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trusted by parents nationwide. Welcome to Thursdays solo. I might record this one in two

sections. And you know what? I might use this strategy moving forward because I just want to

like catch up in the first half and then I want the second

half to be very informative and topical, you know, whatever topic I choose to discuss that day.

I think this week will be menopause, perimenopause, and hormones.

I've been doing some research and making some notes.

So there you go.

That's like where I'm my happiest, right, is taking notes,

learning, reading things and taking notes. This is why I was in school for so long, because I love it.

And again, this seems to be a reoccurring thing that happens is I ate a massive cookie

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