Bare Naked Bravery: Post-Traumatic Courage for Entrepreneurs with Unfinished Business

Dance Class Jitters: Wherein our host, Emily Ann Peterson, takes a dance class... eeek!

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Maximiliano Campos was born in Brazil and moved to US when he was 12. That alone is enough for a whole conversation on being outside of your comfort zone and learning a new way to communicate. But Max moved with his family to the states because they knew of a doctor in Boston who might be able to help his situation. Max has retinitis pigmentosa, or RP for short. This means a few months after he moved to the States he experienced a relatively sudden decline in his vision.

Without spoiling his story, I just have to say that having this conversation was a bright spot in my day. Max has such a kind and open approach to telling his story, I know you'll enjoy this too. Let's get into it!

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is 2 things…

First thing, I encourage you to spend a full day being mindful of how your life might be different if you lost one of your senses. Spend the whole day with a little bit more awareness of your other senses.

Second thing, spend some time identifying what your biggest fear is (I know sometimes that changes from day-to-day) and then allow yourself to imagine what your life would look like if it actually happened. That can be a big request, but hear me out. I know when I've done this before (usually prompted by an exorbitant amount of fear or worry) I'm always surprised at how tiny that fear seems in the big scheme of things.

I'm curious what you came up with so please feel free to reach out to me. There's a contact page on my website. Go to barenakedbravery.com to get forwarded there.

You can also find me on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

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So that's our show this week!  Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

and It features designs from 10 talented visual artists of all kinds, from all over the world! This means you can make the art from a fellow Bare Naked Bravery listener come to life while you listen to the show. We'd all love for you to post your finished pages on Instagram so we can all admire the many shades of your bravery. Download the whole thing for free or purchase the paperback version by visiting barenakedbravery.com/color.

Not only that, but everyone involved in making this coloring book wants YOU to vote for 4 of your favorite brave charities to receive the proceeds from the coloring book! How cool is that? Again, just visit barenakedbravery.com/color for more information.

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors.

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with Kye Alfred Hillig! Now, if you're just tuning in and haven't listening to part 1 yet, I highly encourage that you press pause on this and go listen to that first. You won't regret it.

So just as a clarification, I very much spontaneously put Kye on the spot to flip the script and become the interviewer for a bit. He and I know each other pretty well, so I knew he'd have an interesting view-point.

Again, if you don't consider yourself an artist or songwriter, please soak this up. I promise you will get a TON out of it. I know Kye would agree with me when I say this, but songs are just another lens through which we can experience truth. and truth is universal. Hence the reason why this episode most definitely applies to you too.

Okay! Let's just jump right on in! Shall we?

That guy. Laying on the truth-telling super thick.

I know that everyone loves the cello, but hearing him calling it a creative pacifier is pretty stinkin' accurate. Getting it ripped out of my life really was one of the best things that could've happened for my expression. and I'm not the kind of person who thinks that going through the wringer is a prerequisite to making art. It's not. I really do think expression is a choice, and acting upon our choices is not a thing done out of victimization. But sometimes we really do need to get a bit jostled and have someone shake our little snow globe to remind us of what is.

I am so grateful to Kye for not only joining us today, but also for writing snow-globe-shaking songs that prompt us to see things the way they really are.

In both parts of this conversation, Kye mentioned a couple books and other things, you'll find links to all those and some of my personal favorite songs of his in the show notes which you can find by going to BareNakedBravery.com

https://kyealfredhillig.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/kyealfredhilligmusic/

https://www.instagram.com/kyealfredhillig/

http://emilyannpeterson.com

http://instagram.com/emilyannpete

http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson

http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson

So that's our show this week!  Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com.

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors. 

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

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Host Emily Ann Peterson gives a peep at what it looks like to lean towards hope in ways that are unique to your personality type. 

Take your test with Emily Ann's MBTI pro, Kristen J Bates here. Explore other personality assessments: StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, Fascination, Kolbe, The Four Temperments as a few ideas.

