#128 - Lisa Brearley - Author/Life Coach

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We can welcome the ladies and
gentlemen on YouTube and.

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Twitch who are?
Tuning in and listening

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diligently.
Yes, yes, welcome, welcome,

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Youtubers and Twitchers.
So this is the Chris and Mike

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show.
I'm Chris, he's Mike and we have

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our special guest today.
This is Lisa.

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I always I messed up your last
name so you don't have to you

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drop it.
This is Lisa Beers, barely,

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barely.
I don't know why I struggled

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with I struggled that with and
Scott was on.

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It's just one of those things.
There's too many Rs or

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something.
I don't know what's up with

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that.
But yes.

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So welcome to the show and here
and where are you at?

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I'm in Arizona, Mike's in
Illinois and and you're Canada.

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Yeah, on the West side of Canada
in British Columbia.

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Well, welcome.
Thank you for coming on, Lisa.

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Thank you very much to help you
remember my name.

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It's, it's like barely as I tell
my, my students sometimes when I

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was teaching, I'm like, I'm not
barely, barely, I'm all the way

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barely.
So it's barely though to help

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remember.
Gotcha.

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Well, I'll just call you Lisa
then.

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It's easier.
Perfect.

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Then I have no problems at all.
So tell us a little bit about

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yourself and what what you'd
like to let all our listeners

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know.
And, and you know, we just take

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it from there.
So fire away, Lisa.

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Well, it's great to be here.
I appreciate the connection.

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I know you had my husband Scott
on as well and that was our

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little, little connection.
So I appreciate it Chris and

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Mike having having me on and a
little bit about myself.

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Wow, where do I start?
Well, I, I grew up in the East

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Coast, so right now I'm on the
West Coast, but I grew up in the

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East Coast in Prince Edward
Island.

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Great little little province if
you ever have a chance to visit,

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just a cute little place.
But I grew up in an amazing

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family, loving mom and dad and I
have three siblings and good

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Catholic family.
I was telling Chris about that

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before we started, and I had a
really calm, peaceful sort of

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upbringing.
It's a beautiful place I grew up

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in beautiful family, I grew up
in community, all that sort of

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stuff.
Met my former husband in

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university, at University of
PEI, married, ended up having

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two kids, Jordan and Brianna, 26
and 22.

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And yeah, it's then about just
to kind of give you some a

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pivotal point in my life, some
pivotal points.

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Back in 2012, I decided to take
a Zumba certification and

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instructor class.
And that was kind of the

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beginning, I think, of starting
to see who I was and that I was

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this worthy person of doing some
confident, crazy things in my

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life.
So back in 2012, that was one of

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the pivotal things, becoming a
Zoom instructor, although I must

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say I never taught.
I wanted to do it so I could do

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it with my students, my
elementary students, so I could.

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Yeah, have fun with them.
Like dance class?

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And you never taught.
I never taught a session to the

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public.
Wow.

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I used to have last.
My previous name was Maze, so I

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used to always use that name for
like, you know, amazing this and

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doing amazing that.
And so we would move with Maze

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at the lunch hour and do Zoom so
we'd have lots of fun elementary

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students.
And then I think one of the next

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big pivotal times in my life was
when I decided to take charge of

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what I ate.
So back in 2018, started a

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course program, year long
program, which means a lot about

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dedication called Healthy
Transformations and learning

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about food and what I eat and
what it does for me.

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And took it for four years in a
row, like full four years.

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Then we'd meet once a month, I
think it was.

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And it was a doctor and a health
behaviour coach, which so many

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behaviours are involved in food.
Sure.

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So yeah.
So that was another big pivotal

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moment in my life.
And then in 2020, choosing,

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deciding to tell my husband I
needed to move on from our

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marriage because I was feeling,
as I like to say, at the pot was

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kind of boiling and the lid was
on tight and I wasn't, it wasn't

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a good feeling, a good
situation.

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And so I separated in 2020 and
met Scott in 2021 during

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personal development work.
And I think he shared about that

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is quite a few experiences he
had during that week long course

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where we had met.
And yeah, it's I've been on a

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growth journey ever since then.
We're done.

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Yes.
Very cool.

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So you've you've written some
books.

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So give us a little insight
about the books you've written

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and and are there self help?
Are they about what you just

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kind of talked about?
Because again, when we have

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people on our show, we want to
kind of organically promote you

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and and drive people to to where
they can find your stuff.

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I don't like spilling the beans
for those who write books

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because we want people to buy
your book instead of learning

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everything about it here so you
can give us a little hints and

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tips.
So what was the first book you

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wrote and what was that about?
Yeah, I have it here.

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So during my one of the personal
development classes that Scott

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and I took, OK, we were setting
goals.

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So one of mine because I was so
blown away.

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I think speechless.
I don't know what the word was

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about my about Scott nice first
year together and people were

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noticing like, Oh my gosh, like
what is going on with you?

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Like in a good way.
So like I was showing up

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glowing.
Really that's what people were

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per saying.
And like you should write a book

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about it.
So it kind of put a little

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thought in my head.
And so I wrote a goal to myself

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that I would write about our
first year.

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And for me, it was about being
OK with being heard, what I

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thought because I really feel
like in my life, I didn't do

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that.
I didn't.

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I didn't express myself.
Yeah.

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So being able to write the words
I wanted to write, say what I

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was feeling, share what I was,
how I was shifting in life.

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And so this this is not a
previous marriage bash at all.

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This is literally about the the
starts the week or the day I met

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Scott at that week long personal
development class and the growth

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journey that I was on and what
we did together, we were on.

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And it's funny because when I
started writing the book, and

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probably, I don't know, a few
months before that and I started

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writing it, I, I thought I was
going to title it.

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Why Scott?
Like, that's what I thought.

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Why did I choose this guy?
Like why Scott?

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And when I started writing, and
good author knows this is that

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when you start writing,
sometimes it, things shift when

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you write.
And I was like that I don't have

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enough for that.
It was more about me and my

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growth and my feelings and and
that I was worthy enough to

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share them.
And I knew that if I share them,

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then someone else will find some
inspiration in that for their

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own life.
Right.

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Yeah, Yeah.
And so when I wrote this and

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I'll, I'll read, just read one
thing to you.

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When I wrote this, Scott and I
both felt within our like first

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couple weeks of being together
that word soul mate.

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Like I know when a lot of people
kind of go soul mate like that

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sounds so cliche or.
Whatever.

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Now, now before you, before you
jump into what you're going to

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read so people understand
because people may not have

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listened to Scott show or saw
Scott show.

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So give us a little background
about Scott because it'll help

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understand what you're writing
about and, and, and who you are

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as well.
And we know who you are.

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But give us a little background
about Scott because obviously

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this whole book is about, you
know, Scott's first year.

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It's just a real 32nd, a real
30.

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Second thing Scott was, you
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The, the during that first day,
I believe it was of that week

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long personal development
course, we were asked what do

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you want in a relationship?
And at that point, I was just

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coming out of my former
relationship.

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And so I had this long list of
what I did not want.

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Like that was very obvious to
me.

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And so I'm like, let's switch
then.

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So if I know I don't want that,
what's the opposite?

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So I started making this, this
list.

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And quite literally, we were in
this group of, I think it was

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around 70 people.
And I, I like, I felt this

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strong, strong, I don't know,
connection, pull or whatever the

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word was when I read my list and
I like, I literally looking at

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Scott going like, that's the
list.

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He's the list.
For some reason, I, I couldn't

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quite put my finger on it, but
he during that week stood up in

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front of that class of like men
and women, 70 people.

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And he bought this combination
for me of this rugged, strong

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man and vulnerability.
So those two things together

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during that course, I'm like,
that's my list.

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Like that's.
And then and then found out more

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about him along the way during
the course.

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So I remember after one of the
first session, one of the first

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stories he told.
And I know I'm a very sensitive

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person.
Like I, I have very kind of

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tuned into people's feelings and
emotions because when he shared,

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I literally had this feeling of
I felt like I just met a 5 year

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old boy, the five year old boy
when he shares.

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And so I, I actually went up to
him after that first session.

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I didn't know the guy.
I'm like, can I tell you

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something?
Yeah, he goes, sure.

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I said I felt like I felt, I met
a 5 year old boy.

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He goes, oh, and then nothing
else came of that.

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But it was me deciding to say
something that I was feeling,

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which I don't do that I used to
always put it under the rug,

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right?
So that I said talked about the

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soulmate and I kept trying to
find the best meaning of a

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soulmate.
And this Bianca Spiricino and

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I'd never heard of this lady.
And she's like, soulmate isn't

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someone who completes you.
And so I knew that I knew that

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this person, like whoever my
soulmate was, was not completing

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me.
A soulmate is someone who

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inspires you to complete
yourself.

