1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,360 Welcome to the Why Not Today podcast where we celebrate courage, determination, and the 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,840 power of saying, Why Not Today. 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,800 I'm your host, Leslie Cain, and in each episode we dive into inspiring stories of individuals 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:18,960 who have taken bold steps, faced their fears, and embraced the possibility of today. 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,240 From entrepreneurs to artists, dreamers to doers, we explore the moments when they said, 6 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:26,200 Enough Waiting, Why Not Today. 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,520 Join me as we uncover the heartwarming, the audacious, and the transformative, whether 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,100 it's pursuing a lifelong passion, overcoming obstacles, or simply choosing joy. 9 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,440 Our guests share their journeys and inspire us all. 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,840 I started this podcast to honor my father, Patrick Cain, who often said, Why Not Today. 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,800 And remember, you're just one decision away from changing your life. 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,480 And I am excited to find out more about my guests. 13 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:50,680 I don't know really well. 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,280 We did a call the other day, but I felt like after our call, the introduction call, I feel 15 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,600 like I've been in you forever. 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:01,520 And we were connected with lots of different people on Facebook and things. 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:08,840 But I officially met Elaine, or saw you speak at Tina Johnson's Women's Summit about a month 18 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:09,920 ago. 19 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:15,400 And then, as I said, we did a call and you're just, we've got lots of great connections. 20 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,440 And I felt like you were my long-last friend when we talked the other day. 21 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:23,480 And so I'm excited to hear your story and share with our guests. 22 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,280 You've definitely got a health journey and lots of courage. 23 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,680 So before we officially get started with that, why don't you introduce yourself, Elaine, 24 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,160 and a fun fact about you. 25 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,160 Okay. 26 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,160 Well, hi, Leslie. 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,160 Thank you so much. 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,320 I felt the same way. 29 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:41,880 And what was so such fun is that our connections were like, they were all in left field. 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,560 And it was great. 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,120 And I love this whole thing and your connection with your dad. 32 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:52,400 And I have that special thing with mine, which is why I have 14 butterfly bushes around my 33 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,840 house because every time I see a butterfly, it's my father and my mother. 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,680 I've always thought that too, just another connection. 35 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,680 I'm not surprised. 36 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,280 And a good friend of mine passed away last year, unfortunately, in the day of his funeral 37 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,480 where he was sitting outside his mom's house and a butterfly flew on his cousin's hand 38 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:12,480 and just sat there. 39 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,920 And then it flew on my hand and I took a picture of it, literally sat on my hand for a half 40 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,280 an hour until I shoot it away. 41 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:20,280 Yes. 42 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,280 Absolutely. 43 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,280 Yeah. 44 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,400 I see them in these strangest places. 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:25,400 Yeah. 46 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,400 Go, hi, dad. 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,400 Hi, mom. 48 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:28,400 Thanks for coming. 49 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,400 I love that. 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Another connection. 51 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:31,400 Another connection. 52 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,760 Introduce yourself in a little bit about who Elaine is. 53 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,760 Okay. 54 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:40,000 Well, I am Elaine Gibson and I am the ultimate Jewish grandmother from New York City. 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,960 Born in Chicago, raised in New York. 56 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,600 So I was the child my mother was told she could never have. 57 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,800 Oh, wow. 58 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:57,560 In those days, I mean, just in full disclosure on Mother's Day weekend, actually 80 years 59 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 old. 60 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,880 And in those days, so my mom had romantic fever. 61 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,640 And in those days, they were, which was like a gazillion years ago, they were very concerned 62 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:08,480 about the heart and all this and that. 63 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,440 So she was told she couldn't have any more children. 64 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:17,640 So my dad, who was in the retail business because during the Depression, he took his 65 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:22,520 father out of a ditch who was trying to get money to send him to medical school. 66 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:23,520 Oh, wow. 67 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,920 Yeah, it was all. 68 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:30,600 So he was transferred to Chicago from New York. 69 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,360 My mom goes in for her checkup and they say the doctor says, well, Jeanette, how am I 70 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,400 going to be doing more children? 71 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,480 And she said, well, I was told I couldn't. 72 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,920 And he said, that's ridiculous. 73 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:41,920 You're healthy. 74 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,360 Your heart is healthy as an ox. 75 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,440 Go home and make a little girl. 76 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Aw. 77 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:51,600 So 11 months later on Mother's Day, I was born. 78 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,600 Oh, how special. 79 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:53,600 No fun. 80 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:54,600 Yes. 81 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:55,600 That's not the fun fact. 82 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,160 That's just part of what. 83 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,840 Part of who I am, right? 84 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,200 For whatever that means. 