Before we jump into today's episode, we have to say this. Our very first live fellowship gathering was incredible. The conversation was honest, the chat was active. People were connecting, not just virtually, but finding others in their actual communities. You could feel something forming in real time. And this is just the beginning. The Live Fellowship officially kicks off March 9th.

And this is your opportunity to be part of building something from the ground up. A year-long

community where we process the podcast together, connect twice a month live with Valerie,

and move from Insight into Real Life integration. If you've been wanting more than just listening

alone, this is it. You can learn more and join us at the link in the show notes. All right,

let's get into today's episode. Hello, my friends, Welcome to Latter Day Struggles. This is Valerie. And yeah, you're not crazy. This is a podcast that is dropping in the middle of the week. This is an extra, extra bonus episode. And so you have to know, a little secret is if ever these bonus episodes pop up it's generally because

I've had a lot on my mind and I couldn't resist sharing with you so here we are this episode

actually comes to you as a result of some deep thoughts I was having over the weekend I was asking

myself some kind of I don't know existential questions about the work that I do, about some of the changes that has, that have

happened in my life, in my family's life. And is it just me or every once in a while, do you

kind of look in the mirror and go, is this, like, am I doing, like, is this good? Like, is this,

is this the very best way I can, like, fulfill the measure of my creation? Is this meaningful?

I think sometimes on harder days, it's like, is this worth it? I may or may not have thought

that a few times. And so that's kind of what was sort of rolling around in my

mind when some thoughts emerged about the value of what I'm doing. And maybe this is just something

that I need to share with you as my witnesses. But I am so connected to, I feel like there's such an

importance in not only the transformative journey, but the witnessing of it and having

loved ones and friends and people around us who we share our stories with. And so this is,

this is, I guess, part of that. It also goes hand in hand with

a new kind of vulnerable direction that I've decided to take this platform in, you all know,

or maybe many of you know that I have decided to actually expand my reach just a little bit by offering something that I'm calling the live fellowship.

And a part of my existential questions had to do with that because honestly, I wasn't really in them, I wasn't looking to do something else.

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