This episode is brought to you by Network Rail.

It's easy to disappear into your own bubble when you're out and about,

whether you're lost in your thoughts or lost in nature.

The last thing on your mind is the danger of trains at level crossings.

Beware the bubble, stay aware, take care and help us keep you safe at level crossings.

Oh hello, my name is Kate Boller and this is Everything Happens.

Do you have that person that you can really, really be yourself around?

Like I mean, you're full self.

You're not buttoned up or have it all together version.

The one where you can come in hot, unfiltered, crying your face off, kind of honest,

or maybe even just unbelievably irritable?

I have this best friend that I've known since we met in judo class when we were about 10 years old.

And her name is Chelsea and I was not entirely the most charming judo partner in our elementary school years.

But she's been the one that I've learned to be a human with.

She's the one where in high school we could go through every ridiculous breakup and market

with made up rituals that we created on the spot.

She is the person that saw all the wreckage of my chemotherapy with unvarnished love and horror for me.

She's the person where no detail needs to be spared.

It's the strangest feeling having push past just that little self protective barrier that says,

oh, maybe this will make you look bad.

Just being able to say it.

She lets me be angry.

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