The former news anchor at the center of the mindfulness movement
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm addicted to possibility.
It's not exactly "grass-is-greener" syndrome. It's more like the excitement that comes out of the place in between change. When you've altered course – and in your heart of hearts, you're not sure if it was the best choice – there is so much possibility in all the unknowns ahead.
I've made a lot of changes in my life. I've lived in three different countries, eight U.S. cities. I've bounced around in all kinds of jobs: teacher, retail salesperson, bartender, news producer, war reporter, radio show host. You get the idea. At one point I was working for an NPR show called the Bryant Park Project out of New York and a recruiter from ABC News called me up. A few months later I was starting over again in a new city – Washington, D.C. – with a new company in a medium I had zero experience with – television. It was terrifying. It was also exhilarating, the newness of it all.
When I was there I met this guy named Dan Harris. Well, I didn't really "meet" him so much as say words into a camera after he said my name. Dan was
