Our next Candlelight Chat is this Sunday, with special guest Eric Zimmer

Do you want to make life changes, without turning your world upside down?

Photograph by Megan Leigh Barnard

When I did my book tour for BITTERSWEET: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, my father and brother had recently passed away from COVID, and I didn’t want to do in-person events. Instead, I agreed to be a guest on approximately a gazillion podcasts (“gazillion” = at least 130, probably more). It was an exciting though exhausting experience, and most of it I remember in a blur.

But one thing I do recall clearly is the feeling I got from being a guest on Eric Zimmer’s critically acclaimed podcast, “The One You Feed”. Eric has an extremely singular and wonderful quality: he’s intense, caring, and very insightful, and you can feel these things the minute you start talking to him. You’ll see what I mean, when you meet him. The image that’s coming to my mind, as I type these words, is of a beautifully polished stone you pick up at the water’s edge, one that sits warm and smooth in your palm. You know that the stone got that way from having been tossed around the ocean waves for years (as has Eric - he’ll share his difficult life story) and that makes it all the lovelier.

Anyway, that’s why I’m so happy to announce that Eric will be our guest for this Sunday’s Candlelight Chat (1 pm ET, on Zoom). We’ll be discussing his much-anticipated new book, How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes For a More Meaningful Life, an excerpt of which we’ll also publish soon.

If your life feels stagnant — or too big to fix all at once…

If you’re trying to build better habits…

If you want to make changes, without turning your life upside down…

This Sunday’s Candlelight Chat is for you.

We’re also going to talk about sad music (here’s Eric’s version of a Bittersweet playlist); longing vs. craving; whether you should pursue acceptance or change; sad music, and more.

To participate, you must be a paid or scholarship member of The Quiet Life. Members can participate either live (we’ll send log-in instructions this Saturday), or by watching the video replay, which we’ll send later.

As usual, we’ll also invite you to ask your questions of Eric. You’ll be able to talk to him either via the written chat, or by “raising your hand” and coming online to chat with him.

I really hope you join us!