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419 - Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic (Audiobook Format)

From The Strenuous Life Podcast

March 4, 2025 · 45:05 · E419

I've got something special for you today: a true adventure story set in the Far North featuring that I underwent a few years ago after a kidney transplant. I ended up learning a LOT about mental toughness, resilience, and strategies for making progress when I was absolutely at the end of my rope, lessons that I think are universally applicable.

The book out today in hardcover, Kindle, and Audible audiobook formats. Since this is a podcast, I thought I'd give you the first three chapters in audio form, including an incident so embarrassing that I almost didn't include it in the book at all.

If you grab the hardcover this week, I'll make sure you get a signed copy! If you get the Kindle or audiobook format, then you'll get my thanks and undying gratitude.

You can get it at your local bookstore but you also get it at ALL the big online sites, including these links here at Amazon.com, and Barnesandnoble.com,

In Canada you can get it at Amazon.ca or Indigo.ca.

In the UK it comes out a little later, but you can still preorder it at any of the links on simonandschuster.co.uk.

I hope you enjoy consuming this book in your favorite format it as much as I enjoyed writing it for you!

Thanks so much,
Stephan Kesting

P.S. You can see some very kind early reviews of the book at stephankesting.com/perseverance-book

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