Before we jump into today's topic, I want to talk about something we encounter every day.

Traffic lights.

I know it seems out of the blue, but bear with me here.

Imagine you're going to your favorite restaurant.

Right? You're driving. The windows are down. The music is playing.

You're super excited because you've been looking forward to this

all week. You're enjoying the scenery. Everything is going great. And then you hit a red light.

Now, it might feel like a bit of a pause in your excitement, a break in the flow. But these lights, they're there to keep things safe,

to keep things organized on the road, right?

They can give us a moment to catch our breath.

Maybe that pause just makes us think about the day

before we move on again.

Well, in a way, ads in this podcast are like those traffic lights. No, I'm

not going to ask you to wear a seatbelt while you're listening to the episodes, but, you

know, it's not a bad idea if you're driving. But these ads, they're small pauses in our story.

They play a really, really big part.

They help make sure that I can keep bringing this podcast to you week after week.

I even vet which products I think will do well for my listeners and which ones I reject.

And most of the time, the ads that you hear, they are related to some form of health,

be it nutrition, be it body awareness or sleep.

And I hand-select these ads myself.

And for the most part, they're always going to be relevant to some degree they are.

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