From SGIUSA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is Budability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

Following last week's episode about finding your purpose, this week, we asked you to share what makes you unique. We heard many qualities, like your smile, imagination, sense of humor.

Many of you said that your lived experiences and the lessons you've learned

are what makes you truly unique. It sounds to me like some of you may have listened to last

week's episode. One answer that stood out to me said, I'm not quite sure what makes me unique,

but I'm going to figure it out soon. I'm sure a lot of listeners resonate with that answer.

Not totally sure what our path is or uncertain of the qualities that make us unique.

But with time, as we chant Namyo Hōdenge Kyo and take action one step at a time,

the best path for our lives opens up and our unique qualities come to shine. Today's guest, Hannah

Doherty of Los Angeles, California, shares how she broke through self-doubt and stagnation by

setting big goals and running toward them. There are a few mentions of disordered eating

in today's episode, so please take care when listening. My name is Hannah Doherty. I live in Los Angeles. I am an urban farmer, dancer, poet,

overall artist, and I am 23. I know that you're in LA now, but you're not originally from LA.

So I'd really love to hear just about like your childhood and your life growing up.

Yeah, so I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, born and raised.

I was born into a Catholic family and then when I was eight years old, my parents became atheist.

And I kind of from that age was always seeking some sort of like spiritual practice or religion of some sort.

I always just felt like there was something deeper to life.

I always just kind of felt really

different growing up, to be honest. From a young age, I was really, really shy. I would always just

create this like world to escape to within my artistry. So as a dancer, I started writing

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