Lessons From Nazi Camps, Near-Death Experiences, and Other Life Traumas | Dr. Edith Eger, Donald Miller, Benjamin Hardy, Amy Morin, Colin O’Brady, and Alex Banayan | Human Behavior | YAPSnacks

Feb 10, 2023

48:45

forum

Ask episode

view_agenda

Chapters

auto_awesome

Transcript

info_circle

Episode notes

Dr. Edith Eger was tortured for years in Auschwitz. Maya Angelou was violently attacked by a grown man at age 8. Colin O'Brady was told he'd never walk normally again after being severely burned in a fire. These survivors made a choice not to let their pasts define their futures. In today's episode, we share their stories.

Featured in this episode are Dr. Edith Eger, a best-selling author, psychologist, and survivor of the Holocaust; Donald Miller, author, public speaker, and CEO of StoryBrand; Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist and the world’s leading expert on the psychology of entrepreneurial leadership and exponential growth; Amy Morin, psychotherapist, editor-in-chief at Verywell Mind, and host of the Verywell Mind Podcast; Colin O’Brady, a 10x world record holder who completed a solo trek across Antarctica; and Alex Banayan, the youngest bestselling business author in American history.

In this episode, Hala and various guests will discuss:

- Using your imagination to escape traumatic situations

- Why you should take “I can’t” out of your vocabulary

- Humankind’s deep need for meaning

- How staying hopeful and setting goals can save your life in dire situations

- Ask yourself what your pain needs to heal

- The problem with trying to hide or suppress our emotions

- What is a possible mindset?

- We all have reservoirs of untapped potential

- How Maya Angelou turned years of trauma into beautiful works of art that helped heal millions

- And other topics…

Resources Mentioned: