Miles of Books: How to Fall in Love with Questions + A More Beautiful Question

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Anyone who enjoys self-discovery or introspection will really appreciate by this episode, in which Coach Liz Waterstraat and host Sarah Bowen Shea discuss two books about questions: How to Fall in Love with Questions and A More Beautiful Question. Coach Liz discusses the rewards of embracing uncertainty, committing to curiosity, and having a personal, powerful question. Along the way the duo talks about pen pals (trust us—it’s relevant!). As always, Coach Liz relates many lessons gleaned from the books to athletic pursuits. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR.We appreciate your—and their—support! Run the Rose City! Use code AMR20 for $20 off registration at portlandmarathon.com The future’s bright: Get 20% off Tifosi sunglasses with code AMR2025 at TifosiOptics.com Get 20% off, plus free shipping, on allIQBAR products by texting AMR to 64-000 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Head out here to the Rose City to take part in the Portland Marathon on October 5th.
0:04.9	The Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K all showcase this beautiful, friendly, funky city.
0:10.5	Use code AMR20 for $20 off registration at Portland Marathon.com.
0:16.0	Thanks to Tifosi Optics for its continued support.
0:18.7	Tofosi is the only brand of sports sunglasses I wear, whether running, playing pickleball,
0:23.0	elliptgo riding, or driving.
0:24.7	Get 20% off with code AMR 2025 at Tofoseyoptics.com.
0:34.7	Welcome to Miles of Books.
0:36.1	I'm your host, Sarah Bowen-Shea, and I'm here with Coach Liz Waterstrot to talk about nonfiction books.
0:42.0	Hello, Liz. It feels like it's been a while since we've talked.
0:45.1	Yes, hello.
0:46.5	Yeah, yeah. So this episode is sort of meta, as it's all about questions, you know, and I'll be asking you questions, and I think you might
0:54.1	ask me one or two. So you're going to talk about two books about questions, starting with a new
0:59.9	release called, Wait for it, it's long, how to fall in love with questions, a new way to thrive
1:06.1	in times of uncertainty by Elizabeth Weingarten, who is a journalist and applied behavioral scientists.
1:12.7	And it comes in a little long for your liking, Liz. It's 274 pages. Yeah, not going to lie,
1:18.2	I did notice that and I felt those extra 74 pages. It was a heavy lift, as they say.
1:24.2	Or it's like a race that hasn't been calibrated correctly. That was 13.5. I know it was.
1:30.9	Where is that finish line? It was worth it, though. I really liked this book. It's not for everyone.
1:39.2	It's a little out there, and it's a deep thinking book. I've liked it because it was a blend of behavioral
1:46.3	science and storytelling. So, Weingarten, she weaves in a lot of psychological research,
1:54.1	but also her own personal narrative. And she just makes the point, and I'm going to deliver
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