Hey everyone, it's K-Sunga here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand

new call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers, along

with some amazing new friends, are answering your questions about relationships, work,

life, mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've

ever created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every

Tuesday on the Headspace app and anywhere that you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Hi there, my name is K-Sunga and I welcome you this Wednesday to Radio Headspace.

As I've previously mentioned, before I was a mindfulness meditation teacher here at Headspace,

I used to be a psychotherapist in private practice. I thoroughly enjoyed the work as I was able

to treat a wide variety of clients dealing with a full range of mental health issues. A recurring

theme that would present itself is that emotions aren't always cut and dry. There's a lot of

gray area that can be confusing and that's okay. One client that comes to mind is a woman,

let's call her M, who was concerned about the feelings of doubt she was experiencing in

regards to her remarrying. Knowing that marriage in and of itself can be stressful and conjure

up strong emotions so I was immediately empathetic with M situation. M explained how her ex-husband

was undeniably her soulmate. They knew each other from childhood, became high school sweethearts,

eventually went to college together, then had two children and settled down. It was a storybook

kind of marriage. They were married for over 20 years and then tragedy struck. He got sick and

within two or three years, M's ex-husband passed away. M went on to explain that soon after her

ex's death, a family friend expressed romantic feelings for her. They slowly started dating

and after about three years of dating, they started to discuss marriage.

M struggled from the very beginning with feelings of betraying her ex by dating this new guy.

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