Mortality Management
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Join me as I dive into Oliver Burkeman's illuminating perspectives on life, time, and embracing our limitations. In this episode, Oliver shares insights from his book and discusses the profound shift from planning to action, emphasizing small daily changes over grand overhauls. We'll explore themes of midlife, the power of accepting our reality, and how to balance our curiosities and obligations in a world bursting with choices. Tune in to uncover practical advice on meaningful living and decision-making, and learn how to navigate the overwhelming information age with ease. Visit our podcast page for episode notes, Oliver's books, and additional resources.
00:00 - Introduction to Oliver Burkeman, author of 4000 weeks
2:31 - Avoiding Delays and Engaging with Life
8:45 - The Power of Small, Daily Actions
15:17 - Embracing Limitations and Finding Freedom
21:52 - Impact of Jungian Philosophy on Midlife
28:04 - Decision Making and Consequences
35:40 - Managing Information Overload
42:55 - Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Projects
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to life, death, and the space between. I was so excited to |
| 0:07.4 | interview today's guest, Oliver Berkman, both of his books, well, he's got a ton of books, but |
| 0:12.8 | for a thousand weeks, time management for mortals is a book that caught my eye years ago. I think I was |
| 0:19.0 | probably in a bookstore or the airport somewhere. And obviously |
| 0:23.1 | anything that has to do with mortality always catches my eye. So I was super excited when his publisher |
| 0:29.3 | reached out to talk about his new book, Meditations for Mortals, Four Weeks to Embrace |
| 0:34.7 | Your Limitations and Make Time for What Count counts. And what I love so much about |
| 0:39.7 | this conversation is that we talk about meditation, but not in the way you think traditionally |
| 0:45.3 | about meditation, because Oliver had a little bit of a different spin on that, which I don't think |
| 0:49.5 | he fully realized where he was writing the book as he talks about in this interview. But we had an |
| 0:53.6 | amazing conversation, not just about that, about what it means to face your mortality, about how |
| 0:59.9 | facing your mortality helps you to live better, and the tiny, super subtle changes you can make |
| 1:06.1 | in your everyday life that will make a big, big difference. And we go back and forth a little bit on |
| 1:13.3 | what it means to just do it, to just get started, get moving, and make the changes you need |
| 1:18.5 | in your life versus really thinking about analyzing and thinking about and analyzing those changes. |
| 1:24.4 | So I know that you are going to love this episode. I was also super excited |
| 1:29.0 | because he was going to be on a much larger platform in Chicago. So it was kind of serendipitous |
| 1:34.2 | that I had the opportunity to interview him before that. But make sure you listen to the whole |
| 1:41.0 | interview and check out his new book, Meditation for Mortals. |
| 1:51.6 | Are you looking for stories of hope and positivity? If you are, then you need to check out |
| 1:58.8 | inside Wink. It's a new podcast that I recently was turned on to and I think you are, then you need to check out Inside Wink. It's a new podcast that I recently was turned on to, |
| 2:03.6 | and I think you are going to love it too. It's hosted by Gene Trebek and Alison Martin, |
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