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Hi friends, long time no seeing, I will be so honest, I am a little bit nervous

because this is the first real episode I've recorded in about three months.

The time I'm recording this, it's August 2023.

Last time I sat down to record a real episode, it was May of 2023.

And that's the longest I've gone without recording or really working on the podcast

since I started back in 2018.

And the break was great, the break was very necessary and we can talk more about that.

But I also had to kind of come to grips with my confidence as a podcaster.

I felt like I kind of lost my mojo for a little bit there.

And a big part of me taking time off was regrouping and centering back in with myself

and figuring that out, which we'll talk about.

But first, I have some really big announcements.

First of all, this episode is the 200th episode of Balance Black Girl,

which is absolutely incredible to me.

When I first started the show, I was thinking one episode at a time.

I was just trying to make it to the next week.

So to be here, 200 episodes later is beyond and so exciting.

And I'm so grateful that you all have stuck around with me for this long.

200 episodes is a lot of episodes.

So thank you for being here.

And two, especially if you're watching this in video, you may see a new setup here.

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