The Person You Want to Be, with Eric Teplitz

Ep. 20: Author, Solo Show Artist, and Life Coach, Kelly Carlin

March 21, 2023 Eric Teplitz / Kelly Carlin Season 2 Episode 20
The Person You Want to Be, with Eric Teplitz
Ep. 20: Author, Solo Show Artist, and Life Coach, Kelly Carlin
Show Notes Chapter Markers

How do you go about forging your own path when your dad happens to be a legendary comedian and cultural icon?

In this episode, I speak with Kelly Carlin, who ended up creating a solo show and eventually a memoir (both entitled "A Carlin Home Companion") to shed some light on this question for herself as much as for anyone else.

Kelly is wonderfully open and honest about her life, not to mention self-reflective, insightful, and psychologically astute.

While her story is unique, many will relate to the nearly universal human struggle of claiming one’s own voice and identity that lies underneath it.

Kelly Carlin Links:
Kelly's coaching program: https://humansontheverge.com/
Twitter: @kelly_carlin (https://twitter.com/kelly_carlin)
Instagram: @kellycarlinishere (https://www.instagram.com/kellycarlinishere/)
Kelly's memoir: https://www.amazon.com/Carlin-Home-Companion-Growing-George/dp/1250058252/

About Your Host, Eric Teplitz:
Website: http://ericteplitz.com/
Schedule a FREE coaching consultation: http://ericteplitz.com/work-with-me/
Access a FREE preview of Eric's online course "Opening to Greater Possibilities": https://ericteplitz.thinkific.com/

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The Person You Want to Be intro
Introducing Kelly Carlin
An "ordinary American family"
The nature/nurture question
Kelly's earliest sense of who she wanted to be
An encounter with the numinous
Permission to tell her own story
Working out family dynamics in grad school
An unspoken Carlin family rule
Parents in our psyches
What George Carlin did not include in his comedy
George Carlin's American Dream (documentary)
"Trust your bones"
The subtitle of Kelly's book
"That person's telling my story"
Forgiving our parents so we can forgive ourselves
How ego can sabotage us
An excerpt from Kelly's book
Failing, learning, and beginning again
We get what we get (and don't get) from our parents
A creative evolution
Paul Provenza's mentorship
Who Kelly wants to be now...