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Antoine Wilson reads from his new book "Mouth to Mouth," backed by an original Storybound remix with sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer. Antoine Wilson is the author of the novels "The Interloper" and "Panorama City," and his new novel "Mouth to Mouth" is out from Avid Reader (Simon & Schuster) in the US and Canada, and from Atlantic Books in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Quarterly West, and Best New American Voices, among other publications. He is a contributing editor at A Public Space. He has received the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and the San Fernando Valley Award for Fiction, and has been a finalist for The National Magazine Award, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, and the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award. He has taught writing at the University of Iowa, the University of California San Diego, the University of California Los Angeles Extension Writers' Program, Stanford Continuing Studies, and the Otis School of Art and Design. ​Support Storybound by supporting our sponsors: Norton: "Fencing with the King" and "The Family Chao" are available wherever books are sold. Acorn.tv is the largest commercial free British streaming service with hundreds of exclusive shows from around the world. Try acorn.tv for free for 30 days by going to acorn.tv and using promo code Storybound. Storyworth: Save $10 on your first purchase at Storyworth.com/Storybound Storybound is hosted by Jude Brewer and brought to you by The Podglomerate and Lit Hub Radio. Let us know what you think of the show on Instagram and Twitter @storyboundpod. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Storybound, you might enjoy reading, writing, and storytelling. We'd like to suggest you also try the History of Literature or Book Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antoine Wilson is the author of the novel Mouth to Mouth, available from Avid Reader. Wilson is also the author of the novels The Interloper and Panorama City. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Quarterly West, and Best New American Voices, among other publications. He is a contributing editor at A Public Space. He has received the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and the San Fernando Valley Award for Fiction, and has been a finalist for The National Magazine Award, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, and the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award. He has taught writing at the University of Iowa, the University of California San Diego, the University of California Los Angeles Extension Writers' Program, Stanford Continuing Studies, and the Otis School of Art and Design. Born in Montreal and raised in California and Saudi Arabia, he now lives with his family in Los Angeles. He can be found on twitter at @antoinewilson and Instagram at @theantoinewilson. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast episode was originally recorded for "Mormon Sex Info" Podcast. It's now being refurbished for your enjoyment here at the "Healing Sols Podcast." For more from Natasha Helfer, LCMFT, CST, CSTS, please visit https://www.natashahelfer.com. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. David Ley, author of The Myth of Sex Addiction, regarding the problems with the sex addiction treatment model and the conversations we should be having instead. He states that not only is this type of modality erroneous, but dangerous. They cover such issues as: How do shifting attitudes about sexuality force us to renegotiate how we see and define healthy sexuality? Why is sexual diversity easily pathologized? Why is it that there is not a single published study that sex addiction treatment makes a difference and yet treatment centers are growing in number at an alarming rate? Why are we abandoning people within a moral or social crisis, by focusing on things like a supposed pornography public health crisis? Are we aware that gay and bi men are three times as likely to be called “sex addicts?” Are we aware that the American Psychiatric Association has rejected the language of “sex addiction” for 40 years? Are we talking about the importance of sex education and regular dialogue? How can we help people explore morality in their sexuality as adults? How do we incorporate religious beliefs in ways that allow for normative sexuality? Dr. David Ley is a clinical psychologist in practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Ole Miss, and his Master's and Doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Ley is the Executive Director of New Mexico Solutions, a large outpatient mental health and substance abuse program in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Ley has been treating sexuality issues throughout his career. He first began treating perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse, but expanded his approach to include the fostering and promotion of healthy sexuality, and awareness of the wide range of normative sexual behaviors. Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them is his first book and won a Silver Medal in the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year contest for 2009. Dr. Ley wrote Insatiable Wives following two years of interviews with couples around the country. His controversial second book, The Myth of Sex Addiction was released in March 2012. Resources mentioned during the podcast: Defining “Normophilic” and “Paraphilic” Sexual Fantasies in a Population-Based Sample: On the Importance of Considering Subgroups by Christian Joyal Jason Winters (2010) published three studies on sex addiction, demonstrating that alleged sex addicts have as much (or as little) sexual self-control as anyone else, and that the identity of sex addict is predicated by a religious upbringing. Grubbs, Hook, Griffin and Davis (2015) published a review of the paucity of outcome data on sex addiction treatment in Current Addiction Reports. Work of Dr. Rory Reid Work of Stulhofer The Religious Institute

