Summary
Story 1: For the past few months, Chris and his partner Beth have been crying. A lot. What’s triggering the waterworks? Reading Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” to their toddler. It gets Chris and Beth weepy every... single... time. Eavesdropping on home recordings, we join Chris and Beth on their absurdist quest to get through this kids’ book without crying.
Story 2: Six years ago, Boen spent time in a psychiatric ward while in the midst of a mental health crisis. His shoes were removed—no shoelaces to hang himself with—and he was given a pair of grippy socks “so that I don’t slip and hit my head on the linoleum, which I suppose is another way to kill myself if I really, really wanted to.” Later that year, he meets Grace, who has spent time in a psych ward, too, and they bond over those sticky socks. Now, as Grace experiences a new wave of panic attacks, Boen reflects on life in mental health limbo and the experience of being on both sides of the psych ward door.
Featuring Chris Attaway and Boen Wang.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker. I host a podcast called A Slight Change of Plans that combines behavioral |
| 0:05.8 | science and storytelling to help us navigate the big changes in our lives. |
| 0:10.4 | I get so choked up because I feel like your show and the conversations are what the world needs, |
| 0:18.1 | encouraging, empowering counter-programming that acts like a lighthouse when the world |
| 0:24.5 | feels dark. Listen to a slight change of plans wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.9 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | From CBC, This is Love Me, a show about the messiness of human connection. |
| 0:43.5 | I'm Lou. |
| 0:45.1 | In today's episode, two stories about hang-ups and bang-ups. |
| 0:57.1 | Not that you asked, but the evening routine with our two-year-old goes like this. |
| 1:03.9 | Hey, six. |
| 1:05.9 | At five o'clock, we pick her up from the chartminder. |
| 1:08.5 | You want to go back? |
| 1:10.6 | You want to go back? When we get get home we do the usual dinner which she doesn't eat bath time saying good night to things out the window then we spend about half an hour wrestling her into her jimmer jimmer. |
| 1:30.3 | And finally, we read a book. |
| 1:36.3 | We read a book. |
| 1:40.3 | Lately she's been asking for this one book. |
| 1:43.3 | It's Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Zeus, or as Suki calls it, |
| 1:50.0 | Places Go. |
| 1:52.0 | Places Go |
| 1:53.0 | I like Places Go. |
| 1:54.0 | It's about a little person in his jimmer-jammers learning to navigate the world. |
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