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Julia Baird, in her book Phosphorescence, was diagnosed with rare abdominal cancer and endured several painful surgeries for its removal, all while going through a difficult heartbreak.
Julia Baird, as she writes in her wonderful book, Phosphorescence was diagnosed with rare abdominal cancer.
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Episode: Life Comes At You Fast (Pt III) | Don't Be Inspire...
Julia Baird, in her book Phosphorescence, was diagnosed with rare abdominal cancer and endured several painful surgeries for its removal, all while going through a difficult heartbreak.
Julia Baird, as she writes in her wonderful book, Phosphorescence was diagnosed with rare abdominal cancer.
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The podcast host described this book as a joy to read and one of his favorite books of the year. The conversation touched upon the book's themes of stillness and the restorative power of nature.
And then talking to Julia Beard her book on queen Victoria is spectacular a biography everyone should read and her new book Foss for Recense was just a joy for me to read one of my favorite books this year so here's me talking to Julia Beard
yes I think that's right and it's almost hard to put your finger on and that's what I was trying to to grass like what is that when you're sitting on a hill in a it's some area where there's no light pollution you're looking at the stars like what is that we all know that that soothes us we all know that it makes us feel better but but but why and and that's why I think you know scientists are trying to get to it and why have we designed life to be literally the opposite of that and to have as little of that as humanly possible that is the strange that's from strange thing about the modern world the infinite distraction I think
Episode: Julia Baird on Phosphorescence and Making a Habit...
It's a memoir about finding joy amidst suffering, focusing on resilience and the awe found in nature, especially bioluminescence. The author discusses her experience with a life-threatening illness and how she coped.
she sent me this little book called Foss for Essence which I'm carrying my hand the subtitle is a memoir of finding joy when your world goes dark.
Foss for Essence is basically things that sort of illuminate in the dark and she's talking why why do some animals glow particularly sea creatures literally glow what makes a firefly do what it does that's where the word Foss for Essence comes from
there's sort of a as the subtitle hints right a memoir of finding joy when your world goes dark there is this sort of looming darkness in the book that you are combating with the Foss for Essence
I really became very very intent on finding it for some like I'm physically finding it and actually it occurred in my neighborhood just about a month ago which was unbelievable my daughter saw it as well because I had dragged her along to see it once and she said it was just the most euphoric experience of her life