Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast. Kelly here. And today I want to talk about opting into preserving your peace. We talk a lot about that in our community, how we're trying to preserve our peace or just even the concept of peace. This episode I want to break down what that means to me. And also, what are kind of the enemies of peace or what are the things that keep us

from living a life that is preserving of our peace? And then finally, as usual, our daily healing

practice to help you start your journey, if you're not already on it, or continue your journey,

to preserving your peace. Like I said, I love this phrase, preserve my piece,

or preserving your piece, because it is something that I think everyone is trying to do at all

times. And I will often say it to friends when I'm talking about something silly that's

come up or an opportunity to engage in a conversation that I know is not

healthy for me. I do it a lot around social media and when I often want to jump into a discussion

or a debate and what I say to hold myself back. I'm realizing as I get older, I'm just really sensitive.

And I fought my whole life against being labeled as sensitive. But here we are. It's the truth.

I'm sensitive. And so as a result of that, I have to be careful about where my energy goes and preserve my peace.

And the way that I think about that is that I think about my own life, the life that I live every day. And for the most part, I have

worked really hard to have it be a peaceful one. I have a home that is really peaceful. I have a job

that is peaceful. I have relationships now in my life

that are peaceful. And I want to be clear that preserving my peace does not mean that there is no

occasional challenges that I face. I face lots of challenges, being a entrepreneur, somebody who is

in a space trying to carve out a career as a single black woman, there are, of course, challenges.

You know, living by myself can be a challenge. I have run-of-the-mill challenges that you have as well.

But none of those challenges overwhelm my peace,

overtake my peace. And the reason that has happened is really because I've eliminated

what I consider to be like the enemies of peace. And that's what I want to talk about today.

How to eliminate those enemies, identify what those are, and then how to eliminate the very

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