National bestseller! Nicole Avant, THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Philanthropist, filmmaker, and former US ambassador Nicole Avant joins Zibby to discuss her raw and relentlessly optimistic memoir, THINK YOU’LL BE HAPPY. Nicole delves into the tragic event that inspired her book—the murder of her mother during a home invasion—and shares how she has tried to turn her pain into something that can help and inspire others. She also talks about the lessons her parents taught her, her healing process after the tragedy, her experience as the first black woman and the youngest US ambassador to the Bahamas ever, and her decision to prioritize family over career.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers.
0:31.4	Nicole Levant is the author of Think You'll Be Happy, moving through grief with grit, grace, and
0:37.0	gratitude.
0:38.0	Nicole is a philanthropist and filmmaker, as well as a former diplomat.
0:42.2	After a career in entertainment and political fundraising, she served as the United States
0:46.1	ambassador to the Bahamas under President Obama.
0:48.7	In 2019, she produced the critically acclaimed an award-winning documentary, The Black Godfather,
0:53.8	and in 2022, she produced Trees of Peace, a film about the Rwandan genocide.
0:59.1	She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Ted Sarandos, who is the head of Netflix.
1:04.9	Welcome to Cole.
1:05.7	Thanks so much for coming on moms.
1:07.0	Don't have time to read books to discuss your beautiful memoir.
1:10.0	Think You'll Be Happy, think you'll be happy,
1:11.1	moving through grief with grit, grace, and gratitude. Congratulations.
1:15.6	Thank you. Thank you. Happy to be there.
1:18.6	It's like a happy, sad moment because I wish you didn't have to write this book because of the events
1:23.1	that precipitated it, but you turned it into something beautiful for other people to help them
1:29.1	through their journeys and inspire people and all of that. So thanks for that.
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