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Alisa Zipursky is a keynote speaker, CSA survivor advocate and the author of Healing Honestly a survivor-to-survivor book to support people healing from childhood sexual abuse. She is the founder of HealingHonestly.com an online community of over 500,000 survivors from around the world. Alisa works with universities, nonprofits, and medical organizations to provide support to survivors and the people who love them.Emi Nietfeld is the author of Acceptance (Penguin Press ‘22), a memoir of her journey through foster care and homelessness, interrogating the true meanings of resilience, ambition, and success. After graduating from Harvard in 2015, she worked as a software engineer, an experience she wrote about in her viral New York Times essay, “After Working At Google, I'll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again.”Emi is passionate about mental health, helping young people navigate their careers, and the connection between engineering and creativity. A dynamic, sought-after speaker, she can be found on podcasts, leading conference keynotes, and speaking at universities and companies alike. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, noted in The Best American Essays, and taught in classrooms from high schools to MFA programs. In This EpisodeEmi's articleAlisa's websiteEmi's website---If you'd like to support The Trauma Therapist Podcast and the work I do you can do that here with a monthly donation of $5, $7, or $10: Donate to The Trauma Therapist Podcast.Click here to join my email list and receive podcast updates and other news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support.

Welcome to the final episode to our special three-part series on mental health disclosures in college applications. In Episode 3, Ethan's guest is Emi Nietfeld, author of Acceptance (Penguin Press '22), a critically-acclaimed memoir of her high school journey through foster care, homelessness, and the troubled teen industry to attend college at Harvard. In this frank conversation, Emi opens up about, among other things: How the notion of disclosing (or not disclosing) may actually be somewhat problematic The difference between writing about challenges in general… and writing about them for the purposes of the college application The role she believes high school counselors can play in supporting students with mental health challenges during the college application process Takeaways for college admissions officers evaluating applications that include mental health disclosures And more   Play-by-Play 2:14 - Emi shares her background and story  3:50 - What advice would Emi  give to students about whether or not to disclose? 9:20 - What did Emi write about in her book, Acceptance? 11:55 - What was the college application process like for Emi? 14:24 - How did Emi's college essay change from the first to final draft? 19:49 - Where else in the application are there opportunities to disclose? 23:38 - What did the rest of Emi's application look like? 30:00 - How has writing helped Emi process her experiences? 33:17 - How can high school counselors help their students navigate this process? 36:11 - What advice would Emi give to college admission readers? 42:29 - How has Emi's life been different since writing Acceptance?  46:40 - What are Emi's hopes for the future of mental health disclosures in college applications?   Resources Emi's book, Acceptance Blog post linked to this episode: Should I Discuss Mental Health in My Personal Statement or College Application? (And If So, How)? Part 1 of this series – Episode 512: The Counselor Perspective Part 2 of this series – Episode 513: The Admission Officer Perspective How to Use the Common App Additional Information Section: Guide + Examples How to Brainstorm 7 Different Personal Statement Ideas Episode 406: Why You Don't Have to Write about Trauma in Your College Essay to Stand Out—and What You Can Do Instead

Welcome to our special three-part series on mental health disclosures in college applications.  To kick things off, Ethan interviews Chris Loo, Director of College Counseling at The Stony Brook School, where Chris has been working to help students navigate mental health disclosures in their applications for years. In this episode, they explore: Which student populations does Chris see struggle with mental health challenges? When to disclose mental health issues and when it might not be necessary How and where in their applications students can disclose, from their additional info section to the counselor recommendation letter to the personal statement Advice for counselors and an exploration of the question: "Are we discussing this too much?" This episode is informed by conversations with many admission officers over the years and by direct work with students. If you'd like to hear from an admission officer directly, check out episode two in this series with Christina Lopez, Dean of Enrollment Management at Barnard College, and episode three with Emi Nietfeld, who discusses what it was like to navigate mental health disclosures from the student perspective.  Chris Loo immigrated from South Korea at the age of 5 with her parents. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in American History and received her Masters in Clinical Social Work. She has also worked as a music teacher, a campus chaplain and a mental health counselor at a refugee resettlement organization. She also serves as a board director for the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC).  We hope you enjoy the conversation.     Play-by-Play 2:24 - Chris' background in mental health and college counseling 6:11 - Should students disclose mental health challenges in their college application? 10:20 - What questions can students ask themselves to help decide? 15:08 - What is the Additional Information section and how could it be used to disclose mental health challenges? 17:20 - Chris and Ethan review an example disclosure from the Additional Information section 24:06 - What information could be shared through the counselor letter of recommendation? 24:42 - Chris shares a sample counselor letter example  34:33 - Ethan reads a personal statement sample where a student chose to disclose  47:15 - What is the role of the counselor in this process for students? 54:44 - Are we talking about mental health too much?  57:27 - Closing thoughts for students and families     Resources Blog post inspired by this episode: Should I Discuss Mental Health in My Personal Statement or College Application? (And If So, How)? How to Use the Common App Additional Information Section: Guide + Examples CEG Podcast Episode 507: What Colleges Want (Part 7A): Recommendation Letter Crash Course for Students and Families CEG Podcast Episode 508: What Colleges Want (Part 7B): Recommendation Letter Crash Courses for Counselors and Teachers NYTimes Article: Are We Talking Too Much About Mental Health?

