Ready to begin or deepen your meditation practice? Join Dan Harris and world-class meditation teachers on the 10% with Dan Harris app here: https://app.danharris.com/membership Very few people have gone through what our guest today went through — accused, imprisoned, and internationally vilified for a murder she did not commit in a country she was visiting as a college student. She has emerged with an unusually hard-won set of tools for meeting suffering, and this is a masterclass. A note up front: Amanda discusses her experience of suicidal ideation while in prison; she gives her own trigger warning on-air. Amanda Knox is a journalist, an advocate, and the author of the memoir Free. She's also the subject and co-creator of the Hulu documentary Mouth of the Wolf, and she teaches a Resilience series on the Waking Up app. In this episode: – Amanda's story in her own words – Reading Viktor Frankl in prison — and why some wisdom only lands when you're ready – The verdict, the crisis, and the decision to make her life worth living, one day at a time – Finding meaning inside prison — Amanda's unofficial "prison hustle" as translator – Why the grief after her release was harder than the grief inside – The two-year, pandemic-era pen-pal correspondence with the man who prosecuted her – The trip back to Italy — with her mom, husband, and one-year-old daughter – The meeting itself, mediated by a priest friend from her prison years – "An experience of grace" — what she brought to the table, and what came back – Understanding as the precondition to forgiveness (and the hot coal that dropped) – "How could this be a good thing?" — Amanda's actual daily reframe – The Foxy Knoxy caricature — and identity that isn't yours – Meditation as stepping back from the story of self – Kintsugi — the Japanese art of gold-repaired pottery — as a pushback against victim narratives For more from Amanda, check out her Resilience series on the Waking Up app. Subscribe to watch more 10% Happier videos: https://www.youtube.com/tenpercenthappier Follow Dan Harris on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/danharris/ https://www.tiktok.com/@danbharris https://www.facebook.com/DanHarrisABC https://twitter.com/danbharris https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-harris-91ba5716b/ 0:00:00 Amanda's story in her own words 0:04:00 Reading Viktor Frankl in prison 0:05:00 The verdict, the crisis, and the decision to make her life worth living 0:14:00 Finding purpose in prison — the unofficial translator gig 0:19:00 The grief after release — the identity that doesn't go away 0:23:00 The prosecutor confrontation — and why she went back to Italy 0:27:00 What she deliberately did NOT do (the adversarial default) 0:33:00 Two years of pen-pal correspondence during COVID 0:37:00 The meeting itself — with a priest mediating 0:39:00 "An experience of grace" 0:43:00 Why understanding may be the precondition to forgiveness 0:48:00 "How could this be a good thing?" — the reframe she uses now 0:56:00 The Foxy Knoxy caricature — identity that isn't yours 1:00:00 Meditation as stepping back from the story of self 1:04:00 Kintsugi — a pushback against victim narratives #10PercentHappier #AmandaKnox #Resilience This episode features a promo for Planet Visionaries. Photographer Tom Peschak spent 396 days on the Rolex Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition. Season Six, hosted by Alex Honnold, meets the people turning conservation challenges into action. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is brought to you by Function. September is World Alzheimer's Month, and Function tracks the biomarkers behind brain health — omega-3 index, homocysteine, MMA, magnesium, and more. 160+ lab tests for about a dollar a day. Join at https://www.functionhealth.com/happier and use the code HAPPIER25 for a $25 credit.