REAL with Diane McDaniel

REAL with Diane McDaniel


Latest Episodes

Mother’s Day Special Episode 2018
May 14, 2018

I’m Diane McDaniel, and on today’s show we are talking about  Mother’s Day, a celebration to honor one’s mother, motherhood,  and the influence of mothers and maternal figures in society. This crowdsourced episode includes ten different voices–Cynthia ...

Mother’s Day Special Episode 2018 - REAL with Diane McDaniel
May 13, 2018

I’m Diane McDaniel, and on today’s show we are talking about  Mother’s Day, a celebration to honor one’s mother, motherhood,  and the influence of mothers and maternal figures in society. This crowdsourced episode includes nine different voices–Cynthia...

Cynthia Lim: A Sorrow That’s Always There
January 30, 2018

Cynthia Lim is author of the forthcoming memoir, Wherever You Are, which chronicles her journey after her husband suffered a cardiac arrest, resulting in brain injury. Cynthia talks about the challenges she faced to help her husband achieve a good qual...

Carole Yu: Caring for Yourself and Others
January 23, 2018

Entrepreneur and independent business owner Carole Yu talks about coping with her husband’s death from cancer while raising two young daughters. With support from Camp Kesem and other organizations, Carole helped her daughters survive and thrive despit...

Tanya Ward Goodman: An Enthusiastic Embrace of the World
January 09, 2018

On today’s show I’m speaking with writer Tanya Ward Goodman, author of Leaving Tinkertown. Our conversation examines how she uses her writing practice, which she likens to the process of composting, to learn her mind and understand experience.

Happy New Year! Looking Forward and Back
January 02, 2018

At the start of the New Year, many people make a practice of reflecting on the year that is past and anticipating the year that is to come. These reflections are a story of what has happened to make us who we are,

REAL is on Hiatus! Return January 2, 2018
December 01, 2017

REAL is now on hiatus. We’ll be back on January 2, 2018, with more stories adversity, resilience, creativity, and transformation. This episode is a sneak peek of some of the stories on which we are currently working: As 2018 approaches,

Thanksgiving Special Episode
November 21, 2017

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in United States and a number of other countries. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It’s a day for gathering with family and family friends an...

Chris Rice: Becoming the Author of My Own Life
November 15, 2017

Writer and visual artist Chris Rice talks about growing up on the road, traveling between the Bible Belt and Southern California as the oldest of nine children and caretaker of her younger siblings. Witness to the legacy of epigenetic trauma and suffer...

Celeste Young: A New Relationship to Experience
November 07, 2017

Mindfulness meditation practitioner and Dharma teacher, Celeste Young, talks about her search to lessen her suffering and develop a new relationship to experience, as well as the joy she now feels in sharing what she loves with students who are dealing...