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How to Turn a Mistake into Magic with Suleika Jaouad
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313. How to Turn a Mistake into Magic with Suleika Jaouad
Glennon speaks one-on-one with the brilliant Suleika Jaouad about Suleika's journey through the messy middle – living well in a body that does not feel well, and creating a life of beautiful defiance.
Discover:
Why believing we should “Live everyday like our last” is unhelpful;
Why the unproductive periods of life are *actually* where you do the most work;
The specific, best ways to really show up for friends who are in the messy middle;
How to alchemize your pain into creativity; and
The lessons we can all learn from Jellyfish
Suleika Jaouad is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms. She wrote the Emmy Award-winning New York Times column “Life, Interrupted,” and her reporting and essays have been featured in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Vogue, and NPR, among others. A highly sought-after speaker, her TED Talk – “What Almost Dying Taught Me About Living” – has nearly five million views. She is also the creator of The Isolation Journals, a community creativity project founded during the pandemic to help others convert isolation into artistic solitude.
IG: @suleikajaouad
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