If We Were Dying, It Would Be Easier | What Grief Teaches Us About Being Alive

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<p>If only we could, as Marcus Aurelius said, let everything we do and say be that of a dying person, then we would get so much more right.</p><br><p>Kate Bowler is a <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/search?type=product&amp;q=kate+bowler*" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">four-time New York Times bestselling author</a>, award-winning podcast host, and professor of religious history at Duke University. She is the host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-happens-with-kate-bowler/id1341076079" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everything Happens</a>, where she has honest conversations about grief, joy, faith, love, and the realities of being human.</p><br><p>Grab signed copies of Kate’s books <em><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/everything-happens-for-a-reason-and-other-lies-ive-loved-signed-by-author?_pos=4&amp;_sid=d6732fd30&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved</a></em>, <em><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/no-cure-for-being-human-and-other-truths-i-need-to-hear-signed-by-author?_pos=1&amp;_sid=d6732fd30&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No Cure For Being Human (And Other Truths I Needed To Hear)</a></em>, and her latest book <em><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/joyful-anyway-signed-by-author?_pos=2&amp;_sid=d6732fd30&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joyful, Anyway</a></em> at <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/search?type=product&amp;q=kate+bowler*" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Painted Porch</a> | <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/search?type=product&amp;q=kate+bowler*" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thepaintedporch.com/</a></p><br><p>Follow Kate Bowler: <a href="https://instagram.com/katecbowler/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf8m7lNdR7YVieU0muCg5cg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a></p><br><p>🪙 We have a collection of items in the Daily Stoic store<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/collections/memento-mori" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><u><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/collections/memento-mori" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to help you in your own memento mori practice</a></u>, check them out here:<u><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/collections/memento-mori" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></u></p><br><p>🎟️<u><a href="https://www.dailystoiclive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a></u><strong><u><a href="https://www.dailystoiclive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DAILY STOIC LIVE </a></u></strong>| Ryan Holiday is coming to a <u><a href="https://www.dailystoiclive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">city near you</a></u>! <u><a href="https://www.dailystoiclive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grab tickets here</a></u> | <u><a href="https://www.dailystoiclive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.dailystoiclive.com/</a></u></p><br><p><u><a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100648FA1C21706" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boston, Massachusetts - November 16 </a></u></p><br><p><u><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daily-stoic-live-onstage-with-ryan-holiday-tickets-1991992836196?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nashville, Tennessee - November 20 </a></u></p><br><p><u><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daily-stoic-live-onstage-with-ryan-holiday-tickets-1987339339462?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 8</a></u></p><br><p><u><a href="https://www.unionstagepresents.com/shows/daily-stoic-live-09-dec" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Washington D.C. - December 9 </a></u></p><br><p>🎙️<strong><a href="https://dailystoic.supercast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> AD-FREE </a>|</strong> Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to<a href="https://dailystoic.supercast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> The Daily Stoic Premium</a> - unlock ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content:<a href="https://dailystoic.supercast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://dailystoic.supercast.com/</a></p><br><p>✉️ <strong><a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FREE STOIC WISDOM</a> | </strong>Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? 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