What we're running from first and foremost is we're running from trauma, even the subtle moments

in time. Someone tells you you're stupid or you were in the best of environments growing up,

but you were fat-shamed by a friend. Those tiny moments that are seemingly insignificant dictate

the rest of our lives.

Hey everyone, welcome back to Unpurpose, the number one health podcast in the world. Thanks to

each and every single one of you who come back every week to listen, learn and grow.

Now, today we have on a guest who has already been on before. We don't do that very often,

but I have to do it for this special guest, a dear friend, an incredible author,

number one New York Times bestseller, multiple international bestselling books. The one and only

Gabby Bernstein. Gabby, thank you so much for coming back to Unpurpose.

Thank you. We've loved each other from the moment we first met.

That was six years ago now, I believe, and we've talked about this multiple times about how we

just instantly connected and we found a way to stay connected with me moving from New York to L.A.

through to not being able to see each other. We just said, hadn't seen you for three years.

But you wrote this incredible book called Happy Days, the guided path from trauma to profound freedom

and inner peace. And I want everyone who's listening right now to go and order your copy because

you're going to love this conversation and you're going to want the book even more. So go and grab

your copy right now. But Gabby, you wrote this book at a tough time. You know, at a really tough

time in the world. And I wanted to kind of take a step back because when we're doing this work

that we do and you've served millions of people for years now that you've been doing this.

Like this has really been a labor labor of love for you. You've brought joy to so many people

over over a decade. And my question is, what is happiness? Like let's really talk about what

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