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I am just so excited to be interviewing Rachel Braithen today.

She's the founder and CEO of Yoga Girl and the author of The New York Times bestselling book, also called Yoga Girl. She's an international yoga teacher, the founder of 108.com, which is an online platform for yoga meditation and

healing, and the co-founder of Island Yoga Studios in Aruba. She established Sargent Pepper's Foundation,

an Animal Rescue Foundation, and Yoga Girl Foundation benefiting women and children in need.

She hosts the From the Heart podcast with over 10 million downloads. Her latest memoir is

to love and let go, a memoir of love, loss, and gratitude, which I loved. A Swedish native, she lives in Aruba with her husband, Dennis, and their daughter, Leah Luna. I got to interview her live at the Simon and Schuster offices and did an Instagram live, and here's our recording. So welcome, Rachel. Thank you so much for being on moms. Don't have time to read books. This is such a treat for me. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. Oh my gosh. So can you tell listeners what to love and let go is

about and also what inspired you to write it? To love and let go essentially is about a year in my life

where I had the most amazing things happen and the most terrible things happen at the same time. So

my best friend passed

away really tragically in a car accident and she was supposed to be a bridesmaid in my wedding.

Three months after that, I got married to my husband, which was a highlight, of course. And then my

grandmother passed away, then we lost our dog, and then my mom tried to commit suicide. And this

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