Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcast. I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

Each week on this show, I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life, the little things in life and everything in between.

Hey friends and welcome to the very first happy hour episode of October. Today's October 2nd episode number

327 and I'm so excited about our guests. The first I must tell you that I am also so excited because yesterday my book

UBU why satisfaction and success are closer than you think it released into the world yesterday. I birthed a book yesterday

you guys and I am so grateful. This has been a fun season leading up to this. I was telling someone just the other day that

writing a book is a long process. I mean I turned in the first draft of this last October and so

this is something that's been on my heart and my mind for almost two years now and I told someone here's how I know I love it is because I'm not tired of talking about it.

I still believe in it and I cannot wait to see how God uses it to minister to people's lives as they dive into it. So I'm excited.

Thank you for your kind words all day yesterday. The book released two things I'd love if you want to be like Jamie. I've got my book in the mail. Thank you.

Here's what you could do number one is after you read the book you could go write a review over on Amazon or wherever you got the book that actually really helps out the author a lot and the second thing is you guys know I live Instagram.

Take a picture of you with your book even if you haven't read it yet if you just got it in the mail today. Take a picture of you with the book and tag me on Instagram. I would love to see it.

And you know what if you're here and you're like I don't know what you're talking about I didn't even know you had a book. I don't even know you well.

We would love to give you all the information about the book you can find it two ways you can go to Jamie Ivy calm slash you be you or this is my favorite you can text the words you be you no spaces all one word you be you to three three seven seven seven that's you be you no spaces to three three seven seven seven and we're going to tell you all you need to know about you be you.

So releasing a book yesterday was amazing but you guys this show today is amazing this is a fun show because my guess is Kim Walker Smith and I tell the story at the beginning of the episode of how we met so I won't spoil it here but let me just tell you we're both fans of each other and it made our meeting so fun.

In fact I cannot wait for Kim's besties to vignette to be listening to this Kim and I have a great conversation today about raising kids about how they're a homeschooling family we talk about how she's a part of three album releases this year if you have not listen to Kim Walker Smith's music or Jesus culture.

I suggest you stop right now and go find their music okay you guys one thing you need to know is you need to listen to the end because I randomly asked her about her wedding and her wedding story is maybe the most fun wedding I've ever heard.

In my entire life and you guys I do want to let you know that we talk about suicide in this episode Kim talks about that and that season in her life actually led her to following Jesus and so it's a beautiful story but I want to let you know we talk about that you guys you're going to love this conversation today it's fun it's deep it's encouraging sit back relax here is my conversation with my friend Kim Walker Smith.

Hey Kim welcome to the happy hour thank you for having me I'm so excited.

I'm so excited to have you as well now can I say something real quick about you yeah okay I'm excited to have you on the show because I don't know if you remember this but I met you at catalyst West yes and I never met you before I never even seen you in person but been a fan of your music personally and you.

Jesus culture for years and you stopped me and you said wait I recognize your voice are you Jamie Ivy and I said yes and so we chatted for just a split second and I immediately text my head like you are not going to believe what just happened.

I was.

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