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Marlena Fiol Podcast | Making Peace with Questions that May Never Be Answered

Hello again my Dear Readers!

I am honored to share this recent interview with fellow PhD and author, Marlena Fiol. Below are some excerpts and the podcast you can download, as well as a link to her site. Please enjoy our conversation, and thank you so much for your continued support!

— Liz

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Own Your Truth Podcast | Ep.28 EMPATHY, CONNECTION, AND LESSONS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF DESPAIR

This was an excerpt from an original essay by Liz Scott, a psychologist with over 40 years of experience and the author of This Never Happened, an absolutely heart wrenching memoir about her childhood journey with narcissistic parents, and her relentless search for the truth, for belonging, and a deeper understanding of her own life.

Liz Scott is an extraordinary woman who had arrived at the intersection of despair and made a conscious choice to live a full life.

This interview is a deep dive into what it means to take an unflinching look at ourselves and our history, in order to create change.

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This Podcast Will Change Your Life | Episode 211 - An Innate Desire To Be Whole, starring the Liz Scott

Quite This Podcast Will Change Your Life I am today. Not to mention the mighty Liz Scott, Portland, so much Portland lately, no, yes, see Greg Gerding and Melissa Duclos, and University of Hell Press, This Never Happened, therapy, memoir, and me, me, me, so narcissism also, and parents, distance, empathy, anger and forgiveness, and see Neile Parisi too, Nick Flynn, luck, good work and much, much more. So, please do This Podcast Will Change Your Life, because it will most certainly do that.

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The Mental Health Revolution Podcast

“I will be who I am, and I’m basically in charge of that now.”

It’s hard to believe that some of us have lived full of horrors and traumas with our biological family. You’re lucky and privileged if you didn’t have to go through these. But for some who did, how do they look pass them so they can also live their lives fully?

In this episode of The Mental Health Revolution Podcast, Kate talks to Liz Scott, a clinical psychologist and the author of This Never Happened, about her experiences dealing with her family secrets, how it helped her finder her identity by trying to unravel the mysteries, how she found much more compassion while on her quest, and many more. Discover how it affected her well-being and relationships when you tune in.

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Audio: KBOO FM | This Never Happened by Liz Scott

Hosted by: Ken Jones

Produced by: KBOO FM

Program: Between the Covers

Air date: Mon, 04/22/2019 - 11:00am to 11:30am

Host Ken Jones talks with Liz Scott, author of the new memoir This Never Happened, from University of Hell Press.

Liz is a practicing psychologist in Portland, and a practicing writer. Her work has appeared in The MacGuffin, New Stone Circle, and Lake Effect, among other journals. And she’s the mother of two grown daughters. This Never Happened is her first book.

Margaret Malone writes of This Never Happened: “Surprising, funny, and impossible to put down, Liz Scott’s memoir will break your heart with its calamitous wit and self-awareness. Scott’s elusive pursuit of familial truth and belonging haunts every page. A strange, unforgettable search for meaning.”

Liz will be reading, and signing books, at Powell’s City of Books on Tuesday, April 23rd at 7:30pm.

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