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Speaker 2: I don't try and make you uncomfortable for the record.

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Speaker 3: For the record, for the record, for the for the record,

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the Clink. Fantastic to have you all

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Speaker 4: back for another episode here today. I tell you what,

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Speaker 4: I'm actually quietly excited. This guest today has been someone

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Speaker 4: I believe is very worthy, and the contribution to community

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Speaker 4: I really want to take today and let's look at

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Speaker 4: what it takes when you feel rejected, the haters, the naysayers,

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Speaker 4: you know, the adversity that you can't do this, or

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Speaker 4: just been written off as a statistic today, Denny Shannon,

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Speaker 4: Welcome to the clink, mate. I couldn't ask for a

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Speaker 5: Brother. It's so good to be here, Brendan. We have

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Speaker 5: had a few crxit. I don't know what happened was

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Speaker 5: those things that you just mentioned, like that brings up

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Speaker 5: You're trying to do this. You cop a lot of hate.

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Speaker 4: You know. You know, I've got to be honest. I

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Speaker 4: You're no good. Can't this sort of talk? And then

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Speaker 4: of oh, you're just a scumbag that's set up a copper.

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Speaker 4: You know, you'll never change, you know, you just you always,

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Speaker 4: We're at four point seven after four years, so I

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Speaker 6: Obviously I've got to share it and I've got to

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Speaker 5: And I had a dirty shot once too, from getting

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Speaker 5: what did you dream about? You know, like I just

429
00:22:58,241 --> 00:23:01,321
Speaker 5: I just give her this my own conditional love, Like

430
00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:04,561
Speaker 5: I know that I'm very fortunate maybe that I can

431
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,521
Speaker 5: do that. I mean I love this little girl so much.

432
00:23:07,561 --> 00:23:10,521
Speaker 5: But imagine if every kid can have that fucking love

433
00:23:10,921 --> 00:23:13,721
Speaker 5: every morning, and you know that take you off to

434
00:23:13,801 --> 00:23:17,120
Speaker 5: school and say goodbye, let her how about the car

435
00:23:17,561 --> 00:23:19,481
Speaker 5: and walks up to the fence book because it gives

436
00:23:19,521 --> 00:23:22,481
Speaker 5: her a bit of independence, like all that stuff. That's

437
00:23:22,521 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 5: really how I'm molding this beautiful and she sees the

438
00:23:26,481 --> 00:23:30,041
Speaker 5: stuff I do helping people like, I don't know that's

439
00:23:30,041 --> 00:23:32,720
Speaker 5: a bloomone, han, but that's what you want. That's the

440
00:23:32,801 --> 00:23:35,001
Speaker 5: kind of figures we want for fucking kids.

441
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 4: And you know, like I often say this all I

442
00:23:38,561 --> 00:23:40,880
Speaker 4: ask of my children every day and I'm the same,

443
00:23:41,001 --> 00:23:42,881
Speaker 4: you know, like I've got a daughter at seventeen, she's

444
00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 4: legally blind. At the moment, I'm on my own raising

445
00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,720
Speaker 4: my children, doing a bloody good job. And that's not

446
00:23:49,281 --> 00:23:52,801
Speaker 4: a discredit. They've got a beautiful mom. She's a fantastic moment.

447
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 4: It's just the situation and I'm happy to be full

448
00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,120
Speaker 4: time with It's just what it is. But then you

449
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,281
Speaker 4: know you're running a business, You've got all these side

450
00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 4: hustles because you want to try and be the best

451
00:24:02,921 --> 00:24:06,400
Speaker 4: version of yourself provide and as a man or as

452
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,561
Speaker 4: a woman today, when you're one out, you can't you

453
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,321
Speaker 4: can't provide for a family if you're not hustling, if

454
00:24:13,321 --> 00:24:15,241
Speaker 4: you're not out there with at least two or three

455
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 4: incomes coming out, you're not going to get through and

456
00:24:19,961 --> 00:24:22,041
Speaker 4: you will have to resort to other things. And this

457
00:24:22,921 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 4: is the reality of society and life today. So you know,

458
00:24:26,681 --> 00:24:30,041
Speaker 4: people are struggling, people already that were struggling prior to

459
00:24:31,001 --> 00:24:33,201
Speaker 4: you know, the heavier things in life and their own

460
00:24:33,201 --> 00:24:36,001
Speaker 4: addictions and bad habits, which then as their children are

461
00:24:36,001 --> 00:24:37,961
Speaker 4: getting older that are seeing more of it, being more

462
00:24:38,001 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 4: exposed to. You know, that care factor of trying to

463
00:24:41,321 --> 00:24:44,321
Speaker 4: cover things up and hide from it is just non

464
00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:48,521
Speaker 4: existent anymore because it's just the norm. It is very hard,

465
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,921
Speaker 4: you know, for me and for you, with our old

466
00:24:50,921 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 4: school morals. Is the last thing we want is our

467
00:24:53,321 --> 00:24:56,080
Speaker 4: children to ever take a step in our shoes, ever

468
00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,241
Speaker 4: from the past. Walk forward with me today all day

469
00:25:00,321 --> 00:25:02,961
Speaker 4: long and be the best version of yourself. And life

470
00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 4: ain't fucking perfect because it's a roller coaster, but you know,

471
00:25:07,001 --> 00:25:12,281
Speaker 4: we have ways of being able to reach out today.

472
00:25:12,441 --> 00:25:18,160
Speaker 4: Speak ask for help is their talk for me. My

473
00:25:18,321 --> 00:25:21,761
Speaker 4: kids know me, they know all about Dad. There's nothing hidden.

