Kathryn Schulz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New Yorker and author of 'Lost & Found,' discusses the vital lessons of loss and grief in parenting. She reflects on the insights gained during the pandemic, balancing isolation with newfound appreciation. Schulz shares how personal experiences shape parenting and the beauty discovered in everyday moments amidst life's struggles. The conversation delves into the transformative power of adversity, emphasizing the importance of nurturing a healthy self-relationship for effective parenting.
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500 Bedtimes
Ryan Holiday realized he spent 500 consecutive bedtimes with his kids due to the pandemic.
He acknowledges he'll likely never have that experience again.
insights INSIGHT
Unexpected Discoveries
We discover things we didn't know were missing.
Difficult experiences are often connected to something beautiful or meaningful.
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Disregarding Others
Ryan Holiday reflected on getting mono and how we often disregard how our actions affect others.
He hopes the pandemic taught us greater consideration for others, especially kids.
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Nine Life-Changing Lessons About Stuff from Someone Who Lost Everything
Helen Chandler-Wilde
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.
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
Kathryn Schulz
In this book, Kathryn Schulz argues that the capacity to err is crucial to human cognition and is inextricably linked to humane and honorable qualities such as empathy, optimism, imagination, conviction, and courage. She contends that our aversion to wrongness is maladaptive and that by embracing our fallibility, we can revise our understanding of ourselves and the world. The book uses a wide range of examples, including historical incidents, personal stories, and philosophical arguments, to illustrate how wrongness is a vital part of human development and creativity[2][3][5].
Ryan talks to Kathryn Schulz about teaching your kids how to wrestle with the inevitability of loss and grief, protecting those around us and passing along a better world for your kids, and more.
Kathryn Schulz is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. She won a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for “The Really Big One,” an article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest. Her most recent book is Lost & Found, a memoir that grew out of “Losing Streak,” which was originally published in The New Yorker and later anthologized in The Best American Essays. Her other essays and reporting have appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Food Writing. A native of Ohio, she lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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