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want to jump to the oh i need to grow from it and learn from it and do i'm never doing that again you

know like well you know sit down for a

minute and just cry right it's okay to cry it's okay to feel sad about all of the things that

felt good in the moment even though at the end you realize they weren't for your good you're listening

to makes a noise podcast episode number 448 with guest, Dr. Aquia Bwatin.

Welcome to Make Some Noise Podcast, your guide for strategies, tools, and insight to empower yourself.

I'm your host, Andrea Owen, global speaker, entrepreneur, life coach since 2007,

an author of three books that have been translated into 18 languages and are available in 22

countries. Each week, I'll bring you a guest or a lesson that will help you maximize

unshakable confidence, master resilience, and make some noise in your life. You ready? Let's go.

Hey, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I am so glad that you're here i'm recording this uh while my

puppy is taking a nap i did not realize i mean i think i kind of realized but it's sort of like

parenting like people can tell you about it but you don't really understand until you're in it

i didn't realize that this is going to be so much

like having a toddler. And this isn't to, you know, be dismissive of how hard it is to have small

children, but there are a lot of similarities, one of them being that I cannot take my eyes off her.

And yeah, she's napping. And I feel like when I had my, when I first started my business, this was actually a couple of years before I started the podcast. I had two babies and it was the same. I worked when they were napping and after they went to bed. And let me tell you, it wasn't easy. But I made it. And I'm, we're so happy to have her. I posted on Instagram about her. Her name is Astrid. She's a German

shepherd puppy. And also, uh, you can catch her in my highlights. She is an absolute joy.

And speaking of joys, I am super pumped because we have moved into the relationships theme of the

podcast. And I'm already just enamored with our guests. I somehow

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