Rachel didn’t introduce me to the practice of meditation—I had started and stopped it time and time again. I would compare the way I meditated to what I thought was the “right” way, and convince myself I wasn’t doing it right. What she did do, was help me find a way to get through self-judgment and the self-defeatism I had attached to the practice. Through conversation, education, and guidance, she helped me find my way to understand better how to meditate and, most importantly, why.