Cheryl Strayed on Wise Inner Sage Voices

We all have voices inside ourselves that give us advice on what
to do in a given situation. Not talking about literal voices that
you genuinely hear, just thoughts that you have when a decision
needs to be made or something needs to be navigated. And those
voices sometimes contradict each other so you need to know which
one has your best interests at heart. Author Cheryl Strayed
refers to her negative and unhelpful voice as her ITS, which
stands for Inner Terrible Someone, while the one that’s really
got her back, that makes her feel genuinely good is the Wise
Inner Sage.


We talk with Cheryl about voices, her new television series Tiny
Beautiful Things, turning points in life, heroin, hiking the
Pacific Crest Trail, and much more.


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