12. Return Yourself to Yourself with Lily Diamond
Media bombards us every second of every day. With so much noise stimulating our brains, nervous systems, and hearts, how might we return to ourselves? The answer, in part, is rewilding. My guest today is writer Lily Diamond, who shares her take on the essential practice of remembering who we are, and offers suggestions for how to cope with the world around us.
“If you are a person who consumes any kind of media, think about the amount of information that we’re receiving as we scroll and search. That’s an intense processing load on what our brains are able to understand and then integrate into who and what we are. ”
Highlights
Why Lily starts her day outside (and her favorite beverage of the moment)
How she separates communications threads for her various projects
Ways to cope with anxiety and stress
Imagining a world where we pull ourselves back into ourselves, and know who we are
A conversation about social media boundaries and creativity
Guest Bio
Lily Diamond is a writer, photographer, and proponent of rewilding in the kitchen and beyond. In 2012, she created the award-winning, much-beloved blog Kale & Caramel, which turned into a bestselling memoir-cookbook. Lily grew up on Maui and graduated from Yale University. She lives in California, and is the co-host of the podcast What’s Your Story?, and co-author of the forthcoming guided journal of the same name.
Links + Resources
Lily’s Instagram post that inspired our conversation
The famous green milks
See question 24 for how America pronounces caramel
If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie
The recent extinction of 3 billion birds in North America
Nobody Walks In L.A. movie trailer
The art of rewilding
Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry
Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path