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And there's more to that saying,
but I was like, Oh yeah, that's

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what's inspiring me for this
book, right?

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I agree with.
That wholeheartedly.

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Yeah, like it's someone who, you
know, holds up that mirror is

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your, you know, your rah rah
section, your cheerleader.

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You're, you know, the person
who, when you're having a rough

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time, they're there to help you
and they're there to support you

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and you can't.
Count on somebody else to make

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you happy.
That's where people make.

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That's the biggest mistake
people make is I'm looking for

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that person that's going to make
me happy.

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You have to make yourself happy
1st, right?

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Yeah, that person is going to
fulfill whatever little piece is

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missing.
Maybe, but you have to be happy

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with your being first. 100
percent, 100% and I've had

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people say to me too well, you
know, and I hear about it a lot.

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Well, you have to be have some
sort of complete whole self love

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in order to love someone else.
And I'm like, I think when I met

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Scott, I realized years later
that we were both wanting to be

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loved.
And I think that was that was

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the connection.
That was the only.

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Well, for sure.
Yeah, and so and so I, I got

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great response.
I've got amazing feedback from

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this first book that literally
within months I was like, can I

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write another one?
Now where?

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Now where can people?
Yeah, so.

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So what's the name of the first
book and where can people find

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it?
A year of love and you can find

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it on Amazon.
Very very happy that we did get.

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I did get Amazon bestseller as
well with this book.

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So to be so to be an Amazon
bestseller.

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How many books have you sold on
Amazon?

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It's about reaching various
groups or not groups.

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That's not the subject areas on
Amazon in a day.

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So it's kind of like a special
one day event where you sell

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your ebook and you you're able
to reach all the quotas on all

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these shot or all these subject
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So that's how you do that.
So yeah, after the year of love,

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Scott and I, after that first
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goal to go to Thailand.
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bit about Thailand.
And so the second book is 6

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months really in Thailand.
Six Months of Love in Thailand

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again is on Amazon also.
Both books are also at our

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website, which is Forward
Walking choices.com, which Scott

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Scott coined when he first began
as a as a coach, a life coach.

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But the first book was all about
Scott being my soulmate and

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realizing and going through that
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And it wasn't until I literally
wrote the last chapter of my

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book where it says, yes, I am
worthy, did I realize, Oh my

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God, I'm my, I'm my old own soul
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Like I want the best for me.
And so, so one of the things

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that I absolutely love, and
maybe you write in your journal

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or diary, but I wrote books
instead, is that the growth

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process through the writing
process has just been like mind

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blowing to me.
Yeah, I used to journal probably

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the junior year in high school,
probably ties like, I don't

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know, 30 and, and journaling on
a daily basis.

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One, because I wanted to be a
writer and then two, because

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then I started, you know,
playing in bands with Mike and

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whatnot.
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and the more consistent you are
with it in the kind of the more

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garbage you work through.
It's in your soul.

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And then part of that journaling
was right was, was writing

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poetry and in the ballad format
stuff, which is where a lot of

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my songs originated from, at
least the ideas.

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So there is definitely power in
writing and doing it

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consistently because you do when
you write something down, I

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forget what it is.
But when you when you're

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learning and you write something
down and even though you're not

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necessarily learning when you're
journaling and writing a book,

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but you retain it more and
increases.

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Your retention so much more, so
much like a percentage.

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Yeah.
And then the ideas you

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formulate, it's hard, it's hard
to rebel against your own ideas.

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So if you wake up and decide,
oh, I'm going to, I'm going to

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work out every day, you know,
8:00 in the morning and

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consistently do that.
And then once it becomes a

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habit, it's hard to kind of just
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you've ingrained it in your, in
your, in your daily routine so

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much that it's just, it's a part
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So it's the same concept with
journaling, same concept with,

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you know, when Mike practices a
guitar and things like that.

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So it's it's interesting how you
can evolve from just writing

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you.
Just used, yeah.

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Most people don't purge the
whatever's bothering them,

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right?
It just builds up and it builds

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up and it and they'd never deal
with it, ever.

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If you write it down, like Chris
said, not only do you retain it

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better, you work it out better,
but you get rid of it too,

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right?
You move on to something else.

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You're not dwelling on that one
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Yeah, it's that release, right?
So it's the release of the

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current time, the present time,
and you can go back to that and

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go, oh, I've shifted from that
and that's okay.

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Yeah, exactly like.
Yeah, yeah, James, Yeah.

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James Hetfield recently was
quoted as he was on stage

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talking about the darkness and
stuff.

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He was, he was actually doing an
introduction to Fade to Black,

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which Fade to Blacks about
suicide.

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And it was lead singer and
Metallica, in case you've.

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Been right, but the cool thing
about it, because, you know,

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from from an image standpoint,
you think James Hetfield is

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this, you know, big badass, you
know, mighty fucking tough,

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right?
I'm, I'm ironclad.

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I'm, you know, I'm, I'm the lead
of one of the greatest heavy

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metal bands that ever, ever
exists next to Black Sabbath,

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right?
And he's up there talking about

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Fade to Black and how it's about
suicide.

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And as he goes on the
introduction of the song, he

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basically, he wraps it up before
the song starts.

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Basically talk that shit out.
Like everybody has darkness,

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everybody has demons.
Nobody's perfect.

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And if you, if you come across
as perfect, you're lying to

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yourself and the world because
you don't exist.

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It doesn't happen, but it was,
it was cool for me to see him be

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like, like #1 he was vulnerable
in the fact that that in the

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same kind of tour, his daughter
came on stage with him and they

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sang Nothing Else Matters
together acoustically and he

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wept because it was such a
powerful moment with his

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daughter.
Right in the reviews of that was

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it was haunting and just so raw
and emotional.

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So you have that part coming out
now finally, because he has

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worked through so much of his
shit because he is an alcoholic.

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He didn't have problems I think
with some substances.

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Other than that, don't quote me,
but but the fact that he now

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he's that been able to stand in
front of hundreds of thousands

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of people and be like, you know,
talk your shit out.

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The power that he has now being
open and vulnerable about his

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struggles and his journey and
life of sobriety and not being

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sober, things like that.
It's to me, it's monumental.

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It's, it's somebody that has
that much authority and that

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much of A presence alone just
for what he does.

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But then to be able to start
educating people and dropping

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that message, I thought was a
fantastic transformation of him

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as a human.
I mean, we don't know him

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personally, so we don't know,
but just.

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He's been, he's been public
enough and vulnerable enough

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that, you know, I agree with
Chris and that that's one of the

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reasons we do this podcast.
He'll wear a shirt every now and

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then that says be kind.
And the rest of that is, you

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know, everyone is fighting a
battle that you know nothing

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about, Right, Right.
I try and keep in mind that that

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person that's being an asshole
to me, that maybe he's having

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that bad day.
Right, right.

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If.
It continues and you keep coming

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at me.
We're going to have a different

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conversation, but you got to
stop and think.

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You know, there's a lot of
pressure going on right now.

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And those moments from somebody
that we look up to as a

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musician, that's going to help,
You know, the kid that's

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struggling, you know, that guy,
he has the same problems I do.

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Yeah, totally.
And it's when you were telling

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that story, Chris, about, you
know, you, you get up and you do

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like he gets up in the stage and
he shares this and then he does

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this and then he does this.
And I, I go like this because I,

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I've one, one thing a lot of
people say is that you step out

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of your comfort zone to, to do
stuff.

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And for me, it feels like if you
step out, you're stepping back,

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going back in and digressing.
So I've kind of learned this

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feeling of, or adapted this
feeling of, I'm actually

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stretching my comfort zone.
So I'm like learning new things

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all the time.
And like, even for myself, I

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look back at like when I first
met Scott in 2021 and it's like

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I was doing some live videos
because I'm like, I've got a

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book coming out.
I got to learn to like, speak.

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When I had a script or
something, right?

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Yeah.
And, and I look back at some of

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those videos and go, wow, she
was brave.

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She was timid, she was scared,
but she was brave.

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And I and, and now it's like,
wow, people say to me, you come

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across and I can speak for 20
minutes on a video and talk

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about whatever.
And it's like, wow, times have

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shifted because I stretched
myself, stretched my comfort

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zone.
I can relate to that as well for

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sure.
Yeah.

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Yeah, it's, it's, it's, I've
done the same thing because when

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my videos, I started doing
videos in 2003, I, I wasn't, I

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wasn't as, I don't know, Bumbly
because I had so much time on

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stage with the band and I was an
actor.

