Hello, everyone. I want to be sure to take a few moments to encourage everyone to allow themselves some good self-care

and to be able to take a break during the holiday season and as we lead into the new year.

No matter your religious background or no religion at all or your family situation, these next few weeks

can be very stressful. And that is true, actually, for everyone for a variety of reasons.

And I want to make sure that we all collectively take a step back and that you give yourself

that break whenever possible in whatever ways you can.

So to follow my own advice, my team and I are going to be taking a short break to

rejuvenate ourselves and to make plans for all of the

amazing shows that we have coming up for you in the new year that we're very excited about.

Enjoy these re-releases and regular episodes will resume on January 7th. Enjoy the episode and take good care.

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Here is another bonus episode as our gift to you.

In honor of the time of year and the holidays that a lot of people who are listening are going to be celebrating, Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's and Hanukkah and Kwanza and all the other religious groups and their holidays, we wanted to try to tackle the subject that comes up for a lot of people, especially during the climate in the world now, which is talking to people with differing views.

It is so important to understand how to do that if it's at all possible.

And if someone else who you're trying to deal with makes it impossible,

it doesn't mean you didn't do it well enough or the right way.

It's just they might not be quite ready to have the discussion.

But let's try to get to some of the heart of it.

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