237: Failure and Resilience with Neil Pasricha
It’s easy to look at someone’s successes and think up stories about how that person could be so prosperous. You might think that they have never experienced tough times, or if they have, that those times were short-lived.
The New York Times best-selling author of the Book of Awesome series, Neil Pasricha, discusses his Audible® Originals book (and also our January 2019 Book of the Month), How to Get Back Up: A Memoir of Failure & Resilience. He shares deeply personal topics that take the listener through many of the failures he experienced on his way to becoming a best-selling author. You’ll hear how the gift of humor and blogging got him through a divorce and his best friend’s suicide (both within a very short period of time).
We discuss the following:
How and why he decided to include deeply personal information in his memoir
What helped Neil get through an extremely difficult time when his wife asked for a divorce, and his best friend took his own life—both during a short period of time
How Audible® and traditional book publishing are different
Why therapy is one of the best gifts you can give yourself
Why he canceled magazine subscriptions and favors curated reading lists
What the inner challenges are with launching a podcast
What his running routine previously looked like and what he does for fitness today
Serena and I discuss how to sweeten your holidays and manage social media.
Here are Serena’s tips to sweeten those meals and treats!
Use whole fruit, such as pureed bananas and unsweetened applesauce, to sweeten recipes in place of honey or syrup. Remember, while fruit does contain carbs, it also contains fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
Skip the man-made artificial sweeteners, and use 100 percent plant-derived stevia or monk fruit instead. Man-made, calorie-free sweeteners are associated with “blooms” of bad bacteria called proteobacteria, which may cause liver damage or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) flare-ups.
Please tweet what your biggest takeaways were to us at @KariGormley and @SerenaMarieRD!
Links Discussed
How to Get Back Up: A Memoir of Failure & Resilience by Neil Pasricha
The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion by Simon Marshall, PhD, and Lesley Paterson
Contact:
Neil Pasricha:
Websites: GlobalHappiness.org, 1000Awesomethings.com
Facebook: /NeilPasricha
Twitter: @NeilPasricha
Wikipedia: /Neil_Pasricha
Serena Marie, RD:
Website: www.SerenaMarieRD.com
Facebook: /SerenaMarieRD
Twitter: @SerenaMarieRD
Instagram: SerenaMarieRD
Kari Gormley:
Facebook: The Running Lifestyle Show
Twitter: @KariGormley
Instagram: @KariGormley
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