Welcome to Thoughtful Action, Tangible Results - Bettering your Business presented by The Gunter Group. Join us as we explore topics that matter most in business consulting and management - from strategy and leadership to data and digital transformation. Whether your navigating a complex project, refining your strategic planning process or driving cultural and business transformations, our episodes provide actionable insights and fresh perspectives to help you and your teams succeed. With ex ...
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Ladies, We Need to Talk goes deep on the women's health and relationship issues that are setting your group chat on fire. Come hang with the fabulous Yumi Stynes as she takes a candid, non-judgmental and often hilarious look at the deeply personal stuff that's hard to bring up, even with your closest mates. You'll meet incredible experts to help you improve your wellness, manage the mental load; survive break-ups and prioritise your mental health. With sensitivity, personal stories from real ...
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'Bounce back' culture can find someone else to pick on, we're celebrating bodies who've given birth. And this episode isn't just for the mums. It's for everyone who's ever felt the bod they were given this earth to roam in isn't good enough. Yumi Stynes meets women who've fought the insidious pressures on mums' bodies and found a new appreciation f…
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Emotional labour is the overlooked cousin of the mental load. It's managing the feelings of people around us, from being a shoulder to cry on to cheering on your colleagues. Taking the time to check in on relatives and making sure the fridge is stocked with everyone's favourite foods. Emotional labour is invisible yet vital work that falls more hea…
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Swinging: What's it like to swap sexual partners?
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28:00Welcome to the world of swingers, where the libidos are high but so are the stakes. Join Yumi Stynes as she heads to a swinger's club and learns what it takes to open up a relationship without breaking trust. Meet the women in the swinging scene and find out what they get out of it (besides the orgasms). This episode will change the way you think a…
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Rosie Waterland and Jamila Rizvi's broken brains
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33:08When Jamila Rizvi was dealing with the emotional sucker punch of a brain tumour diagnosis, she needed a friend who understood what she was going through. Enter, writer and comedian Rosie Waterland. Rosie knows what it's like to live with a broken brain. A childhood marked by abuse and trauma has left her struggling with complex PTSD throughout her …
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Relationship resuscitation — coming back from the brink
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33:00Does your partner feel more like a housemate than a lover? Have you lost your spark in the overflowing laundry basket? Resentment got you snarking at each other? Get yourself to the relationship ER! If things are flatlining and you want your partnership to survive, there are treatment options. Yumi Stynes meets women who have brought their relation…
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Jessie Tu, on miscarriage and doing motherhood her way
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30:00A morning phone call from her doctor confirmed Jessie Tu's worst fears. She'd lost the baby she was carrying. Jessie and her partner had tried for months to get pregnant, and the news sparked a specific kind of grief she hadn't encountered before. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Jessie was raised with the idea that discipline and hard work ge…
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Botox and fillers – facing up to the new normal
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34:00Fillers, Botox, and injectables — they're everywhere! There was a time when getting needles in your face was a big deal. But these days, getting a 'tweakment' is as easy-peasy as getting a mani pedi. It's not just 69-year-old Kris Jenner who looks like a teenager now. Your hairdresser, barista, and the mums at the school gate are doing a Benjamin B…
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In a sex saturated world, it's easy to think that everyone's having hotter, kinkier, more interesting sex than you are. But are they really? Yumi Stynes gathers together sex therapist, Georgia Grace, author Alyx Gorman and comedian Alex Lee for an urgent group chat unpacking what it means to have a satisfying sex life and why comparisons to others …
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The ERP Selection Process with Angela Tekulve
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21:25Selecting the right ERP system is crucial, but it's easy to stumble. In this episode, we guide you through the ERP selection process while highlighting common pitfalls and how to avoid them. Join host Nate Ferguson and Angela Tekulve, Principal Consultant at The Gunter Group, to learn key considerations, ensure alignment with your business goals, u…
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Sandwich generation — the women looking after everyone
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31:16Your parents are elderly. Your kids need you. And it's up to you to tend to the needs of everyone. Welcome to the sandwich generation. The bad news is you'll be wading through a ton of logistical, financial and medical obstacles while watching your folks decline. The good news is you're not alone. Join Yumi Stynes in meeting two women doing their b…
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Calling out wellness bullsh*t with Dr Jen Gunter
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30:00Coffee enemas? Healing jade yoni eggs? Raw milk? No, nope, nup. Dr Jen Gunter is calling bullsh*t on the internet's wellness industry. Dr Gunter is on a crusade against disinformation. As a gynaecologist and internationally renowned women's health expert, she calls out influencers promoting harmful treatments and nonsense supplements for profit. An…
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Loneliness hurts. And we know it's bad for us, worse than smoking or obesity. Even though a third of us are lonely, we're embarrassed to say so. So, what would happen if we talked about our loneliness openly? And how can we build more meaningful connections? Yumi Stynes speaks to women who are lonely, one within a marriage and one hoping to find a …
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Can you train yourself to pee less? From 'What's That Rash?'
