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I do my solo episodes,

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I don't have to be

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on still must

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be tactful and

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kind. and

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I'm that Well, I'm bad

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anyway. get right

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to it. First of

3:07

all, I want to

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say that say ending the

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second year of second year

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22, in. December 22, the

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second year of year of

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but I just wanted

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to acknowledge the second

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year of Checking In of

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checking in and it looks like

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we'll be going into

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a third season of

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in. I am excited. am you all

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so Thank you all

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so much for tuning

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in, listening with

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or somebody you want to

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be like, be need to listen

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to this episode. to this episode. be

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hearing what y 'all hearing what y'all be doing.

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Mm-hmm. I'm just thankful that y'all. Just keep

4:01

tuning in. to to hear what

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a girl has to say. I don't

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take it for granted. don't take blessed,

4:07

I am so,

4:10

so, so thankful so

4:12

that you guys keep

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tuning in tuning it

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in. check it you So

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We made it We made

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it whole years, two

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seasons. of in.

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in. And we're just getting

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started. I've got some

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cool plans for the third

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season. cool I want to,

4:33

the third season. I Well, you'll see.

4:35

uh, well you'll see, You'll

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see. you'll see. I also want

4:40

to acknowledge. to the

4:42

positive responses of the

4:44

episode of week on grief.

4:47

week on the holidays.

4:49

the holidays. Wow, it

4:51

was so many people people

4:53

that sent diems comments on

4:56

my Instagram and

4:58

my Facebook. And

5:00

even for the people that that

5:02

I sent them to my mother.

5:04

mother and she was just so thankful.

5:07

Matter fact, I will read

5:09

one of her messages. She

5:11

said, said, a sweet such a sweet

5:13

message. I don't know her or

5:15

him, but I love them already. So

5:18

that's from my mama. And so so she y'all

5:20

'all for the love. She loves

5:22

to be loved darling. We

5:24

all do, right? right. So it

5:26

was kind for you guys to

5:29

keep her in your prayers,

5:31

my siblings. siblings. my my

5:33

dad, I think he only

5:35

had two other first cousins.

5:37

cousins. One just passed and if

5:39

my dad were living, he'd

5:41

only have one other first cousin.

5:43

other first want to acknowledge

5:45

our cousin. our Her

5:48

name was Ruth was Ruth Nolan and

5:50

I'm trying to figure out why

5:52

we called her Aunt Ruth her

5:54

Aunt Ruth Ann. And it dawned

5:57

on me me probably, oh,

5:59

it's been. Some years, but

6:01

I said Aunt Ruth Ann is really our

6:03

cousin. Why we been

6:05

calling her Aunt Ruth Ann all these

6:07

years? But because she was, I guess,

6:09

older. And I'm like, all

6:11

these years she never corrected us to say,

6:13

y 'all don't have to call me Aunt Ruth

6:15

Ann. I'm your cousin. All

6:18

right, rest her soul.

6:20

She was a firecracker,

6:22

meaning. She said what she

6:24

said. She wasn't like. loud

6:27

with it. She was

6:29

just firm. She

6:31

would. cuss you out, like,

6:33

literally. This is my dad's side of

6:35

the family. It ain't gonna be too

6:37

much cussing out on my mama's side.

6:39

well lately. Yeah,

6:41

so back to my cousin Aunt Ruth

6:44

Ann. Aunt Ruth Ann was

6:46

somebody that you could go to

6:48

if you felt like, hey I

6:50

need you to give me

6:52

perspective on something. And she

6:54

did. So that was my

6:56

dad's first cousin. Like I

6:58

said, my dad had two

7:00

first cousins, literally. And one

7:02

has passed away. So I just

7:05

wanted to acknowledge that. That

7:07

being said, again, thank you,

7:09

thank you, thank you, thank you.

7:11

and hopefully, since that episode,

7:13

you have been taking stuff step

7:16

-by -step, day -by -day, hour -by -hour,

7:18

minute -by -minute, if you have to.

