My Mamma Died, You Were Baers in College?

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After your mamma died, you were only 22. And she was only forty five. You spiralled for a while after that dam inself proclaimed what you would call unhealthy promiscuity and heroine use. Of that time, you said, in so many ways, i was trying to honor my mother by ruining my life. That just rang a bell in me. Can you talk to us about what you meant by that in that time? Yes. So, yo, let's back up. I mean, you know about her, but maybe some people listening don't. She got pregnant in 19 65, when she had just graduated high chool. A lot of women in that

1. Why Cheryl chose Strayed as her last name – the only one not given to her by a man.

2. How she ruined her life when her mom died, and how we can bear the unbearable.

3. Cheryl’s greatest lesson from her 3-month hike of the PCT, and her mom’s advice she uses everyday.

4. How to make peace with our ITS – “inner terrible someone” – who lives in each of us.

5. Why and how Cheryl is now exploring: “Can I be happy if my kids aren’t?”

About Cheryl:

Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, as well as the bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things, Brave Enough, and Torch.

Wild was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern.

Tiny Beautiful Things is currently being adapted for a TV show for Hulu and will star Kathryn Hahn.

In addition to writing her widely acclaimed essays, stories and scripts, Strayed has hosted two hit podcasts for the New York Times — Sugar Calling and Dear Sugars, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond.

She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Brian Lindstrom and their two teenagers.

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