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In this month's installment of our Banned Books Series, we discuss Shaun David Hutchinson's YA novel We Are the Ants. Tune in to hear our thoughts on the book. Have you read this book or any of Hutchinson's other books? What did you think? Let us know - join the discussion!

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What effect does an absent father (whether physically or emotionally) have on children, specifically daughters? We explore this topic with this week's guest Dr. Susan Schwartz. Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. trained in Zurich, Switzerland as a Jungian analyst and appears on podcasts and presentations at Jungian conferences and teaching programs in the USA and worldwide. Her books are: The Absent Father Effect on Daughters, Father Desire, Father Wounds; Imposter Syndrome and the ‘As-If’ Personality: The Fragility of Self (September, 2023); A Jungian Exploration of the Puella Archetype: Girl Unfolding (December, 2024) and An Analytical Exploration of Love and Narcissism (July, 2025), Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons: A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic (2026).

Where to find Dr. Susan Schwartz:

Website: www.susanschwartzphd.com

Email: sesphd@cox.net

LinkedIn: @susanschwartzphd

Facebook: @susanschwartzphd

Instagram: @susanschwartzphd

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In this episode, we talk about the club that has become an entire movement - the We Do Not Care Club - started by the amazing, down to earth, and comedically gifted Melani Sanders known on Instagram as @justbeingmelani. Melani gives voice to the reality of women in midlife trying to make sense of menopause and talking about the things we no longer care about. In this episode we even share some of the things that we no longer care about. We want to know - what are some of the things that you no longer care about?

Where to find Melani Sanders and the We Do Not Care Club:

Instagram: @justbeingmelani

YouTube: @justbeingmelani

TikTok: @justbeingmelani

Facebook: melani.sanders

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Imagine if America went into therapy. What would that look like? This week's guest Phyllis E. Leavitt went down that rabbit hole and wrote the book America in Therapy: Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis. In this episode, we discuss the book as well as the premise of how therapy could help our country during this time of political upheaval and distress.

Phyllis Leavitt is an author and a psychotherapist of over 30 years. Her newest book, "America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis," is all about bringing the best of what psychology and psychotherapy have to national attention to help us heal from escalating divisiveness and violence and restore us to a sense of brotherhood, peace and cooperation. In exploring power dynamics, issues around equality, cooperation vs. unbridled competition, and a new relationship to dependency and interdependence, directly and indirectly she addresses many of the issues that characterize a more feminist approach to human relations and politics.

Where to find Phyllis Leavitt:

Website: https://www.phyllisleavitt.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phyllis.leavitt

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOdxqvDK9N421AZ5TTxqUgQ

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phyllis-leavitt-630179255/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phyllis_e_leavitt/

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PhyllisLeavitt2

Substack: https://substack.com/@phyllisleavitt1

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As we say in this episode, once you read Tiffany D. Jackson's Monday's Not Coming it stays with you. And maybe it should. After all, isn't that what art is supposed to do - change you, provoke you, make you think? And isn't that one of the reasons why certain books are banned? Fight against the bans. Read the books that are banned. Discuss them. Think about them. Let them change you. Let them effect you. Your growth depends on it. Some might argue that democracy also depends on it.

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So many people are living lives lacking in true intimacy or are in relationships that are not sexually satisfying. This week's guest Xanet Pailet has firsthand experience with this and knows how to help. Xanet is the bestselling author of Living an Orgasmic Life: Heal Yourself and Awaken Your Pleasure and the founder of Passionate Intimacy Retreats. Xanet is a former health care lawyer who lived in a sexless marriage for over two decades. At age 50, after experiencing her own sexual healing and awakening in 2011, she transitioned her career into a full-time sex and intimacy educator and coach and trauma practitioner.

Xanet believes that pleasure is our birthright, and she is passionate about helping individuals find their way back into their bodies, their desires, and their pleasure. Over the past decade, she has helped rescue hundreds of couples from unsatisfying sex lives and has helped women who are sexually shut down learn how to love themselves, their body, and reclaim their desire.

Where to find Xanet Pailet:

Website: https://www.passionateintimacyretreats.com

Free Gift: https://howtoimprovemylovelife.com

Instagram: @xanetpop

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xanet-pailet-2b464671/

Facebook: @xanetpop

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerofpleasure8132/featured

Book: https://a.co/d/555SMdf

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According to society, fairy tales, and rom coms being single is a problem in search of a solution. Our guest Fanny Tristan, a trauma therapist and clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience, had many clients who felt like they were failing because they were single. Unwilling to pathologize singledom, Fanny developed Her Soul Supply - a wellness collective and coaching program for single women of color combating loneliness and toxic relationship cycles. Tune in to hear how Fanny and Her Soul Supply help women reclaim their voice, power and joy.

Where to find Fanny Tristan:

Website: www.hersoulsupply.com

IG/TikTok/FB: @hersoulsupply

Freebie: How to Have a Happy and Healthy Heaux Season

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Society and fairy tales try to convince us that marriage is the penultimate marker of success as an adult. But studies and reality have shown that that may not be the case. Indeed, equality and equity are not guaranteed under the marriage contract. We have some strong opinions about marriage, and we aren't afraid to share them.

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