Itty Bitty Coping Committee

it's the season finale of itty bitty coping committee! cofounders ashlee green & karla lamb wrap things up with the lessons they've learned in 2021. show notes: the update ashlee cryptically refers to: her new essay about COVID-19, dating apps, & self-discovery in HuffPost Personal! email ashlee or karla with your praise & suggestions: karlalamb11@gmail.com / ashleegreenbean@gmail.com

in this episode, listeners will meet molly talo, karla's "little sister" AND a licensed therapist who works in the detroit area. molly went to michigan state university for undergrad and earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, then graduate school at the university of michigan for a master's in social work. molly's focus in her work is around attachment, relationships and boundaries, major life transitions, and helping people understand their mental health diagnoses of mainly depression, anxiety, and/or ADHD. in this episode, we tackle: sound baths & sensory deprivation temazcal in mexico rites of passage scream therapy the book "waking the tiger" by peter a. levine fight, flight, freeze, & fawn responses letting go & understanding norwegian singer-songwriter-artist-writer extraordinaire jenny hval transitions & COVID-19 lessons in spirituality, creativity, & manifestation sacred plant medicines & the evolving legislative policies around them a shout out to detroit & "shoulding" ourselves self love & free therapy tips!

in this new episode we tackle subjects like hiking, wearing masks, feeling stuck, new perspectives, conservative upbringings, goth aesthetics, the power of eyeliner (shout out to author r.o. kwon), the etymology of "JIZZ," the art of birding, edgar allen poe's raven inspo, charles dickens, acrobatics, academics, circus arts, covid-19, pittsburgh, and free therapy tips! acrobat and birder melissa yang joined the emory writing program faculty in 2019 after completing her PhD in english (composition and rhetoric) at the university of pittsburgh. her research homes in on stories of birds and words, poultry and poetry, and revolves around the question of ‘what can we learn about writing from birds?' find melissa at melissatyang.com or tweet her at @mtyrhetoric show notes: 24:10 - "thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird" by wallace stevens - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird 34:21 - r.o. kwon - https://twitter.com/rokwon?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

prolific pittsburgh artist and therapist-to-be clare welsh gets on the horn w. karla & ashlee to discuss living in a studio apartment throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, what's on her altar, how artistic action can interrupt looping thoughts, the connections between creative and social work, the "honesty" of "bad art," telehealth as a "line to sanity," and getting to know ones "incorrigible self."  show notes:  13:07 - elisabeth o'rourke - https://elisabethorourke.com/collections/prints  13:11 - alison cujoh -  https://www.instagram.com/alisoncujoh/ 17:22 - francesca woodman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/francesca_woodman  31:52 - "chapter after chapter" by heather sellers - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/381442  41:14 - "the acceptance jar" ritual from "we: a manifesto for women everywhere" by gillian anderson & jennifer nadel - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195194-we?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=gPyEczYHD6&rank=1  45:10 - teal swan - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KIUp4PNCyIwCPTq1hYzWQ  49:10 - "you do not have to be good" from mary oliver's "wild geese" - http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html 53:00 - clare welsh - https://www.instagram.com/clarewelsh/ & https://twitter.com/cc_welsh

multidisciplinary artist mark davis, based in seattle, gives ashlee and karla the real talk about using the wheel of life to find and grow what lights you up in life, why he calls documentary filmmaking a “labor of hate,” authentic movement vs. dance performance, & the importance of restoring your contact with the physical world post-quarantine. show notes: 13:08 - https://www.pamelamalo.com/ 22:20 - http://tinyurl.com/againstthetidemovie 33:18 - https://www.bodymindmovement.com/ & https://www.authenticmovementinstitute.com/ 45:45 - https://news.gallup.com/poll/329501/majority-workers-continue-punch-virtually.aspx 56:07 - https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/

pittsburgh-based designer and visual artist stephanie tsong chit chats w. karla & ashlee about their “cool factor,” dj sisterhoods, lifting each other up, beauty standard b.s., pisces season, dancing as therapy, and using quarantine as a time to find out what you're capable of. show notes: 4:00 - crystal says read this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-the-tongue-is-the-strongest-muscle-in-the-body/ 23:02 - http://brewhousearts.org/event/roots-run-deep-panel-discussion-with-curator-tara-fay-featured-artists/ 23:39 - https://www.irmafreeman.org/new-and-past-events/2021/2/5/shrines-an-exhibition-celebration-by-eryn-oberst https://silvereye.org/

pittsburgh-raised, LA-based musician dean ciocca talks with karla & ashlee about the LA to PGH connection, surfing as a coping mechanism, his Single Dean song demo, a near death experience, the roaring 20s, and mental health bb! show notes: 53:07 - https://www.upworthy.com/woman-asks-twitter-for-the-best-thing-you-learned-at-therapy-and-the-responses-are-life-changing

ashlee & karla catch up with pittsburgh-based multidisciplinary artist natasha neira about going “unhinged” on instagram, the pressure to produce vs. the power of reflection, pageantry, and “therapist envy.”

cofounders of the itty bitty coping committee introduce themselves, their work, and what this podcast is all about.

karla & ashlee give a sneak peek into the deets of their new podcast.