To the University of Texas at Austin-thank you for hosting us and making us feel at home.

To Billy + Ange + Cristina-thank you for dressing me up for TV and singing and dancing in the green room.

To Priya Parker and Anand Giridharadas-thank you for helping us launch the book and series in such meaningful ways.

To our friends, agents, editors, and partners at Penguin Random House and WME-thank you for sharing this vision and making the pages of Atlas of the Heart come to life.

To the in-studio audience-thank you for traveling with us! Thank you for the tears, laughter, and asking beautiful, hard questions that kept us thinking.

To my fellow teachers and episode guests-thank you for your voices and contributions to this world.

“In the Middle of Love” is the perfect way to open and close the episodes.

To Jake Wesley Rogers-thank you for moving us with your presence and your music.To our creative partners, executive producers, showrunner, and the entire staff and crew at Den of Thieves-thank you for the rumbles, for the hard conversations, and for producing a series that we all love and believe in.To our partners at HBO Max-thank you for believing that using film, TV, and other forms of art is a powerful way to teach emotions.To our amazing team at Brené Brown Education and Research Group-WE DID IT!! In her latest book, five-time 1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Brene Brown, writes, If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need. A special thank you to everyone who left their mark on this series.

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