Kye Alfred Hillig is today's featured guest on the show. Kye, like me, is a Washington-based singer-songwriter. He's way ahead of me when we're defining the word "Prolific." He has written over 1,400 songs and recorded over 21 albums - all of them genre-hopping and continuously evolving across time. Kye has released 5 solo albums since 2012. He does not believe in the devil. But he does believe in some transcendental light and darkness. 

Kye and I are friends in real life. I know you'll love what he has to say about art and songwriting. The way he approaches making music and how he facilitates the experience of listening to it is pretty endearing, in a somewhat dark- independent-film kind of way. His songs are definitely not the Big Hollywood kind of songs.

Since Kye and I know each other in real life, I thought it'd be a cool thing to flip the script a little and have him ask me a couple questions too. This was a spontaneous ideas but it was such a great trigger for conversation, that he and I kept the conversation going beyond what you and I know to be a reasonable length of an episode. 

So what you'll hear today is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with my friend and singer/songwriter Kye Alfred HIllig. You'll get a little background about Kye and hear about some of the elements of his personality that go into making bravely telling the truth.

Now, if you don't consider yourself an artist or songwriter, please keep listening to this conversation. You will get a TON out of it. I promise. As with any creative process, there is significant overlap for any person regardless of what they "do" or what their opinions are. 

Finding that balance between light and dark is a constant facet of my life. I so deeply resonated with his description of what truth is. and leaning back towards hope from a place of darkness might just be my new life mission statement.

Kye and I go a little deeper into all of that next week in Part 2 of our conversation with him. We start it off by flipping the script of this interview/interviewee episode format and he'll ask me a couple questions to kick us off into the story behind why I've done things a little differently, what it's like to have your "pacifier" ripped from your grasp and why we need community and a safe environment to find truth. Oh, it's so good. I can't wait for you to hear it! 

For now, Your Brave Takeaway from Part 1 is simply answering for yourself the following...

How are you finding Truth (with a capital T) in your own creations? Life, work, career, vocation, relationships, legacy, art-making, baby-making, all of it are actions of creation. How are you finding the truth? Is there a balance of that light and dark? Should there be? If so, how can we re-adjust our balance of that light and dark?

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If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. 

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! 

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad.

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The first Peep Show edition of Bare Naked Bravery! Just a little peek at what it's like to live bravely! Today we talk a little about what it means to be vulnerable, especially to yourself. I also share how I've been using a new morning practice of meditation as a way of practicing vulnerability within myself.

In today's episode, we talk with international best-selling author, Wendy Van de Poll who is a pioneering leader in the field of pet loss grief support.  She's the founder of the Center for Pet Loss Grief where she bravely provides wisdom, joy, and compassion for grief relief in her practice. Wendy is a licensed massage therapist for humans, horses, and hounds. She's a certified end-of-life and grief coach and a pet funeral celebrant. She's got a master’s of science in wolf ecology, so Wendy has run with wolves in Minnesota, coyotes in Massachusetts, and foxes in her backyard.

I know Wendy through a couple author groups I'm in and this is a little known fact about Wendy but she's also a phenomenal ballroom dancer.

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is...

Healing Your Pet Loss Support Kit
PDF and Mp3

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Wendy and myself on Facebook, twitter, Instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

http://centerforpetlossgrief.com
http://facebook.com/centerforpetlossgrief.com
http://twitter.com/ctrpetlossgrief
http://linkedin.com/wendyvandepoll
https://facebook.com/groups/petmemorials.centerforpetlossgrief

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So that's our show this week!  Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

and It features designs from 10 talented visual artists of all kinds, from all over the world! This means you can make the art from a fellow Bare Naked Bravery listener come to life while you listen to the show. We'd all love for you to post your finished pages on Instagram so we can all admire the many shades of your bravery. Download the whole thing for free or purchase the paperback version by visiting barenakedbravery.com/color

Not only that, but everyone involved in making this coloring book wants YOU to vote for 4 of your favorite brave charities to receive the proceeds from the coloring book! How cool is that? Again, just visit barenakedbravery.com/colorfor more information.

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. 

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! 

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad.
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In today's episode we get to talk with a fellow author friend of mine, Alison Sigmon. She and I have had the chance to work together on a couple fun book-related projects and I am so excited that she's here with us today. I know you'll love her as much as I do.

