Wild Geese (and other poetry)

This book by Mary Oliver was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: David Whyte. It comes up in conversations about brain health, meditation & mindfulness. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “that's why people love Mary Oliver so much she's so she is so Invitational actually she's so engaging she's so simple she's so clear”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “she is so Invitational actually she's so engaging she's so simple she's so clear”
  David Whyte · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202402:05:16

  Said during "David Whyte, Poet, The Conversational Nature of Reality". The episode features David Whyte: Poet and author, known for works like Consolations and Consolations II; longtime Zen practitioner who explores the 'conversational nature of reality.'. Poet David Whyte on writing anywhere, the conversational nature of reality, Zen as heartbreak, and reciting his essays and poems.