What's up, guys? Welcome back to the pod. I have an interesting episode today. A highly

requested meditation on eating alone, slash, why it's important to date yourself. So we

are going to dive into that. But first I wanted to share a note that I wrote on my phone.

I keep a list of notes to talk to you guys about, much like the list I keep to my, talk

to my therapist about, but I keep one for you guys. And it's, this is so interesting. I

wish I had fucking annotated where I heard this. It was probably in therapy. You know what? It's

coming back to me now. It was in therapy. My therapist said judging people is a form of control.

And I was like, holy shit, it was a major fireworks moment for me. And I can't remember what

we were talking about, but it was something about control. And I'm not trying to deflect and

make myself look better. But I, I don't think that it was me being judgmental. I think that it was

about I felt that someone was judging me. And I think I was talking to my therapist about that.

But it's interesting because then it, you know, looking at my note and thinking about talking to

you guys, I was like, I was like, are there times when I am judgmental? And I definitely am. Like,

I definitely can be judgmental without thinking about it. I try really hard not to be.

I'll tell you what's interesting. I think that I spend a lot of time actively making sure that I'm

never judgmental because I give out a lot of advice and a lot of people trust me with their

secrets and their, you know, their quandaries and questions. And so I, I spend a lot of time not

trying not to be judgmental of you guys, like, which comes really naturally to me, like even though

I've gotten some very crazy and wacky questions over the years. And, you know, I really never feel

judgment. I only feel a desire to help. I only feel a desire to like talk it through with you.

I'm going to get really, really real with you guys. I think where I can be judgmental is in my

own life with my friends. But it's not the type of judgment where they'll be like, oh, I like

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