acrobatics, academics, circus arts, covid-19, pittsburgh, and free therapy tips! 

acrobat and birder melissa yang joined the emory writing program faculty in 2019 after completing her PhD in english (composition and rhetoric) at the university of pittsburgh. her research homes in on stories of birds and words, poultry and poetry, and revolves around the question of ‘what can we learn about writing from birds?’ find melissa at melissatyang.com or tweet her at @mtyrhetoric

show notes:

24:10 - "thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird" by wallace stevens - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird

34:21 - r.o. kwon - https://twitter.com/rokwon?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

pittsburgh-based designer and visual artist stephanie tsong chit chats w. karla & ashlee about their “cool factor,” dj sisterhoods, lifting each other up, beauty standard b.s., pisces season, dancing as therapy, and using quarantine as a time to find out what you’re capable of.

show notes:

4:00 - crystal says read this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-the-tongue-is-the-strongest-muscle-in-the-body/

23:02 - http://brewhousearts.org/event/roots-run-deep-panel-discussion-with-curator-tara-fay-featured-artists/

23:39 - https://www.irmafreeman.org/new-and-past-events/2021/2/5/shrines-an-exhibition-celebration-by-eryn-oberst

https://silvereye.org/

pittsburgh-raised, LA-based musician dean ciocca talks with karla & ashlee about the LA to PGH connection, surfing as a coping mechanism, his Single Dean song demo, a near death experience, the roaring 20s, and mental health bb!  

show notes:

53:07 - https://www.upworthy.com/woman-asks-twitter-for-the-best-thing-you-learned-at-therapy-and-the-responses-are-life-changing