This is our unabridged interview with Emi Nietfeld.“When I was 13, I went to the psych ward for the first time,” recalls Emi Nietfeld.After a childhood spent in manipulative therapy, institutional facilities, foster care, and even times of homelessness, Emi got into Harvard, and then went on to get a great job at Google. This is the classic American rags-to-riches story, of someone overcoming misery to find success and happiness, right?Not exactly. “Those perfect human interest stories are fictions,” she says. “We really do expect people to be perfect in a way that I knew I was not.” In this episode, the nuance of learning to accept one's pain, and yet refusing to stand for it.** Please be advised that this episode contains details that may be upsetting to some listeners including references to suicide, sexual assault, and disordered eating. **Additional resources are available at: SAMHSANational Sexual Violence Resource CenterNational Alliance for Eating DisordersShow NotesResources mentioned this episode:Acceptance by Emi NietfeldQuote from James Baldwin “Notes of a Native Son”PDF of Lee's Interview NotesTranscript for Abridged EpisodeJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

“When I was 13, I went to the psych ward for the first time,” recalls Emi Nietfeld.After a childhood spent in manipulative therapy, institutional facilities, foster care, and even times of homelessness, Emi got into Harvard, and then went on to get a great job at Google. This is the classic American rags-to-riches story, of someone overcoming misery to find success and happiness, right?Not exactly. “Those perfect human interest stories are fictions,” she says. “We really do expect people to be perfect in a way that I knew I was not.” In this episode, the nuance of learning to accept one's pain, and yet refusing to stand for it.** Please be advised that this episode contains details that may be upsetting to some listeners including references to suicide, sexual assault, and disordered eating. **Additional resources are available at: SAMHSANational Sexual Violence Resource CenterNational Alliance for Eating DisordersShow NotesResources mentioned this episode:Acceptance by Emi NietfeldQuote from James Baldwin “Notes of a Native Son”PDF of Lee's Interview NotesTranscription LinkJOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live showsSubscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.comSee Privacy Policy: Privacy PolicyAmazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Text me!Nana is back in California! They're discussing Meredith's Day 5 4BB and Day 7 4BA embryos (better known at Chip & Dale); the nail-biting wait on genetic test results, whether or not to learn the sex, and if so, WHEN?TOPICS COVERED0:00 - Introduction and Catch Up 04:09 - Should I find out the sex of my embryos? 16:10 - “The Parents Who Want Daughters and Daughters Only” by Emi Nietfeld22:30 - The Birth of the BLASTOSHOWER23:56 - Survival Rates of Female/Male Embryos 33:34 - Processing Grief Over Lost Eggs and Embryos ARTICLES DISCUSSEDThe Parents Who Want Daughters and Daughters Only, Emi Nietfeld for SlateSurvival of the Fetus: Why Males Have it So Rough, LiveScienceFemale embryos less likely to survive to birth, University of OxfordEmbryo quality, ploidy, and transfer outcomes in male versus female blastocysts, National Institutes of HealthPLACES MENTIONEDGlen Ivy Day SpaKookaburra LoungeSupport the Show.CONNECT WITH THE BACKUP PLANWebsite: https://backupplanpod.comYouTube: https://www.www.youtube.com/@backupplanpodInstagram: https://instagram.com/backupplanpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backupplanpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/backupplanpod CONNECT WITH MEREDITHInstagram: https://instagram.com/meredithk8 WORK WITH THE BACKUP PLANVisit https://backupplanpod.com/work-with-me for brand partnerships and business inquiries.Created, produced and hosted by Meredith Kate, co-produced by Julian Hagins.@backupplanpod on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook, and YouTube.Visit https://backupplanpod.com for show notes, transcripts, partner links, and our newsletter.

