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Previously on Imperfect Paradise.

I was like all in. A yoga teacher that talked like that, that was real, that was grounded, that was so brilliantly intelligent.

I knew instantly this is my teacher.

The first six months of the pandemic saw my social feeds turn into just a bloodbath of

attention seeking and panicked pivots with regard to content. I think the podcast gave her the

space to platform the people and the thinkers who she truly believes in and who

she follows without having to actually take accountability for saying those things herself.

I first contacted Guru Juggett's mom Nancy a year ago. She calls her daughter Katie, which is the name she gave her at birth.

At first, Nancy agreed to an interview, but then she changed her mind, and this happened again a few months later.

But in early November 2022, something changed.

I wanted to apologize, Emily, too, because I was grieving when you called before.

And I was angry.

You don't have to apologize.

It's okay.

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