The Storied Human (What is your Story?)

Go ahead and text me! I learn so much from Christina! She delves into how she transitioned from the the biotech world to finally owning a thriving petcare business of her own.  There are tidbits in our conversation about dog training tips about how to be with your dogs.  Are you an entrepreneur waiting to happen? Listen to this and our other entrepreneur episodes for inspiration! Marketing exec op...

Go ahead and text me! When we think about the enormity of climate change, it can make us feel small and that whatever we might do is insignificant. Not so says Patty Martin, climate change business consultant and host of The Disobedient Scientist podcast. She has ideas and lots of ways you can help the cause. She brings creativity and scientific knowledge to bear and distills it down to impactful ...

Go ahead and text me!  Her story is inspiring -- she was getting burned out in her old career as a celebrity journalist --so she carved a new path for herself and now she does health and wellness coaching, is a health and well ness writer and is finishing up her Masters in Public Health! Sandy has taught me a bunch about cultivating mindfulness and more inner peace, and she has made it her mission...

Go ahead and text me! David Russell and I had a hard time setting up our interview. He is visually impaired and only uses keyboard commands. I didn't fully understand this because he presents on social media as someone without a disability. So "just click on the video icon on Facebook Messenger" was not going to cut it and Zoom seemed out of reach too. We finally used a regular phon...

Go ahead and text me! Susie and I met on a Facebook group that was part of a course we took on building email lists. We decided to do an interview and who knew there woud be so much to talk about? Susie's journey from very rational, skeptical health professional to someone with a more conscious and holistic approach did not happen overnight. It was through a series of experiences and because...

Go ahead and text me! In Part Two Susie and I delve into the importance of nature in healing and Susie shares a bit more about her future plans to offer the kind of complete health and wellness approach she now espouses, one which includes an integrative approach, with attention paid to a patient's spiritual life, their nutrition, their lifestyle. I loved talking with Susie, she offers a weal...

Go ahead and text me! Annemarie is a love, full of inspiring and interesting stories! She is a health and wellness expert, has run several businesses in the past, including 6 day spas, dabbled in the insurance industry, and currently is a multi-lingual tour guide specializing in San Diego California. Always supportive, always insightful, it's no wonder I adore talking to her! Hear her thought...

Go ahead and text me! Show Notes This episode is small and based on an article I wrote for Medium.com: https://lynnethompson574.medium.com/do-you-have-regrets-i-know-i-do-79aa77e6fb32 I have been working on letting some of my regrets go and am putting together a mini-workshop that I will present for free in August. If you would like to learn how to let your regrets go, join me! As always, thank yo...

Go ahead and text me! Show Notes Still recovering from Covid here, but I wanted to share something I left out of my two episodes on Grief -- Anger at the person who died. It's rather common and yet we don't talk about it much and people feel guilty when they feel angry -- it's a normal part of what some people go through. For more good info: https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/talkabout/a...

Go ahead and text me! SHOW NOTES My brother (my younger brother who is way taller than I am ) has a successful business selling handmade, customized home arcade games that let you play 35,000 separate games! The games and the business are pretty cool, but so is the story! Listen as Jack talks a little bit how he got to be where he is now and what it took. Really interesting stuff. His business is:...

Go ahead and text me! Rose Holbrook is an inspiration. She shares her story warts and all in the hope that someone out there will hear something that helps them. Rose has devoted her life to healing people through yoga and is currently in a program to become a yoga therapist. She also loves to share Vedic astrology (the Eastern complement to Western astrology) with her clients and help them find t...

Go ahead and text me! How do you build your leadership skills? How do you cope with the ups and downs of today's sometimes shaky career landscape? Bob can help you learn how! With humor and plenty of creativity, Dr. Bob Nolley breaks it down for us. I learned a bunch talking to him and I hope you do too! Not many people have the variety of jobs that Bob has had. But he made it all work and re...

