Hi everyone. I'm Brine Brown and this is unlocking us.

And if you can hear excitement in my voice,

it's because I'm sitting across from in real life my friend Karen Walren today.

And she's helping me.

She's really helping me.

You may remember Karen, we've done a two-part podcast

on The Lightmakers Manifesto, her new book,

which is all about working for change without losing your joy.

And I literally just called her and said,

will you be on the podcast because I'm losing my mind? I'm in such deep struggle and I can't access any joy. I feel guilty if I'm happy about something because the world is such a shit show right now and people are in so much pain and I know that that's not good and I write about that not being good but I can't pull myself out of it and I don't know what's going on and she sits down with me and it was just healing. That's the word I have to use. It was healing. Like her words are healing like her images are healing. It was healing. I'm so glad you're here if you're struggling with how to be

fully connected in your life and feel joy and acknowledge beauty and also fight for the things that we need to fight for right

now.

This will be a great podcast for you.

It's a game changer for me.

I'm so glad you're here.

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