Hey everyone, it's Dora here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand new

call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers along with

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

mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've ever

created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every Tuesday

on the Headspace app and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Hi, I'm Dora and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday. So the other day I was catching

up with a really good friend of mine. You know, this is someone who I've been close to

for over 15 years. So they've seen all the ways my life has transformed. But recently,

I've been noticing that when we're talking and it's not just with this friend, but people

in general, we always focus on the past. I'm constantly being reminded of that one

time or you remember when? And it can be a little irritating because I've worked so hard

to become the person that I am now and the past seems so irrelevant. It almost feels

invalidating. So the other day, I recorded an Ask Dora episode for Headspace's The Wake

Up. A many episodes where our team of brilliant meditation teachers answers questions from

our community. And someone wrote in asking, do you have any advice on disconnecting from

the identity of your past? They shared that they had grown up in a troubled environment

and had recently moved out and started to live a healthier and happier life. And this

made me think about why is it that we try to disconnect and separate ourselves from

our past? When our past is also some total of our experience. What if instead of feeling

ashamed or upset about our past, we saw it as something that has tremendous value? Perhaps

we could think of it as a museum where there's hundreds of relics and teaks, fossils, and

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