Luggage By Kroger has been recognized as one of 2009's top true crime thrillers with honors from five different national book competitions. The scorecard: * True Crime Silver Medal from the 2009 IPPYs * True Crime Bronze Medal and Finalist for Book-of-the-Year from the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year Awards * True Crime Runner-Up in the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards * True Crime Finalist in the 2009 USA Book News Awards * General Nonfiction Runner-Up at the 2009 New York Book FestivalIn this true crime memoir, former Houston Post reporter Gary Taylor recounts his true-life fatal attraction involvement in the trail of violence that has dogged Texas attorney Catherine Mehaffey Shelton for nearly three decades, prompting coverage by newspapers, TV, movies and even Oprah Winfrey. Now Taylor invites readers to grab a seat on the wild ride of an obsessive relationship: erotic beginning to violent end and the trials required to clean up the mess. The result is an adventure odyssey of self-discovery through an encounter that nearly cost him his life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Child development expert, Laurie A Couture, joins the program to discuss how our country (and world) has slowly been moving towards an obedient, docile citizenry - perfect for communism and top down control. Now we have a whole segment of our population who are stuck in a child like state wanting, even craving, supervision and surveillance. How we got ourselves in this nightmarish scenario is the focus of this show. We also discuss how we create a new, better, and healthier path forward for those citizens who want freedom and a much better future for our children and grandchildren. You can see more of Laurie A Couture on our website @ http://LaurieACouture.com Contact COVID19@SarahWestall.com to obtain quality American made Antibody kits and to learn more. Let's save our country from an economic collapse and from fear! C60Complete Black Seed Oil & Curcumin Gel Capsules - Proven 200x more effective than Vitamin C! Consider supporting independent journalism and my channel by joining Patreon. Also see exclusive interviews, eBooks, and exclusive coupons on C60complete, Tetrogen fat burning, Defytime, & more. Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/westall_sarahw Censorship is serious. To stay informed of all the latest episodes, sign up for my weekly newsletter @ http://SarahWestall.com MUSIC CREDITS: "A Tale of Vengeance" by Aakash Gandhi licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio     Get the latest discount codes on the very best products at the Independent Journalist Shop:    The Laurie A Couture Biography Laurie A. Couture is the author of Instead of Medicating and Punishing and the upcoming book, Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons. She is an expert in child behavior, learning and attachment. Through her writing, speaking, workshops and consulting, Laurie helps families and professionals heal behavioral, emotional and learning challenges naturally, by restoring the child’s natural cycle of homeostasis. She is a renowned specialist in the subjects of: Trauma and its effects on children's neurological and holistic development, Attachment parenting and developmental attachment healing Unschooling and relaxed homeschooling Paleolithic and natural family living Adoptive parenting Autism Spectrum Disorder Laurie has been featured in the documentaries, The War On Kids (2009) and Class Dismissed (2014). She has two decades of professional experience with youths and families, including as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and child trauma specialist. She also has experience working in the fields of foster and adoption social work, juvenile justice and education. Tetrogen Fat Burning - It will work for you guaranteed or receive your Money Back! Laurie has spoken at conferences and facilitated workshops around the country and has been a contributor to several magazines and other media, including Paleo Magazine, Your Teen.com, Home Education, The Attached Family, Mothering.com, Life Learning and JUNO. She has been a recipient of several achievement awards for her writing and artwork over the years, including the NH Manchester Union Leader’s Forty Under 40 honors in 2010. In 2009, Laurie’s first book was selected as a finalist in the ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year Awards.In September 2017, Laurie tragically lost her beloved 23-year-old son to suicide. Laurie adopted Brycen from the foster care system when he was 11. Brycen suffered severe child abuse and neglect and multiple foster care and residential facility placements prior to finding his forever family. He suffered lifelong struggles with severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with dissociative and other challenging features. He had attachment and sensory challenges, medical issues and he was on the Autism spectrum. A cascade of major life stressors unraveled years of Brycen’s stability, leading to a relapse of his history of suicidal ideation and his tendency to withdraw from his lifeline supports.