7:20

I know we save one

7:22

day at a time, but depending

7:24

on where you are around

7:27

the holidays. But I wanna share

7:29

this. Someone was saying they

7:31

lost their dad some years ago.

7:33

and how they are they still

7:35

find themselves in a depression. when

7:39

they think of him.

7:41

And I don't know

7:43

if it's necessarily depression.

7:45

or grieving specific moment

7:47

that you do

7:50

not have. with

7:52

that loved one anymore. You

7:54

know what I mean? That's a

7:57

different type of adult team. how

7:59

we can actually grieve, this This

8:01

is beyond loss of a loved one.

8:04

as an adult. adult, You

8:06

will grieve decisions that

8:08

you made. made that may

8:10

be detoured you. you. sit

8:12

and you'll grieve

8:15

you'll grieve time lost. you'll

8:17

sit and grieve

8:19

opportunity. opportunity wasted.

8:21

But I believe when you

8:24

acknowledge When you acknowledge

8:26

that and you make

8:28

right with certain situations, God

8:30

will redeem the time. What

8:33

What does the the

8:35

timing? I believe that

8:37

like like. steps

8:39

in. like, I know It's

8:41

like, I know this happened,

8:43

but there is a

8:45

time and a place for

8:48

everything. I feel like I feel

8:50

like sometimes in life. weighs Google

8:52

Maps Google Maps, or

8:54

whatever GPS system

8:56

we use. use. If that

8:58

app can get us back

9:00

on the right track. even

9:03

if, you lost You lost some time. to

9:05

me, me, time is redeemed when

9:07

you get to the destination.

9:10

So I feel like if an app can do

9:12

that. do that, can't our

9:14

creator do that? do that? Why

9:16

can't our our and he

9:18

has has, us back on

9:20

the right path from whatever

9:23

mistake we made? made? whatever

9:25

thing we we did hurt

9:27

hurt someone. took or we

9:29

took advantage or took for granted Like, oh,

9:31

I got oh, I got time, I'm

9:33

fine. And then before you you you're

9:36

40 years old, 50 years old, 30

9:38

years old. And you're like, oh old.

9:40

So I just wanted to acknowledge

9:42

how sometimes we can grieve. sometimes we can

9:44

grieve is not always the loss of

9:46

a loved one the loss of

9:48

a sometimes Grieve can sometimes

9:51

be, would my life be like

9:53

be I not done this? So

9:55

So what happens is is you have

9:57

that thought and you wallow in

9:59

it. and sadness, anger, frustration,

10:01

confusion. And I was sharing

10:03

with someone, I believe you

10:06

project that which you did

10:08

not do. You project fear

10:10

of someone else doing what

10:12

they wanna do with their

10:14

life to embark on something

10:16

amazing. You project your fears

10:19

on them or you project

10:21

jealousy on them. You don't

10:23

want them to have it

10:25

because you don't have it.

10:27

And you feel like their

10:29

life is gonna take on

10:32

a different path or you'll

10:34

feel like, well, what is

10:36

my place gonna be in

10:38

their life once they do

10:40

their thing? So I know

10:42

I went down a rabbit

10:45

hole, but listen, it was

10:47

a good one. But I'm

10:49

going back to me making

10:51

sure that you feel like

10:53

you are taking things a

10:56

day at a time as

10:58

best you can and how

11:00

grieving takes on so many

11:02

different forms. Next, I wanna

11:04

say that I did a

11:06

thing. I did a thing.

11:09

Who can DM me and

11:11

tell me what I did?

11:13

I don't know what I'm

11:15

gonna do for that person

11:17

who can DM me and

11:19

tell me what I did,

11:22

but I did a thing.

11:24

I'll say this, it required

11:26

me to travel a long

11:28

distance and then come back

11:30

home. And that's just what

11:32

I'll end it with. So

11:35

use your good senses, call

11:37

Miss Cleo if you have

11:39

to, call God if you

11:41

have to, and

11:44

see if you can

11:46

figure out this thing

11:48

that I did. Okay?

