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Podcast: Life Examined
Episode: Learning from Silence; Pico Iyer on the Transformative Power of Solitude & Monastic Life
Description: Writer and author Pico Iyer chronicles his over one hundred retreats to a small Benedictine hermitage high above the ocean in Big Sur, Northern California. Sharing personal experiences and stories, Iyer delves into the transformative nature of silence, contemplation and solitude. Get full access to Life Examined at lifeexamined.substack.com/subscribe