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Me on NPR: "How to Master Lifequakes and Find New Meaning in Your Life"
Why Life Transitions Are a Skill That We Can and Must Master
Apr 30
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Bruce Feiler
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A Sudden Loss, A Missed Goodbye, A Lesson on How to Gather in Crisis
An Impromptu Ritual Honoring the Life and Art of My Sister-in-Law
Apr 2
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How Rituals Can Save Your Family—and the First Review of A TIME TO GATHER!
Debunking Internet Lies with Even Better Truths
Mar 12
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How to Bribe Your Way Into a Restaurant: My Most Notorious Article
You want to go to the hottest restaurant in town. You have no reservation. Here's What to Do.
Feb 12
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The Secret to Surviving a Nonlinear Life
We have linear expectations, but nonlinear lives. That gap is responsible for much of our anxiety.
Jan 29
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The Life Story Interview
How to Master Life Transitions: Lesson #2
Dec 16, 2025
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The Story of Your Life
How to Master Life Transitions: Lesson #1
Dec 9, 2025
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Introducing My New Course: How to Master Life Transitions
A Weekly Series Designed to Help Us All Find Meaning and Purpose in Times of Change
Dec 1, 2025
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Go Forth: 3 Pieces of Advice for College Students
Highlights from My Convocation Address: Disagree with Your Friends, Change Your Mind, Write Your Story
Aug 30, 2023
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Bruce Feiler
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Help! I'm in a Life Transition
What I Did in My Topsy-Turvy Summer
Aug 18, 2023
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Bruce Feiler
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Why Parents Cry at Graduations
3 Reasons Parents Weep at Commencements (And 2 Why They Don't)
Jun 27, 2023
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Bruce Feiler
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The Meaning of 18: Lines Written on the Occasion of My Daughters' 18th Birthday
How 1 Number Has Come to Mean So Much
Apr 20, 2023
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Bruce Feiler
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