Elizabeth Weingarten
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Journalism has really given me a lens through which to understand the world and ask questions and has guided me to some of these other passions that have now really informed where my career is at this moment.
Journalism has really given me a lens through which to understand the world and ask questions and has guided me to some of these other passions that have now really informed where my career is at this moment.
I'm so glad to hear it. And that is you articulated so much of what the book aims to express and talk about.
I'm so glad to hear it. And that is you articulated so much of what the book aims to express and talk about.
I'm so glad to hear it. And that is you articulated so much of what the book aims to express and talk about.
Absolutely. So to take a step back here, as you said, the book is really all about how we can develop a different and healthier relationship with the uncertainty in our lives and with these kind of big questions in our lives. And I'll pause for a moment to just really clarify what are the questions that we're talking about?
Absolutely. So to take a step back here, as you said, the book is really all about how we can develop a different and healthier relationship with the uncertainty in our lives and with these kind of big questions in our lives. And I'll pause for a moment to just really clarify what are the questions that we're talking about?
Absolutely. So to take a step back here, as you said, the book is really all about how we can develop a different and healthier relationship with the uncertainty in our lives and with these kind of big questions in our lives. And I'll pause for a moment to just really clarify what are the questions that we're talking about?
Because questions are such a big topic and it can be everything from what am I gonna eat for lunch, right? To who am I?
Because questions are such a big topic and it can be everything from what am I gonna eat for lunch, right? To who am I?
Because questions are such a big topic and it can be everything from what am I gonna eat for lunch, right? To who am I?
And those are the types of questions that I'm talking about in this book, these kind of big life questions, questions about purpose, meaning, relationships, identity, the questions that fundamentally don't have fast, easy answers, the questions that you're not gonna find answers to in a Google search, right?
And those are the types of questions that I'm talking about in this book, these kind of big life questions, questions about purpose, meaning, relationships, identity, the questions that fundamentally don't have fast, easy answers, the questions that you're not gonna find answers to in a Google search, right?
And those are the types of questions that I'm talking about in this book, these kind of big life questions, questions about purpose, meaning, relationships, identity, the questions that fundamentally don't have fast, easy answers, the questions that you're not gonna find answers to in a Google search, right?
And the book really, the idea for the book and the passion that I had for writing the book emerged during a time in my life when I was buckling under really heavy questions. These were questions about my marriage, my career, and the advice that I found again and again in self-help and pop psychology books was just to embrace uncertainty and
And the book really, the idea for the book and the passion that I had for writing the book emerged during a time in my life when I was buckling under really heavy questions. These were questions about my marriage, my career, and the advice that I found again and again in self-help and pop psychology books was just to embrace uncertainty and
And the book really, the idea for the book and the passion that I had for writing the book emerged during a time in my life when I was buckling under really heavy questions. These were questions about my marriage, my career, and the advice that I found again and again in self-help and pop psychology books was just to embrace uncertainty and
And to me, this felt like a really deeply unhelpful platitude. And luckily, it was around that time that I discovered a much older book that contained what was, for me, a much better piece of advice, if not a more challenging piece of advice. And that book was Letters to a Young Poet. For those who aren't familiar with this book, it's a book of correspondence between the
And to me, this felt like a really deeply unhelpful platitude. And luckily, it was around that time that I discovered a much older book that contained what was, for me, a much better piece of advice, if not a more challenging piece of advice. And that book was Letters to a Young Poet. For those who aren't familiar with this book, it's a book of correspondence between the
And to me, this felt like a really deeply unhelpful platitude. And luckily, it was around that time that I discovered a much older book that contained what was, for me, a much better piece of advice, if not a more challenging piece of advice. And that book was Letters to a Young Poet. For those who aren't familiar with this book, it's a book of correspondence between the