Feel good Fridays on the Alley on the Run Show are brought to you by YouCan.

Hi, welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller and

you know what, before we get into this, can we just take a big deep breath together? Do

do it with me, promise you'll do it with me. Okay, that feels better. I know I needed that. My

shoulders were up by my ears today, so that helped a little. So a few weeks ago, we were maybe three or

four weeks into this COVID-19 induced quarantine and I started to get a little motivated and inspired.

I've been feeling pretty low, pretty depressed for a while and I was slowly making my way out of that

and I wanted to do something to put more good out into the world. Something light, but helpful,

uplifting, but not fluffy, optimistic, but not delusional. So with this idea of feel good Fridays

in my head, because the former Teen Magazine editor and me could never say no to a little

illiteration I got to work. At the time, I knew I couldn't pretend to know what the world needed,

but I knew what I wanted. I wanted short, 20-minute or so easily digestible episodes with

conversations that would leave me and hopefully others feeling better, just better.

Maybe better for a few minutes, but maybe better for a while. Maybe they would stay with us for a while.

Of course, so much has changed since I initially had this idea in my head a few weeks ago,

the world right now. It's a lot and it's even more than I think it was then. We're in the midst of

a global pandemic. We're fighting centuries of systemic racism. Many people have lost their jobs,

people are sick. It's it's a lot. Today, Rachel Gerson and Jurelle Carabello licensed therapists

and co-founders of Viva Wellness in New York City are here and in just 20 minutes, they are going to

help us all breathe a little easier. They're going to bust some common self-care myths and they're

going to offer up some very tangible advice for how we can better take care of ourselves right now.

Big thank you to you, Can for standing behind this series. I am proud to have a long lasting

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