Welcome to Style Your Mind, a podcast for women who want to design their thoughts, empower themselves, and build a beautiful life.

I'm your host, Kara Al-Waleba, best-selling author and master life coach.

I am obsessed with women on the edge of change, and I've worked with hundreds of those women all around the world to help them unlock the best

version of themselves and fulfill their potential.

If you're ready to style your minds and transform your life, then you're in the right place.

Let's do this.

Hi guys and welcome back to Style Your Mind.

So it is a Friday afternoon.

It's about 5.30 here in New York City.

And I was sitting in my apartment today, kind of taking a down day for myself, which is kind

of a joke because I never really truly stop working,

which is fine, because I always kind of caveat that with saying that I feel so lucky that I get

to do this for a job that I almost want to take advantage and sort of soak up every second of that.

But, you know, I was taking a down day and kind of giving myself some room to breathe after a really

busy week. But I realized that I had not done a podcast in a couple of days, and I wanted to check in with you guys and give you something to kind of motivate you for the weekend, something to make you feel good, and it really doesn't matter when you're listening to this. Honestly, you could be listening to this on a Tuesday afternoon at work, on a Friday night, on a Monday morning when you're about to start your day. I think that the message

and what I'm going to talk about this afternoon really will resonate with you no matter what

point in your life you're in, what point in the day that you're in. So I'm getting ready to

celebrate my 37th birthday on Sunday.

My birthday is April 23rd.

And I'm super excited.

And I remember years and years ago when I was in my early 20s, when I was in not

the best relationship for me, my birthdays always came with a lot of anxiety attached to them. I had a lot of expectations

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