Welcome back to the peripheral.

I know I missed last month, so I owe you all an episode.

I should be putting that out in the next couple of weeks.

I also had made an Instagram story saying I was planning on having some big names and maybe a few influencers on the peripheral this year.

For this episode, I speak with Aaron, who was bullied from elementary school well into high

school.

Aaron wouldn't be able to focus on his studies and his grades would suffer.

His parents would transfer him to a private Catholic school in hopes of helping his

following grades, but things

would only get worse. I also share details about my childhood and how I dealt with being picked on

and how I avoided being bullied by having a friend group where we stood up for each other.

You might recognize Aaron's voice from a podcast you all know and love.

Well, typically I tell my guests to introduce themselves and what we're going to talk about.

Aaron, I don't know if a lot of people don't know who you are, but go ahead and introduce

yourself and what we're going to be discussing.

Well, I'm Aaron, and of course, you probably heard me on Generation Y because I've co-hosted

that with Justin since 2012, so you've probably heard my voice many times.

And I actually was talking with Justin and he was looking for something different to

cover.

And I thought, you know what?

I'll talk to Justin because we've talked so many times about crime cases and whatnot,

but we have never talked about bullying, I don't think,

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