What If Nothing Gets Better?
Summary
New York Times Bestselling Author Kate Bowler’s new book Joyful, Anyway teaches us how to “put yourself in the way of joy” even when it feels like everything is crumbling around you and nothing will ever get better. In conversation with Ann Shoket, TheLi.st CEO and Founder of 10 Minutes to Togetherness, Kate will share her powerful personal insights about loneliness, illness, grief, toxic happiness culture…and how be joyful, anyway. <br> ● Speaker: Kate Bowler, 4x New York Times bestselling author, award-winning podcast host, and professor at Duke University <br> ● Moderator: Ann Shoket, Founder of New Power Media. CEO & owner of TheLi.st & #BadassBabes Author of The Big Life <br> <p> https://www.shemedia.com/sxsw-2026 <p>
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