85 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,640 So here's the fun fact. 86 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,640 I act. 87 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,760 So when I grew up in New York, I was certain I was fortunate of less than that my parents 88 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,760 could take me to Broadway in a very early age. 89 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,320 I actually saw Sammy Davis Jr. on Broadway. 90 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,960 I saw Mary Barrett and play Peter Pan originate the role. 91 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,040 So I just fell in love with it. 92 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:28,040 And I, so my fun fact is that with all the science and all those other things I have with 93 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,720 what I do, I actually have a graduate degree in dance. 94 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:32,720 Wow. 95 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,720 Yes. 96 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,880 And I see the world through music. 97 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:36,880 Yes. 98 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,840 And everything I do is filled with music and musical references and all that. 99 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:44,280 So that's my fun fact. 100 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:52,600 I actually have a graduate degree in dance and my most fun role was in a dinner theater 101 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:57,160 in Gypsy playing one of the strippers who lit up in the dark. 102 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:58,160 Yeah. 103 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,160 Have fun. 104 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:06,400 But I'm a city girl and I went to summer camp from the age of eight. 105 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,200 We did that in New York. 106 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,720 If we were fortunate enough. 107 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:16,880 I went away for eight weeks and now my children have gone and my grandchildren, everybody's 108 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:17,880 on the same thing. 109 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,560 I'm all about legacy and all of that. 110 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:21,560 Awesome. 111 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:27,520 But this is where I fell in love with my girlfriends. 112 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,440 It was a brother and sister camp. 113 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,920 And this is where I was happiest my whole life. 114 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:41,640 And this is why everything that I do now is for and with women. 115 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:48,840 So yeah, I had a great childhood, very, very, very, very much love, but very, very different 116 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:49,840 times. 117 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:53,840 So I never was encouraged to be my best. 118 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:54,840 Right. 119 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:56,400 Because women weren't doing this. 120 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:57,400 Right. 121 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Gloria Stein and we're talking about, right? 122 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,400 Yeah. 123 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:05,800 So I grew up in New York and went to summer camp and then met my first husband, my children's 124 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:06,800 father. 125 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,880 And then we came to Washington, DC during the Ed Muskie campaign and now I'm remarried 126 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,960 and live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. 127 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,800 We married for almost 34 years now. 128 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,320 I have six grandchildren and they still call me Gaga. 129 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:32,640 Even my six to grant six foot two grandson, who's 26 still calls me Gaga. 130 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,160 You know, that connection of a grandparents is amazing. 131 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,160 I know one time my nephew, I said something not really nice to my mother. 132 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,520 I don't remember what it was, but she annoyed me and my nephew looked at me and goes, don't 133 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,400 talk to my grandma like that. 134 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,640 And I'm like, you're on team grandma. 135 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,720 He's like, that is the only team to be on. 136 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:50,720 The only team. 137 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:51,720 Yeah. 138 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,680 That's so powerful. 139 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,320 So yeah, I love the summer camp. 140 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,000 I didn't get to go to summer camp. 141 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:03,640 I was the oldest of six kids and we from the age of 10, we lived on a lake and grew up 142 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:04,640 in Reston. 143 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:05,640 There were pools everywhere. 144 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:06,640 Oh, sure. 145 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:07,640 Right. 146 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:08,640 So like there was no summer camp. 147 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,880 We were summer camp. 148 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:11,880 You were. 149 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:12,880 Yeah. 150 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:14,640 And but you did all the fun things. 151 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,840 And growing up in New York, I mean, I never saw trees and stuff, you know. 152 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,200 So now, now I'm the, the now, you know, I, I work. 153 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:24,200 Yeah. 154 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,200 I'm in the Shenandoah Valley, I feel like I'm at summer camp. 155 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,200 Love it. 156 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,200 Oh, they long. 157 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:34,200 So Elaine, what does courage mean? 158 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:45,360 Courage to me means trusting your soul. 159 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,320 We are so bombarded with other things. 160 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,500 You know, we all have monkey mind. 161 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:58,880 We all are mind always tells us stories and creates so much doubt, but we know inside what's 162 00:07:58,880 --> 00:07:59,880 right. 163 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,360 We know inside who we are. 164 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:08,440 And as you know, I, I now I work with women that have cancer, having beaten stage four 165 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,680 cancer without traditional protocols. 166 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,240 This is what I do. 167 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:21,280 But it's trusting how we're created because we know we really know inside us who we are 168 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,040 and what we want to do. 169 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,640 And trusting that is the seed of courage. 170 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:27,640 Yeah. 171 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,120 And I kind of call those sometimes my why not today moments with people. 172 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,680 It's like, you know, the thing and you wake up in the middle of the night or it's just 173 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:39,960 been ruminating your head and you finally say, yes, you trust your soul because there 174 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:46,480 is so much noise out there and so much comparison, so much judgment, so much doubt. 