Show Notes
Oprah is joined by award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Wallace to talk about her transformative new book "Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose." Drawing on six years of research, Wallace shares how mattering - the feeling that we are valued and have an opportunity to add value - is a fundamental human need essential to our well-being. She believes there's been "an erosion of mattering" and provides actionable steps to deepen your connections, reconnect to your sense of purpose and navigate challenges with greater resilience. Joining the conversation is Jennifer's close friend and lifestyle icon Ina Garten. Oprah and Jennifer also speak with a military wife who learned how to bring mattering back to her marriage and an extraordinary young man who went from being a sanitation worker to a Harvard Law School graduate.
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'Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose' by Jennifer Wallace: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/756179/mattering-by-jennifer-breheny-wallace/
Chapters:
- Welcome Jennifer Wallace, author of “Mattering”
- Ina Garten joins
- The importance of mattering to yourself
- How Ina shows people they matter
- The importance of showing up
- One easy way to show people they matter
- The thread that ties us together
- Extrinsic and intrinsic values
- Professor Gordon Flett on why mattering is life or death
- How mattering affects our longevity
- How to get through hard moments
- How Army partners struggle with mattering
- Our resilience is tied to our relationships
- Mattering to ourselves raises the bar for all relationships - A former sanitation worker's observations on mattering
- Supporting support staff
- Mattering at work
- The 4 important feelings to mattering
- What to do if you feel like you don’t matter
Additional Resources:
‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir’ by Ina Garten:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770511/be-ready-when-the-luck-happens-by-ina-garten/
Gordon L. Flett, Ph.D.
https://www.yorku.ca/lamarsh/gord-flett/
‘The Wives: A Memoir’ by Simone Gorrindo:
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