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You're listening to Behind the Bliss, a weekly podcast where Rachel Autry brings conversations

to you from women that share what's behind their highlight reel.

Each episode is designed for you to see a message from the mess and encourage you to find balance in the bliss.

We know that what you're facing is important for shaping who God has created you to be.

Some may say it's a process that often happens behind the bliss.

Here's today's episode.

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Behind the Bliss podcast.

My name is Rachel Autry, and I am so stoked to sit behind the microphone with you today

and meet you in your AirPods wherever you are.

Maybe it's a walk, maybe it's for your chores,

not sure, but I'm just so happy that you're here, especially for today's conversation.

So over the summer, we hosted a series called, well, that's awkward. It was all about the

topics that can feel a bit taboo. And we're hitting one of those super popular episodes again

today for a part two because you guys

loved the first one so much. So the latest friendship episode that we had before was with my

real life friend Leah Thompson. She is so much fun and we shared all about our experience

between making friends with each other, the challenges we can find with making friends as an

adult,

just candid conversation, honestly. So this week, I brought on a friendship expert and educator,

Blake Blank and Beckler. She is a licensed therapist out of Charleston, South Carolina,

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