Stories and Stanza
Stories and Stanza is a podcast for curious minds hosted by Abhra Pal - poet, storyteller & public speaker.
The show is charting in the top mental health podcasts across the US, UK, and Canada.
Through two distinct series, the show explores the human experience with honesty, depth, and literary intention.
📖 Between The Lines brings intimate conversations with writers and creators — uncovering the vulnerability behind their craft, the stories that shaped them, and the creative struggles that lead to transformation.
🎙️ Fail With Me features raw, unfiltered conversations with doctors, psychologists, and mental health advocates exploring emotional intelligence, resilience, and the courage it takes to rebuild. Because awareness builds bridges — and people suffer silently until someone speaks first.
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Latest Episodes
Why "Use Your Words" Doesn't Work: How Children Learn Emotional Language | Dr David Marcus
"Use your words," we tell our children. But what if they don't have the words yet? In this Fail With Me conversation, clinical psychologist Dr David S. Marcus explains why emotional language is a skill that has to be built, not something childr...
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Why We Repeat Patterns We Know Are Hurting Us: Shadow Journaling, Self-Acceptance and the Reveal, Reclaim, Rewrite Method with Oliver Mann
Why doesn't self-awareness lead to change? Shadow journaling coach Oliver Mann, author of Shadow Journaling: A Field Guide to Personal Alchemy, explains why self-acceptance is the missing step between knowing your patterns and changing them.
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Navigating Redundancy: Grief, Identity and Finding Yourself Again
What happens to your sense of self when the job you gave years to suddenly no longer needs you? In this Fail With Me episode, Abhra sits down with Claire, a fellow writer, for an honest conversation about redundancy, job loss and the quiet grie...
Can You Predict How People Will Behave? Jim Marshall on Septemics
#StoriesAndStanza #Septemics #HumanBehaviour #SelfImprovement #EmotionalIntelligence"95% of the problems in industrialised society are because people don't understand people, including themselves." That conviction sits at the heart of S...
Art Is an Act of Survival — Dancer Alexandra Beller on Aloneness, Healing & Finding Your Voice
GNiYQGXxQongx5BIPosv"This is what it feels like to be alive. Does anybody recognise it?" Dancer and choreographer Alexandra Beller believes that's the question at the heart of all art — and the answer is what makes us feel less alone.
