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Self-help for smart people. World-class insights and practices from experts in modern science and ancient wisdom. Hosted by veteran journalist and best-selling author, Dan Harris.

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Mentioned 5 months ago

How To Increase Performance By Working At Your Edge -- Plus A Quick Hack For When Panic or Anxiety Swells

Dan Harris read this book, which presented the thesis that one's inner narrator owns them if they are unaware of its nonstop nattering. However, Harris found the book correct but not useful because it didn't offer much actionable advice.

Power of Now, A New Earth. Oprah Winfrey was, you know, pushing his stuff.

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How to Feel Loved

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Science of Happiness: Five Simple Strategies for Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Connection | Sonja Lyubomirsky and Harry Reis

The book presented an empowering approach to feeling loved, arguing that it is largely within one's control by changing the conversation rather than changing oneself or the other person. It detailed five mindsets designed to help operate the 'relationship seesaw' and foster deeper connection.

In fact, that is the title of their book, How to Feel Love.

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The Art and Science of Connection

Kasley Killam

Mentioned 1 year ago

Optimize This: If You Care About Mental And Physical Health, This May Be The Missing Piece | Kasley Killam

Kasley Killam, a Harvard-trained social scientist, discussed her book, which focuses on social health and its impact on overall well-being. The book explores the importance of connection, different social styles, and strategies for improving social health.

So social health is the dimension of your overall health and well-being that comes from connection.

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Rest

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

The book was briefly mentioned in relation to the concept of rest and its various forms, contrasting with the traditional understanding of rest as simply lying in a hammock.

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Keep Sharp

Sanjay Gupta M.D.

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

The podcast extensively discussed this book, which outlines five pillars of brain health. The five pillars were described in detail, including how movement, discovery, relaxation, nourishment, and connection affect brain health.

It's called Keep Sharp and it's really something that I think is of universal interest which is how do we maintain brain health for as long as possible and you have this very handy sort of five pillars, five ways that we can think about keeping our brains healthy.

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Chasing Life

Sanjay Gupta

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

It was mentioned as one of four of Dr. Gupta's New York Times best-selling books, which were discussed in the podcast introduction.

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Cheating Death

Kenneth M. Valentine

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

This book, along with three others by Dr. Gupta, was mentioned in the podcast introduction as a New York Times bestseller.

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Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

It was mentioned as one of several books written by Tara Brach, a meditation teacher and psychologist. The book's title suggests a focus on acceptance as a core concept.

Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN cover

Radical Compassion

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

This book, along with others by Tara Brach, was mentioned in the introduction. The title suggests the book explores the concept of radical compassion.

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Trusting the Gold

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

It was noted as one of several books written by Tara Brach, implying that it's relevant to her teachings on meditation and mindfulness.

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Look Again

Tali Sharot

Mentioned 1 year ago

Modern Life Numbs You. Here’s The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot

It explores the neuroscience of habituation, explaining how we become less sensitive to things over time, impacting our joy and motivation. It also offers strategies to disrupt this process and re-sparkle our lives.

each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or on occasion so regretted that people could no more see it developing from day to day than a farmer in his field sees a corn growing. One day it is over his head.

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The Influential Mind

Tali Sharot

Mentioned 1 year ago

Modern Life Numbs You. Here’s The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot

This book was mentioned as one of the author's previous works, but no details were given in this interview.

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) Cover

Adele Faber

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)

Gretchen mentioned this book as one of her favorite parenting books, noting its advice about not denying the reality of other people's feelings applies to all ages.

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Well, one of my very favorite parenting books of all time is How To Talk to Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. And everything in it is just, I mean, it's true for talking to a three-year-o...

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Gretchen mentioned this book as one of her favorite parenting books, noting its advice about not denying the reality of other people's feelings applies to all ages.

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Well, one of my very favorite parenting books of all time is How To Talk to Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. And everything in it is just, I mean, it's true for talking to a three-year-old and it's true for talking to an 80 year-old because they're just human truths.

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Aliki

My Five Senses (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

The author of this new book was mentioned as a great writer who would be coming on the show to discuss her new work about how to get out of one's head and into their senses.

