Hey, welcome back to the Brown Girl self-care podcast. Wow, I don't know why it feels

like it's been forever since I've recorded a podcast episode when it was literally

like a week ago, but girl, I'm just feeling like it's been forever that I've pressed record.

It's so strange. In any case, yeah, welcome back to the Brown Girl self-care podcast.

My name is Bri.

I am the host of the show as well as the founder of browngirlselfcare.com.

My mission on this show and in running Brown Girl self-care is to center the care, the healing,

the freedom, the joy and abundance of black women like me and like you, and I try my best

to do it through a Christian slash faith-based perspective, which has been an interesting

experience overall, if I do say so myself.

Now, first of all, before we get into today's episode, which I'm, man, this episode was

just like so on point because it's about healing, I wanted to shout out someone, a couple

of people that left some reviews for me or for the show on iTunes, five star reviews,

and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the comments that you leave when you leave

your ratings because they really helped me. They helped me to keep going. They helped

me to feel like what I am creating in this space as I continue kind of navigating all this.

It makes me feel like I am seen and I am heard and I am understood and that I'm valued

and that's very important to me. So, first one, shout out to Joyce Renee. She says, thank

you so much. This podcast is absolutely everything. Thank you for always being so transparent

for being honest and mostly real. I love to listen and the special guests are great.

Thank you. Then I got one from flagrant file. Love that name. She says, hey, cousin, many

of these topics really resonate with me. I like how honest and open she is. I call her

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