Lori Gottlieb on Changing Your Life by Changing the Story

About this episode

<p>Ryan speaks with Lori Gottlieb about the profound effect that stories have on our lives, why we are all unreliable narrators, how we can make real steps toward positive change by practicing self-compassion, understanding other peoples’ experiences by listening to their stories, and more.</p><p>Lorr Gottlieb is a physiotherapist, writer, speaker, and podcast host whose work focuses on the role that stories and storytelling take in shaping our mental landscape. She obtained an undergraduate degree at Stanford University and a Masters of Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and she is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She published the New York Times bestseller, <a href="https://geni.us/8AFMa85" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Maybe You Should Talk to Someone</em></a> in 2019, which she repurposed into a journal version in 2022 titled <a href="https://geni.us/ugeMNG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Journal</em></a>. She also writes the weekly <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/lori-gottlieb/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Dear Therapist”</a> advice column for <em>The Atlantic</em> and is the co-host of the iHeart Radio podcast "<a href="https://lorigottlieb.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dear Therapists</a>." Her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MQr4lHm0c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TED Talk</a> was one of the top most-watched talks of 2019. Her work can be found on her website <a href="https://lorigottlieb.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lorigottlieb.com</a>.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>