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So I was in front of people from
a, from a theater standpoint.

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But it, it, it's evolved since I
started doing it for sure, which

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everybody does.
The more you do something better

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you get.
And it's that old saying you

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have to do something 10,000
times to be, to be an expert at

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it.
But then you still continue

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learning things as you go along
because you may think you're an

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expert.
And then all of a sudden, you

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know, somebody just like, oh,
I'm like, oh, Epiphany, I need

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to do that now.
Well, I like that term

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stretching your boundaries.
Right.

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Yeah, that's a really good.
Yeah, I agree.

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It's a great way to look at it
because you don't want to go out

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and then like you said, come
back in.

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We want to go out and continue
to keep going forward, right?

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Yeah.
And the the other, the other

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thing that also or picture in my
head that also helps me with

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growth is understanding that I
was born perfect.

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So we're all born perfect.
That's.

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We are feeling right, yeah.
Yeah, we're all born perfect.

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And I think it's Doctor Mattei
talks about authenticity and

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attachment.
So the I so just this, this is

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the visual that I get is that I
was born perfect.

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And you know, over time, people
slathered and taped and super

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glued all their, all their
thoughts, beliefs, blah, blah,

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blah on me.
And now it's my almost my job,

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if you want to call it that, to
peel back the layers and find

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that inside again and find that
amazingness inside because it's

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been altered.
The look has been altered over

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my life.
I can relate to that as well.

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Sometimes I say I feel like I've
lived like 5 people's lifetimes,

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right?
And I don't remember a couple of

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them.
Yeah.

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And that may be?
That's because you're an old

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soul, brother.
Yeah, there you go.

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And I did also want to mention I
I have a besides the first two

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books, A year of Love and six
months of Love, I do have a

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third one that I'm currently
writing writing right now and

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I'm super excited about.
It's what it brings as well.

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And I discovered a big thing and
while I was writing it too, is

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love.
Love is the ultimate for me.

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Love and gratitude, both of
those really together.

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But it's interesting how like
these themes have been going

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through my life and, and self
love is the big one and then

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love for whatever is outside of
me.

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So the title of the third book
is called love, just love.

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And it's called the the infinite
possibilities that can transform

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everything.
So it's understanding that that

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that we can have that in our
lives.

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Yeah.
And so I'm super excited.

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And yeah, it is about the
release or the purging, like you

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said, Mike, of, of the thoughts,
the feelings.

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That's what books are for me.
And I'd mentioned I was a

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teacher as well.
I'm I'm still a teacher.

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However, I don't do it permanent
in my own classroom.

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I substitute teach.
But I thought I would give

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writing kids books a try.
And way back when I was telling

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you I did that program called
Healthy Transformations in 2018,

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I learned a lot about food and
I'm still learning about food

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and what to eat and what's great
for my body and really listening

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to my body.
But my kids book, my kids book

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is called I Know because kids
know everything.

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That's like.
I know.

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I know what to do.
I know.

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I know, Yeah.
When a when a little man's best

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best responses to things when we
talk in the morning is yes, I

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know.
Like I'll you know, I say it's

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time to go inside.
Yes, I know, I know you need to

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eat your shasha's jock.
Yes, I know you need to eat your

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waffle.
Yes, I.

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Know.
I know.

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Back needs to start being.
Then why aren't you doing it?

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Right.
Okay, do it now.

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Well.
The first, the first time we did

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it, it was, it was such a subtle
little cute response to

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something.
It's just like right on.

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Okay, yeah, you know, very
nonchalantly, you know, yes, I

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know.
Yes, I know.

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00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,560
So, so my, my hope with this
book is to encourage

449
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,800
conversations because it's
really meant for young kids,

450
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,560
like 5 to 7 year olds.
And it's meant to be read with

451
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,760
parents or read in a classroom.
And it's like this, this was my

452
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,080
drawings, but this is, it's to
encourage conversation.

453
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,560
Like there's a, a shark with no
the word no there and there's

454
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,280
chips floating all around him.
And just the question, why?

455
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,400
So to encourage, encourage
conversation and at the end

456
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,600
there just is a brief on what do
we really, really need as

457
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,480
people?
What do we really need to, to

458
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,280
eat and consume water being the
top 1.

459
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,880
So, yeah, yeah, 'cause as a
teacher, I, I witnessed a lot of

460
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:37,360
spikes and lows and mental
health and social dysregulation

461
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:42,120
and, and when you, when you see
that lunch bag come in with like

462
00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:46,160
sugar and sugar and more sugar
and all, it's really hard.

463
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,280
So the last few years of my
class, I actually started doing

464
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,040
a couple of fun things.
I, the first of the school year,

465
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,240
I would always ask my students
what your, what's your favorite

466
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,640
song?
So you guys like that?

467
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,440
So I, I actually had them pick
their favorite song.

468
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:05,440
So right on. 24 students, 24
songs and every month we would

469
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:10,240
do 3 or 4 songs and I would
choreograph the song and by the

470
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,120
end of the end of the month we
invited all parents,

471
00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:18,360
grandparents, sibling in for
like the 45 minutes last hour on

472
00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:22,120
a Friday and we would dance to
the three songs and then we

473
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,320
would have a veggie social where
we would pass out veggies that

474
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,480
we had cut up in the morning.
Like this is Grade 1 and it was

475
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,560
like the best thing I ever did.
And then I of course promoted

476
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,840
veggies and lettuce because I
look at those two things

477
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,400
differently.
But lettuce and veggies on your

478
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,920
desk all day.
If you want to eat all day, have

479
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,480
veggies and lettuce on your desk
all day, go for it.

480
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,800
A few people took me up on it,
but parents loved that kids

481
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,280
never came home with still a
full, a full container of

482
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,480
veggies and and lettuce always
empty.

483
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,960
So they always ate it.
I love that.

484
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,640
Yeah.
I have a bag of, of carrots and

485
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,560
celery in my refrigerator at my
office.

486
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:10,120
Just saying.
So, yeah.

487
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,880
So, you know, whenever I, you
know, go to the office and I'm a

488
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,400
little hungry, it's like, oh,
yeah, I got.

489
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,080
I have.
But I always bring my lunch

490
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,680
though, so I don't, I don't, I
always, I never set myself up to

491
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,560
fail when it comes to eating and
whatnot.

492
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,040
I'm always prepared because I, I
eat very clean.

493
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:27,480
I don't do.
Yeah.

494
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,000
Fast food and all that kind of
stuff because it's just, you

495
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,040
know, it's just makes you feel
like crap.

496
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,080
I know.
Tell me about it.

497
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,960
And it's not worth it.
It's like, it's like a hangover.

498
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,520
It's terrible.
Like, Yep.

499
00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,600
Yeah, It's interesting.
When I had met Scott, I was

500
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,720
actually on the verge of not
having any more alcohol.

501
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,040
Not that I was a, you know,
raging alcoholic or anything

502
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:55,360
like that or had lots to drink,
but it was like I would have one

503
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,840
in a month or something and go
that wasn't worth it.

504
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:02,080
And then I met Scott, who's been
sober for 23 ish years now.

505
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,880
Right, right.
And I met him and he and he

506
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,240
didn't drank.
I'm like bonus yes.

507
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,000
And then he's telling me he's a
diabetic.

508
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,400
So he really watches what he
eats.

509
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,160
I'm like yes, I'm like, this is
just seems all perfect.

510
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,560
Right.
Yeah, although he loved his

511
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,200
coffee and I, I just quit the
coffee about 3 weeks ago.

512
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,240
Oh no.
Why'd you do that?

513
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,480
I've been having some weird
health things go on and so I'm

514
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:36,160
eliminating things that could be
affecting or whatever my body.

515
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,760
So I may reintroduce it because
I know I love my coffee too.

516
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,720
Gotcha.
Yeah, I drink 1 cup of coffee a

517
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,680
day, that's it with almond milk
in it.

518
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,720
And this was all, I think every
day, but I'm not giving it.

519
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:49,200
Yeah.
Yeah.

520
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,400
Well, and I drink tons of water
too, so you know.

521
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,280
Yeah, and our bodies are all
different, like our bodies can

522
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,840
take.
It's just we're all different.

523
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,280
Same with even even what we do
on a daily basis, right?

524
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:05,640
Our bodies can can either absorb
or reject or deflect or whatever

525
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,960
the energies and the things that
we do in a day.

526
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,840
And I'm just rediscovering, I
need more downtime.

527
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,120
I need more me time because I
can go go go go go.

528
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,200
Right.
On a treadmill.

