1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,640 All right. Good morning. My name is Leslie Kane and I am the host of the Why Not Today 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:10,800 podcast. This is a podcast to celebrate people who have been courageous and said, why not 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,240 today? I started this podcast to honor my father, Patrick Kane, who often said, why 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:20,560 not today? I'm based in Reston, Virginia, a Planned community right outside of Washington, 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:26,440 DC. And thank you guys for joining us today. And I'm excited about my guest, Miranda Reigns, 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,920 who don't really know it all. We haven't even had laid eyes on each other, even on Zoom 7 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:38,760 until just now. Never met her in person, but I'm excited to have her share and share her 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:43,560 story and share a little bit of what she does. And I always like to talk about connections, 9 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,640 how you meet people. So Miranda is in the Mary Kay world with me, but we're not going 10 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,880 to talk about Mary Kay today. Somebody, Miranda, because, and I don't want to give her a whole 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:58,440 story because I guess she started this really because of COVID, I think, created a new business 12 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,640 for herself and helping people, helping women feel better about themselves. And we're all 13 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,960 about that in this podcast, giving women courage and confidence. So somebody I heard about 14 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:15,200 her, somebody recommended her, spoke very highly of Miranda. And then I actually have 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,440 invited her to do an event for me and Mark, for me and my customers and team members, 16 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,840 but I really love her message and her story. So I wanted to hear from her today. So I'm 17 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,720 super excited, Miranda, to have you here with us. So why don't you share a little about 18 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:34,080 yourself today and a fast, fun fact or a fascinating fact that people might not know about you. 19 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,560 Well, thanks for having me, Leslie. It's a privilege to spend time with you and to be 20 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:44,840 invited to be a part of your podcast. And so I, again, my name is Miranda. I live in 21 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:50,920 Tyler, Texas. So a Southern girl, if you're looking at a map, I'm between Dallas, Texas 22 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:58,280 and Shreveport, Louisiana. I am married to my hot honey named Paul. We've been married 23 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:03,800 over 20 years. We all, we both forget exactly how many, so we don't hold it to each other. 24 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:10,280 But I'm, gosh, I think we're on 22 years now and we have our oldest daughter, Bella Gray, 25 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:17,280 who will be 18 in March. And then we have a nine year old, Bristol Fay. So we are parents 26 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:27,020 and we, gosh, we just love lake life. We love Texas life. We love traveling. We love eating. 27 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:32,920 We love doing all the, all the fun things. And a fun fact is in addition to our careers, 28 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:41,600 which we both pursue and enjoy and, and love, we are also full-time pastors. We are, we've 29 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:48,720 been pastoring Lakeview community church here as lead pastors for 13 years. And we just 30 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:56,520 choose to be bivocational. And prior to that, my parents pastored for 28 years at the same 31 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:02,520 church. So fun fact is that we are also in ministry and are blessed to have a phenomenal 32 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,960 church, great staff. So if y'all are ever this way, you're all invited. 33 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:12,760 What fun. I had no idea about that, about you. That's really pretty cool. And I think 34 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,960 we're going to be friends because I love lake life too. I live on a lake. It's not a big 35 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:22,280 lake. But then I spend a lot of time at a friend's lake. That's a lot bigger lake. So 36 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,720 I'm like, I have my little lake and my big lake. So I'm a water girl and love to travel 37 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,520 and gone more than I'm down. 38 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:34,680 Yes. We love like life. So are you on a lake or just, well, we live. So with Tyler, we 39 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:39,640 have Lake Tyler. Okay. Our church is called Lake view. Cause our church is on the lake. 40 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:45,240 A lot of our, a lot of our members live there on the lake, but we actually have a lake house 41 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:51,200 on Lake Jacksonville, which is 45 minutes down the road. And a fun fact about that is 42 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:56,200 if you know, Patrick Dempsey from you, we call him a dreamy, if you will, from grace 43 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:02,200 anatomy, his lake house is around the corner. Oh wow. That's fun. On our upper deck. We 44 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:07,560 like, I mean, I think we're nosy, but we do, you know, pay attention and we drive by the 45 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,200 jet skis and just see what's going on. But yeah, they're around the corner. So that's 46 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,200 a little fun thing. 