Well, hello there and welcome to a very special episode of the Terry Cole show.

It's going to be a different format than I usually do for the pod, but I wanted to share

with you an honor of mental health month, my own mental health journey.

So I'm going to share with you in this episode how my own experience in therapy and quitting

drinking young and all the things that I did inspired me to do what I'm doing today.

I want to take a moment before we get into that to say how much I appreciate you spending

your time with me today. I always say it because I do. I never take for granted that you couldn't

be doing something else when the fact that you're hanging out with me makes me so incredibly happy.

If you love the show, if you want to support the show, it helps me so much. If you write,

review or subscribe on Apple podcast, so please do. Also, I love to highlight our five-star reviews.

So thank you, 128 Kate, for this five-star review. Terry Cole's podcast is absolutely brilliant,

says Kate. I like it already. Highly recommended. I've been listening for two to three years,

and Terry's advice wisdom and coaching has truly changed my life, sharing life skills and tools

that many of us are not taught in other forums or relationships. She's like a big sister, mom,

and life coach all wrapped into one. Thank you, Terry, for all that you do and continue to do with

such grace and passion. Well, thank you, 128 Kate, that really made my day. I appreciate you

taking the time to leave a five-star review. I hope this inspires other people to do the same

because this is really how we reach others and let them know about the Terry Cole show,

and hopefully it will add value to their life as well. So thank you, thank you, thank you.

Now let's move into today's episode.

This is the Terry Cole show, and as you might have guessed, I'm your host, Terry Cole.

We're over two and a half decades. I've been a licensed psychotherapist and

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