Hi friends, welcome to the bonus episode of We're Going There.

The reason why I decided to include some bonuses is, well, who doesn't love a free bonus?

And in full disclosure and candor, I didn't want to do this episode.

My podcast manager, a beautiful woman by the name of Madi, said, hey, B, I think people might need to know a little bit about you

if they're going to listen to your podcast. So this is me. There's a song in the Hugh Jackman movie,

The Greatest Showman, that I have seen will make even the stodgiest and dodgiest old man

stand in applause and kind of like feel themselves. The melody is beautiful and the arrangement is

brilliant, but what makes this song magic is the lyrics. I'm going to read a few of the lyrics over you

right now. Hide away, they say, because we don't want your broken parts.

I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars.

Run away, they say, no one will love you as you are.

When the sharpest words want to cut me down, I'm going to send a flood, going to drown him out.

I am brave.

I am bruised.

I am whom I meant to be.

This is me. And I think this episode as short or as long as however it

takes is my space to let you know, this is me. I think the reason why we love that song is because

we want to be as confident as one of the circus performers who, even with the oddities and

extremities, were at home in their own skin. I think this is always something that I've struggled with. I love being

honest and I love being real and raw about my journey. And I think people can look at me and say like,

oh, wow, she's so loud and obnoxious. And that is very true. But don't confuse volume with

security. Yes, I am confident in who God has made me, but I definitely struggle with my physical

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