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*New episode* stories from the First Person Health workshop + big news about the show
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This week’s episode of Overlooked features stories from First Person Health, a new workshop which helps participants tell their story in sound, and you'll hear from Melissa Kirk, who tells a moving story about her cancer diagnosis, and Kasia Woźniak, whose experience of an anxiety attack while driving is truly memorable.
One of the topics we cover in this workshop is the idea of transformation. Life-changing moments are few and far-between, but these are the stories that we seek and find and tell in First Person Health - transformative, embodied moments where our health, or sickness become the driving force in our lives. Telling these stories is difficult, emotional and rewarding work somehow - and it's my great privilege to work with listeners and teach this workshop. If you would like to apply to be in the next cohort, coming up in early summer, you can learn more and sign up here.
What else is going on: When I started Overlooked in the fall of 2023, it was really just to tell one story, about ovarian cancer and my family. Three years later, it's really stunning to see how much the show has grown - thank you to all of you for listening and sharing the show, writing to me about it, and helping Overlooked get to where it is. For an independent podcast to hit this milestone is a big deal. Has this been an easy journey? Hell no. Did I almost pack it several times over? Ohhhhhh yes. To sustain the quality of this show and keep growing it is in equal parts exhilarating and exhausting, but I am so, SO cheered on by your emails and notes and posts and feedback when you talk about what Overlooked means to you - please keep them coming. We're going take the win! And celebrate this on social media starting tomorrow, so please join me in that celebration. You can: 🏆 Tell someone about the show - forward this email to one person, or share a post on social media to many people - and follow us, too, on LinkedIn or Instagram, or leave a comment on our posts (or an Overlooked purple heart 💜💜💜!) 🏆 Write us a review: It would mean the world to me, and help the podcast grow even further. You can do that on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Wishing you the best of health, Golda |
Overlooked: a women's health podcast
Overlooked is a podcast about women's health which features immersive personal storytelling in each episode. Subscribe to the newsletter to learn more about the guests and topics the show covers, and to hear about live podcast tapings and other events.
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