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Sep 24, 2021 · For St. Clair and her husband, writer Dan O’Brien, that extraordinary moment came in March 2016, when she was 39 and he was 42. It was her final day of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer the previous year and enduring a hellish six months of fighting for her life.
Sep 21, 2021 · Jessica St. Clair is a comedy writer and actor. Alongside Lennon Parham, she created and starred in the comedy series Playing House, which aired for three seasons on USA. Dan O'Brien is...
St. Clair is married to playwright and poet Dan O'Brien. They have a daughter. In 2015, St. Clair said that she and Lennon Parham had both learned Transcendental Meditation.
YearTitleRoleNotes2024HostEpisode: "Women Who Rule"2024HeatherEpisode: "Wrath of Comic-Con"2023Lipinski Sister #24 episodes2023–presentDeb Hornsby (voice)Lead role- Escape to The Chateau
- Brené Brown
- Super Soul Sunday
- Radio Dramas
- Midsomer Murders
- The Property Brothers
- World War II Novels
- Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag
- Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
St. Clair:"During the early days of the pandemic, this was my comfort watch. I would watch maybe 15 minutes a night, and it was my little treat. The moment that theme song plays, Dan instantly falls asleep. It's like old literature in that way, but I like the idea of escaping. I daydream about selling everything and living in the countryside."
St. Clair: "During the Big C, I became obsessed with audiobooks. I would go walking constantly because sitting felt too passive, so I would walk for three to four hours sometimes. Rising Strong by Brené Brown was very important to me. Also, Amy Poehler's audiobook of Yes Please." O'Brien: "I would call her to find out where she was, and she'd find ...
St. Clair: "I would binge Oprah's Super Soul Sunday because I needed to hear other people talking about going through hard times themselves, and how they recovered. I think it's part of why Dan and I both wanted to write about our story, because we obsessively searched for cancer happy endings and there aren't many — there are a lot of scary storie...
O'Brien: "I also went back in time [laughs]. During Jessica's treatment I became obsessed with radio dramas. I was going back to the '30s. Like, shows with the organ music where people were having melodramatic affairs or solving murders. This only lasted as long as Jessica's treatment, but then during the beginning of COVID, I did pop back into old...
O'Brien: "During my treatment I found comfort in British comedy, like Toast of London, and also the Midsomer Murders. It's kind of a mix of Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order. Each week they solve another mystery, and it takes place in this idyllic, fictional county in England. There's satisfaction in the control of the mystery being solved. It seem...
O'Brien:"During Jess' treatment and then mine, I didn't have as much time to write as I would have liked. I couldn't read to escape, because that felt too passive, so I turned to home makeover shows." St. Clair: "He was recovering from one of his surgeries, and let's just say I made a mistake on the dosing of some of the medications, and he was on ...
St. Clair: "I've said this on my podcast, but I'm deep into these novels — and I'm sure there's a huge market for this type of book — about two girls who, like, get through the Blitz. My friend [actress-writer] Danielle Schneider is always recommending books to me, and anytime she does you know the war or the Holocaust is going to sneak into that p...
O'Brien: "I couldn't write about what we were going through at the beginning of treatment, and I had no interest in books about cancer, but I did read Susan Sontag's [1978] book about her experience with breast cancer — she also relates it to AIDS. It's called Illness as Metaphor. But for the most part I couldn't quite handle the topic, and I still...
St. Clair: "One book I did love and that I always recommend to people having their own People magazine moment is Option B. It seems like it would be too sad, but it is hopeful. It's actually crazy optimistic because what happens is her husband dies suddenly and then Sheryl contacts her friend, who is a psychologist, and inquires about what makes so...
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Feb 1, 2021 · Cedars-Sinai Blog. Four Years Later, Couple Reflects on Shared Cancer Journey. Feb 01, 2021 Nicole Levine. A text flashed on Dan O'Brien's phone while he was casting one of his plays in 2015. "It is cancer," his wife, Jessica St. Clair, wrote.
Jul 16, 2006 · July 16, 2006. Jessica St. Clair, a comedian and writer, and Dan O’Brien, a playwright, were married yesterday at the New London Historical Society in New London, N.H. Douglas Sprigg, a...
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Jul 13, 2020 · By Jessica St. Clair and Dan O’Brien. July 13, 2020. This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal...