11:51

All right, I'm excited to see who

11:53

can get that. So So listen,

11:55

we are still in the throes of

11:57

the holidays Christmas has just passed.

11:59

We got New Year's Eve coming up

12:02

and New Year's Day. so

12:04

have your holidays been? I

12:06

will say that my holidays

12:08

have been pretty chill. I

12:11

like to chill. I don't do

12:13

a lot of pomp and circumstance

12:15

over the holidays. I rest, I

12:17

sit in gratitude and I look

12:19

forward to the possibilities. of

12:23

the new year! That's what I do. I

12:26

don't get stressed out Christmas

12:28

I go online and do what

12:30

I need to do. God's

12:32

been good. All is

12:35

well. I'm all right, but

12:37

I do love going online and getting

12:39

gifts for folks. I'm doing the hustle

12:41

and bustle. I've never really liked the

12:43

hustle and bustle. Y 'all have me say

12:45

year after year. It's not that I'm

12:47

being by humbug. I just don't like

12:49

the hustle and bustle of. being

12:51

in traffic. Now

12:54

y 'all know Christmas comes around

12:56

every December 25th. Now

12:58

some of y 'all say, you know what?

13:00

I think I'm gonna start Christmas shopping in

13:02

October right after Halloween. Well,

13:04

I guess right after Halloween would

13:06

not be October. It would then be

13:08

November, but some of us do

13:11

say, you know, I might just get

13:13

stuff bit by bit throughout the

13:15

year and just put it in a

13:17

pantry or put stuff, you know,

13:19

in the back of my closet. So

13:21

I just, you know, start Christmas

13:23

shopping early that way I'm not rushing

13:25

in the streets, stressing out. You

13:28

know, I've done that, y 'all. I've stressed

13:30

out about Christmas so much that I even

13:32

forgot to get gives for people. So

13:34

there is something to be

13:36

said about starting your Christmas a

13:38

little early, especially if you

13:40

have a lot of people to

13:42

shop for. I'm so thankful

13:44

that I have family members who just

13:46

like money. And I don't mean that in

13:48

a bad way. I just mean like

13:50

I don't have to like get gifts for

13:52

them. I have family and

13:54

friends who like, girl just give me a

13:57

gift card somewhere. And I'm like, say less,

13:59

here's a gift card. You get a gift

14:01

card, You get a gift card. You

14:03

get a cash app. I just know

14:05

what Christmas does to people I

14:07

know the stress that people are

14:09

in. I participated in a toy

14:11

drive here in Atlanta. My church

14:14

is called Change Church. And

14:16

we did a toy

14:19

drive. Y 'all people. They

14:21

came in not knowing probably that

14:23

week prior, not knowing if their family

14:25

would have a Christmas. And

14:28

so I always keep that

14:30

in the back of my

14:32

head. I get it,

14:34

you want your children and loved ones

14:36

to have a gift under the tree,

14:39

I get it. But 'all know,

14:41

there's been so much emphasis placed

14:43

on gifts and it stresses people

14:45

out. It makes people feel horrible

14:47

if they're not able to provide

14:49

a humongous Christmas. So So for

14:51

me, I didn't put up a

14:53

tree this year. I did not put up a tree. I

14:55

lit a candle. I didn't do

14:58

nothing this year. Plus my home is

15:00

still in the process of being

15:02

decorated so deliveries keep coming in for

15:04

that. So there's a box here

15:06

or a box there or I got

15:08

wait till this is painted before

15:10

I can put this decorative piece up.

15:13

I just didn't feel like. putting tree

15:15

up and doing all that.

15:17

being overwhelmed with. cardboard

15:19

boxes that I got to break down and...

15:21

And I just, not this

15:24

year. But next year, I'm

15:26

going make sure that I act like. God,

15:28

it's been good. and put

15:30

up a tree. some Christmas decor

15:32

outside. We'll get there.

15:35

We'll get there. So like I

15:37

said, I like to look forward

15:39

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15:45

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15:47

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the best tips and life-saving

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tricks from our Good Housekeeping

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Institute experts. So listen, this

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time, it's time to put

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you first. All right, 2023,

21:06

put yourself first. According to

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Goodhousekeeping.com, build a better budget.

