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The stories that change us

What if one of the greatest ways we learn to understand each other… is through story?

In this episode, Candace reflects on a moment from Open Book with Jenna Bush Hager, where author Emily Henry shares that the heart of fiction is learning to understand people who aren’t like you. That idea opens a doorway into a deeper conversation about empathy, perspective, and the quiet ways books can shape who we become.

Candace shares a thought Emily shared, how fiction invites us to enter a story carrying all our assumptions about the world — and then gently challenges them. Through characters, inner…

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