016 A Book Ambre Hates and Better Options

Episode Content Considerations:

• Miscarriage is discussed.

• At the end of the episode we dismiss any kids who have been listening along and Ambre recounts a story from a tv episode that includes brief references to murder, overdose, drug addiction, and infant loss, while addressing the dangers of avoiding processing one’s grief

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Featured books in this episode:

• Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

• Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

• Maybe Tomorrow? (a story about loss, healing, and friendship) by Charlotte Agell

• Christy by Catherine Marshall

• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

• Anxious Andy by Adam Ciccio

• Violet Shrink by Christine Baldacchino

• Give and Take by Elly Swartz

• My Own Lightening by Lauren Wolk (sequel to Wolf Hollow)

• Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

• Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Media we discussed in this episode at length:

• Previous episode with Val that Amanda references throughout our conversation: 014 Night Wakings, Grief, and the Healing Power of Poetry

• Elyse Myers “I just do it scared.”

• The six minute Grey’s Anatomy scene Ambre narrates at the end of the episode (here in two three minute parts) about moving through grief. (CCs: Talk of drug addiction and infant loss. Shows raw emotions.)

  • part 1 part 2

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• Do you have any favorite books showing anxiety being handled well for adults?

• What are your favorite books that model emotional intelligence for youngsters and teens?

• What’s a book you’ve loved that reached you when you needed it in an area of emotional or mental health?

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