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Burg Review: Souls are bared, friendships deepen in Open Stage’s touching, emotional “I’m Proud of You”

By Gina Napoli
March 23rd, 2025

Well, neighbor, you can’t see me now, but I’m changing into a cardigan and tennis shoes as I write this review.

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The Health Benefits of Simply Talking – and Listening

By Michael Race
October 26th, 2023
 
Loneliness and social isolation have taken such a toll on our collective health and wellness that federal leaders have labeled it an epidemic. But some are finding therapeutic power in the most basic of human interaction – talking. One nonprofit is trying to make sure everyone who needs to talk will have someone to listen.
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An Answer to Our Loneliness Epidemic

By Katherine Cullen MFA, LCSW
August 8th, 2023

 

How non-clinical approaches to increasing human connectedness can help. 

  • Loneliness's health tolls exceed that of inactivity, obesity, air pollution, and smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
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Tell It Like It Is: Michael Gingerich and Tom Kaden want to know what’s on your mind

By Rachel Curry

March 31st, 2022
 
Early 20th century feminist author Miles Franklin once wrote, “Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”
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PA Pastors Lend an Ear with a Nonprofit Named Someone To Tell It To

By Debbie Chestnut

December 3rd 2012
 
Gingerich and Kaden are the founders of Someone To Tell It To, a nonprofit counseling and spiritual guidance service.
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Audio

The Spark with Asia Tabb

April 22nd, 2026

On this episode of The Spark, we talk with Angie Dickinson and Michael Gingerich of Someone To Tell It To, along with filmmaker Benjamin Wagner, about their organization’s work and the upcoming South Central Pennsylvania premiere of Friends & Neighbors.

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Insight with Sylvia Maus Part 2

January 20th, 2026

“Fostering human connection is the first step in healing, establishing healthy relationships and creating a better life because we all need someone to tell it to.”

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Insight with Sylvia Maus Part 1

January 15th, 2026

“Fostering human connection is the first step in healing, establishing healthy relationships and creating a better life because we all need someone to tell it to.”

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Listening Superpower Podcast

March 15th, 2022

Leadership can get lonely. And when under pressure, it’s often hard to be vulnerable in front of your team members.

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Blanchard LeaderChat

February 25th, 2022

In this episode, coauthors Tom Kaden and Michael Gingerich talk about the skill of listening from their book Listening 2by2: A Paradigm Shift for Leaders.

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Video

Michael and Tom’s TV  interview on “Life Esteem”–Sunday, June 2nd, 2013