Episode Twenty Six: A Clever Girl

What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone – Audio and Video including every episode of Held in Mind: A Memoir

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Episode Twenty Six: A Clever Girl

It's her dad's birthday, and in a therapy session Lindsay looks to the past. Grapples with whose story to believe: her own, or the ones she imagines her parents would tell?

Lindsay Johnstone

Jun 05, 2024

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‘A deep excavation of family and self’

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Held in Mind: a Memoir

Lindsay Johnstone

November 26, 2023

In the absence of a ‘well’ mother, can it ever be possible to become a ‘good enough’ one yourself? Does mothering your own mother risk…

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“I’d never told Dad that it felt safer in his absence. He could arrive at Auchengate or to Riverbank Street and take us away, leaving my sense of security behind. And it was unsafe to show my fear. He didn’t know I s…

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What Now? with Lindsay Johnstone – Audio and Video including every episode of Held in Mind: A Memoir

Here you'll find every episode of my memoir, Held in Mind. You'll also find video interviews with fellow creative caregivers, which forms The Cost of Caring Series, and occasional video and audio on the big (and small) stuff of midlife.

Looking JUST for Held in Mind? Head to the dedicated post on my Homepage.

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