Welcome back to the Bookfluencer Pod! Today we're talking about Celestial Goddess Rising by Katy Sloane and Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.

A few takeaways from Celestial Goddess Rising that Tiff shares today:

• There's help available to us in the form of Archangels, ancestral guides, and crystal energy -- if we choose to allow that support.
• An appreciation for the author's vulnerability in sharing her own personal experiences throughout her spiritual journey.
• Meditation is a truly powerful and transformational tool!

Annnnd a few takeaways from Empire of Pain that Shannon shares today:

• A renewed appreciation for the journalists who are unwilling to stop pulling at a string and unraveling a story.
• The idea that just because something's always been done a certain way (in a family or in a business), doesn't mean it's how it should continue to be done.
• The complicated web of the opioid epidemic.

Also, a quick FACT CHECK: The Sacklers funded nonprofits within the sectors that Purdue Pharma operated, however they did not create the association of pain management as Shannon mentions in this episode. Just want to clarify!

Intro & Outro music credit:

"Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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