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great writer Gretchen Ruben who has a new book out about how to get out of your head getting into your senses.

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The author of this new book was mentioned as a great writer who would be coming on the show to discuss her new work about how to get out of one's head and into their senses.

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great writer Gretchen Ruben who has a new book out about how to get out of your head getting into your senses.

The book called the Five Senses, and we'll talk to her about it coming up on Monday.

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Gordon Neufeld

Hold On to Your Kids

Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

Dr. Mat strongly recommended this parenting book, co-written with Gordon Neufeld, asserting that children becoming too connected to peers causes parents to lose influence, which is toxic to healthy development.

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and hold onto your kids why parents need to matter more than peers which are really beg you to read then because it's a very important parenting book

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Dr. Mat strongly recommended this parenting book, co-written with Gordon Neufeld, asserting that children becoming too connected to peers causes parents to lose influence, which is toxic to healthy development.

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and hold onto your kids why parents need to matter more than peers which are really beg you to read then because it's a very important parenting book

The reanwhiter is a friend and colleague and mentor called Gordon Ufeld and Gordon's work showing that kids get too connected to peers in this culture as a result parents lose their influence and that is toxic for their healthy development.

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Bernard Cornwell

The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1)

The series is based on books written by Bernard Cornwell and tells a story set against the backdrop of the creation of England, culminating in the Battle of Brunenbauer.

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So it's based on a series of books written by Bernard Cornwell and it is a story set against the backdrop of quote unquote the creation of England.

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The series is based on books written by Bernard Cornwell and tells a story set against the backdrop of the creation of England, culminating in the Battle of Brunenbauer.

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So it's based on a series of books written by Bernard Cornwell and it is a story set against the backdrop of quote unquote the creation of England.

It's been described as the thinking man's Game of Thrones which is an incredibly high compliment because Game of Thrones was amazing so it is amazing.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Cover

Carol S. Dweck

Mindset

The New Psychology of Success

The book was mentioned in the context of discussing how beliefs shape our sense of the world, contrasting the fixed mindset where basic qualities are seen as static versus the growth mindset where qualities can be cultivated through effort.

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Psychologist Carol Dweck in her book Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, talks about a Mindset as a set of beliefs that shapes how we make sense of the world and...

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The book was mentioned in the context of discussing how beliefs shape our sense of the world, contrasting the fixed mindset where basic qualities are seen as static versus the growth mindset where qualities can be cultivated through effort.

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Psychologist Carol Dweck in her book Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, talks about a Mindset as a set of beliefs that shapes how we make sense of the world and ourselves.

In a fixed Mindset, people believe their basic qualities like their intelligence or talent are simply fixed traits.

This growth Mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.

Freedom Is an Inside Job: Owning Our Darkness and Our Light to Heal Ourselves and the World Cover

Zainab Salbi

Freedom Is an Inside Job

Owning Our Darkness and Our Light to Heal Ourselves and the World

Zainab Salbi's book was referenced to illustrate the limitations of relying on external assumptions, as she detailed her internal struggle with feelings of failure despite the massive external success of her humanitarian organization.

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She writes, Freedom Is an Inside Job, owning our darkness in our light to heal ourselves in the world. Inside I felt like a failure.

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Zainab Salbi's book was referenced to illustrate the limitations of relying on external assumptions, as she detailed her internal struggle with feelings of failure despite the massive external success of her humanitarian organization.

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She writes, Freedom Is an Inside Job, owning our darkness in our light to heal ourselves in the world. Inside I felt like a failure.

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The Commitments

The Commitments

This book was mentioned as being published five years after the author, Philip Brickman, died by suicide, and it discussed how commitments, rather than pleasure, were the true road to salvation from an otherwise absurd existence.

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and he wrote in his book commitment conflicting caring published five years after his death but in many ways that was the point.

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This book was mentioned as being published five years after the author, Philip Brickman, died by suicide, and it discussed how commitments, rather than pleasure, were the true road to salvation from an otherwise absurd existence.

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and he wrote in his book commitment conflicting caring published five years after his death but in many ways that was the point.

