Welcome back to mood with Lauren Lisbitt. I'm Lauren Lisbitt and this week I'm going to be joined

for our current mood combo with Meredith Feynman. She has her new book out called Bragg Better.

Master the Art of Fearless Self Promotion. Meredith is the founder and CEO of FinePoint,

which is a leadership and professional development company that elevates individuals from young

professionals to CEOs. Bragg Better is a guide to self-advocacy for the highly competent professionals

who struggle to communicate their accomplishments to others. We had such an amazing conversation

that I really think just kind of reframes your mind about being proud of yourself and

kind of learning to brag about yourself in a healthy and meaningful way, whether it's in the workplace

or in your relationships or day-to-day life, anything. It's a really eye-opening conversation. So I'm

excited for you guys to listen to it and meet Meredith. But first let's jump into best mood and

worst mood of the week. My best mood this week actually is perfect timing because after my fabulous

conversation with Meredith, I also had an amazing therapy session and I did a really good job of

kind of getting my shit together this week and I was kind of reminded to value myself and I think

it always is like, you know, brag about yourself. Be proud of yourself. But then I kind of maybe

heard it said differently to me, which is always why we talk so much about different things because

it's all about how we digest them, right? Every toolbox is pretty similar, but it's just how we

digest these tools and learn to use them in a way that makes sense to us. And so when my therapist

told me I need to value myself, I was like, oh, that's like a really, that's a term that really makes

me understand the concept of being proud of proud of yourself and not being just constantly

hard on yourself or shaming yourself. And so when she said that, it really stuck with me and like,

I'm allowed to be proud because proud sounds so boastful and so non-humbling and so value myself.

It also kind of relates to how we take care of ourselves and how, you know, when I thought about

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