47 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:19,120 So, um, yay. Well, exciting. So I'm hurt. I'm excited to hear your story, but before 48 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:24,440 we hear your story and your courage, tell me what does courage mean to you? You could 49 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,360 describe her. 50 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,840 You know, courage to me is just, it's hard to put simply Leslie, but I just think of 51 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:37,840 courage and faith as a synonymous thing. It's just, I feel when you're courageous, you are 52 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:47,160 just blindly pursuing. You are just, I mean, running with hair on fire in pursuit and you're 53 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:53,580 not worried about what you see, but how you feel and know the plans that are for you are 54 00:04:53,580 --> 00:05:00,240 in that direction or to prosper you. So I think that that courage is synonymous to faith 55 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,400 just in blind pursuit of. 56 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,080 I love that definition. So I've, I've created, I don't know if you checked on my website, 57 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,800 but I've created courage cards with everybody's courage to be able to share. So we will definitely 58 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,840 see that one. All right. So what have you done in your life that takes courage, obviously 59 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:21,880 being a pastor, but would love to talk, you know, if there's specific things in your life 60 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:28,960 that took faith and courage, but also, you know, your newest adventure. I mean, they 61 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:33,760 say if you have to need something done, give it to a busy person. Right. You are busy. 62 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:40,760 There's some courageous stories or what you've done or let's talk about what you're doing 63 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:41,760 now too. 64 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:46,960 Well, you know, let's say, I think that, you know, if we look at our life and just look 65 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,440 at all the things that we've done with faith and, and courage, I think we all could really 66 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:58,120 testify to, to times where you've had to make courageous decisions that that was, you had 67 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:03,840 to. And then there are times where you stepped out on faith and took a leap and made courageous 68 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:10,720 decisions for the current situation that you're faced with. And so for my life personally, 69 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:17,560 that's been stepping out of my comfort zone by nature. I am introverted by nature. My 70 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:24,640 personality is not to be in the front or the limelight or the center. I kind of prefer 71 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:30,000 to observe and look in the back. And so I think anytime I've had something arise where 72 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:35,640 I've had to take myself out of my personality or out of my preference, it took courage. 73 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,280 And so I could take that back to, you know, my freshman year of high school, changing 74 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:47,280 schools to a new location with the move that we had that took courage to go somewhere new 75 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:53,160 and be a part of, you know, hard enough. Yes. And high school, but because of that one decision 76 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:59,080 that changed my college plans, it changed all kinds. It was such a gift to do that. 77 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,920 The relationships I built with that decision. So looking back, I could see that path was 78 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,680 for me. And that was the best choice at the time. But in the moment, you know, you never 79 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:16,640 know. It's scary. And I remember because of that high school, if we're, if we're tacking 80 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:21,280 on decisions, one thing that led to another with courage, because that pivotal change 81 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:27,840 at 15 years old, going to a new high school, it also led to an opportunity for graduation 82 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:34,760 and ranking. And at that point, I was looking for every scholarship opportunity available 83 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:42,160 to me for college. And so it was presented that I'd be a part of the Miss Texas Pageant 84 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:47,240 System, Miss Texas USA Pageant System, which again, not in my comfort zone. Never. I was 85 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:52,000 a pastor's kid growing up. We didn't do beauty pageants and nothing against it. We just weren't 86 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:57,040 educated on what that looked like or what that was. And being, you know, a competitor 87 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:02,880 on the inside, taking a courage, a courageous step to say, this is not my world. This is 88 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:09,240 not what I'm familiar with, but I may try this. And then that step led to basically 89 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:19,040 where I am today, taking that experience and learning how to natural neck for color diagnosis 90 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:26,560 and natural neck for putting things together. Fashion wise, a natural neck for body shapes, 91 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:33,160 what silhouette serve, what body shapes. And then in college, because of those experiences 92 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:39,600 through Miss Texas USA, I competed a couple of years in that and the connections and the 93 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:45,640 relationships. And then in college, one friend would have me dress her or go shop for her 94 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:50,080 or pick out things for her and diagnose her. And then it just led. And of course, this 95 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,480 was all, you know, 25, almost 30 years ago. But back then you did everything in person 96 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:02,860 and face to face, but all of those courageous steps, which then led me and built confidence 97 00:09:02,860 --> 00:09:08,240 for me to pursue a career in sales and marketing, which with Mary Kay, and I'm grateful for 98 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:16,760 23 years of doing that. But throughout those years of just building skill and confidence 99 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:24,280 and knowing color and running with the natural ability of, again, what looks go together, 100 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:32,120 what things compliment women best. It led me to a couple of years ago, friends saying, 101 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:38,440 Miranda, I know we used to do, you used to shop for me. And now that we're in the season 102 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:44,000 of all being at home, we're in a season of cleaning out, will you help me with my closet? 