Hi, Shleen. I just wanted to send you a quick thank you for the way you have handled current events lately.

I have seen so many things that have been so polarizing.

And you have handled this with such humility and wisdom, as well as your friends who you've invited onto your Instagram and onto your podcast.

Everyone has been so humble and willing to learn from each other.

And I'm so proud of you and Brett and Kenia and also just to be a part of your community that you have created with your podcast and your social media.

I'm humbled to be a part of something that just has so much wisdom in how to handle things. It's been a beautiful thing to watch and I thank you so so much.

What's up, Buttercup? I'm so happy you're here. So grateful that you came back today, especially if you're returning after listening to part one.

Part two, equally important, perhaps even more so.

Today I offer you six additional ways to be more positive, to maintain that, like how to get back to it, how to be it if you've never felt like you're a positive person, how to be more positive than you've ever been.

These are actionable steps. These aren't just like hyperbole or philosophy. These are things you can actually do.

Now, because you've saw the title of this and you tuned in, if you haven't already listened to part one, please go back and listen to part one of the show.

I also want to say before we get started that this is a scale being positive serves everyone. That's a universal truth.

Now, I'm not talking about toxic positivity. I'm not talking about dismissive positivity. I'm not talking about being a polyanna.

I'm not talking about being unrealistic. I'm talking about being in a state of mind that allows you to be loving and open-minded.

That's what we need today more than anything. We need to be loving and open-minded. We need to be caring. We need that for ourselves more than anything.

We need that for our family members. We need that for the people who don't look like us, for the people who don't think like us, for the people who we want to reach them or we want to be loving enough to be reached ourselves.

We need to be in the right frame of mind.

So we're going to pick up where we left off. I gave the first five tips on part one. And today I will pick up with tip number six.

And go all the way through tip number 11. All right, let's get to it.

The sixth one is really, it's an alignment with self-care, but it goes beyond that.

There are times, and this might be one of them when you just need to get off of the news and off of social media. And you know that.

So it's almost like silly for me to offer this as a suggestion, but you have to do it.

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