474
00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:24,360
Speaker 4: I don't want them to hide from an I want

475
00:25:24,441 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 4: them to know because now they can walk around a

476
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 4: playground and see that a young person is struggling, and

477
00:25:29,761 --> 00:25:32,281
Speaker 4: they reach out and they can notice their body languages

478
00:25:32,321 --> 00:25:34,961
Speaker 4: and normal or they pick up on conversation and they

479
00:25:35,001 --> 00:25:38,400
Speaker 4: see different things that they choose to step away from

480
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,360
Speaker 4: because they know where it's leading. And I'm very proud

481
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,880
Speaker 4: of that as you I'm sure, our brother, because you know,

482
00:25:44,001 --> 00:25:47,561
Speaker 4: like just saying what you just said there, we are

483
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,761
Speaker 4: being the best version of ourselves for ourselves, but for

484
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:51,640
Speaker 4: our children.

485
00:25:52,681 --> 00:25:55,160
Speaker 5: This isn't a lot of selfishness, Like a lot of

486
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,721
Speaker 5: this fucking shit can be stopped, Like just stop being

487
00:25:57,721 --> 00:26:01,080
Speaker 5: so fucking selfish when it comes to kids, Broun. I'm

488
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 5: so passionate, Like if someone's using drugs abuse themselves, I

489
00:26:04,441 --> 00:26:06,281
Speaker 5: get it. When it comes to the kids, you got

490
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,641
Speaker 5: nerve fucking right. And it's easy for me to say

491
00:26:08,681 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 5: that because I guess, look, bro, my son I haven't

492
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,481
Speaker 5: mentioned my son grew up visiting me in the first

493
00:26:13,481 --> 00:26:16,321
Speaker 5: half of his life in prison and the institutions. You know,

494
00:26:16,721 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 5: I don't know how I could be for this moral

495
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,041
Speaker 5: high ground, but now it doesn't battle like I have

496
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,001
Speaker 5: to protect my daughter and I have to try and

497
00:26:26,041 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 5: protect any kids as well, because you know, like I

498
00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:33,321
Speaker 5: was a selfish fucker that was doing all that stuff

499
00:26:33,441 --> 00:26:36,281
Speaker 5: and you know, nobody else confixed for me. Not a

500
00:26:36,321 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 5: million dollars could change. I was the one. I had

501
00:26:38,801 --> 00:26:41,321
Speaker 5: to man up. I had to find some tools and

502
00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,041
Speaker 5: I had to stop fucking using as simple as that.

503
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,321
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I love that and I relate, you know,

504
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,401
Speaker 4: twenty six year old son myself that you know, unfortunately

505
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:54,640
Speaker 4: he knows I love him, But those those years are gone,

506
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,561
Speaker 4: all that year's spend in jail and you know he's

507
00:26:57,681 --> 00:27:01,160
Speaker 4: mum raising him and basically saying enough. You know, like

508
00:27:01,321 --> 00:27:03,120
Speaker 4: you're not going to be spoken speaking to him because

509
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:05,400
Speaker 4: you had your chances. Yeah, I did, and asked me

510
00:27:05,481 --> 00:27:07,041
Speaker 4: years ago, and I would have said, ah, she's this

511
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:09,521
Speaker 4: and that, you know, but no, she was right. He

512
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 4: didn't deserve to have to continually come into jail and

513
00:27:12,481 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 4: visit me, and you know, yeah, okay, it's hurting the

514
00:27:15,961 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 4: years after, but this is the point you need to

515
00:27:20,041 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 4: take ownership. And you know, today's episode, I really feel

516
00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,601
Speaker 4: carries a lot of weight. And I know because of

517
00:27:27,961 --> 00:27:30,041
Speaker 4: your background and where you are today, you know, the

518
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 4: ownership and that not caring about what people fucking think

519
00:27:35,441 --> 00:27:38,721
Speaker 4: and embracing you know, like as we say we do. Yeah,

520
00:27:38,801 --> 00:27:43,721
Speaker 4: we get triggered like anybody, but do we come over

521
00:27:43,761 --> 00:27:46,761
Speaker 4: the top of it and realize that we're better than that?

522
00:27:47,201 --> 00:27:49,001
Speaker 4: And you're never going to see that person in the street.

523
00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:50,681
Speaker 4: They're never going to come and tappy on the show

524
00:27:50,761 --> 00:27:52,761
Speaker 4: and say, hey, you're a fucking doug, You're a weak,

525
00:27:52,801 --> 00:27:54,681
Speaker 4: can't do this, and that you're not going to say

526
00:27:54,761 --> 00:27:57,880
Speaker 4: to your face, you know, so it really doesn't matter.

527
00:27:58,241 --> 00:28:01,761
Speaker 4: I think, you know, as I do contradict sometimes myself

528
00:28:01,801 --> 00:28:04,481
Speaker 4: because I do react. I try not to, but.

529
00:28:07,801 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's over. Yeah, look, you'll never.

530
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,721
Speaker 4: You'll never see anybody pat you on the back when

531
00:28:12,721 --> 00:28:15,761
Speaker 4: you're up, when you're winning. I'll always pull you back

532
00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:17,241
Speaker 4: when they're jealous that you're up winning.

533
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,401
Speaker 5: I think it's okay to talk about, you know why,

534
00:28:19,521 --> 00:28:23,321
Speaker 5: because I think it shows transparency. It just shows that,

535
00:28:23,441 --> 00:28:26,561
Speaker 5: you know, it just shows that we're all just fucking

536
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,921
Speaker 5: echo and were and like and who knows, maybe there's

537
00:28:29,921 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 5: a lesson in other people to because it's bullying, fucking bullies.

538
00:28:34,521 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 5: Bullies the most putads like, it's been a fucking bully,

539
00:28:38,201 --> 00:28:41,321
Speaker 5: that's all that. When you call someone a bully, it's

540
00:28:41,361 --> 00:28:43,961
Speaker 5: hard to Then they go up. Then they like because

541
00:28:44,001 --> 00:28:46,841
Speaker 5: bully is a real harsh word, really, isn't it When

542
00:28:46,881 --> 00:28:49,601
Speaker 5: you think if you're a bully man, you're you're picking

543
00:28:49,641 --> 00:28:50,881
Speaker 5: on the vulnerable people.

544
00:28:50,921 --> 00:28:53,281
Speaker 4: You're like, yeah, you're weak, You're you're you're you're you're

545
00:28:53,281 --> 00:28:56,361
Speaker 4: actually weak because you're a bully. You're standing over, you're

546
00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:58,601
Speaker 4: you're belittling, you're taking advantage of the week.

