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Re:Thinking with Adam GrantRewriting your story with Allison Sweet Grant | ReThinking with Adam Grant
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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- December 3, 2025
- Duration
- 42m
- Channel
- Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Allison Sweet Grant is the author of the debut novel I Am the Cage — and also Adam’s wife. In this special episode, Allison and Adam dive into Allison’s book, inspired by her experience growing up with a congenital limb discrepancy and undergoing a complicated medical procedure at a formative age. They explore the lessons for identity, shame, trust, and agency. They also reflect on what they’ve taught each other about parenting, share practices that have helped them in their marriage, and discuss strategies for managing anxiety and staying grounded. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAGscripts Join us in person at a TED conference: https://tedtalks.social/events Become a TED Member to support our mission: https://ted.com/membership Subscribe to a TED newsletter: https://ted.com/newsletters Follow TED! X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcasts The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.
SPEAKERS
Adam Grant
hostOrganizational psychologist and host of the podcast ReThinking.
Allison Sweet Grant
guestAuthor of the novel I Am The Cage and guest on ReThinking.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant, Rewriting your story with Allison Sweet Grant | ReThinking with Adam Grant explores Allison Sweet Grant on trauma, trust, and rewriting identity through fiction Allison explains how her debut novel, I Am the Cage, fictionalizes her experience undergoing the painful Ilizarov limb-lengthening procedure at age 11 and explores its lasting emotional aftermath.
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