As I reflect on this journey of making space, I continue to be in awe of the guests who I've had the honor of sitting down with.

These are conversations I feel in my core.

There's something so powerful about the courage it takes to share your journey and the

lessons I learn stay with me. During season one, I welcome New York Times best-selling author Suleka Jawad.

She had just released Between Two Kingdoms, a memoir of A Life Interrupted.

The book chronicles her journey from cancer

diagnosis to remission and ultimately a road trip of healing and self-discovery.

Joining us also was then boyfriend and music legend Jean Bautiste.

I remember at the time being so struck by their relationship, their talent so enormous

yet in that moment just a couple of kids who met at band camp and fell in love years

later. Sure we talked about her writing and his music but we also talked about

their day-to-day dishes dog walking, and of course their

unyielding support of one another. In the two years since I spoke with them,

their life was once again interrupted, with both extraordinary highs and heartbreaking

lows. In early 2022 John and Sulaca were married in a private ceremony that same

year Sulaca's book was released in

paperback and would eventually return to the best-sellers list years after its

original release. John was the most honored artist at the 2022 Grammy Awards with 11 nominations and five wins.

The very day the nominations were announced,

Suleka began the first day of chemotherapy.

Cancer was back in her system and her fight began once again.

As Suleka so candidly states, the two are living a life of contrasts.

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