Welcome to the final episode of Fostering Change for National Foster Care Awareness Month. We hope you have done something meaningful to help our youth, the fantastic people who work in social services, our teachers… and yourself. This is the month they “give us,” but as Rob often shares, “when you invest in a child, you invest in YOUR future… because they are the leaders of tomorrow.”We end this month with a very special guest: Emi Nietfeld. Emi is the author of an amazing book that we highly recommend you purchase right now: Acceptance. In her memoir, Emi shares how she did something that only 3% of youth in foster care do: she went to college—and not just any college, but Harvard!As a homeless teenager writing college essays in her rusty Toyota Corolla, Emi Nietfeld was convinced that the Ivy League was the only escape from her dysfunctional childhood. But upward mobility required crafting the perfect resilience narrative. She had to prove that she was an “overcomer,” made stronger by all that she had endured.In her interview with Rob, Emi shares the life lessons she's learned, particularly of challenging our ideas of what it means to overcome - and find contentment on your own terms.To learn more about Emi and her memoir, please visit https://www.eminietfeld.com/You can also find and follow Emi on social media:Substack:https://eminietfeld.substack.com/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/eminietfeld/LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/emi-nietfeld Twitter/Xhttps://twitter.com/eminietfeldFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/eminietfeldTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@eminietfeldOur next episode is our final episode of Season 5 and will air June 4. Throughout the rest of the Summer, we will be sharing some of our favorite episodes of Season 5. Stay tuned! You can always catch up on previous episodes of all 5 seasons of Fostering Change by visiting www.comfortcases.org/podcast or your favorite podcast outlets.If you have any comments, questions, or guest suggestions, we'd love to hear from you! Please write to us at info@comfortcases.org.As always, thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year, many selective colleges are reversing Covid-era test-optional admissions policies, requiring applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores again. Emi Nietfeld, author of Acceptance: A Memoir (Penguin Press, 2022), discusses how taking the SAT changed her life and helped her, as a disadvantaged youth, to attend Harvard.

John and Craig look at four unbelievable stories in the news and ask, How Would This Be a Movie? Stories include a finance journalist who was scammed out of her savings, men who offer dating bounties, a franken-sheep made of cloned animal parts, and how standardized tests changed one woman's life. We also reveal which modern classics we've never seen (We meant to! We're sorry!) to decide which – if any – we need to watch. But first, we follow up on D&D for kids, ESL, AI in reality TV, and Tiffany problems before answering listener questions on formats and recommending your spouse. In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig look at new guidelines for AI and how they might affect our future. Links: Weekend Read 2 “Creep” post by @davo_arid on Twitter Full list of movies we haven't seen The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger by Charlotte Cowles for The Cut Wanted: True Love. Reward: $100,000 by Angela Chen for the NYT Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal Parts by Matt Novak for Gizmodo How the SAT Changed My Life by Emi Nietfeld for the NYT D.C. – What It Is Fighting Fantasy books LA Hero Workshop Sodalitas OSR's Oz and Neverland Questlings Color My Quest WyrdScouts The Excellents and Nancy Druid Hero Kids TTRPGkids Hide'n'Treat and Snuffle Mat Jaina Grey's reviews for WIRED Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription! Craig Mazin on Threads and Instagram John August on Threads, Instagram and Twitter John on Mastodon Outro by Tim Brown (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here.

A powerful story of a young woman overcoming huge obstacles to succeed... but maybe not in the way you might think.

Emi Nietfeld's here to discuss her memoir on her hellbent journey coming from a troubled past to a bright future.

Emi Nietfeld has seen it all – the foster care system, Harvard, Google, Facebook, and beyond. Hear her incredible story of climbing over myriad challenges and what she's doing now. Visit Emi's website where you can find her book Acceptance. Learn more about Scaling the Glass Cliff.

