Bruce Feiler on Life Transitions

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Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Bruce Feiler is the author of 7 New York Times best-sellers and he’s also the presenter of two primetime series on PBS as well as the inspiration for the drama series on NBC, Council of Dads. Bruce’s two TedTalks have been viewed millions of times. In this episode, Eric and Bruce discuss his book, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change At Any Age. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Bruce Feiler and I Discuss Life Transitions and… His book, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change At Any Age That our lives are fairy tales – and fairy tales all have difficulties in them His quest to help other people tell their life’s stories The myth of a linear life course and how we suffer because we expect linearity Life quakes How he defines a life disruptor vs. a life transition The three phases of a life transition The skill of rewriting your story after a life quake The importance of telling our stories Identity transitions “Don’t shield your eyes when the scary parts start because that’s when the heroes are made.” How we all can be and need to be the heroes in our own stories Bruce Feiler Links: Bruce’s Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Calibrate helps you reset your metabolic system for sustainable weight loss and improved whole-body health. Calibrate combines virtual doctor visits, FDA-approved medication, and one on one video coaching. See if Calibrate is right for you and available in your area. Go to www.joincalibrate.com and enter promo code wolf to get $50 off your one-year membership. Organifi: Your all-day, total body, certified organic, delicious superfood system. Go to www.organifi.com and enter promo code wolf to get 15% off any product in their store. If you enjoyed this conversation with Bruce Feiler on Life Transitions, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Successful Aging with Alan Castel The Happiness Curve with Jonathan Rauch Psychological Flexibility with Steven C. Hayes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Life is the story. You tell yourself because our lives are fundamental. These stories that we tell ourselves and
0:05.7	What a lifequake is is a breach in the normal and a breach in the normal is what makes any story good?
0:20.5	Welcome to the one you feed
0:22.5	Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have quotes like garbage in garbage out or you are what you think ring true
0:32.3	And yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us we tend to read negativity self-pity
0:39.9	Jealousy or fear we see what we don't have instead of what we do we think things that hold us back and damp in our spirit
0:47.6	But it's not just about thinking our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living
0:55.8	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction how they feed their good wolf
1:17.2	Hi, I'm Adam Grant and you may know me from the podcast work life
1:20.6	I've started a new show with a TED audio collective called rethinking where I talked to some of today's greatest minds about how they see the world
1:28.4	Here from scientists artists and entrepreneurs on the assumption they challenge and the mindset that fueled their success
1:35.3	guests include Brunei Brown, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Cuban and more
1:40.4	Listen to rethinking on the iHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts
1:44.2	People often ask me what podcasts I listen to and one of the ones that I absolutely love is the bean well podcast
1:53.9	The host Rick Hansen is one of the wisest people I know he's been a guest a couple times and he's joined by a son
1:59.8	Forrest and they are delightful together each week they explore the practical science of lasting well-being
2:06.4	Sometimes they do this with conversations with each other and sometimes they have on world-class guests
2:11.6	But it is always insightful and they teach you how to build reliable inner strengths
2:16.8	Overcome your challenges and get the most out of life
2:19.8	There's a lot of shows out there about how to build a better life
2:22.8	But very few of them are as enjoyable, wise and often funny as this one is so listen to being well wherever you get your podcasts
2:33.6	Thanks for joining us our guest on this episode is Bruce Filer the author of seven New York Times best sellers
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