Online Service: TED Talk: The Secret to Mastering Life’s Biggest Transitions

Presenter: Bruce Feller, Moderator Lois Hamilton

How do you navigate life’s growing number of transitions with meaning, purpose and skill? Writer

Bruce Feiler offers a powerful way to handle uncertain, painful and confusing times — or “lifequakes”, as he calls them. Learn how to equip yourself with the essential tools and mindset to ride out (and rewrite) the toughest chapters of your life story, and turn unease and upheaval into growth and renewal.

Bruce Feiler is one of America’s most thoughtful voices on contemporary life. He is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers; the presenter of two prime-time series on PBS; and the inspiration for the NBC drama series Council of Dads. A former columnist with the New York Times, Feiler writes the newsletter The Nonlinear Life about navigating life’s ups and downs.

Employing a firsthand approach to his work, Feiler is known for living the experiences he writes about. His work combines timeless wisdom with timely knowledge to encourage people to live with more meaning, passion and joy. His latest book, Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age, describes his journey across America, collecting hundreds of life stories, exploring how we can navigate life’s growing number of with skill and purpose.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Feiler lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their identical twin daughters.