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Alexi Pappas and Glennon Doyle want you to know it's ok to not be ok

NPR's Book of the Day

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How Did You Know You Mattered?

All i've ever wanted in my life is to matter. I chased, you know, an olympic dream and other big dreams, and got those things. But what i needed to learn eventually, and did learn the hard way, is that chasing those external accomplishments was never going to solve that a problem. You described this period just after the olympics in rio, where externally, things were going amazingly for you. Your movie had a distribution deal. But you were in really deep pain,. It was really difficult for you to seek help.

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