Georgina Scull: Regrets of the Dying: Wisdom for Living Better Today

The Meaningful Life with Andrew G. Marshall

After nearly dying from an ectopic pregnancy, writer Georgina Scull confronted some of life’s big questions:

• Why do we drift through life, planning for tomorrow but not living for today?
• Why do we stay in relationships that no longer make us content, or in jobs that fill us with dread?
• Why do we allow our doubts to stop us trying new things, or let people treat us badly?

Georgina chose to answer these questions in a unique way: she created a podcast and then a book in which she interviewed people who were dying. She asked each interviewee about their regrets, which ranged from long-lost love never pursued, to leaving behind children too young to remember their mother.

In this episode, Andrew and Georgina discuss what we can learn from the dying, and the many reasons for living in the moment rather than chasing the perfect body, the next promotion or a bigger house.

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