In this episode, Zoia and Emi Neitfeld, writer of “Acceptance: a Memoir,” have a captivating conversation as they delve into the gripping story of navigating workplace challenges, transitioning from engineering to writing, and challenging societal expectations. Explore the power of personal narratives, resilience beyond traditional narratives, and the future of innovation in journalism. Listen for advice on:Transitioning from engineering to full-time writingChallenging resilience narratives and embracing honest conversationsRe-thinking validation from others vs. self-importanceNavigating workplace challenges and gray areas for womenLearn more:Zoia Kozakov (Host): http://www.linkedin.com/in/zoiaEmi Nietfeld (Guest): https://www.eminietfeld.com/Women in Innovation: http://www.womenininnovation.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it really mean to “survive” when what you survive… lingers? Emi Nietfeld went from being homeless to graduating from Harvard. But the rags-to-riches story isn't ever completely true. It skips over the hardest parts—complicated families, long-term trauma on brains and bodies, the ways we wish we could go back and undo what has been done.   This is an incredible story about resilience—what it is, and what it isn't. You're going to love the way she talks about the power of her efforts. And the ways she learned to get back up, but should have never had to.  In this conversation, Emi and Kate discuss:  the cost of resilience the downsides of relying on the individual therapeutic to solve every problem (and why we should be looking for ways to create systemic or family solutions too) how hope and ambition can pull you toward a future the complexities of navigating the value of success when weighed against the lasting impact of trauma Emi carefully interrogates what it really means to “overcome” anything. It makes us all feel less alone when we can say, honestly, that some things can be conquered and some things conquer us.  CW: brief mentions of suicidal ideation, eating disorders, self-harm, adverse childhood, hoarding, trans issues Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by clicking here. Follow Kate on Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly known as Twitter). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today's episode is a story of acceptance – the art of finding strength and wisdom when life doesn't go according to plan. Joining us is Emi Nietfeld, a true inspiration who went from homelessness to Harvard University. Emi saw a way out of her hopeless life and became fixated on her dream of an Ivy League education, only to discover that Harvard didn't quite meet her expectations. After graduation, she secured a coveted job at Google seemingly guaranteeing a life of success and stability. Emi reveals that healing and growth can't be gained from a relationship, a prestigious college, or a high-powered job. Why the traumas of ourpast won't define us– and proves that it's the journey, not the destination, but the transformation we experience along the way that truly matters. Emi Nietfeld, is the author of Acceptance, named one of the best books of 2022 by NPR and Amazon. After graduating from Harvard College, in 2015 she worked at Google, an experience she wrote about in her viral New York Times Essay, “After Working at Google, I'll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again.” Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Teen Vogue, Slate, and many other publications. She lives in New York City with her family.Emi shares invaluable tips on navigating through failed relationships, job setbacks and missed opportunities.To find out more about Emi Nietfeld follow on Instagram @eminietfeld or website www.eminietfeld.com or purchase Acceptance available in both hardcover and paperback. 

Over the last decade, the concept of resilience has been synonymous with raising healthy kids. But what if we're wrong? What if one person's life journey shined a bright light on how resilience can function in society in a way that is far from healthy? Ash and Aidan welcome onto the show Emi Nietfeld - journalist, mental health advocate, and author of the highly acclaimed book, “Acceptance: A Memoir.” From homeless to Harvard, psychiatric wards to Google, Emi's memoir - which she started writing as a teen - is a powerful commentary that society can often unwittingly fail those who need them most in the name of “resilience.” For Ash and Aidan, it was a commentary that was hard to confront, but impossible to turn away from. Join them for one of the most engaging interviews they've ever done. Who was more convincing: Aidan or Ash? Vote at HoldMeBack.com

On episode 262 of You, Me, Empathy, Emi Nietfeld and I explore society's obsession with resilience, what happened when Emi edited mental illness out of her college applications, the attachments we have to achievement and ambition, and Emi's wonderful memoir, Acceptance. Join the Feely Human membership community: feelyhuman.co/membership

When Emi Nietfeld was applying to colleges, she had her eyes set firmly on the Ivy League. Through her childhood years spent in foster care, shelters, psychiatric hospitals, very occasionally with her problematic mother, and finally a boarding school, Emi was fixated on getting into the most difficult college she could. In an effort to tell her full story, she wrote an application essay that included the struggles she had experienced with mental health issues like eating disorders, depression, and suicidality. That's what she sent off to Yale as her early decision application and she didn't get in. Then Emi went back, kept all the homelessness stuff but removed the mental health portions and subsequently gained acceptance into Harvard.Emi discusses the various meanings of the term “acceptance” in her life and why she chose to write about her own sexual assault in unsparing detail.Emi Nietfeld's memoir, Acceptance: A Memoir, is out now and will be available in paperback August 1st, 2023. Learn more about Emi and her writing by visiting her website, www.EmiNietfeld.com.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun.Check out our I'm Glad You're Here and Depresh Mode merchandise at the brand new merch website MaxFunStore.com!Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250209566/thehilariousworldofdepressionFind the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe.

