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All right, happy Wednesday, everybody.

Hope you're getting through the week, focusing on mental health and self-care.

It's Mental Health Awareness Month, so I'm talking a lot more about what that means and what some tips are for that. But self-care is

always a very important part of mental health. Remember, it's different from coping mechanisms.

Coffey mechanisms are all the different things we might lean on and help us get through events.

Sometimes they have a negative feeling afterwards or during. It's the best we can do. Self care always is rooted in

making us feel better. It doesn't have any negative impact. So a lot of times right now we're

seeing people eating foods that might not make them feel great or even drinking a lot. That's their

chosen coping mechanism. We're being loving and compassionate and holding things loosely. But

self-care would not be any of those because self-care again always leaves us feeling better off afterwards. So we want to be focusing on that. Sorry about that.

Working from homes, you're going to hear all sorts of crazy sounds. But let's talk about some news.

Look, y'all, we are doing the best we can with this pandemic. People are trying to enforce the rules,

follow the law, and also not lose their jobs.

Heartbreaking when you hear this stuff, a Michigan security guard got shot after enforcing a

mask policy and also a McDonald's patron allegedly opened fire after being told to wear a mask.

We also heard a story of some other people getting thrown around beat up when trying to enforce

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