I recently started doing a piece for Village Television here in Cleveland Ohio called "Food 4 Thought." I was on the air doing talk radio for 12 years. The station changed their format and abruptly dropped our programs. I suppose it was like loosing a major part of my life, part of my identity or definition. For so long I was a talk show host and always looking for fodder for the show . . .then nothing. I turned off for a while unable to reconcile or even admit the void that opened within me. I did a lot of house cleaning that year, ending a relationship, a friendship, a job and a voice. I struggled to find myself.
Doing radio was not just an occupation. It wasn't a public image - those seem harder in some regards. People know you and your history. I was some what anonymous on air, I talked into a mic; fielding calls and giving my opinion - my take on the world. I lost my voice. Hmmm.. ..
Ok, so depression is over. My silent anguish has turned into an internal urge to re-emerge. To reclaim my voice. To live and think out loud once again. So yes I said . . .Sandra said it. Join me.