547
00:28:59,081 --> 00:28:59,401
Speaker 3: You know what.

548
00:28:59,441 --> 00:29:02,041
Speaker 5: I love Brandmon you said then about the hustle, Like

549
00:29:02,721 --> 00:29:06,481
Speaker 5: that's like, yeah, you know what I've do got this,

550
00:29:06,721 --> 00:29:09,881
Speaker 5: you know, full time dad to the only because her

551
00:29:09,921 --> 00:29:12,161
Speaker 5: mom's away in rehabit the moment, so me and her

552
00:29:12,241 --> 00:29:14,841
Speaker 5: mom just to give a bit of curity to people.

553
00:29:15,561 --> 00:29:17,681
Speaker 5: I haven't been for a month for a long long time,

554
00:29:17,921 --> 00:29:21,361
Speaker 5: but I we co parent, you know, and thank you God.

555
00:29:21,361 --> 00:29:23,521
Speaker 5: Her mum got caught on the MetaDONE for some time

556
00:29:23,601 --> 00:29:26,201
Speaker 5: and she's gone away to her rehabit and we've been

557
00:29:26,281 --> 00:29:29,321
Speaker 5: documenting the journey too, which has been really cool, showing

558
00:29:29,361 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 5: people out there with the right support that you know,

559
00:29:32,841 --> 00:29:36,001
Speaker 5: families can you know, come away from this. But what

560
00:29:36,081 --> 00:29:38,681
Speaker 5: that means now is I do have the kid here

561
00:29:38,761 --> 00:29:42,601
Speaker 5: full time. I am running three businesses as well as

562
00:29:42,641 --> 00:29:47,961
Speaker 5: you mentioned, and it is a constant hustle and I

563
00:29:48,041 --> 00:29:51,121
Speaker 5: love it, bro like I wouldn't. That's why you do

564
00:29:51,281 --> 00:29:54,161
Speaker 5: go that extra mile, like you said before, because we

565
00:29:54,281 --> 00:29:56,561
Speaker 5: enjoy it. I enjoy it. I enjoyed the hustle so

566
00:29:57,161 --> 00:30:01,001
Speaker 5: and look, I certainly haven't made it yet. I'm making it,

567
00:30:01,121 --> 00:30:02,961
Speaker 5: you know. It's one day at a time. I feel

568
00:30:02,961 --> 00:30:07,321
Speaker 5: like I will not stop until until I woke so

569
00:30:07,401 --> 00:30:09,921
Speaker 5: I could stop, you know, but I do enjoy it, mate.

570
00:30:09,921 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 5: I've got a multitude of things after this. I'm in

571
00:30:14,801 --> 00:30:17,721
Speaker 5: twenty three minutes. I run an online group. I call

572
00:30:17,761 --> 00:30:22,561
Speaker 5: it our Law School Development Workshop. So through the NDIS,

573
00:30:22,801 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 5: we help bring individuals together in an online space to

574
00:30:27,041 --> 00:30:30,081
Speaker 5: learn tools, tips and tricks to I've got a whole

575
00:30:30,121 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 5: bunch of different topics like affirmations, connections, solution, budgeting, vision,

576
00:30:35,521 --> 00:30:37,681
Speaker 5: thirty topics up there on the board that I'm going

577
00:30:37,721 --> 00:30:42,601
Speaker 5: to age lesson. We teach one of those lessons and they're.

578
00:30:42,401 --> 00:30:43,761
Speaker 4: I do love that.

579
00:30:44,321 --> 00:30:47,641
Speaker 5: Love that well, that's how our lives NDIS Low School

580
00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 5: Development Workshop. So weekdays at eleven am, Sydney time. I

581
00:30:52,321 --> 00:30:55,041
Speaker 5: run those groups. So that's one of my little housholds

582
00:30:55,041 --> 00:30:58,281
Speaker 5: I've got. And then I've got my app. So if

583
00:30:58,321 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 5: anyone doesn't know, I'm the founder of a very innovative,

584
00:31:01,601 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 5: cool video journaling app that allows you to record and

585
00:31:05,601 --> 00:31:10,881
Speaker 5: document your hopes, your dreams, your fears, and your future aspiration. So,

586
00:31:11,001 --> 00:31:14,201
Speaker 5: for example, you're struggling to pull out of our app

587
00:31:14,521 --> 00:31:16,881
Speaker 5: and ask you some on screen prompt questions which to

588
00:31:17,001 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 5: help guide you on a journey, says Danny, how are

589
00:31:19,441 --> 00:31:22,681
Speaker 5: you doing today? Well, actually I'm struggling. You know, when

590
00:31:22,961 --> 00:31:26,641
Speaker 5: we verbalize our issues out loud, we break down the barriers,

591
00:31:26,681 --> 00:31:29,481
Speaker 5: We improve the chances and likelihood of seeking the help

592
00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:33,161
Speaker 5: that we need when we're ready. So Encapsulator is my

593
00:31:33,241 --> 00:31:36,881
Speaker 5: biggest hustle. Brendan is I read that little note last time.

594
00:31:36,921 --> 00:31:39,041
Speaker 5: I'm going to post it. It was KFC. It's the

595
00:31:39,121 --> 00:31:42,841
Speaker 5: Colonel Santas right, it's got him, It's got Colonel Sanders

596
00:31:42,921 --> 00:31:48,281
Speaker 5: and says he pitched KFC one thousand and nine times

597
00:31:48,321 --> 00:31:51,801
Speaker 5: before success. You know, and I get quite emotional say

598
00:31:51,841 --> 00:31:54,441
Speaker 5: that because I'm not going to fucking give up man

599
00:31:54,521 --> 00:31:57,841
Speaker 5: like Encapsulator is going to be the top five mental health,

600
00:31:58,081 --> 00:32:00,361
Speaker 5: mental health and wellness apps in the world. I believe

601
00:32:00,401 --> 00:32:03,761
Speaker 5: I just haven't found the right connection yet, mate.

