Hey, it's Rowan.

So we know that life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

But the next best thing I found is a podcast called LifeKit from NPR.

The LifeKit podcast can help you tackle life-altering questions, or just your everyday pickles.

Each episode offers deeply human solutions to deeply human problems.

I think you'll find it really valuable.

So check out LifeKit, wherever you get your podcasts.

And I realized I'd never given myself any credit for being brave.

I was always second-guessing myself or planning what I had to do next.

I didn't give myself credit for how far I'd come and all the experiences I'd had.

And I think it was brave.

And I need to honor the bravery in myself so I can honor it in others.

The bravery is not about being fearless, because I wasn't fearless.

But in walking with fear and through it, when everything I thought I knew

it turned out to be flimsy and questionable.

And as I walked through it all, there was revelation, and there was confusion, and there was discovery.

Where for you is the most beautiful place in the world?

For Christa Tippet, it's a Spanish island village in the Mediterranean Sea.

Christa Tippet is a journalist, former diplomat, and the long-time host of on-being.

Today, she shares a story of when she took a break from the intensity of her life

and just stopped to check in with herself.

In this series, we blend in mercy of first-person stories with grief, mindfulness prompts from me.

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