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About Face
A show about authenticity and real life - personal wellness, recovery, sobriety, love and sex, development, society, culture, family of origin, and coming back to who we've always been. Kate Marlene is an author, social activist, narrative therapist, and performance artist.
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I Have a New Podcast! Falling in Love is Easy Trailer
Hey About Face fam—today I’ve got something special for you. I’m introducing my brand new podcast: Falling in Love is Easy.
This show is close t...
Introducing- Atypical Daydream
I wanted to introduce you all to a podcast I really love called Atypical Daydream, hosted by Josh Caldwell.
I know you, listeners of About Face...
Episode 52. The Power of Single-Mothering w/ Ruby Russell
As a single mom myself I've had to battle the negative stereotypes and stigmas around single motherhood and what happens after a marriage/parenting re...
51. I Went to Jail! The Stories We tell About Ourselves
Somewhere there is a mugshot of me after I got arrested at a house party in Seattle when I was 20. There is also a picture of me graduating law school...
50. Family Estrangement & Going No Contact w/ Janice Formichella
"Just because someone is related, doesn't mean they love you," can be a difficult idea to accept, but recognizing that family relations don't always s...
49. PSA: Stop Texting When You Should Be Talking!
When it comes to texting- I am the worst! I have a history of sending break-up texts, having serious conflicts by text message, and trying to communic...
48. Burnout in Mid-Life and 'The Way Home' w/ Ben Katt
I started this podcast after my own 'rock bottom' story and recovery journey, really in effort to capture the essence of personal growth and transform...
47. Managing Fear and Anger During Loss
I wanted to share a difficulty that I have been struggling with the last month and how I was able to manage some hard, even shameful emotions that cam...
46. Love Stories in Art and Life w/ Olivia DeRecat
Love stories captivate all of us, but how do narratives of love influence how we date, make meaning, and tell our own stories? What do we look for in...
45. Illness, Negative Self-Talk, and Healing
Being sick can have a negative impact on our sense of self and mental well-being. Do you feel unproductive, unable to be a good parent, or isolated an...
44. Break Ups, Broken Hearts, and Moving On w/ Janice Formichella
One of the greatest pains we will ever endure in life is heartache, either from a break-up, rejection, divorce, or the severance of a relationship. In...
43. College Pregnancy: An Interview with the Father (20 Years Later)
Almost exactly 20 years ago I got pregnant. I was still in college and my boyfriend at the time was getting ready to start a Ph.D. at Harvard. We had...
42. My (Ex) Mother in Law Thinks I'm Cray! Dealing with Multiple Truths
Any time we try to convince others of our truth and convictions we lose power. When I got divorced I heard a lot of rumors about myself-- I'm crazy, l...
41. I Am Trapped in a Foreign Country!- Reimagining Limitations
I got on a dating app in 2012 and met my now ex-husband. Now I have two German kids and I can't leave the country! On a bad day this really gets be do...
40. Truth Hurts: Saying the Hard Stuff
I took a break from podcasting because I didn't know how to tell my own stories anymore. There was shame, confusion, fear, and hardship around what I...
39. Healing in Sex and Love w/ Quintin Mecke
Dating after divorce or after 40 can be messy, but it's also a great time for self-growth, healing, and introspection. In this episode, Kate talks wit...
38. Truth Telling: if you want to heal, you have to be real
This is the first episode in a new season of About Face. Kate shares her personal journey with creating the podcast, what it means to be authentic, wh...
37. I Got Hypnotized: Subconscious Storytelling
Last summer I got hypnotized for over two hours and I wanted to share about this experience as well as the relationship I found between narrative heal...
36. Suffering is Optional- Attachment Stories
Today I want to talk about something I call “Attachment Stories,” and it’s the stories that attach themselves to events, issues, or traits about ourse...
35. Why Me? When Bad Things Happen
I used to think I could insulate myself against pain or hardship by doing the right thing or making "good decisions." When my daughter was diagnosed w...