Go ahead and text me! What the heck is a  kurtosh? It is a a traditional Hungarian street food that is pastry perfection. Why have we never heard of it? Because it's hard to make and hard to keep fresh. It's an old-fashioned baked good like your Grandma used to make (if she was Hungarian!). Nicole Shaw fell in love with the  street food pastry kurtosh, also called a "Chimney cake,&q...

Go ahead and text me! I loved talking to Heather-- so many good insights and tips for feeling our best in these challenging times. I learn so much from her and am reminded of so much when I listen to her podcast "Templates for Life" and when I read her instagram posts about practical things we can do to feel our best. She is a compassionate counselor, cheerful person, and so helpful! She...

Go ahead and text me! Ok, where do I start? Not only is she beautiful outside, she is gorgeous inside, truly a lovely soul, someone who is loving and supportive. The kind of person whose energy you love to be around! She is compassionate and kind, and those qualities often come from having endured some hardship in ones life, and Tara certainly has. But the story of how she moved through it, and th...

Go ahead and text me! From looking at us, you would have never guessed it -- my father was a successful pilot, we went to church, my parents were young and attractive. The world was our oyster right? Nope. We struggled with stuff, and some of it was passed on from previous generations. My mother did not get the help she needed after her difficult childhood (grandmother's schizophrenia)  and h...

Go ahead and text me! I cringe a little when I see the extremely positive and overwhelming praise for all mothers being thrown around on social media on Mother's Day. Find out why in this short solo episode based on a new article I posted on Medium.com. Not all mothers are created equal. It's just the truth. Bless you if you had a great mom as I did. Hugs if you didn't. https://lynn...

Go ahead and text me! In this shorter solo episode, I introduce some of the main points covered in this small but powerful book. Using simple illustrations and lessons to work through, Dr. Jampolsky helps readers work through fear and start practicing approaching the world with Love. His wise yet simple words are inspirational. And they have stood the test of time. I first read this small book in...

Go ahead and text me! In this lively episode, three old friends get to reminisce and dish about what it was like way back when in telecom (specifically Bell Labs, AT&T, and Lucent) and how the environment nurtured women.  There were a few bumps in the road as men learned how to be comfortable with women in the workforce and what was and was not acceptable. The three friends also share their ta...

Go ahead and text me! Elissa would never call herself this, but she truly is a bit of a Renaissance woman. In spite of parents who were less than supportive (and a mother who was mentally ill), Elissa modeled herself and learned from other wonderful family members like her strong grandmother. She forged her own path and thrived in spite of the fact that she was the lone Jewish kid at her school, a...

Go ahead and text me! Women in Tech -- Part 2--Ellen Martin acts like it was nothing, but we all know going back to school when you have three kids at home is not a walk in the park. She does acknowledge that she has a very supportive husband. She had been a music major before she left college the first time, and decided to major in computer science this time. And this was in the 1980s, when not a...

Go ahead and text me! Katherine and Luke met in 2015, at ages 19 and 18. They hit it off right away, and were incredibly compatible. The problem? They met on her blog and found out that they lived 12,000 miles apart. They were literally on opposite sides of the planet! Yet they made it work and today, 7 years later, Katherine is married to Luke and lives in Perth, Australia. How did they do it? Wh...

Go ahead and text me! This is a short follow-up to my Episode that aired March 23rd about Grief. I read an article today that discussed Prolonged Grief being named as its own separate disorder. I share a few things about prolonged grief and add my own experiences with it. I follow up with a general tip for feeling your feelings and how my therapist helped me do that.  As always, I hope this helps...

Go ahead and text me! Even though we will all lose people we are close to  at some time in our lives, we just aren't really prepared for how hard it can be to experience the deep sadness of grief. Especially now, during Covid, when some of us are mourning people we have lost and were not able to attend services for, when others of us are grieving the loss of jobs or seeing our relatives,  we...

Go ahead and text me! Regina Pasqualone is a wife, mother, and a former teacher. After 14 years teaching English, she followed her creative path to a successful "wellness lifestyle" candle company called Tiny Kitchen Candle Company.  Her artisanal candles offer a special de-stressing experience. Hand-crafted by Regina, each candle offers original scents, a crackling wood wick, and non-to...