Embracing Change: Transforming Your Life in Your 50s
At the age of 51, I changed everything. And I'm here to tell you that change really is a process, and that process is still in process!...
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Kirsten Johansen
Apr 91 min read
Perfectionism and Binge Eating: How to Break the Link
Have you ever found yourself in an exhausting pursuit of perfection, only to turn to food for comfort when things don’t go as planned?...
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Kirsten Johansen
Apr 91 min read
Putting Yourself First: The Key to Healing and Building Relationships
I could not begin to solve the quandary of my interpersonal, romantic, professional, and familial relationships until I straightened out...
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Kirsten Johansen
Apr 93 min read
Talk to Me! Live Radio: Connection vs Convenience
When I was invited to do this show, a flood of memories about live radio filled me. I sat with my mom before school, ate Cheerios,...
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Kirsten Johansen
Apr 83 min read
When I'm Fifty-Three
We imagine what it will feel like to be a certain age. Then, we are that age, and it feels nothing like we thought it would. Join me as I...
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Kirsten Johansen
Apr 813 min read
Embracing the Forever of Now: Finding Meaning in the Present Moment
"What is forever but a stringing together of the now?" He finds you in a state of disrepair. You speak first on the phone and cry from a...
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Kirsten Johansen
Jun 9, 20231 min read
Release Your Resentments and Forgive Yourself
Kirsten talks with Kelly about how to change the narrative, forgive yourself, and release those sticky resentments so you can heal for good.
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Kirsten Johansen
Jun 9, 20231 min read
Your Weight and Size Are Not the Problems: Changing the Conversation Around Body Image
According to those pesky (yet emotionally charged) little labels in my clothes, I've occupied eight different sizes in my adult life....
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Kirsten Johansen
Feb 6, 202318 min read
So, You Want a New Job
You sit with your dad in the upstairs TV room where you spend much of your time watching movies and MTV. You are seventeen and are...
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Kirsten Johansen
Dec 2, 202213 min read
Standing Close to the Flame
You arrive in Malta exhausted. You have made this trip several times, but this time you find it particularly difficult to sit on the...
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Kirsten Johansen
Oct 12, 202212 min read
The Octopus's Garden
What are you going to do…what are you going to do…what are you going to do…Your mind races and your body vibrates with anxiety. Anxiety,...
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Kirsten Johansen
Sep 17, 20229 min read
Farrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part Three
It is the spring of 2011. At the completion of your treatment for stage 3B anal cancer, your pain, burns, and opiate addiction are at...
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Kirsten Johansen
Sep 7, 202212 min read
Farrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part Two
It is January of 2011. Six years earlier, you received a call from your mom. She tells you she has breast cancer. You both cry. It is...
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Kirsten Johansen
Sep 2, 20228 min read
Farrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part One
You are enchanted with Farrah Fawcett. You watch Charlie’s Angels, sitting on the floor close to the TV. You appreciate the plucky,...
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Kirsten Johansen
Aug 9, 202218 min read
Your Food
*Contains a candid discussion of disordered eating. Once you begin binging on food around the age of ten, using it as a drug to numb your...
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Kirsten Johansen
Jun 18, 20225 min read
Your Body
Your body is your first, best and last partner in this life. No one knows you better than your body. It is your closest friend, ally,...
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Kirsten Johansen
Jun 8, 20224 min read
You are at the center of your life
You are at the center of your life. This sounds elemental. A given. It isn’t. You begin this way, but human existence quickly intervenes...
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