Hello, my loves and welcome back to Growing and Glowing, your favourite podcast with me, your host, Mrs Ellie Swift.

Growing and Glowing is your safe space to delve into all things life learnings there may be from spirituality, friendship, motherhood, grief.

The list goes on. I am here to provide you with a friend through the very up and down journey that can be growing and of course clothing into the very best version of who you truly are.

Today we have another wonderful soul joining me on the podcast and I am honoured to say that that is Tasha Bailey or Real Talk Therapist as many of you guys will know her from Instagram.

With a wealth of knowledge and a passion for mental health, Tasha is a qualified and accredited psychotherapist, award-winning content creator, author of her very own amazing book called Real Talk, which I think every single one of

you should read, particularly if you are just getting started into your kind of journey with therapy

and you haven't learned too much about that yet. But Tasha has become a beacon of support and self-love on Instagram and in today's episode,

we are delving into the world of mental wellness, self-discovery and the importance of open

conversations around mental health. So join us as we explore the valuable insights and practical

advice that Tash can bring to the table,

and I hope this conversation serves you well in some way. Welcome Tash. Oh, that was so beautiful.

Oh, wow. That's so lovely. You're the one that's done the work while you of the intro.

I would love to ask you. We always start our episodes off with an affirmation of the day. Do you have an affirmation for our listeners today? Yes. Mine is, I am more capable than I know. Love that. I, on Friday, so today's Tuesday,

on Friday a couple of days ago, I passed my driving test. I saw. Well done.

And I am in my 30s and was really terrified of the road, which is why I waited so long to do my driving lessons at last year.

I failed once, I think couple once ago.

And then I did my test last week and passed with one minor.

Wow. And literally the whole time in the test, I was like, I failed, I failed, I failed, I know I failed. And then for him to say,

actually, you passed with one minor. It reminded me of how sometimes we observe a situation with our own kind of biased thinking, you know,

if we're quite critical, we're criticised, you know, what we're doing or how we're doing

it, but actually we might be more capable than we realise and then we believe. So my affirmation

is that I am more capable than I know I am. I love that. And I think that's so applicable

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