You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number 115.

I'm talking with Ali Kassaza today, all about intentional simplicity and being purposeful

with your stuff.

Stay tuned.

Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives.

And now your host, Jen Ridey.

Welcome back to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast.

I'm Dr. Jen Ritey, and I'm glad you're here.

Guess what, my mom friends. I know you're not

at all moms, but just celebrate with us. It's almost summer vacation. And that means we have good

news and bad news. The good news is we probably don't have to follow such a stringent schedule all day.

I love that part. The bad news is, well, sometimes we have to keep the kids

entertained. Sometimes it can feel overwhelming. But let's just celebrate the fact that we made it to the

end of the school year, at least here in the U.S. and that we survived all that busy, busy,

busy, busy and go, go. And now I want to challenge you to use your summer to create

more ballads, to spend more time on what's really important to you. Maybe that's having a new

hobby. Maybe that's reading books with your kids or setting up a tent in the backyard or maybe it's

a journey of self-discovery. Whatever it is, I want you to set a goal to spend the next 10 weeks or 12

weeks or however much time you have left for your summer vacation to improve something about

you, to have something you want to grow towards or move towards or a shift or a transformation

you want to make. Summer should be more than just surviving the kids being home.

I want you to thrive and grow and change and feel really good by what you can accomplish over

...