As you may already know, we are in the process of working on a new format for our podcast which we hope to share in the very near future.  So please stay tuned! 

Until then, we are continuing to go into our podcast archives to replay some past episodes that we feel deserve a repeat performance.  This month we are re-sharing one of our favourite podcast interviews, which was with Tabitha Carvan, the author of This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something—Anything—Like Your Life Depends on It.  

As the name might imply, what this book is really about is the importance of women reconnecting with our passions and joyful pursuits.  Tabitha does a wonderful job of mixing humor and levity with some profound insights into why women often struggle with doing things that can give us pleasure.  So we hope you will join us in revisiting this important and highly relevant topic to self-care because we can all use reminders (and perhaps even permission) to truly reconnect with our passions and joyful pursuits.     

Episode highlights:

• What brought Tabitha to write a book full of references to Benedict Cumberbatch but ultimately not actually about him at all
• Why its so easy for us, as women, to get disconnected from our passions
• Why connecting with joyful pursuits can cause women to feel like there’s something “wrong”
• How embarrassment and shame get in the way of our passions
• Tabitha’s important take-home message
• Tabitha’s favorite “non-conventional” self-care practice

Tabitha Carvan is the author of This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch and a science writer for the Australian National University.  She lives in Canberra, Australia.  

Connect with Tabitha:
http://www.tabithacarvan.com/

Connect with Melissa & Karen at Intentional Therapist:
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmelissatiessen/

Share one of your own self-care experiments via our SpeakPipe page at: https://www.speakpipe.com/intentionaltherapist

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Disclaimer: This podcast seeks to be educational in purpose and is not to be used as clinical advice. Please connect with a therapist one-on-one for personalized support.