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Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Tony Hale: Gentleness for Our Awkward, Anxious Selves

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Kate Bowler

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.85.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

What if we never fit in? Or always miss the script that everyone else seems to so easily understand? From Arrested Development’s Buster Bluth to Veep’s Gary Walsh or Toy Story 4’s Forky, Emmy Award Winning actor Tony Hale is an expert in awkward.  In this episode, Kate and Tony talk about: How acting is an act of empathy What it feels like to feel outside of the Acceptable People Having grace for our most awkward moments This conversation will offer you a little gentleness for our awkward selves, our in-pain selves, our out-of-step selves, our misunderstood selves. Bonus: it will also make you laugh. *** Find me on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Be sure to subscribe to my weekly email for bits of wisdom, prayers, free downloads, and more. Oh! And I have a brand-new book coming out on September 28th called No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Pre-order your copy today and receive a FREE 18" navy blue pennant. Learn how by clicking here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. This holiday season do something for a special person in your life.

0:05.3

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0:10.0

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0:16.4

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0:20.8

After all, the holidays are a notoriously tough time between managing family dynamics,

0:25.8

racing from thing to thing, and braving the cold and dark weather, it's normal to feel down.

0:30.8

Having someone to talk to about how you're feeling and what you can do about it is truly a gift.

0:35.7

When you're armed with more information about what you're experiencing,

0:38.8

struggles can feel a little easier to manage. BetterHelp is much more affordable than in-person therapy,

0:44.0

and you can do it from the comfort of your home on a schedule that works for you.

0:47.7

So this holiday season give yourself a gift of better mental health,

0:51.3

a gift that really does keep on giving. Visit BetterHelp.com to see if therapy is for you.

0:56.8

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1:02.8

Hey friends, a quick interruption to let you know that we have some very fun events happening

1:07.3

that I just don't want you to miss. I have a really fun event coming up in Washington, DC.

1:12.4

So if you're in the DC area, I'm going to be speaking with David Brooks,

1:16.9

unbelievably smart and interesting, David Brooks on Wednesday, September 29th.

1:23.2

So right away, and you can join us in-person, masks and vaccination required to keep us all safe.

1:29.5

There's also virtual tickets. If you'd like to join, David Brooks is such a fun,

1:36.0

like engaging person to talk to, so I'm really excited about that event.

1:40.2

It's at a gorgeous synagogue called Sixth and I, and it's going to be a really special evening.

1:45.2

Or if you're in my hometown of Durham, North Carolina, I'm going to be having an event

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