529
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,800
So yeah, kind of thing.
So yeah, it's always learning,

530
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,400
always growing.
Well, that's an important point

531
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:23,560
too.
You have to take time for

532
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,840
yourself.
You know, a lot of people don't

533
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,440
schedule that into their day
either.

534
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,840
No, no, self love is is very
important, very important.

535
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,360
Now I know I I shared with you
the my first kids book.

536
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,480
I'm also in the process.
I'm just about to send my first

537
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,120
second kids book to the
publisher.

538
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:49,760
It's it's though, a memory I had
when I was a teacher of a

539
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,320
kindergarten student, Lily.
And I don't want to, I don't

540
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,080
want to ruin the whole story,
but it's called One cookie at a

541
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:02,680
time because she she came to me.
So it's a kindergarten student.

542
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,600
She came to me and said, I want
to raise money for the

543
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:10,200
Children's Hospital.
And I was like, and I had, we

544
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,920
were in a what's called a leader
in me school.

545
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,880
So yeah, seeing children as
leaders.

546
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,600
And so she came to me.
So I was like, yeah, well, go

547
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,360
home, make a plan, come back.
So literally, she went home with

548
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,360
mom, made a plan, brought it
back the next day.

549
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,400
And by the next week, she was.
She sold 200 cookies in school

550
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:31,200
kindergarten.
Like, impressive.

551
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,480
So I had to write about that
story, yeah.

552
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,760
That is cool.
How much were the cookies, $10

553
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,360
each?
No, just a dollar each.

554
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:40,480
Dollar each.
But yeah.

555
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,240
So she made $200 that she was
able to donate to the Children's

556
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:45,560
Hospital.
Yeah.

557
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,120
So that's cool.
It was really.

558
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,640
For a kindergartner, that's
impressive.

559
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,040
I know it.
Is yeah, that's outstanding.

560
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,440
I've I've been very fortunate to
have a lot.

561
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,400
I should say a lot.
I'm going to say, actually, some

562
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:04,520
very neat children come through
my doors and one that I, it

563
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,280
makes me emotional and but it
makes me very blessed that I

564
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,640
knew that I taught.
Yeah.

565
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,400
Her name was Diamond.
And so every time I see Diamond,

566
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,840
the word diamond is everywhere
all the time.

567
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,440
Yeah.
Yes.

568
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:27,200
In when I talked kindergarten
back in 2000 and early 2000s.

569
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:34,280
OK, by like we go September to
June and by the school year and

570
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,000
by November, December, she
wasn't feeling well and she had

571
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,240
received a cancer diagnosis in
my kindergarten year.

572
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:50,160
And wow, I learned a lot of
lessons that year, a lot of

573
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,800
lessons and.
It's nice when you have when,

574
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,280
when the students remember you
or touch you, because my wife's

575
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,600
a teacher, she's going on, this
is her 20th year and she's in

576
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,080
6th grade, started in 3rd grade,
kind of worked her way out.

577
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,640
But, you know, it's, it's come
full circle to where we've gone

578
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,000
into places and it's like
there's one of her students

579
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,920
that's an adult now, you know,
So regardless of what kind of

580
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,240
impact they have on you when
you're teaching them, it's it's,

581
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,920
it's, you know, later in life,
it's, it's fun to kind of just

582
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,000
run into them.
And then you, from my vantage

583
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,200
point, watching them react to
seeing her kind of shows the

584
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,000
impact they that she had on
their life, which is neat.

585
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,280
You know, so your story is a
little more, you know, I don't

586
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,200
know, sad because of the, the
cancer stuff.

587
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,560
But you know, people don't, a
lot of people don't realize how,

588
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:43,160
how, how ingrained teachers
become with their students.

589
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,880
You know, parents, you know,
they're always kind of harping

590
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,320
and, and bitching and moaning.
You know, if for whatever

591
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,240
reason, especially nowadays with
especially in America anyway,

592
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,440
how how teachers are perceived
and.

593
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,520
And how entitled parents.
Right, right.

594
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,040
And it's just, you know, like
she's dealing with some stuff

595
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,880
now with some parents that just
like, because I hear the stories

596
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,240
and it's just like, you got to
be kidding me.

597
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,240
Like just the simplest thing is
the simplest rules they have in

598
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,880
schools.
Like you can't have your cell

599
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,280
phone.
And, you know, everybody has a

600
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,080
cell phone now, but kids can't
have cell phones.

601
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,600
They can't bring them out of
classrooms and.

602
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,560
So what do they do with them in
Arizona?

603
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,680
Well, they're supposed to that's
they're supposed to be in the

604
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,960
backpack when you when you walk
on campus, you're supposed to

605
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,600
put the phone in the backpack
and not touch it.

606
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:33,000
And, you know, there's certain
children that don't want to

607
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,000
adhere to that policy.
So, and then they get caught and

608
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,280
then they get the phone taken
away and then they, it's get

609
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,960
sent to the office and then, you
know, then the parents get

610
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,160
involved because why are you
taking?

611
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,280
So like really, it's a rule.
It's a simple rule.

612
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:48,560
It's, I mean, it's, you can't
have a cell phone for many

613
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,400
different reasons, you know?
Disruption.

614
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,000
Being right, right and and then
cheating on test because you

615
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,600
know, like smart watches, a lot
of kids have Apple Watches now

616
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,560
you they make you take the Apple
Watch off because the Apple

617
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,800
Watch, you can text the Apple
Watch, you can have phone calls.

618
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:09,080
So it's it's technology is
geared, you know, towards

619
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,800
disruption big time in schools.
And then the teachers, the bad

620
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,960
guy when they have to enforce
those rules and the parents lose

621
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,880
their shit because the teachers
doing their job.

622
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,880
And it's like, OK, why don't you
just step back and realize that

623
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,920
your child is causing a
disruption for the other 20

624
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,679
students in the classroom
because they don't listen.

625
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,480
And and so then you get the
parents point fingers at the

626
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,159
teachers like, well, you, why
you being so mean?

627
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:32,000
It's like, really?
But then you stop me if you know

628
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,840
how I look at things.
So I'm going to take it all the

629
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,920
way down to the nub.
I understand our education

630
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,920
system was set up to make good
factory workers, to make good.

631
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,920
We sold the Prussian education
system, which goes way back.

632
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:50,159
And their education system was
to make disciplined, you don't

633
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:53,400
ask questions and follow the
system kind of students, right?

634
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:59,320
So asking Lisa, as a teacher,
you guys have a fairly similar

635
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,280
education system.
What would you do to change

636
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,800
that?
Because we're asking kids, and

637
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:08,600
you said it earlier, our diets
and the way that we feed our

638
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,040
kids and we're pumping them full
of sugar and then tell them to

639
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,000
go sit for 8 hours in a.
Classroom.

640
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,120
Attentive, right?
How would you change that and

641
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,600
still educate the kids?
Well, I think one of the things

642
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:26,040
I learned in a school that was
amazing, that was that leader in

643
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,040
me school, if you ever heard of
Sean Covey, Stephen Covey, that

644
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:30,720
sort of stuff.
So.

645
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,120
Yeah.
Absolutely.

646
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,800
Yeah.
So when you have a top down

647
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,560
healthy place, so for example,
that the principal I had at that

648
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:49,840
school was proactive, she
synergized with us, the staff,

649
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:56,200
she, you know, it wasn't this
top down control.

650
00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:00,800
It was about treating you as a
human and you know, so, so

651
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:07,680
creating a space where people,
teachers, parents, kids,

652
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:13,680
everybody are heard, however
still having appropriate

653
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,720
expectations.
So for me, for me, I know it's

654
00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:21,160
been a, it's been one of these
like because you do hear a lot

655
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,480
of the negative about school.
However, I was very fortunate to

656
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,000
be in a school where the
principal looked at me as a

657
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,360
professional and at the same
time I was growing as a person

658
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,440
and I extended that to my
students.

659
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,280
So for example, I was doing that
personal development class, it

660
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,960
was a 90 day class with Scott
and we were doing goal setting

661
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,080
and one of my goals was to do a
plank.

662
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,360
Nice.
Guess what I did involved my

663
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,360
students.
Oh, really?

664
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:55,160
One, we ended up getting up to a
minute, I think at 11 seconds

665
00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:58,280
for a front plank and side
planks.

666
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,600
That's awesome because we had
goals, we had interests and, and

667
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,960
for me, I speak what's going on
in my head, so I would speak out

668
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,240
to them and I remember one day
and this like sticks with me so

669
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:14,920
much.
This is how important our words

670
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:15,840
are.
Yeah.

671
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,760
Even when when we were
beginning, Chris, and you were

672
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,880
having trouble with your music
and you called it a stupid song,

673
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,480
I get little like triggers go
off in my head going not stupid.

