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Mar 2023
40m 25s

Sarah Knight : On Not Giving a Fuck

Síle Seoige
About this episode

Topics covered : Authenticity, people pleasing, boundaries, compromise, visualisation, freedom.

In this episode I speak to New York Times best-selling author, Sarah Knight.

With more than 3 million copies in print, Sarah Knight’s ‘No Fucks Given’ guides have been published in thirty-one languages worldwide and her TEDx Talk on "The Magic of Not Giving a Fuck" has over 10 million views.

In this conversation she talks us through how best to live an authentic and fulfilling life by embracing the power of saying NO and having boundaries.

And as is often the case with Ready to be Real chats, the language in this episode as you’d imagine, isn’t always suitable for young or sensitive ears so please be mindful as you listen.

* Her new book ‘Grow the F*ck Up: How to be an adult and get treated like one’ is out on the 4th of April.

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And thanks, as always, for your support of Ready to be Real.



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