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Welcome to the Behind the Bliss podcast, where Mary Scott Mercer and Rachel Autry bring weekly conversations to encourage, inspire, storytell, and share.

Each episode is designed for you to feel met in your mess and balanced in your bliss.

Here's today's conversation.

Hey friends, welcome to another episode of Behind the Bliss.

This is Mary Scott.

And we're going to do something special and interview our friend Rachel today.

We're taking a little bit of time at the beginning of this series and just letting you guys get to know us as the co-host a little bit behind this podcast.

So I'm so excited to introduce you to Rachel.

And you'll get to hear more of her story and our stories just throughout the trajectory of this podcast.

But she is a woman that is fierce and adventurous and fun and probably the most go-getting

human I know.

And if it wasn't for her,

this podcast would not be happening. I promise. She is just full of passion. Honestly, those are the words that come to my mind. So I'm just excited for you to get to know her. She's such a dear

friend of mine. And I think you all love hers. Well, hey, Rach. That was too sweet.

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

I just have to learn when someone compliments or says something kind to just open my hands and say,

I receive it. Because I cannot. I cannot. I know. I think it's Southern. Like, you know,

we just don't like to accept things. Like it's like the false being polite of like, oh no. No, but like God created you.

Yeah.

Accept it.

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