Hello and welcome back to the podcast where you are invited for lighthearted conversations

about things that matter as you seek to live your most meaningful, beautiful, and joyful life.

I'm your host, Dr. Edie Wadsworth, and I hope you enjoy your stay here at the House of Joy.

Well, hi everybody. Welcome back to House of Joy. Dr. Edie here. I'm so glad you're here. I've got my hot tea. It is a particularly cold February afternoon. So I am currently mixing, by the way, if you're watching on YouTube, you can see my adorable cup from Anthro. I am mixing my Earl Grey tea with some raspberry tea, and it is so delightful.

I didn't do it today, but I have been putting just a little splash of heavy cream, just a splash in my hot tea, as influenced by Savannah when we were in Minnesota last weekend. I tried hers and it was delicious.

So that's what I'm doing. The other thing I'm doing, you guys, is I am planning my capsule wardrobe

for our trip, our Mediterranean cruise, our trip to Greece and Italy coming up at the end of April.

And it's just the perfect time because our workshop that's coming up, the confidence

code, we always talk about style. So this whole episode is going to be about style.

We're going to talk about how to be more of who you are, how to be more expressive

through your style.

And why 2026 is the year we stop dressing small.

I love talking about this.

I love talking about style.

The other thing that I just wanted to bring up in case it felt a little awkward, it doesn't

to me.

But I will say this, we are currently in the Lenton season.

So for a lot of people, that is a time of fasting, simplifying, stripping things back,

and maybe talking about maximalist style during Lent. Feels ironic. But here's the thing.

I learned years ago from an amazing pastor

that there's so much joy actually still in Lent. And it's not about shrinking your life. It's

about stripping away the things that are numbing you from your life so you can be more alive in your

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