It's been a long time. I shouldn't have left you without an episode to listen to A. I don't know. I was, I was, I was feeling myself. I had just listened to Alia. And I have been in the groove anyway. Hoping everything is good. Hoping everything is great. November 4th was the one year anniversary of the podcast. Yay. That was the first episode and

y'all life has been lifing. So I did take some days off some weeks, matter of fact.

You know, when it's time to take the moments that you need, do so and don't apologize for it.

So I'm back. this episode title came today um at the moment

in which I'm speaking of right now and I was talking to a friend and we were speaking on

affirmations and she said you know sometimes I'm thumbing through social

media and I see an affirmation that resonates with me. But then the affirmation don't be

affirmating. And I wonder if anybody has ever been in that place. And I said, you know what,

that's a great idea. That's a great podcast topic. And so I want to talk about when the affirmations

ain't affirmating. Gosh darn it. I believe in affirmations. I believe that words are powerful,

but I also believe that actions are powerful as well. You know, they, they always say actions speak louder

than words. And we have to put those two in action in order for them to work. So when we think

about affirmations and reading them, I know a lot of us scroll through social media. And again,

we see what resonates with us. am strong I am powerful I'm understanding

I'm loving I am honest I am true and it resonates and it feels great and it is empowering in the

moments in which we speak them and we say them out loud and we affirm ourselves but one thing about

affirmations that I've learned is that we can't just say it one time and then keep

it moving we have to continuously tell ourselves that the affirmations that we

believe the words that we believe will empower us. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

But also, what are we doing on the back end to ensure that the words that we are speaking out loud is coming together and is actionable?

So, for example, if my affirmation is that I am beautiful,

then I want to believe that wholeheartedly I am beautiful and I am enough.

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