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with some amazing new friends, are answering your questions about relationships, work,

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Hi, I'm Dora and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Monday. In a previous episode I mentioned

how becoming a meditation teacher or really just following my own path has been hard for

my family to digest. It's either lawyer, doctor, or dentist that fits the bill of success.

So naturally I brought this up with my therapist during one of our weekly sessions because as

much as working full time doing something you love as a dream come true, not everyone in your life

will feel the same way that you do. It's not easy going against everything that we've ever known,

but that instinct, that inner knowing that we're meant and here for more, is one to follow.

And this brought me back to when I first started eating better and exercising more.

Now it's been five years since I've been plant-based which means no consumption of animal

products like eggs, cheese, meat, fish. So when I first started to change the way I was eating,

I was met with a lot of resistance from my parents, siblings, and relatives.

I come from a family of meat eaters, but I also come from a family that has a lengthy

history of diabetes, alcoholism, and hypertension. So for me, making the switch just felt right,

but for everyone else, it didn't make sense. I remember being at a family dinner years ago and my

aunt referred to my food as rabbit food and my face was flushed with embarrassment.

But regardless of the smart remarks and unsolicited opinions, I continued to stick with it,

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