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Hot and bothered podcast.

What's up everybody? Welcome to a bonus episode of Hot and Bothered with Melissa Ford.

First, I want to thank you all. As my supporters and everybody on this journey with me, I cannot extend gratitude enough for you guys taking

this leap of faith with me. This was definitely a passion project. This was a labor of love,

heavy on the labor. If you guys have any idea what was going on behind the scenes.

Some days it was like pushing a boulder up a hill wearing roller skates, but we made it.

We got to the end and you all stayed on this journey with me. So I wanted to thank you.

The working title for this episode is called Reflections,

because I thought to myself that, you know, the solo episodes seem to do really, really well.

I wanted to just continue on with my storytelling and give you guys the opportunity to find out,

you know, how this show came to be.

Some of my fears that I had going into this whole project.

Some of the mishaps that happened along the way.

And just really honestly, my thoughts about each and every guest that was hand selected to be a part of season one.

Every single one of them added so much texture, you know, information and education to these episodes.

And really honestly, that is the whole purpose of hot and bothered with Melissa Ford.

You know, I started this journey from a really, really, really painful place.

I started perimenopause at the same time as dealing with grief from my mom passing way in the middle of a pandemic.

At times, I really did not think that I was going to make it.

I experienced a lot of, honestly, pain and suffering and confusion and disorientation.

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