Welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.

We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer together.

This is the Commune podcast where each week we explore the ideas and practices that help us

live this healthy, connected, and purpose-filled life.

You can check out our course platform at OneCommune.com, where you will find programs

from Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Russell Brand,

Wim Hof, Brendan Breschard, Adrian Mischler, and many other brilliant personal development

and wellness luminaries. Our courses span yoga, meditation, spiritual development, functional medicine,

recovery, and social impact. Essentially, everything you need to be

holistically well. Just go to one commune.com. If you are one of the superheroes on the front line,

a healthcare professional, supply chain worker, delivery person, a scientist, a biologist, or a government worker, I want to thank

you for your service. If you could benefit from a meditation course on your phone, in your pocket,

just email me at Jeff K at Onecommun.com, and I would be honored to set it up.

Also, I have started writing a weekly Sunday article called

commusing, where I wax alternately poetic and sometimes pathetic around spirituality, philosophy, culture,

and sometimes family. If somehow you actually want more of me in your life, sign up for the newsletter on

Onecommun.com all the way at the bottom. And yes, I suppose if you're completely desperate,

you can follow me on Instagram at Jeff Krasno. On to the good stuff. My guest on the show

today is a triple threat, the musician, author, and

meditation teacher, Biette Simkin. To say Biet has had a tumultuous life is like saying

an astronomer is interested in stars. She has experienced all swings of the pendulum, from

signed recording artist to rock bottom addict, from motherless

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