Oh, hello. Hi. It's your old dog hiding behind the couch because I ate from the garbage again.

For week two, it's a lally ward. Okay, why? Well, because we're back for part two of

phirology, folks. Did you listen to part one? I hope you did. If you haven't, then just stop this.

Go back. Listen to part one. That's how things work sequentially. And part one is bananas. How crazy

bananas was that episode. So I heard from so many of you that it was like life changing. It

totally was for me too. And so we're back for the last half of the interview because I did talk

to thatologist for one million hours. So I split it into two. Fun fact. Did you know that you can't

spell interview without review? Got it? And when you write and review and subscribe to this podcast,

it keeps it up in the charts and it helps other people see it. And then boom, you have more people

to talk about this stuff with at dinner parties. So and I read every single one of your reviews.

Every single one is not weird. I do it. No shame. And this week's review was just so kind.

The review I picked to read is from stir fried. The part I loved said, even when I see a topic and

I'm like, I give it a listen. And I get wrapped up in it as if it were a topic that I wasn't

thralled with. Keep it up, Ali. And so if there are any episodes that you haven't listened to because

you're like, I don't think I'm gonna like that. Go back and listen to my promise. I put stuff in

there for everyone. And you're gonna be like, who knew I am now very, very excited about gemstones

and birds. So head on back. Okay. But let's get back to it. So we learned last week that

phirology is indeed a real word. It has been cited in the literature and that stress is just a

sneaky, deaky word for fear. That blew my mind. And that fear is not helpful unless it's factual.

And you need your muscles tense to outrun an angry animal. And then a lot of our fictional fears stem

from just plain old human not being good enough or from being out of control. So why did I never

learn that in therapy? Ever. Why not? Anyway, no matter. Also, if this podcast makes your life any

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