Stephanie Harrison

After I graduated from school, I had all these new tools and insights about happiness.

And when Alex, my partner, got sick, I realized that I had this opportunity to try and put them into practice, even in this very difficult time.

And...

After I graduated, I had no idea what to do with it or how to use it or put it into practice or start a business.

And so I was 28 when he fell ill, and we spent many, many years trying to navigate his illness and the medical system and all the challenges that having a rare disease has.

And I ended up going to work for Arianna Huffington at Thrive Global, where I was responsible for building out and running the learning programs of her company.

And so much of...

So I was able to take a lot of these learnings and apply them in an organization.

What I talk about in my work is this idea about true happiness coming from being who you are and using it to help other people.

But eventually I decided I wanted to run my own thing.

And so I left in 2020 to do that.

And through showing up for Alex and being able to practice how I could be there for him, I was actually, in fact, able to tap into a level of well-being that I never imagined and that's certainly not generally associated with being a caregiver and all of the stresses that are associated with that.

And...

I realized that the more that I gave, whether it was to him or to the work I was doing with my company by that time, that the more joy I was able to experience, even though I was objectively also really suffering at the same time.

After I graduated from school, I had all these new tools and insights about happiness.

And that kind of duality of that experience of going through something that was tremendously difficult and prolonged while also realizing the fulfillment of love and purpose and

And when Alex, my partner, got sick, I realized that I had this opportunity to try and put them into practice, even in this very difficult time.

And so I was 28 when he fell ill, and we spent many, many years trying to navigate his illness and the medical system and all the challenges that having a rare disease has.

community, it really gave me an appreciation on a whole other level for these concepts and hopefully gives people some level of trust in that I'm not trying to tell you to do something that I wouldn't do myself.

And so much of...