Hello and welcome to Let's Talk About It.

This is your host Taylor and I am so thrilled because today's episode I'm realizing is a first.

I first, whatever reason, have never had an indigenous person on the podcast.

So I am so freaking pumped to finally have Shayla stone child on the show today and cannot

wait for y'all to listen to her interview and share her story and share her knowledge.

She is definitely someone to follow on Instagram.

So be sure to click in our episode notes to check her out and follow her.

First of all, let's before we get into anything, I always want to make sure that when we are

stepping into these conversations that we're doing it mindfully.

So I hope that when you come in, you are listening with an open mind, open ears, and an open heart.

You might hear things that you disagree with.

You might hear things that feel wrong to you.

You might feel wronged.

You might feel uncomfortable and that's the whole purpose.

It's the whole purpose of having conversations.

It's the whole purpose and learning.

It's the whole point in talking to and getting to know people who have different lived experiences

than you do.

And I really encourage y'all to accept people's stories with truth and acceptance that this

is their lived reality, right?

And I'm going to share some things in my own thoughts and feelings in this episode as well.

Areas where I may be wrong, certainly areas where I still have to learn as we all are

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