Whitman: For all intents and purposes, it is the stories that we tell about our lives that shape kind of who we are. We get writers block trying to write the story of our lives, but what we have is these building blocks of meaning - agency, belonging and cause. The bee is our relationships, our loved ones, our family, all these things we talked about. And so ti your question, in some ways you can shift the balance that give each one a little more justice than they deserve.
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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If you enjoyed this conversation with Bruce Feiler on Life Transitions, you might also enjoy these other episodes:
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