Hi everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome back to work in progress.

Today I wanted to introduce our guest, musician, songwriter, mixed media artist,

and writer Morgan Harper Nichols in a slightly different way. I am going to read to you

some of her own beautiful words. She writes,

I know you haven't done everything perfectly up until this point, and there are still so many unknowns that lie before you,

but you must remember how far you have come. Remember all of the things you have already let go of,

even if others don't seem to notice, even if you don't feel like your accomplishments reflect

just how much time and energy you're putting in. The important thing is to make room in your heart

for gratitude, even when there are a thousand things on your mind. And you don't need anyone else's

permission before you begin to do that. You don't have to wait until someone says, wow, you're doing

so well or you've come so far to know in the well of your soul that you are healing and you're

stronger than you used to be. You do not have to wait on anyone else to notice just how much progress

you are making. How lovely, right? It's moving, it's encouraging, and that quote happens to feel

incredibly important for work and progress. If you love that piece, you can find it on Morgan's

secondary Instagram page at the storyteller co. Also the name of an app she started. Her main

Instagram page is her name at Morgan Harper Nichols, where she has 1.7 million followers who all

tune in to view her art and writing, her poems and musings, and what she's created in music.

Morgan's work is centered around the question, how can we create connection? With this in mind,

she is a true Renaissance artist and a hustler. She's creating art and sharing it across her

Instagram feed, her company, her blog, Garden24, her social media, her YouTube, and she has a podcast.

Plus, her latest book, How Far You've Come, just came out this April and it's full of art,

poems, and thoughts on living a life. Please join me for this soul strengthening and deeply enriching

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