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Bruce Feiler is an author and speaker known for his insight and perspective on how we can better show up in the world. With seven New York Times bestsellers like Life is in the Transitions and The Secrets of Happy Families, he blends wisdom and contemporary knowledge to inspire individuals to lead more intentional and joyful lives. He is also a writer and presenter of two prime-time series on PBS, Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler. Additionally, he writes a newsletter called The Nonlinear Life.
In today's conversation, we chat about his latest book, The Search: Discovering Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, based on real-life narratives for finding fulfillment in the workplace. He tells us that those who find the most meaning and success don't climb; they dig. They go looking inside of themselves. Bruce's first hand approach to his work, living the experiences he writes about, allows him to provide practical guidance on navigating life's transitions and finding reasons for why we’re all here.
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ELISE LOEHNEN: Well, Bruce, I love talking to you because I actually, hopefully you won't take offense at this, but I feel like we have similar minds and I love surveying and synthesizing and thinking of all of us as these communal threads that can be pulled together and how similar we are. And yet it can feel like we're all alone and are experiencing, and so, you know, you do such a beautiful job in Life is in the Transitions. I love that book. I know that really hit a cord for people. But like you, I like seeing what seems imperceptible, and invisible, and then tugging it out into the light so that we all see ourselves in each other's lives.