21:10

Okay. I always feel like,

21:12

you know, I'll have a

21:14

moment where I feel like,

21:16

okay, pipe down, sis, save,

21:18

and I do it. I

21:20

follow my intuition, I follow

21:22

as the spirit leads, and

21:24

so I'm not gonna like

21:26

do anything crazy. But I

21:28

worked really, really hard. Don't

21:30

we always say that when

21:33

we want to spend money?

21:35

I worked hard. I should

21:37

be able to buy this.

21:39

And guess what thing crazy.

21:41

But I worked really, really,

21:43

really, really hard. Don't we

21:45

always say that when we

21:47

want to spend money? I

21:49

worked hard. I should be

21:51

able to buy this. And

21:53

guess what? You might be

21:55

right. Is it something you

21:57

need or is it something

21:59

you want? Oprah says says

22:01

was when she was still on

22:03

the air, she said, if

22:05

you can't get your mind off

22:07

of it. what she it. or did

22:10

she Is that what she said or did she say if

22:12

you have to think about it twice? Lord

22:14

Lord Jesus, see that's why I need to

22:16

stick to the budget. to right. all

22:19

mindfulness. I

22:21

love practicing. love practicing being

22:24

more self self-aware

22:27

Sabrina Romanoff mindfulness means

22:29

doing everything you can to

22:31

be grateful for what you

22:33

have in the moment grateful you

22:35

are in life in who

22:37

you are right now. and who

22:39

you are right now. So if we can

22:41

be grateful for what we have

22:44

in the moment and where we

22:46

are in life, guess what, we'll

22:48

also be able to stick to

22:50

our budget. also be able to this one

22:52

says cook something new each week.

22:54

new each week. Now, my mama threw some

22:56

shade some weeks ago when

22:58

she said come come to

23:00

your house for Christmas because

23:02

I I break in your stove because

23:05

I know you ain't gonna

23:07

use it. it. That's exactly

23:09

what she said. She said, because I know you

23:11

ain't gonna use it. I was like, I you ain't

23:13

I can't commit to that. was I cannot

23:15

commit to cooking something new each week. I

23:17

know me, so I'm not even gonna. I

23:19

know me, so I'm I'm good. gonna,

23:21

yeah, I'm good. books. books.

23:24

Now, I'm going to say gonna say

23:26

this. I think I said I this

23:28

year, I said I was gonna

23:30

get off of social media

23:32

and I'm gonna read more books.

23:35

that didn't happen. But because I'm

23:37

singing this right now, I am

23:40

going to read more books. I don't I

23:42

don't need to get off

23:44

of social media media And I'm

23:46

so glad for things to come

23:48

in 2023 2023 that I can

23:50

spend less time trying to

23:52

create content. That's not

23:55

my strong suit. suit. And we

23:57

thank the Lord for gifting

23:59

people here. you're on earth that

24:01

do it very well. Create a

24:03

cleaning schedule you'll stick to. Oh, that's me.

24:05

I can do that. Yep, I love a

24:07

clean house I don't

24:09

like clutter. Something about clutter, by

24:11

the way. When you

24:13

wanna keep a clean bill of

24:15

mental health, create a cleaning schedule.

24:19

I that I get up

24:21

every day and make up

24:23

my bed. There was probably

24:25

only maybe, maybe one day

24:27

this year where I got

24:29

up and didn't make my

24:32

bed the entire day. Now,

24:34

not saying that for brownie points.

