Hi everyone. It is April 1st. It is a new month. Same pajamas. This is Emily Schramm, your meathead hippie.

And I am just so honored to be able to have this podcast, to be able to launch another Empress edition.

My monthly publication just went live today.

And I've been wanting to access conversations like the one you're about to listen to for a long time.

And it's kind of this, when the student is ready, the teacher will come moment

that I had and just really understanding what is my role, what is my purpose, what is my

next 10 years going to look like. And I feel like this is just a big piece, maybe even just in a small way, of what I think is

important to get more education around for people who, despite all of the stress and anxiety

and fears and what the fuck is happening around us, right? It's, you know,

all the things that I've talked about in my Facebook lives and my Instagrams, the ups and the downs,

my last podcast. We still have to recognize that we are in a situation that we can truly take care of our body. And we do that

not just from a systemic standpoint, right? Like our systems are taken care of because we are taking

care of our cells. And at a cellular level, I'm getting the nutrients I need to have a strong immune system. I know my gut

is tied into that immune system. I know that I have the ability to create space for more

parasympathetic or de-stressed areas in my life when I am able to, and therefore I have a stronger immune system

because of it. It is all about education for most of us, if you're listening to this. It's education

on what supplements we need, you know, the zinc, the glutathion, the B vitamins, etc. And it's education on the food

that our cells need, food and water. And that is something we take completely for granted.

It's something I've taken completely for granted and feel somewhat ignorant when it comes

to the word food accessibility and knowing that it's something

that makes me really sad. It's something that makes me feel like I need to do something about it.

I think all of us can relate to that, knowing, okay, we're in a good position. What about people

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