#28 Using Loss and Tragedy to Find and Reclaim our Authentic Selves with Sonya Lea

A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World

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#28 Using Loss and Tragedy to Find and Reclaim our Authentic Selves with Sonya Lea

Anya Kaats

Jul 24, 2019

Sonya Lea is the author of Wondering Who You Are, a memoir about what happened when her husband lost the memory of their life together. Our conversation touches on the nature of identity - where it comes from, how its made and how it evolves. We discuss grief, sexuality, examining our lives inside and outside of chronological narrative + the many ways that loss and tragedy can be used as a means to find and evolve our authentic identity.

Sonya's Book Recommendation: The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch

Find Sonya at WonderingWhoYouAre.com

Song featured: "Morning" by Beck

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A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World

I started this podcast because I was tired of being stereotyped as lazy, triggered and entitled. I wanted to give voice to a different kind of millennial and invite us to write a new story - one of a generation willing to challenge the status quo, embrace nuance and paradox, and reject PC-culture. This podcast isn’t about finding answers, it’s about asking the right questions. How can we reinvent ourselves and the narratives we’ve been expected to inherit? How can we take ownership over the ways we participate in our own suffering? How can we move beyond victimization and into empowerment? How can we fix ourselves to fix the world? It’s time for new dreams, new stories and new futures…

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