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Speaker 2: On the bright side, Hey, look at this crowd we

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Speaker 3: A really big tree, Shinaway is amazing. You're going to

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Speaker 1: I'm taking you somewhere very special.

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Speaker 2: We are at Shinaway twenty twenty five on the Universal

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Speaker 2: Studios lot, and the energy here is just electric. There

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Speaker 2: and I'm running into girlfriends and girl crushes and all

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Speaker 2: these women who inspire me.

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Speaker 1: It's just a really uplifting weekend.

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Speaker 2: That's me, you girl on the ground at Shinaway. I've

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Speaker 2: been attending for three years now, and what I've learned

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Speaker 2: is that you can truly manifest anything at Shinaway. If

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Speaker 2: you're looking for a new job, you are going to

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Speaker 2: meet that person who is going to open that door

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Speaker 2: for you. If you want to plan your next international trip,

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Speaker 2: someone is on that stage telling a story that's going

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Speaker 2: to inspire your next destination. Or maybe you just want

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Speaker 2: to meet a new friend who's into the same stuff

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Speaker 2: as you are, who's reading the same books as you are.

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Speaker 2: You'll find her at Shinaway too, because it is a

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Speaker 2: space to refill your cup, find your people, and remember

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Speaker 2: your creative superpower, and at the helm of it all

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Speaker 2: is our executive producer, Reese Witherspoon.

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Speaker 4: I want you guys to all know that this weekend

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Speaker 2: That theme of trusting yourself so deeply resonates with me,

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Speaker 2: Every single day, I have to constantly remind myself over

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Speaker 4: Because who are the people who save themselves? Those people

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Speaker 4: their tank with great advice, incredible inspiration from like minded people,

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Speaker 4: and people who encourage you to be the best version

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Speaker 4: yourself like you're doing today, you're putting deposits of resilience

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Speaker 2: Well, when I wasn't sitting in the audience listening to

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Speaker 2: real women out there, Chrissy Teagan, and Tod I'm taking

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Speaker 2: all right, right now, we're heading to a backstage area

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Speaker 2: It's so cool because we get to hear the conversations

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Speaker 2: hi to Chrissy. We have about five.

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Speaker 3: It's happening.

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited to take the stage with Chrissy. Let's go.

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Speaker 5: Stage, Chrissy Teagan and host a bright Side podcast, Simon Voice.

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Speaker 1: And welcome to a live recording of the right Side.

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Speaker 1: It is so cool. Yeah, I've never done a lot

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Speaker 6: Yes, I'm usually not allowed to be honest with you. Well,

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Speaker 6: I can't wait to see what we have at Stars today.

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Speaker 6: I am Simone Voice. I am the host and executive

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Speaker 6: producer of the bright Side Podcast. And you already know

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Speaker 6: we are set up here in the sun stage at

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Speaker 6: Chrissy Tigan.

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Speaker 3: Hello.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Christy needs no introduction, but we're gonna do it anyways.

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Speaker 2: She is a cookbook author and entrepreneur. I mean you've

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Speaker 2: along with you as you have shared your parenting realness

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Speaker 2: and that is type one diabetes, a diagnosis and disease

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Speaker 2: that has really impacted your family and your son Miles. Now,

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Speaker 2: if you're not familiar with type one diabetes, it is

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Speaker 2: So Chrissy is teamed up with Santa Fie to spread

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Speaker 1: My family's here. By the way, Miles and Luna say

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Speaker 2: Chrissy, I want to start with that actually, because I

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Speaker 2: just love the way you mother.

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Speaker 1: I love the way you mother.

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Speaker 2: Was that a choice for you or was it more

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Speaker 1: be on the bright side, truly, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for thank you, and thank you to Santa

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Speaker 1: Because like as a forward facing person, people are also

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Speaker 1: way because they can't have that certain thing that really

436
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: affects them. I think our family has done a really

437
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:33,440
Speaker 1: good job of being able to understand what's good for him,

438
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 1: what's not good for him, while still being able to

439
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: have the treats when he wants to have the treats.

