All I've been doing was to help other people in need and I never thought that one day I would be using their support.

This was the spirit of mutual aid.

Yes.

We came to make a change.

Hey everyone.

Thanks for joining us on how to not lose your shit. I'm Katie Paris, the founder

of Red, Wine, and Blue. And I'm LaFonda Cousin, a part-time yoga instructor, self-care advocate,

and the chief people officer at Red Wine and Blue. LaFonda, I don't know about you, but like,

this is that time of year. The weather's getting colder.

There's stress in the air that goes alongside that.

You know, this sort of like shift in seasons.

We've got to reorganize our lives somehow.

So many things happening in my family's life, in friends' lives.

It's like the whole how you doing thing just gets real intense.

Do you answer that honestly or do you just say I'm fine? Fine. Busy? Busy? Come on, girl. Yeah.

Let's get to the truth. I got to say getting to the truth though like, while all of this is kind of making me lose

my shit, the whole overall environmental stress at the same time, it's that getting real

with people that is helping me a little bit. We went out for dinner last night, our family,

with another family. And I think I did just say those magic words of how are you to the

mom that I was sitting next to. And she burst into tears. And it wasn't just one thing.

You know, it's like her mom's hip surgery and the stress that's creating as they try to care for her. It's, you know, another

family and a loss that they're experiencing and struggles with one of their kids at school.

...