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During this mini episode we turn the Authors Spotlight onto Charles McCormack and his book “Healing of a Psychotherapist: A Journey of Rebellion, Reflection, and Redemption”.
"Healing of a Psychotherapist: A Journey of Rebellion, Reflection, and Redemption" is a genre-defying memoir, unveiling the profound evolution of an award-winning psychotherapist's odyssey, offering a transformative literary experience to all who embark on this unforgettable journey.
Amidst a world inundated with dry self-help literature, this memoir provides a fresh and insightful perspective on the complexities of life. Rather than dull prescriptions telling the reader what to do, the author puts the reader in his mind and takes them on a remarkable personal journey of vulnerability and introspection as they see the world through his eyes.
"Healing of a Psychotherapist" is an exceptional narrative that transcends the ordinary, leaving an indelible impact on the heart and mind that lingers far after the last page is turned.
Discussion Points:
- The hero’s journey
- Second addition
- Award winning
- Military Family
- Embracing Happiness
- Healing relationship with his father
- Trauma auto-pilot
- Found his calling in the dessert
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Healing of a Psychotherapist by Charles McCormack
The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
Join Lia, Meredith, Lindsay, Sarah, Kim and Ashley (for a few minutes anyway) as they discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The girls learn (thanks to Lindsay) that this book was ten years in the making! Everyone agrees that this is an interesting read about a very important topic. The conversation veers off now and then to cousin love and whether zombies like to watch movies. There is plenty of discussion around ethics in science and medicine and whether there can be trust when there is money to be made. Everyone shares whether they would recommend the book and/or the movie and which one they enjoyed more, except Kim because she forgot to watch the movie!
This book was made into a movie in 2017 and stars Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and Sylvia Grace Crim.
Discussion Points:
- Audiobooks in a radio play format
- Language directly quoted to represent culture
- 90 minute movie praise
- Lacks family settlement with Biotech company
- Rebecca Sloot BBC interview and Lacks family update
- Oprah in the film
- Medical and scientific ethics
- Zombies
- Johns Hopkins acknowledgement statement
- Marrying cousins
- Racism in medicine
- History of cancer treatment
- Different book covers
- Fan book submissions
- Do they recommend the book and/or movie
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Henrietta Lacks
Johns Hopkins acknowledgement statement
Rebecca Skloot BBC interview
Lacks Family Settlement with Biotech Company
Oprah Winfrey
The Immortal Life of Henriette Lacks Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
What the Robin Knows by Jon Young
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Seeing Red by Kirsten Karchmer
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Twilight By Stephanie Meyer
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
During this mini episode we turn the Authors Spotlight onto JV (Joe) Hilliard and his book “The Last Keeper: Book One of the Warminster Series”.
A young boy’s prophetic visions.Blind at birth, Daemus Alaric is blessed with the gift of prophetic Sight. Now, as a Keeper of the Forbidden, he must use his powers of the Sight to foil the plans of a fallen Keeper, Graytorris the Mad.
An elven Princess with a horrifying secret.Princess Addilyn Elspeth travels from Eldwal, the magically hidden home of the Vermilion elves, to begin her life as a diplomat to the human capital of Castleshire. During her journey, she stumbles upon a mystical creature foretelling ill tidings.
A terrifying force of evil.Daemus’ recurring nightmare vision threatens to catapult him into a terrifying struggle that will leave the fate of the Keepers—and the realm—hanging in the balance. Daemus and Princess Addilyn must set out to face the menace that threatens their very existence.
Will the entire realm fall to its knees?The Last Keeper is the first book in The Warminster Series. With gripping, epic action and heart-pounding adventure, you’ll love this new adventure series.
Discussion Points:
- The hero’s journey and the Warminster world
- Last book in the series (4th) coming out May 2024
- Spin offs and origin stories
- Video game and graphic novels coming soon
- Dark fantasy, not everyone survives
- Satisfying reader and fans desires for more
- Why is the bad guy bad?
- Humbled by fan art
- Open to movie and screenplay offers
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The Last Keeper by JV Hilliard
JV Hilliard Website
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss time management, procrastination, lack of sleep, sake, Karma Brown and laundry.
Discussion Points:
- Time Management
- Sabotage and procrastination
- Cosmetic extremes for halloween costumes
- Sake
- Lack of sleep and its effects
- Karma Brown episode excitement and her book The 4% Fix
- Sound levels and background noise
- Laundry
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The New Earth by Eckhart Tole : Naming your Pain Body (Sally and Blanche)
Karma Brown Book Interrupted Episode
The 4% Fix by Karma Brown
The Fifth Element : Leeloo halloween costume
The Master Cleanse
Vega
Ki Restaurant and Bottle Shop
Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell
What the Robin Knows by Jon Young
Sleep Chronotypes
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Come Away with Me by Karma Brown
Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown
Join Meredith, Lindsay, Ashley, Sarah and Kim as they discuss Saroo Brierley’s A Long Way Home. The girls learn (thanks to Lindsay’s research) that this book was actually written by a ghost writer and they are kind of relieved because no one really enjoyed the writing. Everyone really loves the story, but they all agree the writing wasn’t the best. Lindsay again helps with this issue by adding that this book was written in 3 months!
The girls discuss accents in different countries and how one can pick up the speaking style and mannerisms of the place they visit. There is interesting conversation around the landscape of the brain and how both it and the landscape of an environment may change over time. Meredith wraps up the experience of the story nicely by pointing out that even though a terrible thing happens in this story, many different people along the way help – There are good people in this world, there is good in the world. The girls also share thoughts and opinions on international adoptions. And, of course, everyone offers up whether they would recommend the book and/or the movie and which one they enjoyed more.
This book was made into a movie in 2016 called Lion and stars Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.
Discussion Points:
- Using a ghost writer and how that works
- Accents and mannerisms in different countries
- The landscape of the brain and environment
- There are good people in the world
- The amazing story
- Trauma, hope and genetics
- A couple surprises from Meredith
- International adoptions
- Do they recommend the book and/or movie
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Lion (Movie)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Impossible (Movie)
Big Brother TV Show
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
International Adoption
During this mini episode we turn the Authors Spotlight onto Christine Skarbek and her book “Confronting Power and Chaos: The Uncharted Kaleidoscope of My Life”
What’s in a name?
Her trailblazer of a distant cousin forged a solitary, singular path during and after WWII. Unassuming and somewhat clueless, Christine eventually finds she has to do pretty much the same. A teen fully expecting her Midwestern life would be drab and ho-hum, she meets in Germany an elderly man who offered her a ride – and insight into a legacy she was going to rely on throughout her entire life.
Discussion Points:
- Christine Skarbek her namesake during World War 2
- Struggling with divorce and children health concerns
- Writing a screenplay and pitching it to Hollywood
- The recession creating a new path and opportunity in Poland
- Finding strength from her role model
- Guns in America
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Confronting Power and Chaos: The Uncharted Kaleidoscope of My Life by Christine Skarbek
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss being a work horse, embodying the character of a slutty horse, kicking horses, dinosaur ducks, duck armies and diarrhoea.
Discussion Points:
- Being a work horse
- Embodying the character of a slutty horse
- Centaur portrait
- Hashtags
- Would you rather?
- Dinosaur ducks
- Diarrhoea
- Horror duckling story
- Duck army
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication by Marshal B. Rosenberg
The 4% Fix by Karma Brown
Pretty Women
On this episode of Book Interrupted Kim’s book pick, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann is discussed. Topics include problematic depictions of Indigenous people, the correct pronunciation of “Osage”, colonialism, and how many white people were involved in the making of the movie. Everyone agrees that the movie was too long, but there are differing opinions on enjoyment.
This book was made into a movie in 2023 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro and Lily Gladstone.
Discussion Points:
- The fact base writing style of the book
- Book vs movie
- There were additional killers that weren’t prosecuted
- Stereotypes of Indigenous people in film
- Victim blaming
- Colonialism
- White man created both the movie and the book
- The exploitation of the Osage
- Radio show at the end with Jack White
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
(Movie) Killers of the Flower Moon
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
(Book) Killers of the Flower Moon
Colonialism
Osage
Jack White album Lazaretto Album
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
STEM Talk Podcast with Dr. Peter Pirolli
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by: Suzanne Collins
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
During this mini episode we turn the Authors Spotlight onto Dr. Kerry Forrestal MD/MBA and his book “Crushing Cancer: A Patient’s Complete Guide to Managing a Cancer Diagnosis”.
2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States this year. Managing a cancer diagnosis is not only managing the disease, it’s also taking care of your finances and workplace, making sure you are legally protected, and that you can manage all the complications and emergencies that arise.
This book will tell you what to do from Day One, Hour One of your diagnosis.
Discussion Points:
- Financial Issues
- Cancer Scams
- Interpersonal dynamics
- New era of cancer care
- What to do on day one
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Crushing Cancer: A Patient’s Complete Guide to Managing a Cancer Diagnosis by Dr. Kerry Forrestal MD/MBA
www.crushingcancerthebook.com
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss puppies, being the pack leader, misguided pet names and medications gone wrong.
Discussion Points:
- Introducing Meredith’s puppy
- Mixing pet breeds
- Puppies sharp teeth
- Becoming a pack leader
- Forest fires
- Lost dogs
- Misguided pet names
- Medications gone wrong
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Cesar Milan 3 Books Collection Set (How to Raise the Perfect Dog, Cesar's Way: Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems & Be the Pack Leader)
Twilight Breaking Dawn (Baby Vampires)
On this episode of Book Interrupted the crew discuss Ashley’s book pick: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. Topics include mirror images, stupid names, what’s in a name, would you eat someone, strategies for the Hunger Games and the creation of Hunger Games the series where fans could watch all 75 Hunger Games! Lindsay is back for this one and of course, the team shares whether they would recommend the book and/or the movie.
This book was made into a movie in 2023 and stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, and Viola Davis.
Discussion Points:
- Difficult names in the book
- The audio book with spoke songs
- Audio books pros and cons
- How did we like the adaptation of the book
- Who is the songbird and who is the snake?
- Crushes on Coriolanus Snow or Tom Blyth
- Each members strategy for this Hunger Games
- Are there future Hunger games expected?
- Twilight, again??
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Soundtrack
- Are books being adapted into movies too long?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Hunger Games 4 Book Box Set
Coriolanus Snow actor Tom Blyth
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by: Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Film
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Finding Me by Viola Davis
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare - wiki summary
Oh My Darling Clementine
Hoopla
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Soundtrack
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption Film
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode the Book Interrupted members take the Quiz.co What Pasta am I? quiz. Find out what Lia’s disappointing results were and which pasta is the members actual favourite?
Discussion Points:
- Quiz.co What Pasta am I? Quiz
- Quiz Results
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Quiz.co What Pasta am I? Quiz
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Join the Book Interrupted Club as they discuss Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love. The conversation begins with Lia, Meredith, Sarah and Kim sharing how they read the book (actual book vs audiobook) and whether the book ‘aged’ well. Ashley joins in late and the fun really gets going! The girls consider whether how old you are affects your enjoyment of the book. Recommendations (or not) are shared and everyone chooses the one word that represents their town and the one place they would visit if money was no issue. Bonus: there’s a sneak peek convo about the next book on our reading list.
