Archive - The Quiet Life with Susan Cain

How to find grace in a broken world

A beloved song, a text to my son, and a reminder that the sacred is hiding in plain sight

Aug 4 •

July 2025

What if the meaning of life is the chase for meaning?

Three lines you won't stop thinking about - plus, our next Candlelight Chat!

Jul 28 •

Thank you so much for being here.

And: can you help make the Quiet Life even better?

Jul 25 •

Here is one of the greatest insights of my life

A very personal story of how you can carry lost loves with you--and the great and overlooked power of internalization

Jul 21 •

A painter of country lanes and quiet souls

In memory of Gary Bunt, whose work feels like home

Jul 15 •

"Old and ugly I may be, but inside..."

Quiet Life readers share powerful stories on aging, identity, and becoming someone new

Jul 10 •

What are your "Secrets of Adulthood"? Here are mine.

A video recording of my conversation with Gretchen Rubin

Jul 8 •

and

21:35

This line touched a nerve last week

So I'm sharing the place from whence it came

Jul 2 •

June 2025

Are you in the second half of life?

A very personal essay on losing my ambition -- and finding something deeper

Jun 27 •

Was it once cool to love literature?

A brilliant essay you won't want to miss

Jun 24 •

A dreamy, mystical realm

The illuminated spirit of Odilon Redon

Jun 16 •

Our Candlelight Chat with Professor Gary Saul Morson - here's the replay video (including a treasure trove of a reading list)

On Anna Karenina, The Gulag Archipelago, and beyond

Jun 12 •

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