Episode 110: Your Turn: How To Become An Adult with Julie Lythcott-Haims

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I want to welcome back</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Julie Lythcott-Haims</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></em> <strong>bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto <a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/how-to-raise-an-adult-break-free-of-the-overparenting-trap-and-prepare-your-kid-for-success/9781250093639" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>How to Raise an Adult</em></a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her</span> <a href= "https://www.julielythcotthaims.com/speaking" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TED Talk</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor with CBS This Morning on parenting. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/real-american-a-memoir/9781250296733"><em> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Real American</strong></span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. Her third book,</span> <strong><a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/your-turn-how-to-be-an-adult/9781250137777" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Your Turn: How to Be an Adult</em></a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, is out now! Julie is a former corporate lawyer and Stanford dean who holds a BA from Stanford, a JD from Harvard, and an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. Julie serves on several boards for organizations doing meaningful work in the world and is a mother of young adult children.</span></p> <p>In this episode, Julie and I discuss <strong>the nuances of becoming an adult</strong>. When does it happen, after graduation? Your first job? Moving out of your parent's house? The fact is, becoming an adult