Discussion Points:
- Eat Pray Love By Elizabeth Gilbert
- Eat Pray Love Movie
- Audio books
- Library Apps: Libby, Hoopla
- Audible
- Altruism vs Selfishness
- White Fragility, Me too and Black Lives Matter
- Dan Donohue
- Bali
- Learning Italian
- Personal Bubbles
- Red Lobster
- Glennon Doyle
- The Ballad of Sondbirds and Snakes by: Suzanne Collins
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snacks Movie
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Sarah, Meredith, Kim and Lia get together to recap Season Three during this episode of Book Interrupted. The conversation starts with a challenge: Can the Book Interrupted Crew even remember what books were part of Season Three?
In addition to talking about Season Three, the girls talk about Season Four, Five and Six! Many ideas are thrown out about what the themes of coming seasons should be. And the women share their predictions around which Season Four book they think they’ll like the most (and least). Of course, Sarah brings up Twilight for a change. Let’s be honest – Would it even be an episode of Book Interrupted without some kind of twilight discussion? And as usual, there are some sexual innuendos and inappropriate interpretations that crack the crew up. Season Three has come and gone and the Book Interrupted Club is excited to start talking about Season Four: Books that have been made into movies!
The Giver by Lois Lowrey
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Eat Prey Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanna Collins
Dirt by William Bryant Logan
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
Taylor Lautner
The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Look Both Ways by Linwood Barclay
Look Both Ways Film
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Big Film
13 Going on 30
10 Things I Hate About You
To All The Boys I Loved Before
The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
Season 1 Book Interrupted Photos
Sarah, Meredith and Kim hold the final discussion on Kim’s Season Three book pick: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The girls discuss the complexity of being human and how multifaceted people and relationships are. As usual, the conversation veers off topic and the group considers the origins of the middle finger. Returning to the book, the discussion covers friendship, trials and tribulations, the moral of the story (or lack there of), hope and what exactly does “absolutely true” really mean? Finally, the girls share whether they would recommend the book or not.
This book is critically acclaimed and has appeared on the annual list of frequently challenged books since 2008. It became the most frequently challenged book from 2010 – 2019. Most of the controversy is based in how the book describes alcoholism, poverty, bullying, violence, and sexuality.
Discussion Topics:
- Character Stereotypes and the binary of good and evil
- The history of the middle finger
- Friends, matching and Malcolm Gladwell
- 1999 & Y2K
- Winning & Losing
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The history of the middle finger
Friends, matching and Malcolm Gladwell
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
In this episode Sarah, Meredith, Kim, and Ashley discuss their first impressions of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian by Sherman Alexis. As usual, the conversation veers off topic as the girls joke about murder mystery memoirs and traveling with cats. Other topics discussed include implicit bias, oppression, colonialism, racism, and micro aggressions.
This book is critically acclaimed and has appeared on the annual list of frequently challenged books since 2008. It became the most frequently challenged book from 2010 – 2019. Most of the controversy is based in how the book describes alcoholism, poverty, bullying, violence, and sexuality.
Discussion Points:
- Murder mysteries
- Memoirs
- Adapting to unspoken rules
- Traveling with Cats
- Micro-aggressions
- Racism
- Oppression
- Colonialism
- Stereotypes
- Reservations
- Implicit bias
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Scream
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss fasting, chicken wings and is it cake?
Discussion Points:
- Fasting
- The Fasting Mimicking Diet
- Is it Cake?
- Would you prefer Chicken Wings or Cake?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fasting Mimicking Program by Dr. Valter Longo
Is it Cake?
Berbere Ethiopian Spice
The Book Interrupted ladies continue their discussion of “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. This novel has been banned for violence, sexual references, infanticide, euthanasia and suicide. Each member gives their final thoughts about the book and then continue in a group discussion. The women discuss the other books in the series, desire, the correct use of language, the lack of colour, infanticide and finally, do they recommend the book?
This book is on the American Library Association's most frequently challenged and banned books list from 1990 to 2009.
Discussion Points:
- The other books in the four book series
- The purpose of the pills
- Cliffhangers and open endings
- Desire, love and storytelling
- Being comfortable and doing hard things
- Reading the book in school
- The correct use of language
- The lack of colour
- Infanticide and being released
- Parallels between the novel and colonization
- What job would you choose within this dystopian world?
- What was the author trying to say with the ending?
- Do you recommend the book?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver Film
Joe Dirt
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Untamed by Glenn Doyle
Fun Home by Alice Bechdel
1984 by George Orwell
Son by Lois Lowry
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
WALL-E
The Truman Show
Jersey Shore References: Smushing & Gym, Tan, Laundry
Kara and Virginia join the other Book Interrupted ladies for the banned book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. This novel has been banned for violence, sexual references, infanticide, euthanasia and suicide. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book and continue in the group discussion. The women discuss utopia vs dystopia, family sharing time, sameness, the excuse of safety, free childhoods and ‘observers’ choosing vocations.
This book is on the American Library Association's most frequently challenged and banned books list from 1990 to 2009.
Discussion Points:
- How the book reveals the “world” slowly
- The fear of spoilers
- Is it a utopia or a dystopia
- Family sharing time
- Control and sameness
- Kids are capable of more
- The excuse of safety
- Restricted vs free childhoods
- Observers deciding on an individuals vocation
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver Film
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
My Life in France by Julia Child
Hunt Gather Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
The Matrix
Under the Tuscan Sun
Chocolat
What Florida Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its Book Bans by Jodi Picoult
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode the Book Interrupted members take the Buzzfeed “The Hunger Games Character Quiz: Which character are you?”. Find out what Lia’s disappointing results were, which member got Katniss Everdeen and which question had the members wondering if the creator of the quiz read the books?
Discussion Points:
- Buzzfeed “The Hunger Game Character Quiz: Which character are you?”
- Quiz Results
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Buzzfeed: The Hunger Games Character Quiz: Which character are you?
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Book Interrupted ladies continue their discussion of “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. This novel has been banned for sexuality, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic references, violence, religious viewpoint, and being anti-family. The Book Interrupted members give their final thoughts about the book and continue in the group discussion. The women discuss The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, turning books into movies, dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ask the questions: can you have luxury without suffering and is ‘world peace’ possible? Finally, do they recommend the book?
There are 348 cases involving banning this book and its trilogy in 2010 alone.
Discussion Points:
- New movie coming out: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Turning a book into a movie with accuracy
- Reading for the journey verses the destination
- Can you have luxury without suffering?
- Interconnectedness and globalization
- Can you have peace and luxury at the same time?
- Defining happiness
- Dangers of AI
- Being entertained by violence
- Do they recommend the book?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Lia is back! She joins the other Book Interrupted ladies for her banned book suggestion: “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. This novel has been banned for anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence, religious viewpoint, and sexuality. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book and continue in the group discussion. The women discuss watching the movies before reading the book, why sexuality is part of the banning, how each of them would fair as a tribute and parallels between this dystopian world and our current society.
This book has 348 cases involving banning its trilogy in 2010 alone.
Discussion Points:
- How watching the movie before reading the book feels wrong
- Reading a book for the second time
- How this book reads like an action movie
- How the games change the connection within communities
- Parallels between current society and this dystopian world
- Why sexuality may have been included in the banning
- How would each member do if they were a tribute
- The extreme wealth of celebrities and the MET Gala
- Reading books in different languages
- Is this book predicting the future?
- The casting of the movie and the members love of Jennifer Lawrence
- A surprise guest appearance
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
When Dad Killed Mom Book Interrupted Music Playlist
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
MET Gala 2023 Doja Cat
MET Gala 2023 Kylie Jenner
Duolingo App
Holes by Louis Sachar
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode the Book Interrupted members get a tarot card reading by Kim. Listen as Kim explains the interpretations associated with the cards picked and the Greek mythology behind them. The cards reveal love, shame, money, celebration and sacrifice.
Discussion Points:
- Tarot card readings and Greek mythology
- The story of the pentacles
- Letting go of shame
- New beginnings and love
- Spending, money and self-worth
- Celebration and stability
- Voluntary sacrifice and putting your oxygen mask on first
- Boundaries
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
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Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
During this final episode of Julius Lester’s book ‘When Dad Killed Mom’ the Book Interrupted women discuss the loss of a parent, fairness arguments, good stress, validating creepy feelings and reveal their love life book predictions. They end the episode with their individual final book reports.
This juvenile/young adult novel has been banned for sexual content and genital references.
Discussion Points:
- Behaviours after loss
- Different points of view
- The loss of a parent
- Love life book predictions
- Brazilian waxing
- Tarot card advice
- Body battery
- Good stress
- When Dad Killed Mom Music Playlist choices
- Fairness arguments
- Dad’s origin story
- Negotiating part of grief
- Validating creepy feelings
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix by Karma Brown
Courageous Creatures (I Survived True Stories #4) by Lauren Tarshis
When Dad Killed Mom Book Interrupted Music Playlist
American Idol -Somebody I Used to Know
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Book Interrupted ladies are joined by Ashley for our first fan book of our banned book season. Ashely’s book pick is “When Dad Killed Mom” by Julius Lester. This novel has been banned for sexual content and genital references. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book and continue in the group discussion. The women discuss how this book is a fiction, two perspectives, murder, saunas, hair porosity, vagina acceptance and phallic symbols.
Discussion Points:
- This is a fiction not a memoir
- Two perspective and alternative point of view books
- Hard to get books
- The topic of murder
- Teenage argumentative behaviour
- Sauna’s, hot tubs, and water spas
- Climate and temperature preferences
- Hair porosity and mold
- Vagina acceptance and differences
- Phallic symbols and dick drawings
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
Google Book: When Dad Killed Mom
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The System Podcast
White Lotus
The Shinning
Miss Maple
Body Blitz
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss Valentines Day, hickeys, merkins, and the British naked dating show: Naked Attraction. Do individual body parts matter in choosing a partner? Do you like hickeys?
Discussion Points:
- Naked Attraction -British naked dating show
- Genitals
- Do individual body parts matter in choosing a partner?
- Kissing your own beloved body parts
- Merkins
- Hickeys
- Valentines Day
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Naked Attraction
Forms of freedom, cliffhangers, Team Edward, telomeres, intimacy, the relationship between power and empathy, banshees, and historical notes. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood and then share their final book reports.
Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, violently graphic, and morally corrupt.
Discussion Points:
- First edition book covers
- The freedom to choose and the freedom from choice
- Cliffhangers in books and tv shows
- How time and perspective can change your memory of a story
- Twilight, vampire love and banshees
- Telomeres and chromosomes
- Is intimacy an intrinsic need?
- Does power make you less empathetic?
- What makes a person?
- Is passion a choice?
- The Testaments and suggestions for a third novel
- Historical notes are part of the novel
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice
Severance
Ted Lasso
Mr. Deeds
Hustle
Twilight Saga
The Matrix
Forms of freedom, cliffhangers, Team Edward, telomeres, intimacy, the relationship between power and empathy, banshees, and historical notes. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood and then share their final book reports.
Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, violently graphic, and morally corrupt.
Discussion Points:
- First edition book covers
- The freedom to choose and the freedom from choice
- Cliffhangers in books and tv shows
- How time and perspective can change your memory of a story
- Twilight, vampire love and banshees
- Telomeres and chromosomes
- Is intimacy an intrinsic need?
