It's the One Par Podcast, episode 23.

Hey, it's Jessica Mernay, and it's the One Par Part podcast and I am bringing you lessons in next level inspiration.

Last week, we started off the new series, One Part Pledge, with a little challenge from Katie Horwich.

If you haven't heard that episode yet, go back.

I've already done two things for it today.

And if you don't know what I'm talking about, like said go listen to it it's a good one but before you listen to that one stay here

and listen to this episode with maria nala it is a really really really great conversation

and i'm not saying it's because of me.

I'm saying because of her.

She has an incredible story that I didn't even know the depths of until we started talking.

The only real thing, the only real thing that I knew about her is that she had a pigeon

that lived with her and that she had a surrogate that was going to have her baby, those two things, which already kind of interesting, right?

But way more interesting than I thought.

And I just want to thank Mariah for being so generous and open and kind by sharing

very personal stories because we get pretty personal. So I think that's all I have to say about

this because it's really good and I kind of just want to get started with it. And I will say,

okay, actually, because you know, I always have one more thing to say.

I will say this.

At the end of it, I forgot to tell, ask her where people can go to find out more about her.

So at the end of the episode, I will have all of the links on Jessicamernan.com where you can find more about maria and then also

at the end of the show i'll give some shouts about that too all right now for real we're starting

here's maria um okay so here's the thing i don't really prepare for these things i mean i i prepare

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