Hi there, it's Rohan. For Mental Health Awareness Month, we're partnering with a few other

shows to bring you some resources that might support your own mental health journey.

This week, I want to share a little bit about a slight change of plans. It's a wonderful

podcast hosted by one of our previous meditative story guests, Dr. Maya Shankar. On a slight change

of plans, Maya blends compassionate storytelling with the science of human behaviour to explore

who we are and who we become in the face of big changes. Much like on meditative story,

you're here incredible life changing stories and timeless wisdom that can help you live a better

life. A slight change of plans is one of my favourite podcasts and I really think you'll love

it as well. So give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking back, if I could change something, I wish I'd been kinder to myself all along.

A year or so ago, I was telling someone this story of my 20s and they said,

how did you get to be so brave? And I realised I'd never given myself any credit for being brave.

I was always second-guessing myself or planning what I had to do next. I didn't give myself credit

for how far I'd come and all the experiences I'd had. And I think it was brave. And I need to

honour the bravery in myself so I can honour it in others. The bravery is not about being fearless

because I wasn't fearless. But in walking with fear and through it, when everything I thought I

knew turned out to be flimsy and questionable. And as I walked through it all, there was revelation

and there was confusion and there was discovery.

Christa Tippett is a journalist, former diplomat and the long-time host of On Being.

Today we bring back her meditative story. It offers new meaning at a time when the global

health crisis is filling us with uncertainty and fear. If you've already heard this episode,

I encourage you to listen again. If you've not heard it, now is the time.

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