This is part one of our unabridged interview with Parker Palmer.

“Things didn’t come together vocationally for me until I was 50.”

At 86 years old, Quaker writer, speaker, and activist Parker Palmer has much to say about living a good life. And in his experience, a good life is often hard-won and counterintuitive.

In this episode, Parker covers a lot of ground, offering wisdom gleaned from a life lived with attention to the makings of a good life. He tells about his experience seeking and finding vocation, discovering how a rich life entails the embrace of paradox, and living through three major bouts of depression, which gave him an increased attention to life’s small things.

Show Notes

Resources:

⁠Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer⁠

⁠The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer⁠

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