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I'm been discussing with friends and colleagues how the last year has changed us.

What it unsettled, what it deepened.

My colleague, Liliana Maria Percy-Rouise, who also goes by Lili, says she could not have

survived the physical isolation of the pandemic without the writing, teaching, and Instagram

presence of Alex L. For Lili as a first-generation Colombian immigrant, Alex's work opened up notions

she'd previously thought impossible and that have now come to feel essential.

She'd heard language like self-care and meeting your inner child and wasn't sure what these

meant or how to practically approach them.

Were they for privileged people who have the time for this?

So I'm handing the mic to Lili this week to interview Alex L. This conversation between

them opens up self-care as community care and as a way to generational healing.

I'm Krista Tippett and this is on Beeing.

Alex L. has a beloved presence on Instagram, teaches workshops on writing to heal and

hosts the podcast Hey Girl.

Her books, including After the Rain, are treasured by many.

Lili Percy is executive producer of on-beings studios and has also created and hosted

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