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The Benefits of Chosen Family
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Margo Rose interviews poet and author Mayer Wisotsky who was her father's best friend since childhood. They discuss ways to build relationships even stronger than family, how to create deep intimacy and healing after a traumatic loss.
Episode "Chapters"
0:00 Intro
0:24 Introducing Mayer Wisotsky
0:55 The Legend Of The Twilight Owls Book
2:06 Mayer's Goals
3:50 Mayer's advice about relationship
5:40 About The Benefits of Chosen Family
7:26 Value of Relationship
9:00 Supporting other people who are in grief
10:56 Essence of Body Aware Grieving
15:08 The body always tells the truth
16:40 Body Aware Living Idea
17:14 Poem from the Book
18:34 Poem 'Two Sons'
22:00 Mayer's Poems
24:15 Piece of advice from Mayer
26:54 Advice from Margo
28:27 Mayer's email to receive weekly poems
Guest Bio/contact info:
Mayer Wisotsky, ‘The Woodcarver’ and the author of The Legend of the Twilight Owls. He has worked in every kind of job from factory worker to hospital executive, from teacher to counselor, from actor and director to writer and musician, from salesman to a manager, from bricklayer to woodcarver, from entrepreneur to consultant, from paperboy to selling vacuums. He has joined philosophical groups, political groups, religious groups, the military and was the president of a college faculty union. His years of living have given him a huge amount of experience to authentically understand the world. Poetry has been his safety valve. It is the way he can express his understanding of reality in an emotional burst of creativity. He's been married to his wife for 43 years.
Email address to be part of his free poetry list:
wisewoodcarver@gmail.com
These are the links to purchase Mayer's book:
From Amazon:
From Lulu.com:
Margo Bio/contact info:
Would you like more practical wellness ideas?
Website: www.BodyAwareLiving.com
Body Aware Grieving has been created to help you, or someone you care about, adjust to a loss or big life change. This link is one way to get the book quickly:
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Aware-Grieving-Fitness-Trainers/dp/0692459189
Also available from other vendors including this independent Bookshop organization: https://bookshop.org/books/body-aware-grieving-a-fitness-trainer-s-guide-to-caring-for-your-health-during-sad-times/9780692459188
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