Stephanie Wittels Wachs: When Life Gives You Lemons
Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
English - February 06, 2024 08:30 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 4.3K ratingsSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality business health entrepreneur entrepreneurship interview leadership finance fitness marketing productivity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today, we’re talking about tragicomedy. And isn’t that all of life? The absurdity. The horror. The laughter that somehow cuts through the most difficult of moments. Our guest today, Stephanie Wittles Wachs wrote a beautiful memoir called Everything is Horrible and Wonderful about the death of her brother to an accidental heroin overdose when he was 30 years old.
In this conversation, Kate and Stephanie discuss:
Loving someone with addiction
Grieving a person in public
Why it’s okay (and maybe necessary) to laugh in the midst of the worst moments
The 6th stage of grief—the manic-investigative stage
CW: mention of suicide, drug overdose, death of a sibling
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