Claire Nelson, THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING: A Memoir

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Zibby is joined by journalist Claire Nelson to talk about her incredible debut memoir, Things I Learned From Falling, which documents her near-death experience while hiking at Joshua Tree. As Claire waited for days for assistance to arrive —wondering if any would come at all— she set out on a self-reflection journey in which she uncovered uncomfortable truths about her inner beliefs and her mortality at large. Despite her harrowing journey, Claire shares how she approaches each day with comedy and a determination to live.

Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3iwXBLC

Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3xV6SUe

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
0:12.2	which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology.
0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
0:20.4	And I'm the editor-in-chief of Moms Don't Have Time to Write a new publication on Medium.
0:25.0	And we're accepting submissions, so please send your personal essays there.
0:29.1	And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on Instagram at Zibi Owens.
0:32.9	And my website is Zibby Owens.com.
0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:40.2	Claire Nelson is the author of Things I Learned from Falling, a memoir. Claire is a New Zealand-born writer who has spent more than a decade
0:45.5	in London working in food and travel journalism, including more than five years at Jamie Oliver's
0:50.7	magazine. She has also written for Elle, Food and Travel, Trek and Mountain,
0:54.8	Lode Stars Anthology, and West Jack Canada. Things I Learned from Falling is her first book.
0:59.7	She lives in Toronto. Welcome, Claire. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to
1:04.5	to read books to discuss things I learned from falling and memoir. Thank you so much for having me.
1:09.5	Oh my gosh, Claire, I saw this book when I first
1:12.5	like heard about it. I was like, I'm going to love that book. I need to read this book right
1:17.0	away. This is amazing. And it did not disappoint. I mean, first of all, your story is just so
1:22.9	incredible. But the way you wrote about it and the lessons you got from it and how inspiring. Oh my gosh,
1:28.8	I had like goosebumps. It was just awesome. So anyway, I'm so glad you wrote it. Thank you so much.
1:34.9	Would you mind telling everybody who might not know what your story is all about, what happened?
1:40.3	And then when you decided to even make this a book? Wow. Okay.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Zibby Owens, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Zibby Owens and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.