Bestselling novelist Ann Patchett knows how to walk right up to the edge with people she loves. She is the friend who sits with you during chemo, or lets you spill your secrets in the car. She shares what powerful lessons she learned early on about how to approach suffering with humility, knowing you can rarely change a life, but you can be there to witness and be amazed.

In this episode, Kate and Ann discuss:
Why no one cares what you write about (and why that should give you freedom) 
How to bear witness to someone’s life—even when you can’t change their circumstances
Why the question of the fullness of a life isn’t how long you live but something else entirely




CW: addiction, death of friends, cancer

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Bestselling novelist Ann Patchett knows how to walk right up to the edge with people she loves. She is the friend who sits with you during chemo, or lets you spill your secrets in the car. She shares what powerful lessons she learned early on about how to approach suffering with humility, knowing you can rarely change a life, but you can be there to witness and be amazed.In this episode, Kate and Ann discuss:<ul>
<li>Why no one cares what you write about (and why that should give you freedom) </li>
<li>How to bear witness to someone’s life—even when you can’t change their circumstances</li>
<li>Why the question of the fullness of a life isn’t how long you live but something else entirely</li>
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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.

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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.
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Bestselling novelist Ann Patchett knows how to walk right up to the edge with people she loves. She is the friend who sits with you during chemo, or lets you spill your secrets in the car. She shares what powerful lessons she learned early on about how to approach suffering with humility, knowing you can rarely change a life, but you can be there to witness and be amazed. In this episode, Kate and Ann discuss why no one cares what you write about (and why that should give you freedom), how to bear witness to someone’s life—even when you can’t change their circumstances, and why the question of the fullness of a life isn’t how long you live but something else entirely. ﻿CW: addiction, death of friends, cancer

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