Oprah Winfrey says you have the right to change your mind.

Man, why do we need to be given permission to change our minds?

Why must we frame changing our minds as a right?

Perhaps because change we frame changing our minds as a right.

Perhaps because change often feels cataclysmic. It's disruptive and might even feel dangerous

to our relationships or our personal well-being or the predictable pattern of how we live.

In fact, change is often the gateway to liberation.

I've noticed that when I've made big changes, even while they're painful, the other side often feels like relief. Here's the amazing thing I realize about change. We not only have the right to change our minds, but we can change our attitudes and desires too.

That doesn't mean everyone around us will like it though.

And that's what I want to talk about today. Today's podcast is based on a talk I gave at a recent wild and free conference. I'm recreating it here since so many of you have asked if you could listen to it again.

I'm Julie Bogart. This is the Brave Writer podcast.

Welcome back. I'm currently in Mexico supporting my daughter

Johanna and her brand new baby. It's her first child and he's a boy. What a time of life.

Keep going.

You have so much to look forward to.

Back in the 1990s, I used to listen to talk radio.

No, it's true. The internet did not exist yet, so my only

connection to the outside world was listening to people, get advice from

radio show hosts. I'll never forget this one. This mom called in and of

course I had small children at the time. This mom called in to say that she had a brand new baby that she was breastfeeding.

Now at the time I was a La Lache League leader and very much an advocate for breastfeeding.

So perhaps that's why this woman's conversation really stuck with me.

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