Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Rose podcast.

You know that saying comparison is the thief of joy.

And that's true on so many levels.

You know, when you consider the data when people go on things like Instagram or Facebook, that they're left feeling worse about themselves. And so that really speaks to when we start to create expectations about ourselves or our own life and compare them to someone else's. We are instantly in a state of suffering.

We're instantly in a state of pain.

We're instantly thinking, oh, well, I should be here by this time in my life,

or I should have this because they have that.

I mean, it's such a trap, isn't it? Because we have these lives, we're supposed to live in

timelines that we're given that are really expectations of culture and society. And if your life

doesn't look like that, then you're outside the norm. And I'm starting to discover that being

outside the norm is actually a great thing.

You know, if normal means not expressing oneself, not standing one's truth, then why would we want to be normal?

You know?

So on the show today, I have the best-selling author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and

self-love teacher, Melissa Ambrisini.

And I'm so excited to chat with her about this subject, about this idea of comparison,

as she calls it Comparisonitis, which is the title of her new book. Without further ado,

here she is.

Hello and welcome. I am blessed to have Melissa Ambrisini on the podcast today with your third book teed up. This is pretty

exciting times. It is so exciting. Thank you for having me. I'm so honored to be here. And I just love

any time that we get to connect. First off, thank you for being here. That's really important to me

that you get to share what I think is probably an epidemic in a lot of ways.

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