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Meditative Story

Making humanity appear, magically, by DeRay Mckesson

Meditative Story

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Meditation, Mindfulness, Society And Culture, Personal Stories, Mental Health, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Storytelling, Society & Culture

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

DeRay Mckesson is one of America’s most recognized and admired activists. But before that, he was a magician. Not the kind who pulls a rabbit out of hat, but the kind who makes communities magically appear out of thin air. Every school DeRay ever attends, his name appears on the ballot for president of the student body. Why? Because through something as simple as student government, DeRay is able to bring people together in astonishing ways you just can’t see coming. Through countless elections and one seemingly impossible feat after another, DeRay designs the kind of world we all want to live. There’s no illusion about it. But it is magic.

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0:00.0

Hi there, it's Rohan.

0:02.4

For mental health awareness month, we're partnering with a few other shows to bring you

0:06.4

new resources throughout the month that might help strengthen your mental health and

0:11.3

well-being.

0:12.3

Today, I wanted to share with you a podcast that I love called Chasing Life with CNN's

0:18.3

Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

0:21.8

If you've ever found yourself grappling with the impact social media has on your mental

0:26.2

health or in search of small practical tips that can improve your well-being, then you'll

0:31.6

want to check it out.

0:33.4

In each episode of Chasing Life, Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with experts for realistic tips

0:38.8

on lowering screen time and increasing lifetime.

0:43.2

The entire feed is filled with practical strategies that can support your mental health, like grounding

0:49.0

yourself in your senses, managing social anxiety and the science behind a good night's sleep.

0:56.1

Chasing Life is an incredible resource and I hope you'll check it out.

1:00.5

Give it to listen wherever you get your podcasts.

1:21.4

We start walking and nobody knows where I'm leading them.

1:27.8

Nobody knows that we are about to go into Barry's house the night before graduation.

1:33.8

And someone starts singing the alma mater and then everybody's singing the alma mater.

1:39.3

And now there are hundreds of us on the lawn of the president house singing.

1:44.4

And our comes very stunned and I look at them and say we just wanted to say thank you.

2:03.0

As a person of colour growing up in the UK, I only had a relatively superficial understanding

2:07.3

of what that experience is like in the USA.

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