 Child development expert, Laurie A Couture, joins the program to discuss how our country (and world) has slowly been moving towards an obedient, docile citizenry - perfect for communism and top down control. Now we have a whole segment of our population who are stuck in a child like state wanting, even craving, supervision and surveillance. How we got ourselves in this nightmarish scenario is the focus of this show. We also discuss how we create a new, better, and healthier path forward for those citizens who want freedom and a much better future for our children and grandchildren. You can see more of Laurie A Couture on our website @ http://LaurieACouture.com Contact COVID19@SarahWestall.com to obtain quality American made Antibody kits and to learn more. Let's save our country from an economic collapse and from fear! C60Complete Black Seed Oil & Curcumin Gel Capsules - Proven 200x more effective than Vitamin C! Consider supporting independent journalism and my channel by joining Patreon. Also see exclusive interviews, eBooks, and exclusive coupons on C60complete, Tetrogen fat burning, Defytime, & more. Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/westall_sarahw Censorship is serious. To stay informed of all the latest episodes, sign up for my weekly newsletter @ http://SarahWestall.com MUSIC CREDITS: "A Tale of Vengeance" by Aakash Gandhi licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio     Get the latest discount codes on the very best products at the Independent Journalist Shop:    The Laurie A Couture Biography Laurie A. Couture is the author of Instead of Medicating and Punishing and the upcoming book, Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons. She is an expert in child behavior, learning and attachment. Through her writing, speaking, workshops and consulting, Laurie helps families and professionals heal behavioral, emotional and learning challenges naturally, by restoring the child’s natural cycle of homeostasis. She is a renowned specialist in the subjects of: Trauma and its effects on children's neurological and holistic development, Attachment parenting and developmental attachment healing Unschooling and relaxed homeschooling Paleolithic and natural family living Adoptive parenting Autism Spectrum Disorder Laurie has been featured in the documentaries, The War On Kids (2009) and Class Dismissed (2014). She has two decades of professional experience with youths and families, including as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and child trauma specialist. She also has experience working in the fields of foster and adoption social work, juvenile justice and education. Tetrogen Fat Burning - It will work for you guaranteed or receive your Money Back! Laurie has spoken at conferences and facilitated workshops around the country and has been a contributor to several magazines and other media, including Paleo Magazine, Your Teen.com, Home Education, The Attached Family, Mothering.com, Life Learning and JUNO. She has been a recipient of several achievement awards for her writing and artwork over the years, including the NH Manchester Union Leader’s Forty Under 40 honors in 2010. In 2009, Laurie’s first book was selected as a finalist in the ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year Awards.In September 2017, Laurie tragically lost her beloved 23-year-old son to suicide. Laurie adopted Brycen from the foster care system when he was 11. Brycen suffered severe child abuse and neglect and multiple foster care and residential facility placements prior to finding his forever family. He suffered lifelong struggles with severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with dissociative and other challenging features. He had attachment and sensory challenges, medical issues and he was on the Autism spectrum. A cascade of major life stressors unraveled years of Brycen’s stability, leading to a relapse of his history of suicidal ideation and his tendency to withdraw from his lifeline supports.

Inside the Episode with Mitch Hampton: “I was first introduced to Jaimee Wriston Colbert by her daughter Mailie Colbert, who told me I should read her mother's books. I read Climbing The God Tree, and later Shark Girls, and more recently, Vanishing Acts with the greatest pleasure. Colbert's work is exciting in its formal inventiveness: it blurs the line between short stories and the novel for one, magical thing, moreover it is fiction rooted in the real lives of ordinary humanity, sometimes, and in some instances people who are unfortunately forgotten or overlooked in a lot of books and stories. The characters in Colbert's fiction really are like the people you could know in life except that she gives you more than a glimpse into their inner lives such that would be ordinarily unavailable to you in life. The people in Colbert's fiction have extraordinary dignity and integrity, even in some of the hardest social situations, and the struggles of the characters come alive in ways that make you look at human social life in a thoroughly novel way. In the proverbial phrase, you grow to care about them as you read. In having Colbert on the show, the artistic medium being celebrated is what used to be called the art of prose, and it is a medium in which she undoubtedly excels.” Jaimee’s Biography: Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of six books of fiction: Vanishing Acts, winner of a 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, and finalist for the 2018 American Fiction Prize, 2018 Foreword Indies Book of the Year, the National Indie Excellence Award in Literary Fiction, and the 2019 International Book Award in Literary Fiction; Wild Things, winner of the CNY 2017 Book Award in Fiction and the 2018 International Book Award in Fiction-Short Stories; Shark Girls, finalist for the USA Book News Best Books of 2010 and ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year; Dream Lives of Butterflies, winner of the IPPY Gold Medal/First Place Award for story collections; Climbing the God Tree, winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize; and Sex, Salvation, and the Automobile, winner of the Zephyr Prize. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including The Gettysburg Review, New Letters, Tampa Review, and Prairie Schooner, and broadcast on “Selected Shorts.” She was awarded the 2012 Ian MacMillan Fiction Prize for “Things Blow Up,” a story in Wild Things. Other stories won the Jane’s Stories Award and the Isotope Editor’s Fiction Prize. She was recently awarded the 2018-2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Originally from Hawai’i, she is Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY, Binghamton University. Links to Jaimee’s Works: https://sites.google.com/binghamton.edu/jaimeewristoncolbert http://www.fomitepress.com/Vanishing_Acts html http://www.newletters.org/bkmk-books/wild-things https://livingstonpress.uwa.edu/htm%20(web%20pages)/shark_girls.htm https://www.binghamton.edu/english/faculty/profile.html?id=jcolbert https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimeewristoncolbert/ https://www.facebook.com/jaimee.wriston.colbert: Artist's Referenced: Tillie Olson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillie_Olsen Jack Driscoll: https://fictionwritersreview.com/interview/tell-me-the-landscape-in-which-you-live-an-interview-with-jack-driscoll/ *Please note a correction in the episode, artists mentioned in the episode : I mention an important novella by Tillie Olsen called Tell Me A Riddle. I say that the filmed version was directed by John Sayles. John Sayles was not the director. Lee Grant was! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mitch-hampton/message

Thank you for listening to Mormon Sex Info. This episode is an archived episode and is only now becoming publicly available. Mormon Sex Info relies on contributions. To contribute, please visit: mormonsex.info Please enjoy the episode. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. David Ley, author of The Myth of Sex Addiction, regarding the problems with the sex addiction treatment model and the conversations we should be having instead. He states that not only is this type of modality erroneous, but dangerous. They cover such issues as: How do shifting attitudes about sexuality force us to renegotiate how we see and define healthy sexuality? Why is sexual diversity easily pathologized? Why is it that there is not a single published study that sex addiction treatment makes a difference and yet treatment centers are growing in number at an alarming rate? Why are we abandoning people within a moral or social crisis, by focusing on things like a supposed pornography public health crisis? Are we aware that gay and bi men are three times as likely to be called “sex addicts?” Are we aware that the American Psychiatric Association has rejected the language of “sex addiction” for 40 years? Are we talking about the importance of sex education and regular dialogue? How can we help people explore morality in their sexuality as adults? How do we incorporate religious beliefs in ways that allow for normative sexuality?   Ley 72dpi CLRDr. David Ley is a clinical psychologist in practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Ole Miss, and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Ley is the Executive Director of New Mexico Solutions, a large outpatient mental health and substance abuse program in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Ley has been treating sexuality issues throughout his career. He first began treating perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse, but expanded his approach to include the fostering and promotion of healthy sexuality, and awareness of the wide range of normative sexual behaviors. Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them is his first book and won a Silver Medal in the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year contest for 2009. Dr. Ley wrote Insatiable Wives following two years of interviews with couples around the country. His controversial second book, The Myth of Sex Addiction was released in March 2012,   *Dr. David Ley will be speaking in Salt Lake City giving an address called Beyond Porn Addiction on May 13 from 5-9 pm Resources mentioned during the podcast:   Defining “Normophilic” and “Paraphilic” Sexual Fantasies in a Population-Based Sample: On the Importance of Considering Subgroups by Christian Joyal   Jason Winters (2010) published three studies on sex addiction, demonstrating that alleged sex addicts have as much (or as little) sexual self-control as anyone else, and that the identity of sex addict is predicated by a religious upbringing.   Grubbs, Hook, Griffin and Davis (2015) published a review of the paucity of outcome data on sex addiction treatment in Current Addiction Reports.   Work of Dr. Rory Reid   Work of Stulhofer   The Religious Institute

Mary Claire O’Neal is an author, speaker, and leadership consultant based out of Kentucky. She is the author of Becoming What You Want To See In The World, a book endorsed by the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Her book was won the National Best Books Award and was named ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year. After a career in acting, Mary turned in education and consulting. She spent time as a substitute teacher before teaching creativity and communication to teachers and leaders. She is an advocate of compassionate communication practices. Links • Mary Claire O’Neal Website: https://www.maryclaireoneal.com • Mary Claire O’Neal Books: https://www.maryclaireoneal.com/book-store You can find all our episodes on SoundCloud, the iTunes Store, Google Play, and Spotify. Subscribe to our Newsletter at: www.schoolofthoughtproductions.com/contact/ We would love to connect with you! Please email us at schoolofthoughtpodcast@gmail.com to tell us who you are, what you think about the show, and who we should talk to next. Connect with us and the rest of our tribe by searching for School of Thought Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Mary Claire O’Neal is an author, speaker, and leadership consultant based out of Kentucky. She is the author of Becoming What You Want To See In The World, a book endorsed by the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Her book was won the National Best Books Award and was named ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year. After a career in acting, Mary turned in education and consulting. She spent time as a substitute teacher before teaching creativity and communication to teachers and leaders. She is an advocate of compassionate communication practices. Links • Mary Claire O’Neal Website: https://www.maryclaireoneal.com • Mary Claire O’Neal Books: https://www.maryclaireoneal.com/book-store You can find all our episodes on SoundCloud, the iTunes Store, Google Play, and Spotify. Subscribe to our Newsletter at: www.schoolofthoughtproductions.com/contact/ We would love to connect with you! Please email us at schoolofthoughtpodcast@gmail.com to tell us who you are, what you think about the show, and who we should talk to next. Connect with us and the rest of our tribe by searching for School of Thought Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Dr Bisbey called in sick, so we republished this   Hi everyone! Welcome to the A to Z of Sex. I'm Dr Lori Beth and I am your host.  