The word is understanding and the idea that there's a space between agreeing and disagreeing,

between judging and fixing and even improving, changing, all of those things.

There's another space, and that space is to understand ourselves, understand other people,

be understood by other people.

I've been in isolation a lot during this period since the beginning, the inception of

We Do Not Care, because I didn't understand it.

And I wanted to be sure that I was moving on purpose.

Inclusiveness and empathy are so important.

I feel like if we could be more self-aware of that and don't have to get in those moments first,

those aha moments and just wake up and be inclusive, wake up and show empathy, you know, for the next person.

Just do what we have to do. Put yourself in an other person's shoes. And when you do that and you're

moving on purpose, life is good.

Welcome, everybody. I'm your host, Greg McEwen. And we on this podcast explore what's

essential in life, how to eliminate the non-essentials and how to design a life that truly matters.

And today, we're joined by someone who has tapped into a cultural moment

with both humor and honesty. Melanie Sanders is the accidental creator, or maybe the intentional

creator of the We Do Not Care Club. It's a wildly relatable, wildly funny movement that began

as one woman saying out loud

what millions were quietly feeling, that there is simply too much to care about, worry about,

and perform in modern life.

And while the We Do Not Care Club emerged from the unique experiences of paramenopause, menopause and postmenopause.

What makes it resonate even further beyond that is this essential message. We are drowning in

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