Episode 28: The Healing Power of Home
Episode Description
Mary Barlow, author of the inspiring memoir, Home: My Story of House and Personal Restoration, talks about the love and painful memories attached to her childhood home and how restoring a vintage home as an adult led to personal restoration and healing.
Guest Bio
Author of the memoir, Home: My Story of House and Personal Restoration, Mary Barlow is a graduate of Clark University. She graduated magna cum laude, earning a bachelor’s degree in the science of professional communications. As a medical writer, Mary has written extensively for commercial organizations on numerous diseases, life sciences products, and on the business of healthcare. She is an expert on how healthcare in the United States works and on the challenges related to its accessibility.
Before her medical writing career, Mary served as a journalist for the Blackstone Valley Tribune, a small community newspaper that operated in Northbridge, Massachusetts and for the Telegram and Gazette, a daily paper circulated in Worcester County. She resides north of Boston and is Mom to two awesome sons and a mischievous apricot poodle, inappropriately named Sage.
Resources
You can learn more about Mary and her book, Home: My Story of House and Personal Restoration, by visiting her website, mgbarlow.com.
You can purchase Home: My Story of House and Personal Restoration on Amazon, Bookshop, the Black Rose Writing website, or wherever you shop for books.
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