#148 Today's guest is Emi Nietfeld— an author, mental health advocate, and speaker whose works include her 2022 memoir Acceptance and her viral New York Times essay on her experience working at Google. In this episode, we discuss how she incorporated her mental health journey into her Harvard admissions essays, how to navigate the college admissions process when your mental health has affected your transcripts, how to disclose your mental health experiences on college applications, what types of support systems can make an impact on college admissions, how competition with your peers can affect the application process, and mental health reminders you need to hear when applying to college. Emi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eminietfeld/ MENTIONED+ Emi's Website+ Emi's Newsletter+ Acceptance: A MemoirSHOP GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS: https://amzn.to/3A69GOCEPISODE SPONSOR

Emi Nietfeld is a journalist, mental health activist, and author of Acceptance: A Memoir. After graduating from Harvard College in 2015, she worked as a software engineer, an experience she wrote about in her viral New York Times essay, “After Working At Google, I'll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again.” Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, Teen Vogue, Slate, and other publications. She lives in New York City with her family and stuffed animals.How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers: https://join.slack.com/t/onwardwriters/shared_invite/zt-7a3gorfm-C15cTKh_47CEdWIBW~RKwgRachael can be YOUR mini-coach, and she'll answer all your questions on the show! http://patreon.com/rachael Join my scribe of writers for LOTS more tips and get access to my 7-minute video that will tell you if you're writing the right book! Only for my writing community! CLICK HERE:➡️ How to Know If You're Writing the Right Book - https://rachaelherron.com/therightbookDon't miss a tip! Hit that Subscribe button now!

Emi Nietfeld (@EmiNietfeld) is a writer and the author of the book Acceptance, a memoir of her journey through foster care, homelessness, and, eventually, to Harvard. She opens up about a childhood where she was often neglected and heavily medicated. She talks about her several stays in psychiatric wards and how she's continuing to process her troubled childhood.More about EmiTwitter: @eminietfeldInstagram: @eminietfeld Facebook: @CheezItsSupport Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get 10% off your first month go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. For those under 18 you will be redirected to or can go directly to TeenCounseling at www.teencounseling.com WAYS TO HELP THE PODCASTSubscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing.Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to mentalpod@gmail.com) or Venmo @MentalpodTry Our Sponsor's Products/ServicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Ian speaks with Emi Nietfeld. Emi is the author of "Acceptance", a memoir of her journey through foster care and homelessness to build a successful career and a life filled with purpose and meaning. Part of her life's story includes graduating from Harvard in 2015 and then working as a software engineer at Google, which was an experience she wrote about in the New York Times. The essay, entitled, “After Working At Google, I'll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again,” ended up going viral and amplified Emi's voice and point of view. Emi is passionate about mental health, personal development, and helping young people navigate their careers. Want more higher ed perspectives? Subscribe to our weekly Higher Education News Brief for the latest insights. Or if you'd like to be a guest on the show, please visit UNINCORPORATED.com.

Our guest on this episode has had a very rocky young life and she writes about it in an extremely honest and gripping manner in her new book called, "Acceptance: A Memoir". Joining us is Emi Nietfeld, who will be sharing more about her journey through family dysfunction, foster care, psych wards and homelessness, to Harvard, Google and Facebook.  Among other things, Emi's book was named a “Best Book of 2022” by Amazon.  Her website is https://www.eminietfeld.com/   Our sponsor, LightStream, is the nation's premier online consumer lender.  If you want to reduce your credit card debt, one way to get ahead is by consolidating that debt and paying a low, fixed rate loan instead.  LightStream makes the process simple. You can get a loan from $5000 to $100,000 and there are absolutely no fees.  You can even get your money as soon as the day you apply.  Rates start at 7.99% APR with Autopay and excellent credit. Just for our listeners, apply now to get a special interest rate discount and save even more.  The ONLY way to get this discount is to go to LIGHTSTREAM.com/NTM.  Subject to credit approval.  Rates range from 7.99% to 23.99% APR and include 0.50% AutoPay discount.  Lowest rate requires excellent credit.  Terms and conditions apply and offers are subject to change without notice.   Our sponsor, Zocdoc, is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun.   On Zocdoc, you'll find quality doctors who focus on you, listen to you and prioritize your care.  Go to Zocdoc.com/NTM and download the Zocdoc app for FREE!  Then, find and book a top-rated doctor today.  Many are available within 24 hours.  If you have a symptom that you'd really like to get checked out, don't put it off any more!  Go to Zocdoc.com/NTM and download the Zocdoc app for FREE!

