So nobody got married on Love is Blind? Nobody.
Not one person went down the aisle and said,
I do. You know what? I'm about sick of this because
this is crazy. But it's okay. We're here. We
are here. Your favorite life coach is here, Cecile.
Cecile, yeah. Well, you guys, you know what?
Shit. That's just life, you know? People sign
up for things and then they don't all the way
go through it and then when you do try to go
through it They see the person that I signed
up with Was just not for them. Okay, this is
episode 76 of Shit, that's just life podcast
with your favorite life coach here me Cecile
Cecile. Yeah, but let's get it started Let's
get it started I think it is very disheartening
and sad that the UK slash England citizens are
over here fighting about a flag. It's literally
a flag war over here going on. Yeah. I don't
know why considering they have a lot more top
issues to focus on, you know, such as the cost
of living, the economy, their NHS, which is their
health care system, their housing, climate change,
and the environment. So I'm just not sure why
they pick the flag to fight over. This is how
people get distracted, you know? I know the people
that are patriotic are like, hey, this is our
flag. You need to be grateful that you're here.
Got it. Just remember you guys have bigger fish
to fry. That's all I say. That's it. You literally
have bigger issues beyond a flag. Like, I don't
get it. I don't get it. and if you are visiting
england or you are in england just let them put
they flag up like we are in their territory like
this is crazy you guys have bigger issues bigger
fish to fry but you choose to pick a flag but
at least you guys are fighting i guess i can
say that at least you guys are standing up for
something that means something to you um at least
you coming together Just for a flag, but at least
you're coming together, you know I still would
advise as a life coach here to focus on the real
top issues that would really Help your government
your system and your people. That's all I say
I'm just gonna be serious here. You guys have
bigger fish to fry Focus on the bigger fish that
you need to fry. Okay? Really a flag really like
a flag really you know what that's all i'm gonna
say on that topic here it's like a flag war out
here it's just endless endless entertainment
out here okay but let's just switch it up here
i will next play an audio from the smith sisters
my lovely sisters was asked a question about
the infamous cookout And if any of my listeners
know what I'm speaking about, specifically us
black people, we have cookouts, okay? Barbecue
cookouts, seafood cookout, we have cookouts to
join, to come together, to embrace each other
as family. So Andy Cohen asked if he could join
the cookout. Would he get an invite to the cookout?
So I'll let you guys hear their response. I tell
everyone you were the perfect boss. Best boss.
And continue to be the best. And you're in the
mix, because the staff is small. You're like,
of the people. Aw. All right. But am I invited
to the cookout? No. as a celebrity guest. Yes.
People would love that. Love that. That's like
a dotted line. That's like the fine print. And
Andy might show up, and then you show up, everyone's
so happy. We'll give you a rib, some potato salad.
Go on about your business. And you will do the
electric. Do you know how to do the electric
fly? Yes. Do you know the cha -cha fly? The wobble.
The Cupid Shuffle? Do you understand? What did
we think of Stacey? What did we think of Stacey's
twerk tonight? Well, I can't twerk. Your twerk
is worse. I can't twerk. Stacey can dance better
than me. Alright, I want to thank my sister.
Now that you have heard the audio clip of the
Smith sisters, you got our answer. No, Andy is
not invited to the cookout. Okay? We love Andy
though. Indy seems like a nice person just watching
the show. He's very straightforward. So he seems
Doesn't like the BS, but unfortunately, he's
still not invited to the cacao. Okay But this
next clip I'm gonna let you guys hear is just
an update on the government shutdown in the USA
Out there in the USA. The government shutdown
is still going so I will let you guys hear the
update on how That's shut down is going. Okay,
listen up Some 40 million Americans who rely
on critical federal food assistance Are set to
see their benefits dry up in just days as the
impacts of this government shutdown keep getting
worse This morning day 28 if the government shut
down with no end in sight and the US now careening
toward a hunger crisis 48 states now warning
if the shutdown continues by the end of the week
They'll be forced to stop distributing snap food
assistance a lifeline for some 42 million low
-income Americans Simone Wilkes a single mom
of two young boys in Michigan telling me she's
worried about what that means for her family
I'm already struggling. I'm already stretching
food. Will there be some days where they will
eat and you won't? Yes, it already has started.
It already has started. It has been days where
the kids eat and I'll just survive off water.
