Practice Of Being Seen

“A story is true if it is well told.” We open this episode with a line from novelist Elizabeth Cunningham’s Maeve Chronicles, a series of books that reimagines Mary Magdelen as a Celtic warrior woman. It’s a brilliant truth when we’re talking about myth and fiction, but it’s terribly problematic it comes to contemporary politics. In this episode, Marisa and Rebecca discuss alternative facts, how they influence relationships, and what they have to do with storytelling.   What were the Women’s Marches about? Equality, standing against injustice, and making the holistic vision a reality: when something happens to one part, it happens to the whole.   “Can I believe you, can I trust you, do I feel safe?” These are basic questions we ask when determining whether we can feel secure in a relationship. In this episode we get into the concept of “gaslighting” and how it shows up in relationships and in women’s experiences.   Do we have different expectations about the role of truth and storytelling when it comes