103 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:49,360 Will you help me go through and make sure everything I own serves me? And then it snowballed 104 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:55,360 from there. One other courageous decision was to just step out and run with something 105 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:02,320 that you know, you feel confident in, you feel skin. But I feel like sometimes Leslie, 106 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:09,200 when we, when we feel something is for us, but yet the nerves creep in. I think sometimes 107 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:16,080 we also have to listen. Yeah, the doubt, the nerves, even if you want to say anxiety about 108 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:21,240 starting something new and should I, is this something I should run with or pivot with? 109 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:27,160 Sometimes we have to feel, take cues about what people around us are asking, are implying, 110 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:32,800 are seeking our advice to others, are seeing talent in you. Others are seeing skill in 111 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:39,280 you that you may or not looking at yourself, owning it. But sometimes if you are, if people 112 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:44,000 keep asking you for something, your opinion on something, your advice or your help, then 113 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:49,080 they're, they're letting you know, I believe in you. I feel that you're skilled in this. 114 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:53,520 I see great things in you. And so that may be an indicator when you don't have the courage 115 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:58,360 or faith, people are having that for you. Borrow their courage, borrow their faith in 116 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:04,000 you to step forward in that direction. And that's, that's what happens. So fast forward. 117 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:10,960 Here we are four years later. And yeah, I've been blessed. Yeah. So I mean, gosh, you said 118 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:15,640 so many cool things. I love that you're Miss Texas and you know, being from Northern Virginia, 119 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:21,080 there's not a lot of pageant world. I never really knew much about it. But yeah, that 120 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:28,040 takes a ton of courage. But yeah, I love what you've done with the style thing and talking 121 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:32,120 about, I love what you just said that you kind of listened to other people, you know, 122 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:36,000 so we have that idea in our head and it's kind of that voice. And, and I always say, 123 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,360 listen to your first voice, not all the doubting voices. Right. And it's so many why not today 124 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,160 moments and that's kind of how I started the podcast. It was like, I just had this idea 125 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:48,760 and kept talking to a friend and then somebody mentioned the phrase why not today? And I 126 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:53,800 told her that she's like, well, that's the name of your podcast and why not today and 127 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,520 just started and I just did it took one step at a time, which sounds like kind of what 128 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,520 you're doing. And I love, you know, listening to what other people are saying. So let's 129 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:05,480 talk about this business that you've created another side hustle. Don't you love that? 130 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:11,480 We all have so many different things. What can we do? So tell me what that looks like. 131 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,600 What do you provide? Do you work with women, men? Is it just clothes? Is it makeup? Is 132 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:22,200 it accessories? Share a little bit about what you are and how you can serve people. Absolutely. 133 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:27,840 Leslie. Well, my goal is that I just want women to be, and men, it could be also a bit. 134 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:34,360 I'll talk about women specifically in this moment, but I want my friends to remember 135 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:41,240 their worth, their value and their beauty. I think a lot. Well, we are so hard on ourselves 136 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:48,200 with the expectation that we have to be and do and have a certain look, our static, you 137 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,800 know, whatever that means, but ever social media and staring at zoom screens all day. 138 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:59,720 I mean, yes, magnified. Yes. And no one, we're no one is, we're going to let Miss Texas be 139 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:04,200 Miss Texas and Miss America be Miss America and all that. But we need to be us. We need 140 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:11,080 to be confident in our own skin. But I do feel with that comes awareness, awareness 141 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:20,360 of our coloring. I think every person, men and women should have clarity on their coloring. 142 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:27,200 Where on the color wheel would do we land? Because there are colors that serve us well 143 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:33,040 and some that do not. Right. When we, this is my opinion, but when we wear colors that 144 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:40,720 serve us, you have you ever lessen put on a shirt and say we went and saw our mama and 145 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:46,920 you walked in the door and your mom was like, what's wrong with you? You know, your mom 146 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:52,960 was telling you, you look sick that that that color doesn't. Yeah. Nobody said her and her 147 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,160 mom or friend have a code word when they go shopping and you don't like something somebody 148 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:05,360 else has on you go, that looks really comfortable. And that's, that's yeah. And then when likewise, 149 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,800 when you put something on and then all of your friends are like, Oh my word, you get 150 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:13,280 back from vacation, your teeth look so why your skin's glowing. What they're saying is 151 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:19,680 that color serves you. Our eyes take in color first. And what I found throughout all the 152 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:25,080 years again, going back to my college years and pageantry, because we had to be camera 153 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:33,960 ready and all of that is realizing most people have no idea color, like no one, excuse me, 154 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,840 no one knows the colors that served them well. We can look at a color and say, Oh, I can 155 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,160 appreciate that or I don't like that. But 156 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,800 in the eighties, was it eighties, whatever they had that color me beautiful and people 157 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,520 all their colors. And I still have people say, you know, I'm a warm or I'm a cool. I'm 158 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,600 like, I have no idea what that means. You know, I know the comments that I like that 159 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,800 I feel good in, but are they really the colors and the color I'm wearing today is really 160 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,280 not a color. We're very often. So when we're done, you have to 161 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:10,400 That's, that's the key is, is finding out where we land on the color wheel and our closet 162 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,000 may not be every well, in my opinion, it's not going to be every color of the rainbow. 