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katecbowler

Kate Bowler

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Prof @ DukeDivinity. NYT Bestselling Author. Host of Everything Happens podcast.

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Season 11

3 posts

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What does it really mean to “survive” when what you survive… lingers? @Emi Nietfeld went from being homeless to graduating from Harvard. But the rags-to-riches myth isn’t ever completely true. It skips over the hardest parts—complicated families, long-term trauma on brains and bodies, the ways we wish we could go back and undo what has been done. Emi has an incredible story to tell about resilience—what it is, and what it isn’t. You’re going to love the way she talks about the power of trying. And the ways she learned to get back up….even though she never should have had to. Listen to our conversation wherever you get your podcasts. You are going to LOVE her. #eminietfeld #childhoodtrauma #survival #katebowler #everythinghappenspodcast created by Kate Bowler with Kate Bowler's original sound
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What does it really mean to “survive” when what you survive… lingers?

@Emi Nietfeld went from being homeless to graduating from Harvard. But the rags-to-riches myth isn’t ever completely true. It skips over the hardest parts—complicated families, long-term trauma on brains and bodies, the ways we wish we could go back and undo what has been done.

Emi has an incredible story to tell about resilience—what it is, and what it isn’t. You’re going to love the way she talks about the power of trying. And the ways she learned to get back up….even though she never should have had to.

Listen to our conversation wherever you get your podcasts. You are going to LOVE her. #eminietfeld #childhoodtrauma #survival #katebowler #everythinghappenspodcast
How do we know if our teenager is okay? @Lisa.Damour offers a more reassuring definition of what it means to be mentally well. Hint: it’s about having the right-sized feelings that fit the situation at hand and managing those feelings effectively NOT about being HAPPY all of the time. #psychology #lisadamour #teenagers #mentalhealth #everythinghappenspodcast
How hard is it to be a parent today? After a pandemic? With social media breathing down our necks? It’s *so* hard. It is an endless push-and-pull between giving independence and giving guidance.

Dr. Lisa Damour (New York Times bestselling author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers) has dedicated her life to unraveling the intricacies of adolescence and offering practical, heartfelt advice. And also she’s funny. So basically she’s perfect.

Listen to this conversation via the link in my bio or find EVERYTHING HAPPENS wherever you get your podcasts. #lisadamour #katebowler #everythinghappenspodcast #psychology
@Jenna Bush Hager describes how the love of her sister, Barbara Bush, makes her brave.

Whose love makes you brave?

Listen (or watch!) our full conversation. Click on the link in my bio or find EVERYTHING HAPPENS wherever you get your podcasts. #jennabushhager #katebowler #everythinghappenspodcast #love
What do you say to someone whose kid has died? Rob Delaney has some hard won wisdom for us all. Click on the link in my bio to listen to our full conversation. EVERYTHING HAPPENS is available wherever you listen to podcasts. #everythinghappenspodcast #robdelaney #katebowler
Comedians have the ability to be unsparingly honest in ways that buck all cultural norms. It’s a truth-telling that so many of us crave. Cue Rob Delaney. Rob is a comedian, actor, writer, and director. His memoir, A Heart That Works is an unsparing account of the death of his beautiful son, Henry. Rob lives in London with his family where I visited him for this honest and hilarious conversation.

Rob wants us all to understand that if the unthinkable happens, our hearts still beat so strong in truth and love. I can't wait for you to listen. Click on the link in my bio. EVERYTHING HAPPENS is available wherever you listen to podcasts. #everythinghappenspodcast #robdelaney #katebowler #podcast
We are back for season ELEVEN. CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE IT!? It feels so good to say that. Oh, I've missed you! And we are starting this season off in the most perfect way.

My guest today is @Jenna Bush Hager . You probably know her from the TODAY show, where she co-hosts with the lovely @HodaKotb. She is a New York Times bestselling author of many books including Everything Beautiful In Its Time and Sisters First. She is the daughter and granddaughter of two American Presidents so she knows deeply what it means to serve. (And she is also, according to every single human I know who has met her, a complete and utter delight.)

She said something about a lesson her grandfather taught her that has stuck with me since. About how he celebrates when absolutely stupidly small bad things happen. “HAPPY DAY!” he yells. You’ll know it when you hear it…and I think you’ll love it too.

I can't wait for you to listen. Click on the link in my bio or find EVERYTHING HAPPENS wherever you get your podcasts. #everythinghappenspodcast #jennabushhager #katebowler
What about when… *everything does actually happen*? When we can’t UNKNOW that life just… comes apart!? We don’t have unfounded anxieties. They are *real.* Gone is the naivety or fearlessness of our youth. I love Tig Notaro on this exact question.

How do YOU move forward with this understanding? #tignotaro #katebowler #everythinghappenspodcast
What does it mean to be CALLED as a pastor? Well, it’s not all sunshine and butterflies and committee meetings about the cemetery fund, friends. Oh wait. It’s a lot of that. Bless you, pastors/priests/chaplains/rabbis/spiritual leaders and teachers of all kinds. You who enter into people’s most precarious moments with something true to say. My friend, Bishop Will Willimon, is this for me. But he also likes to yell my name during sermons to see if I’m listening. (Usually. Mostly. Look, I’m mostly worried about people seeing me bring my giant coffee into the sanctuary.) #everythinghappenspodcast #katebowler #podcast #pastor
Thank God for the friends that build us up. Minka Kelly describes the most beautiful chosen family she’s found in her gorgeous book, TELL ME EVERYTHING. So my dears, if only you could see yourself through the eyes of the one who loves you. ❤ #minkakelly #katebowler #everythinghappenspodcast
Are you living your best life now? Not always? GREAT ME NEITHER.

My name is Kate Bowler. I study the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. And hobbies are wasted on me because I’d rather be talking to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, *EVERYTHING* happens.

A new season of *fantastic* conversation starts on September 5th.

Mark your calendar. Make sure you’re subscribed. You won’t want to miss this.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS is available everywhere you get your podcasts.
This is one of my very favorite stories from Bryan Stevenson’s gorgeous book, Just Mercy. AS IF IT COULD GET BETTER, Marcus Mumford wrote a gorgeous song about it too (I’ll put the link in my bio for you to listen).

Here’s to the stonecatchers. May we see them. May we be them.
How do you draw boundaries when you are the one everyone else depends on? @MelissaU is so good on this topic, drawn from deep wells of wisdom from her own season of managing chronic illness. Listen to our conversation where she describes using the Spoon Theory to measure her capacity—the link is in my bio.

And really – what’s your physical clue that you’re passed your ability to give? Mine is the LONG PAUSE – The “wait? What did you say?” feeling.
Giving and getting help. Look, none of us want to it. We don’t want to have to need people the way we do.

I was having this very long and debilitating season of pain. Just couldn’t make it past 4 PM without desperation kind of pain. And then I had this podcast conversation on the schedule with Katherine and Jay Wolf (@hopeheals).

Katherine had a major stroke, narrowly escape death, and here she is – in need of help every day. Be sure to listen alllll the way to the end. This one’s for you.

You’re worth it. ❤
We want to be known, don’t we? Who makes you feel known?
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