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Hello and welcome to a new episode of owning it to the anxiety podcast. Me, your host, Caroline Forin. I hope you're enjoying it so far. I hope you're getting

lots and lots of tips. I wish I had all of the information that I've been getting way back

when my anxiety was so bad because I really think I would not

have experienced the depths that I did. But obviously, like, we live and learn, and even beyond my

own book, having had all these conversations, I'm so much more equipped now to handle anxiety

if and when it does arise for me. And I hope it's the same for you. So this week, I am joined by

well, Bear the Dog is with me right now.

He's very upset because I've been leaving him alone for too long. So we might start barking now any second.

Hopefully not. But in a moment, he's actually giving me of my Instagram. For those who don't know, O'Bair looks like, he looks like an Ewok, and he's Pomerian and Shih Tzu, looks like

a little mad bat. But yes, anyway, onto my human guest, which is Melanie Murphy. She's the

author of fully functioning human almost, and her new book, if only, is a fiction book, is coming out very, very soon in June.

And from what I've heard, because we have the same publisher, it is fantastic.

She also has her own range of MeTime journals that are really, really great as well.

And she's a huge YouTuber, has over half a million people following her on YouTube.

And obviously, she's very big of Instagram.

And she's just my kind of gal she's cut from the same cloths she's very realistic very upfront talks about diarrhea

and all those kinds of things which obviously you know I have um I don't have a fondness for diarrhea

but I have a fondness for being open about diarrhea I am making a balls of this intro but sure look

I'm going to go with it. Enjoy this episode

and as always, really appreciate

the reviews and any subscribes and

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