163 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,560 It's going to be a part of the color wheel that serves your undertone, chroma and value. 164 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,600 And that's why I love diagnosing friends, men and women. What is your undertone of your 165 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:28,920 skin. Where do you land on the chromatic scale and the value scale and that little recipe. 166 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:35,440 We take the color wheel and now we've shrunk it. And so if you buy clothing or likewise 167 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,760 women with their lipstick, let's say their makeup. When you wear colors that serve you 168 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:45,160 well and that's all you have in your closet. When you wake up in the morning, you get dressed. 169 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:50,840 It is fun. We don't walk in our closet and like, oh, I'm frustrated. I have nothing to 170 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,360 wear. Nothing looks good. Nothing goes together. So the color serve you well your wardrobe 171 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,160 is mixed and matchable, you know, interchangeable, if you will. 172 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,080 And animals. Remember those 173 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,080 Yes. 174 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:09,880 But we want to also acknowledge color and your body shape because there are silhouettes 175 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:14,520 that serve us really well and things that we should avoid and we're all wonderfully 176 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:20,040 and beautifully made. So no one's trying to make one shape into another. We all need to 177 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:26,960 recognize this is who I am and this is what I should consider wearing. And then also in 178 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:34,280 our style lane. If you are casual sporty or if you're boho eclectic or if you're a trendy 179 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:40,920 girl or lean classic wherever you land be you, you do you. So we need to find and shop 180 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:48,040 for and have a wardrobe. In my opinion, that serves us with color, shape and style in mind 181 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:52,320 and I love quality over quantity. That's, that's just me personally. And that's kind 182 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,840 of how I work with my clients building a 183 00:16:54,840 --> 00:17:00,360 A capsule wardrobe at the beginning. So in other words, good basics that serve you. And 184 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:07,120 then we go from there. But I really just want to build confidence in my girlfriends and 185 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:14,960 let them know with your makeup in your clothing. This is your best. And we know in the morning 186 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:21,120 when we can spend our time on ourself. It might be a little self centered hour. It's 187 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:26,560 okay. It's okay to invest time in yourself. It's okay to feel good. Look at. But what 188 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:32,160 I know is when we do that in the morning and we walk out the door where we're not worried 189 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,280 about our hair. We're not worried about our coloring our makeup or outfit. We're not worried 190 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:41,120 about it anymore. Then we can take the rest of the day, Leslie, and we can focus on the 191 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:46,160 person in front of us. Right. Cause when we've invested in ourself, it's not about us anymore. 192 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:51,000 We are done with us. The rest of the day can be about the people in front of us. And that's 193 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,920 really what we're all called to do is serve one another and love one another. But it's 194 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:03,880 hard to do that when your mind's always thinking about, Oh, I wonder how I looked at it. Yeah. 195 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,880 It really, to me is the basis of, of health for your mental health, your physical health, 196 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,600 emotional health, it's just being confident and what you can bring to the table and your 197 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:18,840 best. Love that. And that's really what I've been trying to do with my business. Um, not 198 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,920 just Mary Kay, but with the podcast is giving people courage and confidence. And that's 199 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,600 kind of the subject we've been circling around, obviously the courage part, but you know, 200 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,920 how do you give people confidence and, you know, make people feel better about themselves, 201 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:37,320 that, you know, color that they like and feel comfortable in and just, you know, so many 202 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:42,760 women aren't courageous and confidence and confident. I don't know if you've heard this 203 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:50,000 statistic, but a girl's self-esteem is highest at age 10. Self-esteem is highest at age 10. 