24:36

I'm just saying that that is

24:38

something that I have been sticking

24:40

to for four years now. and

24:43

it's been amazing. First

24:46

thing. get up. Straighten

24:48

up the sheets make them

24:50

look nice. And I put all

24:52

80 pillows back on there. It's something

24:54

about, you know, even if you

24:56

might have clothes to fold or something,

24:58

it's something about the bed being

25:01

made. That's the biggest piece of furniture

25:03

in your room. So if that's

25:05

all cluttered, that's also maybe one of

25:07

the first things you look at

25:09

when you walk into your bedroom. So

25:12

I prefer that. So yes, create

25:14

a cleaning schedule. I love

25:16

cleaning. See, now listen. To

25:18

my future husband, I just want

25:20

you to know I might not cook

25:22

all the time. But

25:24

baby, your house gon' be clean. You

25:26

hear me? It's gon' be clean! So this

25:28

is a resolution I can stick to

25:30

creative cleaning schedule. I don't need to create

25:32

a cleaning schedule because I just like

25:35

to clean. okay? and

25:37

during cleaning schedule. They

25:40

say that it doesn't suck up endless

25:42

hours of time on weekends anymore. So

25:44

some people are so overwhelmed. So if

25:46

you do one room at a time,

25:48

I've read that for years, where you

25:50

do one room at a time, don't

25:52

overwhelm yourself by trying to say, you

25:54

know, on Saturday, I'm gonna get up

25:56

and clean. No, cause you don't know

25:58

what kind of. week you're gonna have

26:01

at work or at school, you just

26:03

don't know what it's gonna be. like

26:05

Saturday, that might be your day to

26:07

just rest, okay? So do something bit

26:09

by bit. Day by day, just let

26:11

me know. Ooh, this

26:13

is drinkless alcohol. That's

26:17

Easy breezy, I don't even drink

26:19

like that, so. So Y

26:21

'all know me, I love red

26:23

wine, so. So all right,

26:25

it says, if you drink less

26:27

alcohol, it can improve your

26:30

mood, sleep, skin, and your immune

26:32

system. All

26:35

All right, number eight, weekly meal prep

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planner. Now there's 65 of these

26:39

resolutions, honey. And I just don't know

26:41

I'm gonna do all 65. Commit

26:43

to a healthier sleep routine. Now,

26:46

I'll say this. I

26:48

noticed that when Go

26:51

to sleep earlier and I wake

26:53

up earlier. This is the person

26:55

you want to be with. okay? Now

26:58

don't talk about me. When I'm

27:00

sleep by 10 o 'clock at night. 10,

27:04

maybe 11, and I

27:06

get a good six,

27:08

seven hours in. You

27:11

can't tell me nothing. I

27:14

would say do that. Join

27:16

a club. Quit

27:18

smoking. Okay, some of y 'all might

27:20

say quit smoking. Learn to love

27:22

vegetables. OMG, I

27:24

love vegetables. Y 'all want. Y

27:28

Y 'all, I have a

27:30

confession. I am addicted

27:32

to many sweet bell

27:34

peppers. Yes, many

27:36

sweet bell peppers, they come

27:39

in a bag. at the

27:41

grocery store. There's a certain brand

27:43

that I like from a

27:45

certain store, they're crunchy and great

27:47

water content. So learn

27:49

to love vegetables. I've learned

27:51

to love blackberries. I didn't

27:53

love blackberries. I've come to

27:56

love blueberries. I didn't

27:58

like blueberries. What?

28:00

People like, oh, ooh, give me blueberry

28:02

pancakes. I'd be like, ooh, I'd

28:04

be like, oh, me, honey, with just

28:06

butter and syrup. butter and I'll

28:08

eat the whole plastic container of

28:11

blueberries. along with

28:13

the bell peppers. it could

28:15

be something that my It could be

28:17

something that my body was craving. The

28:19

bell peppers, the red ones, they're very

28:21

high in in C. C. Bell bell peppers

28:23

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our smears. We've got to got

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32:26

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32:28

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32:30

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32:32

pap smears. I know they say

32:34

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32:36

your pap smears yearly do you are

32:39

not sexually active. you are I

32:41

say, active. I say,

32:43

yearly smears yearly

32:45

kinds of cancers, of

32:47

cancers. Oh, variant, Come

32:49

on, let's do our do

32:52

our pap smears. Sorry, that wasn't

32:54

for you. for you.

32:56

But... Let's make sure that

32:58

our reproductive health is good. good.

