Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast. Today we are talking all about opting out of jealousy.

We're going to talk about why jealousy is a normal emotion.

Everybody feels it.

But what is at the root of jealousy?

And then we're going to go through some really mindful, thoughtful practices to utilize when we are feeling jealous.

How to opt out of jealousy and how to opt into being grateful and gracious. So what is jealousy? I mean, we've all felt it. It is that feeling you get when you see somebody or see

something and you have envy. You first, you want it for yourself. And you have this negative

feeling. There are times that we're just in a funk about the fact that other people have things that we don't.

And it's totally normal.

Everybody feels it, but it's when we sit with that emotion or we let it grow,

that it pulls us into some pretty toxic places and can break and strain relationships, it can more importantly

deprive us of our joy. And so we're all about opting out of the struggle here. And when you

live a life of jealousy, when you are always battling jealous feelings, you are 100% in the struggle, and we are not here for that.

So let's talk about what is at the root of jealousy.

Honestly, jealousy is all about scarcity.

It's all about lack.

When we're jealous, it's because we are seeing someone have something we want,

something we don't have in our life, whether it's a healthy partnership or it's material and

financial wealth. We see them with all the latest toys and gadgets and outfits and shoes and

cars.

And meanwhile, we're struggling to live paycheck to paycheck and just get our rent paid.

It is watching people saunter about life with ease maybe in our minds and get jobs and promotions and not work as hard as, in our opinion, as we have to get where we are.

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