Monday, June 6, 2022

Ear candy

If you have a few minutes in your day, I’d recommend checking out a particular (& hilarious) New York Times magazine essay, or listening to the podcast version read by author Sam Anderson. You can find the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000565257807

Although it may seem like an odd recommendation based on the title, I’m sharing my favourite line to connect the dots: “diet culture is a fear of death disguised as transformation”. 

In fact, this listen reminds me of another great podcast episode that I listened to recently, featuring death doula Alua Arthur. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/we-can-do-hard-things-with-glennon-doyle/id1564530722?i=1000563434679 In this episode, Alua speaks about her approach to embracing humanness, in recognition that we only have this one life.

One life. 


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