33:00

Make sure your sexual health

33:02

is good. Ladies, if you

33:04

realize that your periods are

33:07

are heavier, painful, aren't those aren't

33:09

normal. Periods are not supposed

33:11

to be heavy or painful.

33:13

Just because saw saw mama with

33:15

a heating pad and she

33:17

would take medication, that's

33:20

not normal. You might

33:22

have PCOS, might might have

33:24

endometriosis, you might have fibroids,

33:26

not normal, not normal. a

33:29

That's a podcast. But please, please,

33:31

please, but please, please, please

33:33

mammograms, colonoscopies, whatever age there

33:35

in, have y 'all, there

33:37

have been people younger and

33:39

younger and younger getting

33:41

colon cancer, please, so please clean.

33:43

your teeth yes, Lord. Hallelujah.

33:45

Get your Lord, hallelujah. treat Get

33:47

your teeth your treat yourself. Get

33:50

your teeth whiten. Okay, I I

33:52

know I'm going going to go Exercise

33:54

your brain. brain. That's another

33:56

resolution. Okay, become a

33:58

plant owner. owner. Okay. Okay, let's do

34:00

that, take the stairs, do

34:03

yoga with your partner. your partner. Ooh.

34:05

Some of of y 'all that got got

34:07

a you might. You All right,

34:09

right. He's about you started

34:11

off doing yoga and then,

34:14

off doing yoga All right. Mm-hmm.

34:16

this is my Ooh. of

34:18

resolution. my kind of vacation. a vacation. Head

34:20

a vacation. spa. to a

34:23

day spa. These

34:25

are attainable Day spa. Eat

34:27

vegetables. eat vegetables, budget.

34:30

clean, make time make time

34:32

for cuddling. says cuddling just for

34:34

fun can It says, and for

34:36

fun can fight stress

34:38

and improve both of your

34:41

moods by increasing hormones which

34:43

hormones, which research ads may

34:45

also pressure. Ooh, pressure. regularly when

34:47

you're regularly. physically

34:49

affectionate with your partner, they're

34:51

more likely to see

34:53

you as trustworthy and likable.

34:55

and likable. Oh, Jessica relationship expert. relationship

34:57

expert. Okay, this this kind of

34:59

attraction doesn't always need

35:01

to result in sex or

35:03

erotic exchanges. Okay, can

35:05

you just cuddle? Okay, can

35:07

you Let's see how many of

35:09

y 'all can do that. see how many of

35:11

Can you just cuddle and not

35:13

end up 30 minutes later in

35:15

up 30 minutes All right. regret? All

35:17

right, is what I gotta do. is what I

35:20

Jesus, do. I'm dehydrated as we speak. Hold up,

35:22

as me take a sip. the water, hold up.

35:24

up, let me take a sip of water,

35:26

hold up. Yes,

35:29

this this you know you need need to hydrate,

35:31

but it's especially important when you get

35:33

only six hours of sleep or less

35:35

or less. more likely to be dehydrated

35:37

the day after a a night of sleep

35:39

night hormone that regulates your body's water

35:42

Conservation is released during later stages of

35:44

sleep is released some extra water on those

35:46

days if you can and remember that

35:48

too much water can be tricky for

35:50

your gut and remember I need

35:52

all the water I can get. your gut

35:54

too. Baby, I need all the water I can

35:57

get. Let go of all all that

35:59

anger. Sure. Y 'all know what

36:01

that means. I don't have to do

36:03

it. It says chronic anger can induce

36:05

headaches, anxiety, digestion problems, and high blood

36:07

pressure. All right. If you

36:09

want let go of the anger, let me

36:11

know. Michelle, I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna

36:14

release this anger. Jumpstart a new career. Shout

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36:22

right, I've done enough. I think

36:24

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36:26

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36:45

therapy. All right, so

36:47

how exciting is this Volunteer

36:49

leave? Get in a body

36:51

positive mindset, lift weights. Ooh, ooh. how

36:53

many of us said we gonna work

36:55

out in 2023? And how you ain't

36:57

gonna be able to tell me nothing.

