Hello, everyone. I am very excited to be speaking with Amber Ray again for this episode.

This is a special bonus episode, and we're talking about her new book. The answers are within you.

108 keys to unlock your mind, body, and soul. It is a beautiful collection, and this is a pretty

great and vulnerable conversation. I love Amber's energy, her kindness, and her openness,

and I hope that you enjoy this chat. You can find links to her new book in the episode notes,

and you can keep up with her on social media. They are too. Enjoy the show. Take care.

Hi, I'm Alex L, and I write books for a living. The Hey Girl podcast was created with

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Join us as we journey through sharing together.

Hey, girl. Hey, girl. Hi, Amber. How you doing?

Hi, I'm good. How are you? I'm doing good. I'm excited to have you back on the show to talk

about this new book, baby, of yours. Thank you. I'm thrilled to be here.

Before we jump into this new beautiful project, please let the Hey Girl listeners know who you are

and what you do. Great. So I'm Amber Ray. I'm an author and artist, a speaker,

and it's interesting. I'm actually right now in a place of really re-evaluating what I do.

For a long time, I feel like the way I would describe it, if I was getting on stage,

I should have a talk with you. I take complex psychological concepts that I make them digestible

and accessible through illustrations and writing. But it's interesting. I've been in this place

where I realized that 15 years ago, I started a blog and it was really me sharing the truth about

my life. And I didn't expect that anyone would have any interest in reading that, but I sort of

accidentally built an audience because what happened is I was able to give voice to things that

people were going through and feeling and experiencing, but perhaps didn't have the language for.

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