Talking to Strangers Episode 6

Concluding their series on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, the women and their fan Lindsay discuss fan responses, mermaids, librarians, secret languages, the rat race, being famous, swag and a whole lot of laughing. Discussion Points: Fan response to our blog answers Mermaids What’s worth getting out of bed for? The rat race - do we really want to be in it? How do we find balance between work and the rest of our lives? What’s the relationship to those living near the poverty line? The impact of social media on our feelings of missing out Glamorizing over-working salary employees  Making a supportive work environment  Librarians and libraries  Our Book Interrupted swag Would you want to be famous? Secret codes and languages made up as children Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymation White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo The Book Interrupted Swag Shop All Welcome Here Rural BIPOC Association ...

Happiness is the feature topic of discussion in this episode of Book Interrupted. Continuing the chats on “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari, the women talk about their own search for happiness in their lives and the struggles they’ve had along the way. Peppered in are superheroes, I Dream of Jeannie, the pronunciation of the letter “Z” and whether Kim could be a lizard person in disguise. Discussion Points: The importance of our ancestors Happiness does not depend on objective conditions, but rather depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations Depression Happiness isn’t the destination, it’s the journey Finding contentment just with self and being Would we recommend the book? Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari “A” You’re Adorable by Sharon, Lois & Bram Back to the Future Eckhart Tolle Armchair Expert I Dream of Jeannie  ...

Concluding their series on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle, Ikea furniture, Britney, Uncle Buck, the dangers of eating magnets, dog-earring pages of books, giant bookshelves, merkins, and all the pop culture references. Discussion Points: Follow up from the Cyndi Lauper challenge Pop culture documentaries - Britney, Pink Meet the members of Book Interrupted  Putting Ikea furniture together - do you like doing it? New feedback on Seeing Red - getting your period again at 50 years old Fluctuating estrogen levels as women get older - eat more or less meat? Our Book Interrupted blog: Manuscript Mondays, Topic Tuesdays, Word Wednesdays, Thought Thursdays, Facts Fridays, Silly Saturdays, mixed Sundays  Eating random things including brick walls, Lego, and magnets  Do you dog-ear pages of books, or what do you use as a bookmark? Do you lend or give away your books? Reading books and understanding the language written a long time ago  Are books better than their movie versions? Merkins - pubic wigs  Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:   Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual Album Framing Britney Spears Britney vs. Spears - Netflix P!nk: All I Know So Far - Amazon  The Handmaid’s Tale ...