Welcome to episode 40 of unsweetened and unfiltered.

I can't believe we reached 40 episodes of unsweetened and unfiltered.

It's not even that.

It's like the last episode of the year.

Isn't that kind of sad?

It's kind of crazy.

Like, wow.

Don't start crying now. No, I know. I'm very sad. But it's just crazy how like, I don't know,

you thought of this idea, Dana. We brought it to life. And our supporters, our listeners really,

really, like, allowed us to thrive within this and bring our mission to life again, like once again. And I feel like, thank you to the woman that even came on here and share their stories. They're very incredible and courageous stories. But

it's just you do get emotional knowing like, I don't know, like we did this and it happened and it

worked out. Al-Hamdala. It's our baby. I mean, 2019 was, al-Hamdala, really kind to us when it came to us creating coming up with this idea, creating it, and then putting it

out into the world. When it comes to like any project, especially a public one, it is terrifying.

Because if you fail, you're not only failing, but you're failing publicly. And I think that's like

the biggest shame of all. Well, we kind of talk about that in this episode, actually. And this

episode, we just basically answer a lot of this episode, actually. And this episode,

we just basically answer a lot of your questions and they're really good questions. They're

very thought-provoking questions. But we also want to say, happy holidays to those who are celebrating

because we do have a lot of non-Muslim speakers or listeners. And I kind of, you know, I want to be

respectful of all religions, all faiths and everything. And I think we're all one.

And I'm, some people against wishing happy holidays and all that stuff.

I'm not.

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