- Does power make you less empathetic?
- What makes a person?
- Is passion a choice?
- The Testaments and suggestions for a third novel
- Historical notes are part of the novel
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice
Severance
Ted Lasso
Mr. Deeds
Hustle
Twilight Saga
The Book Interrupted women kick-off Seasons Three: The Banned Book Season with “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, violently graphic, and morally corrupt. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book, and continue in the group discussion while joined by Lindsay. The women discuss the parallels between the book and current reality, women’s rights, fertility, gift giving, penis imagery, and the end of the world.
Discussion Points:
- Fiction based on reality
- The importance of a name, and women changing or keeping theirs after marriage
- What’s in the name Offred?
- Superfans reading deeply into books
- Cyndi Lauper’s response to overturning of Roe v. Wade
- Everyday toxins, and fertility of both men and women
- Abstaining from having children for environmental reason
- Pollution, capitalism, consumption, and gift giving
- Penis metaphors or just your dirty mind
- Pooping during labour and loss of modesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Margaret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing MasterClass
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Cyndi Lauper Talks About Women's Rights
Re-reading, recycling, finishing, audio, and our books. Welcome to our recap of Book Interrupted Season Two! What are the members’ favourite moments? What authors do we want on the podcast? And we wouldn’t be Book Interrupted if we didn’t go off on at least a couple tangents!
Discussion Points:
- What do we remember from season two? What were the books from Season One versus Season Two?
- What is the funniest/most uncomfortable/favourite moment/episode?
- What books didn’t you finish?
- What was the best and worst audio book?
- What was your favourite and least favourite book from this season?
- Playlists and photos for the website (www.bookinterrupted.com)
- Do you re-read books?
- Have you ever recycled a book?
- If you could have another author on the podcast, who would it be?
- Sneak peek at Season Three
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellers
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Another follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” What has she been up to since we last spoke to her?
Discussion Points:
- Fertility in the world and changing issues surrounding fertility
- Skinny jeans
- Puberty
- Plastics/BPA affecting fertility
- Periods
- Men and love languages
- Sex toys and the history of the vibrator
- Raising children with honesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
KirstenKarchmer.com
Forever Brazen
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
5 Love Languages
Masters of Sex
Baroness Von Sketch Show - Pap Exam Skit 6:45
Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Voicemails
- Ducks
- Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures
- Truth and Reconciliation summary
- Mom stories
- Australian residential schools
- Making the “other” scary
- Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
- Being late
- Other fan feedback and followups
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Indigeneyez
A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged
Willow
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples
Reconciliation, the climate crisis, and Bev Sellars’ life. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, then share their final book reports.
Discussion Points:
- Reconciliation
- Climate crisis
- Would they recommend the book?
- Bev Sellars’ life and accomplishments
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Indigeneyez
Rotten food, freezing temperatures, seven generations, truth, healing and reconciliation. The women continue their chat inspired by “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars.
Discussion Points:
- Did they finish the book?
- The Orange Shirt story
- The structure and storytelling style of the book
- Painting the whole picture
- Rotten food and below freezing temperatures
- The lasting impacts of residential schools survivors
- Epigenetic markers based on trauma, cultural genocide - it takes seven generations to heal
- Good starter book
- Truth, healing and reconciliation - the long road and why are things not getting done?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad, Brock Nicol
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Indigeneyez
Orange Shirt Day, the loss of language, land and climate change. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars and finish with a group discussion.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Truth and Reconciliation Day/Orange Shirt Day - September 30th
- Evolving language and the loss of languages
- Climate change
- Owning land
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild
Hidden Brain - Watch Your Mouth
University of Alberta Indigenous Canada
Indigeneyez
Native Land Digital
Native Land Digital Twitter
Being uncomfortable, banned books, allyship, and socks. The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars.
Discussion Points:
- Banned books
- Making people and yourself uncomfortable and anti-racism work
- Indian Hospitals and forced sterilizations of Indigenous women
- The Pope’s apology
- Reconciliation and allyship
- Changing unconscious biases
- Do you like wearing socks?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:m
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
History of the Sitcom
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Indigeneyez
“Indigenous women still forced, coerced into sterilization: Senate report” - Global News
Residential schools, shaming, dehumanization, and children’s rights. The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “They Called Me Number One” by Bev Sellars. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “They Called Me Number One”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Learning about residential schools in the current school system
- The structure of the book
- The impact of the book after you read it
- Other books by Indigenous Canadian authors
- Lack of medical care and other events that occurred in residential schools
- Why did Kim choose this book?
- Inability to have family visits, shaming, and abuse
- Children’s rights
- Dehumanization and corporal punishment
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Book Interrupted Swag Shop
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
IndigenEYEZ
The Book Interrupted women answer quizzes, inspired by the book “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. This episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks!
Discussion Points:
- Are you stressed?
- Is your feminism angry enough?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Stress Quiz: https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/stress-test#fa-qs
Burnout Quiz https://www.oprah.com/inspiration/burnout-quiz-assessment-test-fried-book_1
Is my Feminism Angry Enough Quiz: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/04/quiz-is-my-feminism-angry-enough
Being inside yourself, crank calls, reassessing your life, stress leave, miscarriages, and bookmarks. Concluding their series on “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Special guest Virginia, the fan who chose The Midnight Library, joins in.
Discussion Points:
- The music in the audio book version
- Catch up with Virginia and her book recommendations
- Prank-playing and crank calls
- Work sheets in the book
- Taking time to finding awareness and clarity
- Is it career limiting if you take time off for stress?
- Miscarriages
- Fan responses to playlists and social media posts
- What do you do to save your page in a book you’re reading?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! By Tony Robbins
Be Better At Listening - Pomplamoose (Studio Session Version)
Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke
Moby Dick, the Human Giver Syndrome, the timing of books in our lives, underwear, and do we recommend the book? The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, then share their final book reports.
Discussion Points:
- Practical aspects of the book
- The Human Giver Syndrome
- Who is this book written for?
- Do we recommend this book?
- Do books mean something different to us at different times in our lives?
- Do you always wear underwear?
- Final Book Reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
BMI, judging other women, grocery store conversations, and human libraries. The women continue their chat inspired by “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski.
Discussion Points:
- The Bikini Industrial Complex and the BMI (Body Mass Index)
- Do you judge other women and yourself about they way they/you look?
- Obesity and healthiness
- Should people be commenting on how children look?
- Does anyone need to wear makeup - especially children?
- Categorizing people and commenting on their body
- Talking to strangers
- The importance of connection
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Jax - I wrote a song called Victoria’s Secret and I always wanted to be part of a Flash Mob
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Bucharest Herald: “Experiment on Romanian orphans: They have lower volumes of gray matter”
Kissing, speaking up, shutting up, the mad woman in the attic, and “the patriarchy (ugh)”. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski and finish with a group discussion.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Kissing for six seconds to complete a stress cycle
- How do you react when you hear other people have stress?
- Speaking up versus shutting up
- Who is this book aimed at?
- The patriarchy - does the writing undermine the intended message?
- Active rest
- Using this book for stress in the corporate world
- The madwoman in the attic
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Giving, boundaries, burnout, social connection and finding “the middle of the Oreo”. The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski.
Discussion Points:
- Human Giver Syndrome and accepting and asking for help
- Sense of and setting boundaries
- Choosing your battles and avoiding conflicts
- Saying “yes”
- Are you usually early, on time, or late?
- TLDR sections and personal stories in the book
- Do you feel burnt out?
- The need for social connection
- Work burnout
- Ups and downs and finding the “middle of the Oreo”
- The importance of exercise to combat burnout
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Warner Klemp
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Moustache hairs, humour, the patriarchy, and audio books. The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Burnout”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Using your body to work through stress
- Humour in self help
- The patriarchy, how it relates to wellness, and expected roles and behaviour of women
- Worksheets in the book
- “Science is not an exact science”
- Authors reading their own audio books - is it a good thing?
- Preconceived notions of books
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Brené Brown Unlocking Us podcast with Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Operation Angus by Terry Fallis
The Onion
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Inspired by the advanced words from “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, the Book Interrupted women play a game. Which definition is real, and which ones are fake? This episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks!
Discussion Points:
- Humectant
- Crepuscular
- Rococo
- Bathetic
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Nice ghosts, chin hairs, companion book, the Mandela Effect, and interruptions while reading. Concluding their series on “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Why was this book chosen?
- Kim’s follow-up of what she thought - feeling left out of the book
- Having a companion book to Fun Home
- Talking about menopause
- Plucking your chin hairs
- Podcast awards
- Most people are nice
- Pronouncing words
- Interruptions while reading
- The Mandela Effect
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
John Green
Body Worlds
Shazaam
The Mandela Effect
Periods, sex scenes, references, and recommendations. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, then share their final book reports. Do they recommend the book?
Discussion Points:
- Period references and period underwear
- Writing to the author
- Do you recommend the book?
- Were there any books that were referenced that you want to read?
- How did you feel about the sex scenes?
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
Blossom
Life choices, raising children, household organization, solipsism, and more. The women continue their chat inspired by “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Are you a person who has too many mugs or just enough?
Discussion Points:
- Reading a graphic novel like reading poetry
- Literary references and complicated vocabulary in Fun Home
- Philosophy of solipsism
- Making life choices that make yourself happy
- The nuclear family and adult creative pursuits
- Raising children with a village versus a small family
- The advantages to having multi-aged play groups
- Child, bag, and other trackers
- Having homes for household objects so you don’t lose things
- Having too many mugs
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
Solipsistic
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff
The Tile App
Journaling, “To Do” lists, discovering parents are real people, and of course, the book. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel and finish with a group discussion.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Did you finish the book?
- Connecting or not connecting to the book
- The structure of the book
- Discovering your parents are people and are flawed
- Do you journal?
- What’s your relationship with “to do” lists?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
The High Performance Planner
Funerals, death, cadavers, goo bags, and Weekend at Bernies. The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel.
Discussion Points:
- Fun Home = Funeral home
- Drawings of cadavers
- What do you want to happen to your body after you are dead? Would you donate your body?
- Death and funerals in different places and time periods
- 80s and 90s movies and television
- Other writings by Alison Bechdel and the musical based on the book
- Tarot card readings
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
BodyWorlds
Weekend at Bernie’s
Boobs, booze, banned books, and the Bechdel Test (and graphic novels, literary references, and talking about the weather). The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Fun Home”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Fun Home in the “book club bag” at the library
- What’s the process of Bechdel creating her graphic novels?
- Fun Home has been banned in schools and libraries in the USA
- The graphic images in the book
- The layout - how is it reading a graphic novel? Using a different mindset.
- Literary references
- Boobs and booze and banned books
- The Bechdel Test - women in film
- Small talk - talking about the weather
- Pink eye
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Dykes to Watch Out For
Author Karma Brown of “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life”, joins the Book Interrupted women and fan Lindsay for a chat about finding the time for yourself, raising children, rhubarb baking, and Roe v. Wade. This episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks!
Discussion Points:
- The 4% Fix conversational style
- Finding the hour for yourself - when can you find your time? And what do you use your time for?
- Raising children at different ages
- Difference in time management for adults with kids versus without
- How did the pandemic affect your personal time/projects?