204 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:56,080 And so try to teach people, you know, early how to give them confidence and color. So 205 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:03,000 I know you do, um, like zoom events with groups. So you're doing one with me in March. So if 206 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,880 anybody's watching this before March or listening to this and wants to join us, let me know. 207 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:13,440 But, um, tell me what other things do you do one-on-one? So what does this look like 208 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,800 when you do a group or a one-on-one? Tell me how that works and what you do. 209 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:23,080 I love working one-on-one because I can get very detailed and typically we schedule a 210 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:28,480 power hour virtually. So obviously I'm in Virginia and you're in Texas. So let's say 211 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,120 I got you to work with me. What does that look like? So virtually we would set up a 212 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:40,000 one-on-one hour together and, um, I would have you, we would work with, um, you'd show 213 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,040 me some, like of your favorite pieces in your closet. So I can get a feel for your, for 214 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:49,360 your style, what you love and what you're drawn to. I would do a body shape assessment. 215 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:55,080 So I would have you literally stand up, stand in certain positions and move your arms a 216 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:59,840 certain way and that way I can diagnose your body shape. And then therefore tell you within 217 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:05,760 that power hour, what your shape is and then what silhouettes are best for you, what we're 218 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:11,720 going to avoid at all costs. Then we would go through your coloring and this will play 219 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:19,040 a little bit in your makeup bag. I love to use makeup because if we were in person, I 220 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:24,480 could drape fabric and, and visually look at you and tell, but over the camera and of 221 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:29,640 course, virtually we'll use the power of lipstick and makeup, jewelry, accessories to help me 222 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:34,760 diagnose you on the color wheel. And then once we have that power hour, once I have 223 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:41,280 you diagnosed, then we can go, I can do personal shopping for you. I can, um, more importantly 224 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:46,560 help you edit your closet so we can go through your closet, be a blessing with things that 225 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:51,240 do not work for you. We're going to bless somebody else with those sweet little things. 226 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,520 They are not for you in your body shaping color. 227 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,360 We just helped my mother clean out her closet this weekend and I'm like, there was things 228 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:03,480 she's holding on. I'm like, mom, if you haven't carried that purse or worn that and it's sitting 229 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:08,600 in your closet, you could be blessing somebody else to use it that has no of this and you 230 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:09,600 have a ton of them. 231 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:14,120 Yeah. Sometimes you need a friend. I got a friend I'd tell her that I grew, I love you, 232 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:20,080 don't you buy another leopard sweater. She had 12. You need no more, no more. And we 233 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,080 added that. 234 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,560 Funny how we can do it so easily for somebody else. So I had helped my mom and a friend 235 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,240 clean out closets and then I was talking to a friend about cleaning out my office and 236 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,200 I'm looking at things like, I can't get rid of them. Like, okay, I need someone to come 237 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,080 do that for me at my house. 238 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:39,720 Yes, that's what we do. We edit. But again, it has to do with your coloring and your body 239 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,680 shape. So what you own in your closet at the end of the day works and serves you. So when 240 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:49,800 you walk in, it's your closet. This is not Dillard's. We don't need an apartment store 241 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:54,600 of every size you've ever been over the past 15 years. We need clothes that fit you right 242 00:21:54,600 --> 00:22:00,360 now. And then we need them to be, you know, simple and easy to put together and accessorize 243 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:04,160 whatever your style is. That's where it's a little bit different. But so I do a lot 244 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:09,160 of one on one and we can take that from editing to shopping and I do a lot of group events. 245 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:14,500 So for friends who have, well, maybe even just a bunch of girlfriends getting together 246 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:19,320 or businesses where they have staff that need to maybe sharpen their image because they're 247 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:26,200 representing that brand or that company are for Mary Kay friends who just want to talk 248 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:31,980 about image in this beauty business. I can teach general classes for an audience over 249 00:22:31,980 --> 00:22:38,800 subject matter like body shape or I can talk about basics or how to accessorize properly. 250 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:45,920 So I can do, I can do group events as well that are more just general. And I hate to 251 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:53,920 say rules because when it comes to fashion, guidelines to be our best. These are all just 252 00:22:53,920 --> 00:23:01,680 suggestions for a best approach. And so whether that be the topic, there's so many four ways 253 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,320 to wear a t-shirt. I mean, there's just so many topics we could cover just based on the 254 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:10,600 audience, but it doesn't have to be, you don't have to be a certain age. This doesn't have 255 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:16,600 to mean you have to be a certain, a certain styling. You don't have to have a certain 256 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:22,760 economic situation to afford certain brands. These general classes can just help everyone 257 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,080 where they are. They're beginner to the expert. 258 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:31,140 That's awesome. So I know one of the tips and my friend said she liked his accessory. 259 00:23:31,140 --> 00:23:36,180 So she called me after she was just raving about you. And I'm like, how many accessories 260 00:23:36,180 --> 00:23:38,880 do I have? Do I have enough? 