267: How to Navigate Life Transitions and Master Change at Any Age with Bruce Feiler
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today, I'm talking to Bruce Feiler. Bruce is a bestselling author of 5 books, including The Council of Dads, which was the subject of a TED Talk and the inspiration for the NBC drama series of the same name.
He's also the author of the column titled, This Life in the Sunday New York Times and has presented two PBS miniseries, Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys.
Bruce's newest book is called Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age, and it is packed with great insights and perspectives that I know our listeners will enjoy. As time goes on, I feel like I'm always going through some form of life transition, and I've definitely noticed that most of the families we work with are usually in the thick of a lifequake of their own.
Needless to say, I'm thrilled that Bruce was able to spend some time on the podcast to share what he learned as he crisscrossed the country and collected hundreds of stories from Americans far and wide.
In our conversation, Bruce and I dig into what a life transition really is, what he learned from asking hundreds of Americans to tell him the stories of their lives, and how the periods of upheaval and unrest we face can lead us to growth and renewal.
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| 0:51.7 | better financial decisions so you can live the lifestyle you've always imagined and deserved. |
| 0:57.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:00.1 | Today, I'm talking to Bruce Filer. |
| 1:03.2 | Bruce is a best-selling author of five books, including The Council of Dads, which was the subject of a TED Talk and the inspiration for the NBC drama series |
| 1:11.9 | of the same name, he's also the author of a column titled This Life in the Sunday New York Times |
| 1:18.4 | and has presented two PBS miniseries, Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys. Bruce's newest book is called |
| 1:26.2 | Life is in the Transitions, Mastering Change at |
| 1:29.2 | at any age. And it is packed with great insights and perspectives that I know you'll enjoy. |
| 1:34.9 | As time goes on, I feel like I'm always going through some form of life transition. And I've |
| 1:40.2 | definitely noticed that most of the families we work with, they're usually in the thick of |
| 1:44.1 | their own life quake as it goes. Needless to say, I'm thrilled noticed that most of the families we work with, they're usually in the thick of their own life quake as it goes. |
| 1:46.6 | Needless to say, I'm thrilled that Bruce was able to spend some time on the podcast to share what he learned as he crisscrossed the country and collected hundreds of stories from Americans far and wide. |
| 1:57.4 | In our conversation, Bruce and I will dig into what a life transition really is, what he learned |
| 2:04.1 | from asking hundreds of Americans to tell him the stories of their lives and how the periods |
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