- Procrastibaking
- Roe v. Wade
- How to help - show up and get involved
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Smitten Kitchen
How Did Roe Fall? Before a Decisive Ruling, a Powerful Red Wave, NY Times, by Kate Zernike
V For Vendetta
Karma Brown Instagram
Limbo in limbo; vintage shopping; and full belly laughs. Concluding their series on “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Have you ever lost a friend over their recommendation of books?
- Do you want to stay in the never-ending “library” like Hugo?
- Limboing in limbo
- Having sex in all the different lives - would you do it a lot?
- Similar themes on the screen
- Saving clothing that you love, even if it’s caught on fire, and the vintage shop movement
- Seeing Red in the library
- Revisiting bird calls and bird stories
- Full belly laughs
- Here’s my coffee cup and here’s what I’m reading - Insta challenge
- Next book cycle Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
- Book Interrupted Playlists
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Crash (2004)
Crash (1996)
Two Truths and a Lie - Book Interrupted episode
styledemocracy.com-Courage My Love
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
What The Robin Knows Fan Episode - Bird Call Challenge
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
La Vie en Rose
The Mi
The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, then share their final book reports. Do they recommend the book?
Discussion Points:
- Do they recommend the book?
- Short chapters
- What time do you go to bed?
- Good for a book club
- Parallel universes
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Off The Shelf: Two Truths and a Lie
The Book Interrupted women and Virginia continue the group discussion about “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. They discuss kindness & relationships, whether suicide is courageous or not, wine-book pairings, and then imagine their own midnight libraries.
Discussion Points:
- Kindness, hard lessons, the impact of relationships
- Suicide – is it brave or not?
- Pairing wine with books!
- The members name their libraries and their alternate lives
- Meredith’s Midnight Used Book Store
- Lindsay’s Midnight Wine Cellar & Jancis Robinson
- Sarah’s Midnight Bakery & her boss Margaret
- Kim’s Midnight Boardgame Café or improv game & her grade 11 law teacher
- Lia’s Midnight Hotel with different beds & Brutus the dog
- Virginia’s Midnight Record Store
- Kara’s Midnight Green Room & Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Amusement parks, too much adrenaline, and colliding with birds
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Jancis Robinson - Wine Critic
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Women Who Run With The Wolves
Seinfeld Gene’s Picks
The Book Interrupted women and Virginia share their personal thoughts at the halfway mark of reading “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, then continue in the group discussion. The women discuss depression, the unpredictable outcomes of choices, and fiction versus reality. What roles do philosophy, perspective, & mindset have in regret? How does the language of mental health change the conversation?
Discussion Points:
- Philosophy, perspective, and mindset
- Choices change life in unpredictable ways
- Connecting with the main character, or not
- Depression
- Micro dosing
- Fiction versus real life
- Language change for the good
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Matt Haig
Everything Everywhere All At Once Official Trailer
Quantum Leap TV Show Opening Credits
The Book Interrupted women and Virginia continue the conversation about “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. They discuss acceptance instead of regret, abortion, right choices with bad feelings, and the happiest life yet.
Discussion Points:
- Living without regret –decisions make us
- Unpacking feelings about abortion
- Making the right choice sometimes feels bad
- Dog-killing babies
- Time travel movies starring Rachel McAdams
- The stairway to happiness
- Kids giving themselves haircuts
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
About Time Official Trailer
Time Traveler’s Wife Official Trailer
The Book Interrupted women welcome Virginia and kickoff the first fan book choice of Season 2: “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. The women individually give their first impressions of the book, and continue in the group chat. They discuss fate, soulmates, parallel universes, purgatory, Gene’s Picks from Seinfeld, and (of course) regret.
Discussion Points:
- Book Interrupted welcomes Virginia to the fan book cycle
- Devouring the book – the right way and wrong way
- Gene’s Picks – finding your Gene or your Elaine for books or beliefs
- Fate, soulmates, parallel universes, and purgatory
- Bad things can be good things
- Poetry, philosophy, and book coming into life at the right time
- Bird interruption aka Jon Young is a sneaky guy
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Matt Haig
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Valkyries by Paulo Coelho
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown
Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Leading Change by John Kotter
Seinfeld Gene’s Picks
Another Earth - Official Trailer
Spiderman: No Way Home - Official Trailer
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off the Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The
Book Interrupted women play Two Truths and a Lie. Can you guess which one is a lie?
Discussion Points:
- The unlikely accidents that left scars on Lindsay’s hands
- The embarrassing things that happened to Lia while she was working on a tattoo
- Meredith’s bat blood potion, university professor romance, and sea turtle encounter
- Kara’s drunken brother-in-law stories, and a close encounter with a deer
- The famous people Kim has met
- Sarah’s accident-prone stories that are better than lies
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Behind Her Eyes on Netflix
Jordan Knight from The New Kids On The Block
Topher Grace from That '70s Show
Lance Bass from NSYNC
Toe Touches / Russians
Concluding their series on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Naked in the forest, multiple penises, doing it birdie style, self-esteem & mirrors, and Bird Call Challenge.
Discussion Points:
- Squiggy’s Stumble Forward T-shirt
- Twitter reactions & realizing Twitter account names aren’t always their real name
- Topic Tuesday quote: “Every living being has a purpose”
- More on naturists, naturalists, and nudists
- Multiple penises (or is it peni?)
- Self-esteem, self-consciousness, and mirrors.
- Doing it birdie style
- These are the birds in our neighbourhood
- Book Interrupted members answer the Bird Call Challenge
- Do you read one book at a time or multiple books?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Bird Songs
A Fed Bear Is A Dead Bear
The Kids in the Hall -- Chicken Lady
The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, then share their final book reports. Do they recommend the book?
Discussion Points:
- The last chapter
- Listening to the birds
- Exercises and techniques learned from the book
- Mindful meditation, nature, and forest bathing
- Forest bathing and wine tasting
- Thinking about your senses
- Do we recommend the book?
- The Challenge - listen to a bird and replicate their song
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
The Book Interrupted women continue their discussion on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of balance, individuality in animals, bird calls, and learning from nature.
Discussion Points:
- Did you like the book?
- Can being out in nature create a balance?
- Time management
- Connecting our book cycles together - what parallels do you see?
- Putting a sail on a canoe
- What did you take away from the book?
- Animals are individuals and listen to each other
- Learning from nature and paying attention, being part of the ecosystem not apart from it
- Learning the bird behaviour and calls
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. They continued on to the group discussion, exploring whether energy and emotions are contagious across species, birds calls, pet versus city versus country birds, if they liked reading the book, and much more.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- How did the members like reading the book?
- Individual types of birds and their calls - can you distinguish them?
- From Collision to Connection chapter
- Energy and emotions are contagious - can the birds sense your emotions?
- Pet birds
- City park birds versus country birds
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of bird language, multitasking, interconnectedness, naturalists versus naturists, and so much more. The episode ends with a new challenge: can you master/mimic a bird call and spell it?
Discussion Points:
- Technical aspect of the book
- Learning bird language and what it means
- Is it in our DNA to connect us to other animals, sounds, etc?
- Multitasking - is it good for you?
- Interconnectedness of everything
- Jon Young’s learning from Indigenous groups throughout the world
- Categorizing bird sounds and how other animals listen to them
- Naturist versus naturalist - which one is naked?
- Bird call challenge - can you master/mimic a bird call and spell it?
- The recordings of the bird calls - did you listen to them?
- Pop culture tangents
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Bird Language Audio Library
Jon Young
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Vinyl Cafe
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “What the Robin Knows”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of sit spots, Scouts, bird watching and putting random found things in your mouth, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of the book.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals - what are the first impressions of the book?
- Do you have a sit spot/magic spot?
- Were you ever a Scout, Brownie, or Girl Guide?
- Animal and bird watching
- Do you put random found things in your mouth?
- What animals and birds do you see close to your home?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Your Parenting Mojo
How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature by Scott D. Sampson
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
Follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” How has she been over the past year and what are her current projects? How can we change the messaging around periods and puberty?
Discussion Points:
- Tik Tok
- Parents in Texas can now be prosecuted for child abuse if they give their transgendered child medication
- Supporting future menstruators as they begin puberty
- Turning Red animated film - normalizing talking about periods and puberty and changing the messaging
- If men could menstruate
- Dating as a strong women
- Merkins
- Finding self worth and value in ourselves
- Genital smell and why it happens
- Painting a bigger picture of your life to set bigger goals
- Fear of not fitting in and uncertainty - our society of conformity
- Taking the path of love, not the path of fear
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
KirstenKarchmer.com
Forever Brazen
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
Turning Red
If Men Could Menstruate by Gloria Steinem
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza
Concluding their series on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle.
Discussion Points:
- Squiggy’s Stumble Forward t-shirt
- Mere’s mullet
- Twitter responses and Kim’s attempt to connect with Oprah
- Book Interrupted playlists
- International Women’s Day - Breaking the Bias
- Our next fan book: The Midnight Library
- Kim’s tarot card interruptions and Celestial Saturdays
- Joy Harjo quote: “silence is the white light of sound”
- Children asking parents stories of when they were younger
- Other podcasts to listen to on similar topics
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
Book Interrupted Teespring Shop
Tony Scruggs The Empathy Guy
Book Interrupted Talking to Strangers Playlist
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Masterclass - Joy Harjo Teaches Poetic Thinking
Hidden Brain Mind Reading 2.0
Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant
Super Soul Sunday
Hidden Brain Podcast: Mind Reading 2.0
Meredith Lady Lamp I
The women finish their chat and share their final book reports inspired by “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Kim brings to the group a few concerns she has with the book, then they finish with whether they recommend it.
Discussion Points:
- Suicide - is the information in the book is out of date?
- Coupling - do events only happen because of specific circumstances/context?
- Sylvia Plath
- Are poets more likely to commit suicide?
- Crime statistics and race - did Gladwell miss something?
- Do you recommend the book?
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. “Friends”, TV, The Stanley Milgram Experiment, authoritative figures, body language, and attractiveness - how do all these things influence our perceptions of strangers and our interactions with them?
Discussion Points:
- Error in the Friends section - it’s Monica not Rachel!
- Does your face show emotion the way that other people expect you to react?
- How has TV affected how we interpret emotion on strangers’ faces?
- Does anyone else’s nose tingle when other people touch their nose?
- Experiments to see how people react to shocking situations
- The Stanley Milgram Experiment
- Do you listen to authority figures, even against your own judgment?
- Body language and attractiveness - how much do they impact our perceptions of others?
- Buying music online
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
My Weekend Was the Plot of Mrs. Doubtfire | No Laugh Newsroom - CollegeHumor
Encanto
Vivo
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. So many things to talk about with this book in the group chat: default to truth, relationships, oppression, the Holy Fool and more.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- The illusion of asymmetric insight - do you think you know more about someone else than they do about you?
- The Holy Fool
- Do you default to truth?
- Relationships and red flags - do you see the truth when there are signs that they are lying?
- Data versus interactions - how much does personal interaction change the way you interpret data?
- How does race and gender oppression affect sentencing and assessment of situations?
- Was this book upsetting to you?
- Group enhancements - do you follow the group?
- Love and marriage
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, exploring topics of biases, first impressions, empty sorrys, shoulds versus coulds, rules, sisters, mothers, sense of self and Legends of the Fall.
