Florence Given

Make your juicy, gorgeous, ripe fruit that you...

And it's going to find other people that love that juicy fruit too.

But don't make some bullshit fruit that you don't even like.

Because think about it.

Think about the people you love to hear from.

It's people who are authentic, yeah?

It's the people who... You almost love loving them because other people hate them sometimes.

You're like, I actually like this person because... They're fucking real.

I honestly think it is...

The new currency.

I know people talk about authenticity a lot, but that word is getting kind of diluted.

I think the real currency now is people who speak freely.

And if you like my podcast, that might be why you resonate with my particular voice is because I'm speaking freely.

I'm speaking from the gut.

I'm speaking from the heart.

I'm recording this episode right now because I was just writing something.

I'm writing a chapter about self-expression and how self-expression is the alchemy for shame.

Self-expression, authentic self-expression, free self-expression is the alchemy for the shame around being annoying, being too much, being whatever.

Because

It's hard for shame to stick on you if you're moving.