You're listening to The Lively Show, episode 19.

Welcome to the Lively Show.

I'm your host Jess Lively,

and this blogcast is designed to uplift, inspire,

and add a little extra intention to your everyday.

Happy Thursday guys, thank you so much for spending time with me today on the lively show.

I hope something wonderful happens to you today.

Let's get right into the show.

So today's episode, we're speaking with Esme Wajun Wang of Esmay Wang.

Esmay is a writer, a blogger, a copywriter for small business owners, and a mental

illness advocate. She's also a deeply sensitive person who has a lot to share in this

episode. We're going to be talking about Esme's journey with mental illness and

how she's juggled a challenging career and education alongside it.

We're going to be talking about the right and wrong ways

to respond to people when they reveal something deeply personal

like a mental illness, a health diagnosis, or a death in the family.

We're going to be discussing radical sincerity,

since that's something that Esme feels really passionately about.

And she's going to give us some tips in order to avoid the. How are you doing? I'm fine traps that we can all find ourselves in. Let's go to the show.

Thank you so much for being on the show. Esme, thank you and happy birthday.

Oh, thank you and happy birthday.

Oh, thank you so much, and thank you so much for having me on this show.

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