Discussion Points:
- Have you met a stranger and had a bias, but when talking to them you found out they were the opposite?
- Actions versus words - an empty sorry means nothing/following through on your words
- First impressions
- Shoulds versus coulds - do you live your life because you “should” do things?
- Rules - do you like to follow them?
- Can you be friends with your sister’s friends?
- Are you the hardest on yourself?
- How did becoming a mother change your sense of self?
- Target marketing and are our phones listening all the time?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
5 Love Languages
Legends of the Fall
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Snowden
The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Talking to Strangers”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of Gladwell’s other books and podcasts, basketball, making an expert, and predicting divorce, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of the book.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals - what are the first impressions of the book?
- What is Talking to Strangers about?
- What do you think of other Malcolm Gladwell Books and his podcast, Revisionist History?
- Underhand versus overhand free throw shots in basketball
- Do 10,000 hours of practice make an expert?
- Can you predict divorce by Dr. John Gottman’s The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse: criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell Books
Revisionist History
“This One Thing is the Biggest Predictor of Divorce” - The Gottman Institute
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women talk about “little t” traumas in their lives and bonus tarot card readings from Kim. What happened to them and what will happen to them?
Discussion Points:
- Sarah’s wax on the eyeballs story
- Meredith’s Great Dane dog stories
- Lindsay’s falling Christmas tree story
- Kim’s bike accident and maxi pad arms story
- Lia’s curdled chocolate milk and public vomiting story
- Kara’s acne drawing story
- What do you think about the tarot card readings for the members - Page of Pentacles, Justice, Two of Cups, Three of Pentacles, High Priestess, Nine of Wands?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Concluding their series on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle, Ikea furniture, Britney, Uncle Buck, the dangers of eating magnets, dog-earring pages of books, giant bookshelves, merkins, and all the pop culture references.
Discussion Points:
- Follow up from the Cyndi Lauper challenge
- Pop culture documentaries - Britney, Pink
- Meet the members of Book Interrupted
- Putting Ikea furniture together - do you like doing it?
- New feedback on Seeing Red - getting your period again at 50 years old
- Fluctuating estrogen levels as women get older - eat more or less meat?
- Our Book Interrupted blog: Manuscript Mondays, Topic Tuesdays, Word Wednesdays, Thought Thursdays, Facts Fridays, Silly Saturdays, mixed Sundays
- Eating random things including brick walls, Lego, and magnets
- Do you dog-ear pages of books, or what do you use as a bookmark?
- Do you lend or give away your books?
- Reading books and understanding the language written a long time ago
- Are books better than their movie versions?
- Merkins - pubic wigs
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual Album
Framing Britney Spears
Britney vs. Spears - Netflix
P!nk: All I Know So Far - Amazon
The Handmaid’s Tale
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Liv Fit Freedom
The women finish their chat and share their final book reports inspired by “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Do they recommend the book?
Discussion Points:
- Would we recommend the book?
- Does the book keep getting worse? Is there a happy ending?
- Being able to not finish a book to take care of oneself.
- Being an entrepreneur
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Rocketman
Spiderman, déjà vu, synesthesia, Cyndi Lauper, A Million Little Pieces, apologies, community, asking for help, and making friends as an adult. Lots of tangents this week! The women continue their chat inspired by “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry.
Discussion Points:
- Déjà vu - is it mindfulness, something we don’t understand about time, a sign from the universe, or something else?
- Synesthesia - are your senses linked?
- The new Spiderman movie and do you like movie previews?
- Restrictions in different parts of Canada
- Controversy about A Million Little Pieces, author James Frey and Oprah Winfrey, Cancel Culture, and apologies
- Cyndi Lauper - do you like her music?
- The importance of community in raising children, making new friends as an adult, and asking for help can be difficult
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Spider-Man: No Way Home
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Oprah Confronts James Frey
Oprah and James Frey Clear the Air
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Lots of trigger warnings - this was a hard one to read for some of the members. Were you impacted emotionally, intellectually or both? And where is the hope in this book?
Discussion Points:
- This is a hard book to read. Trigger warning.
- Link between biological and psychological health
- Déjà vu - what is it?
- The importance of social relationships with depth
- Coping mechanisms
- Implicit bias from when we are children
- The impact on children in their first few months of their life
- Where is the hope? Was the book told without empathy?
- Learning about others who had past trauma
- Did this book impact you emotionally or intellectually or both?
- Trauma on a spectrum
- Missing the protective factors and talk of risk factors
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, exploring topics of triggers, choice, deep breathing, filling your bucket, and the impact the first few years of a child’s life have on their adulthood.
Discussion Points:
- What triggers you now, that could relate to your childhood?
- Taking a breath between reacting and responding
- Deep breathing to take you out of fight or flight
- Children lashing out to find their autonomy
- Is there such a thing as too much choice?
- The structure of the book - diagrams, aesthetics, style
- Losing your bookmark
- Filling your bucket and how that is affected by your childhood
- Teaching by example
- The impact in the first few years of a child’s life, versus when older
- Postpartum depression and after-birth care
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Game of Thrones Series by George R. R. Martin
The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition by Dan Brown
The Book Interrupted women begin Season Two with “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “What Happened to You”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of their childhoods, emotional regulation, and trauma, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of the book.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals - what are the first impressions of the book?
- What happened to you, not what is wrong with you
- How do you regulate your emotions?
- What happened to us in our childhoods that made us who we are now
- The conversational format of the book - did you like it?
- How can this book help the friends and family of those who’ve experienced trauma?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Dr. Gabor Maté’s The Wisdom of Trauma
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd
The Onion
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women continue their new segment filled with lots of silliness, fun and laughs. Who would you Bestie, Boink, Battle, or Barf? And did the women complete their Meditation Challenge?
Discussion Points:
- Bestie Boink Battle Barf Quiz Show
- Meditation Challenge - did the women continue with it?
- Confined spaces - do you like them?
- Near death experiences
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Surviving Death - Netflix Documentary Series
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Welcome to part two of our recap of Book Interrupted Season One! Listen to what the members think were the funniest, most surprising and most embarrassing moments. What did they learn about each other? And a teaser for next season’s books!
Discussion Points:
- If you had to pick one other author from last season to come on the show, who would you choose?
- What was one positive surprise you got as a result of doing the podcast?
- What were the funniest moments?
- What were the most embarrassing moments?
- What was your favourite and least favourite books?
- What did we learn about other members?
- Which members like deadlines, and which hand things in early?
- Which book are you looking forward to most in the new season?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Welcome to part one of our recap of Book Interrupted Season One! What are the members’ favourite moments? Who likes the smell of their own farts? And who held back and didn’t say all they wanted to?
Discussion Points:
- What is your favourite moment or quote?
- Farts
- Kirsten Karchmer and Squiggy coming on the podcast
- Was there anything you wish you’d said recording, but you held back during the season?
- What was the hardest part about this season for you?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Lily Singh video doing hair
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women begin their new segment filled with lots of silliness, fun and laughs.
Discussion Points:
- Enneagram Quiz Show
- Behind the scenes - inside look before and after the podcast
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Enneagram Institute
Lise Clark Astrology
Concluding their series on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, the women and their fan Lindsay discuss fan responses, mermaids, librarians, secret languages, the rat race, being famous, swag and a whole lot of laughing.
Discussion Points:
- Fan response to our blog answers
- Mermaids
- What’s worth getting out of bed for?
- The rat race - do we really want to be in it? How do we find balance between work and the rest of our lives? What’s the relationship to those living near the poverty line?
- The impact of social media on our feelings of missing out
- Glamorizing over-working salary employees
- Making a supportive work environment
- Librarians and libraries
- Our Book Interrupted swag
- Would you want to be famous?
- Secret codes and languages made up as children
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymation
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The Book Interrupted Swag Shop
All Welcome Here Rural BIPOC Association
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, finish their discussion on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Do we recommend the book? What are our final thoughts?
Discussion Points:
- Do we recommend The 4% Fix?
- The final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, continue their discussion on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Which sleep archetype are you: Lion, Bear, Wolf or Dolphin? What is misophonia? And how do you use the tools from the book?
Discussion Points:
- Letter writing/ getting letters in the mail
- How different cultures raise children
- Lions, Bears, Wolves, and Dolphins sleep archetypes - which one are you?
- Finding a mysterious noise
- Misophonia
- Are you an auditory, visual, scent or taste person? Which sense can drive you mad?
- How can you put The 4% Fix ideas into a different schedule?
- Focused Four List - using it to be able to focus on different aspects of your life
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, share their personal journals while reading “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, then continue the group discussion. How important is sleep? And what brings your balance?
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Would you recommend this book?
- Getting up earlier - can it help you find your own time?
- Using the 4% Fix
- Baby stepping to success and making a new habit
- Backing up self help with research
- The importance of sleep
- PHAG - Petite Hairless Agreeable Goal
- What brings the balance?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Tony Robbins
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, continue their conversation on their second fan book choice: “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. What gets you out of bed in the morning? How do you organize your life? And how do you find your ‘me time’?
Discussion Points:
- What would get you out of bed in the morning?
- Zombies
- How do you accomplish your creative projects?
- Finding your ‘me time’ and organizing your life
- Women sharing the load
- Household dynamics and chore lists
- Focused Four Lists
- The link between menopause, sleeping and anxiety
- Challenge: how can you put the 4% Fix ideals into your routine?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymation
Saje Natural Wellness
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, begin their first conversation on their Series 8 and second fan book choice: “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “The 4% Fix”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of time management, oxygen masks, sleep cycles and what’s worth getting out of bed for, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Karma Brown.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals - what are the first impressions of the book?
- How do you manage your time?
- The effect the COVID pandemic had on our sense of time
- Put your own oxygen mask on first
- What is worth getting out of bed for?
- What time of the day can you find your extra hour?
- Sleep cycles
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
By The Book Podcast
University of Alberta Indigenous Canada
MasterClass
The Talk
Concluding their series on “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle, the women discuss fan responses, cruises, Covid dreams, swag, the greed disease, language, and bare feet.
Discussion Points:
- Nomination for the Podcast Awards
- Comments from fans
- Cruises - would you go on one now since the pandemic?
- Covid dreams and Covid test requirements
- Feedback from Jesse Thistle
- Inviting authors on the show
- Book Interrupted swag
- Apply to be a fan and choose a book for next season’s fan choice!
- Buying, consuming and the greed disease
- Trying to use language to describe a deeper meaning
- How many books do you read at the same time?
- Is life better in bare feet?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Lia’s artwork for From the Ashes
Down the Rabbit Hole
Indigenous Resilience: Healing Trauma Through Tradition and Resistance
The Wisdom of Trauma
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
University of Alberta Indigenous Canada
The Henna Artist by Alka Josh
The Book Interrupted women continue their discussion on “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. Through the symbolism of Jesse Thistle’s injuries, they dive into topics of fate, coincidences, faith, lessons, and self-soothing. They finish with their final book reports. Do they recommend the book? Listen and find out
Discussion Points:
- The symbolism of Jesse Thistle’s injuries
- Coincidences, fate, faith and magic
- Learning lessons and making different choices
- Self-soothing - what do you do?
