The reason I'm recording this episode is because this year I lost my spark with the podcast.

I lost my spark with the business.

And losing your spark doesn't have to be necessarily a bad thing.

I think sometimes we beat ourselves up when we're not feeling so great.

If there's anything that I've learned from this year

is sometimes slowing down is necessary

in order to take on the next chapter of your life.

There are going to be slower seasons in life.

And it's God's plan for us to recalibrate,

to re-center our energy,

and to really just take a step back

before he lunges us into the next level until he catapults us

into the faster timelines of our life sometimes losing your spark doesn't necessarily come

from a breakup even though it can sometimes it's just when things slow down we start to slow down

and when we slow down we start to reflect more and when we reflect more we overthink and when we over down, we start to reflect more. And when we reflect more,

we overthink. And when we overthink, we tend to spiral and create these narratives in our

head. We're not doing enough that we're not trying hard enough and we don't feel as accomplished.

And so that was my experience this past year because the year before, everything was moving really fast. The podcast was

exploding. There was so much growth. There was so much action happening. And I was super excited and

like really, really motivated to wake up and go every day and record and live my best life doing

what I love to do. There were a lot of people who were, you know, very supportive and saying,

keep going, keep pushing. Like the podcast is so amazing. You changed my life. But nothing was really

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