Guilty Yuppies

Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Slate Podcasts

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Relationships

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Danny Lavery welcomes Cyndie Spiegel, author of the book, Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay. Lavery and Spiegel offer advice to someone who is uncomfortable bringing up financial privilege among their friend group. Another letter writer wants to sever ties with her mom, but there’s one complication. Also, Spiegel shares the inspiration behind her book, Microjoys. Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: [email protected] If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Nike.
0:04.2	It's packed to school season, and you and your child might be feeling a bit anxious.
0:09.0	As a parent, you're the best team mate for your mini-me, and together you can use sport
0:13.2	to help overcome anxiety.
0:15.6	Try something new as a family and celebrate even the little wins you achieve on the journey.
0:19.9	Create long-lasting memories that will take your kids from class to court and beyond.
0:25.5	Go to Nike.com, Ford slash Kids, to get school ready.
0:29.4	To remind you that Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery, happens twice a week.
0:33.4	Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode or Little Big Mood every Friday.
0:38.2	Sign up now to listen at slate.com slash Mood.
0:59.4	Hello, and welcome to Big Mood, Little Mood.
1:05.0	I'm your host, Daniel Lavery, and with me in the studio this week is Cindy Spiegel,
1:09.5	the author of the book, MicroJoyce, Finding Hope, especially when life is not okay.
1:14.5	And she is also the founder of Dear Grown As Women, a social community for women 35 and older.
1:19.7	Cindy, welcome to the show.
1:21.3	Thank you. Thank you. I'm so excited to be here.
1:24.2	I'm so excited to be here too for two reasons. One is before we started recording,
1:27.8	we both discovered that we not not in time, but in location, we're briefly neighbors in the same
1:33.6	sort of moon struck adjacent neighborhood. And also because I'm recording from home today,
1:39.0	and if I seem extra wise, balanced, nurturing, peaceful, it's because there's three dogs
1:46.8	in my apartment right now. So I'm speaking to you with all the authority and the wisdom of
1:51.8	somebody who has three dogs, even though none of them is just on loan from a friend.
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