Hey there, it's Jessica Honegger, founder of the socially conscious fashion brand,

Noon Day Collection, and this is the Going Scared Podcast podcast where we cover all things social impact

entrepreneurship and courage. I hope you have enjoyed our starter series. This week

is the conclusion of the series that we've been

doing where we've been talking about what it means to take that idea that you have

and let it become a reality. To that end we are ending with the perfect guest, Steph Goudreau. I'm going to spell

her last name for you because I found her via Instagram and if you're on Instagram she is a really

inspiring person to follow. Her last name so it's Steph

underscore Guido G-A-U-D-R-E-A-U. I love this recent post I read of hers on Instagram. She says,

perspective. It's remembering that if you eat something quote unquote bad and

you're ready to say forget it all that one meal is less than 1% of your meals for the year.

Perspective is realizing that if you're sick and take a week out of the gym that amounts to about 2% of the year.

Perspective is understanding that you won't lose your gains from taking a rest day.

Perspective is giving yourself grace and space when you need it because you are not a damn

emotionless machine who always has to push through. Perspective is knowing that your

worth is never reflected by the numbers on the bathroom scale.

Perspective, change your glasses and see things differently.

So you're like, Jess, it's the holiday season.

Let me eat my pie and peace.

But the truth is, this holiday season

has always caused a lot of stress in my life

as someone who has tied a lot of my value to the scale and who has taken

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