Hey everyone, Emily here. Man, I, she's five minute Friday. What is good? I am so happy

to say the word Friday right now because this week has had so many highs and lows and I am

ready for a really beautiful weekend. It's supposed to be gorgeous here in New York. I

this week for five minute Friday, I want to talk for a second about some of the lows

because the concept of the show hurdle, the whole premise here, me talking to so many awesome

individuals, garnering tips and tricks for us to live healthier and happier lives, but also

to hit home this idea that it is possible for us to overcome even the most difficult

upsetting, frustrating hurdles in life. And my attitude is that going through these hurdles

better prepares us to navigate whatever else comes our way in the future. Cool. For me,

this week had a lot of rejection on the work front. I felt as though, and I mean that happens

right because for me, I'm constantly making what feels like really large asks to get people

to give me their time and time is something you can't get back. So you can have all of

the best intentions and be a really good person, but just literally not have the bandwidth

to offer someone your time. And so long story short, I had been chasing a guest for what

feels like years now, and I finally thought I had an in and that in didn't shake out.

And I was really bummed about this. I think this was back maybe on Monday or Tuesday

of this week. And I will also say that this happens all the time. And sometimes these

like hard to get guests, they do come back around. So that's why it's always really,

really important to treat people with kindness because you never know when they could come

back into the mix. But okay, anyway, I was really bummed about this. But I made the

conscious decision literally like within minutes of getting the this just isn't going

to happen email that I would do something to find the bright side of the day. And so

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