440
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,639
Speaker 1: And also our school nurse feels that way too, and

441
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: a lot of TEA one D parents don't want the

442
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,080
Speaker 1: kids to feel left out. Ever. I think that's a

443
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 1: huge part of it growing up is if people are

444
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 1: serving cupcakes at a birthday party, you are just going

445
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 1: to have to dose a little bit more, and you're

446
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,679
Speaker 1: going to dose a little bit early, and you're going

447
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,159
Speaker 1: to make sure that they enjoy that cupcake. Because the

448
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 1: worst thing, way worse than the pains of the little

449
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,679
Speaker 1: pricks and stuff, is the feeling of feeling left out

450
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 1: by a large group of people that they care about

451
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: that are watching them. So the school has done a

452
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,199
Speaker 1: really good job to making sure that if there's a

453
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: snack on hand that maybe wouldn't be so great for him,

454
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: we have an alternative, always knowing that they're never going

455
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 1: to feel left out. That's huge.

456
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Speaker 2: I know that you and your family found out about

457
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 2: te D indirectly through that bacterial infection, but you've teamed

458
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 2: up with Santa Fee because you want to raise awareness

459
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Speaker 2: around early risk detection.

460
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Speaker 1: What does that look like? It's actually I just recently

461
00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 1: did it, and I was so surprised by my experience.

462
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: And I live in Los Angeles, as I'm sure most

463
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: of you do, and we test for all sorts of things.

464
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: I remember having a poop and a tray. You guys,

465
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: I'm wait, what like there are just so many tests

466
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 1: out there now for testing your bacterial levels, and and

467
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: I will say that test for me was like one

468
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: of the worst. I don't has anyone done it. Can

469
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Speaker 1: anyone admit to have doing this test before the poop

470
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: and a tray test, thank you so much. It's literally

471
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,199
Speaker 1: a French fry tray and you poop in it and

472
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,679
Speaker 1: then you have to mix the poop with liquid. I

473
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 1: am telling you this story only to let you know

474
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,920
Speaker 1: how much easier this test is than doing something like that.

475
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: I was really amazed because we did it with our

476
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: our doctor, doctor Crosby. And one of the things I

477
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,680
Speaker 1: found most fascinating about miles experience was that even after

478
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: he was diagnosed, we weren't told to screen the other children.

479
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: Really yes, And then it wasn't until engaging with Santa

480
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: Fe that I realized that this was an option and

481
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,879
Speaker 1: we were so excited to take it. Like John and

482
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 1: I are big lovers of science, big lovers of anything

483
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,160
Speaker 1: we can do to perhaps like get ahead of something

484
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: that may be very confusing journey at first, Yeah, I

485
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 1: did it. It Basically, it's a little card. There's four

486
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,439
Speaker 1: dots on it, four or five. You prick your finger,

487
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: which Miles does all the time, and yes, as a

488
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: seven year old, and you are just dotting blood into

489
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: the little dots and then you put it in an

490
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,159
Speaker 1: envelope and you ship it off and you're able to

491
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: get your results for perhaps getting being diagnosed with T

492
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: one D in the future. And what is so amazing

493
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 1: is that, while I like to think now that we

494
00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: know a lot about T one D, having just a

495
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,239
Speaker 1: little bit more time would have been incredibly helpful to

496
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: us and incredibly beneficial. Oh so, could you share more

497
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: about that? I mean, I would have. We came home

498
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: from the hospital and I was like Amazon priming books.

499
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:19,120
Speaker 1: I was going on TikTok. I was asking every question possible,

500
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,239
Speaker 1: because it's not a disease that's like, Okay, you're going

501
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: to be waiting a little bit of time. It started

502
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: now when he was at the hospital. It started right then.

503
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: Our lives changed right then. Miles' life changed right then,

504
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: and we wanted to make sure that he would be safe, happy, calm,

505
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: and felt like he was surrounded by people that knew

506
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: what they were doing. And I'm sorry to tell you, Miles,

507
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 1: at the beginning, we didn't know what we were doing.

508
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: But now we do, and it would have meant so

509
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: much to be able to have just a few months,

510
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: a few weeks to understand what was happening.