261 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:44,280 Exactly. Just little things that make the difference. And you know, at the end of the 262 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:49,600 day, because we're wanting to be our best and we're beautifully, wonderfully made, whatever 263 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:55,560 that looks like, but it's just little things that help build confidence. Just little, little 264 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,520 tweaks here and there make all the difference in the world. And if a friend can just tweak 265 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:06,320 one thing and change the way she feels for the day, you know, I tell a lot of women that, 266 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,960 you know, when you have a good hair day, ain't nobody going to tell you nothing wrong. You 267 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:16,920 know what I mean? With a good hair day, nothing can go wrong. It is, you walk different, you 268 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,200 talk different. That's how we should feel every day. 269 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:25,800 That's awesome. I love that. And I had a friend one time that I'd lost some weight. I went 270 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,600 to visit her out of town and we went shopping to get new stuff. And I literally stood in 271 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,800 the dressing room and she just brought me things and things I'd never tried. And I don't 272 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:39,240 know if you're familiar with Chico's, the clothing store. So they purposely don't have 273 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,560 mirrors in the dressing room. I don't know if you know that because they want women to 274 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:48,760 walk out and see. And you know, when I show people Mary Kay and colors and stuff, I'm 275 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:55,040 like, okay, let's finish the whole thing and then look like not pieces. And I always tell 276 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:01,320 people just like you had mentioned earlier, like when you have a new look that somebody's 277 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,640 not, they may not say, oh, your makeup looks good or your shirt looks good, but they're 278 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:09,600 like, something looks different. You know, I don't know what it is. I had a customer 279 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,840 one time I told her that and I said, wait to see what your husband, just probably not 280 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,600 to say he likes your makeup. And so she sent me an email one day, she goes, okay. It was 281 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,560 like, wait for it was a subject. She goes, I was doing my makeup. The husband walked by 282 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:25,320 the bathroom. He goes, did you get your hair colored? Yeah. Yeah. It was different, but 283 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:31,440 didn't know what it was. What a cool business and being able to help women and confidence 284 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,000 and courage and those little things. And as you said, have it. And I love how you describe 285 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:40,800 you helping your friends just come beside people to help people to revamp thing. And 286 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:45,200 I think, you know, we have changed our style because of what's been going on the last couple 287 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:51,360 of years and a little more casual and a little different. I remember one time my sister said 288 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:58,560 for friends comment, Leslie is always dressed up, which I wasn't, but I had jewelry on and 289 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:04,920 I had makeup on my hair. Those little things. Yes. Make a difference. It makes the difference. 290 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:09,480 Yeah. And that you care and you look like you didn't just roll it. But I remember one 291 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,960 day I was trying to stay in the office or stay home and I always get up even during 292 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,640 the last couple of years, I always get up even if I'm not going anywhere and do my hair 293 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:23,160 and makeup. And one day I didn't. And I put on yoga pants and a t-shirt and didn't real. 294 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,600 I was just felt yucky. So I'm like, all right, forget this. I'm going to get dressed with 295 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:32,440 clothes, you know, nicer clothes and some jewelry and do my makeup. Cause I just felt 296 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:40,640 you know, even at home, you know, you just, you feel more confident when you do. You do. 297 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:46,520 And I'll say this to you, Leslie. I feel like when we invest time in ourself, I know I, 298 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,880 while God talked about, you know, just putting that, that investment of time, it helps you 299 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:59,600 look at others more clearly. And I also think that when you invest time in yourself and 300 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,920 whatever that may look like for some women, you know, not a lot of makeup, a lot, you 301 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:09,200 know, that looks different forever, but in our own way, investing our own time to look 302 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:15,000 and feel our best. When we walk into the room, it's not that we're wanting to be the center 303 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,800 of the room or attention or anything like that. That's not never even on the radar, 304 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:26,360 but when we walk in the room, you can't help but take people's breath away because today 305 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:32,640 the most important commodity we have, I feel is time. We've got our time. And when you 306 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:38,520 walk in the room and you are put together in your style, whatever that is, it ought 307 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,760 to be a certain thing. But when you look your best and are put together, we turn our heads 308 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:50,040 and take you in and we're like, man, she looks awesome. Or she's so cute. And also because 309 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,800 you're walking in with confidence because you're walking yourself. And here's what it 310 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,920 says. This is what I know. This is what I know. When you invest the time in yourself 311 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:05,000 and you walk in the room, you carry a spirit of excellence about you. And other people 312 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:12,440 with a spirit of excellence can relate and are attracted to other spirits of excellence. 