602
00:32:04,841 --> 00:32:07,361
Speaker 4: And you know what, this is what life's about. And Danny,

603
00:32:07,441 --> 00:32:10,041
Speaker 4: this is why I wanted you on the cling because

604
00:32:10,721 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 4: your story is really moving and your action. You know,

605
00:32:14,481 --> 00:32:16,681
Speaker 4: it's not a verbal it's not a word. You don't

606
00:32:16,721 --> 00:32:19,321
Speaker 4: just get out there talking shit just to make an

607
00:32:19,361 --> 00:32:22,521
Speaker 4: earn and it's not about a gimmick. You fucking live

608
00:32:22,561 --> 00:32:24,361
Speaker 4: and breathe that one. You're going through it with your

609
00:32:24,441 --> 00:32:27,641
Speaker 4: daughter's mum. So once' Now that you're now the supporter

610
00:32:27,761 --> 00:32:31,161
Speaker 4: of somebody who's trying to better themselves through I will

611
00:32:31,201 --> 00:32:35,241
Speaker 4: say addiction methodons, addictives. God bless her and I wish

612
00:32:35,281 --> 00:32:38,681
Speaker 4: her all the very best. And you are now that

613
00:32:38,801 --> 00:32:42,841
Speaker 4: person that you needed. How awesome is that? But put

614
00:32:42,841 --> 00:32:49,401
Speaker 4: that aside. What you're giving is over and beyond expectations

615
00:32:49,481 --> 00:32:54,801
Speaker 4: because you're so passionate. You're so motivated and driven through

616
00:32:54,841 --> 00:32:58,641
Speaker 4: your own lived experience, which is something I love. I'm powerful.

617
00:32:58,761 --> 00:33:04,361
Speaker 4: It's look. I'm about to head to Townsville as a

618
00:33:04,401 --> 00:33:08,121
Speaker 4: guest in and organization's mentoring program in the second week

619
00:33:08,121 --> 00:33:11,321
Speaker 4: of March, and mate, I cannot wait. I'm going to

620
00:33:11,321 --> 00:33:14,161
Speaker 4: be going into the community working with all the troubled

621
00:33:14,161 --> 00:33:16,721
Speaker 4: youth up there, and I'm coming into a space where

622
00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:21,001
Speaker 4: they're trying to create prevention around the youth crime and

623
00:33:21,041 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 4: addiction up in Townsville, and they reached out to me.

624
00:33:24,401 --> 00:33:27,001
Speaker 4: It's been back and forth since before Christmas. It's now

625
00:33:27,041 --> 00:33:29,801
Speaker 4: locked in an official I'm going up there for four

626
00:33:29,881 --> 00:33:32,641
Speaker 4: days ago, right into the heart of it, and I

627
00:33:32,641 --> 00:33:35,761
Speaker 4: couldn't I could not be any proud of it, of

628
00:33:35,841 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 4: where I've come from and have somebody reach out to

629
00:33:39,041 --> 00:33:44,001
Speaker 4: me and ask me and validate my person because that,

630
00:33:44,161 --> 00:33:47,601
Speaker 4: to me shows whatever I'm doing here, like you just said,

631
00:33:48,081 --> 00:33:51,641
Speaker 4: it's having an impact. It's changing lives, it's making a difference,

632
00:33:51,761 --> 00:33:54,441
Speaker 4: and I'm fucking proud of that. You know, I've got

633
00:33:54,441 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 4: to juggle a few things to make it happen, but

634
00:33:56,841 --> 00:33:59,801
Speaker 4: we will. I'll do it and it'll be awesome. You know.

635
00:34:00,481 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 4: It's something that I really want people to start to

636
00:34:04,481 --> 00:34:06,201
Speaker 4: understand that you can.

637
00:34:06,841 --> 00:34:09,761
Speaker 5: Oh, by the way, that's congratulations on that too. Isn't

638
00:34:09,761 --> 00:34:13,481
Speaker 5: it amazing the opportunities that come through sharing our stories.

639
00:34:13,481 --> 00:34:15,841
Speaker 5: That's what happened isn't it like people have been hearing

640
00:34:15,961 --> 00:34:19,201
Speaker 5: on the clink. They've very Brent Jinton. They're going to

641
00:34:19,281 --> 00:34:21,801
Speaker 5: fucking they want to let's get him up here to

642
00:34:21,881 --> 00:34:28,401
Speaker 5: help our young people. It's amazing. The opportunities are absolutely

643
00:34:28,521 --> 00:34:31,441
Speaker 5: limitless from doing what we do, So anyone who's thinking

644
00:34:31,481 --> 00:34:35,361
Speaker 5: about sharing their stories, I would encourage you to do

645
00:34:35,441 --> 00:34:38,881
Speaker 5: so because people need to hear it and those opportunities

646
00:34:38,921 --> 00:34:40,881
Speaker 5: are amazing. But what I was just going to say,

647
00:34:40,921 --> 00:34:44,201
Speaker 5: I say to everyone often is dream big. You know

648
00:34:44,321 --> 00:34:47,481
Speaker 5: you can do anything, and don't let the fear stop you.

649
00:34:47,601 --> 00:34:51,281
Speaker 5: Because for so long, heroine and it was really what

650
00:34:51,401 --> 00:34:53,441
Speaker 5: I was covering up with this fearm, and I was scared.

651
00:34:53,481 --> 00:34:56,361
Speaker 5: I was just this scared little boy who acted fucking tough,

652
00:34:56,601 --> 00:34:59,321
Speaker 5: but really, underneath it all, I just didn't know how

653
00:34:59,361 --> 00:35:02,481
Speaker 5: to live. Today, I've learned to live a life beyond

654
00:35:02,481 --> 00:35:05,641
Speaker 5: my older streams, and I would encourage everyone to be brave,

655
00:35:05,761 --> 00:35:09,201
Speaker 5: have some courage, dream big, gag because you can do anything,

656
00:35:09,761 --> 00:35:11,801
Speaker 5: which just reminds me of what you just said, Broan.