Alison is no stranger to effort and all that sheer grit required to build a business. She knows what it's like to work with limited financial resources, limited time, and in constantly shifting markets where everyone on the team must be a jack-of-all-trades to problem-solve fast and achieve results even faster.

She has held executive level positions at a relationship support gamification website that she co-launched and promoted at the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) conference in 2011. Most recently she was the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at an outdoor shopping television show.

In addition to her efforts in the startup space, she is a (Project Management Institute PMP) certified project manager who has trained, facilitated, consulted with tens of thousands of people for over 16 years in Fortune 500 companies and government organizations around the world. Everything she's doing these days is focusing on the behavioral and communication side of project management and relationships. You guys, she good at it too. Because on top of all that she is a clinical therapist and a Gulf War veteran. So she knows what she's talking about.

Her first book titled Delivering Bad News in Good Ways is the first in a series on the subject. We get to talk with her today while she's in the midst of writing a follow-up book specifically geared to help health professionals Deliver Bad News in Good Ways.

So as I mentioned earlier Alison and I have worked up a Must-Read list of books for those of you looking to expand your communicating skills. So beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, you also get a really rich list of resources to explore your own Bad News Delivery skills. All that is available in the show notes for this episode.

Both Alison Sigmon and I would love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Alison and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Chris (TED talks) Book: RESEARCH
Jon Gottman's research about relationships

Website: http://www.alisonsigmon.com
Email: mailto:[email protected]
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So that's our show this week! Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com and do a quick search for Alison Sigmon.

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. You're a part of all that!

Bare Naked Bravery has an adult coloring book!

and It features over 20 designs from talented visual artists of all kinds, from all over the world! This means you can make art from a fellow Bare Naked Bravery listener come to life while you listen to the show. We'd all love for you to post your finished pages on Instagram so we can all admire the many shades of your bravery. Download the whole thing for free or purchase the paperback version by visiting barenakedbravery.com/color

Not only that, but everyone involved in making this coloring book wants YOU to vote for 4 of your favorite brave charities to receive the proceeds from the coloring book! How cool is that? Again, just visit barenakedbravery.com/color for more information.

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad.
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Brittany Barbera is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter and the #1 best-selling author of the book titled "Let Me Be Weak: What People in Pain Wish They Could Tell You." She loves deep lyrics, power ballads, and weird people. In 2013, She released her debut album titled, The Sparrow, featuring her songs "When the Well Runs Dry" and "A Love I Can't Define."

In April 2016, Brittany released her new single, "Let Me Be Weak," a song which eventually became the framework for her book. When she is not singing or writing, you will likely find her making a mess in the pottery studio, trying to talk someone into becoming her personal chef, or asking strangers too many personal questions.

Which I think is perfect, because of what we'll talk about today...

Brave Take-Aways

Okay, so beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is a printable list of those 6 ways to Respond with Empathy...

6 Ways to Respond with Empathy

- Silence. (aka Listening)
- "You don't have to be perfect around me."
- "Me too."
- "I wish I could do something."
- "I'm here. I'm not going anywhere."
- "If I were in your shoes, I'd feel that way too."

On that Brave Take-Away Brittany has included a link to get a free Download of one of her songs: http://brittanybarbera.com/letmebeweak

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Brittany Barbera and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch with Brittany Barbera

Website: http://brittanybarbera.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brittanybarberamusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brittanybarbera
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittanybarbera/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/brittanybarbera
Etsy: https://t.co/YxsmbrDqKm

Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson

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So that's our show this week! Thank you for listening. Again, we've put all the links in the show notes for today's episode. Be sure to visit us online for all of that. Just visit barenakedbravery.com

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

Speaking of things you're a part of...

Bare Naked Bravery has an adult coloring book!

and It features designs from 10 talented visual artists of all kinds, from all over the world! This means you can make the art from a fellow Bare Naked Bravery listener come to life while you listen to the show. We'd all love for you to post your finished pages on Instagram so we can all admire the many shades of your bravery. Download the whole thing for free or purchase the paperback version by visiting barenakedbravery.com/color

Not only that, but everyone involved in making this coloring book wants YOU to vote for 4 of your favorite brave charities to receive the proceeds from the coloring book! How cool is that? Again, just visit barenakedbravery.com/color for more information.