313 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,720 So when you walk in the room, your spirit of excellence, me over here with spirit of 314 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,160 excellence, I see your spirit of excellence. We're attracted to one another. And that's 315 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:25,120 who you end up drawing into your circle. That's who you end up drawing into your life. And 316 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:31,720 birds of a feather flock together. So at a glance we can say, oh, she has spirit of excellence 317 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,960 or he does. And that's who I want to talk to you in this room. That's who I want to 318 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:40,920 get to know and hear their story and find out why not today for them. Like what's going 319 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:46,520 on with them and draw some curiosity. We see and recognize that. So the power of spending 320 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:53,680 time in your on yourself in your best lane, so worth it for your, for your own clarity 321 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:59,320 and, and way to be focused on others, but for you to draw people to you and into your 322 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:04,520 life by setting an example of what you feel and your value and worth this. 323 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,360 Yeah. Love that. And I've never really thought of it that way, but it does make perfect sense. 324 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,200 Somebody recently asked me if I feel other people's energy and at first I'm like, I don't 325 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,960 know, but then I started paying attention to it. And there's people that I spend time 326 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,720 with that you walk away and you're ready to tackle the world or just on a conversation. 327 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,080 And then there's other people who are like, oh my gosh, that was just painful. And you 328 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:34,560 know, paying attention to that. And I'm really working on taking care of my word of the year 329 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,880 of space. And so working on the space and who is around my space and who gives me energy 330 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:44,520 and who sucks me dry and you know, paying attention to those people. So I love all that 331 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:50,200 you're sharing and we could talk forever. And I can't wait to have you share more in 332 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:56,160 our event in March. So if anybody is listening to this and wants to join it or join Miranda 333 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,560 and other things. So I always ask too, before we get off phone, when we talked about regrets 334 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:05,240 and I always kind of talk about that, but what, let's just talk about encouragement. 335 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:09,760 What encouragement would you give somebody else to say why not today? 336 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:19,360 Well, I would just be mindful that if I can get spiritual for just a second, but scripture 337 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:25,240 reminds us that the enemy comes in to steal, kill and destroy. That is, that is what he 338 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:30,640 wakes up every day doing. He's on a mission. So we have to be aware that God has plans 339 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:36,160 for us. And, and in Jeremiah, we're reminded that these plans are for us to prosper. There 340 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:43,800 are good things in store for us, but we are in a battle to, from the enemy to, to be destroyed 341 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:50,840 at every level. So every time we go into pursue something, there will be the voice of the 342 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:56,440 enemy trying to creep in. There's going to be doubt come in because that's his goal. 343 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,600 But what I, what I would like to say is for an encouragement is you have to be careful 344 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:07,640 what voice you're listening to. And you have to be prayerful and mindful about it. We cannot 345 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:13,640 listen to, to the writer, to the left of us. I know there are people who we love, who are 346 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:19,720 family and close friends, but sometimes not even their words are positive and encouraging 347 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,320 and uplifting, but because they don't know our heart, they don't know our mind, they 348 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:29,320 don't know our goal and our pursuit. So even though they mean well, we can't listen a lot 349 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:35,600 of times to those voices. You have to know the voice you're tuned into to listen to. 350 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,360 And a lot of times I'll just say, Lord, and, and, and through this situation of making 351 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:45,920 a hard pivot in our life, my husband and I were both 20 years into each of our careers 352 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:50,400 and we're presented opportunity where he had to make a pivot. And we just said, Lord, we 353 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:56,920 have to hear your voice. We have to know without a doubt, please confirm within us. And despite 354 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:01,560 the naysayers, despite what things look like, that's where faith and courage comes in, just 355 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:09,240 blindly chasing the obvious. But when we pray about it, we also have to be slow to respond. 356 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:15,000 We have to make sure that we're quiet and we're listening to the right voice. So I would 357 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:22,080 just encourage everyone to just look at it and, and know that you'll feel peace. You're 358 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:27,440 going to feel joy when you're pursuing things in the right direction that are made for you. 359 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:32,800 You will. And scripture says that the Lord will bless the work of our hands. So we pursue 360 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,240 it and then we work for it. But yeah. 361 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:42,040 And yeah, so true. And it reminds me of when I decided to make the pivot in my life to 362 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:48,080 quit my full-time job to pursue Mary Kay full-time and made that decision. And it was really 363 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:53,720 a why not today? And it was the date in the time was to go shopping. I'm not even a shopper, 364 