Green Is The New Black With Ashley Williams

Ashley interviews one of her favorite Authors: Hannah Brencher on her  newly released memoir, If You Find This Letter. Hannah shares her journey of moving to NYC for a year of service, falling into depression and writing love letters to strangers to overcome her personal struggle. She ended up creating a movement of people writing love letters, gave a Ted Talk and found faith. And she's only 26!              Things mentioned in this episode: Hannah tells her story of living in NYC for a year of service and living on $25 a week. How writing letters to strangers during her commute from the Bronx to the U.N. in Manhattan helped her during her own personal struggle with depression. What happened when Hannah announced on her blog that she would write a letter to anyone who needed it? What did Hannah write in those first, early letters? And why did she leave them unsigned? How writing letters evolved "from one girl into a movement". The other steps Hannah took to begin recovering from depression.  After writ