I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of the most

valuable gifts you can give yourself is time. Taking time to be more fully present. Your journey

to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right now.

Last time, India Ari explained her surprising and difficult decision to retire from the music

business back in 2009. Overwhelmed by the demands of her career and the constant pressure

from the people around her, India felt her identity slipping away. She needed time to clear her career and the constant pressure from the people around her, India felt her identity slipping

away. She needed time to clear her head and figure out what path she wanted to take. Today,

she's back to tell us how she made that change and started living a life that was truly her own.

Okay, we had to continue this conversation because when you left us last time talking

about that tower that you built outside of yourself and now that you're all better, I was

thinking the same thing I know all of your thinking, what was the process for getting better? What was the process?

I was thinking we didn't even get to the good part.

We didn't even get to the good part.

Aren't you glad that we're now back?

Yes, thank you.

You said in the years after the Grammys,

where you were nominated for seven Grammys and at the end of the night

had not won one of them. You had ups and downs.

And by the fall of 2009, really, you were ailing, physically, ailing, spiritually

ailing.

What happened?

Physically, I was having digestive issues, issues with my throat.

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