Episode 13 | Making Peace With The Plot Twist

Plot twists are an exciting feature of our favorite stories, but can be the most harrowing experiences of our actual lives.

In this episode, we reveal:

• The major plot twists of our lives and how we survived them

• The painful exercise in pushing through when life shoves us into the unknown

• How to exist in the story before growth, closure, or resolution

• And why resilience looks much messier, sloppier, and tear-stained than we ever expected

Show notes

• The Plot and The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz
  

• I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
  

• Ash’s Journal Prompts for Inner Weirdness & Wisdom and 7 Side Quests

  For a Less Ordinary Life
  

• “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
  
  ~ Søren Kierkegaard
  

• "What the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending."
  
  ~ William Dean Howells
  

• Diener, E., Wirtz, D., & Oishi, S. (2001). End effects of rated life quality: The James Dean Effect. Psychological Science, 12(2), 124–128. [PubMed]
  
  This research explores how the ending of a life influences the perceived desirability of that life.

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