Mar 26, 2021
Eating disorders have a reputation for wrecking emotional havoc in a family and trigger strong emotional reactions by loved ones and therapists who can end up in a tug of war to make the disturbing symptoms stop.
But eating disorder specialist Dana Harron says love and compassion are key ingredients to successful...
Mar 19, 2021
When you hear the music that 23-year old Seattle musician Alec Shaw is writing and performing you know he’s headed somewhere big. But whether he knows that yet is a different story.
Shaw had already dedicated himself to being a full-time musician and had cut three albums by the time the pandemic shut down gigs and...
Mar 12, 2021
Jessica Hansen is the voice of NPR's funding credits, and serves as in-house voice coach at NPR headquarters. She coaches voice for NPR, member stations, corporate groups, executives, professional theater companies, as well as hosts, journalists, and private clients nationwide. Jessica began acting at age 5, and was a...
Mar 5, 2021
"Mindlessness is pervasive. Virtually all of us, almost all of the time, are not there. But when we’re not there, we’re not there to know we’re not there."
Dr. Ellen Langer is a professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University where she was the first woman to be tenured in the department.
She has been...