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SIM 719 Chops 245: Georgina Scull has no regrets

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A life-threatening ectopic pregnancy at 37 caused writer Georgina Scull to re-evaluate her lot. Having not lived the life she’d “planned”, she set about talking to people facing their own mortality to find out what they wished they'd done differently. Her new book, The Regrets of The Dying: Stories and Wisdom That Remind Us How to Live, is the result. She chats to Jen about common themes of regret, the patterns that drive them and how, by listening to other people’s regrets, we can lead more fulfilled lives. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:58.7

Stand an issue for all women. Hello, Jen here, full of all of the cold

1:05.6

so apologies for any snuffling you might hear during this. I'll try to keep it to a bare minimum.

1:12.2

Anyway, I'm here to tell you about this week's episode of The Sunday Chops. This week I catch up

1:18.8

with writer and podcaster Georgina Skull, who, after a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy,

1:25.2

a 37 started to re-evaluate her life and reflect on if it was everything she wanted it to be.

1:32.9

As part of that, she's set about talking to people, facing their own mortality to find out

1:37.4

if they had any regrets, and she has compiled those in her very, very inspiring new book The Regrets

1:43.7

of the Dying, which is more cheerful than it sounds. So in this week's chops, we chatted about

1:49.2

regrets, common themes of regrets, the patterns that drive them and how in listening to other people's

1:54.8

regrets, we could lead more fulfilled lives. I absolutely loved chatting to Georgina,

2:00.1

and I found it a really thought-provoking discussion, so I hope that you enjoy it too.

2:09.9

I'm joined by Georgina Skull, author of the new book The Regrets of the Dying.

2:15.6

Hi Georgina, how are you doing? I wanted to ask you a question, first of all,

2:20.4

something I learned about you from the introduction of your book, which I found absolutely fascinating,

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