657
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Speaker 5: Congrats on that man.

658
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Speaker 4: Yeah, look, as I said, you know, I'm very honored

659
00:35:16,081 --> 00:35:19,401
Speaker 4: and I've got a message from mel Big shout out, mel.

660
00:35:19,441 --> 00:35:21,361
Speaker 4: I know you're listening to this at some stage, but

661
00:35:22,041 --> 00:35:24,201
Speaker 4: she was saying, Brent, you know, like the kids have

662
00:35:25,121 --> 00:35:28,881
Speaker 4: just basically spammed your podcast. They're just you know, listening

663
00:35:28,921 --> 00:35:30,841
Speaker 4: to it. I'm going to all the truth, So I've

664
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Speaker 4: got to prepare myself for I'm sure a lot of

665
00:35:33,041 --> 00:35:36,241
Speaker 4: questions about different guests and over two hundred guests, and

666
00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:39,841
Speaker 4: as I say, five million downloads is literally a stone

667
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Speaker 4: throw away. So there's a bit bit behind the scenes

668
00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:46,361
Speaker 4: that I've got to go back and revise, and I'm

669
00:35:46,401 --> 00:35:48,681
Speaker 4: going to do a couple of podcasts up there because

670
00:35:48,721 --> 00:35:51,161
Speaker 4: I want to bring I want to bring what they're

671
00:35:51,161 --> 00:35:53,201
Speaker 4: doing to life, you know, I want I want the

672
00:35:53,201 --> 00:35:55,241
Speaker 4: world to know, and I feel that if I can

673
00:35:55,321 --> 00:35:58,761
Speaker 4: contribute back to the same I was one of those

674
00:35:58,801 --> 00:36:03,721
Speaker 4: young persons, you know, broken the system, in the system,

675
00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:06,161
Speaker 4: deep in the system, and it took me the best

676
00:36:06,201 --> 00:36:09,121
Speaker 4: part of you know, thirty odd years to pull my

677
00:36:09,161 --> 00:36:12,761
Speaker 4: head out of that. At forty nine, I'm very proud

678
00:36:12,761 --> 00:36:16,201
Speaker 4: of where I'm at, and life is not easy, and

679
00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:19,121
Speaker 4: this is something that we've just got to continue to

680
00:36:19,281 --> 00:36:22,521
Speaker 4: make sure that people understand it is a battle and

681
00:36:22,561 --> 00:36:27,401
Speaker 4: you are going to struggle. It's finding those those tools

682
00:36:27,441 --> 00:36:30,361
Speaker 4: through people like yourself, myself, and all the wonderful guests

683
00:36:30,401 --> 00:36:32,961
Speaker 4: that have been on How do we then embrace this

684
00:36:33,081 --> 00:36:35,441
Speaker 4: moment of we don't see the end of the fucking

685
00:36:35,601 --> 00:36:37,841
Speaker 4: tunnel and it's dark and I want to tap out,

686
00:36:37,881 --> 00:36:41,041
Speaker 4: you know, like I don't care. I'm so far in addiction.

687
00:36:41,521 --> 00:36:45,281
Speaker 4: Is a fuck about me? I look like shit now,

688
00:36:45,841 --> 00:36:48,681
Speaker 4: Like I've got no nutritional value within myself. I've got

689
00:36:48,761 --> 00:36:55,001
Speaker 4: no self reps of respect. I guess is the word Danny?

690
00:36:55,041 --> 00:36:58,601
Speaker 4: What's that advice would you give to that person? Because

691
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Speaker 4: I mean, you posted something the other day and it

692
00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:05,801
Speaker 4: was quite interesting because it showed the two types of Danny,

693
00:37:05,921 --> 00:37:09,441
Speaker 4: the Danny in addiction and the Danny today, you know,

694
00:37:09,521 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 4: the shoeless, the homeless looking guy, to the guy that's

695
00:37:13,561 --> 00:37:16,201
Speaker 4: just full of life energy and looks amazing, you know,

696
00:37:16,441 --> 00:37:20,441
Speaker 4: healthy and bouncing off the walls. You know, how do

697
00:37:20,481 --> 00:37:26,641
Speaker 4: you continue to try and network and making that a

698
00:37:26,721 --> 00:37:28,641
Speaker 4: reality for people? I mean, I get it, people have

699
00:37:28,761 --> 00:37:30,401
Speaker 4: got to want the want it themselves.

700
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Speaker 5: But okay, well, Brent, great bro. I just want to say,

701
00:37:35,041 --> 00:37:38,121
Speaker 5: like I'm actually quite the introverted person. I just want

702
00:37:38,161 --> 00:37:40,241
Speaker 5: to share this because probably a lot of people out

703
00:37:40,241 --> 00:37:42,481
Speaker 5: there are like that as well, and they think that

704
00:37:42,561 --> 00:37:45,321
Speaker 5: you can't do this now. Even so it goes back

705
00:37:45,321 --> 00:37:47,321
Speaker 5: to this dream big like I know what I want.

706
00:37:47,401 --> 00:37:49,601
Speaker 5: I want to live a good life. I want to

707
00:37:49,641 --> 00:37:52,801
Speaker 5: give my family a good life too. So sometimes that

708
00:37:52,881 --> 00:37:55,001
Speaker 5: means I need to take little risks, you know. It

709
00:37:55,041 --> 00:37:57,161
Speaker 5: means I need to reach out. I need to say hey,

710
00:37:57,521 --> 00:37:59,361
Speaker 5: how you doing, put my hand out and say thank

711
00:37:59,401 --> 00:38:02,241
Speaker 5: you very much, let people know the positive impact that

712
00:38:02,241 --> 00:38:05,281
Speaker 5: they've had in my life. Now, by doing that, it

713
00:38:05,361 --> 00:38:10,121
Speaker 5: creates this energy like I always try to be the

714
00:38:10,201 --> 00:38:12,881
Speaker 5: better person in whatever situation I try to be. I'm