This week the boys chat with Emi Nietfeld, a writer, speaker, and advocate for young people. Emi's journey through foster care and homelessness inspired her to write a memoir, "Acceptance," which delves into the true meanings of resilience, ambition, and success. Emi explores her backstory with mental health challenges and her turbulent childhood. She also discusses why she concealed her illness on her college applications and our culture's obsession with resilience narratives. Emi has a unique perspective on the damaging belief that mental illness relates to moral "badness" and will share her experiences overcoming these challenges. Get ready to be inspired as Emi shares her story of perseverance and determination. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

This week the boys chat with Emi Nietfeld, a writer, speaker, and advocate for young people. Emi's journey through foster care and homelessness inspired her to write a memoir, "Acceptance," which delves into the true meanings of resilience, ambition, and success. Emi explores her backstory with mental health challenges and her turbulent childhood. She also discusses why she concealed her illness on her college applications and our culture's obsession with resilience narratives. Emi has a unique perspective on the damaging belief that mental illness relates to moral "badness" and will share her experiences overcoming these challenges. Get ready to be inspired as Emi shares her story of perseverance and determination. Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

The rags to riches success story is everywhere - usually with a side of trauma somewhere: the homeless child with mental health issues overcomes all the odds to win an Ivy league scholarship. After graduation, they continue to “rise above” their past by joining the world's most famous tech company. If they can do it, anyone can.    It's a story we hear over and over again. But what if those transformation stories actually hide some deeply screwed up practices? Author Emi Nietfeld joins us to explore our beliefs about resilience, and our weird fascination with stories of triumph.   In this episode we cover:    The main problem with “survival” memoirs Who gets to survive? Who gets to thrive? Whose stories are believed?  The underbelly of scholarship programs (hint: the more tragic your story, the more money you get) why one successful person can undermine everyone else's chances of being seen and believed How the practice of motivational interviewing could change the course of mental healthcare Content note: this episode includes discussion of eating disorders, self harm, and hospitalization Notable quotes:  “As a culture, we believe in this fantasy that anything bad can be made good, that no matter what we lose, what tragedies happen to us, we can - through our sheer force of will - twist them into something better. And that feels awful if you're the person who's lost something.” - Emi Nietfeld   About our guest: Emi Nietfeld is the author of Acceptance, a memoir of survival that explores our beliefs about resilience, and our weird fascination with stories of triumph. Her essays have appeared in New York Times, Longreads, Vice, and Boulevard, they've been cited in The Best American Essays of 2021 and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.    Find her at eminietfeld.com Additional resources The basics of motivational interviewing  Get in touch: Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Here After with Megan Devine. Tune in, subscribe, leave a review, send in your questions, and share the show with everyone you know. Together, we can make things better, even when they can't be made right.    Have a question, comment, or a topic you'd like us to cover? call us at (323) 643-3768 or visit megandevine.co   For more information, including clinical training and consulting, visit us at www.Megandevine.co   For grief support & education, follow us at @refugeingrief on IG, FB, TW, and @hereafterpod on TT   Check out Megan's best-selling books - It's Okay That You're Not Okay and How to Carry What Can't Be FixedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emi Nietfeld is one of those people who looks great on paper. Raised in tumultuous circumstances and facing mental health challenges in her early teens, she went on to get into Harvard and work at Google. Now as an adult, she's an author and has faced the unhealthy reasons behind her perfectionism. She shares her story about overachievement, overexercise, and overwork as a method of control and emotional survival, and what she hopes our society can learn about relying too much on personal excellence. A note that this episode includes discussion of sensitive topics like eating disorders and self-harm. Read her op-ed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/opinion/exercise-depression-anxiety-trauma.html

Emi Nietfeld is author of Acceptance: A Memoir. Her essays have appeared in New York Times, Longreads, Vice, and Boulevard. This was an incredibly moving and important conversation - one I hope you'll listen to in its entirety as the ending is  particularly poignant. This episode contains descriptions or mentions of eating disorders, mental health issues, and sexual abuse which some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know might be experiencing any of these issues, please reach out to the appropriate local resources/authorities. Here are some national organizations also providing support.   National Eating Disorder Association National Alliance on Mental Illness RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) Links to learn more about:  Emi Nietfeld Acceptance Horatio Alger Association

