The Unassailable Case for Being Other-Focused

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Estimates are that about every 15 minutes we make a decision and that decision often involves a choice of who to put first, ourselves or someone else. The culture and business of self is thriving. Richard Lui is a news anchor whose life has asked him to repeatedly consider the ping ponging we all do between acts of selfishness and acts of selflessness. Eight years ago, he started flying cross-country weekly to take care of his father who had Alzheimer's and if you ask him, caring for them is both a harrowing duty and a privilege with many benefits. After talking to Richard, Kelly did a deep dive into what we know about trauma and grief with research, author and Columbia professor George Bonanno. This conversation is for anyone and everyone who is caring for another person. Please share.

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0:00.0	It's a hard journey to get into an anchor seat,
0:04.0	especially for a person of color.
0:05.6	So when I was aware that my dad was diagnosed,
0:09.7	I was like, I need to be there for him and how can I do that?
0:12.0	Because my dad had fought for me.
0:13.8	So there's no way I wasn't going to fight for him.
0:15.6	Bottom line.
0:25.3	Welcome to Kelly Corgan Wonders.
0:27.0	I'm Kelly Corgan, and today I'm wondering
0:29.6	about self-ishness versus self-lessness
0:33.3	and about the role that caregiving and grieving play
0:37.2	in our development.
0:38.7	My guest is a news anchor and a journalist
0:41.2	and an author named Richard Louis,
0:43.2	who talks about making the grueling decision
0:46.6	to go part-time at work so he could fly across the country
0:49.7	every week to care for his aging father.
0:53.2	Join me. We'll be right back with Kelly Corgan Wonders.
1:00.1	Welcome to Kelly Corgan Wonders. I'm Kelly Corgan, and today,
1:13.6	we're starting things off with a conversation I had with Richard Louis
1:16.6	from my PBS show Tell Me More.
1:19.0	Later in today's episode, I'll be joined by a professor.
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