You, Me, Empathy: Sharing Our Mental Health Stories

On Episode 140 of You, Me, Empathy, Manya Chylinski and I explore the messy middle, challenging our own biases and preconceptions about people and the world, comparing traumas, and Manya’s terrifying and inspiring story of surviving the Boston Marathon bombing. We also of course talk about the global pandemic, putting things into boxes to help our anxiety, Manya’s transition from a binary (“black and white”) thinker to a “messy middle” thinker, why should is an asshole (love you, Jen Pastiloff), and Manya’s experience being witness to the Boston Marathon bombing. Manya was in the stands at the Boston Marathon finish line, and was mere feet away from the two bombs that went off in April 2013. She shares her experience with the immediate aftermath of witnessing violence, the nightmares and sobbing and anger and panic attacks, and even smelling the bomb smoke days after. Read the full show notes here. EMPATHY LINKS: ManyaChylinski.comManya on Twitter: @ManyaChylinskiMargie Warrell SUPPORT FEELY HUMAN: Cal