The secret to mastering life's biggest transitions | Bruce Feiler

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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How do you navigate life's growing number of transitions with meaning, purpose and skill? Writer Bruce Feiler offers a powerful way to handle uncertain, painful and confusing times -- or "lifequakes", as he calls them. Learn how to equip yourself with the essential tools and mindset to ride out (and rewrite) the toughest chapters of your life story, and turn unease and upheaval into growth and renewal.

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0:00.0	It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:07.2	Humans are born storytellers.
0:08.7	We create narratives of who we are.
0:11.2	But what happens when we lose the plot in our life stories?
0:14.7	In his 2021 talk from Ted X. I.E. Madrid, author Bruce Filer asks us to reframe the way
0:20.4	we look at our lives.
0:22.4	Instead of a staircase or a straight path, it's really not linear at all.
0:26.7	An upheaval can lead to renewal and more meaning.
0:30.1	A quick note that this talk does feature some sensitive topics and may not be suitable
0:33.8	for all listeners.
0:37.6	Thank you to Etihad Airways for sponsoring today's episode.
0:40.7	Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, understands the impact
0:45.1	that flying has on the environment.
0:46.7	That's why they're taking a strategic approach to sustainable aviation.
0:50.1	They were recently awarded Environmental Airline of the Year for 2022 and have launched a dedicated
0:54.9	Sustainability Focus Corporate Program designed to facilitate and deliver corporate partner
0:59.2	sustainability goals.
1:00.8	Visit http.consciouschoices.etihad.com
1:06.4	I used to have a saying that phone calls don't change your life.
1:10.4	Until one day I got a phone call that did.
1:13.7	It was from my mother.
1:15.6	Your father is trying to kill himself.
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