Some people call me control freak, but I like to think of myself as a control enthusiast.

My name is Andrea and this is Adult Child.

Welcome back to Adult Child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Happy, happy new year, my shit shows.

If you're new, please know that shit show is a term of endearment we are all about embracing the shit show around here.

I am so pumped to be kicking off 2022 with y'all.

I was interviewed for a podcast a few days ago. It's called It Is What It Is. I'll let you know when it drops.

But one of the questions that she asked me, she goes, looking back over this past year, what would you want to tell yourself a year ago?

And my response was, buckle up bitch.

And that's what I want to say to all of y'all for this year ahead.

Buckle up. I got big things planned. We are going to continue to grow the stamp thing.

One of my intentions in goals in life is to have adult child become a household name.

And no, I do not mean the podcast, although that would be lovely for this podcast to become a household name.

But I'm more so mean the term adult child. I've received hundreds of messages over the past nine months from y'all saying you had no idea

that you were an adult child until you came across this podcast.

And there are still hundreds, thousands, millions perhaps of people out there who don't know that they're an adult child.

That need to know that they're an adult child. So we need to tell them they're an adult child.

No, I'm kidding. It's a traction rather than promotion. But needless to say, let's continue to grow the stamp thing.

I'm so grateful for all of y'all that share this podcast with other people that means the world to me.

So yeah, I'm going to continue to give you guys an episode every week. I have not missed a week yet.

And my plan is to not miss a week for this entire year.

I also have some some merch coming your way. I feel like I kind of dropped the ball there. I should have had that out before the holidays.

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