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Kay Redfield Jamison

Night Falls Fast

Understanding Suicide

This was cited as one of the finest books ever written on the subject of suicide, and the host thought it had not been equaled or arrived at since its publication in 2000.

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the biggest takeaway and by the way K. Redfield Jamison's Night Falls Fast is one of the finest books you will ever read on this subject I think it's just fantastic.

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This was cited as one of the finest books ever written on the subject of suicide, and the host thought it had not been equaled or arrived at since its publication in 2000.

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the biggest takeaway and by the way K. Redfield Jamison's Night Falls Fast is one of the finest books you will ever read on this subject I think it's just fantastic.

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Scott Barry Kaufman

Transcend

The New Science of Self-Actualization

Cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman's book was mentioned when discussing Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, where Kaufman clarified that human development involves moving forward and occasionally falling back, rather than linearly completing stages.

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Cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman, and we will meet again in chapter 5 to connoil look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs in his book Transcend and made this point.

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Cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman's book was mentioned when discussing Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, where Kaufman clarified that human development involves moving forward and occasionally falling back, rather than linearly completing stages.

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Cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman, and we will meet again in chapter 5 to connoil look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs in his book Transcend and made this point.

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book Cover

Dan Harris

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

A 10% Happier How-to Book

Dan Harris mentioned that he wrote this book together with Jeff Warren. The book was also described as a NY Times Bestseller in the episode description.

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We wrote a book together called Meditation for Figuity Skeptics.

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Dan Harris mentioned that he wrote this book together with Jeff Warren. The book was also described as a NY Times Bestseller in the episode description.

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We wrote a book together called Meditation for Figuity Skeptics.

The Rose of Sharon Block Book: Winning Designs from the EQ6 Challenge Cover

Sharon Pederson

The Rose of Sharon Block Book

Winning Designs from the EQ6 Challenge

A new book by Sharon Salisberg was mentioned as being very interesting and featuring some harrowing stories from her recent life.

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She's got a new book out which is very, very interesting.

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A new book by Sharon Salisberg was mentioned as being very interesting and featuring some harrowing stories from her recent life.

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She's got a new book out which is very, very interesting.

She's also got some pretty harrowing stories to tell from her own recent life so that's all coming up on Monday with Sharon.

Practicing Mindfulness: 75 Essential Meditations to Reduce Stress, Improve Mental Health, and Find Peace in the Everyday Cover

Matthew Sockolov

Practicing Mindfulness

75 Essential Meditations to Reduce Stress, Improve Mental Health, and Find Peace in the Everyday

This book on meditation was mentioned as one of the numerous books written by Joseph Goldstein, who was described as a favorite human.

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He's also the author of numerous books on meditation including a great book called Simply Mindfulness and he's one of my favorite humans.

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This book on meditation was mentioned as one of the numerous books written by Joseph Goldstein, who was described as a favorite human.

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He's also the author of numerous books on meditation including a great book called Simply Mindfulness and he's one of my favorite humans.

Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) Cover

Amy Gallo

Getting Along

How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)

This was Amy Gallo's new book which laid out archetypes for challenging personalities in the workplace and provided tactics for managing each type. The concept of labeling people as 'difficult' was discussed, with the author noting that behaviors, not people, are difficult, but the title was chosen to be catchy for readers needing help.

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She is the author of a new book called Getting Along, How to Work with Anyone, Even Difficult People.

— Episode: Jerks at Work | Amy Gallo

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Episode: Jerks at Work | Amy Gallo

This was Amy Gallo's new book which laid out archetypes for challenging personalities in the workplace and provided tactics for managing each type. The concept of labeling people as 'difficult' was discussed, with the author noting that behaviors, not people, are difficult, but the title was chosen to be catchy for readers needing help.

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She is the author of a new book called Getting Along, How to Work with Anyone, Even Difficult People.

In this new book you lay out these different archetypes for challenging personalities in the workplace and we'll get to that in great detail but I kind of want to stay on the higher level just for a second.

I actually wanted to put difficult in quotes on the cover because you know it's pretty big there, difficult people and I was like now people won't even know what that means and you sort of have to commit that the readers who you want to buy this book are using that phrase right they're saying I'm dealing with someone who's difficult my hesitation about it and the pushback I've gotten is that people aren't difficult right behaviors are difficult, actions might be challenging for us but people themselves it's unfair to call them difficult.

