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Podcast: The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
Episode: 1KHO 582: Life Is Hard and Beautiful at the Same Time | Jillian Benfield, Overwhelmed & Grateful
Description: When life lurches from order to disorder, what if the way through isnāt either/orābut and? In this moving conversation, author and advocate Jillian Benfield sits down with Ginny to unpack the transformative idea behind her new book, Overwhelmed & Gratefulāthat we can honor pain and practice gratitude without denying either reality. Jillian shares how the āampersand lifeā steadied her through high-risk pregnancies, years of medical unknowns, and the lonely redefinitions of identity and friendship, and how simple practices like lament, attention, and awe can calm a stormed nervous system and reopen wonder.
From āin-house yearsā to cr...