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20:00Do you need to pee at all hours of the day? Pelvic floor got you down? Are things a getting saggy down there like like a rogue bit of pizza dough or like Gary Oldman's face? There are some medical reasons why you might need to constantly rush to the loo, but the good news is in most cases your bladder is deconditioned, and you need to get your urin…
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How to give zero f*cks with Gina Chick, Jessie Tu and Anna Broinowski
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27:18When filmmaker Anna Broinowski turned 50, she stopped giving any f*cks about what other people thought of her. Stopped prettying herself, being concerned with niceness, and exhaled. Certified badass Gina Chick spent 67 days in the literal wilderness living off the land to win Alone Australia. Jessie Tu refuses to adhere to the male gaze. So, what h…
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Celebrating our Sentimental Garbage with Caroline O'Donoghue
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19:00Are chick flicks and rom-coms your secret indulgence but you feel too embarrassed to admit it? Caroline O'Donoghue, host of the hit podcast, Sentimental Garbage, says it's time to stop apologising for the culture we love. Under the tongue-in-cheek banner 'Justice for Dumb Women', O'Donoghue celebrates the pop-culture we've long been told we should …
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Our lady gardens aren't meant to smell like roses but if things are overly whiffy downstairs it might mean something more serious is going on. Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is a common vaginal infection that can cause a stinky, fishy discharge. BV is not only uncomfortable, it can be hella embarrassing and hard to get rid of. But in good news for vag…
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Are our boys ok? Fighting online misogyny with Kate Scott
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27:00What does the manosphere and the rise of online misogyny mean for our relationships with boys and men? The Netflix drama Adolescence shows the violent consequences of being steeped in hateful messages about women. It follows 13-year-old Jamie, an incel, angry at the world because he's been sexually rejected by a girl. The show has started conversat…
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Charlotte's sugar daddy took her to the fanciest restaurant in Melbourne. Soraya's gave her a trust fund. Meet the attractive young women dating rich older men as Yumi Stynes peeks into the lives of sugar babies. Find out how the online sugar dating world (the sugar bowl) facilitates the kind of romance you pay for, and what can go wrong when sex m…
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'All Women Want' — how to have great sex, with Alyx Gorman
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32:00Great sex isn't inevitable. If you're a straight woman, chances are you've enjoyed far fewer orgasms than your sexual partner(s). And yes, we know, it's not just about the big O, but isn't it time the ladies got on equal frotting footing and closed the pleasure gap? Enter: Alyx Gorman. In her book All Women Want, Alyx investigates what makes for th…
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If you think perimenopause is reserved for mid-life, think again. When other 20 and 30-somethings are out partying or decorating the nursery, how do you cope with night sweats, hot flashes, brain fog and a tired libido? What's it like to have the body of a young woman, filled with the hormones of someone decades older? Yumi Stynes meets women going…
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What happens to your sex life in perimenopause? When Salt-N-Pepa wrote Let's Talk About Sex, they didn't get to that bit. Well, Yumi Stynes is here to update the lyrics! In this no-holds-barred episode she meets women who have experienced changes to their libido and sexual function during this phase of life and finds out what help is at hand. Yumi …
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Is perimenopause brain fog jamming up your workday? Are you constantly in a bad mood or irrationally angry at your kids who are only as annoying as usual? Is your memory failing you for the simplest words? Riding the hormonal rollercoaster of perimenopause has a huge impact on our brains — from mood to memory, sleep to stress. Come hang with Yumi S…
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Perimenopause: WTF is happening to our bodies
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31:00Hot flashes. Night sweats. Aching joints. Sore boobs. Welcome to your body in perimenopause! In episode one of this four-part series, Yumi Stynes speaks to women in the thick of perimenopause and battling physical symptoms. She also sits down with Dr Susan Davis, endocrinologist and world-leading expert on sex hormones and ageing to learn the best …
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Perimenopause: it's a huge physical, mental and sexual upheaval in a woman's life and yet, there's so much confusion as to how to make it through. Perimenopause is the months and years leading up to the last period, where a woman's hormones get feisty on their way down to retirement. This hormone fluctuation can lead to a range of symptoms, from ho…
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Surrogacy: why women carry babies for others
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30:00What's it like to carry and give birth to a child for someone else? What compels a woman to take on something so profound? There's more to surrogacy than cooking a bun in an 'oven', it's complex as hell. In this episode Yumi Stynes meets women who have been surrogates and hears about the joy and the heartache the experience can bring. This episode …
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From Legacy to Innovation: Digital Transformation Essentials with Matt Bader
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31:49Too many companies are stuck doing business with customers using methods that are long expired. Because of the rapid rate of technological change and influence on everyday interactions, customers have come to expect more of companies with their digital experiences. Digital Transformation is “An intentional, coordinated, and consistent effort to mov…
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Should I have a kid? The mother of all decisions with Gina Rushton and Penny Greenhalgh
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27:00Babies. Some women know they want them, others know they absolutely don't, and then there are the women who find themselves trying to make the call one way or another before biology beats them to it. But how do you weigh up something so monumental? And can you ever be sure that you've made the "right" decision when it comes to starting a family? Yu…
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Our best friends are our ride-or-die, snort-laughing, crisis solving buttresses. But what happens when a friendship ends? In a romantic break-up, there's a cultural handbook instructing us all to sanctioned crying, bitching and ice-cream eating. Playlists, movies and a canon of literature are ready to validate the catastrophic pain of heartbreak. B…
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Quitting men: Hope Woodard's 'boysober' movement
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21:00Swipe, date, sex, repeat. So went the life of Hope Woodard, constantly on the apps and looking for validation in the form of male attention. This perpetual cycle started from a young age and by the time she was in her mid-twenties, Hope was done. Done with terrible first dates. Done with being ghosted. Done with men. So, she set herself a challenge…
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When Dr Rena Malik posted a video on her YouTube channel called 'Where's the G-Spot?', twelve million people tuned in to hear the answer. The urologist and sex educator has carved out a space as a reliable and trustworthy source of sex education. But Dr Rena hasn't always been so open. She grew up in an Indian family that didn't talk about sex, no …
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Menstruating. An ordinary bodily function. Like breathing or sweating or digesting, it's as natural as the hairs on our heads, period (pun intended). And even though there has been some progress in our openness in talking about periods, we're still largely a bit…grossed out. Yumi Stynes investigates the lingering shame around women's bleeding and s…
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Saggy boobs, leathery skin, becoming invisible... is getting older as grim as it sounds? Ageing presents a unique challenge to us ladies, and while there's no stopping gravity, there are things to be excited about — from giving less f#*@% to not being afraid to ask for what you want in the bedroom. Yumi Stynes gets the low-down on what the hell hap…
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Mind-blowing. Intoxicating. Earth-shattering. Meet the women having the best sex of their lives after years on end of ho-hum humping. Yumi Stynes speaks to ladies who have levelled up their sex lives, learns how they made it to the promised land, and whether there's room for us all to join them. (R) This episode contains references to sex, pleasure…
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Unlocking Agile Transformation: Leadership, Culture, and Strategic Implementation with Jim Calko
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32:54Unlock the secrets of Agile transformation with industry expert Jim Calco as we explore how Agile culture extends beyond software development to drive innovation and enhance business agility. Learn how adopting an Agile mindset can align business and technology teams, leading to more effective and profitable outcomes. Jim reveals how leveraging ind…
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Setting Your Project Up for Success with Perin Wehde
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40:46In this episode, Nate Ferguson sits down with Perin Wehde, a Principal Consultant and seasoned Program Advisor, to discuss the key ingredients for project success. Together, they explore essential elements like governance, building a solid business case for change, crafting a robust change management plan, and meticulous project planning. Perin sha…
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An Introduction to ERP Implementations with Angela Tekulve
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41:19In this episode we talk with TGG Principal Consultant Angela Tekulve about all things Enterprise Resource Planning system implementations. This is the first in a series of episodes dedicated to ERP systems. To kick things off, we discuss: Why ERPs Matter and the role they play in the modern business environment Understanding the Basics of ERP syste…
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The power of one: the single ladies owning it
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28:00What if being single wasn’t a problem to be solved but a state of bliss? For some women, living without an “other half” is the key to being complete. But even though more women than ever are single by choice, we live in a society that values couple-dom. Marriage and motherhood are still held up as the ultimate end goals. Single women are viewed wit…
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Thoughtful Action. Tangible Results - Introduction
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4:02Welcome to Thoughtful Action Tangible Results - Bettering Your Business. Take a listen to this brief overview that unpacks the purpose of this podcast, value for our listeners, and what you can expect from future episodes. Whether you’re a seasoned executive or an emerging leader, this podcast is your go-to resource for actionable insights and prac…
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Cheers! For a lot of us alcohol is a reward after a hard day, a way to unwind, a key part of our celebrations, but our love of a drink comes at a cost. Some women are regularly drinking at dangerous rates while others find it difficult to go without. Beyond the hangover fuzz, booze can take a toll on our health and relationships. So why are we so k…
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The 'joy thief' — Penny Moodie on living with OCD
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24:43Penny Moodie’s childhood was marked by catastrophic thoughts: that her parents would die in an accident, that she had contracted HIV, that she was pregnant, even though she’d never had sex. These all-consuming anxieties wouldn't leave Penny, they occupied a huge part of her life, and she developed compulsions around them which she believed would ke…
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Hey Yumi! I'm sick of carrying the mental load
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15:00Ahh Christmas, the festival of eating, drinking and cranky mums. Because in order to have the beautifully set table, thoughtful presents and delicious glazed ham, someone's got to prepare and plan it all. And that someone, is usually a woman, who, by 5pm, has had enough. Is there a Christmas elf who can help out? Or maybe it's time for blokes to st…
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Note: This episode contains explicit content. What is it like to be a professional dominatrix? To indulge in the power play between dominant and submissive for a living? In this special bonus episode, Yumi Stynes goes into a domme's dungeon to find out what really goes on beyond the whips and chains. She discovers a world that's full of power, sexu…
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Oh my kink! Pulling back the covers on BDSM
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28:00Note: This episode contains explicit content. Kink, or BDSM is often played out behind closed doors. Because it's hidden from view, there's an assumption that it's just a few people at the fringes who are into kink, while the majority of us have vanilla sex. But what if interest in kink was more common than you think? Yumi Stynes meets three women …
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Esther Perel will change how you think about intimacy
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43:00Psychotherapist Esther Perel is one of the most influential thinkers on sex and relationships in the world. She helps us make sense of how we relate to the people around us and what it means to be intimate. Is intimacy just in the bedroom? Or can we have intimacy with our closest friends? How about with the guy at the coffee shop? And when we do di…
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It's no surprise your sex life takes a hit as a parent. You're thinly spread. There are so many things to manage in your head, from cutting up cucumbers to potty training and paying the plumber on time. Getting it on with a partner, or even by yourself drops down the priority list, below napping. Masturbation can seem like a laughable indulgence. B…
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Is egg freezing all it's cracked up to be?
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32:40Egg freezing is sold as a way for women to hack their fertility and buy some more time on the biological clock. Fertility companies are marketing the procedure as an insurance policy, but some experts argue it's better thought of as a lottery. Rates of egg freezing have almost doubled in recent years but the number of people coming back to use thos…
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The myth of 'making it' — Samhita Mukhopadhyay
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26:00Samhita had it all. As the executive editor of Teen Vogue she was living the Devil Wears Prada life — fashion shows, fancy dinners and towering heels. She was a girlboss. But at the height of her success, cracks began to appear. She was anxious, burnt out and her body was falling apart. But Samhita was at New York Fashion Week in a fur coat and clu…
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Hey Yumi! Is sleeping apart the key to staying together?
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17:00There's an expectation that couples share a bed, but what if sleep isn't compatible with being in the same room as your other half? Maybe they snore, maybe they starfish, or maybe you just need a few hours without another human touching you. Is a sleep divorce, AKA, having separate bedrooms, the answer? There's a trend towards normalising sleeping …
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Is Ozempic the drug of our lifetime? Since it burst onto the scene it's become synonymous with weight loss, with everyone from A-list celebrities to your next-door neighbour rapidly slimming down. The popularity of the drug and others like it such as Mounjaro and Wegovy, has led to demand outstripping supply, with the price of these medications fal…
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There aren't many people on your Instagram feed who are as loved and as loathed as Abbie Chatfield. Ever since Abbie shot to fame as the slut-shamed villain on The Bachelor Australia in 2019, she's been a public and controversial figure who's hard to look away from. Five years and almost 500K followers later, Abbie's built an empire on sharing her …
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