Emily Gordon

[Herself]

Her mention of Chick Publications made me laugh. I also grew up in N.C., and people would leave those things on shelves at the mall! Awful, hateful little comics that threatened you with Hell!

[RationalMuse]

I am not even done the entire episode, but I absolutely love listening to how well Emily and Paul talk and relate in this episode. I have heard the guys on the Nerdist podcast gush about how great Emily is and now I know why. I love now effective Twitter has been connecting podcasters and guests that might not have connected.

[marathonbar]

I loved this interview. I, too, want her to be my therapist! Paul, maybe you can have her back on and have listeners send in their questions about therapy.

[Cheldoll]

I love the idea of going "double down" when you start to feel anxious and just allowing yourself to feel all those emotions until you tire yourself out -- it's kinda like when Paul talks about continuing to pull the thread with your fears. The only tough part, I think, is finding a place you feel safe enough to do that. I know I have a terrible habit of bottling things inside and telling myself to just suck it up. I'm really interested in trying this out though.

[CharlotteC]

Loved Emily Gordon, so thank you for having her! I was inspired to dig her up on the Nerdist, and really liked the following interview as well. At the end (around the 1:19 min mark) is an interesting discussion of her non-religious/metaphysical views. I love how she articulates a very compassionate and thoughtful understanding of "God" as the collective good in people, the danger of indifference, and the problem with devaluing people's religious beliefs from a therapist's point of view. Worth listening to if you're interested in building bridges between believers and non-believers.

[CharlotteC]

Whoops, forgot to include the link:

http://www.nerdist.com/2012/02/you-made ... ly-gordon/