what I am as a walking metaphor. I hope it's darn clear what I was told is wrong with me.

And I hope it's also darn clear that I love that. I love that about myself. I celebrated, I show it,

I dance within it and have joy all around it. You can do the same.

Hey there, so you may know my guest today, Jeffrey Mars from their spiritual and inclusive

messages that have received over one billion views on social media. Jeffrey is a viral TikTok and

Instagram sensation, the first openly non-binary public figure to be interviewed on national television,

and the first non-binary author to be offered a book deal with any of the big five publishers

landing at Penguin Renthouse. And Jeffrey's best-selling Buddhist self-esteem guide How To Be You

is this innovative, category, non-conforming work that combines memoir and workbook and spiritual

advice, really inviting anyone and everyone into the conversation through a lens of kindness

and inclusivity. And How To Be You It Topped Oprah's gratitude meter was named excellent book of

the year by Ted Ed. And Jeffrey also has been a student and a teacher of Zen for over 20 years.

And this practice, it's really been central to both the lens on life and capacity to do the work

they do in the grounded, deeply present, open-hearted and joyful way. So excited to share this

conversation with you. I'm a quick note before we dive in. So at the end of every episode,

I don't know if you've ever heard this, but we actually recommend a similar episode. So if you

love this episode, at the end, we're going to share another one that we're pretty sure you're

going to love to. So be sure to listen for that. Okay, all into today's conversation. I'm Jonathan

Fields and this is Good Life Project. There's so many different fun places that I want to go with you.

I'm thinking almost like a bit of a three-act play. If you're cool with that, I'd love to take a

step back in time, explore some of your early life. Then I thought it would be interesting to dive

into language and identity because I think it's a really interesting conversation. And then I'd

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