Elise Hu

And that it's really just about treating other people with sincere kindness.

And it's humbling and just brings me a lot of peace to think about my purpose as being

to just be kind to others and help others.

And it's really just that simple.

And also their conversation is also very interesting because Nadia has had a fascinating life and has a lot of cool mini lessons that can help you just have a little more faith.

My name is Michelle Quint, and I am a story editor on How to Be a Better Human.

And my pick for most inspiring story is Edith Zimmerman.

I found Edith's story really quietly, surprisingly inspiring.

I think she'd probably be the first to tell you that her story is nothing super unique.

Many people get sober, but the way she approached it, which was so open and honest and vulnerable, it felt really brave and unique.

And the root of what I found so inspiring was not the sobriety per se, but rather the idea that you can always make big personal changes if you are willing to look at yourself and your life clearly and honestly.

I feel like maybe I come across as really honest, but I think there's been times in my life where there's just entire situations that I can't even look at.

And only later can I be like, okay, eventually I was able to be honest about them.

But in the moment, they're just way too...

big and i don't even know like maybe i'm going through one of them now and i can't not to be like mysterious but it's like sometimes i can't even look at it but anyway so i was like a very i don't know like medium problematic drinker for like kind of a long time like for probably like seven years i knew i was like this is not good but like i can't really handle this right now because i'm just like not equipped and then like one day i was and then i stopped drinking

Hi, my name is Nisha Randar.

I am the Dallas Youth Poet Laureate, and my nomination for the category most likely to help you rethink your place in the world is Clint Smith.

Clint, in this episode, discusses the intersectionality of identities and the inheritance of often brutal pasts interlaid with reality.

tragedy and the guilt and complicity that comes with that and the consequence of being American and having this contradictory identity because while there is this past that is so heavy and awful, there's also so much progress and resilience to celebrate as a people.

He argues that there are both, which I think lots of people are scared to accept because they want to see this golden standard of what it means to be American, which isn't always true.