Hey everyone, this is Forrest.

Before we get started with today's episode, which is a great conversation between

Rick and Dr. Shauna Shapiro, who is an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness, I wanted to give you a quick update on the

future of the podcast. The short version is that we've done a lot of thinking about

how to pay for the production costs of the podcast and we're going to try out a

crowd funding model.

We've joined just about every other independent creator out there

and started a Patreon. And if you'd like to support us there for about the

cost of a cup of coffee or so a month, you can go to Patreon.com

backslash Being Well Podcast.

I've also included a link to it in the description of today's episode.

And if that's all you'd like to hear about that, I really can't blame you and you're welcome to skip forward a couple of minutes to hear Rick's conversation with Dr. Shauna Shapiro.

But I wanted to take a moment here to be really transparent with you and explain why we're going to start crowd funding.

I've loved creating the podcast.

Working on it has been a real joy for me and it's been incredibly fulfilling for Rick as well.

I'm being honest when I say that one of the greatest pleasures in my life these days

is receiving some of the incredible feedback that we've gotten about the podcast,

and it's been just truly incredible to reach as many people as we have.

It really does feel like we're helping people and that's just an amazing feeling.

Doing this podcast has opened doors for me that I never even knew we're there and I'm grateful to everyone who's

taken the time to listen. At the same time it does take a lot of effort to run the podcast.

I put a lot of time into preparing for our conversations, reaching out to new guests,

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