674
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,280
I wasn't stupid.
It was this too.

675
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,200
I just couldn't stop this.
I couldn't stop it.

676
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,280
So that was the, it's obviously
not stupid.

677
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,640
But yeah, I get, I get, I get
what you're saying for sure.

678
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,560
Totally understand.
So this we're doing this goal of

679
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:41,000
planks and we were getting up to
a minute and it was challenging.

680
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,520
Like we would add 10 seconds
every week, right to this up to

681
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,400
get to the minute.
And we were getting

682
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:50,880
up-to-the-minute goal and kids
were like, oh, I can't do this.

683
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,040
Like, you know that the whining
was coming out right?

684
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,000
And it was like I said, I sat
them down after.

685
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,920
I'm like, Oh my goodness.
When you guys started saying I

686
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,800
can't and you want, I all of a
sudden I couldn't do it.

687
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,360
So I said, let's let's try
everybody, encourage everybody

688
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,960
on and say we can do it.
We can do it.

689
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:11,320
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We had no problem, no problem.

690
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,240
So understanding, yeah.
Like at that young of an age,

691
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:19,200
words you say, yeah, so
powerful, whether it's the words

692
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,200
you're saying to yourself, words
you're saying to your friends,

693
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,960
words you're saying.
So it's like, yeah, it was a

694
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,600
great, a great awareness for me.
It was so cool.

695
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:34,560
And yeah, because I was healthy,
my classroom was healthier.

696
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,320
And thus, yeah.
So that trickle down effect,

697
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:38,800
right?
So it.

698
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,680
Seems like in your teaching
style, you kept them hyper

699
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,600
engaged.
And I think that's super

700
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,000
important that the kids feel
like they're part of the

701
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,320
program, right?
Yeah.

702
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,440
One of the first things that we
cut out, two, two of the first

703
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,080
things that we cut out in the
American education system, come

704
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,840
to find out where the two most
important, the arts and music,

705
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,960
right?
Because those are the two things

706
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,520
that engage both sides of your
brain.

707
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,600
Music is.
One of the few things that's

708
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:07,720
the.
Other thing I was going to.

709
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:12,000
Mention that next PE was the
third thing that became

710
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,120
unimportant.
Now you're literally asking

711
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,000
these kids to sit.
They're sitting at lunch,

712
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,400
they're sitting in the
classroom.

713
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,480
They're sitting, sitting,
sitting because they don't get

714
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,040
outside to have any kind of
physical activity.

715
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,360
They don't go get the paint or
draw.

716
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,000
They can't play the how are they
getting by?

717
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,480
They don't know how to play a
recorder.

718
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,080
We all learned how to play the
recorder.

719
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:37,040
Right, right, right.
Or at least the ukulele.

720
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,440
I think that was something we
tried ours.

721
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,400
Was the recorder.
That's the running joke in

722
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,960
America.
Yeah.

723
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:47,440
And the other thing that I know
we don't think about, but I've

724
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,200
been thinking about it more
lately because I was desiring to

725
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,160
actually have my feet in grass.
And we don't think about this

726
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,960
because, like students, we asked
them to wear rubberized sneakers

727
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,440
all day, runners all day.
Like, oh.

728
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,640
Like they're they're not in
tuned with nature.

729
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,600
So I actually used to take my
sketchbook.

730
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,080
So we would had these big
sketchbooks and we would take

731
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:17,040
them outside for like an hour
and sit in the grass and draw

732
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,440
what we see, draw what we feel
like.

733
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,960
Nice.
Sometimes just those simple

734
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:26,520
things like ground you or make
you see something in a different

735
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,840
way.
It's pretty cool.

736
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,600
Yeah, so little man,
kindergartner.

737
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,080
So he he you have to get greens.
If he gets greens, he's a good

738
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,000
day.
And he's he gets he gets yellows

739
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,880
because he he likes to hit.
So when he hits.

740
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,200
Yeah, yeah, I don't it's, it's
well, here's the thing.

741
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,320
When I dropped him off when I
when I well, that's part of the

742
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,920
problem because Jake will
roughhouse with him.

743
00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:54,000
His dad roughhouses with him,
his little brother.

744
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:55,960
They just they all roughhouse
their boys, right.

745
00:40:55,960 --> 00:41:01,360
So, and, and he has a little bit
of, he's a little bit of speech

746
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,160
issue.
So that I think it's kind of a

747
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,640
precursor to the problem because
I think he gets frustrated when

748
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,280
somebody doesn't understand what
he's saying.

749
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,560
And then so that, you know, but
at the same time, when, when I

750
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:16,240
dropped him off Monday, I had to
go back because I forgot, I

751
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:19,200
forgot his, his water bottle.
So, and it's 2 minutes away.

752
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,720
So I went back and then when I
went back, him and about 6-7

753
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,800
other kids are all playing the
criminals and cops.

754
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,600
I'm like, well, that explains
where the punching comes into

755
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,400
play, right, Right.
We're playing a game, right.

756
00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:36,880
So in in doing so, because he
got 2 yellows in a row.

757
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,320
So when he's got consequences,
because I have him every day,

758
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,880
Lisa from 6 to 8, I take him to
school and it's been that way

759
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:47,000
since he's 3 weeks old.
So he comes over and, and you

760
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,160
know, he's like, he wants to
turn on the TV.

761
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,680
I was like, no, no TV today.
And he's like, why?

762
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,320
I was like, well, because you,
you, you got a yellow yesterday.

763
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,000
I said, I told you, you can't
you get yellows?

764
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,040
There's consequences here.
And so I kind of, you know, do

765
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,680
my little thing and kind of help
him understand that, that if

766
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,440
somebody hit him and, and he
came home and I found out

767
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:06,760
somebody hit him, I would be
sad.

768
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,480
So I said, so you're making that
other kid that you hit his, his

769
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:13,360
pop up sad.
And so instead of, of watching

770
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,240
TV, he ended up because we have,
we live on an acre and we have

771
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,080
chickens.
So and it was irrigation the

772
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,440
night before.
So he ended up on the back of

773
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,520
the couch looking out the, the
backyard window.

774
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,160
And I was like, what are you
doing?

775
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,680
He's like, it's a movie Outback
because the chickens were

776
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,200
frolicking, the birds were kind
of flying around everywhere.

777
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,360
Because when the irrigation
comes, all the bugs come up to

778
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,000
the top of the irrigation.
So they're all having a field

779
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,960
day.
So it ended up like legit for

780
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,320
about 1520 minutes, we were just
sitting there on the couch

781
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,840
looking Outback because he said
it was a movie in the backyard.

782
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,240
So I thought that was kind of a
brilliant little thing for him

783
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:49,080
to kind of do because we're not
watching TV now.

784
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,120
And when we watch TV it's it's
you know, stuff about NASA and

785
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:53,920
planets because he wants to be
an astronaut.

786
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,080
So it's not like we're, you
know, boob tubing it with stupid

787
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:04,040
shit, you know, but it was just,
it was fun that that he came up

788
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,840
with that concept.
And like, you like going out

789
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:08,600
outside with your drawing pad,
right?

790
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,680
Then you're, you're kind of
living in that moment, which is

791
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:13,000
neat.
So this morning, before we

792
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:18,120
turned on the YouTube to watch
some stuff about planets and and

793
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:22,720
Iceland's lava because he loves
lava, we watched a little bit

794
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:25,400
outside time and, and, you know,
it was, it was kind of cool.

795
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,160
I never thought of it before.
Yeah.

796
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,160
A lot of parents, because
they're stressed and they're

797
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,240
trying to get through their day,
you know, you get a lot of

798
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,840
intensity towards children,
which children, they just freeze

799
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,800
up, right?
What I'm hearing from you, did

800
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,200
you talk to your own kids that
way?

801
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:45,480
Like rationally?
No, no, I didn't because I was

802
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:49,280
because like we talked yesterday
with we were on £600 podcast.

803
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,760
I was, I'm a first time dad.
So now I'm a first time.

804
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,880
I'm not old enough to be a
grandpa, so I call Papa.

805
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,280
I was going to be impressed if
you did.

806
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,880
I didn't because I didn't.
I didn't.

807
00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:04,920
When you're raising kids and do
you have kids, Lisa?

808
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:06,920
Yeah.
OK.

809
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,920
So when you're raising your own
kids, you have all the pressures

810
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,320
of the world on your shoulder
because you're entrusted to take

811
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,120
these these tiny little things
and and mold them into good

812
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:23,160
contributing human beings.
You know, So I think the stress

813
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,680
with that, I think because Nick
and I, neither one of us had any

814
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,560
real example.
I had no example of a father.

