Sweet Nothing(ness)- Heather Armstrong on Her New Book, The Valedictorian of Being Dead

Another Day with Ana Marie Cox

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

News, Arts, Performing Arts, Business, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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CW: Depression and Suicide. If you or a loved one is struggling with depression or suicidal ideation, please call the National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255. You are worthy of love and you deserve to be alive. This week Heather Armstrong (@dooce) joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox ) to discuss family, a changing work world-- and also going into several medically induced comas to cure her depression. They begin by unpacking that depression and why going to the extreme to find solutions seemed like the only option. They talk about what contributed to her depression spiral, and how she climbed her way out of it. Finally they talk about how climbing out of the hole changed her familial relationships, sometimes for the better. Tune in for a meaningful discussion on coming back from the brink. Thanks to our sponsors! Blinkist is the only app that takes the best key takeaways, the need-to-know information from thousands of nonfiction books and condenses them down into just 15 minutes so you can read or listen to. Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer just for our audience. Go to Blinkist.com/withfriends to start your free 7 day trial. ThirdLove uses data points generated by millions of women who have taken their Fit Finder quiz, to design bras with breast size and shape in mind for a perfect fit and premium feel. Go to THIRDLOVE.com/FRIENDS now to find your perfect-fitting bra… and get 15% off your first purchase! If you don’t know Jemele Hill, you really should. She’s a sports expert. She’s a political junkie. She’s a social media B.S. detector. And did I mention she’s funny as hell? Now, Jemele has a brand new Spotify Original Podcast called Jemele Hill is Unbothered. Listen now to Jemele Hill is Unbothered, for free, only on Spotify. Everlane only makes premium essentials, using the finest materials, without traditional markups. Right now, you can check out our personalized collection at Everlane.com/FRIENDS If you’ve been listening to this show, you’ve heard me talk about Framebridge. They make it super easy and affordable to frame your favorite things, from art prints and posters to the travel photos sitting on your phone. Go to Framebridge.com and use promo code FRIENDS you’ll save an additional 15% off your first order.

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0:00.0	In today's age, it can be hard to find the time to sit down and learn more.
0:04.7	It's not easy when social media can be so addictive and time-consuming.
0:08.4	You may think you don't have the time to read a book or develop yourself.
0:13.4	So I recommend Blinkist. Blinkist is the only app that takes the best takeaways, the need to know
0:19.5	information from thousands of nonfiction books and condenses them down into just 15 minutes or less.
0:26.6	Blinkist is made for busy people like you who want to get to the main points of a book quickly
0:31.3	without reading an entire book. I'm going to amend that. Blinkist is made for busy people who
0:36.9	really want to read a whole book, who enjoy reading whole books, but just can't make the time for it.
0:44.3	Blinkist also has an audio feature so you can listen to books sort of how you listen to a podcast,
0:50.7	I wouldn't say instead of a podcast, but in addition to a podcast.
0:55.9	And eight million people are using Blinkist right now. It has a massive and growing library
1:02.1	in the nonfiction category. They're self-help, business, health, history.
1:06.9	I have actually been using it primarily for mindfulness research and that might seem ironic
1:15.2	to some people that I am using a app that condenses things for quick consumption in order to
1:21.1	learn about mindfulness, but if there's one thing I've learned in my meditation practice,
1:25.9	my sporadic meditation practice, it's that you really just have to fit it in where you can.
1:31.3	If you wait for the perfect moment to meditate, you may not ever get there. If you wait to have
1:37.9	the time to read a whole book, you may not ever get there. So read what you can in the way that you can.
1:44.4	I have learned that from the book Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Pennman,
1:48.4	which is an eight-week plan for finding peace in the frantic world. And I've also been using deep work
1:55.0	by Cal Newport. First heard about it from Ezra Klein and it has really helped me rethink the way
2:02.4	that I literally approach work, like how I work. I would love to read both of these books in their
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