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Nov 2024
52m 35s

Solo Episode: What to do when everything...

Anna Kai
About this episode

On this week's solo episode, I discuss why sometimes, losing everything you have is the key to getting everything you want. If you're wondering how to keep your life together when it appears to insist on falling apart, tune into this episode as we chat about how your "all is lost" moment is not your demise, but your redemption. I dive into the "all is lost" moment in my life that led me to my TikTok career, and why everyone should learn to dine alone. I answer your voicemails on how to determine what a man's intentions are on a date, when you should or shouldn't meet his parents, and how to move on from a man who fell out of love with you.

Leave me a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/brutallyannapodcast for me to answer on upcoming episodes.

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