Let them see you cry, by Reshma Saujani
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Reshma Saujani, activist and founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, prides herself on being in control. She’s always been the one to say “I got this.” But after years of struggling to achieve her lifelong goal of being a mother, the weight of powering through the pain gets to be too much. In this week’s story, Reshma learns that instead of white knuckling through life’s unexpected changes, she can allow herself the time and space to properly feel them.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Rowan. Throughout your week, it's important to find moments of |
| 0:04.9 | inspiration to keep you empowered and uplifted. Lately, I've turned to |
| 0:10.9 | how to be a better human from Ted, a podcast about the little things you can do to improve your life. |
| 0:18.0 | Each week, comedian Chris Duffy has refreshing and honest conversations with experts that can help you look at life differently. |
| 0:26.0 | From cleaning your house to having a healthier relationship with work. |
| 0:30.0 | So check out how to be a better human wherever you get your podcasts. Life is unpredictable. We may start the day or week or year with a certain plan in mind, only for |
| 0:58.1 | things to completely fall apart in ways we never expected. |
| 1:04.8 | This week Reschma Sojani, founder and CEO of the prestigious non-profits, Girls Who Code and Mums First, shares the unflinchingly candid story of her struggles with |
| 1:18.8 | fertility, and how she learned to stop white knuckling her way through life's changes, |
| 1:25.0 | allowing herself the time to grieve, to laugh, and to feel. |
| 1:39.0 | From wait what? This is meditative story. Where immersive first-person stories and mindfulness prompts inspire you to reflect on your inner life. |
| 1:49.0 | I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. You're going to. The body, breathing, breathing. |
| 2:27.8 | Your senses open, your mind open, meeting the world. I'm going to The waiting room at my doctor's office in downtown Manhattan is bright and white. |
| 3:10.0 | Magazine sit piled on a corner table. |
| 3:13.0 | Quiet conversation drifts over the receptionist's desk. |
| 3:17.0 | My fiance and the hall and I sit in a row of chairs against the wall. |
| 3:21.0 | My body's here, but my mind is elsewhere in my phone. Not |
| 3:30.0 | going to out work emails as usual. |
| 3:33.8 | I'm 36 years old and I've built my life |
| 3:36.0 | around being a hard worker. |
| 3:38.2 | Well, not just a hard worker. |
| 3:41.4 | The hardest worker. Whether I'm pursuing an Ivy League education or starting my own |
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