175 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:52,600 And you know, as women too, we do have that doubt that we just came naturally and we've 176 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:58,800 had to fight to be more confident, but to be able to trust ourselves and not look left 177 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,240 to right or back or forward just to go for it and trust that soul. 178 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,240 So I love that definition. 179 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,240 Oh, good. 180 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:05,240 I'm good. 181 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,240 Yeah. 182 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,240 So everybody's got a different one. 183 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,240 It's interesting. 184 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,240 The only person that's ever looked it up is my brother. 185 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,320 All right. 186 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,640 So you've had a journey and lots of courage. 187 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,880 And I always say where we start and where we finish are completely different. 188 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:25,480 So as a dancer to now working in the health field, you've come a long way. 189 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:31,480 So can you share maybe some why not today moments, part of your current journey that 190 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,800 would encourage somebody else and share your story? 191 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,200 Sure. 192 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:43,880 So in 2001, I was diagnosed with a very early stage cancer, non-Hatch-Kunstl-Sama. 193 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,960 I went out of the country, they didn't do the things I wanted at that point. 194 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:56,520 I just knew that at that moment, why not today trusting that I just wasn't ready to follow 195 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,680 traditional. 196 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:07,560 I had been in, I spent a lot of, you know, growing up when I grew up, the only thing that 197 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:11,440 I really was led to, and this is not judgment. 198 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,000 This is to have a teacher certificate in my back pocket. 199 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,640 Okay. 200 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:17,640 You know, and I did. 201 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:18,880 Were you a teacher? 202 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:19,880 I was. 203 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:20,880 Okay. 204 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:26,120 I was actually in New Haven, Connecticut during the riots in the 60s, and they built 205 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:33,480 a brand new high school in the middle of the city, and they bust in all the suburban 206 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,480 kids. 207 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:35,480 Wow. 208 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:36,480 Right? 209 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:37,480 Yeah. 210 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,440 And you started with a degree in dance. 211 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,720 I had started with a degree in education in CIS ed. 212 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:44,800 I grew up on third base. 213 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:45,800 I was in CIS ed. 214 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,440 It was a great way to get to kids. 215 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:56,680 But using that, so we did West Side Story, and we had a Black Maria, and a White Tony, 216 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:59,320 and things like that. 217 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:06,440 But I just never really had anything that I was passionate about. 218 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:12,160 That was in a line, in a lane, in a journey to be successful in this culture. 219 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,160 Right. 220 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,160 Yeah. 221 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,520 You know, we both know Tina very well. 222 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:23,520 She's been a mentor of mine for quite a long time, and she's sponsored everything that 223 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,240 we do as well. 224 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:33,400 And when all those archetype things like strength finders, or all of these things, I am way 225 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:34,640 outside the line. 226 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:42,360 I mean, I'm so far outside the line that it's almost not even digitized. 227 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:43,360 Wow. 228 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,480 And I'm usually right in between the lines. 229 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Yeah. 230 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,480 Right. 231 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,320 Not strong on everything, but a little of a line. 232 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:56,000 I am the extreme creative, which makes it challenging to get things done. 233 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:02,600 But I never really had a path that, you know, my children have great careers. 234 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:10,680 My grandchildren have great, but I never really was taught to be my best, find my best. 235 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:13,440 But there was always something inside me, right? 236 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:14,440 Oh, it's there. 237 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,440 Yes. 238 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,440 And it was always there. 239 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,240 It was knocking at the door, and it was like, it was just always something more. 240 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:27,720 So I had my help, moment, defining moment, right? 241 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:28,720 Financing. 242 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,720 Yeah. 243 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:36,480 And so I, in six months, I was cancer-free, right? 244 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,720 You know, awesome. 245 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:46,600 18 months after being cancer-free for five years, I come back from the Galapagos Islands, 246 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:51,600 and I had some things because as a dancer and an athlete, I'm very, very, very tuned 247 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,400 into my body, right? 248 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:54,400 Right. 249 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,400 Right. 250 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,720 And it was like, so I thought I had a parasite, right? 251 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,160 What else would it be? 252 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:04,440 So two and a half months later, I found myself in front of a woman who said, we don't think 253 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,880 you're going to see your grandchildren draw up. 254 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:12,160 And it's like, have you ever met a Jewish grandmother from New York? 255 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,840 I mean, I don't understand who you're having this conversation with. 256 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:23,480 So I went on my journey, which was to do things in it, moderate, integrated, but did 257 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,000 a lot of building up my body. 258 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 How did the health, what are the healthiest people, what are the healthiest people do? 259 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Right. 