- Other stories from the book
- Book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Yoqi
Higher Awareness
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Alice Munro
Canada Reads spotlight: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
'My ancestors are with you': Jesse Thistle and George Canyon on Canada Reads 2020
The Book Interrupted women discuss “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle, specific stories within the book, and topics of humanity, kindness, struggles, and support systems.
Discussion Points:
- Jesse Thistle’s rise “from the ashes”
- The importance of a support system
- Being willing to accept help
- Writing stories to help with healing
- The poetry in the book
- Relearning how to take care of himself
- Giving humanity to people other people discount
- Small acts of kindness and sharing what you have
- Writing in a diary
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Alice Munro
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. Afterwards, they continue the discussion and touch on topics of residential schools in Canada, Indigenous history, education and how to stop being part of the problem and be part of the solution.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Accolades for From The Ashes
- Residential schools and the way Indigenous people are treated in Canada
- Educating ourselves about Indigenous history
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
CBC Canada Reads
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
University Of Alberta Indigenous Canada
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on: “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. They talk about examples from the book and delve into topics of writing styles, storytelling and homelessness in the communities where they live.
Discussion Points:
- Good bad binary
- Interconnectedness and empathy
- Jesse Thistle’s writing and storytelling style
- Showing and not telling - letting the reader discover the lesson themselves
- Homelessness, shelters and the loss of home
- Lack of mental health support
- Discrimination when applying to rent a house or apartment
- Learning to speak about difficult topics
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Skin We're in: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
Nice White Parents
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Nomadland
White Squirrel Brigade
The city with no homeless on its streets, BBC
Built for Zero Canada
The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 7 book choice: “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “From the Ashes”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of reconciliation, appropriation, the Indigenous experience, community and interconnectedness, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Jesse Thistle
Discussion Points:
- Reconciliation and being an ally
- How books can come to you at the right time
- Spirit animals and appropriation
- Community and interconnection
- Responsibility and Rights
- Individualistic versus collective
- We’re all interconnected and related
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
IndigenEYEZ
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Concluding their series on “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari, the women discuss fan responses, preppers, Disney princesses, horror, life insurance, and a whole lot of zombies.
Discussion Points:
- Responses to fan comments on social media
- Lia’s caricatures of the group members
- Shut up statements - “I’m just being honest”
- Goosebumps and Fear Street books
- Zombies and the Zombie Apocalypse
- Preppers and go bags
- Life insurance
- Suicide is a mental health issue
- Disney Princesses
- Long term relationships
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Nonviolent Communication Artwork by Lia Macbean - caricatures of the members
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Goosebumps
Fear Street
The Walking Dead
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
28 Days Later
Shaun of the Dead
Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Artist Imagines What Would Happen If Disney Princesses Visited A Psychotherapist by Maria Guadarrama
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Did the women finish reading “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari? They wrap up their discussion on the book and share their final book reports. Topics include: doctor Google, cyborgs, conspiracy theories, critical thinking, journalism, admitting they don’t know everything, and how our search for “likes” and “stars” influence our public behaviour.
Discussion Points:
- Did everyone finish reading Sapiens?
- Fake it until you make it—has the internet taken away our ability to admit we don’t know something?
- Using doctor Google versus relying on experts
- Trusting people who admit they are wrong
- Lack of funding for journalism and how can we find news sources we trust?
- Is critical thinking a good thing?
- Conspiracy theories
- Are scientific studies biased?
- Cyborgs and you
- Searching for “likes” and “stars” and how it influences our behaviour
- Targeted advertisements from our cell phones listening to us
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Black Mirror
The Matrix
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Inside Out by Demi Moore
Happiness is the feature topic of discussion in this episode of Book Interrupted. Continuing the chats on “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari, the women talk about their own search for happiness in their lives and the struggles they’ve had along the way. Peppered in are superheroes, I Dream of Jeannie, the pronunciation of the letter “Z” and whether Kim could be a lizard person in disguise.
Discussion Points:
- The importance of our ancestors
- Happiness does not depend on objective conditions, but rather depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations
- Depression
- Happiness isn’t the destination, it’s the journey
- Finding contentment just with self and being
- Would we recommend the book?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
“A” You’re Adorable by Sharon, Lois & Bram
Back to the Future
Eckhart Tolle
Armchair Expert
I Dream of Jeannie
In this episode of Book Interrupted, the women continue their discussion on “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari and share their personal journals while reading the book. Among other topics, they chat about: the word ‘natural’ and body modifications; the extinction of big animals; gossip and stories; sociopaths; and the transition of power from family and community to the market and state.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- There is no ‘natural’ way of life
- Shut up statements, like “I’m just being honest”, or “it’s natural”
- Body modifications, botox, tattoos, and getting breast implants in honour of your grandparents
- Human rights as a human construct
- The human flood - the extinctions of big animals
- The importance of stories and their ability to slowly change the world
- Local gossip versus fake news
- Sociopaths
- Giving power to the market and states, instead of your family and community
- Individualistic societies
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life by Jill Bolte Taylor
We Are Lady Parts
The Book Interrupted women discuss “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari, storytelling, keepsakes, empathy, and the separatism between nature and man. Lia finishes the episode and shocks the other members by cutting her Sapiens book in half for ease of carrying and reading.
Discussion Points:
- Our ability to tell stories unifies us: corporations, money, human rights, government
- The collection of data
- Re-reading books
- Good luck charms/keepsakes - do you give power to your personal objects?
- Why we gorge food
- Having empathy for people you haven’t met
- The separatism between nature and man
- Looking at the global community
- Cutting large books in half for ease of transport
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 6 book choice: “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Sapiens”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of cooperation, tacky gifts, book cutting, collectivism in an individualist culture, and raising children not to be a-holes, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Yuval Harari.
Discussion Points:
- The writing style/storytelling
- Can you walk and read at the same time?
- Cutting big books in half to make them easier to carry around
- The tackiest gifts ever
- Cooperation amongst large groups of people - how the human race is different than other animals
- Raising children not to be a-holes, teaching them to share
- Community versus individualism - collectivism in an individualist culture
- How every action and behaviour has a ripple effect
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Joe Rogan Experience
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast
Litsy
Yuval Noah Harari: What explains the rise of humans? | TED Talk
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The six women discuss feedback they received from Book Interrupted Series 5 on “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg, as well as previous series. Amongst chats about the importance of stories, trying to use nonviolent communication in real life, and the stigma of being a stay-at-home parent, they set a new BI challenge: eat something decadent in public and report back.
Discussion Points:
- Fan feedback and comments
- Is eating a big bag of chips in public brazen?
- Enjoying the journey of life
- Book Interrupted challenge: eat something decadent in public
- Societal pre-conditioning - the stigma of stay-at-home parents and the unemployed
- The importance of stories
- Trying to use nonviolent communication in real life
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin DiAngelo
Desmond Cole
Ice Cream At Work | Baroness von Sketch Show
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Book Interrupted women discuss “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg; how they express anger; gratitude; and dancing it out. They finish the episode by sharing their final book reports. Would they recommend this book?
Discussion Points:
- Anger and how we express it/why we scream
- Emotions as a wakeup call, giving you feedback
- The importance of stopping and breathing
- Dancing it out! “Never walk when you can dance.”
- How to be thankful in a specific manner
- Final book reports - what do we think of the book?
- Changing mindset from “I have to” to “I choose to”
- Change comes through doing
- The difficulties of using NVC with children
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Book Interrupted women discuss “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg; tools to communicate and empathize; and the limitations of NVC, including potential ways it can be used in bad faith. After a debate about whether they should empathize with people they think are doing hateful or abusive things, they finish with each naming their primary need/s.
Discussion Points:
- The many ways to communicate, understanding the person, and sharing our needs
- Using NVC to communicate between parents and children
- How to not feel responsible for other people’s feelings, but still help people fulfill their needs
- How people who show love by doing can create a codependency
- The limitations of NVC: the importance of choosing who you use NVC with, do both people need to know these skills for this to work, and how NVC can be used in bad faith to manipulate others
- Should you empathize with people you think are doing hateful or abusive things?
- What are your primary needs?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity By Kim Scott
The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading: “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg. Then, continuing the group discussion, they reflect on how they respond to conflict, empathy during the pandemic, how they communicate their different needs, and learning to listen.
Discussion Points:
- What are our needs?
- How do we respond to anger, conflict and negative feedback?
- Dealing with changes in our lives and how we share that knowledge with others
- Learning to listen, empathy and the tools of how to connect
- How nonviolent communication is effective for use in conflicts and big emotions, but does not work for emergencies and everyday conversations
- The different ways people deal with problems - trying to figure out individual needs
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg. By debating their different communication styles, ranging from keeping it all inside to having no secrets at all, they share what they need to connect. Can they learn how best to speak to each other, despite their differences?
Discussion Points:
- Reevaluating our communication styles
- Naming our feelings
- Telling people you appreciate them
- Name calling and why we lash out in rage
- Marshall B. Rosenberg and his puppets
- How to communicate your needs and understand other people’s needs
- The differences between people who share all and those who don’t
- Communicating with our body language
- How to be more blunt
- Emotional Intelligence and taking time to figure out our feelings
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Armchair Expert
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 5 book choice: “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Nonviolent Communication”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of feelings, needs, conflict and personal narrative, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Marshall B. Rosenberg.
Discussion Points:
- Figuring out your feelings and needs
- How to listen
- How can people-pleasers balance their own needs with the want for peace?
- The role personal narrative can play in our reactions to situations
- The four components of NVC: observations, feelings, needs and requests
- How can conflict hinder communication?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Your Parenting Mojo
The Enneagram Institute
The six women discuss feedback and the public versus private comments they received from Book Interrupted Series 4, Episodes 1 through 5, on “White Fragility” by Robin Diangelo.
Discussion Points:
- Why don’t people speak up on social media about White Fragility?
- Practicing talking about racism, speaking up, being vulnerable, stumbling forward
- Cancel culture, accountability culture, apologies, and showing how you made amends
- How to pick your battles/set your own boundaries
- Things white people say to POC and fetishizing POC
- Self awareness, change, mindfulness and bringing down our white people blinders
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
@the_brown_squiggy
Beastie Boys Story
Real Things White People Have Said to Me - Lilly Singh
Good Hair
Down the Rabbit Hole
Fan Squiggy and the six women continue the discussion on ideas from “White Fragility” by Robin Diangelo, concluding with their final book reports. How can they learn to speak up, fight against white solidarity, and just keep stumbling forward? Would they recommend this book to other readers?
Discussion Points:
- Activism and the POCnic in Prince Edward County, Ontario
- Racist words behind closed doors
- White Solidarity/“white silence is violence”/learning to speak up
- Tone policing and white fragility
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
@the_brown_squiggy
Teacher goes on racist rant, not realizing Zoom was on, mother of Black child says
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Fan Squiggy and the six women discuss ideas from “White Fragility” by Robin Diangelo. How do we talk to children about racism? Can we get to equality together? What is the role of the bystander? Why has it taken so long to have many shades of ‘nude’ crayons and undergarments? Plus, seeing Sharon Osborne’s white fragility play out on tv!
