Between 'Everything is Possible' and 'Nothing is Possible': Kate Bowler on Supporting Our Kids Through Challenges—Both Theirs and Ours
Raising Good Humans
Dear Media, Aliza Pressman
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Today we are joined by Kate Bowler, Duke professor and bestselling author, who shares her profound insights on living with uncertainty, embracing imperfection, and finding beauty in the messiness of life. Diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, Kate opens up about how her journey reshaped her views on faith, parenting, and human connection. We discuss the importance of truth-telling with our children, even in the most difficult times, and how to steer away from toxic positivity.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to Raising Good Humans. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to Raising Good Humans. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman. I am thrilled to bring my friend Kate Bowler to you. |
| 0:19.0 | She's a brilliant professor at Duke. In case you don't know her, you can find her actually on |
| 0:27.0 | Instagram and she has a beautiful podcast. She's not just a stuffy academic and she has figured out this way of figuring out how to untangle our culture is what she says is an obsession with toxic positivity and self-help. |
| 0:47.6 | And instead, she's figured out, I think, this beautiful way of helping us guide, support, and cherish our children |
| 0:59.2 | through the challenging times without the lies. |
| 1:03.0 | And importantly, she has gone through so much herself. |
| 1:08.0 | She was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer and survived. |
| 1:11.0 | And so she's got so much perspective and wisdom. |
| 1:16.5 | If you enjoy this episode, please don't forget |
| 1:21.4 | to write a little review and Apple |
| 1:23.3 | Apple Podcasts because it really makes a difference |
| 1:27.9 | getting it out there. |
| 1:29.1 | Of course, give a five-star rating |
| 1:30.6 | if you feel so inclined. As always you can find my book the five |
| 1:36.0 | principles of parenting wherever you buy books and my sub-stack newsletter |
| 1:41.0 | Dr. Alisa Pressman dot Substack.com, where I have a monthly live |
| 1:46.0 | Zoom you can sign up for or just get free articles that kind of give the main points |
| 1:51.0 | and some alternative thoughts about every episode. |
| 1:56.0 | I hope this new school year is going well for everyone. |
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