TPP 109: Author and entrepreneur Jonathan Fields on How to Live a Good Life
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of the Good Life Project and how did it inspire this interview?
The other huge benefit to practices like this are that it allows you to over time be less reactive and more intentional. And that's a huge gift for everybody. It's a huge gift for you and it's a huge gift for everybody who you would interact with.
Welcome to Tilled Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reeper, and I have a very special episode for you today. While most weeks I bring on parents, experts, and coaches doing work specifically relating to raising differently wired kids. My guest today is an expert on life, specifically how to live a good life. Talking about Jonathan Fields, a megafirm lawyer-turned award-winning author and serial entrepreneur, an expert in applied personal development and human potential. Jonathan is also the man behind the Good Life Project podcast, which is consistently ranked as one of the top podcasts in the world, with more than one million downloads a month and a large global audience.
I'm one of those million, and it was through listening to Jonathan's podcast that I got connected to his books and a project he ran a few years ago called Revolution You. Revolution You was actually a significant support in helping me when I was first developing what would become Tilt Parenting. So, in that way, I consider Jonathan to be one of my most important mentors. His most recent book is How to Live a Good Life Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom. And so today I asked Jonathan to talk with us about his book and what we as parents raising differently wired kids can learn about creating more purpose and meaning in our daily lives, even when we may sometimes feel as though we just don't have the bandwidth or the energy or wherewithal to do so.
I hope you enjoy our conversation. Hello Jonathan. I am really happy to be bringing you onto the podcast and to have this conversation with you today. And just to kick things off, would you mind just taking a moment to introduce yourself and just tell listeners what you do in the world?
So I am a father, a husband. I live in New York City. And um I'm also an author. Every couple of years a book magically appears out of my head. I travel around the world speaking. And I run a company, I'm the founder of a business called Good Life Project, where we produce podcasts, media events, trainings, really all focused around the bigger question of what it means to live a good life and a lot of the more granular questions around mindset, health, vitality, work and relationships.
Yes, and just to share, it was through your book Uncertainty, Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance that I first learned of your work and then became a total Good Life Project fan and have been consuming your just incredible interviews with the most fascinating change makers and social change agents and thinkers and makers for years now. They have been Just hugely inspiring for me. And you know, for listeners out there, I recommend if you're looking for a burst of inspiration, definitely check those out. And I wanna spend most of this conversation talking about your book, How to Live a Good Life, but before we go there, you are very much a part of how I created Till Parenting because of some really interesting work you were doing around this idea of social change revolutions.
And I actually had the chance to participate in something you offered called Revolution You. I think I Did that in twenty fifteen and That was a really critical piece of my development of this podcast and the revolution that I'm working to push forward on behalf of parents like me, parents raising differently wired kids. So before we talk about your book, I was just wondering if you could take just a minute to explain that aspect of your work.
Uh, when I was in college, like way, way, way back when I actually had hair, I was a DJ. And I think that was one of the early things that turned me on to this really fascinating dynamic where one person can sort of be behind a booth and by simple choices that that person is making dramatically affect the energy of large numbers of people.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of the Good Life Project and how did it inspire this interview?
0:00–5:59
2
How did Jonathan’s “Revolution You” program shape Debbie’s Tilt Parenting journey?
5:59–10:44
3
What are the three core buckets (vitality, connection, contribution) in “How to Live a Good Life”?
10:44–15:48
4
Why is compassion highlighted as a key practice for parents of differently‑wired children?
15:48–20:01
5
How can everyday “tiny” actions (like a plant or a short walk) improve wellbeing for busy families?
20:01–24:41
6
What does “owning the unknown” mean for parents dealing with uncertainty and fear?
24:41–29:18
7
Which daily mindfulness and nature‑based practices does Jonathan recommend for sustained vitality?
29:18–33:36
8
Where can listeners find Jonathan’s upcoming summer camp and other resources?
33:36–37:57
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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