Welcome to another episode of Lurie Breaks It Down, a podcast where we dig deeply to connect the dots on the issues that shape our world.

I'm Lurie Daniel Favors, author, activist, attorney, and the host of the Lurie Daniel Favors show on Sirius XM's Urban View, Channel 126. If you like what you're about to hear, go ahead and give us five stars and then tell everybody that you know. And if you don't like it, just, child, keep it to yourself and pray our strength. Okay? Thank you so much.

Also, don't forget to check out my YouTube page, Lurie Daniel Favor's Media, where you should subscribe, like, and share because then you'll get notified when I post videos from my show, which I do just about every single day and when I go live with my YouTube audience. Lots to get to today. Now, before we get to any of those things, you all know that we have a ritual on this show.

And the ritual is one that allows us to do... audience. Lots to get to today. Now, before we get to any of those things, you all know that we

have a ritual on this show. And the ritual is one that allows us to do the work of Black Talklandia

with a bit of fidelity, with as much joy, gratitude, and appreciation as we can possibly

hold in our hearts. And the reason this matters, this ritual, is because Black Talk Landia

work is hard. It requires us to really

consider our emotional well-being before we start having discussions about these very, very heavy

topics. This show has been described as all shot no chaser by none other than Dr. Greg Carr.

So I, which I love that honorific. It's amazing, yes. I love that we are all shot no chaser and but because of that we also

have to make sure that our emotional sense of well-being is as healthy and whole as it possibly can be

so that we are not looking at these very challenging topics with the spirit of defeat because that

ain't good we want to have a spirit of power of love and of a sound mind that's what

my bible say and we want to make sure that we are reminded that we are powerful and we sit in the

space where we are able to collectively and individually whether we're talking about issues that we're

facing as a people or issues that we're navigating as individuals we are able to do that work

with a bit of gusto and with some empowered feeling as well.

So the ritual that we use to make sure that we are tapping into some good emotions and the

emotions we like are joy, gratitude, and appreciation, namely because our lived experience

has confirmed and the science has supported that, I guess the science confirms as well.

When, for example, you are rooted in gratitude, you cannot be trapped by as well when for example you are rooted in gratitude

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