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Hi everyone, Larissa Russell of

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CreativeU Healing and today I

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have with me Naranjan Nota.

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Naranjan is a spiritual,

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intuitive, and relationship

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coach, she helps you identify

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how others opinions and judgment

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may deter you from meeting your

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goals. both personally and

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professionally. She dives deep

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into the core karmic issues that

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manifest is anxiety, depression,

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lack of self esteem, self worth,

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and a fear of being visible, and

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transforms them into

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understanding knowledge and

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wisdom resulting in joy, peace,

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and an enhanced feeling of

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compassion towards oneself and

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others, which is a wonderful

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idea being compassionate to

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self. So welcome, Naranjan.

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Thank you, Larissa. Thank you

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for having me on the show.

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Well, I'm very excited. I you

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know, I was checking out your

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site and the amazing things you

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do, and I love it. I absolutely

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love it. So can you tell us a

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little bit about yourself and

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sort of how you ended up where

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you are today?

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Absolutely, I'd be honored to

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share the journey is really a

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long journey. Because I'm a firm

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believer that we can go through

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decades and many experiences and

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recognize, Oh, that felt good.

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That felt right, that felt in

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alignment to who I am and what

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I'm here to do, and recognize

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all those times in the past

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where they had showed up. So I

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began to see a pattern, I began

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to see what feels comfortable,

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what feels right for me, and

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what feels natural to me. And I

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leaned into those further and

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further, I went into the realm

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of spirituality and being

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curious about astrology, the

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esoteric, and all the unseen

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world. And that took me on a big

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path that I'm honored. And I'm

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blessed to be doing today. Just looking at some of the

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offerings that you have, it

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seems like energy is your focus,

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if you will. And and a lot of

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people don't understand the

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energy of us as a collective us.

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Do you have any insight into that? Well, everything is energy. But

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we're not taught that from the

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beginning. When we get into the

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world of a system, the school or

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college community and society,

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we're not taught that everything

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is energy, we're taught to

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minimize the opportunities a bit

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and put it in a box and give it

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a label. And that's all it can

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do. Whereas as we get older, we

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feel see sense and hear things,

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which are all vibrational

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frequencies, which is all

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energy. That's what we're made

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of this planet, this space

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between you and I, is a huge

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component of energy. But those

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are not topics that we're taught

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typically in school, and

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especially in how to navigate

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life. So I equate it to

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everything is energy. And once

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we learn how to navigate and

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transform it, because we can

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kill it, we just transform it.

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And we can we can move through

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life with with ease and will be

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in flow. I think that's a big component

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that's missing in a lot of

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people's lives is that flow and

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that ease because it's always

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like, sort of bashing up against

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somebody else's energy, right?

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And not knowing how your own

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moves. So trying to manipulate

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or make yourself fit into

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somebody else's flow, instead of

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finding your own flow? How do

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you help people then find their

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own flow, and support them with looking at

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what are some of the heavy

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burdens and challenges that are

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perhaps at the forefront of

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their life. So exhaustion,

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overwhelm with all of life's

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responsibilities. So I support

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them in releasing and letting go

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of those and transforming the

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energy in relationship to them.

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And then once we do that, then

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we create more space, and when

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we create space are the magic

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and bolts, but we have to create

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the space. And in our busy gogogo world, we

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often don't know how to create

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space, right? Because it's like

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we have to jam pack as much as

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possible to get it all done, and

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get it done. Right. And so

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opening up those spaces can be

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really challenging to to people

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to learn how to do that. And so,

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just thinking about you know,

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the Energy and space and always

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trying to fit into somebody

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else's. And to separate yourself

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yourself from someone else's

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energy or the flow of energy

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you've been caught in can be

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really difficult. Do you have

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any tips for helping people sort

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of step into their own flow, go into a place of

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stillness, go into some quiet

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space, go out for a walk in

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nature, which nature has her own

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benefits that we can lean into,

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and really leverage. But even if

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you can't get outside, turn off

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the music, turn off the

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distractions that we have,

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because there's a gazillion of

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them. So remove yourself from

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those, get a glass of water,

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have a cup of tea, sit back and

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just sit in your own energy

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field and space, sit with your

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own thoughts, sit with your own

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breath. And allow that to

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permeate to what is it, you are

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feeling. That, to me is an

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invitation to unfold that what

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is looking to be revealed. Yeah,

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and you know, just talking about

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breath, we often forget, because

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breath is considered natural.