Danny Lavery welcomes Emi Nietfeld, a writer, software engineer, and author of ACCEPTANCE: A Memoir. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Rumpus, Vice, and many more publications. Lavery and Nietfeld take on two letters. First, someone trying to cope with a failed gender-affirming surgical procedure. Another letter writer is wondering how to have a conversation with her elderly mom about her mental health. Plus, a chat about Nietfeld's memoir, Acceptance.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Lavery welcomes Emi Nietfeld, a writer, software engineer, and author of ACCEPTANCE: A Memoir. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Rumpus, Vice, and many more publications. Lavery and Nietfeld take on two letters. First, someone trying to cope with a failed gender-affirming surgical procedure. Another letter writer is wondering how to have a conversation with her elderly mom about her mental health. Plus, a chat about Nietfeld's memoir, Acceptance.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a homeless teenager writing college essays in her rusty Toyota Corolla, Emi Nietfeld was convinced that the Ivy League was the only escape from her dysfunctional childhood. But upward mobility required crafting the perfect resilience narrative. She had to prove that she was an “overcomer,” made stronger by all that she had endured. The truth was more complicated. Emi's mom was a charming hoarder who had her put on antipsychotics but believed in her daughter's brilliance—unlike the Minnesotan foster family who banned her “pornographic” art history flash cards (of Michelangelo's David). Emi's other parent vanished shortly after coming out as trans, a situation few understood in the mid-2000s. Her own past was filled with secrets: mental health struggles, Adderall addiction, and the unbecoming desperation of a teenager fending for herself. And though Emi would go on to graduate from Harvard and become a software engineer at Google, she found that success didn't necessarily mean safety. In this episode, Jess and Jess have a very honest conversation with Emi about what it actually means to overcome- and our obsession with "resilience porn" as a culture. As per usual, the conversation gets a little uncomfortable, as Jess B confronts her own reality: She makes a living sharing about her resilience. The bottom line is that we have to hold space for the complexity in all things- that is something everyone can agree on.Meet Emi:Emi Nietfeld is the author of Acceptance, a memoir from Penguin Press. After graduating from Harvard in 2015, she worked as a software engineer at Google and Facebook.Her essays have appeared in New York Times, Longreads, Vice, and Boulevard, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and noted in The Best American Essays 2021. She lives in New York City with her family and is available for select speaking engagements.Support the show

My guest this week is Emi Nietfeld, author of the wonderful new memoir Acceptance. It's the story of her growing up in foster care, and at times without a home. Though Emi ended up going to Harvard, she struggled with self-harm, depression, thoughts of suicide, eating disorders, her bisexual identity, and sexual assault. We get into all of that in this episode. I asked Emi what she felt she would most like to offer as helpful to listeners; what she felt she could best speak to (which is what I tend to ask most of the guests who come on). Emi wanted to focus on how to better talk with youth in crisis. Even if you don't have any young people in your life right now, this conversation offers great advice on helping people in crisis in general, and was wide-ranging. I really admired how precise Emi is with her speech; how eloquent and measured and honest she is. I think this was a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it. 

Jayne Amelia speaks with Emi Nietfeld. Emi is the author of the memoir Acceptance, published by Penguin Press. A former foster youth, she graduated from Harvard in 2015 and worked as a software engineer at Google and Facebook. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, and Slate, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and noted in The Best American Essays. She lives in New York City with her family. Emi is now a full-time writer and speaker. https://linktr.ee/eminietfeldBook link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/692775/acceptance-by-emi-nietfeld/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eminietfeldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/eminietfeld/Website: https://eminietfeld.com/Newsletter sign up: bit.ly/eminewsletter

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Emi Nietfeld is the author of the memoir Acceptance. A former foster youth, she graduated from Harvard in 2015 and worked as a software engineer at Google and Facebook. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, and Slate, as well as other publications. She lives in New York City with her family.https://www.eminietfeld.comhttps://www.instagram.com/eminietfeld/https://twitter.com/eminietfeldhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/emi-nietfeld/In this episode, we talk about:adversitythe power of writinggoalsettingwinning as an individual v. as a team-----https://www.leadership.voyage

Author Emi Nietfeld stopped by the Bunker to talk about her memoir, Acceptance, which is—in many ways—a story about the cost of surviving. For that, you can check out the book. She and Brad took a walk through her childhood in Minnesota, her almost modeling career, her search for her own identity, and ultimately the road where she found her own path through...everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss – and celebrate! - the publication of Niki's new book, Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week's show:  Partisans drops on August 30, 2022. You can order Niki's book here.     In our regular closing feature, What's Making History: Natalia shared about Emi Nietfeld's new book, Acceptance, reviewed in the New York Times. Neil recommended Not Just A Girl, a new Netflix documentary about Shania Twain. Niki discussed the topic of her latest column for CNN, “The Unlikely Team That is Trying to Make Trump Follow the Law.”  

Episode 215 - Emi Nietfeld. Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Emi Nietfeld. Emi Nietfeld is a writer and software engineer. After graduating from Harvard College in 2015, she worked at Google and Facebook. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Rumpus, Vice, and other publications. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit her website to sign-up for her newsletter and to find out how to buy her new memoir, Acceptance: https://www.eminietfeld.com Note: Guests create their own bio description for each episode. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is listener supported! The easiest way to donate is via the Venmo app and you can donate to (at symbol) CuriosityHour (Download app here: venmo.com) The Curiosity Hour Podcast is available free on 13 platforms: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Soundcloud, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Podbean, PlayerFM, Castbox, and Pocket Casts. Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language. The Public Service Announcement near the end of the episode solely represents the views of Tommy and Dan and not our guests or our listeners. Tommy and Dan requested and were provided with a review copy of the book in preparation for interviewing Emi. Thank you to Emi and the publisher for providing us with these books.

