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Tara Westover: Remaking Home
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What do we do when our families are sources of pain, confusion, or harm? How do we (or can we) outgrow our complicated childhoods when we no longer need the defenses we created?Today, I am speaking with Tara Westover. Tara earned her PhD in history from Cambridge, which is incredible on its own, but particularly when you remember that she had never stepped foot in a classroom until she was 17. She is the author of the bestselling memoir EDUCATED which describes growing up in a survivalist family and her costly pursuit of learning and unlearning. In this conversation, Kate and Tara discuss:
How to navigate the religious baggage of our childhoods
Learning to hold people’s point of views but without letting go of your own
Why people aren’t always doing their best (and why knowing that helps restore some dignity)
How to approach people who have different worldviews than us
How to outgrow the defenses we develop as kids in painful or abusive homes
CW: physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse***Find Kate on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter.Be sure to subscribe to our weekly email for bits of wisdom, prayers, free downloads, and more.No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) is now available wherever books are sold. Order your copy, today.Introducing, GOOD ENOUGH: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Available wherever books are sold. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How to navigate the religious baggage of our childhoods
Learning to hold people’s point of views but without letting go of your own
Why people aren’t always doing their best (and why knowing that helps restore some dignity)
How to approach people who have different worldviews than us
How to outgrow the defenses we develop as kids in painful or abusive homes
CW: physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse***Find Kate on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter.Be sure to subscribe to our weekly email for bits of wisdom, prayers, free downloads, and more.No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) is now available wherever books are sold. Order your copy, today.Introducing, GOOD ENOUGH: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Available wherever books are sold. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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