Food banks across the country now seeing a surge
of demand. In Washington DC, we met unpaid federal
workers standing in line at this makeshift kitchen
for a free meal. You never thought you'd have
to budget for food like this? No, no. Not with
what is supposed to be a secure income with the
federal government. Food pantries even popping
up at airports across the country to help struggling
TSA agents and air traffic controllers forced
to work without pay. And this morning nearly
11 ,000 air traffic controllers like Peter LeFever
missing their first full paycheck. Pay stubs
like this one obtained by ABC News showing zero
dollars. The prospect of going another pay period
without pay is weighing on the minds of myself
and all the people that I work with. Here on
Capitol Hill, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has
introduced a bill to fund snap even during the
shutdown But Senate Republican leaders don't
appear sold on giving it a vote instead Calling
on Democrats to vote to reopen the government
and Democrats have said first They want Republicans
to negotiate with them on preventing insurance
premiums for skyrocketing for some 20 million
Americans on the Affordable Care Act George As
you can hear, you guys, the government shutdown
is still going. Thousands and millions of civilians
out there are suffering. If they don't figure
out a result within the next few days, we are
hearing that the snap benefits may be cut as
well. So that's really going to affect multiple
other civilians out there. So it's just a roller
coaster. It is a roller coaster. It's nothing
like the flag war out here, okay? It's real issues,
real craziness. It's really crazy. You know,
a flag war isn't sounding so bad compared to
what we have going on in the USA at this point,
okay? But I'm gonna let you guys hear Jasmine
Cricket. That's her last name. She is a congressman,
congresswoman here. She... definitely always
give a great insight. She's the formal political
defender and she's also now serving the people
of Texas. She serves the 30th district. So I'll
let you hear her insight on how she feels about
this government shutdown and how it's going.
Also leading up to that one followed by Michelle
Obama. She will give her insight on just how
we are in life right now and just hoping that
we Americans stay woke. Okay? So I'll let you
hear Jasmine Cronkite, which is our congresswoman.
She's a lovely government official as well. And
then, like I said, you'll hear the following.
After that, you'll hear Miss Michelle Obama,
former first lady. Okay? Still a mother for me.
But you'll hear both. Listen up. You are in a
country that is not a third world country. and
people are basically begging their government.
to do the basics. We're not talking about luxuries.
It should not be a luxury that you get $6 a day,
right, to eat. Like, that should not be a luxury.
And we should be looking at the fact that there
are funds available, and he is choosing not to
use those funds. Or when you start to talk about
your big billionaire friends as you're continuing
to violate laws, why is it that you're not looking
out for people that are hungry? Why aren't you
looking at the fact that rural America overwhelmingly
voted for Donald Trump Trump in rural America
uses more SNAP benefits than urban America. I
mean, like, these are your voters, right? So
like, why aren't you doing those things? So I
think that the question should be, which party
is truly about being pro -life? Which party is
truly about the entirety of the United States?
And which party is really more patriotic? I would
say that he is a party of him and other rich
people. and nobody else. And I'm hoping that
all Americans can finally wake up and say, we
are going to prioritize ourselves. We are going
to look for people that maybe we don't think
they're super funny or super entertaining, but
they will not try to deal death to us with every
single policy that they hand out. And ultimately,
if people end up going hungry because snap benefits
end up drying up. Yeah, this is just a preview
of what is going to happen as relates to what
they did in the big ugly bill. And I think now
more than ever, it's a time when we have to fight
to remind ourselves that we matter, that we count.
And I hope that the look reminds us all, not
just women of color, but women in general, that
there's power in our journey and all of it. And
how we look, how we show up in the world, what
we say, what we do, all of it matters. And we
got to keep fighting for it. okay so now that
you have heard both of those beautiful black
ladies they have never stated anything that I
didn't agree with even in that last clip everything
they're saying I agree with down to the bone
down to the T everything I agree with it we as
USA citizens we need to stay woke read more Google
things, you know, figure out what the words mean
that you're hearing, Google those words, vote,
okay? So it's just a simple things that we need
to continue doing. Listen as we hear our politicians
go on, listen carefully, you know, ask questions,
be curious, you know, know what's going on around
you and know whatever you're hearing is not just
happening to your neighbor, it can happen to
you. So don't wait till the issue lands on your
front doorstep. That's just the best advice I
can advise you. You know, don't sit around thinking
that you're an exception. We are all a part of
it. Even if I'm in England, I'm still being affected
because my family is affected. So just knowing
that it's important to vote. It's important to
look into what's headed your way. It's important
to know that these issues have been here and
it's important to keep fighting, okay? It's important.
