What does it mean to be rooted? That was among the questions Robin Moreno began to ask as she emerged from the non-stop hustle that had defined the early chapters of her life.

She was disconnected from her family, from herself, and she began a journey to reclaim her life,

one that would begin her practice of coranderism, bring her face to face with her ancestors,

and require her to get sober.

Robin has put it all in her beautiful new book, Get Rooted.

Reclaim your soul, serenity, and sisterhood

through the healing medicine of the grandmothers. The first part of our conversation is about

Robin's own journey, and the latter is Robin generously walking us through a practice that you

can use to get rooted today. Robin, I am so excited for this conversation.

Oh my God.

Lisa, I am too.

I'm so excited and nervous.

I'm nervous too.

Well, part of the reason why you're nervous is because you know what it is like to be on the other side of this.

You were more accustomed to being the journalist, to be the one asking the questions.

I want to talk about your pre-life, about everything that preceded this desire to transform and reclaim and find yourself.

What did your life, specifically your professional life, look like? It looked pretty good. That was the thing, is it looked

really good and shiny probably on the outside, right? So I, for many years, like over 20 years,

I was in media, I was an editor-in-chief, I founded things. I was a host. I was nominated for an

Emmy. I was on morning shows like dozens of times. And it was good. It was all really good and

worthy, but a lot of times I wasn't showing the full picture. And what was happening

internally or off the scenes with my family,

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