What if strength isn’t about how much we can lift, but how we manage life’s struggles? What if we've been told lies our whole life about what it means to truly TAKE UP SPACE? What if failing isn't the end of a goal, but helps you set the goal itself?

Today's SEASON 9 FINALE episode is with the incredible Alyssa Ages — journalist, strongman competitor, and author of SECRETS OF GIANTS: A Journey To Uncover The True Meaning of Strength.

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:

• The importance of asking WHY, not HOW
• How endurance athletes frame FAILURE, and how to use this specific tactic in your own life way beyond achieving strength goals
• Why it's so hard for women especially to TAKE UP SPACE, the sneaky language to watch out for, and how to reframe your relationship with it
• The importance of using the word YET
• "BULK" (this is mind-blowing!)
• What Alyssa did when she realized the story she'd been telling herself for a DECADE was a lie
• Strength as we AGE and how to reverse hamful narratives even if we think "it's too late"
• and so much more!

This is an episode you'll want to share with your friends, parents, grandparents, siblings, and more. 

Thank you for making Season 9 one of the best yet. See you in September for Season 10!

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ABOUT ALYSSA:

Alyssa Ages is the author of SECRETS OF GIANTS: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength (Avery/Penguin Random House) and a journalist whose work has appeared in ELLE, SELF, GQ, Slate, The Globe & Mail, and others. She is a mom, strongman competitor, endurance athlete (six marathons & an Ironman), rock climber, CrossFitter, and former member of the Jersey City Bridge & Pummel roller derby team. Her first book, Secrets of Giants (Avery/Penguin Random House, 9/23), is part personal narrative, part research mission, part midlife crisis odyssey into the world of strength to answer the question: What if strength isn’t about how much we can lift, but how we manage life’s struggles.  

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SHOW NOTES:

Buy SECRETS OF GIANTS

Alyssa's website

Alyssa on IG

Alyssa's speaking page

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TICKETS to WANT YOUR SELF: A Book Launch Cabaret at The Bourbon Room on 7/16

TICKETS to MODERN FRIENDSHIP at Guild Hall in conversation with Anna Goldfarb on 6/30

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It's the mystery that eludes so many of us: How do you make friends as an adult — REAL-DEAL friends – and how do you nurture these valued connections?

Today's guest has been called "The New York Times Friendship Correspondent" and is here with us to dig into the #1 asked question throughout all of WANT's 10 year history: how do I find my people?

Author Anna Goldfarb's reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Vox, Vice, and more. Her book MODERN FRIENDSHIP (out TODAY, June 4th 2024), explores the nuances of navigating adult friendships.

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT...

• The HUGE yet shockingly simple factor keeping us from making and maintaining friendships, especially as we get older
• Why making friends is more of a challenge now than it ever was for our parents or grandparents
• How to categorize friends in a way that doesn't feel icky and actually HELPS you nurture friendships sans guilt or obligation
• Men and friendship, plus different gender expectations as we get older 
• Making friends as an introvert or someone who has trust issues
• and SO MUCH MORE!!!!!

ABOUT ANNA:

Anna Goldfarb is a friendship journalist who has reported for outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time magazine, Vice, The Cut, Vox, and the Washington Post. Called “the New York Times friendship correspondent” by Tim Herrera, the editor of the New York Times Smarter Living section, she’s written hundreds of articles that explore the nuances of friendships, relationships, and pop psychology. She lives in Philadelphia. Her first book, MODERN FRIENDSHIP: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections, is out today and available wherever books are sold.

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SHOW NOTES:

Modern Friendship

Anna's website

Anna on IG

Anna's Substack

Anna in the NYT

Join us in East Hampton on June 30th at Guild Hall!

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Join THE WANT COMMUNITY! 

Buy WANT YOUR SELF 

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Email Katie at katie@womenagainstnegativetalk.com or DM her on Instagram to let her know what you want to hear about, who you want to hear from, or what you want to learn next season of the WANTcast!