That's What I Was Thinking

On this episode of TWIWT, Michelle and Alley sit down with Max Grodnick to discuss his ketamine-assisted therapy experience literally 24 hours after it went down.

On this episode of TWIWT, Michelle and Alley sit down with award-winning author, Elana K. Arnold, to discuss storytelling, creative vulnerability, un-schooling your kids, not talking to your parents, and more. Elana K. Arnold [https://elanakarnold.com/] is the author of critically acclaimed and award-winning young adult novels and children’s books, including the Printz Honor winnerDamsel, the National Book Award finalistWhat Girls Are Made Of, and Global Read Aloud selection A Boy Called Bat and its sequels. Elana teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program and also offers two awesome writing courses: a generative creative writing course called Vision Season [//visionseason.com]; and a masterclass in novel revision called Revision Season [//revisionseason.com].  Learn more at elanakarnold.com [//elanakarnold.com].

Michelle tells the story of when her ex-boyfriend came out to her and how it was kind of like losing her mom. Alley springs an impromptu apology on Michelle along with some surprise musical improv.

Michelle's boyfriend, Max Grodnick, joins TWIWT to talk about emotions, and Alley gives a brief introduction to her favorite ancient Chinese divination system, the I Ching. You can listen to Max's podcast, The Golden Path [https://golden-path-podcast.simplecast.com/], where Max and his co-host, Aaron Krinsky, examine consciousness and spirituality through a contemplation of The Gene Keys, by visiting golden-path-podcast.simplecast.com [https://golden-path-podcast.simplecast.com/].

Alley and Michelle talk about body-image dysmorphia, perfectionism and Alley's journey into the 12-step program, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA).