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Hello and welcome back to oversharing. I'm Jordana Abraham and I'm Dr. Naomi Bernstein.

We're back. It's been a bit of a weird weekend. We record these a week in advance.

So we're coming off emotionally stressful three day weekend, I would say.

Totally. It's funny because one of the last recordings we had, I was like, I'm feeling heavy

and we had this kind of like heavy start. And then today it feels like there's a heavy,

heaviness to it too. So, you know, we had a back and forth about how and if to go there.

Because I want this show to be calming and I want it to be a release, a release,

and a relief and a place to come to feel like more centered. So the last thing that we want

is to have this be charged or upsetting or activating. You know, it's tough to know how to

address this in a way that's, you know, with our listeners best interests at heart.

Obviously, we're referring to the Israel Gaza situation for those of you that picked up on that

piece. And yeah, again, we were, we record these a week in advance. I don't know what the

situation will be by the time it is aired. But up until now, it just seems like you just hear

worse and worse things every day. It's very like emotionally heavy. Do you discuss this with like

your patients? Like, how does, how does this make its way into your life besides the obvious?

Well, it's funny because with all the political stuff, like the election stuff and the

democratic republican, I'm pretty neutral. And I think my patients love that. Like, I am open

to hearing everything and I'm very neutral and my body can remain calm. Like, I could be talking to

you know, someone on the right and I can stay calm and someone on the left and I can stay calm.

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