Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, And Much More! | The Tim Ferriss Show

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Gabor Mate

“huge fan of gabor mate in the realm of hungry ghosts is fantastic he has a book about adhd and our add and substance use really respect his work”— Jessica Lahey

Make It Stick

Harvard University Press (inferred)

“it's been around for a while but it's really beautifully written about a book called make it stick from harvard university press”— Jessica Lahey

On Writing

Stephen King

“it's stephen king's on writing my kids use it too actually my 17 year old and i have listened to this book in the car more times than i know because it makes me want to write”— Jessica Lahey

Scrivener

Literature & Latte (inferred)

“i use scrivener to write and scrivener will me too i love scrivener scrivener lets you has a word frequency counter”— Jessica Lahey

Dreyer's English

Benjamin Dreyer

“there's a fantastic book that came out last year called dryers english and benjamin dreyer gives people i think it's right at the beginning of the book”— Jessica Lahey

Real American

Julie Lythcott-Haims

“her second book was a book called real american and i expected julie to write a straight up memoir ... she taught me to be brave with that book”— Jessica Lahey

Half a Life

Darin Strauss

“there was another book actually called half a life by dare ... half life by darren strauss ... he did some really cool things narratively and with empty space”— Jessica Lahey

Little, Big

John Crowley

“i read little big little comma big by i want to say the author's name is john crowley this is from memory it's this incredible fantastical novel that is one of those tour de force”— Tim Ferriss

The Book of Two Ways

Jodi Picoult

“i really loved jody p cult's book the book of two ways it took me to egypt and it took me to academia and it took me to all these places”— Jessica Lahey

Adam Neely (YouTube music theory channel)

Adam Neely

“we watched this guy named adam neely who does music theory videos on youtube he is fantastic so we watch his name again”— Jessica Lahey

16 and Recovering

MTV (inferred)

“if you ever get a chance watch a show on mtv it was only like four episodes called 16 and in recovery and it was based on a school”— Jessica Lahey

Girls & Sex

Peggy Orenstein

“or picking up peggy orenstein's books girls and sex and boys and sex and thinking about how we actually have these conversations that scare us”— Jessica Lahey

Boys & Sex

Peggy Orenstein

“picking up peggy orenstein's books girls and sex and boys and sex and thinking about how we actually have these conversations”— Jessica Lahey

The Stinky & Dirty Show

Amazon Kids (inferred)

“wrote the educational curriculum for amazon kids award winning the stinky and dirty show great name”— Tim Ferriss

#AmWriting Podcast

Jessica Lahey, KJ Dell'Antonia, Sarina Bowen (inferred)

“also she co-hosts the hashtag m writing podcast with best-selling authors kj del antonia and serena bowen from her house in vermont”— Tim Ferriss

The First Day (documentary about Chris Herren)

“you can see it if you watch the documentary about him called first day the quote is we spend a lot of time talking about the last day”— Tim Ferriss

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

“he's of hamilton morris and anne of michael pollan and we both have read how to change your mind we both have watched hamilton morris”— Jessica Lahey

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

Hamilton Morris (inferred)

“we both have watched hamilton morris hamilton's pharmacopoeia together i think there's some really interesting research coming out”— Jessica Lahey

The Book of Eels

“such a overwhelming buffet of good books about everything from the book of eels to of course the minute someone asks you about books you start to blank out”— Jessica Lahey

Winter World

Bernd Heinrich

“there's this guy named bernd heinrich who writes a lot about he has a book called the winter world the summer world he wrote a book about crows and ravens”— Jessica Lahey

Summer World

Bernd Heinrich

“he has a book called the winter world the summer world he wrote a book about crows and ravens and how smart they are”— Jessica Lahey

Owls of the Eastern Ice

“crows are amazing eels are cool the owls of the eastern ice they're pretty cool but lately that's my thing has been that sort of natural world stuff”— Jessica Lahey

Dax Shepard - Armchair Expert, 'Seven Days' episode

Dax Shepard (inferred)

“that's why i think dax shepard's episode called seven days where he admitted to the fact that he had relapse after 17 years”— Tim Ferriss

How to Raise an Adult

Julie Lythcott-Haims

“there was a woman that named julie lithgot haines she has a great ted talk about her book her first book which is called how to raise an adult”— Jessica Lahey

FL Studio

Image-Line (inferred)

“asking him to teach me about how you use fl studio how you're using those serum patches that you're putting into your thing”— Jessica Lahey

Serum

Xfer Records (inferred)

“how you're using those serum patches that you're putting into your thing and then we started watching youtube videos”— Jessica Lahey

Polyphonic (YouTube channel)

“i'm interested also listen to another youtube producer called polyphonic i don't actually know his real name polyphonic and adam neely”— Jessica Lahey

Age of Opportunity

Laurence Steinberg

“one of them is from a researcher named larry steinberg lawrence steinberg he wrote a book called age of opportunity about adolescence”— Jessica Lahey