715
00:38:12,921 --> 00:38:14,961
Speaker 5: saying I get it right all the time. And what

716
00:38:15,001 --> 00:38:18,361
Speaker 5: that means is if somebody's looking grumpy or shitty or

717
00:38:18,401 --> 00:38:21,041
Speaker 5: pissed off, I just try and smile at them and

718
00:38:21,121 --> 00:38:24,041
Speaker 5: say hello, Hey, you going now? Brent. I know seems

719
00:38:24,121 --> 00:38:26,081
Speaker 5: far fast from what you're saying, but what that does

720
00:38:26,161 --> 00:38:30,441
Speaker 5: is it creates small talk, and small talk sometimes leads

721
00:38:30,801 --> 00:38:33,961
Speaker 5: to biggest stuff to you know. And the reason I

722
00:38:33,961 --> 00:38:37,281
Speaker 5: say I'm an introvert is I am I don't like

723
00:38:37,881 --> 00:38:41,201
Speaker 5: It's like I don't like people because that fears still

724
00:38:41,321 --> 00:38:45,241
Speaker 5: underneath me a lot, but my life and my daughter's life,

725
00:38:45,361 --> 00:38:47,921
Speaker 5: my family's life is more important. So I go outside

726
00:38:47,961 --> 00:38:52,081
Speaker 5: of my comfort zone. I go outside of my comfort zone.

727
00:38:52,321 --> 00:38:55,361
Speaker 5: And that's where they say growth happens out of the

728
00:38:55,481 --> 00:38:58,001
Speaker 5: comfort zone. And I do that every single day. Man.

729
00:38:58,401 --> 00:39:02,081
Speaker 5: So I would just again say to people, especially if

730
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Speaker 5: you're feeling down, sad like and you don't want to

731
00:39:06,601 --> 00:39:09,281
Speaker 5: be here anymore, I think they're probably the most important

732
00:39:09,521 --> 00:39:13,201
Speaker 5: person in the room. I often say, Brend my social media,

733
00:39:14,321 --> 00:39:16,041
Speaker 5: I do a lot of live streams as well, and

734
00:39:16,081 --> 00:39:18,601
Speaker 5: I often say that the most important person in the

735
00:39:18,681 --> 00:39:21,281
Speaker 5: room is that person that you can see in the

736
00:39:21,361 --> 00:39:24,161
Speaker 5: numbers in the viewers, but they're not saying anything. They're

737
00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:26,881
Speaker 5: not commenting. You know why they're not saying because they're

738
00:39:27,161 --> 00:39:30,601
Speaker 5: ashamed to comment and let other people see that they're

739
00:39:30,641 --> 00:39:33,161
Speaker 5: in there, or they're coming from some kind of domestic

740
00:39:33,241 --> 00:39:36,401
Speaker 5: violunce that they can't be seen to be engaging with

741
00:39:36,441 --> 00:39:38,961
Speaker 5: that stuff. Now, they are the most important people in

742
00:39:39,001 --> 00:39:41,921
Speaker 5: the room. And I've also seen that those people over

743
00:39:42,001 --> 00:39:45,361
Speaker 5: time will then reach out and say, Danny, You've been

744
00:39:45,361 --> 00:39:47,721
Speaker 5: watching you for years, you know you get this all

745
00:39:47,761 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 5: the time. I've been watching you for years. You've had

746
00:39:49,961 --> 00:39:52,721
Speaker 5: this much of an impact because if we can reach

747
00:39:52,761 --> 00:39:55,121
Speaker 5: those people, the most important people in the room, the

748
00:39:55,161 --> 00:39:58,201
Speaker 5: ones who aren't commenting and just watching in silence. I

749
00:39:58,281 --> 00:40:01,161
Speaker 5: just want to let you know that, yeah, that you

750
00:40:01,241 --> 00:40:03,081
Speaker 5: can do this, and all you need to do is

751
00:40:03,161 --> 00:40:06,441
Speaker 5: be brave, have some courage, each out. I answer every

752
00:40:06,481 --> 00:40:09,121
Speaker 5: single DM that I get. I might not answer it

753
00:40:09,121 --> 00:40:11,601
Speaker 5: straight away, but reach out because you will get an

754
00:40:11,601 --> 00:40:14,721
Speaker 5: audio response from me. And sometimes that's all that you

755
00:40:14,841 --> 00:40:18,321
Speaker 5: need is just to be validated and heard. Let somebody

756
00:40:18,361 --> 00:40:23,521
Speaker 5: know that somebody cares. So yeah, bro, I think that's

757
00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:24,481
Speaker 5: what i'd say to that.

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00:40:25,601 --> 00:40:27,361
Speaker 4: I really got to give you credit to. You know,

759
00:40:27,441 --> 00:40:30,321
Speaker 4: like when I first come across your pay and I

760
00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:33,161
Speaker 4: don't do TikTok because for me personally, I find it

761
00:40:33,281 --> 00:40:36,641
Speaker 4: way too toxic and I end up just I can't

762
00:40:36,681 --> 00:40:41,001
Speaker 4: tolerate the conversations and the actions of people. And I know, look,

763
00:40:41,441 --> 00:40:43,801
Speaker 4: it's not my burden to carry, but when it involves me,

764
00:40:44,161 --> 00:40:48,281
Speaker 4: it's not cool. But I have definitely skimmed across it

765
00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:51,121
Speaker 4: in the earliest stages to make that call. And you,

766
00:40:51,281 --> 00:40:55,241
Speaker 4: my friend, oh wow, talk about fucking and don't take

767
00:40:55,281 --> 00:40:57,281
Speaker 4: this the wrong way. But if you're fucking a clown

768
00:40:57,321 --> 00:40:59,721
Speaker 4: in a circus. Mate, you did the best clown in

769
00:40:59,721 --> 00:41:02,881
Speaker 4: the world because you're fucking funny. And the way that

770
00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:07,521
Speaker 4: you put the way that you put the facts, and

771
00:41:07,601 --> 00:41:10,401
Speaker 4: sometimes it's very painful what you talk about because it's

772
00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:13,161
Speaker 4: a reality check, but you're able to put it in

773
00:41:13,201 --> 00:41:15,121
Speaker 4: context that actually gives people a little bit of a

774
00:41:15,121 --> 00:41:17,401
Speaker 4: smack in the face, but at the same time a

775
00:41:17,441 --> 00:41:19,281
Speaker 4: little bit of humor on the back. But now, for

776
00:41:19,321 --> 00:41:24,161
Speaker 4: an introverted man, you do pretty good, brother, Brett.

