Hey everyone, welcome back to the Going Scared Podcast.

This is your host, Jessica Honeger, founder of the Social Impact Fashion Brand

Noon Day Collection.

How many of you feel like you are in the splits right now?

We binged, watched the Navarro cheerleading Netflix show

and watching those kids do the splits I thought you know what I'm

feeling I'm feeling like we're holding some tensions since I launched noonday collection I've worked to live in the natural tension that life presents,

finding peace, comfort, and joy in my own life, while also acknowledging and linking myself to the struggles and

vulnerabilities of others around the world. I can remember online shopping on my

cozy couch when I received a call from an

artisan partner about a serious medical need of one of her employees and I

remember being in Ethiopia,

face timing with my cute little cherub children,

after having spent a day of hearing

from many of our partners who had been rescued from human trafficking.

We can hold space for the different stories around us and also for the different parts of ourselves.

And I call this the choosing and life. It means

that we don't have to be only one thing or care about only one thing and

it's when we begin to embrace paradox and live in this and life that freedom

comes. We can be moms and business women at the same time. We can wear pajama pants and statement earrings.

We can grieve what we've lost and still be grateful for what we have.

We can be scared and be brave.

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