Locktober begins! All month the Satellite Sisters will bring you experts with advice on handling extended lockdown. Today its Dr. Stephanie Newman on managing anxiety, setting goals and empathy. Stephanie is a NY psychotherapist as well as an author. Her new novel, BARBARIANS AT THE PTA, explores bullying and quickly became an Amazon best-seller in multiple categories.

Lian will be on Friends and Fiction on Wednesday October 7 at 7 pm ET/4 pm Pacific. Julie and Liz will also drop in. You can join the Friends and Fiction Facebook Group here. Click on this Streamyard link to join the event on Wednesday: https://streamyard.com/tittn7wp4d

On Tuesday October 13, Liz will appear online at our favorite arts and culture organization Sixth and I to introduce Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contesa herself! You can buy tickets here. For $40, you can get a signed copy of her new book Modern Comfort Food and a link to the online event.

Julie thinks watching animal videos may be the best way to manage anxiety. Her suggestions are:

Warriorcanineconnection.org

Kittenrescue.org

Nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams

Explore.org/livecams/africanwildlife

Montereybayaquarium.org

Explore.org/livecams/panda-bears

Explore.org/livecams/brown-bears

Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends

Tehran On Apple TV +

Emily in Paris on Netflix

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