We are strong, we are wise, we will not apologize.

We are here, we will thrive.

Together we will rise.

With a little bit of faith and everything it takes, we are strong, we are wise.

Together we will rise.

March 16th, 2020.

Welcome everybody to the Women and Money podcast, as well as everybody smart enough to listen.

Susie O here, and today is Susie's school.

Although I have been absent from Susie's school, have I not? And that is because I just cannot,

I cannot win this battle I'm having with my lungs and my cough and everything else. I'm losing this battle. But eventually, I will win it. But it's been a struggle, honest to God, everybody.

But I really want to do this podcast because I don't want to lose touch with all of you.

And really, I don't want you to lose touch with yourselves.

Because it's markets like this.

It's times like this.

It's economies like this.

It's the news cycle like this that a lot of you get so afraid and

you're out of touch with how you really feel. What's going on for you? Not what's going on for

your neighbor or your family, but for you, just for you. And I have a feeling that if I were to ask you the question,

how do you feel right now? How do you feel when it comes to the economy? Do you know what I

know you would say, or at least the majority of you? Because you're writing me. You would say, I feel afraid.

I feel confused. I feel scared. I feel insecure. I feel anxious. I feel confused. I feel like I don't know what to do. And the list goes on and on and on.

And I get that. And part of the reason that you feel that way is because you should. Seriously, you should, not that you should feel

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