Julie Lythcott-Haims
2021-04-22

Julie Lythcott-Haims || How to Be an Adult

Today it’s great to chat with Julie Lythcott-Haims on the show. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is a former corporate lawyer and Stanford dean. She serves on the board of Common Sense Media, and on the advisory board of LeanIn.Org, and she is a former board member at Foundation for a College Education, Global Citizen Year, The Writers Grotto, and Challenge Success. Julie is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American. Her third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, will be out in April 2021.

Topics

[1:32] How Julie defines “adulting”
[3:07] How the way we define adulthood has changed over time
[5:59] What is the “adult mindset”?
[8:00] Why Julie challenges the “right track” concept of adulthood
[15:07] Julie’s advice to those who want to take an unconventional path
[18:57] Julie’s advice to those struggling with questions of identity
[20:46] Julie’s encounters with racism and “othering”
[26:21] Julie’s promise of inclusivity and how she overcame her struggles
[29:40] Julie’s thoughts on self-acceptance and self-love
[33:22] How Julie collected inspiring stories from people for her book
[37:15] Julie’s advice to people who struggle to embrace outsiders
[40:17] How Julie ended up interviewing her Lyft driver for her book
[42:54] Julie’s reflections on intuition and her observational capacity
[45:43] “Life’s beautiful F-words”

About the guest

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Podcast Guest

Julie Lythcott-Haims is an American author, speaker, and former dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising at Stanford University. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller How to Raise an Adult, the memoir Real American, and Your Turn: How to Be an Adult.

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