logo
episode-header-image
Jan 2025
13m 2s

What You Learn From Losing Everything

Next Big Idea Club
About this episode
A storage unit fire destroyed everything Helen Chandler-Wilde owned and forced her to re-evaluate her relationship with material things. 
Up next
Yesterday
Does Your Work Light You Up?
What makes work feel genuinely energizing—not just tolerable, but meaningful, absorbing, and even fun? In Intrinsic Motivation: Learn to Love Your Work and Succeed as Never Before, executive coach and performance expert Stefan Falk argues that motivation grows when we learn to ch ... Show More
32m 38s
Jul 30
Designing a World That Fits Everyone
Every object, product, and place is designed for someone—but too often, that “someone” has been treated as male by default. In Man-Made: How We Designed a World That Leaves Women Out, and How We Can Make It Right, designer and former Nike Global Creative Director Karen Korellis R ... Show More
30m 32s
Jul 29
Think Less, Sleep More
What if the secret to better sleep is trying a little less? In Think Less, Sleep More: From Panic & Perfectionism to Stress-Free Sleep, sleep physiologist Stephanie Romiszewski argues that sleep isn’t a performance to optimize—it’s a biological process we often disrupt by monitor ... Show More
19m 39s
Recommended Episodes
Jan 2025
What Remains When All Is Taken: Standing in the LA Fires
<p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/TJLdreamschool" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠<strong>DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠</strong>⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Fire strips everything away, leaving only what truly matters. In the wake of the Los Angel ... Show More
1h 5m
Aug 2019
Ep 197: Rebuilding a bookshelf in Paradise
Today’s guest, Amelia Mattingly, went through a gut-wrenching experience that ripped her book collection away from her – shelves and all – along with countless other precious signifiers of home. As a result of this experience, the books she craves are different now, and every boo ... Show More
47m 48s
Dec 2024
#102: Our Big Loss - How to Heal After Heartbreak
<p>In this episode, I share my recent experience of losing my home and three beloved pets to a devastating house fire.</p><p>I explore the deep connections between heartbreak and losing everything to destruction.</p><p>Join me as I discuss three ways I&#39;m coping with this loss ... Show More
19m 19s
Sep 2024
Intermediate | Reporting a Loss
<p>Question: What do your mind, your life and your wallet all have in common? Answer: You can lose them! Listen to today&#39;s Chinese podcast to learn about what to do if you lose something (except your mind or life-- we can&#39;t really help you much there.) Episode link: https ... Show More
12m 4s
May 2023
Financial Housekeeping
We lost everything to a California wildfire four years ago. It took more time than we imagined to get back on our feet and we eventually decided to move to Nevada. We just recently started to recoup our financial losses, so we're now sitting on a lot of cash. How should we procee ... Show More
22m 30s
May 2018
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” –Marie Kondō It's so easy to compile things in our life, and not realize that these things may have certain memories and emotions associated with it. In today's epis ... Show More
18m 47s