Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
We’ve all heard the saying, “Live every day as if it’s your last.” Well, Emmy-award winning journalist and author Suleika Jaouad thinks this is terrible advice, and has chosen to adopt a different ethos.
“ I've had to shift to a gentler mindset, which is trying to live every day as if it's my first, and waking up with that sense of curiosity and playfulness and wonder and creativity that children have so naturally.”
After her third cancer diagnosis, Suleika found herself in a dark place, and she leaned on journaling to help pull her out. Her latest book is “The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life,” and in it she encourages readers to cultivate creative practices to deal with life’s uncertainties.
“ When you hear that you have cancer for the third time, it is really easy to go to a place of doom,” she says.
For more from Suleika, check out the full episode of #HelloMondayPodcast with Jessi Hempel.
We’ve all heard the saying, “Live every day as if it’s your last.” Well, Emmy-award winning journalist and author Suleika Jaouad thinks this is terrible advice, and has chosen to adopt a different ethos.
“ I've had to shift to a gentler mindset, which is trying to live every day as if it's my first, and waking up with that sense of curiosity and playfulness and wonder and creativity that children have so naturally.”
After her third cancer diagnosis, Suleika found herself in a dark place, and she leaned on journaling to help pull her out. Her latest book is “The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life,” and in it she encourages readers to cultivate creative practices to deal with life’s uncertainties.
“ When you hear that you have cancer for the third time, it is really easy to go to a place of doom,” she says.
For more from Suleika, check out the full episode of #HelloMondayPodcast with Jessi Hempel.
