This is Germany and this is Brittany and this is the Black Girl Bravado

podcast happy new year guys yes we definitely hope that everyone had a great fun and

safe intro into 2017.

You guys, literally, Briti has made me laugh on

each time we've tried to record this podcast,

so this is number three, with us laughter is good for

this girl but it's you too much so um guys what we want to talk about

today is how to combat stress, fear, and anxiety in 2017, right? So anxiety and fear and stress, this is affecting all of us, right?

Yeah, I think we all deal with anxiety and definitely fear and stress in some capacity.

It may not be to the point where we have to speak with a therapist or you know take medication,

but there's definitely things that cause us to be a little anxious and just throws

us off schedule or puts us a little out of whack at times.

Yes, so in regards to fear, there's a quote in the book, You Are a Bad-ass that we mentioned in, I think

podcast one or two.

Podcast one.

Podcast one.

We're going to be taking from this book today and also from another book.

The Defining Decade and this is by Meg Jay.

This book is about why your 20s matter and how to make the most of them now.

So in You Are a badass, Jen Censero, she wrote that on the other side of your fear is your freedom. So what are you afraid of?

What are you afraid of briny? You want to tell the people?

Yeah, I guess I can have a moment of transparency. I was fearful about doing a

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