260 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,440 Later, I found myself cancer-free again. 261 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,960 Now, I had already started a business. 262 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:42,640 I was in, um, freeing healthy holistic homes, getting in that, doing some workshops and 263 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:43,640 stuff like that. 264 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:52,840 So now I, now I have a, you know, it's interesting the word that came to me was gift. 265 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:58,200 So now I have something where I think I can make a difference. 266 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,200 But you know what? 267 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,200 Starting your own business is insane. 268 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:02,200 Yes. 269 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:07,320 And that's why I do this podcast and do coaching for women because it's hard work. 270 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,080 It, yeah, it's very realistic. 271 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,080 And I'm not structured. 272 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:12,600 So I have a great team around me. 273 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:18,560 My team's been with me 10 or 12 years, but which is why I have somebody like Tina who's 274 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:23,600 there, you know, because somewhere in the middle, there, there is some things that can 275 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:24,680 get done. 276 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:25,840 Right. 277 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:34,640 But so here are some, some defining moments for that I have come across in my experience. 278 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,240 First of all, people are basically good. 279 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,640 Okay. 280 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:45,360 In camp, when everybody was away from everybody else, now I started at eight. 281 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,800 I went until I got married. 282 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,360 Then I went back with my kids were there. 283 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,360 Now my grandchildren are there. 284 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:58,360 But when kids are together without all the bombarding, they become brothers, they become 285 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,280 sisters and it's lifetime. 286 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,480 I have girlfriends from when I was eight from. 287 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,480 Wow. 288 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:06,480 Yeah. 289 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,000 And I see it with my children and my grandchildren. 290 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:16,640 So now my son, so my children are 54 and 56, my sons in California, his boys go to UT 291 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:17,920 in Austin. 292 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,880 He has, this is crazy. 293 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:26,840 Each one of those boys have fraternity brothers from my world. 294 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:33,280 One of them, Noah has a fraternity brother who is the grandson of one of the two, my 295 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,360 best friends from when we were eight years old in camp. 296 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,680 So it, you know, it's this connection. 297 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:39,680 I'm all about connections. 298 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:40,680 Yeah. 299 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,760 Somebody told me one time that was, I had a crazy connection with someone and she goes, 300 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:48,640 when you're living your life in alignment to your values, those connections appear. 301 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:49,880 Yes. 302 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,080 And not everybody can take that person that does. 303 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,200 I've had women say, you scare me. 304 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,400 I'm sorry. 305 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,040 And I think to myself, you need to get some of these toxins out of your body so you could 306 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,040 feel joyful, you know. 307 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,040 Yeah. 308 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,040 Feel the energy. 309 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,040 So here's what, here's what I started to see. 310 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:13,520 Aside from the, the, the wonderful, the wonderful way people were living just from the technologies 311 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,040 whether it's the water we use, the air, any of that. 312 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:22,080 So now I start putting together, because now I'm the counselor, the teacher, right? 313 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,840 And I can do it my way. 314 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:31,480 So, so, and I don't mean my way, the highway, just mean I can create it around joy and, 315 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,560 and legacy because that's what I'm all about, right? 316 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:42,800 So I started to see that as I was working with women, their lives changed, their businesses 317 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,400 changed, their careers changed. 318 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,160 And it was like, wow, that's kind of really cool. 319 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,640 So I was doing it. 320 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,160 I mean, I had one woman that came to me to lose weight. 321 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:57,680 We met at a business, business conference, because at that time I had lost 28 pounds 322 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,160 just trying to eat, right? 323 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,800 And all that. 324 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:06,880 And she was a nurse, but she was running her husband's dental office. 325 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:19,080 So now she's a very influential person in the hospice nursing space because the cleaner 326 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:25,360 your body, the deeper your thoughts. 327 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,880 Oh, true. 328 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:33,480 When you get rid of all the toxins and the chemicals in your body, it gets rid of all 329 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:38,640 that stuff that clouds us, that makes us feel less than. 330 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,600 So I am finding women doing amazing things. 331 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:49,040 And then I decided that from private coaching, which I love, I needed to touch more people. 332 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,640 And so now we do it in groups. 333 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,640 And it's just amazing. 334 00:17:54,640 --> 00:18:04,360 But the deeper, the cleaner your body, the deeper your thoughts, and hence the greater 335 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:05,680 your impact. 336 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,640 And for me, that's what it's all about. 337 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:16,640 I have seen women do less because they feel less than physically. 338 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:21,320 You know, I mean, you heard me saying, and it's true, but it's hard to change the world 339 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,280 when you can't even poop, right? 