Welcome back to the podcast! This week is a bit of a departure—it’s a real, raw, and perhaps slightly scatter-brained update on everything that's been on my mind.

I'm diving into the preparation phase for a few exciting new business ideas I'm exploring and giving you a peek behind the curtain on the creative and strategic process.

However, the main focus of this episode is on a few topics that are deeply personal and critically important:

• 🧠 Suicide Awareness (for me): I’m sharing openly about my own experience and journey with suicide awareness, and what that looks like in my daily life. It's a heavy but necessary conversation, and I hope it helps anyone else out there who is struggling.

• 🎭 Emotion Recognition: We explore the challenges of identifying and processing emotions, and how crucial emotional literacy is for mental health and entrepreneurship alike.

If this episode feels a little all over the place, it's because that's exactly where my head has been lately! Thanks for joining me for this candid check-in.

Resources & Support:

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please know you are not alone. Help is available 24/7:

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US & Canada): Call or Text 988

• The Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741