815
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,760
She had no real example of a
mother because her mother passed

816
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,720
away when she was young and then
her dad kind of kicked her to

817
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,120
the curb and she came out here
with her step monster when she

818
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,320
was 12.
So we just were kind of flying

819
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:42,440
solo it there was no village
helping us.

820
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,200
So I as, as I would say with
Skylar, absolutely not with

821
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,760
Skylar, it wasn't I was, I was
freaked out.

822
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,720
It was a little kid and you
just, you had nothing.

823
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:56,840
I had nothing to compare myself
to.

824
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,240
You know what?
Does that make sense?

825
00:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,960
Absolutely.
You had no foundation.

826
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,040
Right, right.
So when so when Jake came

827
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:07,680
around, it was five years later.
And there are moments with him

828
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,120
that I would catch myself kind
of like that baseball story I

829
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:15,800
told that that that was wrong,
but my my intention was good.

830
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,880
And then when he and I talked
about it, it realized, OK, we

831
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,720
framed this properly now.
So now I know not that do that,

832
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:26,120
not that it was bad, but it
embarrassed him.

833
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,080
So we kind of kind of created a
level playing field where we

834
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,800
kind of understood the
boundaries and things.

835
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,320
So once that kind of came up,
which I think he was about 7:00

836
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,680
or 8:00, then then I probably,
yeah, I might.

837
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,320
My conversations were geared
more towards like with little

838
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,360
man, it's just like, hey, you
know, reverse the role.

839
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:47,080
If if you get hit every day and
you come home and tell me you

840
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,360
get hit, that's going to hurt my
feelings because you got to talk

841
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,960
at A at a kindergartener's
level, right?

842
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:55,040
You can't, you can't use big
words and big circumstances.

843
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,920
It's like when when you get hit
at school, it hurts my feelings

844
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,000
and I'm your pop up and I don't
want you to get hit.

845
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,640
I don't want you to get hurt.
So I'm hoping that kind of

846
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:04,800
registered with them.
I don't know.

847
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:05,480
Time will tell.
I just.

848
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,400
Think that's important for
parents to hear?

849
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:11,680
Because I I've never seen a
situation get solved by

850
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,560
screaming at a child, right?
True, True if.

851
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:16,120
You and I think, yeah, they're
little.

852
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:19,080
Human beings, you got to just
put, you got to put it into

853
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:20,720
perspective.
They're a human being too.

854
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:22,600
They're just at a different
place in life, right?

855
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,240
You still have to talk to them
rationally.

856
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:27,760
The one, the one thing I've
learned and I incorporated with

857
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,600
with with Anthony that I didn't,
I didn't necessarily do with my

858
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,000
kids was I got I go down to his
level.

859
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:37,160
So but yeah, so I mean, but
physically I go down to his

860
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,720
level.
So I'm not looking down and he's

861
00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:41,440
not looking up.
So.

862
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,000
Right.
So when I, when I coached Jake

863
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,480
and Skylar's sports teams, I I
never did that.

864
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,800
And it didn't dawn on me till we
got Anthony to flag football and

865
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,840
then I had all these tiny little
kids because they're 3 to 4 year

866
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:55,240
olds.
So I just sat, you know,

867
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:57,920
crisscross applesauce and they
are.

868
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,280
And then we were just what we
were all eye level.

869
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:05,040
And then the engagement I got
because of that I, it was a

870
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:08,520
noticeable difference from when
I was teaching Jake when he was

871
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,560
doing flag football in Sky, when
she was doing softball, because

872
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:15,320
I was always standing so even.
Talking to them, not at them,

873
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,320
right?
Which so that's one of those

874
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:21,320
things life hack parents get
down to your child's level and

875
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:23,720
talk to them as opposed to them
looking down on them.

876
00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:27,640
Because I think from A and you,
your writer and a teacher, Lisa,

877
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,040
you may relate to this looking
down on them and them having to

878
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:31,960
look up to you.
I think it can be intimidating.

879
00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:34,440
Well, especially.
Things that Lisa brought up and

880
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,640
you're, you're making this point
now is make sure that they're

881
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:41,080
engaged with you.
Don't talk at them too correct

882
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,680
scream orders or even if you're
talking, don't just say here's

883
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,920
the way things are going to be.
Make them be a part of the

884
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:50,760
conversation.
Like you asked him, why are you

885
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,680
hitting them?
You know, why is this going on?

886
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,080
Don't just say you can't do that
and leave it at that and you're

887
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:57,040
in trouble.
You know you're in trouble for

888
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,800
hitting and you're grounded for
a week and now the

889
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,720
conversation's over.
Well, see, our parents would.

890
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:05,680
Sit us down and we would have to
be part of the conversation.

891
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,160
Sure.
And when he gets when he when he

892
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:12,200
gets when he as he matures, then
that that level of, of

893
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,040
involvement will will increase
because I have a better

894
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:18,360
understanding of it.
When he when he first did it, I

895
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,320
asked him, you know, why did he?
I don't remember.

896
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,760
I'm like, you do remember, you
can remember when Uncle Jake is

897
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:26,080
going to buy you a power Ranger
that he told you seven months

898
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,200
ago.
So I don't believe that you

899
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,760
can't remember.
And then that kind of opens that

900
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,880
door a little bit.
And then, you know, I was

901
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,400
frustrated or, you know, we're,
you know, it was angry or

902
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:37,640
something.
I was like, OK, well, there's a

903
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:39,560
better way to deal with your
angers.

904
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,920
Just step back, take a deep
breath or go find your teacher.

905
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,960
Say, hey, I'm upset with with
Johnny because Johnny's not

906
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:46,720
listening to me, you know,
whatever the case is.

907
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:51,160
But it's, it's one of those
things that I've learned with,

908
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,600
with raising both my kids and
now having Anthony and then and

909
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:59,840
tripped the other grandson.
You've you've evolved as an as

910
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,200
an adult, you've evolved as a
problem solver.

911
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,320
You've evolved as just a human
and how you interact with people

912
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,880
because the more you've done it,
the more experience you have.

913
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,920
So that's my thing for any
parents listening and watching

914
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,880
this go down to the level,
because I still do it with

915
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:15,320
Anthony.
I still do it with trip When,

916
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,440
when I go outside and they're
there, I drop to the ground.

917
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:20,720
I, I literally drop to my knees.
So we're, we're this level when

918
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:24,440
they're coming at me, you know,
especially when they're running

919
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,320
to give me a hug and they're
running, you know, across half

920
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,440
the yard, which is an acre.
I'm, I just drop on my ground,

921
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:32,600
you know, come on.
But it, it, I think it, it

922
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,960
connects better with the child
And, and, and I think, you know,

923
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:40,640
kind of a subconsciously thing,
you are on their level now, even

924
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,800
though it's just eyesight,
because then you're not doing

925
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,040
this and they're not doing this
and you're not looking that

926
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,320
down.
And I'm 6 feet tall little

927
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:51,000
man's, I think 4 feet.
But you know, as he was growing

928
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:55,400
up from zero to where he's at
now, I'm a mammoth figure in his

929
00:49:55,400 --> 00:50:00,320
eyes, Right, right.
So I think that the intimidation

930
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:02,440
factor goes away, even though
you don't mean to be an

931
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,480
intimidating factor as a parent
or a grandparent, but that size

932
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:10,120
different is just it's natural.
It's natural to be like, oh, you

933
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:12,480
know.
That never was more in

934
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,600
perspective for me than when I
moved back to my hometown and I

935
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:19,000
looked at what my boundary line
was when I was about the age

936
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,200
that Chris is talking about.
Like, I could ride my bike

937
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,160
around this one block, right?
Yeah, Yeah, I'm looking at the

938
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:27,160
block I could ride around, and
it's tiny, but to me, it was

939
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,600
like it took forever to ride
around that block.

940
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:32,000
Well, that's because my legs
were only, you know, a foot and

941
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,160
a half tall, Right.
Right.

942
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,960
And sometimes too, Chris, like
you talked about the height

943
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:39,040
thing.
Yeah.

944
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:43,640
Something else that I tested out
a little bit as a teacher.

945
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:46,960
We used to have what was called
guided reading groups where, OK,

946
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:51,720
I, it was what you call that
shape, like a moon shape kind of

947
00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:53,400
table.
I would be in the middle and the

948
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:55,520
kids would come and sit around
the outside.

949
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:56,880
So you can read with them,
right?

950
00:50:57,520 --> 00:50:59,600
Yeah.
And what I noticed is, and then

951
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:03,120
that you could sit on the side
next to the teacher.

952
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:09,200
Some kids are more verbal or
want to share more if they are

953
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:12,760
actually beside you than right
in front of you.

