Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission to help you.

Know your worth is a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and daily living.

This week our special guest is author Lila Lawler, who's here to talk about a new book

focused on the teachings and the recipes and remedies of St. Hildegard. I can't wait to get

started. Let's go. Hey, girlfriend, how are you? So glad you are here with me today. So happy to

have the opportunity to connect with you right here on the podcast. Before we dive into today's

special guest and topic, I just want to say to you,

are you feeling stressed? I think it is so important for us to maintain a connection with how

stressed we feel and how we're handling day-to-day life because I became aware this past week

that I was just taking on one thing,

then another thing, then another thing. And mentally, it was a lot. I've got a lot of planning

that's going on. I've got big kids who need me in certain ways. I've got grandkids who need me in certain

ways. I've got Dan's dad who needs us in certain ways, not to mention my own home, my own family,

my own work, my own travel that's upcoming. And I came to realize, you know, Dan came to me one

afternoon in the middle of all that. And he just said to me, hey, do you want to like go out tonight?

We could like even get a local hotel room, just kind of have a fun night.

And my immediate response, not out loud, because of the grace of God, was like, no stinking way.

No, I do not want to do that. Like, how could his brain be in such a different place from mine?

I was feeling so maxed out and like I barely had enough time to do the

things that were on my list. And, you know, in fairness to Dan, of course, he's just trying to be a good

husband and maybe even was aware of my stress on some level and was looking for something fun for

us to do together. Was not the answer that I needed. But it wasn't until that moment that I became aware of

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