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Hi, this is the she
who is seeking podcast.

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The podcast for the insatiably,
curious mystic, witch and weirdo.

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Where I explore themes like spaciousness,
dreams, fear and pleasure with curiosity.

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What do I think?

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I know and perhaps more
importantly, what am I missing?

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I'm Meena Melissa Leigh.

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And I'm excited to explore topics
like how cultivating space brought

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me back online from overwhelm and the
deep sadness I was in for over a year.

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How posturing bravery broke
the crippling cycle of fear.

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Cultivating wildness as an
act of freedom and resistance.

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And how doing things my own way, rather
than following the rules and structures

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set by others finally allowed me to get
back into flow and in touch with my magic.

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And finally move forward
with projects like this one.

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It's been a really long time
of thinking about this project.

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And it's time for me to put
my money where my mouth is.

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I hope you'll join me and remember
that even the first season of a

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really good show can be terrible.

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So hopefully you'll give me a chance.

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I'll share my experience in a way
that hopefully goes down easy.

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And I hope that you'll always find a
useful nugget or two to take with you.

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I also may be having some special guests.

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And I will be making mistakes.

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But I'll always share deeply
with honesty and playfulness.

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As well as sincerity.

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And on that note, I WILL make mistakes.

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Not might.

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But I will.

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And that's kind of jangling to know,
like it's a little intense for my

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nerves to know that, but it's true and
I'm always learning and reassessing.

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And it will never be my intention
to share a hurtful viewpoint.

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And it could be at that time that
I was recording I hadn't run across

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the right information to help me make
really great choices about what to

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share, or it could just be straight up
ignorance on my part, and I apologize.

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But I think that's okay.

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I'd rather learn and evolve,
then shun really tough topics.

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Or hide out being too afraid to
get called out on some bullshit.

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But I want to normalize
learning from mistakes.

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And I'm going to say that again.

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I want to normalize
learning from mistakes.

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It can be a painful process for everybody.

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Literally every human can
experience growing pains trying

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to become a better person.

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We are always in a state of transition.

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Hopefully that transition is
always towards growth and bravery.

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And doing the right thing.

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But learning how to be a better human
and raise better humans and model

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that for the people we encounter
day in and day out is not easy.

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So, yes, I will make mistakes
and I encourage you to make

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mistakes too, because we learn
from them and we can really grow.

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And yes.

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It would be much easier to not have to
be vulnerable, but that's how we learn.

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And I would rather be honest, and
vulnerable and try to do the right

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thing, than sit and be safe and
keep any gems of learning that I

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could share with people just because
I'm afraid to look wrong or dumb.

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It's really easy to do that.

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And I don't blame anybody who does.

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But I'm going to try to be.

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Different.

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And I'm in a train to.

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Always just really dig deep for
you and I'm going to just go for

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it and make mistakes all the time.

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Like literally all the time, probably,
uh, I make mistakes every day.

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I'm pretty sure that I do.

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Sometimes it's just that we're too.

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Kind of in that place of doing
that, we don't realize that

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we're not doing the right thing.

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And on the right side or
not taking the right steps.

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And again, I think that's okay.

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As long as we're willing to learn.

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So I am going to model that right here.

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And hopefully you can give me a little
grace because I'm going to need it.

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And another thing.

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This is where I will mention that I'm not
a medical or mental health professional.

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And I fully endorse having a
relationship with those who are.

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And it feels very important
to share that with you.

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And also I've been in the
space where I've needed that.

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And it has seemed too overwhelming to
even find those resources on my own.

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So if that's true for you, reach out to
somebody that you trust and who's smart.

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And who can help you find some great
medical professionals or mental health

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professionals and get you hooked in with
some of those services that you need.

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Okay.

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So now that I've said that I
am so excited to talk more with

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you guys about things like.

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What I've shed to make space
for the important things.

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Things like being able to do this
podcast, even having the mental

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bandwidth to be able to do that.

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And things like how I hold boundaries
and what I say no to that, I can really

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do the things that I do want to do.

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Also, I am not kidding.

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When I say that spirit and I
discussed over a hundred topics on

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the very first day that I decided
that I was going to do this thing,

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and so I have a lot to talk about.

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And that is not even including
conversations that I hope to

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be having with amazing guests,
and picking their brain.

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And I have to tell you, I
am a very curious person.

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So I will be asking some, some questions.

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Of myself and others.

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Another thing that I hope is that you
can offer me- show some patience um,

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if you can offer me patience then I
can figure out how to do this thing,

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and get on a schedule and get better
at editing and all that other technical

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stuff that has held me back in the past.

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So I hope that you will subscribe.

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To She Who Is Seeking.

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Anywhere that you get your
podcasts and I will be back soon.

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Most likely to talk about overcoming
fear and embracing bravery.

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And I just want to thank you for
everyone who's gotten to the end of this

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little intro it means so much to me.

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And I hope that I can repay you by
developing a podcast that offers

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you some brightness and hopefully a
little bit of wisdom in a funny way.

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And I hope that you'll join me again.

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And I just can't wait to talk to you
and we can get braver and smarter and

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live our dreams and learn together.

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And I love you all so much.

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Blessed Be to you and yours
and I will talk to you soon.