What boundary did I set or did I need to set that made life better? It's a really good one for women. I find women, we don't, we don't set boundaries. We just, we just add to the load. It's like, oh, you want more, you want me to do more PTAs? Oh, you want me to do, yeah, oh, sure, yeah, I can figure that. I'll make it work, you know, that's how we are. So what boundary did I set or need to set that made life better?

Okay. days. Oh, you want me to do? Yeah, oh, sure. Yeah, I can figure that. I'll make it work. You know, that's how we are. So what boundary did I set or need to set that made life better?

All right, my friends, we are starting to wrap up 2025. And man, this has been a year. It has been a year of highs and lows for me, as I know, it very likely has been for you.

And I wanted to do a shorter-ish episode today, really just expressing my gratitude for you, my Betty, whether you are a light roast Betty, you are a light roast betty, you are a dark

roast betty or you are somewhere in between. For you to come on this journey with me,

it is really, I do not take for granted one millisecond that you are spending your precious

time, energy focus with me. And so I wanted to start off by saying,

thank you. And I thought for today, we're going to make this a little short and a little sweet.

But I wanted to really talk about gratitude because I just expressed my gratitude to you.

But also, gratitude is not

pretending everything is fine, you know? And I strategically released this episode in the middle

of the holidays where things might not be fine. There may be some stressful family

situations, there may be some stressful business,

financial, you know, the world, who knows, right? So gratitude is not pretending everything is fine.

It's not like toxic positivity. It's not forcing yourself to look on the bright side when

something hurts. And it's definitely not a requirement to feel cheerful or happy either.

Gratitude is more like saying, okay, even here, even now, there were moments of support.

There were people who showed up. And maybe the only person was you. There was something steady. There was something

safe. There was a lesson that was meant for me. And maybe even there was a chance to start again,

you know? Sometimes gratitude is like huge, just life changing, life altering trajectories. And

sometimes it's like tiny, you know, it's a warm tea.

It's fresh, crisp, clean, cold sheets. It's a text message that arrives, you know, at the

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