Sarah Wilson - Moving Through Discomfort, Tribalism, And Anxiety

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Talking points: anxiety, bipolar disorder, culture, tribalism, climate, society There aren't many out there with as wide-ranging knowledge and experience as Sarah Wilson, so I was thrilled to sit with her and dig into some of the heavier stuff. From practical tips for managing anxiety to collapsing neoliberal systems to the Dutch practice of "dropping", this interview has a bit of everything. Strongly encourage you to check this one and share, especially if you're interested in mental health or where our culture's headed. (00:00:00) - Intro and Sarah’s defining moment(00:03:54) - What are “diseases of despair”?(00:07:29) - What’s causing the rise of these kinds of deaths?(00:11:32) - The loss of “discerning moral discussions” in the education system(00:16:56) - Sarah’s take on collapse theory and its impact on mental health(00:26:36) - How do we deal with the fracturing of dialogue and society?(00:34:54) - It’s not an anxiety epidemic, it’s a lack of resilience epidemic(00:44:44) - What are some practical ways to work with anxiety?(00:54:08) - Resources for people with a bipolar partner, friend, or family member. Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times and Amazon best-selling author, podcaster, social philosopher, international keynote speaker, philanthropist, and climate change advisor. She's known globally for the I Quit Sugar Movement, as well as her New York Times bestseller First, We Make the Beast Beautiful—described by Mark Manson as “the best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read”. Sarah’s most recent title, This One Wild & Precious Life, won the 2021 US Gold Nautilus Prize. Connect with Sarah -Website: https://sarahwilson.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_sarahwilson_ -Substack: https://sarahwilson.substack.com/ -Podcast, Wild with Sarah Wilson: https://pod.link/1548626341 Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance and join me today. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Sarah, welcome to The Man Talk Show. How are you doing today?
0:07.4	Great. It's great to see you flipside. I was interviewing you recently. Yeah.
0:13.0	All right. The rules have reversed. Good. I'm bracing myself. Yeah, brace for impact, right?
0:19.6	Well, I've been looking forward to this interview and we had a great
0:22.4	conversation on your show. I really, I really enjoyed it. And while I feel like we come from
0:28.1	different backgrounds in many ways, I feel like we had some really good conversation in terms of
0:33.3	what's happening in the world today. And so we're going to dive into a number of different pieces
0:38.1	on today's show, but I think where I'd like to start is for you to tell us a little bit of a story,
0:46.0	as I always start all of my shows, tell us a story about a defining moment in your life that made you
0:51.7	who you are today. It can be any moment, but a defining moment.
0:56.2	Oh, that's an awesome question.
0:57.8	I always think to the age of eight, seven or eight, and I suppose my mother asked me what
1:03.5	I wanted to be when I grew up and I told her I wanted to be either the first female
1:09.3	Prime Minister of Australia that was still attainable
1:11.8	when I was seven or a nun. And apparently mum asked me, well, why is that? I answered that I
1:18.7	figured that that was the best way that I could go about having a full life without being held back
1:24.3	by a husband. I think, though, off the back of that, I think that I've kind of
1:30.1	gone ahead. I've been interested in politics. I've been interested in spirituality. So certainly
1:34.6	some of those tropes have played out. But I think I've always had a sort of an idea that I was
1:40.3	going to do work that communicated and maybe had some impact on people and in some way
1:46.3	might lead people. Yeah, that could be one such defining moment. I had many when I was growing up.
1:52.5	I was a strange child. Well, that's a, I mean, that's a good one. That's an interesting one.
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