Elif Shafak, one of our generation's most compelling writers, reveals how she balances anxiety and activism with the life of an artist. Estranged from Turkey and now living in London, Elif shares how she deals with displacement. Both children of the Middle East, Elif and Zainab discuss what they learned from their female elders about sisterhood, kindness and empowering the next generation.

As an Ecuadorian immigrant living in poverty and seeking safety, and later facing rock bottom while confronting substance abuse, poet Diego Perez had a long way to go to find his center. Now, better known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo, Perez discusses his path to personal awakening and a gentler way of being.

From working as a child star to working through its residual traumas, Alyson Stoner has turned her own healing journey into a platform through which she helps others. Tune in as Alyson shares what she learned about the role of trauma in art, why she put herself in therapy at 13 and how she manifests meaning--and healing--through her latest endeavor Movement Genius.

Marianne Williamson, presidential candidate, best selling author and spiritual teacher, shares what it means-- and what it costs--to lead with love. From her work with the terminally ill to her desire to heal our politics, Marianne gets vulnerable and candid with Zainab, revealing the moments that have shaped her from childhood to the present day.

Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Zen priest, Sensei, first met Redefined's Zainab Salbi on a bus. The two women had a surprising and intense encounter while riding between Gaza and Egypt. In this moving conversation, they unpack what they saw and how they acted as part of a tender, revealing and impactful dialogue about what it really means to live in truth.

Don Lemon, CNN anchor and best-selling author of This is the Fire joins Zainab for an intimate conversation about embracing personal risk, working through heartbreaking loss, and his ongoing experience of reconciling love and pain as a Black man in America.

Annie Lennox joins host Zainab Salbi on the debut episode of Redefined to talk about the personal moments that have shaped her identity as a citizen, activist, artist, daughter and mother. Formative and transformative stories of hope, loss, struggle and awakening fill this heartfelt conversation.

Zainab Salbi introduces Redefined.