Credits

If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

Leave a Review! Here's how...

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In today's episode of Bare Naked Bravery we get to talk with Maggie McGeehee was born and raised in Denton, TX and has lived for the past decade in Seattle, WA. By day she is an urban planner, designing transportation programs that offer more options for people to choose their best way to travel. She also teaches piano lessons and preschool music, with the philosophy that the purpose of making music is to create joy.

In May 2015, she was diagnosed with hepatitis c. Before hep c, music was her primary outlet and free-time pursuit. In the first months after her diagnosis, she found that she could not get herself to play music. All she could think about was hep c, hep c, hep c – how to cope with the fear and isolation, how to fight for treatment and understanding, how the virus worked and how she could save her own life.

In *July* 2015, she found to her surprise that she was writing and drawing a comic book. She started drawing the comic as a way to collect and process her research, her emotions, and her experience. The main character's name? Hepsie, spelled h-e-p-s-i-e. The comic book's name? "Life with Hepsie, the Wonder Liver" She hopes that Hepsie will help others facing this and any other medical diagnosis to know you are not alone, you can advocate for your own healthcare, you can and should ask for what you need. Most of all, just because you are now a “patient,” you still have power and identity beyond the diagnosis and beyond the healthcare system. You are still the unique, vibrant, valued person you have always been.

She's met people she would never have met otherwise if she hadn’t been diagnosed with this virus, and it is they who made it possible for her to get treatment. Collectively, they supported and guided her to ask for the clinical tests she needed, request the correct prescriptions from her doctor, write appeal letters responding to her insurance company’s coverage denials, and apply for and ultimately receive medication through a drug company Patient Assistance Program. The support of advocates and patients, her family, friends and employers, is why her virus is now undetectable, and Hepsie — her Wonder Liver — will have the chance to heal. It is also why she now wants to devote her saved life to support hepatitis patients, break down stigmas, and eliminate barriers to treatment.

Brave Take-Aways
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Beyond the Bare Naked Bravery Adult Coloring Book, your Brave Take-Away from today's show is simply asking yourself a couple questions. Chew on your answers and see what comes up over the week.
- What are your qualifiers for worthiness?
- How often do you break those norms?
- What does it take to redefine worthiness?

We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Maggie McGeehee and myself on Facebook, twitter, Instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to.

Keep in Touch with Maggie McGeehee
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www.lifewithhepsie.com - link to comic blog.
http://myjourneymychoices.org/hepsie/
http://caringambassadors.org/
https://twitter.com/AmoAmasAmag
https://www.facebook.com/lifewithhepsie/

Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson
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Instagram: http://instagram.com/emilyannpete
Facebook: http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson
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If you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please. Give us a review and rate the show in your iTunes desktop app or on your podcast app on your phone. Seriously, it helps us out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. All this bravery deserves to be spread as far and wide as possible. *You're* a part of all that!

Speaking of things you're a part of...
Bare Naked Bravery has an adult coloring book!

and It features designs from 10 talented visual artists of all kinds, from all over the world! This means you can make the art from a fellow Bare Naked Bravery listener come to life while you listen to the show. We'd all love for you to post your finished pages on Instagram so we can all admire the many shades of your bravery. Download the whole thing for free or purchase the paperback version by visiting barenakedbravery.com/color

Not only that, but everyone involved in making this coloring book wants YOU to vote for 4 of your favorite brave charities to receive the proceeds from the coloring book! How cool is that? Again, just visit barenakedbravery.com/color for more information.

Credits
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If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks.

To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors

Leave a Review! Here's how...
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We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad.
1. Launch Apple’s Podcast app.
2. Tap the Search tab & Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review.
3. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right.
4. Tap the album art for the podcast.
5. Tap the Reviews tab & Tap "Write a Review" at the bottom.
6. Enter your iTunes password to login.
7. Tap the Stars to leave a rating.
8. Enter title text and content to leave a review & Tap Send.

I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you!

Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.