Hey, everyone, welcome to the Mentally Chill podcast.

It's your slacker, your disappointer, your host, Kristen Carney.

I am really sorry I didn't have a show out last week.

I was really disappointed that I didn't.

And I didn't because a relative died.

Just kidding.

I would never use that as an excuse.

That would be my luck is if I use the excuse, a relative died. Just kidding. I would never use that as an excuse. That would be my luck is if I use the excuse a relative died, they would definitely die a week later. So I could never use that kind of excuse.

My real excuse is that I was sick, I swear. But sick never really sounds believable. And you're

never going to show up with a doctor's note. So maybe I'll

scribble down a fake doctor's note and post it on Instagram. I'm sorry though. I didn't have a show out.

I do have some really interesting shows coming up in the next coming weeks. Today's show,

not so interesting, but fun because I have our regular guest, Kyle, on, and we're talking about

self-acceptance because I had this

weird epiphany last week when I looked at a picture of myself, and I didn't hate myself.

And it lifted this incredible weight that I've been carrying on myself for so long. It's like a

weight that would be at the gym in the heavy big section where I would never venture. That's how

heavy the weight has been for my entire

life. And I've lived a week now pretty much without the weight, maybe like a five-pounder,

rather than the big dumbbell on my shoulders. So if you guys are hard on yourself, I think this

episode is a good reminder to stop being so hard on yourself. And actually there is a book series that I want to tell

you guys about that's looking for funding on Kickstarter called Venus and Her Fly Trip. It's a book series

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