Wake up, understand, and fight for your rights,
okay? Like I always stated, don't always, you
know, stick to the script. Do not always stick
to the script. Be okay with going above and beyond
and fighting for your right, okay? But I'll end
this episode with a lovely piece of advice from
me your favorite life coach here of course because
that's what's needed at this point okay we need
to keep giving piece of advice the pod is still
gonna go every day this is episode 76 i'm growing
you're growing it's crazy out there in this world
we're all praying for the best i hope you are
because i know i'm not gonna stop praying i'm
praying for the best okay okay piece of advice
from your favorite life coach here me cecilia
Your greatest weapon is your mind. So with that
being said, train it to see opportunities, not
obstacles. Now I'll leave you with a life update
and then we'll head right on out of here. So
get ready, get set, stay tuned. The ending is
approaching. Life update. So your girl is still
out here in Birmingham, England. United Kingdom,
specifically Birmingham, United Kingdom. And
I can honestly tell you guys I have tasted some
salsa from Zimbabwe. I had salsa. I've had liver.
Yes, liver. The liver is very good. Delicioso.
Yes, like I've never enjoyed liver like this
before. I'm so regretful that it comes from a
cow. Truly, I really hate that it comes from
an animal, but when I tell you that sucker be
seasoned now into the bone, it's seasoned. It's
just so very hurtful, disheartening that I am
enjoying liver like this, you know? I'm enjoying
the testicles like this. Like, I'm just enjoying
a whole animal. But I never will watch it and
get slaughtered, okay? I will never do that.
I will never overdo things like that. But when
I tell you I am enjoying liver, baby. Liver and
salsa are very good together. Salsa and tomato
soup, baby. Let me tell you, I need it at my
wedding. I need it. Zimbabwe greens, I need it
at my wedding. I need those greens in my wedding.
They're nothing like the USA wedding. Nothing
like the USA greens. The canned greens that we
have in the USA, them Zimbabwe greens, they get
different. I'm going to advise that you go try
them somewhere. Find you a Zim person. Find you
somebody born from Zim that can make you some
greens because, baby, you're missing out. I was
missing out on those greens before I had them.
now they're in my life here to stay and it's
just beautiful the food from zimbabwe has been
very good now there's much more that i need to
taste of course but the liver the salsa and the
greens baby zimbabwe owes me nothing right now
okay now i need to get down there and like i
stated i need to taste more different plates
okay i need to taste numerous things But so far,
I've never expected that liver, that saza, in
greens to taste like the way they did. Like,
somebody put their foot in those greens. Seriously.
Seriously. And I love the fact that a lot of
Zimbabwe women grow their greens in their own
backyard. Mm -hmm. They grow theirs in the backyard.
They're like, cost of living is going up out
here. We're about to save our money and grow
our own. They grow greens, tomatoes, onions.
I need to do that myself. I will be starting
my own garden when I get my house. Like, I'm
not kidding you. I need to do that. But you all,
when I tell you the food is delicioso, chef's
kiss, darling. That's what I mean. Now, they
also have this Borovor sausage in South Africa,
also in Zimbabwe. Probably the best sausage I've
ever had. That sausage will also be at my wedding.
Mm -hmm. Yes, it will be. That sausage literally
melts in my mouth. Like, I'm ready to head to
Zimbabwe and taste more food, see what other
sausages I need to know about, because it's just
above and beyond beautiful. The taste is epic.
It's impeccable. Rich. Very, very rich tasty
there. I'm hungry now. I'm just thinking about
it. But I just wanted to give you guys a, like,
update on what your girl's been doing, what I've
been eating out here in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
I also had some lamb two days ago. Well, actually
yesterday. I had some lamb and fries. They call
it lamb and chips. So, lamb and chips out here.
And I'm telling you that lamb, oh my god. Yes.
Need it again. Yes, I need that. I need that
limb ASAP. But that's just a life update. Life
update for me. Here girl. Your favorite life
coach here. Just wanted to let you know exactly
how I'm going over here. Let you guys know what
I'm eating. All the above. This is episode 76.
We're gonna make this episode nice, sweet and
short because it's a lovely Tuesday. Gotta get
out there. Gotta smell the roses. Smell the grass.
Eat some more food. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
We'll be back We'll come back again and talk
to each other. And you'll come back and listen
to me. Episode 77 will be dropping soon, darling.
But like I said, it's episode 76. Your girl is
out of here. See, my words are fumbling. I'm
all over the place. I clearly need to get some
sun on my face. I'm out of here. Have a good
one. Love you. Love you all for listening. Thank
you for tuning in. Because shit, that's just
life. We are all trying out your big O. Talk
to you later. Bye.