What Happened to You in Your Forties?

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In the ancient world, they don't have linera time. There's no clocks, righthe nive it sundow. So they think that life is a cycle because it's agricultural,. and that's the calendar. You try to recreate this sort of cyplical pattern Of the gods. This is where the idea of linear life course gets introduced. But in the middle ages, and as you know, in the book i was just so fascinated by it, they looking at life as a staircase up to middle age and then down. That is different from how we grew up in the twentieth century, in the 19 hundreds, which is that life bottoms out in mid life. They

Bruce Feiler is the author of 7 New York Times best-sellers and he’s also the presenter of two primetime series on PBS as well as the inspiration for the drama series on NBC, Council of Dads. Bruce’s two TedTalks have been viewed millions of times.

In this episode, Eric and Bruce discuss his book, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change At Any Age.

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In This Interview, Bruce Feiler and I Discuss Life Transitions and…

His book, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change At Any Age
That our lives are fairy tales – and fairy tales all have difficulties in them
His quest to help other people tell their life’s stories
The myth of a linear life course and how we suffer because we expect linearity
Life quakes
How he defines a life disruptor vs. a life transition
The three phases of a life transition
The skill of rewriting your story after a life quake
The importance of telling our stories
Identity transitions
“Don’t shield your eyes when the scary parts start because that’s when the heroes are made.”
How we all can be and need to be the heroes in our own stories

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