The Nonlinear Life
Bruce FeilerA newsletter about navigating life's twists and turns. We're all going through transitions, let's master them together. Life | Rituals | Family | Meaning
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Me on NPR: "How to Master Lifequakes and Find New Meaning in Your Life"
Sometimes life throws you a curveball. Maybe it’s a breakup or divorce, a serious health diagnosis or job loss.
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It's Time to Gather! Watch Me on CNN, Preorder a Signed Copy, WALKING THE BIBLE Bundle
What if the secret to happiness isn’t more self-care… it’s more togetherness?
From family traditions to company outings, yoga retreats to support groups, the happiest people don’t just text—they gather.
As longtime readers of The Nonlinea...
A Sudden Loss, A Missed Goodbye, A Lesson on How to Gather in Crisis
I received a harrowing telephone call on Thursday morning. My wonderful sister-in-law, the visual artist and naturalist Laura Wilund Adams, was going into hospice. Laura had spent the last ten months receiving world-class treatment for leuk...
How Rituals Can Save Your Family—and the First Review of A TIME TO GATHER!
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Can rituals help your family? The Internet is lying about the research, but I have the truth. Which is even better!
But before digging into this topic, some breaking news as I sit down to write this we...
Collective Transitions Are Growing. Here's How to Navigate Them.
I’m thrilled to announce that for the first time ever I’m partnering with Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn to offer signed personalized copies of my new book, A TIME TO GATHER: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us. Please joi...
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\ud83d\udcc8 Making meaning in times of change. \ud83d\udcda7 NYT bestsellers—LIFE IS IN THE TRANSITIONS, SECRETS OF HAPPY FAMILIES. \ud83d\udce33 TED Talks w/ 5 million views.\ud83d\udd25My new book, A TIME TO GATHER: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us, May 2026!
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