34. I'm Successful, How Could I Be An Addict?
I hated the thought of being an addict or an alcoholic. I would often point to my external successes as a straight A student, a lawyer, having a good...
33. Sick of Gratitude Lists? Try My Shit List
I love gratitude lists, but I think sometimes the pressure to focus on the positive (and shaming for negative thinking) can be destructive. In this ep...
E12- Getting Over a Break-Up, Divorce, Love Lost
Break-ups are HARD and the heartache can last years. This episode explores the relationship between self-identity and break-ups and why the pain is of...
E11- Collective Grief and Rising Hope in a Pandemic
So. many of us are suffering from the collective grief of this pandemic and it's been manifesting in various ways- pressures on our relationships, mon...
E10- Challenging Our Food and Body Narratives
Food is so basic and primal and yet so many of us suffer from disordered eating--why? This isn't about extreme cases of anorexia, bulimia, or overeati...
E9: Restor(y)ing a Father's Absence
When you think of the most important stories of your life, they are often about relationships. What stories you tell about yourself and your life ofte...
E8- When Fear is Real: Medical Fears, Money & Loss
In 2017, my 18-month old daughter had to have brain scans for a suspected tumor. While in the hospital, she didn't wake up from the anesthetic. It tur...
E7: Fear Narratives: Finding Self and Truth
Facebook: Restorya Therapy
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Our theme music is the song Jeanne by Kenichi and the Sun from the upcoming album White Fi...
E6: Reimagining Self and the Journey in Tarot w/ Hannah Joy Graves
This podcast is broadly looking at the way that stories and reimagined narratives can help us shut down negative thinking patterns, deconstruct damagi...
E5- Poetry and Embodied Activism (Wicked Slam Live in Berlin)
I started my work in activism at more of the macro level. I went to law school and studied international human rights at the University of Minnesota i...
E4- Challenging Gender Binaries and Biology Narratives w/ Aisling Ní Chába
Kate interviews Aisling Ní Chába about her internal experience with gender identity from childhood, growing up in an abusive family and repressive Cat...
E3- You Are Not Your Problems
I'm a divorced, single mom, an alcoholic, I suffer from depression and anxiety, among some other things, and yes, all of this sounds really shitty, bu...
E2- Alcoholism & Recovery: A Personal Narrative Journey
Stories tell us about where we come from, who we are. They give us meaning and purpose. And without some understanding of how they influence us, a sto...
E1: Welcome to Restorya! An Introduction
In our first episode of Restorya, Kate talks about the evolution of About Face and why she’s changed the show and the content to introduce her work in...
Episode 20: Missa Blue- Burlesque Dancer, Sword Swallower- Facing Your Fears
I met MISSA BLUE after one of her hypnotic burlesque shows, a political, challenging and riveting performance history of the Black Panthers. Missa Blu...
Guest Episode- Leaving the Amish Community- Filter Stories
Today we are sharing a guest episode from Filter Stories by James Harper about Raymond, a former member of an Amish community who left his home and hi...
Episode 19: Surviving the Unimaginable w/ Christine McAlister
Christine McAlister has endured one of the most horrible and traumatic experiences that I can imagine, and yet, her retelling of the experience and ho...
Episode 17: Accepting Life and Self in Chronic Illness w/ Lisa Spears
Lisa was an ambitious 20-something working for the United Nations when a sudden and chronic illness became debilitating, leaving her unable to work. T...
Episode 17: The Truth Changes Everything w/ Tim Maas
Our guest Tim, shares semi-anonymously about his experiences with an unexpected pregnancy, as a new father, and a truth about his life that changed ev...
Episode 16: Reclaiming the Voice After Emotional Abuse w/ Reema Zaman
The relationships we inhabit can shape and define us, and how we see ourselves. Who we choose to love and let love us matters, because in the wrong ha...