Discussion Points:
- Racism in Canada
- Other books and resources on antiracism
- White Fragility in action on television
- Apologizing versus making amends
- The nice guy/‘friend zone’
- The intersectionality of feminism, antiracism, trans and gay rights, fatphobia
- Speaking up/the role of the bystander
- Old movies and media influence
- How to talk to children about racism
- Different shades of skin colour, crayons, underwear, ‘nude’
- Getting it out of the “uncomfortable is rude” realm/ revisiting ‘manners’
- Body positivity
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
‘The Skin I’m In: I’ve been interrogated by police more than 50 times—all because I’m black’ by Desmond Cole in Toronto Life
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
'The Talk': Sheryl Underwood, Sharon Osbourne Discuss Racism
Oprah with Meghan and Harry
Piers Morgan Walks Off Set During Meghan Markle Debate
That ’70s Show
The Big Bang Theory
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Bystander effect
The Book Interrupted women and their fan Squiggy share their personal journals while reading: “White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism” by Robin Diangelo. Then, continuing the group discussion, they reflect on how the good/bad binary, white women tears, individualism, colonization, rationalization, and their own behaviours contribute towards racism in our society.
Discussion Points:
- Making a safe space to talk about racism - getting through the uncomfortable and awkwardness and opening the conversation
- Reflecting on our own past and present racist behaviours
- Why is it so hard for white people to talk about racism?
- The good/bad binary
- White women tears
- Individualism
- “People of colour” is an offensive term in some parts of the world
- The role of colonization in creating racism
- White Fragility as a gateway book - start here and learn more after
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown - Brené with Austin Channing Brown on I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Squiggy, continue the discussion on their first fan book choice: “White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism” by Robin Diangelo. Referencing the book and their lives they dive into topics of racism in the education system, politics, and small town Ontario; the controversy of the author being white; the importance of the arts; and how they can keep stumbling forward.
Discussion Points:
- Education - how can we make change to include more teachers of colour and more diverse experiences and history?
- Being the only person of colour in a room
- Familiarity bias and diversity quotas in hiring
- Keeping sex education limited, keeps men in power
- Educational system overhaul
- Residential schools and using school as a weapon
- More diverse representation in politics
- How to educate your children about racism
- Step forward, don’t step back
- Let’s make it better for all the children
- The importance of the arts and how they’ve been affected by the pandemic
- Learning through films, tv, theatre, books
- Controversy of the author being a white woman
- Being a good ancestor
- Everyone is qualified to talk about antiracism, keep stumbling forward
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Armchair Expert
Hip-Hop Evolution on Netflix
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard
David Chang
Get Out
American History X
Bird Box
Moonlight
Period. End of Sentence. (The Pad Project.)
Boyz n the Hood
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
Layla F. Saad Good Ancestor podcast, episode 11: Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown - Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo
Your Parenting Mojo - Episode 87: Talking with children about race, with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Armchair Expert
CNN “Study: White and black children biased toward lighter skin”
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Squiggy, begin their first conversation on their Series 4 and first fan book choice: “White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism” by Robin Diangelo. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “White Fragility”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of white privilege, history, and how to begin antiracism work, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Robin Diangelo.
Discussion Points:
- White privilege
- Micro aggressions
- How to start talking about race and take the first steps in antiracism work
- How the history that is told to us is through a white perspective
- Making noise can make change
- White centering
- Racism does exist and we’re all a part of it
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Armchair Expert
Brené Brown podcasts
Miriam Makeba Interview 1969
Home appraisals: Hidden camera investigation reveals race could affect value (CBC Marketplace)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
The six women discuss feedback and comments they received from Book Interrupted Series 3, Episodes 1 through 5, on “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer.
Discussion Points:
- What was it like for previous generations of women and their periods?
- First period experiences - “am I dying?"
- Menstrual education for children and men
- Are males curious about periods?
- Tampons with applicators, versus without applicators, versus reusable applicators
- Menstrual cups and period underwear - how do they work?
- Period boxer briefs for trans men and boys
- Pads worn by women after giving birth
- Social media posts normalizing periods
- Internet trolls - should you engage?
- Tampons as costumes
- Lack of understanding around menopause
- What is perimenopause versus menopause?
- Update of Brazen Cramp and PMS herbs
- Performance art inspired by periods and vaginas
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
My Balanced Life. Finding inner balance through individual, corporate, and community wellness programs.
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Period. End of Sentence. (The Pad Project.)
Knix Period Underwear
Dear Kate Period Underwear
Aisle Period Boxer Brief
Diva Cup
Down the Rabbit Hole
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunther
Forever Brazen
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
Book Interrupted Pinterest
Laurie Anderson
Carolee Schneemann Meat Joy
Carolee Schneemann Fresh Blood
In this bonus episode, the Book Interrupted six women ask questions and chat with Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.”
Discussion Points:
- Perimenopause - how can we tell if there is something wrong or are the symptoms linked to perimenopause? Is it like reverse puberty? How important is sleep during this time?
- PCOS - how is it different for every person?
- Dietary advice, including how to make congee, drinking bone broth and taking spirulina
- Hormone replacement therapy and PMDD
- Can belly fat be linked to perimenopause and menopause?
- How can we reinforce our satisfaction by saying it out loud?
- How can you cope mentally with chronic pain or disability?
- Food sensitivity tests and endometriosis
- Human rights issue surrounding periods and menstrual equity
- Menstrual cups
- Talking to girls about their periods
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
My Balanced Life. Finding inner balance through individual, corporate, and community wellness programs.
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
KirstenKarchmer.com
Forever Brazen
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza
Everlywell
period.org
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Conceivable.com
The Book Interrupted six women continue discussions inspired by reading “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer. In this episode they touch on topics of painful periods, men living in women’s bodies for a month, sexual and menstrual education, period underwear, perimenopause, and naturopaths versus doctors. They finish the episode by sharing whether they each recommend the book.
Discussion Points:
- Changing our mindsets that pain with periods is not normal, even if it is common
- It might be common, but it’s not normal - how can we use this in other parts of our lives?
- Would there be equality if women were in power?
- What would happen if men had to live in a women’s body and mind for a month?
- Should doctors be required to take a mandatory class specific on women’s biology?
- Why do we segregate sex ed?
- How do we educate children about menstruation - both girls and boys?
- Period underwear - do they work and how do we clean them?
- What are the symptoms of perimenopause? PCOS?
- Bloodwork ranges - the difference between doctors and naturopaths?
- Would we recommend this book?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
My Balanced Life. Finding inner balance through individual, corporate, and community wellness programs.
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
What's up with her? | 22 Minutes
The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht
Epic theatre and Brecht
I Am Not an Easy Man | Netflix
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr Jennifer Gunther
Amy Schumer
The Book Interrupted six women discuss their lives, inspired by reading “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer. In this episode they touch on topics of periods, mental health, medical research, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, cutting back caffeine, drinking more water, and the lack of access to period products in some areas of the world.
Discussion Points:
- Why is medical research and fitness research only done on white males and how does that affect women and people of colour?
- How to use movement as a form of regulating hormones
- The importance of drinking water, sleep, eating healthy
- Seed cycling - did it work?
- What are the advantages of cutting back caffeine?
- How does our mental state affect our bodies and the pain we feel?
- Cry and show your emotion and don’t apologize for it
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and anxiety
- How can you adjust your life to reflect your cycle?
- Menstrual health is a matter of human rights
- There are many people in the world who don’t have access to period products
- How do we end the stigma associated with menstruation?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
My Balanced Life. Finding inner balance through individual, corporate, and community wellness programs.
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
World Pulse
Period. End of Sentence. (The Pad Project.)
The Book Interrupted six women share their thoughts while reading “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer, followed by group discussions on their experiences with perimenopause, urinary incontinence, cysts and menstrual cups. Just because something is common, does not mean that it’s normal.
Discussion Points:
- The history of the period
- What is the ideal period?
- Seed cycling
- How can you use your period as a diagnostic tool?
- Perimenopause and menopause
- Just because something is common, does not mean that it’s normal.
- Does period underwear work?
- How do hormone fluctuations affect our bodies?
- Urinary incontinence
- How does it feel when a cyst bursts?
- The benefits of using a menstrual cup
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a pair of Knix Period Underwear!
My Balanced Life. Finding inner balance through individual, corporate, and community wellness programs.
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr Jennifer Gunther
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunther
Diva Cup
The Book Interrupted six women continue their conversation inspired by “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer. Exploring issues of education, Goddess mythology, and being comfortable talking about menstruation, they chat about their own personal period experiences and how to teach their children about their bodies.
Discussion Points:
- The history of periods and how men treated women during their menstrual cycles
- What could we do to prepare for our periods?
- Why are sex education classes separated into gender? Why can’t it be part of a regular curriculum?
- Menstrual cycles are not shameful, just part of biology
- Let’s talk about our periods openly
- Goddess mythology and early civilizations’ understanding of the connection between the lunar cycle and the women’s cycle
- How has modern religion taken ancient female symbolism and changed it to masculine?
- How can we teach our children about menstruation?
- Being comfortable talking about discharge, mucus plug
- Why do we use words like “the bloody show” to describe natural parts of childbirth?
- The anatomy of the clitoris
- Dorsal and ventral anatomy and labeling of the penis
- How hard it is for parents to watch their children grow up
- Do you wear special clothes during your period?
- How eating disorders can affect menstruation in the short and long term
- Our first period experiences
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a pair of Knix Period Underwear!
My Balanced Life. Finding inner balance through individual, corporate, and community wellness programs.
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image by Jules Cashford and Anne Baring
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr Jennifer Gunther
The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 3 book choice: “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” by Kirsten Karchmer. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Seeing Red”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of endometriosis, holistic medicine, period education, birth control pills, doctors, drugs and boobs, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Kirsten Karchmer. “Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s normal”
Discussion Points:
- Endometriosis awareness
- The importance of drinking more water
- How can our periods be used as a diagnosis tool?
- Talking about periods should be normal
- More education and research is needed about female health, periods and menopause
- Seed cycling - how does it work and can it help?
- Holistic and Chinese medicine - how the body is all connected
- Why do doctors prescribe the birth control pill when they don’t know what’s wrong?
- How hormones affect our mental health
- Family doctors and specialists need more information about female health
- Why are women often not included in drug trials?
- Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s normal
- How all our periods are different
- How can women’s cycles sync up?
- How breast reductions can help quality of life
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a pair of Knix Period Underwear!
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr Jennifer Gunther
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunther
Menstrual Musings- Kim’s Period Rap
The six women discuss feedback and comments they’ve received from Book Interrupted Series 2, Episodes 1 through 5, on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle.
Discussion Points:
- Remarks, feedback and comments from our fans
- Response to Lise’s video
- Is Glennon Doyle selfish or is she trying to help?
- Is Untamed a memoir or self help or is it both?
- How does popularity/fame/power affect people?
- Are the lessons in Untamed packaged too neatly? Is there a salesman/guru vibe?
- What faces do you make under your mask?
- Why do women’s and girl’s products need to be pink and delicate with butterflies?
- Strict definitions of gender roles and how does that affect children?
- Does DreamWorks represent racial and gender stereotypes?
- Talking and sharing about overcoming drug abuse and eating disorders
- Why are women always taught to be in competition with other women?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Lise Clark Astrology
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
Together Rising
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle
This Hour Has 22 Minutes - What's up with her?