340 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,720 But the same when you can't sleep or when you don't feel it. 341 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,160 Just don't get the stuff done. 342 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:34,800 And sometimes it just means that you're not going to your kid's sock game or whatever 343 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:35,800 that is. 344 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:46,520 So putting that together, you know, when at almost 80, I'm in a 55 and over resort community 345 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,880 and everybody's out doing all these things. 346 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:49,880 And I do them. 347 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,320 And I don't deprive myself of anything. 348 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,440 But I just love, love, love the women I work with. 349 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,360 And then I see what their impact is. 350 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:11,320 And that's, that is to me, the greatest way to have an impact and to change the world 351 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:16,400 and to have your legacy because we all have a ripple that they're just all different. 352 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,400 Right. 353 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:18,400 And that ripple effect. 354 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,400 And I often wear and I've got it on today. 355 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,400 I'm wearing a starfish necklace. 356 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,520 Do you know the story of the starfish? 357 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:24,520 I do. 358 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:25,520 Yeah. 359 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,800 So, you know, you just never know who that one person you're going to touch. 360 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800 Exactly. 361 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:34,720 Or who that one person that's going to take your life, your business in a totally different 362 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:35,720 trajectory. 363 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:36,720 Right. 364 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,680 And it's being open to those people. 365 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:45,520 As you said, the energy, the friends be open to, you know, when people have been introduced 366 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,240 to a lot more people recently because of the podcast, people are like, oh, you need to 367 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,360 meet this person, you should talk to this person. 368 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:58,640 And I try to have a conversation beforehand and just to see if we have matching energy. 369 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:04,080 This is, this podcast is my baby and I want to make sure I have the right people on it. 370 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,080 And not just somebody because they wrote a book or they think they've done something 371 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:13,400 amazing to be, you know, to feel that energy, feel that connection with somebody and make 372 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,240 a difference because you just never know who's listening. 373 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,920 I've run into a couple of people, like one person I ran into, she's like, oh, you're 374 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:21,920 Leslie with the podcast. 375 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,720 And I'm like, and this was a year or so ago. 376 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:25,720 Yeah. 377 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,440 And I'm like, yes, she's my, your sister told me about it and I've been listening to it 378 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:29,600 on the way to work. 379 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,120 And I actually, because of listening to it, quit my job and my commute to have a job closer 380 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:37,000 to home because you gave me permission. 381 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,200 So that's why I love the journey and what you're doing. 382 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,240 And I'm bummed I missed the training you did with Tina's group the other day. 383 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,080 I need to try to find a recording. 384 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:50,080 But so if you could share, you know, we all know health is important and there's so many 385 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,000 different ideas and thoughts. 386 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:58,000 But if somebody wanted to like, okay, what's the first step to, or the first couple steps 387 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:03,000 to making a difference and in your own body and your own life. 388 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,640 That's a great question. 389 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,920 And I don't say that because you're supposed to say that's a great question. 390 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,680 Most people don't ask that question. 391 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:18,360 So remember, I'm the dancer and choreographer, I've done many much geographies professionally 392 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,520 and in schools and stuff like that. 393 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:28,240 But here's the thing for me, and because I'm so all I can be so all over the place, I must 394 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,680 follow the science. 395 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:41,400 And when we follow the science, there is a platform to stand on and be courageous with 396 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:47,600 because you know, my intention is to help women and everybody create bodies where where 397 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:52,120 disease and inflammation and autoimmune can't live. 398 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:59,640 So basically, most of the time, we're filling our bodies with calories, but our cells are 399 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,120 starving for nutrients and oxygen. 400 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:10,240 So we've gone to processed foods, we've gone to fad diets, people listen, I've got all 401 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:15,360 the badges, Weight Watchers, NutriSystems, Jenny Craig, my mother and I even did the 402 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:16,360 Rhybrid diet. 403 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:17,360 Did you imagine that? 404 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:18,840 I haven't heard of that one. 405 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:19,840 I know. 406 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,680 Well, you know, when you're in Jewish community, it was Jewish Rhybrid and you have that with 407 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,280 everything. 408 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:32,960 But understanding that this is not a religious statement, okay, that we are created to be 409 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:38,720 healthy, that God has given us everything that we need. 410 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:46,800 So everything that we do is turning to nature for all solutions. 411 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,120 Right. 412 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:53,000 And most people, you know, you people are dehydrated and all this and that is because 413 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,160 we are lacking nutrients and oxygen. 414 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:06,920 So when we look at the water we drink or the food that we eat, it must be natural. 415 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,880 And I call it eating from God's garden, right? 416 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,920 So giving up processed foods. 417 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,240 And I'm not about depriving anything. 418 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,280 I mean, there's nothing about me that screams deprivation. 419 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,280 Right. 