Hello everyone, and welcome to Speaking with Joy, a podcast to fill your soul, challenge your mind,

and make you brave. I'm your host, Joy Clarkson, and an evangelist for all things good, true, and beautiful.

So make yourself a cup of tea, find somewhere comfortable, and let's dive in to this week's episode.

Hi there, Joy. Hi there Joy.

Hi there, Mama.

It is so lovely to talk to you.

And hello to everybody else listening.

I'm happy that we have all of you here today.

I'm with my community at home with Sally.

And Joy, who's your community?

My community is speaking with joy.

And I have also been creating over the last couple of days my escapecast, special podcast to kind of provide happy, wholesome, and good distraction in these crazy times where we're all stuck

at home.

Well, I love it.

And I loved what you've been doing.

We'll have to tell people at the end kind of where to find you.

But joy is one of my funnest escapes.

I think one of the greatest things about I was writing out things that have been making me happy over the last few days.

And one of the things that's made me most happy is that we've gotten to talk on the phone

more.

We have.

And it's just I absolutely get giddy when I see that you're going to call me.

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