Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
When Breath Becomes Air was published just under a year after Paul Kalanithi died, leading Lucy to go on an unexpected book tour while still deep in grief.
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Lucy introduces a counterintuitive insight: when we look back at hard things we've survived, we tend to think 'I was weak, I just got through it,' rather than 'I was strong.' She references Jane Fonda's observation that being old is amazing because you've survived enough to trust yourself, and connects it to the idea of drawing from a well of prior experience. Jay then shares one of the most personal moments of the episode: his mother once told him, seemingly in passing, that he was 'good at dealing with stress' — and when he pressed her, she said he'd dealt with stress even in the womb. It was, he says, the single most resilience-giving thing he's ever heard, because it reminded him his body already knew how to do this before he could speak.
San Francisco's average rent rose 18% over the past two years to $3,728/month, surpassing New York City as the most expensive rental market in the country.
San Francisco's average monthly rent now stands at $3,728, surpassing New York City to become the most expensive rental city in the United States.
At a childhood sleepover, Bobby Lee's friends drew penises on his face and he walked 7 miles home on a dirt road before being picked up by Eric Purvis's mom.
In 1950, about 60% of the world lived in extreme poverty; today it's about 1 in 10, attributable to capitalist economic growth.
From 2021 to 2024, 6 million children fell below the poverty line in the US after the expanded child tax credit expired.
Private domestic infant and international adoptions typically cost $40,000 to $70,000, while foster care adoption is the most affordable route at $0 to $2,000.
Historically, only 40% of men have ever reproduced — Galloway uses this to argue that romantic success requires effort, not a hall pass.
Robby Hoffman is the 7th of 10 children raised in a Hasidic household in Montreal, where the family was poor and comedy was a survival mechanism.
Robby's Hasidic community had no concept of 'too soon' in comedy — if it was funny, you threw it, and if you bombed, your sibling told you immediately.
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