The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

<p>Psychologist Marisa Franco explains why we feel unworthy and how to form secure attachments. </p>

<p>What have we learned about loss, grief and memory 25 years after 9/11? </p>

<p>Psychologist Angela Duckworth on her new book “Situated” about how to create relationships and the right environment to help us do what we want to do.</p>

<p>Quick's memoir explores the legacy of intergenerational trauma, the healing power of therapy, and how his dad’s dementia made it possible for them to create a caring bond. </p>

<p>Psychologist Clay Routledge explains one downside to our focus on mental health is what he calls the "pathologizing of ordinary life."</p>

<p>Anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker on the progress in understanding autism, the ongoing efforts to overcome mental health stigma, and the need to dispel persistent myths.</p>

<p>Cognitive scientist Maya Shankar on how to respond to big change in our life.</p>

<p>The Odyssey translator Emily Wlison and Oxford psychiatrist and philosopher Neel Burton on why Homer’s epic poem endures and what it says about the human condition. </p>

<p>This week: why the need for intimacy is vital for our wellbeing and has helped us survive as a species.</p>

<p>For most of human history–before mirrors and cameras–we had no idea what we looked like. So how did the face become so central to our identity? </p>

<p>Why going to a concert or museum, taking up painting or dancing, joining a book group, or going to the movies is a big boost to your health.</p>

<p>Historian Colin Woodard joins us to discuss how our regional differences have pulled us apart and how we can create a more perfect union.</p>

<p>We explore how the pursuit of happiness has evolved in America with constitutional law scholar Jeffrey Rosen and cognitive scientist Laurie Santos.</p>

<p>Nir Eyal on how our assumptions drive our behavior.</p>

<p>In her new book, For Better and Worse, historian Stephanie Coontz digs into thousands of years of marital history to help explain how the tradition has evolved.</p>

<p>Ferrer’s story about how her family was torn apart by the Cuban revolution, their migration to the United States, and the brother they left behind.</p>

<p>Mural Arts' Jane Golden is retiring after four decades and 4000 plus murals. Marty talked with Golden about founding the celebrated program and about how art changes lives.</p>

<p>Diane Button is an end-of-life-doula. She has spent countless hours with people in their last days as they share their regrets, hopes, desires and dreams. </p>

<p>Stand-up Chris Duffy explores the power of humor to connect us with others and to help us weather tough times. </p>

<p>In a new book, Waiting for Dawn:Living with Uncertainty, author Marisa Renee Lee grapples with navigating life’s unstable and overwhelming moments. She writes about her own experience with grief throughout her life and her chronic illness of long Covid. Instead of forcing positivity and control, Lee says we should lean into the unknown, the stress and the loneliness during unforeseen dark times.</p>