Get Off the Couch

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts

Sometimes the hardest thing is to find motivation to do anything at all. Just stand up and walk out the door… it may kill you, or it may change your life.

Note: This episode originally aired on March 11, 2014.

Banner image: Maureen "Mo" O'Neill, photo by Timothy Norris

From this Episode:

Smart Old Broad

First… the story of Maureen "Mo" O'Neill. She spent her days mainly alone. She didn't have many friends, she was getting older, she didn't know who she was. After work she...

12 min

Couch Potato

Next… a family tale from Jessica Lee Williamson. She tells us about her sister, a self-described couch potato, who took a short walk that became an existential crisis....

6 min

On the Rolling Sea

Finally…. After a three day pleasure cruise in 2001, Jane Houghton developed a condition that made her feel like the world was continually moving like a boat on rough seas....

10 min

Credits

Producers:
Gideon Brower, Bob Carlson, Gloria Khamkar

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