Revisit: Embracing Your Crone Age with Cheryl Strayed
Summary
Host Reshma Saujani interviews author Cheryl Strayed about navigating midlife, grief, and personal growth. They discuss Strayed’s transformative hike in *Wild*, her experiences with menopause, and insights from her *Dear Sugar* column on infidelity and vulnerability. The conversation emphasizes accepting life’s peaks and valleys, overcoming people-pleasing, and finding empowerment by asking for what you truly want.
Topics discussed
Intro: Midlife wisdom and guest Cheryl Strayed
Warm-up: Podcasts and dinner party stories
Midlife mindset: Peaks, valleys, and growth
Menopause and entering 'Crone Age'
Wild: Quarter-life crisis and hiking the PCT
Navigating parental loss and grief
Sponsors: Talkiatry, Quince, Google Health, Quaker
Marriage, infidelity, and self-worth
Dear Sugar: Universal problems and asking for needs
Sponsors: Indeed, Microsoft, Toyota, Motel 6
Success: Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, and fame
What's next: Rites of passage in midlife
Outro: Final thoughts and credits
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