Book · 2024 · Self-Help
Meditations for Mortals
Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
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One of the best things that I got exposed to this year.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Mar 2025 Listen at 17:00 What they say about it
- Praise as a great read“one of the best things”4
The best things said about it
Meditation for Mortals is a great one.
I really enjoyed Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Oct 2024 Meditations for Mortals highly recommended.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Oct 2024 But that was the frame of I was in when I picked up all of our burkman's meditations for Mortals and the book connected for me.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Jan 2025 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman is a philosophical self-help book that explores how to embrace human limitations and find meaning in a finite life. The work received notable attention across podcast platforms. On an episode of Modern Wisdom, Chris Williamson and Freya India discussed the title, with Williamson praising it as one of the best books he encountered that year and noting that he had the opportunity to read it early. Williamson reiterated his high praise on another Modern Wisdom episode, mentioning that he enjoyed the book immensely and even hosted the author on his show. Similarly, on The Tim Ferriss Show, Chris Sacca briefly recommended the title as a great read. Ezra Klein also mentioned the book on The Ezra Klein Show, explaining that he picked it up while experiencing burnout and found that its message deeply connected with his personal frame of mind during that period. Across these discussions, speakers highlighted the book's comforting perspective on modern stress and mortality, framing it as an impactful and timely resource for readers struggling with overwhelm, pressure, and the inherent limits of time.
Every mention
Chris Williamson did you get his new one meditations for mortals okay came out a couple of months ago one of the best things… 3
“did you get his new one meditations for mortals okay came out a couple of months ago one of the best things that I got exposed to this year”
“I really enjoyed medit for Mortals by Oliver burkman that's his new one that just came out and I got to read that early and then he came on the show and I love that man he's so great meditations for Mortals highly recommended”
“I really enjoyed meditas for Mortals by Oliver burkman that's his new one that just came out and I got to read that early”
Chris Sacca meditation for Mortals is a great one oh Oliver burkman yeah so good 1
“meditation for Mortals is a great one oh Oliver burkman yeah so good”
Freya India Have you read any Oliver burkman... did you get his new one meditations for Mortals 1
“Have you read any Oliver burkman... did you get his new one meditations for Mortals”
Ezra Klein but that was the frame of I was in when I picked up all of our burkman's meditations for Mortals and the bo… 1
“but that was the frame of I was in when I picked up all of our burkman's meditations for Mortals and the book connected for me”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Hello, I'm Oliver Berkman. I'm the author of books, including 4,000 Weeks and Meditations for Mortals and the Imperfectionist Newsletter.”
“My most recent book is Meditations for Mortals. So, — that's the other thing to — to mention here.”