Welcome everybody to the Love Life podcast with me, Matthew Hussey.

For those of you that are new here, I've been working for 17 years,

helping people find love through increased confidence and relational intelligence.

And today I bring you a very special guest. His name is Oliver Berkman. I have been

wanting to get Oliver on the podcast since I read his book 4,000 weeks. It is one of my favorite

books in recent years. And it's not a love life book. It's a book about time and how we use our time

and how we approach our lives and I absolutely loved it.

Oliver just wrote a brand new book called Meditation for Mortals,

four weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts.

I have read this cover to cover already.

It is a fantastic book. I'm a giant fan of Oliver. So this, you know, I am having so much fun in

this conversation. I think you will too. He has such a insightful and often counterintuitive way

of looking at things.

For those of you that don't know, Oliver, he worked for many years at The Guardian

where he wrote a popular weekly column on psychology.

This column will change your life, was the name of the column.

His books include The New York Times Bestseller 4,000 Weeks, time management for mortals,

and the antidote

happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking. His new book is this one,

meditation for mortals. And I'm really excited to introduce both the book and him to you today.

For those of you, by the way, who haven't tried it yet, make sure you go

and give Matthew A.I. A.I. If you've got a question you want to ask me about your life or

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