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December 6, 2021 48 mins

Episode Show Notes

Intro message, mission and introducing Dr. Lisa Rayburn, the perfect and amazing December Leader. 

  • 8:00 Is there a book you’re currently reading? How did you come across it? 
  • 10:45 What is your earliest memory of reading?
  • 12:41 What is your favorite genre, and does that tie in with your favorite author? 
  • 16:20 What are your reading habits, rituals that you do, and that you’ve carried with you overtime?
  • 19:20 What books are on your nightstand, coffee table or bookshelf 
  • 21:05 What moves you in a work of literature? 
  • 25:15 What has been the book or books that have really inspired your path and your journey? (cont’d on 28:10)
  • 30:50 What is your book-candy, guilty pleasure?
  • 35:20 If you could have an author write about your life, who would it be and why?
  • 36:50 What books are you looking to read in 2022 (This year.. AH)?
  • 39:10 Why do you read?
  • 41:10 If you could gift someone a book, what would it be, who would it be to and why?
  • 43:30 What book would you urge or encourage humanity to read right now? 

Books Mentioned in Episode

  • Circe by Madeline Miller 
  • Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 
  • Le Morte d'Arthur (The story of King Arthur, Knights of the Roundtable, Holy Grail)
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  • Siddhartha by Herman Hesse 
  • The Great Work by Thomas Berry 
  • The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius 
  • The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandella 
  • The Time is Now by Joan Chittister  
  • Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser 
  • The Spirituality of Imperfection by Ernest Kurtz
  • Author: John Grisham 
  • Author: Dan Brown 
  • The Universe (coffee table book)

Connect with Lisa on Instagram at @detentefoundation or @lisarayburn

Head to https://detentefoundation.org/ to learn more about her work. If you'd like to connect with Lisa further, please email Taylor Arbuckle at taylor@detentefoundation.org

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