954
00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:16,720
So that's another thing to
consider about you're also on

955
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:20,640
their level, but that where they
are sometimes eye contact is

956
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:24,920
extremely intimidating.
So just being next to really

957
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,240
helps.
And then you were talking about

958
00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:31,920
asking those why questions.
So the one thing that I've

959
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:35,880
learned over the last well,
teaching and and even with

960
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:42,720
adults, like ask out of
curiosity, but you're not asking

961
00:51:42,720 --> 00:51:47,520
to solve that problem.
You're like, you're curious so

962
00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:52,000
they can share and you're just,
you're providing a space for

963
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:53,680
them to share, right?
Yeah.

964
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,960
And so often they know the
answer.

965
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:59,640
Just like, just like this.
Right, like they.

966
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:03,880
Know the option.
So once they start to share with

967
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,400
you, well I can do this, I can
do this, then we can add in,

968
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,400
well, what about this idea would
that be?

969
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:10,960
Good.
That's that's a good idea.

970
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,360
That's I'm gonna next time he
hits, I'm gonna ask him like,

971
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:15,480
OK, what's a better way that you
could have handled that

972
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:18,400
situation instead of hitting?
I really like that Johnny.

973
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,520
You know, maybe, maybe just kick
Johnny engagement, right?

974
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,440
Yeah, now they're engaged.
He's making him solve that

975
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:25,800
problem himself.
Right.

976
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,120
And that goes, Yeah.
And that goes back to the thing

977
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:29,680
I said earlier.
It's hard to rebel against

978
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:31,040
yourself.
So when you come up with your

979
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:36,160
own solution to a problem, you
created that solution.

980
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:37,560
That's brilliant, Lisa.
Yeah.

981
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:38,680
Appreciate.
That.

982
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:40,040
Thank you.
Yeah.

983
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,240
And you were also talking before
about the cell phone thing in

984
00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:46,760
school.
And I think as a society, like

985
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:53,280
we don't realize how much are
we're bombarding our kids and we

986
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,760
all grow up and we're bombarded
with everything.

987
00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:58,040
What?
Happened when you leave the

988
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:00,240
house as an adult without your
cell phone.

989
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:01,840
I just encountered it the other
day.

990
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,760
Lady I work with her day was
spun out of control because she

991
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,440
left her phone at home.
Yeah, yeah.

992
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:09,600
And I couldn't argue with her
because if I do it, I do the

993
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:11,040
same thing.
I'm like, Oh my God, I forgot my

994
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:11,880
phone.
Yeah.

995
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,600
Yeah.
So it's it's I like I talked

996
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,760
about going back to nature a
little bit and getting my feet

997
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:21,080
in the grass, but it literally
is starting to look at the

998
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:26,000
things that hum bird you in life
that you don't even realize are

999
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,400
happening.
Even the simple things like my

1000
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:30,960
air conditioner just popped on.
It's like, OK, another sound I

1001
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:35,440
got to continue with or go on
with or, or like, you know,

1002
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:38,400
seeing graffiti on a wall that
it's offensive and you're like,

1003
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:42,840
you take that in and go it's
another thing that comes and and

1004
00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:45,040
and bum birds.
It's just input from the time

1005
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,800
you wake up now until the time
you go to bed, unless you as a

1006
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:51,840
person do something about it.
I make rules for myself, you

1007
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:55,560
know, no phone after 9:00 or,
you know, stupid things like

1008
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:57,800
that.
You have to make your own rules

1009
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:02,200
to get some kind of, you know,
like you said, time to meditate

1010
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:05,160
and get your Peace of Mind back
and figure out am I still who I

1011
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:06,280
think I am?
Right, right.

1012
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:08,880
Yeah, I heard a great suggestion
from someone.

1013
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,800
They said as soon as you wake up
in the morning, don't look at

1014
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:13,760
your phone, don't look at
technology or that whatever.

1015
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:16,960
Go out and look at nature.
Even if you just look at a

1016
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:21,320
plant, like look at a leaf,
something that does it helps to

1017
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:23,480
ground and start your day off
really great.

1018
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:26,240
I have people that I look up to,
and one of the guys that I look

1019
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:29,840
up to, he gets up and goes for a
walk before he does anything.

1020
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:33,440
No cop, you know, he has water,
puts his clothes on, goes for a

1021
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,200
mile walk, comes back, has
coffee, takes a shower.

1022
00:54:36,240 --> 00:54:40,760
You know he starts his day after
he gets some kind of time with

1023
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:42,680
himself, right?
Yeah.

1024
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,000
I need to get to that point.
It's an evolution.

1025
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:50,080
And we we often, I think, put
ourselves down that we're not as

1026
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,440
good as, you know, the neighbors
or whatever it is.

1027
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:56,240
It's like, no, we're perfect.
We're just going to keep going,

1028
00:54:56,240 --> 00:54:58,960
keep testing things out and keep
doing things.

1029
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:02,600
And yeah, might the big thing
that Scott taught me is be

1030
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:05,320
gentle on yourself.
Be gentle on yourself.

1031
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,560
You're doing great.
I like that too.

1032
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:10,160
And I, I kind of do that
unconsciously without putting it

1033
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,800
into words.
You know, I, I, I make sure that

1034
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,840
I take care of myself first,
because if I don't, then I

1035
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:19,080
become the person I don't like.
And nobody wants that, including

1036
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,040
me, first and foremost me,
right?

1037
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:23,680
I like to be nice to people.
I like to help people.

1038
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:25,840
But if I don't protect my own
Peace of Mind.

1039
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:27,560
And I think we're all three in
the same boat.

1040
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:31,680
We're not going to be the people
we want to the people that love

1041
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:33,040
us.
I'm.

1042
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,800
I'm, I'm careful to educate
those people that I, you know,

1043
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,880
Chris knows because I tell him.
Some days I'm having a shit day.

1044
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:41,480
It's like, it's not you, man,
it's me.

1045
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,360
No, and we all have shit days.
It's and it's and it's it's,

1046
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:49,640
it's how you, it's how you
address the shit.

1047
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,200
Day you do the same thing for me
because you have your days.

1048
00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:53,520
Yeah.
You know, you're like, hey, man,

1049
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:55,360
I'm off today.
I'm just telling you up front.

1050
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,520
He's always honest about it.
Yeah.

1051
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:02,720
Yeah, that's super important.
Communication is key, right?

1052
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,160
Well, it is, I know.
That I didn't just lose one of

1053
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:06,960
my best friends.
I know he's just having a bad

1054
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:08,320
day.
And tomorrow's going to be Chris

1055
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:10,080
again, you know?
Yeah, exactly.

1056
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,560
You don't have to worry if
someone tells you up front.

1057
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:14,480
And it's the same thing with the
children.

1058
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,640
If you're having a bad day as a
parent, tell your children.

1059
00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:20,960
It's not you.
You know, Dad's having a bad

1060
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,200
day.
Mom's having a bad day.

1061
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:25,200
My parents did that.
I've told Chris 100 times.

1062
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:27,720
The one thing that I pride my
parents on is they weren't

1063
00:56:27,720 --> 00:56:30,480
yellers and screamers, right?
They were, we're going to sit

1064
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,240
down and have a talk.
And there was nothing that my

1065
00:56:33,240 --> 00:56:34,480
mom would say.
We're going to have a little

1066
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,080
talk and there was nothing
little talk, right?

1067
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:42,680
It went on for hours sometimes.
But yeah, it was a talk.

1068
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,640
It wasn't her hitting us.
It wasn't her screaming at us.

1069
00:56:45,640 --> 00:56:48,920
It was, we're going to have a
conversation back and forth and

1070
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:50,840
you are going to participate,
right?

1071
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:55,560
Yeah.
Yeah, One one of the things.

1072
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:57,840
Yeah, exactly.
And, and having that kind of

1073
00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:03,000
calm and peace in in your
upbringing allowed you to have

1074
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,440
that in your body.
So that's in you.

1075
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:08,280
It's part of you now as an
adult, right.

1076
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:13,160
And so I know I, I, I was born
definitely with patience.

1077
00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:15,720
And it's, I, I saw it, my mom as
a teacher.

1078
00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:18,480
My mom was my own kindergarten
teacher and taught for many

1079
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:21,040
years.
And everybody loves my mom as a

1080
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:23,240
teacher.
And I think a lot had to do with

1081
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:25,040
patience.
And now I always thought that

1082
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:31,160
patience was just not saying
anything like just being OK, I'm

1083
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:34,240
just, I'll wait and patience.
But I learned patience.

