Grace

Understanding Yourself: A Framework For Change · Nov 5, 2026 · 18m · transcript

In the season finale of Understanding Yourself, I explore grace through the story of someone who gave it to me long before I understood what I was receiving.

When I met Peter, I was a 25-year-old heroin addict with four probation officers and no real interest in sobriety. He was a 77-year-old Jesuit priest who had been sober longer than I had been alive.

I lied to him. I took advantage of him. I gave him plenty of reasons to walk away.

But there appeared to be nothing I could do to prevent Peter from caring about me.

More than ten years after his death, I’m still coming to understand what he…