Rebecca Cohn, trained pediatric physical therapist, international management consultant, elected California State Assembly member, lawyer, and Texas rancher, joins Yo as guest co-host to discuss the book, Bittersweet, by Susan Cain. This book, like Atlas of the Heart (Episodes 15, 16, 17), offers us grounded research and a depth of understanding that finds us often saying to ourselves: “At last – someone gets me and who I am and have always been”.
Here are some of the questions we covered in Part 1:
• How did we score on the Bittersweet quiz?
• Where have we used creativity in our lives to deal with sorrow?
• When did seeing the world as bittersweet begin for us?
• Why the acceptance of bitter and sweetness makes us whole?
• What is effortless perfection?
• What advice did the Dalai Lama give about mothers?
• How are we forever changed after reading the book?
And Part 2:
• What music would be on our Bittersweet playlist?
• Why movies like Bridges of Madison County are so appealing?
Bittersweet playlists:
Rebecca’s:
K.D. Lang- Constant Craving
Sting- Every Breath You Take & Shape of My Heart
Animals- House of the Rising Sun, Nights in White Satin
B.B. King- The Thrill is Gone
Beatles- Come Together & While Guitar Gently Weeps
Bill Withers- Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
Joni Mitchell- Ladies of the Canyon
Dolly Parton- Jolene
Santanna- Black Magic Woman
Billie Holiday- Strange Fruit
Judy Collins/Leonard Coen- Susanne
Leonard Coen- Halleluiah
Barack Obama-Amazing Grace
Sarah McLachlan- Angel/ Blackbird Dixie Chicks-Wide Open Spaces
Simon and Garfunkel- Scarborough Fair & Sounds of Silence & Kathy’s Song
Bonnie Raitt- I Can’t Make you Love Me & Nick of Time, Wounded Heart
Eagles- Hotel California
Crosby Stills and Nash- Just a Song Before You Go & Country Girl
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Yo Yo Ma-Bach Cello Suite No. 5 Bach Cello Suite No 2
-Adagio in G Minor
-Beethoven Cello sonata in G Minor
Maroon Five- One More Night
Ed Sheeran- Don’t
Adele- Hello
John Legend- All of Me
Alicia Keys- Fallin, A Woman’s Worth, Caged Bird
More about Rebecca:
Cohn served as Assistant Majority Leader during her time in the Assembly. Cohn was founder and Chair of the committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media. She was the Chair of Health Committee, a member of Public Safety, and the Utilities and Commerce Committees as well. Cohn was instrumental in the development of the state's Medical Examiner competency exam and the establishment of treatment guidelines. She has been active on other boards including: the American Physical Therapy Association's Advisory Panel on Women, the Diversity Task Force of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Board of Supervisor's Domestic Violence Council, and the Board of Directors for the Support of Battered Women.
On a personal note, Rebecca lives in Fredericksburg, Texas, with her long-time partner, Peter Schmidt. She is currently designing and building her dream ranch on 34 acres of land which she loves and calls her own.
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