Good evening, everybody. How are y'all doing? I laugh when I say that question. It's a loaded

question these days. But you know what? We're getting through it together. We're getting through

together. We're all in a very similar space. That's what's quite phenomenal about some world

events is that you're in it together. You know, even as a therapist, I'm helping some people through exactly what I'm going through as well.

You know, how do we get back out into the world?

How do we feel about all that's happening around us?

So we got your back.

We got a great show planned.

As always, DMs are wide open.

If you got a question for us, drop it in there.

We're going to open the show talking about mindfulness. Now, um, interesting thing I was, uh, before we get into the topic itself,

how to bring mindfulness more into our lives consistently daily. I was looking at an article

that was looking at how the practice of mindfulness impacts different personality styles.

So this may be a little punchy, a little hard to hear, but it was saying that people that are

already a little too self-centered or narcissistic tend to misuse mindfulness as a way to make it

more about themselves. Where people that are more community-minded, focusing on others, they tend to

apply it more community universally driven, which makes sense. But the point they're making is

mindfulness isn't probably a good thing for

someone who's self-obsessed or narcissistic, because it just builds more self-obsession. And I've

seen some people use spiritual practices that way. We call it spiritual bypassing, where spirituality is

really rooted in being better for others. How can I work on myself so I'm a better parent? How can I

work on myself so I'm a better child, a better friend, a better partner, a better colleague, right, a better lover? Like, as we talk endlessly

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