Suleika Jaouad
Emmy Award-winning journalist, artist and author of Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad (Emmy Award-winning journalist, artist and author of Between Two Kingdoms) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Post-traumatic stress disorder, Grief, Cancer survivorship.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Jaouad says recovery after cancer was not a return to her former self but an act of discovery, aided by learning she had PTSD.
“recovering wasn't about a return to the old. It was a kind of brute, terrifying act of discovery”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 30:48
Grief
Jaouad argues that moving on from trauma is a myth and that difficult experiences must be integrated rather than compartmentalized.
“And what I came to understand is that moving on is a myth. You don't get to compartmentalize your most difficult passages and stow them in the past”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 28:23
Cancer survivorship
Jaouad argues that the hero's-journey narrative projected onto survivors, that they emerge braver and stronger, did not match her experience.
“There's this notion that when you emerge from death, trial or a big trauma, you are better, braver, stronger for what you've been through”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 25:35
Appearances
#879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and MoreThe Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 12, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Tim Ferriss compiles stories of reinvention from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Lori Gottlieb, Suleika Jaouad, Samin Nosrat, Martine Rothblatt and Debbie Millman.
Often appears with
- Tim Ferriss · 1 shared episode
- Matthew McConaughey · 1 shared episode
- Steve Young · 1 shared episode
- Lori Gottlieb · 1 shared episode
- Samin Nosrat · 1 shared episode
- Martine Rothblatt · 1 shared episode
- Debbie Millman · 1 shared episode