420 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:21,280 Nothing, right? 421 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,200 It's not about, oh, do I have to give this up? 422 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,000 No, like I never care what you're eating as long as you're eating from the right list. 423 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:35,320 You know, so for people that are looking just to start, if you can look at things like dairy 424 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:41,000 and sugar and wheat, this is the science behind the cells. 425 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Okay, we all hear without getting so scientific, but we all hear free radicals, free everybody, 426 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,880 here's a free radicals, but nobody knows what it really means. 427 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:57,720 And for, you know, we're walking around with more damaged cells and we have healthy cells. 428 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:03,480 So everything has energy, you know that everything has a positive and negative charge. 429 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:08,480 So a damaged cell when we have inflammation, we can't sleep or anything like that. 430 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:12,360 We have too many cells that have lost that negative charge. 431 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:17,560 And that's because we're not eating from the earth anymore, which is, you know, that's 432 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:18,560 all that's all. 433 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:19,560 Right. 434 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:28,320 And to whole foods, mostly vegetables, not so much fruit, I call the 80-20, you know, 435 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,800 for every fruit you have, which is has sugar. 436 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,520 Yes, it's natural. 437 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:42,000 Just be sure that you bounce it with like 80% of the other more green and stuff like 438 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,520 that. 439 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:54,600 And it's not difficult, but when you can just know that you are feeding yourselves, that 440 00:24:54,600 --> 00:25:00,040 is the biggest form of self-care, which women don't do enough of. 441 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:06,000 So if you, you know, I start every day with hot water with lemon. 442 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,240 It's a way to honor yourself to begin the day. 443 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,240 Right. 444 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,440 And you can tell yourself first, and that brings oxygen and all that to your brain. 445 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,200 And you start to feel better. 446 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:22,800 Look at some of the, look at bringing some of the most alkaline, oxygen-rich foods. 447 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:28,520 Kale, spinach, celery, avocado, chard, all these. 448 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,680 All that stuff is good for you and makes you feel better. 449 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:36,680 But how come, and I don't know if it's just me or other people that, and it may be upbringing 450 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:37,680 too. 451 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,560 You're tired, you're fatigued, you're stressed, it's the end of the day. 452 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:47,200 I go, I don't, the healthy things, although I feel better after I eat it. 453 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,680 That's not what I go to. 454 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,840 Because you've gone too far without it. 455 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:53,840 Yeah. 456 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:58,640 If you're feeling here, if you're feeling tired, listen, you've been coaching women, 457 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,320 you know about business, you have a business, you have businesses. 458 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:06,000 What you do today is a reflection of what you did 90 days before in your business. 459 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:14,760 How you feel at this very moment is a reflection of what you've put in your body the last 24 460 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,760 hours. 461 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,760 Yeah. 462 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:21,240 So just making, and I know, make those better choices, eat those healthy things. 463 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:26,600 But so here's the thing, that's the courage of trusting your soul. 464 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:31,480 When you are, you are who you are and you want to be. 465 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:36,040 So in my, everything around me has to do with my family. 466 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,160 I wear jewelry that was my mother's and my late sister-in-laws. 467 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:41,160 Right? 468 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,760 I mean, this is, I surround myself. 469 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:48,840 This was my mother's vanity, her makeup table. 470 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:49,840 Right? 471 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:50,840 Yeah. 472 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,040 So this is, so when, this just goes back to courage. 473 00:26:54,040 --> 00:27:01,000 When you understand that eating from God's garden, this, we have so much beautiful produce. 474 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,640 He has such great things. 475 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,000 You know, just do it. 476 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,000 And I know that, you know, we have X amount of time, but you said you feel better. 477 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,200 So why not feel better earlier? 478 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:12,200 Yeah. 479 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:13,200 It all makes sense. 480 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,120 And I know all that stuff. 481 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:22,600 Well, so here's a great quote. 482 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,400 Knowing and not doing is not knowing. 483 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,840 That's true. 484 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,240 Knowing and not doing is not knowing. 485 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,240 Right? 486 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:39,320 And then the other quote that I love is from John Wooden, who was the most successful basketball 487 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,360 coach in college history. 488 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:54,080 Is that it's what you learn after you know it all that matters. 489 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,720 And you say that again. 490 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:04,720 It's what you learn after you know it all that matters. 491 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:11,720 And that's just helping us let go, letting go of things that don't do, don't do a service. 492 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:16,400 You know, that don't support us. 493 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,400 You are so right. 494 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:23,280 And when you're trusting your soul and you're always there, then you, then it's easier to 495 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:32,400 make it's easier to make better choices because we are tuned into that soul, who we are, who 496 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,320 we want to be, what we want to do all the time. 497 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,800 And of course that has to do with being present all the time. 498 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,480 I mean, there's a lot we're talking about. 499 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,960 I could guess. 