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- Season One Recap Part 1
Welcome to part one of our recap of Book Interrupted Season One! What are the members’ favourite moments? Who likes the smell of their own farts? And who held back and didn’t say all they wanted to?
Discussion Points:
- What is your favourite moment or quote?
- Farts
- Kirsten Karchmer and Squiggy coming on the podcast
- Was there anything you wish you’d said recording, but you held back during the season?
- What was the hardest part about this season for you?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Lily Singh video doing hair
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
36 min - Off The Shelf Episode 1 - Enneagram Quiz Show
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women begin their new segment filled with lots of silliness, fun and laughs.
Discussion Points:
- Enneagram Quiz Show
- Behind the scenes - inside look before and after the podcast
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Enneagram Institute
Lise Clark Astrology
28 min - The 4% Fix Episode 6
Concluding their series on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, the women and their fan Lindsay discuss fan responses, mermaids, librarians, secret languages, the rat race, being famous, swag and a whole lot of laughing.
Discussion Points:
- Fan response to our blog answers
- Mermaids
- What’s worth getting out of bed for?
- The rat race - do we really want to be in it? How do we find balance between work and the rest of our lives? What’s the relationship to those living near the poverty line?
- The impact of social media on our feelings of missing out
- Glamorizing over-working salary employees
- Making a supportive work environment
- Librarians and libraries
- Our Book Interrupted swag
- Would you want to be famous?
- Secret codes and languages made up as children
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymation
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The Book Interrupted Swag Shop
All Welcome Here Rural BIPOC Association
52 min - The 4% Fix Episode 5
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, finish their discussion on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Do we recommend the book? What are our final thoughts?
Discussion Points:
- Do we recommend The 4% Fix?
- The final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
40 min - The 4% Fix Episode 4
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, continue their discussion on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Which sleep archetype are you: Lion, Bear, Wolf or Dolphin? What is misophonia? And how do you use the tools from the book?
Discussion Points:
- Letter writing/ getting letters in the mail
- How different cultures raise children
- Lions, Bears, Wolves, and Dolphins sleep archetypes - which one are you?
- Finding a mysterious noise
- Misophonia
- Are you an auditory, visual, scent or taste person? Which sense can drive you mad?
- How can you put The 4% Fix ideas into a different schedule?
- Focused Four List - using it to be able to focus on different aspects of your life
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff
36 min - The 4% Fix Episode 3
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, share their personal journals while reading “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, then continue the group discussion. How important is sleep? And what brings your balance?
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals
- Would you recommend this book?
- Getting up earlier - can it help you find your own time?
- Using the 4% Fix
- Baby stepping to success and making a new habit
- Backing up self help with research
- The importance of sleep
- PHAG - Petite Hairless Agreeable Goal
- What brings the balance?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Tony Robbins
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
55 min - The 4% Fix Episode 2
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, continue their conversation on their second fan book choice: “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. What gets you out of bed in the morning? How do you organize your life? And how do you find your ‘me time’?
Discussion Points:
- What would get you out of bed in the morning?
- Zombies
- How do you accomplish your creative projects?
- Finding your ‘me time’ and organizing your life
- Women sharing the load
- Household dynamics and chore lists
- Focused Four Lists
- The link between menopause, sleeping and anxiety
- Challenge: how can you put the 4% Fix ideals into your routine?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymationSaje Natural Wellness
50 min - The 4% Fix Episode 1
The Book Interrupted women, and their fan Lindsay, begin their first conversation on their Series 8 and second fan book choice: “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “The 4% Fix”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of time management, oxygen masks, sleep cycles and what’s worth getting out of bed for, they talk about their lives, inspired by the words of Karma Brown.
Discussion Points:
- Personal journals - what are the first impressions of the book?
- How do you manage your time?
- The effect the COVID pandemic had on our sense of time
- Put your own oxygen mask on first
- What is worth getting out of bed for?
- What time of the day can you find your extra hour?
- Sleep cycles
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
By The Book Podcast
University of Alberta Indigenous Canada
MasterClass
The Talk
48 min - From the Ashes Episode 6
Concluding their series on “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle, the women discuss fan responses, cruises, Covid dreams, swag, the greed disease, language, and bare feet.
Discussion Points:
- Nomination for the Podcast Awards
- Comments from fans
- Cruises - would you go on one now since the pandemic?
- Covid dreams and Covid test requirements
- Feedback from Jesse Thistle
- Inviting authors on the show
- Book Interrupted swag
- Apply to be a fan and choose a book for next season’s fan choice!
- Buying, consuming and the greed disease
- Trying to use language to describe a deeper meaning
- How many books do you read at the same time?
- Is life better in bare feet?
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Lia’s artwork for From the Ashes
Down the Rabbit Hole
Indigenous Resilience: Healing Trauma Through Tradition and Resistance
The Wisdom of Trauma
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist
University of Alberta Indigenous Canada
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
How to Change Everything: A Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other by Naomi Klein
Choose a book for next year’s season and be a fan on the podcast!
49 min - From the Ashes Episode 5
The Book Interrupted women continue their discussion on “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way” by Jesse Thistle. Through the symbolism of Jesse Thistle’s injuries, they dive into topics of fate, coincidences, faith, lessons, and self-soothing. They finish with their final book reports. Do they recommend the book? Listen and find out
Discussion Points:
- The symbolism of Jesse Thistle’s injuries
- Coincidences, fate, faith and magic
- Learning lessons and making different choices
- Self-soothing - what do you do?
- Other stories from the book
- Book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
Yoqi
Higher Awareness
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Alice Munro
Canada Reads spotlight: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
'My ancestors are with you': Jesse Thistle and George Canyon on Canada Reads 2020
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About Book Interrupted
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to Book Interrupted, a book club for busy people to connect and one that celebrates life’s interruptions.