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,480 but my national sales director was going shopping. I wanted to go. And I remember I made the 365 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,760 decision the date I was going to resign and leave. And every day my mother called me like, 366 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:08,080 are you sure? Should you do this? And I'm like, you know, I just, I knew that that was 367 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,960 what I need to do. And the same thing with this podcast. I just knew I didn't know what 368 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,200 it looks, look, would look like. And I still don't know the end goal. It's going to look 369 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,960 like I have big ideas and I just don't know where it's going to go. I mean, my goal is 370 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:26,320 it to be a movement and to change people and give people courage. So, yeah, I love this. 371 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,640 So I always ask the question and try to connect back to my dad. And I know you knew nothing 372 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:35,280 about my dad and you emailed me and you're like, how am I supposed to answer this? So 373 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:39,320 it's interesting because this podcast was kind of started, it was started in honor. 374 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,600 So I was trying to connect, you know, things that I hear are similar. So the one thing 375 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:48,760 that I heard you say is you had to do a different path in your life, which took you a totally 376 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,920 different place. And so in high school, when you had to make that pivot, and I think my 377 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:58,640 dad was very similar and my brothers were at the eulogy when he passed away and shared 378 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:05,040 about my dad always had it plan A, B, C, D and things pivot. And so he grew up in California 379 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:11,200 and played football in high school and was supposed to play football in college. And 380 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:15,600 the night he graduated high school, he got in a horrific car accident and almost died 381 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,880 and lost the sight of one of his eyes. So the logo for the why not today is my dad's 382 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:24,600 logo, which is an eye patch and a hand around mustache. And because he always had an eye 383 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:29,400 patch. And so he was supposed to go play football in California, I think USC, but because of 384 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:36,040 that, he had to pivot. And he didn't go to college till six months later. And it's kind 385 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:41,800 of a funny story how the world is so different now. But his dad's like, you should go to 386 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:45,720 Notre Dame, your grandfather lives out there. So they put him on a train and went to Notre 387 00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:53,800 Dame, Indiana, how much I mean, now, it's so hard to get in. But went started Notre 388 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,400 Dame graduated, stayed there. And my mom lived in the same town in South Bend. And she he 389 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,800 met my dad, my mom because of that. So if that pivot haven't hadn't happened, like so 390 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:08,360 many sequence of things, you know, something bad, we always look at, okay, those terrible 391 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:13,320 things. But because this terrible thing happened, look at what the difference he was able to 392 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:18,800 make and probably wouldn't have left California otherwise. Right. So yeah, it's kind of a 393 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:23,840 cool path. Just never know. You never know all your faith and your courage and say why 394 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:28,240 not today? Well, thank you so much for being a guest. And I loved hearing you talk and 395 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:32,320 I'll probably be talking with a southern accent today. But so how can people find you if they're 396 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:36,880 interested in pursuing you with your styling business? Is there a name for your business 397 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:42,000 or? Well, I just you know, because I was helping friends at first, and it turned into other 398 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:50,240 things. So it's it's Miranda's closet clients is my Facebook group, private group. But you 399 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:56,160 can find me on Instagram, I think I'm out of out of friends, or on Facebook, but Instagram 400 00:35:56,160 --> 00:36:05,120 Miranda rains and I spell it M a M a r a, a rains r a i n s Miranda rains on Instagram, 401 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:10,560 also on Facebook, but anyone's invited to be a part of my private Facebook group. Anyone 402 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:15,040 can join. It's a private great. So you'll find me see my face just asked to be a part 403 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:20,920 my share your contact information. Oh, great. Great. Yeah, absolutely. So Instagram, Facebook. 404 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,800 Yeah, I'm gonna go I don't know if I've joined it. I need to. So well, thank you again. I 405 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,840 love talking to you. And again, if people want to join us in March, and I'll share that 406 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,400 in the show notes to the information about the thing we're doing in March. So I love 407 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:39,480 hearing your story. Remember to that. The Why Not Today podcast is on iTunes and Spotify 408 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,440 and every other place. If you could like it, share it, review it, I would appreciate it. 409 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:49,840 The website is live finally, and it's why not today podcast.com. And we do have t shirts 410 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,880 and cups. So if you want to be courageous and say why not today? We're here to help 411 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,240 you. So look also looking for guests if you know people that have been courageous or done 412 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:03,360 something courageous. So again, Miranda, thank you for joining me today. It was a pleasure 413 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:09,520 and I feel like I have a new friend. You do likewise. I appreciate you. Thank you for 414 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:25,880 having me. All right. Well, thank you. And thanks everybody for listening. Bye.