Hello, Freckled Foodie fam. Today is another fellow episode. As I mentioned, we are trying

to do these every other week and sharing topics that are ones I talk about on our Instagram

stories or my Instagram stories that end up really resonating with you all or a TikTok

that does really well or, you know, anything that is happening over this two week period

that I feel really resonates with this community. I'm trying to extend into a longer form

episode and then, as I mentioned, I'm really trying to get the Freckled Foodie family involved.

So I'm doing that by kind of giving you all the prompt of the upcoming episode and then

asking you to write in. I so appreciate everyone who takes the time to write in. Like, you

are amazing. I love you, whether it be DM to add FF and FriendsPod or email to podcast

at Freckled Foodie. It's so helpful for me. I go through all of your emails. I respond

to all of them. I take things that I think would be good snippets to discuss in the episode

that were recording. And I love it because I also think that, yes, these are solo episodes,

but it also brings other voices into the mix. And it gives me almost someone to co-host

with, if that makes sense, like I feel as if I'm kind of co-hosting with the Freckled Foodie

family, which is a really fun experience. So today's episode is one, I've talked about

this, I mean, honestly, like many of times probably in the way that it impacts Joe and

my relationship. And the, and I've hinted at like, Oh, Joe is so much better at dealing

with me. My anxiety than I am dealing with him and any of his, like, struggles. And it

seemed like a lot of you resonated with being in a relationship, whether it be a family

member, a friend, or a sexual relationship, where one of you struggles with mental health.

And it obviously has an impact on a relationship. Like that cannot be denied. But I think it's

helpful to kind of unpack how we go about these relationships, how we speak our emotions

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