1084
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:38,760
Patience is more about how I
choose to react in a situation

1085
00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:39,400
that's.
Really.

1086
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:42,800
What patience.
Is to me, and so I say this to

1087
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:46,920
people, it's like I thought I've
always been a patient person and

1088
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:50,520
I really learned patience when I
met Scott I.

1089
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:54,120
Had I had to learn it myself
because I've never been married.

1090
00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:58,040
I don't have any kids, but I
became the person that I didn't

1091
00:57:58,040 --> 00:57:59,680
like.
I was negative all the time.

1092
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:03,520
Just I gave up on life for a
while, you know, So I just

1093
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:05,280
wasn't interested in being
happy.

1094
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:07,880
But when I chose to be happy
again, I agree with you.

1095
00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:10,320
It's something that you have to
choose.

1096
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:14,560
There's always, how many times
in a day do you have to make a

1097
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:20,280
decision to be an asshole or I'm
going to power through this with

1098
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,040
the best attitude possible,
right?

1099
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:26,840
So what I've adopted in my life
and you know, people always say

1100
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:29,440
how can you get through this or
that or how do you do this or

1101
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:32,920
that by yourself?
It's for this amount of time.

1102
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:37,560
This is what I'm doing.
So if it's drudgery, I do the

1103
00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:40,360
drudgery with the best attitude
possible because I know it's

1104
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:42,080
going to be over in 10 hours,
right?

1105
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,160
Or it's going to be over in two
hours and then I'm going to get

1106
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,520
to do something I like.
So now I get to play my guitar.

1107
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:52,480
So now it's I try not to let
that high be the highest part of

1108
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,400
my day and that drudgery be the
lowest part of my day.

1109
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:57,680
I just try and say this is my
day, right?

1110
00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:01,080
Some of its things I don't want
to do and things some of its

1111
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:03,960
things that I'm blessed to be
able to do.

1112
00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:09,080
Yeah, it's finding that
gratitude throughout that time

1113
00:59:09,080 --> 00:59:12,040
as well and still taking the
time for yourself, right.

1114
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:15,640
So, yeah, you, you have a 10
hours something to do.

1115
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:18,360
It's like, well, I, I love it
that I'm going to learn

1116
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:19,880
something new here.
I'm going to blah blah blah,

1117
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:22,640
whatever it is.
Or I'm with people that at least

1118
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:24,640
I like, you know, So I was
talking about work.

1119
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:27,640
Obviously, you know, sometimes
work sucks, but I look at it

1120
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,280
like I had some of the best
friends I've ever had in my life

1121
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:32,040
I met there.
So at least I get to go see

1122
00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:36,640
them, right?
That's the that's the forward

1123
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:38,600
thinking that a lot of people
don't have.

1124
00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,400
They're not looking at the fact
that they have people that care

1125
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:44,200
about them there too.
They're only looking at the fact

1126
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:47,760
that work sucks for 10 hours.
All they're thinking is I hate

1127
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:48,840
being here.
I hate this place.

1128
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:52,240
I hate this company.
I not that I have a job.

1129
00:59:52,240 --> 00:59:54,480
It's providing for my family.
It's how I eat.

1130
00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:57,160
It's how I keep a roof over my
head.

1131
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:03,200
Yeah, the saying that I often
say to myself when if those kind

1132
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,840
of thoughts come in, it's that
what you resist persists.

1133
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:11,720
I like that.
So you wanna continue with that

1134
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,400
negative thought, then you're
just gonna get the negative.

1135
01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:17,640
And that's so true.
And that's what I got for that

1136
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:20,440
period of time where I got to
the darkest place in my life

1137
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:23,200
where everything was negative
and I was always right and

1138
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:26,160
everybody else was always wrong.
And holy shit that's not reality

1139
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:29,760
because I'm rarely right about
anything.

1140
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:32,640
And isn't it cool that you can
look back and go?

1141
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,280
That's what I used to do.
Now I choose something

1142
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:38,120
different.
It is and I told Chris yesterday

1143
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:44,000
on that on the £600 Down podcast
we were on like, you got to

1144
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:46,880
become the person that nobody
likes living more than you,

1145
01:00:47,120 --> 01:00:48,800
right?
You have to be able to say that

1146
01:00:50,040 --> 01:00:53,440
I love getting up in the morning
and having another opportunity

1147
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:58,120
to see what life has to offer
and how I can help society and

1148
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:01,720
myself at the same time, right?
How can my positivity and

1149
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:05,720
overcoming my demons help the
next person do that so that they

1150
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:08,160
can enjoy a quality of life that
I found right?

1151
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:11,240
Exactly, yeah.
And taking care of yourself is

1152
01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:13,400
priority.
That that's another one of those

1153
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:17,160
visuals that I have.
It's that really you can only

1154
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:21,760
give to others when your cup is
full and overflowing, right.

1155
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:24,400
So you need to remember, take
care of yourself.

1156
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,120
Yeah.
Very cool.

1157
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:29,160
Yeah.
Right now.

1158
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:31,120
So where can people find you
again, Lisa?

1159
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:38,360
So you can find
scottandi@forwardforwardwalkingchoices.com

1160
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:44,400
and you can find all three of my
books on Amazon as well, also on

1161
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:49,200
the Forward Walking Choices
website and yeah, on all social

1162
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:53,040
media platforms.
And I know I'm on your amazing

1163
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:56,480
podcast, but we also, Scott and
I have our podcast as well,

1164
01:01:56,480 --> 01:02:00,920
Soulmates and Suitcases, and
we're excited to have see you

1165
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:03,960
there.
Video is on YouTube and audio on

1166
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:05,640
Spotify.
Right on.

1167
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:08,520
All right.
Well, we always wrap up the show

1168
01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:10,040
like this.
If you're having a bad day, if

1169
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:12,000
you're feeling depressed and
suicidal, don't do it.

1170
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:14,120
There's a hole in somebody's
heart that you're going to

1171
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:15,120
leave.
Somebody does love you.

1172
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:17,960
Somebody will miss you more
often, more people than you

1173
01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:20,680
think.
So find somebody that you can,

1174
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:24,920
as James Hetfill says, talk that
shit out, man, and wake up

1175
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:28,440
tomorrow and let's start a brand
new day for Mike Michaels.

1176
01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:29,600
I'm Chris Dunham.
She's Lisa.

1177
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:30,680
Rarely.
Is.

1178
01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:33,360
That right?
Rarely.

1179
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:35,600
Rarely.
I was so close, man.

1180
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:37,960
This is the Christian Mike show.
Tell Scott we said hello.

1181
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:40,800
You guys are an awesome couple.
Thanks again, Lisa for coming.

1182
01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:42,680
On Tell Scott, I said hey as
well.

1183
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:45,120
Yeah, and I will.
Thanks, Chris and Mike.

1184
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:46,640
I appreciate it very.
You're welcome.

1185
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:49,000
You're welcome.
Don't go away when we sign off

1186
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:50,920
because we got to make sure
you're uploading properly.

1187
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:53,000
OK?
So until next time, everybody

1188
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:53,880
will see you.
Love you brother.

1189
01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:57,640
Love you too, peace.
Quite clear.

1190
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:03,640
We don't want to fly in this
stuff to you.

1191
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:08,120
Look the tablet your insane.
Feel the tears.

1192
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:20,840
For your life, on your journey,
this is the place where you will

1193
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:23,200
go feel the trail behind your
eyes.

1194
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,520
Take a moment.
Look.

1195
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:33,800
Until you see him fight the
battle.

1196
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:39,480
That's you Fuck Wheel.
Fight the battle, but you fuck

1197
01:03:39,480 --> 01:03:42,160
Wheel.
Who is this baby to your finger?

1198
01:03:43,000 --> 01:05:03,820
Oh yeah, this is to you.
Come down here, you haven't

1199
01:05:05,620 --> 01:05:10,300
found salty in the sand.
You won't fight him.

1200
01:05:11,140 --> 01:05:14,740
Wait for the day or when he's
closer.

1201
01:05:14,740 --> 01:05:17,980
Out you get.
For the wind you went.

1202
01:05:18,140 --> 01:05:20,440
No quizzes.
We're playing.

1203
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:24,680
Smile and you should you press
on the almighty man.

1204
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:30,880
You got a dream.
Who in your life to keep our

1205
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:37,480
soul in every man?
Take the trail behind your eyes.

1206
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:49,720
Feel the Soul Revolution now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

1207
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:52,680
yeah.
Take a moment.

1208
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:56,560
Listen to your tear.
Fight your family.

1209
01:05:56,720 --> 01:06:25,600
To you, mostly.
You gotta, you gotta.

1210
01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:28,920
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta.