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I'm so happy to have Angie on the program today. Welcome, Angie. Hi, thank you. What is your question for me today?

So my question is, well, I just recently had a baby like seven months ago.

And I was just wondering, like, how can I, how can I fall in love with my life and, and really enjoy this stage of it? Because I just feel like, I feel feel like I I kind of missed out on being young

in a way. I had the baby a little younger and I just want to love my life and just feel like myself

again. Yeah. Yeah. So what would that what do you think that would take to love your life like what would that look like

um i think the biggest thing for me right now is just like feeling like i am feel myself and

reaching my full capacity because i i adore my baby love my husband but i just I feel like I'm not using my strengths. I'm not

expanding myself really right now. Like, you know, the day to day is monotonous. And I just,

I just don't feel like myself right now. And I just love to feel proud of myself. I'd love to feel

excited about things. And,

okay. And before you had a baby, what things were exciting or fulfilling for you?

So I guess I've always kind of like been trying to figure out like what really makes me

excited and about life and everything.

Yeah.

I'm a really social person.

So I guess just like, you know, seeing my friends is always making me excited.

And I was a hairstylist and I loved to meet just like new people all the time.

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