Hi guys and welcome back to the Balanced Blonde podcast, Solon Fire.

We have a couple of exciting giveaways to lead with and first before I even talk about

the giveaways, I want to tell you who today's guest is.

It's a really special guest that is very dear to my heart.

He was our first ever podcast guest so I don't know if you've been listening to the

podcast since the very first episode or if you've ever gone back and listened to the first

episode but it was with my best friend Brandon Cohen who is also the CEO and co-founder

of Liquid IV, a healthy hydration supplement company that if you're an athlete or an active

person or someone who just wants some extra hydration in their system, you should totally

know about and you'll learn all about in this episode.

So the funny story behind all of this is that I originally told Brandon he had to come

back on the podcast for round two because he was my first episode so I didn't know anything

at that point.

I was doing all of the audio editing myself.

We shared a microphone, it was kind of just a happy chaotic disaster I would say because

we spent more time setting up and having technical difficulties than we did actually talking

but it was great because I think the first episode turned out well for having no podcasting

experience and it was just fun because I was just talking to my best friend so we had

a really good conversation and I think it translated well although I will say now

that I have editing help the sound quality is just totally on a different level.

So long story short, I wanted to show Brandon all of the fun changes that I've made now

that I'm about seven months into podcasting and funny enough the morning that I was going

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