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 Challenge: To forgive after betrayal 
Near the end of the show, I was feeling pretty enlightened. We were down to three players, and I felt safe. I talked openly and let myself be vulnerable with them. I didn’t notice that one of the other two was withdrawing, although I see it now looking back. Then, on the last challenge, this person stabbed me in the back. I was floored. I really didn’t believe that this person would ever hurt or betray me. Rather than showing my anger, I sat on it. It was the end of the show, and I wanted things to go smoothly. It was an old and familiar way of operating in my life. I would ignore the wound, isolate myself, and move on. But on the show, all we had were food and relationships. When this relationship broke down, I couldn’t isolate myself, especially with just three of us. I ended up feeling my anger and forgiving this other person — and learned that this is a better, more empowering way to go. This usually doesn’t happen in the world, except sometimes in families. Key message: When you strip everything else away, all we have is each other
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