Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast, the know, have you ever felt like your life or

the world around you was falling apart?

Boy, that's a good question, huh?

And felt hopeless because of it?

You know, I think most of us know that feeling. The problem is feeling hopeless

can make you sad, anxious, and completely miserable and that's not exactly the way

you want to go through life. Well the good news is that you

can turn things around. In just a moment I'll speak with Mark Manson.

Everybody knows that Mark is the author of the acclaimed best-selling New York Times book that I think we think it's been on the bestseller list for 170 odd weeks, the subtle art of not giving f-U-K or it's actually f-star c-K. Yes folks that's

really the title. Recently he's come out with a new book which everything is eft but it's a book

about hope so today we're going to talk about the importance of being and staying hopeful.

What a perfect time to do something completely illogical.

We'll also discuss how you can rewrite the narratives inside your head to live a life of purpose and meaning and be happier and healthier as a result.

Mark, welcome to the program. It's a great pleasure to have you here.

Thanks for having me. So people say that your books are not the typical

self-help books. Would you agree? Yeah, I actually, I jokingly describe

them as self-help for people who hate self-help.

Okay, so, take me back to the beginning before you, you know, went on this chair of being the greatest author the New York Times has ever had. What prompted you to write everything is effed?

Well, I've been blogging online for a number of years now and I I'm

a millennial I'm of the younger the much malign generation where we tend to be very cynical and jaded about everything and I just I was very much in this personal development and self help when I was a teenager and in my early 20s

But you know I became very disillusioned with it. It felt very there's a lot of BS there was a lot of like just feel good you know

Fluffy rainbows and unicorns type stuff going on and I just I always felt like you know there there's some important principles here but I think we just need to be honest about life like life is hard life is full of pain and suffering and things go wrong and

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