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Speaker 5: I truly am an introvert. One thing I've learned about

778
00:41:28,161 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 5: me is that person you see on social media it's

779
00:41:30,561 --> 00:41:33,641
Speaker 5: me one hundred percent, but it's like my ultra ego

780
00:41:33,761 --> 00:41:36,601
Speaker 5: or something. It's not the guy that you will see

781
00:41:36,801 --> 00:41:40,041
Speaker 5: talking the street. You never hear me talking recovery or

782
00:41:40,401 --> 00:41:42,521
Speaker 5: this or that to someone I just meet, you know.

783
00:41:42,641 --> 00:41:46,440
Speaker 5: But but do you know what, just just today, we've

784
00:41:46,521 --> 00:41:50,081
Speaker 5: hit one reel with eleven million views and it's exactly

785
00:41:50,161 --> 00:41:54,041
Speaker 5: that just me. I mean, yeah, there's a post going

786
00:41:54,121 --> 00:41:57,481
Speaker 5: off on my Facebook at the moment with eleven million views. Like,

787
00:41:57,801 --> 00:42:02,081
Speaker 5: just imagine the impact that's evened out there. There's eleven

788
00:42:02,081 --> 00:42:09,721
Speaker 5: million views, a hundred interactions. But it's just me with

789
00:42:09,881 --> 00:42:12,721
Speaker 5: some sound at the top, me in addiction, and then

790
00:42:12,801 --> 00:42:15,641
Speaker 5: me doing this bit of a dance, which is not

791
00:42:15,761 --> 00:42:18,681
Speaker 5: fucking me. Bro You will not find me dancing the street.

792
00:42:18,681 --> 00:42:21,681
Speaker 5: But the thing is, people go, look is that really him?

793
00:42:21,801 --> 00:42:23,721
Speaker 5: And now look at it now, like if I.

794
00:42:23,681 --> 00:42:27,481
Speaker 4: Can set it in the street, Danny's in the street.

795
00:42:29,321 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 5: My stories like what a beautiful Just have a go, man,

796
00:42:33,881 --> 00:42:35,401
Speaker 5: That's what I'm saying. That's the thing.

797
00:42:35,441 --> 00:42:38,481
Speaker 4: But you've been able to connect through being that way

798
00:42:38,841 --> 00:42:42,921
Speaker 4: and breaking breaking breaking the cycle and engaging in conversation.

799
00:42:43,081 --> 00:42:45,721
Speaker 4: Now that to me right there is a massive win

800
00:42:45,841 --> 00:42:49,121
Speaker 4: because you're able to connect with people that you normally

801
00:42:49,121 --> 00:42:53,401
Speaker 4: wouldn't through you just being you. And I think that

802
00:42:53,401 --> 00:42:56,641
Speaker 4: that is really powerful, Broan, especially in what you're doing

803
00:42:56,681 --> 00:42:58,521
Speaker 4: in the space that you're in and the difference that

804
00:42:58,561 --> 00:43:01,561
Speaker 4: you're making. And look, I know that you know you're

805
00:43:01,961 --> 00:43:04,241
Speaker 4: you're back to back after this, so I'm going to

806
00:43:04,281 --> 00:43:06,441
Speaker 4: push push a and there is so much more to

807
00:43:06,481 --> 00:43:10,401
Speaker 4: you and your story. So forgive us if we've sort

808
00:43:10,401 --> 00:43:13,321
Speaker 4: of overshot anything here, because look, we can always have

809
00:43:13,401 --> 00:43:15,481
Speaker 4: Danny back on for a part to any hour of

810
00:43:15,521 --> 00:43:18,121
Speaker 4: any day. That's not a problem. But I want to

811
00:43:18,161 --> 00:43:20,441
Speaker 4: just focus a little bit more on, you know, the

812
00:43:20,481 --> 00:43:23,921
Speaker 4: successes that you're having today exactly and specific and how

813
00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:27,561
Speaker 4: people can reach out to you, and just I want

814
00:43:27,601 --> 00:43:32,161
Speaker 4: you to give us those two tools based around the

815
00:43:32,281 --> 00:43:38,241
Speaker 4: naysay and the hope, because I feel that you live

816
00:43:38,281 --> 00:43:43,601
Speaker 4: with hope and you've had a million naysayers write you off.

817
00:43:43,721 --> 00:43:46,401
Speaker 4: So how has Danny Shannon gotten to where he is?

818
00:43:47,321 --> 00:43:49,681
Speaker 4: And what advice would you give to others out there

819
00:43:49,801 --> 00:43:50,481
Speaker 4: in this space?

820
00:43:51,081 --> 00:43:55,921
Speaker 5: Yeah? Again, I would just say to be brave, have courage,

821
00:43:55,961 --> 00:44:00,401
Speaker 5: you know, like I often have to remind myself, like

822
00:44:01,801 --> 00:44:03,921
Speaker 5: I really do with my heart, must say so somebody

823
00:44:04,001 --> 00:44:07,201
Speaker 5: hurt me. I'm not going to necessarily get on Facebook

824
00:44:07,241 --> 00:44:09,361
Speaker 5: and start telling people about but I'll tell you someone

825
00:44:09,841 --> 00:44:12,281
Speaker 5: because I don't like the bottom up thing. You know,

826
00:44:12,321 --> 00:44:16,281
Speaker 5: they say your secrets, keep your secret feelings, Like I

827
00:44:16,401 --> 00:44:19,481
Speaker 5: just try and express myself. I've become this quite I

