Intentional Performers With Brian Levenson

Jess Lahey is the author of the NYT bestselling The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation. Her writing can be found at The Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She co-hosts the award-winning #AmWriting podcast and works as a prevention coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery in Stowe, VT.   Jess had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “One of the best things my parents ever did for me was [let me read whatever book I wanted]” (6:00). “My idea of heaven is a story well told that teaches me some things” (6:25). “I went for jobs I wasn’t qualified for and then learned how to do them on the go” (7:25). “The best part about being a writer is I can write about anything I want and I have to become an expert in that thing before I have any standing, any sort of authority, to write about it” (7:35). “I was a teacher for 20 years, and from my perspective my job was to not only teach the material to other people, but to anticipate their possi