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But we don't realize when we're

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holding our breath, or when

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we're not breathing easily, when

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we just don't pay attention. And

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when we can stop and pay

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attention to our breath. It just

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opens so much up, right and

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allow us that space. You know,

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with the breath, I think that's

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really important. Yeah, one of

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the questions I ask all my

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guests, is, what does healing

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with creativity mean to you?

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Tapping into an energetic space,

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beyond the thinking mind. Where

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we live in a world where there

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is so much focus on action and

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being task driven, and why

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that's important, it is

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important to do. So stepping

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away from that and allowing the

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flow without judgment without

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expectation without anything

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hindering the outcome of it, to

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be in flow with that, and just

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allow for whatever shows up to

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show up. Whether it be cooking,

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baking, gardening, drawing,

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painting, whatever that creative

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outlet looks like for you, even

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if it's dancing. So be it,

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there's less hinging on it in

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terms of an expectation, a

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deadline, a specific outcome.

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And I think that's one of the

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things we've often forgotten in our culture,

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our society is that we feel that

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creativity has to produce

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something, right? It has value

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of somebody else sees value in

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it. And we really need to create

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for our own well being in

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whatever way that looks like for

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us, but to have that, that space

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for us to just create for the

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sake of creation. Right? Absolutely. And that's

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often typically done through

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like art therapy, or even in a

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community setting, because

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that's part of the healing

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process as well. When crochet

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groups or reading groups or book

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clubs come together, it's all

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based on community, and that,

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that has a bigger influence of

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healing in community because

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we're human beings and

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communities. Well, I think this is

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interesting what you said about community because that's

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something we had lost, I feel

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and surprisingly, the pandemic

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has almost brought community

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back with online connection.

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Right? And we've had to slow

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down and, and connect in a

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different way. And maybe it's

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not person to person, like in

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person. But having these groups

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of like minded individuals come

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together, on zoom from around

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the world has really brought a

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new sense of community. Have you

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noticed that as well? I have Yes, I have noticed that

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opportunity of finding your

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tribe, if you will, in different

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parts of the world, and in those

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different parts of the world,

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lean into opportunities, of

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connecting with different

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people, because typically it

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would be in your physical

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geographical location. But the

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richness that that offers for

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other people, and for yourself,

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I think can be displayed through

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zoom or through technology.

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Obviously, it doesn't give you

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the full rich experience. If you

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were sitting next to them in a

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coffee shop or a restaurant.

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One of the things that we're a

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group that I was leading the

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other day we were talking about

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certain things history and how

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people only had their immediate

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community. And so when they were

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depicting, it was like people

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who look just like them, right

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didn't have that understanding

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of what other people around the

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world look like. And so for us

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here, North American, very white

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man, culture, everything sort of

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got this whitewash. And now

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having zoom, or whatever

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platform you're using, to talk

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to people from around the world,

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plus the internet, and you can

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start to explore new cultures

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and new understandings of

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history has been really

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interesting. And I think that's

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also brought a different sense

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of community together.

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Absolutely. And while it is his

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story, there's many individuals

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or many communities who were

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wanting to share her story.

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Absolutely, absolutely. It's

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such an important part, such an

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important part. Well, I want to

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thank you so much for being here

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today. And is there any final

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thoughts that you have that

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you'd like to share before we go

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today,

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to allow time, allow space for a

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doodle, if you will, to take

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time away from the thinking

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brain and allow that creative,

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non judgmental space for

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yourself, it will reward you in

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many ways than you can possibly

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do better. So give yourself the

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opportunity and the gift. Oh, I love that. I love that.

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And I do see that you have a

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free gift, that daily gratitude

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activity. I did see it on your

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website. So we'll make sure that

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we give the link to everyone for

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that. And again, I just want to

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thank you so much for being here

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today. Welcome. Thank you for having me

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on your show. Thank you.

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And for our listeners we will

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see you again next time and in

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the meantime, I wish for you

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amazingly creative days.