828
00:44:19,441 --> 00:44:22,521
Speaker 5: don't day a man who's not afraid to tell the

829
00:44:22,601 --> 00:44:26,721
Speaker 5: truth and express my feelings. Be brave, have courage, reach

830
00:44:26,761 --> 00:44:32,481
Speaker 5: out to somebody and yeah and just yeah, man, like

831
00:44:32,881 --> 00:44:36,681
Speaker 5: we can do anything, bro, you know, I'd love just

832
00:44:36,921 --> 00:44:39,401
Speaker 5: for if anyone wants to know if they want to

833
00:44:39,481 --> 00:44:42,601
Speaker 5: reach out. There's two things that I love to share

834
00:44:42,641 --> 00:44:47,241
Speaker 5: with you, and I've already quickly. We're Encapsulated, which is

835
00:44:47,281 --> 00:44:51,801
Speaker 5: my app. Okay, it's an app with thirty plus programs,

836
00:44:51,961 --> 00:44:55,681
Speaker 5: So you can look up Encapsulator on the App Store

837
00:44:55,761 --> 00:44:59,801
Speaker 5: or on Android on Google Play, and there's some whole

838
00:44:59,801 --> 00:45:02,801
Speaker 5: bunch of freak programs and you can start to explore

839
00:45:02,841 --> 00:45:07,681
Speaker 5: your thoughts and feelings using our video technology to break

840
00:45:07,721 --> 00:45:11,321
Speaker 5: down the barriers, express yourself without any fear of judgment

841
00:45:11,601 --> 00:45:15,001
Speaker 5: in a private, confidential space. So that's number one. That's

842
00:45:15,041 --> 00:45:17,841
Speaker 5: my big that's my big dream. It's up here, it's

843
00:45:17,881 --> 00:45:20,601
Speaker 5: up on my wall, it's all over my house. It's

844
00:45:20,641 --> 00:45:25,841
Speaker 5: my manifestation for twenty twenty seven that you can see here.

845
00:45:26,081 --> 00:45:29,681
Speaker 5: And secondly, if anyone, I run two types of groups,

846
00:45:29,721 --> 00:45:33,321
Speaker 5: if anyone's on NDIS and you'd like to be supported

847
00:45:33,441 --> 00:45:38,841
Speaker 5: around our life skill development workshops. Basically, just to break

848
00:45:38,881 --> 00:45:41,881
Speaker 5: it down simply, all we do is bring people together

849
00:45:41,921 --> 00:45:45,281
Speaker 5: from all over Australia in an online space. There's nothing

850
00:45:45,361 --> 00:45:48,321
Speaker 5: too confronting. I'm not here to dig deep into your

851
00:45:48,361 --> 00:45:51,161
Speaker 5: trauma at all. That's not what I do. All I

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Speaker 5: do is I help you feel validated, I help you

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Speaker 5: feel heard, and I give you one tool to walk

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Speaker 5: away and live your best life for the day. And

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Speaker 5: to anyone who's not on NDIS. On a Wednesday night,

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Speaker 5: seven point thirty pm, I run my end Hour of Power.

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Speaker 5: It's another online group I'm where I teach very similar stuff.

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Speaker 5: It's cheap as chips. Reach out to me under Danny Shannon.

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Speaker 5: You'll find me on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn any other

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Speaker 5: platform that's out there. I've been verified on all platforms,

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Speaker 5: which is a real incredible.

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Speaker 4: I say, you know you don't pay for your blue teeth.

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Speaker 5: No, I don't pay for the bluetick. That's right, Brian deal, Yeah,

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Speaker 5: there's true. People don't even know that. Actually, once upon

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Speaker 5: a time he used to be able to get verified

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Speaker 5: by these platforms just for your you know, the writary apparently.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I never paid for a blue tick made up.

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Speaker 4: I've been rejected every time I try to get it.

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Speaker 4: In the end, I just go fuck it. I can't

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Speaker 4: be bothered. I am who I am, and if you

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Speaker 4: don't believe me, then if you want to be if

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Speaker 4: you want to beat me, go for it, because I

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Speaker 4: can tell you there's a lot that you don't want

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Speaker 4: to be.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, true. If you just reach out to me on

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Speaker 5: Danny Shannon with the bluetick, make sure you get them

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Speaker 5: und the bluetick because there is a couple of impostors

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Speaker 5: out there. He might not be as nice as me.

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Speaker 5: Just reach out, send me a DM the best platform

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Speaker 5: to get me on Instagram or Messenger, Facebook Messenger and

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Speaker 5: I respond to every message. Encapsulators on that app store

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Speaker 5: on Google Play download that have a crack reach out

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Speaker 5: to me and yeah, man, dream big.

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Speaker 4: You can do anything, and you know what I want

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Speaker 4: to take you and just thank you. I want to

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Speaker 4: say to you, mate, please allow us to have another

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Speaker 4: episode with you when you have a little bit more time.

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Speaker 4: You're an absolute legend for everybody out there. This is

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Speaker 4: Denny Shannon and I'm grateful to have just a small

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Speaker 4: piece of your time today. Thank you, Welcome to the

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Speaker 4: Clink and now goodbye from the Clinkleskay, thank you everybody

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Speaker 4: who was tuned in today. Shorter one very informative with

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Speaker 4: a wonderful man. He's giving you all the details there.

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Speaker 4: We'll also add that in thank you to Sideway, Surf

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Speaker 4: and Pod shape and to you, the listener that continues

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Speaker 4: to turn up each week, From me to you for

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Speaker 4: the best you.

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Speaker 1: Can do for the Rocket.

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Speaker 2: Don't try and make you uncomfortable for the record. You

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Speaker 2: ain't trying to grow downy stuff for your.

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Speaker 1: Pride for the record.

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Speaker 2: Live on me going all the way for the record.

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Speaker 1: Ain't trying to link, No, trying to wait.

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Speaker 3: Stop all that for the record, for the record. H

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Speaker 3: for the for the record, for the record. Yeah, for

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Speaker 3: the record, for the record.

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Speaker 5: Mm hmmmm hm