Happy New Year, friends! Bobby and I are excited for 2024, and ready to share our reflections from 2023 and what we’re looking forward to in the new year. In this episode, we get honest about the lessons we learned and challenges we overcame, individually and as a couple, in 2023 before previewing what’s in store for 2024. 

We also get into some fun audience questions about our current fitness obsessions, goals, and how to take the first step towards getting mental health support through both the foundation’s growing offering and other reputable means. 

I’m simply blown away by what we have accomplished through The Big Silence podcast in 2023 – in reaching 2.4 million people with mental health and self-development conversations, we’re among the top rated shows in our category. We feel proud to amplify these voices and excited to continue making an impact in the mental health space.

Cheers to 2024! Let's make sure we're not procrastinating – and instead, celebrating, having fun and following our dreams in the new year. 

(00:01:36) Reflecting on The Big Silence Impact in 2023

• 2023 recap and reflecting on lives touched & changed
• Our Florida Christmas 

(00:04:12) Relationship Challenges & Biggest Lesson Learned in 2023 

• Relationship challenges in 2023 
• Biggest lesson learned in 2023 

(00:13:13) The Biggest Surprise of 2023 

(00:17:01) 3 Places We Want to Visit in 2024 

(00:24:26) Karena & Bobby Audience AMA

• Favorite cardio routine lately
• The Big Silence dance
• Movement Is Medicine: Healing Through Dance & Mindfulness w/Anya Garnis #85
• Tips on taking the first step to get mental health help
• Mental health resources
• What we love about Austin, TX
• Tone It Up App

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Resources:

• Connect with Bobby: @whoisbobbygold
• The Big Silence Dance Challenge
• Tone It Up Refresh & Reset Challenge
• Read: The Big Silence: A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness and Healing 
• Follow Karena Dawn on Instagram: @karenadawn
• Follow The Big Silence on Instagram: @The.Big.Silence
• Subscribe: The Big Silence YouTube Channel

• Therapy For All: Resources for those in need

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“The Big Silence” theme song written and performed by James Nicholas Kinney.

Producer, Bobby Goldstein.