We aim to cover all sorts of topics on Best of Both Worlds, and today’s guest, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, is our first philosopher. She studies what it means to matter, and why humans instinctually feel pulled to feel like they matter — even to themselves.
Rebecca and Sarah talk all about mattering projects, from parenting and relationships to the pursuit of excellence. Rebecca’s book is called The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us, and she has a Substack called The Mattering Map.
In the intro, Sarah and I talk about non-fiction reading. Then in the Q&A, a listener asks how Sarah is doing a year after her heart episode and diagnosis.
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