Linda had recently suffered a major business loss followed by the death of her mother. Then her big brother went into the hospital for liver transplant surgery.

Three deaths and the ravaging cancer of a friend were wake-up calls. What they said to Linda Mclachlan was, "Your life is toxic and you need to change." But how can she change when what Linda typically did when confronted with uncomfortable feelings was numb herself with alcohol?

Byna Elliott was a manager with a demanding job, two young children, and a husband with his own expectations. In the tug between the demands of family and the demands of work, Byna almost gave up work for family. If she had done that, a future executive who would go on to lead projects worth billions of dollars would have been lost to the workplace.

When Elisa's son was four years old, she had an intuition that he would have a blood disorder. This led to the first of two important dreams.

Andrea, her husband, and their two young children traveled to see family over the December holidays. But a feeling that something wasn't quite right caused Andrea to make a call to have someone check on her home. Andrea's feeling was right—something was wrong. And then, something else was wrong.

When Stacy was 21, she was excited to learn she was pregnant. At four months, she learned she was having a girl. But that wasn't all she learned.

Jill and her mother had a troubled relationship. But when her mother had surgery, something happened that transformed their relationship and changed Jill's life.

A long time ago, I thought seriously about exiting the planet.

Adam is a deep thinker. This episode focuses on pivotal moments (a car crash, the death of a grandfather) and the choices we make, right down to the breath we take and the tomorrow we create.

Every daughter wants to love and be loved by her father. But Katie's father left their family when she was 12 and left the planet when she was 22. His departures were hard, but the ripples that followed were hard, too.

Trigger warning: this episode contains references to contemplated and completed suicide.