Yes, I look back on some of the things that I wrote and some of the thoughts that I was having and think,

oh, I wish I could go back and tell that version of myself, like, don't worry about this, or this isn't a big deal, it'll work itself out.

But ultimately, it's like, no, I needed to go through all of that to be here now.

Let it out. Hi, welcome back. Let it out with me, your host, Katie Delbout. We're back. New season.

We took three weeks off and I'm so happy to be back. I love recording this podcast. I'm excited

about the next season. I'm excited about the next nine years of this show, hopefully. And who knows,

maybe even more. But in this episode, I invited three of my longtime friends and collaborators,

Maria, Laura, and Eva. And we have this candid conversation covering how we all connected and looking back at the last nine years of this show,

what has stuck out for us, what we've learned from each other as a result of listening

and recording to these conversations. This is a really different episode. If you're just starting

here, you know,

this is not the way the podcast usually is. Usually I have a long form interview with someone I've

either never met and I get to know them during the podcast or someone I know really well and I have

a deep conversation about creativity

and habits and routines and feelings and relationships and what helps us and where our

blind spots are and that's what we're going to continue to do this season but in this episode

it's a roundtable

conversation where we talk about everything from eating disorder recovery to connection to

relationships and creativity and journaling. And I loved reflecting on this show and everything that

this project has given me for nearly a decade. And at the end,

I share, you know, what I'm excited about and what I want to do more of. And I would love to

hear from you. So I'll let you listen to this episode. I'm going to let Maria and Eva and Laura

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