Today's episode of the podcast comes to you from the Maldives where I am on an amazing vacation

together with my family celebrating my dad's 60th birthday.

I share a little bit about what the day today is here on a literal

paradise island. I talk about whether or not I miss life on the beach and I get

into just family dynamics and how easy it is to revert back to the wolves we had in our families in childhood.

I also talk about the importance of taking care of ourselves and the importance of

taking care of the women in our lives during the most vulnerable stages of life.

It's a vacation episode.

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