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Amy Gallo

HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict (HBR Guide Series)

This was a previous book written by Amy Gallo that dealt with handling conflict at work, which spurred the creation of her newer book focused on specific coworker types.

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She's also written a book called The Harvard Business Review or HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict.

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Episode: Jerks at Work | Amy Gallo

This was a previous book written by Amy Gallo that dealt with handling conflict at work, which spurred the creation of her newer book focused on specific coworker types.

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She's also written a book called The Harvard Business Review or HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict.

So that was really for me the origin of my interest in this topic and then I wrote a book a few years ago about dealing with conflict at work and inevitably people would say at the end of a talk or a virtual training, this is great.

The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: And Men: Why Capable People Suffer from Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive In Spite of It Cover

Valerie Young

The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women

And Men

The book was mentioned as being written by Dr. Valerie Young, who is an internationally recognized expert on imposter syndrome. The subtitle was later updated to include men in the focus of the book.

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She wrote a book called The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women, Why Capable People Suffer From Imposter Syndrome and How to Thrive In spite of it.

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The book was mentioned as being written by Dr. Valerie Young, who is an internationally recognized expert on imposter syndrome. The subtitle was later updated to include men in the focus of the book.

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She wrote a book called The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women, Why Capable People Suffer From Imposter Syndrome and How to Thrive In spite of it.

The book is called The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women and I just talked Random House into changing the subtitle to say And Men.

That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together Cover

Joanne Lipman

That's What She Said

What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together

This book was mentioned when discussing the difference between how men and women might approach bluffing or 'winging it' in professional settings. The speaker recalled the title after initially forgetting it during the conversation.

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that book whose title I couldn't remember it's actually called That's What She Said what men need to know and women need to tell them about working together it's by Joanne Lippman

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This book was mentioned when discussing the difference between how men and women might approach bluffing or 'winging it' in professional settings. The speaker recalled the title after initially forgetting it during the conversation.

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that book whose title I couldn't remember it's actually called That's What She Said what men need to know and women need to tell them about working together it's by Joanne Lippman

The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Cover

Scott Galloway

The Four

The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

The book was mentioned as one of the best-selling books by Scott Galloway.

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He's the best selling author of many books including, The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, Post Corona, and his latest book, which is called Adrift: America in 100 Charts.

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The book was mentioned as one of the best-selling books by Scott Galloway.

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He's the best selling author of many books including, The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, Post Corona, and his latest book, which is called Adrift: America in 100 Charts.

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Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning (Beacon Classics)

The concept of creating new meaning around past experiences was attributed to Victor Frankl.

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We can create new meaning, as Victor Frankl says, creating new meaning around it.

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The concept of creating new meaning around past experiences was attributed to Victor Frankl.

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We can create new meaning, as Victor Frankl says, creating new meaning around it.

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Dr. Edith Eva Eger

The Gift

14 Lessons to Save Your Life

Edith Eger mentioned the need to create a list of fears and start knocking them off when discussing overcoming fear.

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Edith Egger talked about this as well when I interviewed her, which I was really excited about when she said it. She's like, we need to create a list of our fears and start knocking them off.

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Edith Eger mentioned the need to create a list of fears and start knocking them off when discussing overcoming fear.

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Edith Egger talked about this as well when I interviewed her, which I was really excited about when she said it. She's like, we need to create a list of our fears and start knocking them off.

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Carla Naumburg

How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids

A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent

This book was mentioned as one of Carla Naumburg's titles, aimed at parents who are self-critical, which the speaker found relatable to the general human tendency to think we 'suck.'

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Just so you have it, her books have titles such as: How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids...

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Episode: You Are Not a Sh*tty Person | Carla Naumburg

This book was mentioned as one of Carla Naumburg's titles, aimed at parents who are self-critical, which the speaker found relatable to the general human tendency to think we 'suck.'

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Just so you have it, her books have titles such as: How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids...

The previous book is called How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids...

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