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Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

Update: 2025-09-04
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This episode of Once Upon a Gene is a little like a cafeteria tray - pick what feeds you and leave what doesn't.


Chatting with the zesty, vivacious, and wildly insightful Emma Nadler - psychotherapist, author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, rare mom, and truth teller. Emma has a way of cracking you open with honesty and tenderness, then making you laugh through the tears.


We talk about:




  • How storytelling helps us heal and connect




  • Grief, Joy, Love - all living side by side




  • The long-haul reality of caregiving and what it takes to keep going




  • Friendship, community, and the absurdities that keep us human




  • Finding meaning when life reroutes in unexpected ways




Emma’s memoir, The Unlikely Village of Eden, is one of those rare books that’s both heart-shattering and heart-rebuilding, leaving you changed in the best way.


📚 Grab Emma’s book
📝 Follow her writing on Substack.


📝 Follow her on Instagram





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Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

Healing in the Mess: Storytelling, Friendship & Finding Love - Author of The Unlikely Village of Eden, Emma Nadler

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