Hello, it's your host, Eve here. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Friday. So I was in

a meditation class recently and one of the teachers said to me, you are exactly where

you are supposed to be. This was said in the context of the fact that everyone's path

is different, but you are where you are right now because what is happening is happening.

There is a truth in that. I fully understand that the sentiment of you are exactly where

you are supposed to be won't land for everyone. What we can do is influence what happens

next through our actions, behaviours and words, both as individuals and as a global community.

I was thinking about the movie Sliding Doors. It makes a great point. A split second decision

or an event really can change the course of our lives. My path is certainly not been a

straight one. It took years of dealing with anxiety and sleep issues before I even started

a meditation practice. I was in a toxic relationship for years and I felt really trapped. I literally

thought I had no option but to just stick it out. I was in thousands of pounds worth

of debt and trusted that the person I was with was making the right decisions and I was

ashamed to ask for help. At the same time my father was dealing with an addiction and

it was breaking the family apart. So if someone had said to me then, you are exactly where

you are supposed to be. I would have gotten really angry with them.

Slowly but surely things did start to change. I realized I had to stand up for myself and

I got myself out of the relationship. I asked for help and started to see a therapist. I

tried some meditation. My dad finally got help and spent the remaining years of his life,

sober. We were a family again. Did things suddenly flip and become easy and straight forward?

No, definitely not. But I was starting to trust the process and the path a little bit more.

I think the biggest sliding door moment for me was actually how I ended up working at

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