From her very first notes to today, Alicia Keys has done more than just make music.

She's made us feel.

A 17-time Grammy award-winning artist, producer, and global icon,

Alicia has spent almost three decades using her voice to inspire, uplift, and global icon, Alicia has spent almost three decades using her voice to

inspire, uplift, and remind us of our own power. Most recently, she's made waves on Broadway with

her musical Hell's Kitchen, a story inspired by her own life growing up in New York with her mother

and how she found her voice amid the noise.

But beyond the spotlight, she's been on her own journey, one of truth, purpose, and peace.

With her lifestyle and wellness brand, Key's soul care, Alicia's helping others do the same,

encouraging us all to care for the part of ourselves we cannot see, but we can feel.

Alicia joined me for our Making Space Wellness Day at Brooklyn's Wife Hotel for a beautiful

conversation about the importance of trusting your gut, unlearning the habits that hold us back,

and making space for stillness, even in the busiest moments

of life. She shares how meditation, affirmations, and intention have grounded her and why she

believes the bravest thing we can do is bet on ourselves. Alicia is a force of grace and

authenticity, a woman whose words, presence, and purpose remind us that when we live in our truth, we shine brighter than ever.

I'm Hoda Kotb. Welcome to my podcast, Making Space.

You will be a new. You are at an interesting chapter in your life.

Tell us, because we just talked about how decades define us, things change, and we have to keep redefining.

What chapter, where are we in the Alicia Keys storybook right now?

Wow, that's a good one. We're definitely at a chapter where I understand that I am unlimited, that there is no ceiling above me, and that everything that I create, it comes from within me. I don't have to

be validated by somebody else to tell me that I have permission to do what I can dream up or what I

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