Unforgetting

Have you ever had your heart broken? We’ve all felt the devastation of relationships that have ended or even relationships that never really got a fair chance to start properly.

In this episode, my guest Jen Klesman and I talk about:

1. Why breakups hurt so much.
2. How long it takes to get over someone.
3. Navigating the three phases of healing after a breakup.
4. Rebuilding your life post-breakup and when to re-enter the dating world.
5. Realistic ways to get support without burning out your friends.

 
About Jen:
Jen Klesman is a therapist based in Chicago who specializes in relationships, dating, and breakups. She is also the author of a book called You Can't Stay There; Surviving a Breakup One Moment at a Time. 

 IG: @jenonpaper
 Website: www.jenonpaper.com

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If you’ve ever felt like the world wasn’t made for you... You might be right. But, that doesn’t mean who you are is wrong. 

In this episode, my guest Nhu Nguyen and I talk about:

1. How to find belonging when the world isn't set up for you.
2. Understanding our coping mechanisms, especially when they start doing more harm than good.
3. Learning how to support yourself even when self-love doesn't seem possible.
4. Identifying green flags in friendships.
5. Strategies for navigating really, really hard times.

CW: Suicidal ideation, self-harm, sexual assault, and substance abuse.

About Nhu:
Nhu Nguyen is a Creative Director, Multimedia Designer & Social Activist based in Washington, D.C. For as long as she can remember, she's always had a need to express herself creatively. She would spend countless hours as a child attempting to master one medium after another; whether it was drawing, painting, singing, writing, theater, piano…Nhu just couldn’t get enough! The day she picked up her first camera was when she truly found her calling and introduction to the world of multimedia and design. Nhu started her photography business at the ripe age of 15 and hasn't turned back since.
IG: @brandnhucreative
Website: www.brandnhu.com

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If you or someone you know is struggling emotionally, please reach out and get support:

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Call or text 988  (Chat option is also available at 988lifeline.org).
• Veterans Crisis Line – Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255. Support for deaf and hard of hearing individuals is available.
• Crisis Text Line – Text 741741 from in the US to text w/a trained Crisis Counselor.
• The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline Call or text 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS (1-833-943-5746).
• Trans Lifeline – Call 1-877-565-8860 
• Disaster Distress Helpline – Call 1-800-985-5990 
• The Trevor Project – Call 1-866-488-7386
• The LGBT National Help Center – Call 1-888-843-4564

Resource list sourced from NAMI

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Do you have an amazing idea or artwork or creation that you're wayyy too scared to share with the world? Don't miss this episode because you are meant to share that magic that's inside of you. Yeah yeah yeah, that sounds cliche, but... it's true.

In this episode, my guest Gina Puorro and I talk about:

1. How to overcome the fear and doubt that arise when you want to share your creativity.
2. Cultivating your true, authentic voice and why the world needs your unique creative expression.
3. How Gina went from never sharing her writing to publishing a book that people love.
4. Why being super sensitive is a superpower.
5. Tips for sharing your art without absolutely frying your nervous system in the process.

About Gina:
Gina Puorro is the author of The Wild Will Call You Back, a collection of poetry and prose that is an exploration of cycles and seasons, an inquiry into love and grief, and an invitation to tend the inner wild. She is a student of magic, love, grief, intimacy, myth and story, ritual arts, and the wild and vast terrain that we call nature.
Gina’s writing is inspired by the exploration of good questions, by relating with her human and non-human kin, and by her pursuit of beauty and awe. She hopes to live with her heart open, her voice free, her mind curious, and her feet rooted in love.
IG: @gina.puorro
Website: ginapuorro.com

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One of the most personal episodes of this season, we talk about one of the hardest things I’ve navigated in my life: disordered eating and the very difficult path of recovery.

In this episode, my guest Meg Bradbury and I talk about:

1. What Body Trust is, and how it can help us heal disordered eating.
2. Why diet culture is the worst and how it affects our lives.
3. Orthorexia: what it is and how it has affected our lives personally.
4. Practical steps for building more Body Trust and continuing with eating disorder recovery.

CW: Eating disorders, dieting, and brief mention of suicidal ideation 

About Meg:
Meg Bradbury is certified as a Body Trust® Specialist, Accessible Yoga™ Teacher, and anti-diet nutritionist. They are in private practice working with individuals and groups advocating for body acceptance, body diversity awareness, fat liberation, aging in power, eating disorder/disordered eating/recovery, freedom with food, and meaningful movement. Meg’s work is guided by the principles of ASDAH/Health at Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, and the Ellyn Satter Institute through a social/racial justice and intersectional feminist lens. Meg’s practice is fat positive, weight neutral, and queer/trans spectrum affirming. As an eating disorder and exercise bulimia survivor, Meg’s work is centered in the tenets of relational cultural theory; they hold space for clients of all ages with compassion, empathy, and humor.
IG: @lamplight.space
Website: www.lamplight.space

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Have you ever had trouble telling the difference between "life is just hard and that's normal" and "I'm in real pain and need support"?

Or, do you know you need to deal with your feelings but have no freaking idea where to start without imploding?

Well, you're not alone.

In this episode, my guest Jess Maxwell and I talk about:

1. What it even means to heal and reconnect to yourself.
2. How to know if your trauma is big enough to need healing.
3. Why some people are more affected by painful events than others.
4. Tips for going from struggling through life to actually feeling supported.
5. Practical strategies for loving yourself when you don't really even know who you are yet.

CW: Addiction, loss of loved ones, and being triggered in trauma patterns. 

About Jess:
Jess Maxwell is a Somatic Healing Guide who helps people to move out of their head and back into their body, and find a sense of safety, peace and joy within themselves. We know that the body can hold onto our past experiences, which plays a huge role in how we feel in our present-day lives. So Jess works holistically, with the mind, the body and the nervous system, so that her clients are able to let go of the past and feel happy, confident and empowered in the present. Jess typically works with perfectionists, high-achievers and people who experience anxiety, stress and burnout, to help them create a more enjoyable and nourishing life. 
IG: @_jessmaxwell

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Are you tired of feeling like you have to be someone you're not or follow strict self-development rules just to try and be happy? Well, you're not alone.

In this inaugural episode of Unforgetting, Hannah welcomes you in and shares why she's starting this show in the first place. Spoiler alert, it's because she's sick of pushy and prescriptive self-development podcasts.

Instead of blabbing about the newest self-development trends that promise happiness but only deliver exhaustion, Hannah chats with badass guests who simply and consistently bring us back to the truth of who we are.  

Subscribe if you want a space to feel validated, seen, and reminded that who we are deep down is really freaking awesome.

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