37:00

Try a guided work out class.

37:02

Now I'm tell you this,

37:04

there is a place here in

37:06

Atlanta called Kika, K -I -K -A,

37:08

they do guided stretching. So

37:10

instead of yoga, it's guided stretching.

37:12

And I promise you, you

37:14

like, You grow like an

37:17

inch or two by the time

37:19

you leave there. The first day, I

37:21

know I did it. Y

37:23

'all again, there are like 65 of these.

37:25

Add more citrus to your grocery cart. Wait

37:28

a minute, now wait a minute. Oh,

37:30

OK. I see. This says,

37:32

bathe for a better sleep. Take

37:34

a hot bath. It It helped

37:36

people fall asleep about 10 minutes earlier

37:38

and have a better quality snooze.

37:40

The best time to do it, about

37:42

an hour or two before bedtime.

37:45

See, I thought when I take a

37:47

hot bath, I thought it raised

37:49

my blood pressure up too high. and

37:51

it got me a little

37:53

too crunk. So a shower. to

37:55

me was best. That's me. OK,

37:59

now this is a good house. keeping they may know

38:01

what they're talking about, talk but thought

38:03

from my experience, I would my

38:05

soak in a nice salt. just soak

38:07

in a nice but not to induce

38:09

sleep. to induce sleep

38:11

with kindness. kindness oh

38:14

get artsy make your home

38:16

more fragrant. Yes, I've got

38:18

candles lit as we speak.

38:20

Candles that have some lavender

38:22

in it or peppermint

38:24

can boost energy and lavender

38:27

can can boost energy and All

38:29

right, and number 65 says

38:31

make over your daily

38:33

routine. All right, All that

38:35

has been a few resolutions.

38:37

Which ones will you be

38:40

doing? doing? Y'all, 'all, this

38:42

has been such a fun

38:44

episode. I had a blast

38:46

going through some of these resolutions. done

38:48

When I am done recording, I'm

38:50

gonna go back and look through

38:52

here so I can remind myself

38:54

which ones I said I would

38:56

do. Like I Like I said, I don't

38:58

necessarily call necessarily call them resolutions, also your

39:00

body will tell you what it is

39:03

that you need to do. to do. If

39:05

you're a spiritual person, your spirit

39:07

will tell you what you

39:09

need to be doing you well.

39:11

Follow your gut. I'm excited for

39:13

y 'all for your 2023. for

39:16

you so much for rocking

39:18

with me this entire year

39:21

of for rocking I can cry

39:23

right now because I am

39:25

in I and right that we

39:27

really are. and belief at

39:29

the last week

39:31

of week of 'all. It

39:34

It really is. the end end

39:36

of 2022. that

39:38

if pray that if this year didn't go

39:40

the way that you want it to go.

39:42

you I pray that

39:44

go, I pray that blows your

39:46

mind. I pray that

39:48

mind. I you know that

39:50

your prayers have been

39:52

heard. prayers pray that

39:55

heard. I pray that 2023,

39:57

You have joy, you have

39:59

peace. have love, that you got a

40:01

but you got a little less stress. pray

40:03

that I pray that you're able

40:06

to discern who or what

40:08

could possibly be in your

40:10

space, your life and your

40:12

environment could be could be causing

40:14

or hindering you. from

40:16

having one of the best years

40:18

of your life. ever I don't ever

40:20

want to say, you know, 2022 was

40:22

the best year of my life. No,

40:24

No, we still got a lot more

40:26

more to do. to do. 2022, yes, one

40:29

one of the best years of my

40:31

life. One of. of the the best

40:33

years of my life. And I'm so thankful

40:35

that you guys have been a part of

40:37

it. a part by week, you

40:39

give me an opportunity to share

40:41

with you. you. You helped me to

40:43

create space to

40:46

recording. coming to your

40:48

home, your car, home, your

40:50

AirPods, your earpods, your however

40:52

you listen to my you I'm

40:55

truly, truly, truly truly

40:57

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