Can we all just take a minute?

Can we just, I mean, what in the actual Almighty World just happened?

I mean, I'm assuming you're not just listening to this book for the hell of it.

I'm assuming you grabbed it, or some un grabbed it for you, because you're feeling like the

main event in a butt-kicking contest.

I assume you're here because some part of your world, or maybe the whole of it, got turned

inside out and you're trying to find your way back.

So before we run into what to do to change anything or help anything, let's take a second

and call bullshit.

Seriously, I know it's not polite, I know it's not what good girls do.

Good girls don't call bullshit.

In fact, good girls don't even know the word bullshit.

It seems everyone would prefer that when we're hurt or scared or uncertain, that we don't

bother anyone else with it, or at least keep our feelings at an acceptable level.

Yes, we know your world is burning down around you, but do please hold on to the propriety

and stoicism of that quintet who continue to play even as the Titanic went down.

No, not here my friend.

This book, this time together, this is our sacred space.

This is an opportunity for you to be real and raw and to hold whatever negative emotion

you have about whatever you're going through.

I won't judge you, I literally can't even see you right now.

We're about to talk about some hard things and every single chapter from here on out

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