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Lost & Found
Nine Life-Changing Lessons About Stuff from Someone Who Lost Everything
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This book is a personal and research-driven exploration of the author's experience after losing nearly everything in a fire.
It delves into the psychological and environmental aspects of consumerism, minimalism, and the emotional attachment to material possessions.
The book is divided into nine chapters, each focusing on a different lesson, and includes extensive research, conversations with experts, and personal anecdotes.
It challenges common beliefs about social status and material goods, offering practical advice and reflective questions for readers to implement positive changes in their own lives.
It delves into the psychological and environmental aspects of consumerism, minimalism, and the emotional attachment to material possessions.
The book is divided into nine chapters, each focusing on a different lesson, and includes extensive research, conversations with experts, and personal anecdotes.
It challenges common beliefs about social status and material goods, offering practical advice and reflective questions for readers to implement positive changes in their own lives.
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to illustrate the importance of being seen and understood, especially at the end of life.


David Brooks

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How to know a person | David Brooks in conversation with Ray Suarez
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as a memoir about processing a huge loss and gain, and living with the commingle of happiness and pain.


Dan Harris

Loss is Inevitable. Here’s How to Handle It | Kathryn Schulz
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in relation to her work in Lost and Found where she wrote about mistranslations.

Zohra Saed

Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi, "One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature" (U Arkansas Press, 2010)
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as a memoir about the loss of her father and wrestling with grief.


Ryan Holiday

Daily Dad and Kathryn Schulz on Learning from Loss and Grief
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as she discusses the lessons she learned after losing all her belongings in a fire.

Helen Chandler-Wilde

What You Learn From Losing Everything