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I'm here today with Megan Alexander, who's an Emmy-nominated national news correspondent on Inside Edition,

the number one syndicated news magazine TV show.

She has covered football for CBS, acted in the TV show Nashville, appeared in several

films, and executive produced the feature film Heartbeats. She is the author of Faith in the

Spotlight, thriving in your career while staying true to your beliefs, and a new children's

book, One More Hug, illustrated by Hero Nakata. She also hosts the podcast inspired with

Megan Alexander and co-hosts the sports podcast, Women Talk Sport. She hosts the inspirational country music awards each year from Nashville, Tennessee, and currently splits her time between New York and Nashville. So welcome, Megan. Thanks for coming on and I'm trying to read books. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Of course. What a pleasure. Your children's book, one more hug. I have to say, my kids now request over and over again,

and I am not just saying that. They love it. And every time I read it out loud, I start crying.

Thank you. That's the ultimate compliment. Thank you.

And I do too. I'm crying too still. So why don't you tell listeners what One More Hug is about?

Yeah. So when I was thinking about

writing a second book, my first book was about faith and more of a guidebook for young adults.

And when I was thinking about my second book, I got some great advice, write what you know,

what's going on in your life right now. And I started talking about my son, who at the time was in kindergarten and was having a lot of anxiety getting on the school bus. And he kept running back to me for one more hug, one more hug. And he must have asked me for five or six hugs. And what started as being first in line to get on the bus, by the time he was done running back for all those hugs, he was the last little boy to get on the

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