Hi there it's Rohan. We know many of you listen to meditative story to find joy and a sense of connection.

So if you're curious to know more about how and why people connect, I have another podcast for you to listen to.

It's called Hidden Brain. And each episode combines science and storytelling to give you new insights into human behavior.

Whether you're stuck in a creative rut, miscommunicating with a friend, or wondering

how to build stronger teams at work. Hidden Brain can help.

On each episode, Host Shankar Vedantam, talks with behavioral specialists to help you understand yourself and the world around you.

You can check out Hidden Brain wherever you get your podcasts. This week on meditative story, we have the great pleasure of hearing from actress and director Kim Fields. Kim's career began with roles on iconic

American television shows such as The Facts of Life and Living Single and

and continues with the comedy The Upshores.

Kim is also an accomplished writer and poet

and in today's episode shares a breathtakingly intimate reflection in which she rewrites her relationship with her body.

We invite you to hear Kim's words and her candor and while doing so to be gentle with yourself

Afterwards I'll come back in for a meditation that gives all of us the opportunity to re-examine our relationship with our body.

In this series we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music and

mindfulness prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories and that can lead to improvements

in our own inner lives.

From wait what this is meditative story.

I'm Raham and I'll be your guide. You're going to be here. I give myself permission to take a hot bubble bath in the middle of the day.

The water relaxes my muscles.

I breathe in.

The air is thick with steam from the bath and the comforting sense of healing salts. I feel present in my skin. I start to think.

There are various parts of my body that over the years I have grown to care not too much for.

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