Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelly here.

And if you were like me, you were moving a little bit to our new theme song that is courtesy of a

phenomenal artist named Miata. We're going to have her on the show to talk a little bit about

her song, what inspired it, what the message is of her music. I heard her on Spotify and went, that's it. I've got to have

this music for the podcast. It is linked directly to her information and the full song, because

we're only playing a little clip of it for you. It's this beautiful song about boundaries

and keeping your peace. I hope you enjoy it as

much. Well, I know you're going to enjoy it as much as I do. And it captures the energy of the

new year and the way that this podcast wants to feel. I want you to feel good and just uplifted. So I can't wait. That's coming in the future.

Mayada's coming on. You are going to love her. I loved her before I ever spoke with her. And now I

just love her more. So that is one of the new features of the podcast as we don't call it a season premiere, we call it a re-engagement that has happening

right now.

Let's get to today's episode.

Today's episode is all about opting into more.

Or, as I like to call it, opting into abundance, the remix,

because we talked about that earlier last year. That was an episode on that. But today I want to come

with a fresh new spin and weave it into really what my word of the year is. I have this practice and another friend of mine does too.

Actually, a lot of my friends do. We try to pick, I don't do New Year's resolutions. I don't

believe in it. I'm not knocking you if you do. Let me tell you. That's your prerogative.

But I don't like resolutions because I feel too like too much pressure.

I prefer instead to think about what is a simple word or simple quality that I want to cultivate

more of or improve upon or have in my life this year.

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