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Spake a new episode, fresh out the oven.

We've been cooking in la Cucina, and we got a delicious new episode of the low-life podcast ready for you to feast on.

I'm your flaming hot and spicy, seasonally depressed, white wine drinking, talk your finger-licking, ice coffee sipping, target overspending, mushroom microdosen, hot mess of a host.

L'Din, so bon.

And I am so happy to be here with you today.

There is no place I'd rather be than right here in this moment with you right now.

I hope you're having a great day and a beautiful week and you're feeling good.

But if you're feeling a bit stressed out right now, if life is feeling overwhelming for you, if you're feeling exhausted, depressed, depleted, I know a lot of people are going through it, so please know that you are not alone in those feelings. If you're feeling like you've checked into the shitty kiddie resort and life is feeling like a fucking dumpster fire for you. Please know, one, you're not alone, but also, you're going to be okay. I promise there is light at the end of the tunnel. You're going to get through this. I've been in that place where I didn't think I was going to be okay. And sometimes you just got to take it one day at a time and do something for you. Take it one hour at a time. And so the fact that you are here right now listening to this podcast, love that you're here. If you are new to this colt, welcome. This is a safe space for you. This is an open-minded conversational podcast with free thinkers, thought leaders, industry experts. I have my friends come on, family members come on. It's a mixed bag of tricks. You never know what you're going to get, but I promise you're going to be entertained. And the great thing about this show is it does feel like a shot of dopamine. It's a shot of serotonin for the soul. Truly, you're escaping for an hour and you're doing something for you today, which is a solid win. I know that when it comes to podcasting, there's so many different shows out there. It's a lot of podcasts. I feel like there's a new podcast dropping every single hour. I hear about a new podcast that's out. And I will say some are amazing. Others feel like a waste of time. And time is the most valuable thing that we have on this planet. Life is very short. And so I never want to waste your

time here. I always want to make sure that you're getting something from this show. I never want you to

feel bored with the show or like we're wasting your valuable time or you're not actually getting

something from this show. I want you to have a takeaway with every single episode, whether that be a

perspective, a newfound understanding of a topic you haven't dived into, some new information to add to your noggin, or simply just having a good laugh. And I do believe that laughter is like medicine for the soul. It's the best kind of medicine. And so here at this podcast, here in our cult, our special little coven. I'm not in the business of wasting anybody's time, and I appreciate the community

that we have here. This podcast started with, what, 50 downloads? Now we're at over 1.8 million downloads.

We have hundreds of thousands of subscribers in over 13 countries, and so thank you for being

part of this beautiful community. Thank you for supporting this show, giving it some love on Apple Podcasts

in the review section. It really helps this podcast out. When you show your love and leave a review, it takes all of one minute to leave a review. It's a small gesture that makes a really big impact on a show. And so thank you for the thoughtful reviews. I read each and every single one of them. And I love that you're enjoying this show and helping to grow this community. I want to know what your mental health score is this week on a scale of 1 to 10. How are you feeling this week? One being bottom of the barrel. You've never felt worse. 5150 your ass. You were Struggle City USA. A 10 would be you're on cloud nine. Life is a dream. Peaches and cream. You are sipping mitis on a beach, toes in the sand.

It's an all-inclusive resort. You're feeling fucking great. That would be a solid 10. Where are you on that scale right now? For me personally, I'm going to rate my mental health. A solid 8.4 out of 10. 8.4. I'm feeling pretty damn good. I owe a lot of my mental health score to my baby boy Shamu.

My little pug of love Shamu. 8.4. I'm feeling pretty damn good. I owe a lot of my mental health score to my baby boy,

Shamu. My little pug of love, Shamu, has really got me through some dark days when I'm feeling

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