Well, this has been a long time in the making.

But you know what?

They say good things come to those who wait.

So maybe this is one of those things.

Then this is going to be the best podcast episode ever

because it was totally my fault why this took so long.

And the amount of times you were like,

we should talk about this on a podcast.

We should talk about this on a podcast.

And I fully was like,

I'm not ready. I just, I fully had it in my head

that I just wasn't ready for some reason. I wanted in my mind, I was like, it needs to be the

perfect circumstances, which is all, I mean, it's just so funny. It's kind of a metaphor for business in a lot of ways, but it's funny how this can still sneak

up and get us and get me.

And I just appreciate so much how you called me out on that.

You were like, we just need to sit down and record.

And I'm just so thankful that you're here so

melny and layer welcome to all in with ali i am honored and i am very happy and i'm very excited about

this i'm so excited about this okay so we could go in so many different directions, but where I would love to start with

you, and I think that this would be really powerful to hear, is where you got started before

Alpha Fem. Like, take us back before Alpha Fem. I want to hear, and it could be any part of your

come-up story. But I think it's so interesting why I want to hear this is the woman that you are

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