Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. My friend Sarah shared a quote with me yesterday

that I have to share with you today. It's by Briné Brown from her book, The Gifts of Imperfection.

I read that book a long time ago, but I forgot about this quote and I really love it. Here's how it goes.

We all have gifts and talents.

When we cultivate those gifts and share them with the world, we create a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives. Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out,

it's not merely benign or too bad if we don't use the gifts

that we've been given. We pay for it with our emotional and physical well-being. When we don't

use our talents to cultivate meaningful work, we struggle. We feel disconnected and weighed down by

feelings of emptiness, frustration, resentment,

shame, disappointment, fear, and even grief.

I feel this quote is so, so true.

We all have gifts and talents and something special that we need to share with the world.

And when we're not doing it, we are living out of alignment, which doesn't

feel very good. I have a challenge for you today. Pull out your journal or a notebook and write down

all the things you're good at, all the things you've been good at in the past, the things that

excite you, that you enjoy doing. and then find your mom or your dad or your

sister or a best friend or your spouse and ask all of them what do you think I'm good at

what are my talents and gifts and write all of it then read it again and look for the themes

look for the ideas that stand out Look for the things that excite you

and light you up. You know, your body is like an inner GPS. It tells you what you need to do.

So many of us squash those feelings by overeating or staying too busy, but slow down and listen to

those feelings. They're telling you something. There's

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