500 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,280 And I know we could go on and on. 501 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:49,320 And so it's having that courage to say why not today and get rid of the junk in your 502 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,320 house. 503 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:56,200 So if we could reverse that, if I may, sure, bring wonderful things in. 504 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,200 I was about to say bring good things in. 505 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,200 Yes. 506 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,800 So talking about bringing things in the positive things rather than I have to get rid of this, 507 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:04,800 I have to get rid of that. 508 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,440 So what, what, what can I bring in today? 509 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:08,440 Right. 510 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,080 And eat what you love. 511 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,080 Eat what you love. 512 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:17,760 Let me just say it's everybody knows when you are craving sweets, your body is asking 513 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,000 for fat. 514 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,160 Really? 515 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,160 Yeah. 516 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,640 So eat some avocado and cooking it. 517 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:24,640 Right. 518 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:25,640 It's just, it's amazing. 519 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:26,640 Yeah. 520 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,640 So, yeah. 521 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,640 Last week and learn, we could go on and on forever. 522 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:32,640 Yeah. 523 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:33,880 And listen to the whisper of your body. 524 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,600 You said, when you're tired, okay, what, what is, what is it asking for? 525 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:38,600 Right. 526 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:39,600 Yeah. 527 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,120 Yesterday with this time change, I was very tired. 528 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,280 Like a nap would be good. 529 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,280 And I took the dog out. 530 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,880 I'm like, you know what, we're just going to go all the way around the lake because I'll 531 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,600 feel much better. 532 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:50,600 Did you? 533 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:51,600 I did. 534 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:52,600 Of course. 535 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:53,600 Yeah. 536 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,080 High exercising, moving and being outside and. 537 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,080 Yes. 538 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,080 Yes. 539 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,080 All the things. 540 00:29:58,080 --> 00:29:59,080 You go girlfriend. 541 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:00,720 I know all the stuff. 542 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,480 So how would you encourage somebody else to start that journey? 543 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:09,960 I know we kind of just talked about that, but encourage somebody to take, to say why not 544 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,080 today to take their health seriously. 545 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,840 And take care of themselves. 546 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:24,080 I would encourage anybody to get out in nature. 547 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:29,000 Let me just say these decisions are not made in the middle of chaos. 548 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,000 That's true. 549 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,000 Right. 550 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,120 Unless we are present, we will never make a decision. 551 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,800 So you said it. 552 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,000 You didn't even know why, but get out in nature. 553 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,360 Remember everything I turned to nature, nature, get out into in nature, walk out for five 554 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:56,480 minutes, just be by yourself, take a hot bubble bath, whatever it is, just sit, even 555 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:01,640 if you're just sitting quietly and breathing and you're thinking about who am I? 556 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:02,840 What do I really want? 557 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,920 And this has to come first. 558 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,520 Otherwise, it's very easy to be distracted. 559 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:13,960 You had a dog that you love that needed to go out. 560 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,720 You hadn't had that. 561 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,960 Perhaps you wouldn't have gone out. 562 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:18,960 Probably not. 563 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:19,960 Yeah. 564 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:20,960 So think quietly. 565 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:28,000 Find a way to be present, whether it's breathing, whether it's having a cup of hot water with 566 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,160 lemon, whether it's walking. 567 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:36,880 I'm telling you, walk out in nature for five minutes and you will have a different energy 568 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,400 source around you. 569 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:39,400 Yeah. 570 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:40,400 I know that for sure. 571 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:41,400 And I live on a lake. 572 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,400 So yeah. 573 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,400 Exactly. 574 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,240 And I want to be able to go out and walk around and make such a difference. 575 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:51,000 So we have some, I have a method called extraordinary living made easy, right? 576 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,680 And it's trade locked and all that. 577 00:31:53,680 --> 00:32:04,480 But I have like, what are your my extraordinary vision? 578 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:13,080 What is my, and I have all these words, my extraordinary vision, my extraordinary intentions. 579 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,080 What are they? 580 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:19,640 Whether you think about them or write them down for me, you know, I intend to be there 581 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,800 for great and, and all of that, right? 582 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,320 So what are your extraordinary visions? 583 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,480 What are your extraordinary intentions? 584 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:36,760 And then what are your extraordinary must-haves? 585 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:41,000 Those three things in life will unfold. 586 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:45,920 It will unveil and you'll, you know, the, the cleaner your body, the deeper your thoughts 587 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,360 and it'll be like, where did this come from? 588 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,440 Yeah. 589 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:50,440 So much good stuff. 