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⏱️ 3-minute read | Inside THE WEEKLY CHANGE REQUEST:

The Confession: October Season

The Lemon Squeeze🍊: Book Club Rejuvenation

Microdose of Courage 💊: Walk the way

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THE CONFESSION

The time is NOW!

Can you feel it?!

It's October season! Yes, October isn't just a month, it's a whole ass season.

You still get summer, fall, a splash of spring with mums blooming, and winter if we get that early snow (Halloween's best kept secret around here). October in Kentucky is so drunk- I LOVE HER!

Guess what else is happening this month- MY BIRTHDAY! I am going to be FORTY ya'll. Where did the time go?!

One day I was in the pits of hell, feeling totally empty, no direction, full of shame and ate up with guilt. And now I wake up thanking my higher powers for another day to be alive! Spreading the good juju on a podcast. Damn this feels good!! WHO AM I?!

Let me tell you who I am...

I AM

A divine being

A light source

A healer

An energy worker

An alchemist

A masterpiece

A piece of the master

Someone

Some of the one

Worthy

Loved beyond measure

Beautiful

Bold

Magnetic

Radiant

Radical

Healthy

Wanted

ENOUGH

Not to be fucked with

Life didn't always look like this through my eyes. And at one point, the only person on earth who saw it all in me was my mom- almost like she was the only one who refused to put the blinders on... you feel me?

And guess what- you're all those things too <3 Don't you forget it.

And THAT's why- for my October season- you're getting the best of me. All of me. No take backs.

Unsubscribe now if you aren't down to clown.

Otherwise- get ready because come October 13th, I'm coming out with the biggest rebrand of my entire life and I CANNOT WAIT to share this with you.

THE LEMON SQUEEZE 🍊:

This week I put out my Book Club recap with Scott Lackey on his book Wake Up to Die Again. I'm a total fangirl, and you could be too if you read his book.

I loved this. My dear friend Lisa and I got to have a genuine conversation with this guy and I was beaming the entire time.

But somewhere between talking about the book and talking about our actual lives, Scott said something that stopped me:

What if you stopped measuring your life by how far you’ve gotten—and started paying attention to whether you’re moving in the right direction?

Oof.

Speaking of turning 40, am I right?...

MICRODOSE OF COURAGE 💊

So your Microdose of Courage this week is simple:

Take the next logical step.

You don’t need to know exactly where this thing is going.

Ask yourself:

What direction do I know I want to move in?

Then take one step that way.

Send the email. Have the conversation. Apply for the thing. Say no. Say yes. Admit what you actually want.

You don’t need to see the whole path before you start walking it.

As Scott said:

“Walk the way and the way will appear.”

Have a great rest of your week, and know I love you,

Rachel

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