I'm Danielle Laporte.

And essentially, this is a one-woman show about self-realization called With Love, Danielle.

I'll be talking about compassion, self-help fatigue, sex, joy, serving the world. This is about a spirituality that's

way more rock and roll than it is oppressive. I am not into making grand motivational promises,

but I can commit to showing up as fully, sincerely, authentically as possible, with the intention of really alleviating suffering

and amplifying joy just for starters.

It's about doing everything I can to help all of us feel

a little less crazy, a lot more full of possibility

and clearly part of the solution. Hello, my loves.

I have for us today a very powerful prayer. It's always been my aspiration to memorize this prayer.

I attempted a few summers ago on a road trip, alas.

I haven't committed it to heart, but I am committed to doing so.

This is called the Shanti Deva prayer,

and it's by a Buddhist monk from the 8th century named Shanti Deva.

He was a yogi, an Indian scholar,

and he was a prince who became a monk, much like the Buddha. And my feeling about this prayer is that

whenever we ask for support on behalf of giving support to someone else, that support is given to us.

When we pray for strength to be more helpful, resilient, radiant, I feel that it's a given,

that that light from our soul, the soul which is connected to source, is going to pour into us,

to enable us to be there for others and for ourselves.

The Shanti-Dava prayer is a beautiful reminder that to give is to receive. And I feel that these

times are calling us to serve in every way possible. So as feelers, as healers, as seers, as everyday humans who want to

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