All right, guys, some episodes ago, I guess on episode 99 to be specific, we discussed the issue

of psychedelics, the topic of psychedelics and whether or not they should be legalized.

And I guess my issue that I take with conservatives, so I've perceived to be somewhat hypocritical,

because they are okay with drinking and our culture of alcohol, and they never talk about alcohol

being prohibited, and yet they focus on drugs like marijuana and psychothera psychedelics.

Well, I want to build on that conversation, saying I want to build on that conversation by sharing

something personal with you. Today is just going to be a personal journey, all that coming up on

canisones.

You know, we make a tremendous effort to pay attention to all of your comments on various episodes

and making sure that we take time to respond to those comments. And I pay attention to the fact

that many of you bring up me, and the fact that I don't speak much about my spiritualism, my faith

the journey, of course I do always bring up the topic of my husband's Catholicism, and that we come

from a split household in terms of faith, but I don't really give you guys too many personal bits

of me. And there's a lot of reasons for that. The first reason is because, well, frankly, it's too

personal, and sometimes I feel that when you overshare, it becomes problematic because people then

want to attack you based on the things that you shared. The second reason is because I think that

it becomes too preachy. I don't like when conservatives and Republicans become too preachy, right? When we

become sort of the moral arbiters of society. And I think that it can sometimes, even if it's accidental,

make people feel like they're not enough, and I just don't want to become a part of that. And

sometimes it can be of a critical, right? I don't want to die by the sword of perfection,

of people believing like, oh, she's so perfect, and then something comes out about me and it's like,

oh my gosh, look at this about Candace. No, I'd rather remain the imperfect being that I am.

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