We are working our way through the erotic alphabet one letter at a time.  Just a reminder this podcast deals with adult content, so if you don't have total privacy, you might want to put on your headphones. Today the letter is P and P is for Porn.  Porn is a divisive topic these days. There has been a lot of panic around what young people are accessing on the internet and whether they are getting most of their sex education from porn. There has also been a lot of controversy around the idea of sex and porn ‘addictions'. In some areas pornography has been demonised to the point that there is significant censorship legislation to control what adults can see and possess with very stiff penalties. Dr. David Ley is a clinical psychologist in practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Ole Miss, and his Master's and Doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Ley is licensed in New Mexico and North Carolina, and has provided clinical and consultative services in numerous other states. He is the Executive Director of New Mexico Solutions, a large outpatient mental health and substance abuse program in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Ley has been treating sexuality issues throughout his career. He first began treating perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse, but expanded his approach to include the fostering and promotion of healthy sexuality, and awareness of the wide range of normative sexual behaviors. Insatiable Wives is his first book and won a Silver Medal in the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year contest for 2009. Dr. Ley wrote Insatiable Wives following two years of interviews with couples around the country. His controversial second book, The Myth of Sex Addiction was released in March 2012, challenging the concept of sexual addiction and exploring a different model of male sexuality. The Myth of Sex Addiction triggered a firestorm of debate, allowing people to finally challenge the media hype of this pseudo-disorder. His new book Ethical Porn for Dicks, A Man's Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure was released to significant expectation and positive reviews in November 2016.) We started our conversation by speaking about whether there is really such a thing as sex and porn addiction. Dr Ley spoke about the damage that labelling problems around sex and pornography as addiction as it adds to shaming the person.  He was clear that when pornography is a problem it is usually a symptom rather than the cause. He spoke of research demonstrating that men who are stressed and depressed are more likely to use pornography long term and that they appear to be using the pornography as a means of managing negative emotions. Women tend to get more support when expressing negative emotions and are not shamed because they have negative emotions so this is seen less in women. Dr Ley spoke about research demonstrating that long term couples who watch pornography together have better sexual relationships, couples who watch pornography separately but tell each other about it have better relationships and women who watch pornography have better relationships.  The only group where pornography is seen to be a problem is when men watch pornography and don't tell their partners about it and their partners don't watch and don't like pornography. Dr Ley emphasised sexual integrity in a person and his relationships.  He spoke of the need for education around sexuality so that people could learn to integrate their needs and desires and then education in communication so that they could learn to communicate with their partners about sexuality and desire.  We spoke of the lack of education helping young people to learn to talk about sex with anyone, let alone with partners and the fact that there so many young people are not being taught...

On this episode of V-RADIO in response to listener demand I am proud to present Laurie A. Couture. From her bio on her website: "Laurie A. Couture is the author of Instead of Medicating and Punishing: Healing the Causes of Our Children’s Acting-Out Behavior by Parenting and Educating the Way Nature Intended. Her book was chosen as a finalist in the ForeWord Magazine Book-of- the-Year Awards in 2009. She appears as an expert in the documentary film, The War On Kids (2009) and is the host of The Free and Joyful Childhood Radio Show. Laurie was a recipient of the 2010 Manchester Union Leader’s Forty Under 40 honors. Laurie specializes in helping parents heal their children’s emotional, behavioral and learning struggles through attachment parenting, natural education and alternatives to psychiatric drugs. She offers supportive parenting coaching and consulting as well as attachment parenting workshops and seminars through LaurieACouture.com. Laurie has a background as a trauma specialist and mental health counselor as well as an educator. She is a contributor to several magazines and other media. Laurie’s passionate, leading-edge writing and advocacy on behalf of children and families have reached an international audience. Laurie is a Board member of Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE) and also mentors a disadvantaged teen. Laurie is a proud unschooling Mom to her 17 year old son, Brycen, who is a musician, writer and game inventor." We are going to be talking about her new book, and the phenomena that boys seem to be treated unfairly in our culture.