The Apology

This book by Eve Ensler was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Debbie Millman. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"This book, The Apology, written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear attempts to transform the abuse she suffered, with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and a expansive vision for the future. Through The Apology Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally imagine how to be free. In it, she grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she began to understand the impact of her father's abuse on her life: How do we offer a doorway rather than only a locked cell?

• “eve ensler's written a bunch of books that have been extraordinarily helpful in the body of the world and the apology”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “eve ensler's written a bunch of books that have been extraordinarily helpful”
  Debbie Millman · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202001:33:00

  Said during "Tim Ferriss, My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show and a bestselling author. In this deeply personal solo episode he is also the subject, joined by his friend Debbie Millman as interviewer and fellow survivor. Tim Ferriss publicly shares his childhood sexual abuse for the first time, discussing trauma, near-suicide, and the tools that aided his healing.