Episode 136: ALS + Navigating Grief + Ignoring Outside Validation with Kate Fagan

This week, I’m talking to Kate Fagan. Kate is the author of The Reappearing Act and the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book What Made Maddy Run. She spent seven years as a columnist and feature writer for ESPN and was a regular panelist on ESPN’s Around the Horn and host of Outside the Lines. She’s currently working on her next book and hosts the Free Cookies podcast with Kathryn Budig.  Kate and I discuss her father’s ALS diagnosis, the feeling of performing grief, being present for someone else’s pain, her choice to leave ESPN, ignoring outside validation, and being/not being Type A.  Here’s Kate:     Show Notes:   Kate Fagan Website + Instagram  Of Low Fives, Made Jumpers and ALS (Kate’s piece about her father) Digital Minimalism ALS Association  ALS Awareness Month  Free Cookies Podcast  Kate’s favorite recipe  Episode 82: Finding Love In Unexpected Places with Kathryn Budig  Hummingbird vs. Jackhammer Kate’s Books:  What Made Maddy Run  The Reappearing Act  Kate on The Daily Show Kate thanking her dad on ESPN Kate on leaving ESPN  **** One Part Plant CookbookKnow Your EndoOne Part Podcast Family Community Page ***** This episode was also supported by Amazon. Click on the Amazon banner in the sidebar anytime you need to make an Amazon purchase. A small percentage of your purchase will support the show (at no extra cost to you).  I receive an affiliate commission from some of the links above.