Hi there. Hi. I know. There's no music. It's like the show didn't start, but it's me. And I just

wanted to check in on you, see how you're doing. I know probably if you're like me, you're dealing

with a lot of anxiety, a weird kind, as well as a sense of despair and concern, fear, worry, all of those things because of the

return of Donald Trump and all that goes along with it. But I just wanted to tell you,

you're not alone. It's hard. I think everybody, a lot of folks, are struggling, just dealing

with the moral dilemma that

it seems like every day is, how could anyone be okay with what he said or what he did to the

point that they would put him in power and make him our leader? Yeah, that's the, that's the daily

monologue that a lot of us deal with

and sometimes more than a few times. But I am here this morning just as a reminder that not only

are you not alone and feeling those normal human feelings, but you have the ability to change

how you're thinking and what you're thinking and why you're

thinking that. I'm no guru. I'm no teacher. I just know that that one thing is true. You have

the ability. We have the ability. And so I'm here to remind you of that as well. Okay. That's it.

Don't let them own you. Don't let them take over. Find your joy,

find your peace, find your happiness, write in a journal, connect with other people you care about,

do nice things for folks, meditate, exercise, and get outside if it's not too freezing or

outside isn't on fire. All right, that's it. That's my

PSA for today, this morning. And I do it on the record as much for me as I do for you.

I'm so happy to have you joining me. Unfortunately, you're the only one. I don't have a guest today. Both of my guests that I had scheduled to interview yesterday canceled, and I had three other appointments and my daughter's birthday last night, so I was unable to tape an interview with a guest, but I'm still going to post a show because I had pulled a whole bunch of audio clips.

I want to do the news.

And frankly, I'd just like to be here with you.

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