Fuck The Rules Podcast
Season 2 Hiatus Special No. 3
I had the great good fortune to have a long conversation with the founder and CEO (as well as being an author) of Microcosm Publishing, Joe Biel.
Joe generously gifted me time from a busy schedule, running a successful independent publishing company to talk about coming to publishing, discussing the journey to where the company is now, and how mental health has been presented in books in previous years and what the books that are being written look like in more recent years.
Full disclosure, I'm a fan of Microcosm Publishing being a consumer of many of their books.
This final new episode of 2022 is hella good fun, interesting and I enjoyed my too short time chatting with Joe.
PLEASE NOTE: We discuss multiple topics and some may be distressing to listeners: discussion of suicide/suicidal ideation, and trauma.
You can find more information on Microcosm Publishing, including the books they publish, here:
https://microcosmpublishing.com/
You can find more about Joe, here:
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/joe-biel
Dr. Faith Harper's books discussed in this episode as well as her other works can be found on the MP site:
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/dr_faith_g_harper
The book on suicidal ideation:
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists
by Set Sytes AUTHOR with Dr. Faith G. Harper
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/7099
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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. Susan is a National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC. When she's not busy with all those things, Susan is usually busy annoying her adult children or gardening.