Emi Nietfeld was like many high school seniors, dutifully filling out college applications. But unlike most other applicants, she was trying to get into an Ivy League school while writing college essays in the front seat of her Toyota Corolla, where she was living.Nietfeld's family fell apart when her mother, who was a hoarder, could not care for her and put Emi on anti-psychotic medication rather than confront her own mental illness. Nietfeld's other parent came out as transgender and disappeared from her life. Through a tumultuous childhood that included homelessness, foster care, eating disorders, suicide attempts, abuse and sexual assault, Nietfeld somehow kept her dream alive of attending a top college. She dreamed that it would be her ticket out of misery. She eventually attended Harvard and later worked at Google as a software engineer. She left Google after being sexually harassed by a supervisor, which she wrote about in an op-ed for the New York Times.Nietfeld — now 29, happily married and writing full time — survived against all odds. But she rejects the easy label of an “overcomer.” She wants her story to highlight the plight of others like her: 1 in 10 young adults experience homelessness, and LGBTQ+ youth have twice the risk of being unhoused.Nietfeld has a new book, “Acceptance,” which the New York Times describes as “a remarkable memoir” and “a detailed critique of the American fantasy that poverty, illness or any other adversity can be conquered through sheer grit and bootstrapping ingenuity.”“Instead of making a life that would redeem the past — an impossible feat — I sought out a life that I could live with,” Nietfeld wrote. “For the first time, I felt lucky for the little things: to wake up in the morning in my own bed, to eat breakfast, to do my work. It was no longer so important to me to achieve something great, because I was happy to be alive, which had seemed impossible and tenuous.”

Memoirist Emi Nietfeld joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss how the pandemic has caused an increase in unhoused Americans as well as common—and off-base—tropes associated with homelessness. Nietfeld, who as a teenager spent time in foster care and living out of her car, talks about the American urge to view suffering as something that makes you stronger. She reads from her new book, Acceptance; reflects on being expected to shape a story about overcoming hardship to access an Ivy League education; and explains how she ultimately chose to resist simpler narratives of grit and resilience.  To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/. This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Selected Readings: Emi Nietfeld Acceptance  Others: In the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri The Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun United States: Pandemic Impact on People in Poverty | Human Rights Watch  Minneapolis: City Response to Homelessness HUD Releases 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 Homelessness in America State of Homelessness: 2021 Edition Inflation and rent increases are making homelessness worse - The Washington Post America's Homelessness Crisis Is Getting Worse - The New York Times Rep. Omar Reintroduces Homes for All, Manufactured Housing Legislation A New Bill Would Declare Housing as a Human Right - Progressive.org Housing is a Human Right Act of 2021 H.R.4496 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Ending Homelessness Act of 2021 H.R.7191 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Homes for All Act of 2021  Guidance on Complying With the Maximum Number of Units Eligible for Operating Subsidy Pursuant to Section 9(g)(3)(A) of the Housing Act of 1937 (aka the Faircloth Limit)  Representatives Davis, Gomez, Peters, and Panetta Introduce the “Rent Relief Act of 2022” to Establish a Renters' Tax Credit | National Low Income Housing Coalition We Need to Keep Building Houses, Even if No One Wants to Buy Congress is 35 years overdue on its promise to end homelessness | The Hill Kansas City to Temporarily House Homeless People in Hotels 1780 Foster Kids Went Missing in Missouri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel chats with Emi Nietfeld, author of the debut memoir, ACCEPTANCE. ACCEPTANCE comes out on August 2, 2022, and follows Emi during her young adulthood, through the foster care system, mental health facilities, residence at an arts high school, temporary homelessness, and more on her way to college and beyond. Emi talks about the process of writing a memoir, plus recommendations for books she's loved recently. Find Emi on Twitter, Instagram, or subscribe to her newsletter. The Books We Talked About: Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld Blueprint your Bestseller by Stuart Horwitz Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford NSFW by Isabel Kaplan Post Traumatic by Chantal B Johnson Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (audiobook) Sirens and Muses by Antonia Angress

Does it pay for vicitms to complain? Ed Butler speaks to Emi Nietfeld about her experiences at Google who says suffered this for years and claims it eventually forced her to quit her job. (Picture credit: Getty Images)