This is Dr. Lisa Marie-Bavi, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.

Life shines like a bullet in my brain.

Eyes of open, why I go about my can't explain.

Conscious is it steps in and out.

That's Atlantic thrills.

This song is Light Shines.

I thought it was a perfect song for us today

because today we're talking about how to get your light to shine, particularly when you're out in the world talking to other people.

Something that I think we've all maybe fallen out of practice with.

I don't know what I'm going to do with myself when we're back out meeting and greeting people in person, it's going to be like that,

wait, what do I do with my hands again kind of moment?

As I record this, we're still all sort of sitting in quarantine, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

And, you know, I think that something I've heard a lot about from clients and people, leaving comments on the blog and Instagram these days, is, you know, our relationships and our connections with other people are feeling more important than ever before.

And I think, you know, we appreciate that much more the things that we feel

we are losing or being threatened. And I think that, you know, all of us have been feeling a little

more isolated and compartmentalized than before. And it is that much more important to figure out how to create really meaningful,

valuable, good-feeling connections with other people. And that's true for, you know, romantic

relationships and our intimate partnerships, but also even

friendships or connections with family, the people that are most important to us and

and also figuring out ways to build those connections with others.

And, you know, at the core of it, and I know we talk a lot about this on the podcast,

is that the real fabric of a relationship is connection and attachment, emotional safety,

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