Hey, this is Doreal. Welcome to Potsy of the People. In this episode it's me, DR Kaya and Sam,

talking about our thankfulness affirmations for 2020. We're taking a break from the news this week,

and we have two interviews. I sit down with Vinita Gupta to discuss the Trump administration

and the Justice Department. Vinita used to lead the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.

And then Kaya actually sits down and talks to Wendy Cobb to CEO and co-founder of Teach for All,

talking about the long list of issues facing teachers and students around the country. So my advice

this week is about listening to yourself. I have a therapist and I'm all about therapy. If you have

a pathway to therapy, I would encourage you to take it. Now, here's what I realized about therapy

that I wish somebody told me is that I was facing a particular problem. I was talking about every

week and I realized that I was saying the same thing every week, like a different variation of the same

thing. And it was in hearing myself repeated. Then I'm like, this, I get it. That is a wild that I'm

actually like saying the same thing over and over. And like the therapist is asking problem questions

instead of pushing. And I'm like hearing myself say it over and over was actually one of the things

that helped me realize like this is wild. Like doing this over and over. And if I hadn't

been to therapy to even hear that because a cool thing about the therapist is like, the therapist is

in my friend. He is not my family member. We don't work together. And I didn't appreciate until I

went to therapy that everybody else I talked to about issues is like somebody who in some way we have

a deep relationship, we have some sort of relationship with. And the therapist is great because

our relationship is rooted in this one style of conversation. And that actually is like a beautiful

and freeing thing to work your problem. So in therapy, I have learned to listen to myself better

and that the act of listening to yourself is actually also a revolutionary thing. So listen to yourself.

I'm thankful for the community of people all across the country that is willing to push and fight

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