Hey guys, I'm Candice Kumal. Welcome to the website podcast. Today we're going to be talking about very sensitive, but juicy subject, your inner child. And how many times you've been triggered by girls and outside sources and Instagram and TikTok and social media and the need to always feel

like you need to be perfect and fabulous and not affected by the things that you see and consume

every day. I will be the first person to tell you that I get triggered by seeing old friends, new friends, seeing things I'm missing or missing

out on or kind of missing out on. I think that social media like throws things in your face

that were never once there before. When I was in college, we did not have Instagram.

So this whole world is so very new.

First and foremost, I commend any younger girl who has grown up with social media.

You are far stronger than me and stronger than any of us that are older than you.

And if nobody has admitted that to you ever, I will admit it to you.

There's no way I could have made it through junior high and high school and college

with social bullshit.

It's advertising, marketing, and putting on for everyone.

It is not real. Everyone is showing you their best foot forward

and even with Be Real and TikTok and people trying to authentize what they do, it's still not

everyday life. It's not you in your pajamas farting with your boyfriend watching alone. It's not you talking to your

girlfriends in private about how triggered you are about the pictures that you just saw. It is not

you talking to your mom while you're crying about somebody approaching you because of a racist comment

that they made. There are a lot of things I've never told you guys about how I get approached all the time

for work.

I understand my place and I'm actually playing a role for you.

And that's what social media really is.

I don't think most of us will admit to you how we really feel behind closed doors and

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