"That's How Trust Is Won"

Showing up, even when you're talking to Oprah or Deepak

If you were part of last week’s wild Q&A you knew this was coming…

My mom’s song based on my work!

She sang it publicly mid-September at Deepak Chopra’s conference at Harvard (yup, all the parts of that sentence) and she shared with us in the Q&A some behind-the-scenes on how she approached the banter in between, which for many musicians feels SO different from performing the songs themselves.

And about the breakthrough she had.

Which—spoiler—definitely made me cry with that tingly sense that I was inside a *big moment* in my life.

Before me — how cool is she??

With early-me and my dad

My mom, am I right??

So anyway yeah this week, I’m sharing the song she wrote based on my book.

(Which PS she wrote BEFORE Kamala was the top of the ticket.)

At the Podium

AND am also directing you over to read my friend and reason-I’m-on-Substack

Shannon Watts

’s latest piece! Her behind-the-scenes as part of the Oprah/Kamala “Unite for America” event last week is a gorgeous to-do list for SHOWING UP.

Take the leap and put yourself in the room, lean on allies, make new friends, listen to your body, focus on the good, practice out loud, deal with your mind. It has it all!

Shannon and I texted day-of and she told me she had at first been hard on herself afterward for her voice cracking when speaking with Oprah and Kamala—but then thought of me and told herself:

“Samara would say that’s a human voice, not a flaw.”

100%

And a human voice is a gift.

LITERALLY ALWAYS.

Love,

Me

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