In Living Colour - Jim Carrey as Fire Marshall Bill (Boat safety)
In Living Colour Intro (with Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, etc) Season 3, Episode 1
Baroness Von Sketch - Women’s Products
The women finish their discussions on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle, ultimately weighing in on whether they would recommend the book. They delve into topics of religion, spirituality, God, memoir versus self-help, personalities, and the nonprofit Together Rising.
Discussion Points:
- Can we separate religion, God and spirituality? How do these affect our lives?
- Would we recommend the book?
- Should Glennon have told us more memoir over the lessons?
- The children who were taken from their parents at the border
- Abby’s personality versus Glennon’s
- The six final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Lise Clark Astrology
Together Rising
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle
Wolf Pack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
The women reflect on last episode’s discussion about tone policing and their reactions both during and after the conversation. Afterwards, diving into the stories and lessons they read in “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle, they debate listening to their inside truth versus asking for outside advice, whether those opinions come from love or fear, and if there is one roadmap that everyone can follow.
Discussion Points:
- Upcoming contest for fans to win a waterproof Amazon Kindle Oasis
- Tone shaming/policing
- Apologizing and making mistakes
- Can behaviours, choices, feelings all be traced back to the simplicity of love and fear?
- The breaking of the parent-child role
- Following your truest path, not always the easiest, and trusting your own knowing
- ‘Me culture’ versus listening to your elders
- Be aware of the fuel behind the advice
- The problems with reducing the unit to just one person instead of the community
- Being secure in yourself versus being susceptible to outside influences
- Should we ask for many opinions, or not at all until we know our own opinion?
- Letting other people’s fear and issues into your bubble
- Can there be a roadmap for how to live your life?
- Does Glennon Doyle present herself as a guru?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a Kindle Oasis!
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Lise Clark Astrology
Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The women share their personal journals while reading the first part of “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle. In the group discussion, they dive into the topics of white privilege, antiracism work and needing representation of different perspectives, ending in a heated debate about tone policing. The discussion will be continued in next week’s episode.
Discussion Points:
- Upcoming contest for fans to win a waterproof Amazon Kindle Oasis
- The women share their personal journals while reading Untamed
- How Glennon made her book both easy to read and dealt with difficult issues
- Can you live your beautiful life and not have to burn everything?
- Sensitivity and the balance of emotions in life
- Becoming untamed/wild is a lifelong journey
- Stop living a “should” life and start living a “could” life
- God versus church
- Untamed, Glennon Doyle and white privilege
- White saviorism
- Desktop activist, white exceptionalism
- White supremacism
- The need for fan engagement and representation of different perspectives
- Doing the work of antiracism and being open to correction
- Tone policing
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Win a Kindle Oasis!
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Lise Clark Astrology
The Seattle Times. “Is Glennon Doyle’s new memoir ‘Untamed’ inspirational or heavy-handed?” by Sarah Neilson
The Cut. “Glennon Doyle Is Coming to Get the White Women” by Ann Friedman
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Jimmy Kimmel Live “Mean Tweets”
Nonviole
Continuing the discussion on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle, the women discuss how words can change culture; the unfortunate value placed on women’s appearances; gender and relationship roles; consumer susceptibility to trends; cancel culture; and, of course, the book.
Discussion Points:
- Upcoming contest for fans to win a waterproof Amazon Kindle Oasis
- The problem with the words “be a good girl”. How words can change our culture.
- How Adele was affected by reading Untamed and how the media misconstrued her words
- Why is it always about what women look like? How does this affect the next generation of daughters?
- Gender roles in society and conformity
- Defining roles in a relationship
- Emotional support for men - is there enough out there?
- Glennon Doyle’s first two books - how has she changed since then?
- Is there a way to determine the ‘right way’?
- Consumers’ susceptibility to the next big self help trend
- People change—allowing people to make mistakes
- Cancel culture
Resources:
Win a Kindle Oasis!
Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm!
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Lise Clark Astrology
The Book Interrupted women begin their first conversation on their Series 2 book choice: Untamed by Glennon Doyle. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read Untamed, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of selfishness, sexuality, gender, societal conditioning, bravery, raising children, feeling your feelings and doing hard things, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Glennon Doyle.
Discussion Points:
- Upcoming contest for fans to win a waterproof Amazon Kindle Oasis
- The high sales numbers and popularity of Untamed
- Should there be a balance when discussing putting yourself first?
- Examining preconceived notions of sexuality and gender. Loving the person and not the gender.
- Societal preconditioning about wanting to want our own home and hit particular life goals. What’s true to us? Are we born into a society or role that is being marketed to us?
- The story of the therapist, when Glennon Doyle said she’d fallen in love with a woman and the therapist told her to give her husband a blow job. Is a blow job less intimate? The societal idea that there is no other option than staying in a marriage. Follow your truth.
- Feel your feelings. Surviving. It’s hard and we can do hard things. Children’s books on doing hard things. Can we undo the conditioning, and teach something different to the next generation?
- Teaching children about bravery and different kinds of bravery; saying no is also brave.
- The paradox that women should be genuine, but also conform.
- Sitting on Santa’s lap at the mall is confusing; don’t let strangers touch your body, except this stranger.
Resources:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Lise Clark Astrology
Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
MarieTV
Schitt’s Creek wine clip
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids by Gabi Garcia
It’s You I Like by Mister Rogers
The six women discuss feedback they’ve received from episode one through five based on their discussions of “Women Who Run with the Wolves” by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. They also call themselves out on times they were insensitive and speak about their privilege. Between laughing at their own mothers’ responses to the podcast, debating suggestions of the male version of “Women Who Run with the Wolves”, diving deep into the self help industry and trying to answer whether we need to fix ourselves, they are honest about their views and their lives. They ultimately discover how important storytelling is in all environments.
Discussion Points:
- Kim reflecting on the group’s Coyote Dick conversation and possible insensitivity/the importance of coyote as the trickster in indigenous cultures in storytelling
- Storytelling as a valid form of education
- Acknowledging the group’s privilege in regards to discussion of the Ugly Duckling - not everyone can pick their group
- The book interrupted members’ mothers’ and mother-in-laws’ support and feedback
- Meredith’s Down The Rabbit Hole blog every Sunday and responses to it
- Lindsay’s feedback about episode three and not being a mom in a group of mothers
- Suggestions of male versions of Women Who Run with the Wolves and discussion on whether it fits: “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire” by David Deida; “I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression” by Terrence Real; “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Miguel Ruiz
- How Kim should write Coles Notes of spiritual self-help books that annoy her
- Response to a fan feedback of “the topic is basically like fixing yourself which implies that you are broken”
- The self help industry - do you need to fix yourself or not? Is ignorance bliss?
- Is the podcast and club only for women? Is Women Who Run with the Wolves only for women?
- Other feedback
- Kara’s boss’ way she applies storytelling (and particularly “Women Who Run with the Wolves”) in a corporate environment
Resources:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
The group of women that make up “Book Interrupted”, in today’s episode round-up their in-depth analysis of the book - Women who Run with the Wolves. Sarah and Kara share some of the specific details around a few of the stories that resonated with each of them. Kim and Lia, note that while they enjoyed parts of the book, they most definitely did not enjoy the overall experience of reading it - so much so that they would likely never make the effort to finish it - and today they explain in a bit more detail why not.
These ladies are all very honest and definitely not shy, which means that this episode is once again packed with laughs and some risqué comments.
Discussion Points:
- Share favorite stories from the book
- Comparing strategies for reading the book
- Not being in the right place to read the book
- Ugly Duckling story and it’s meaning
-
Kara shares her love for the book and the changes the book inspired
-
Bluebeard story - trusting your instincts
- Society’s expectations around gender distract from the content of the book
- Book Report and Recommendations - The group shares final thoughts on Women who Run with the Wolves
Resources:
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Eat Pray Love
Carl Jung
Joseph Campbell
Untamed Book
This episode is, once again, entertaining, brutally honest and insightful as this group of ladies continues their discussion on the book “Women who Run with the Wolves”. In this episode, they go into some specifics on why the book had a big impact on some of the members and why others struggled to get through the first few chapters.
Sarah and Kara share the stories in the book that they each found most meaningful and note elements of their personal history and personality that more than likely is what drove them to enjoy the book so much. In contrast, the other four members explain why the book did not quite grip them in the same way.
Discussion Points:
- Meredith describes her method of reading this book
- Sarah and Kara share why they liked the repetition in the book
- Lindsay shares her thoughts
- General Wolf Rules for Life
- The ugly duckling
- Sarah shares her favourite part of the book
- Naming your ego/emotions/state of mind to cultivate mindfulness
- Kara Shares her favourite part of the book
- Acceptance and Commitment therapy
- Trusting your Intuition
Resources:
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Non-violent Communication
In this episode, this group of women talk about their feelings and frustrations around raising children in our modern society. They point specifically to instances where they felt judged and pressure to conform to societal norms when it came to parenting.
In this day and age - where judgement and outside opinions on parenting are rife - the moms in the group vent their frustration with this status quo. The women share their thoughts on how we should be supporting each other instead of judging each other in order to pass that “way of thinking” along to the next generation. They each point out a specific short story from the book that held personal meaning for them and this just highlights the fact that this book potentially has a message that can speak to anyone.
Discussion Points:
- Instincts vs Society’s expectations
- Raising Children while being judged by society
- Instincts around raising children
- Children’s instincts
- Parent’s being judged
- Making decisions that will allow your child to be themselves
- Women supporting other women raising their children
- Should judgement affect how you raise your children?
- Parents feelings about their kids often go back to their own past experiences
- Book for men on the male stereotype and vulnerability
- Members’ Personal Journals
Resources:
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Continuing on from the previous episode, this group of six women delve deeper into the book “Women who Run with the Wolves”. They discuss their personal views and whether they think the book is a valid observation of the female psyche. Interestingly, they all agree that regardless of who you are, the book is sure to envoke deep thought about society’s expectation of women. They guide listeners on parts of the book that resonated with each of them as well as things about the book they didn’t enjoy.
Discussion Points:
- The importance of the timing of reading this book
- Author’s writing make getting into the book difficult
- The audiobook version is more palatable
- Critique of the book’s over analysation of meaning and symbolism
- How music relates to the book
- Kelly Lee Owens Album - Innersong
- Thoughts on Music
- Fiona Apple’s Album
- The “cage” of being categorised by society
- A perspective on society’s expectations of men
Resources:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Book Interrupted on Spotify
Pitchfork Article - Kelly Lee Owens
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Listen to these six women discuss, rant, cry and laugh about each of their individual experiences while beginning the classic book “Women Who Run with the Wolves”. Through storytelling, this book dives into the wild woman archetype and how it can be restored. Currently considered a staple in most bookstores this book brings out strong opinions in its readers.
Whether they love the book or hate it, these six women make a point to encourage each other to share their honest opinions. And boy are they honest… On the fence about reading “Women Who Run with Wolves”? This episode may be exactly what you need to help make that decision.
Discussion Points:
- Sarah’s review :-)
- Lindsay’s review :(
- Lia’s Review :-|
- Meredith’s review :-|
- Kara’s Review :-)
- Kim’s review :-|
- Group discussion on combined thoughts on the book
- Freedom getting affected by the roles you take on
- Women’s roles and society’s expectations
- Conforming vs Non-Conforming
- Magical Experience of reading this book (and not reading it)
Resources:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind