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

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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

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Hi there, my name is Kaisanga and I welcome you this Monday to Radio Headspace. So one of

the things I find most fascinating is raising my two daughters and watching how they are

developing their own unique personalities and interests. My oldest daughter is more like

me. She's an introverted extrovert while my youngest daughter is definitely more like

a mother, a total extrovert. It's really so interesting to witness how they behave with

their friends and who they even choose to befriend. I can't help but reflect back on

my own childhood and the close friends that I had. Although when I think about it now,

it wasn't so much me choosing my friends as it was that we kind of found each other. I

think we've all experienced those moments in our adolescence when we tried to force friendships

to work and this is often the behavior pattern during our adult years also and these types

of relationships rarely work out in the long run because what you're actually doing is

compromising your authentic self for someone else. In life, we're often put into situations

where we have to make do with what we have. That can also extend to our interpersonal relationships.

But something that I think is important to keep in mind is that even in those situations

we should never compromise our authentic self for someone else. I think it's complete

magic when you find that person that clicks with you. It's like the universe just gently

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