590 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,560 I've been taking lots of notes and I'm going to have to listen to this again and we could 591 00:32:54,560 --> 00:33:00,480 go on and on, but I try to limit these so we're not going on too long. 592 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:05,520 So I always ask, you know, how did you know my dad or the connection to my dad? 593 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,000 And so first I'd say the first thing you mentioned was butterflies, which I feel like 594 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,600 that's definitely connection to my dad. 595 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,080 But I know when you were talking to him the other day, you said, trying to explain where 596 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,200 you lived and you're like, do you know where Berryville is? 597 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,800 And I'm like, yeah, that's where my dad is buried. 598 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:27,600 And there's a monastery or monastery and it's got, it's on the Shenandoah River and 599 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,600 it's absolutely beautiful. 600 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,280 And you're like, I know where that is. 601 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,400 And you had just bought a plot there. 602 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,080 We just did that right. 603 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,640 Well, and so that's an amazing connection. 604 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,400 That was like, oh my God. 605 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,480 A lot of people don't know about that place. 606 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:44,560 And it was something that my mom discovered with a friend and it's funny. 607 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:49,080 A lot of people, my parents' ages now are buried out. 608 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,800 People that have passed away are buried out there. 609 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,400 Oh my gosh, I love it. 610 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,400 I love it. 611 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,880 I didn't know about it. 612 00:33:54,880 --> 00:34:01,080 And Pat Wurz, who is a friend in our community, everything really, and now she's out here. 613 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,760 So she and Jerry and Nevin and I have it, our anniversaries are like a week apart. 614 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:10,920 We were out for dinner and they, they were telling us and that's how we found out about 615 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:11,920 it. 616 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:12,920 Wow. 617 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,920 So yeah, I love going out there and just spending time. 618 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,760 So beautiful out there. 619 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,040 So, well, thank you. 620 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,320 So if people want to find you, Elaine, where's the best place to find you? 621 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,040 And I'm going to share all your contact in the show notes. 622 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,040 Renewedlivinginc.com. 623 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,040 Renewedlivinginc.com. 624 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,040 That'll be in the show notes too. 625 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:34,400 So your website's the best place to find you. 626 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,400 Sure. 627 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:41,480 And, or Elaine at Renewedlivinginc.com, reach out and, you know, we do a lot more than, 628 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,760 than working with women that have cancer. 629 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:48,040 That's what I specialize in right now, but we've been, I've been doing everything for 630 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,960 years no matter what's going on. 631 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:50,960 Yeah. 632 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,560 Well, I'm excited to get to know you better and work with you. 633 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:59,200 So well, thank you for being our guest and for sharing your journey and your courage. 634 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,800 And I love just how it goes back to summer camp. 635 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,800 It does. 636 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,800 Isn't it wonderful? 637 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:05,800 It's just so much fun to be there. 638 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:06,800 Yeah. 639 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:16,720 So let me thank you for a whole group of women that listen to what you do and their stories 640 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:23,760 and having the courage to do something because your ripple is so huge that you won't even 641 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,400 ever really know how far it reaches. 642 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,400 You just never know. 643 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,400 So thank you for what you do. 644 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:29,400 Oh, you're welcome. 645 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:30,400 Thank you. 646 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,840 You know, and I just feel like, just like you said, in the heart of my heart and my being 647 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:38,640 that I know this is something bigger than me and we are making a difference. 648 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:43,160 And so some of the other things I'm doing to make a difference and like you, I'm very 649 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,240 creative and all the ideas. 650 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:49,960 So if anybody's looking for help with feeling a little overwhelmed in the chaos in your 651 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:54,880 life, I've started a course to support women in business with that. 652 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:56,680 Also do some one-on-one coaching. 653 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:02,920 And one of my passions, dreams that I've always talked about with this podcast and working 654 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:07,600 with nonprofits is definitely something that's near and dear to my heart. 655 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,360 And so I'm involved in so many. 656 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:15,400 So I've started kicked it off the end of October and for November that anybody that wants any 657 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:21,960 why not today merchandise, whether it's a t-shirt or a cup or a mug or just a vinyl, 658 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:28,600 20% of all the sales are going to go to a nonprofit called Spark, which provides places 659 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,640 for people with severe disabilities to go during the day and have activities. 660 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:37,000 So we're going to have another nonprofit every month and be able to give back and share 661 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,680 the word just to say why not today. 662 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:41,680 We need to be brave. 663 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:42,680 So thank you, Elaine for sharing. 664 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:43,680 Thank you so much. 665 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:44,680 Thank you. 666 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:45,680 You're welcome. 667 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,320 And thank you everybody for joining us on this inspiring journey. 668 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,680 Remember every day is an opportunity to take action, chase your dreams and make a difference. 669 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,000 So why not today? 670 00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,120 Make sure you subscribe, share and review and just keep pushing forward until next time. 671 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,960 Remember always say why not today?