511
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Speaker 2: Well, I know that Miles didn't display any symptoms of

512
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 2: T and D beforehand, which is why this screening is

513
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 2: so incredible.

514
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: None. I mean you look online and it's like, oh,

515
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: they're urinating a lot. They get a little bit weak

516
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: when this happens. He didn't have any of that yet

517
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: as a six year old.

518
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 2: If you could go back and talk to yourself before Miles' diagnosis,

519
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,719
Speaker 2: what would you tell that version of you about what

520
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 2: to expect on the road ahead.

521
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: Oh, I would definitely tell myself that don't worry. There's

522
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,640
Speaker 1: an amazing group of people that are so beyond ready

523
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: to help you with every question you have. Because I

524
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: didn't know at that point that so many people would

525
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: take us in, like family members, whether they had had

526
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: it for thirty years or just six months. Oh my god,

527
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: what a warm, welcoming community. I wouldn't have been so

528
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: nervous that it was all on me as a mother.

529
00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: You know, John goes on tour. I realized it me

530
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: a little bit of time, but like, oh my gosh,

531
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: like technology has come such a long way. We are

532
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 1: all involved in it. We see everything. Our phone's paying

533
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: John's phone, my phone, the doctor, everybody. I didn't have

534
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: to ever feel like it was just all on my plate.

535
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: And then I also would have never imagined that Miles

536
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: himself would be able to do so much on his

537
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: own and and really take initiative and take control over

538
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: his own body and look at me in the eyes

539
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: and say like, no, Mama, I'm okay, like this is

540
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: what's happening right now. Like I would have never imagined.

541
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 2: That, how are you doing with the mental load day

542
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 2: to day now? Like, honestly, I'm good.

543
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: Actually, it's my favorite part of life. Honestly, I had

544
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: four kids for a reason. I love the chaos of it.

545
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: I knew that, you know, it was going to be challenging,

546
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: but I live for it every day. And I think John.

547
00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: I know John does as well. But I will say

548
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: I want. Something that made me really really happy to

549
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: hear the other day was I was wondering, if you know,

550
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: Miles and Luna might not want a lot of kids,

551
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: because we are in a family of a lot of kids.

552
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 1: And I remember looking at them and saying when all

553
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: the babies were going crazy and they were going crazy

554
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: and everybody had the zoomies. I looked down at them

555
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: and I said, like, does this make you guys not

556
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: want to have kids or have a lot of kids?

557
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: And they both said to me, this makes us want

558
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: to have a lot of kids. And that made me

559
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: really happy, and it made me feel like we were

560
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: doing something right and something really special in our household.

561
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: And I loved it. A Luna is saying she would

562
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: have three right now.

563
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 2: There is the magic number for Luna. Well, I saw

564
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: something on your social the other day that just melted

565
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 2: my heart. It was it was a video of Luna

566
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 2: preparing you and John dinner in her cafe that she

567
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 2: created y'all called the cafe.

568
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: Okay, do you remember making a cafe? Day?

569
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 2: May do that growing up with your cousins or your siblings.

570
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 2: It was as it was a menu everything. But Chrissy,

571
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 2: the caption is what broke me. You said, she is

572
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 2: everything I was as a little girl, only ten million

573
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 2: times better.

574
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Yeah, my ovaries were throbbing. I'm gonna be honest

575
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: with you. I was like, I need to have a

576
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: million kids. Now we all are John would say the

577
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: same thing about Miles too. You look at them and

578
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: you're like, oh my god, Like it's hard to take

579
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 1: credit for yourself and be like, oh my god, it's

580
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: because of us, because they're surrounded by an incredible group

581
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: of people that are so helpful and so wonderful, incredible schools.

582
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: Like but yeah, they are like the best parts of us,

583
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: without the insecurities and the things that I felt when

584
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: I was young, because I grew up in a household

585
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: that was a little challenging to navigate because it was

586
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: like a little darker and and maybe like had a

587
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: little more anger in it. Like I think our household

588
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: is really light and fun, and while it has its

589
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: moments of challenges, it seems to be really working in

590
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: a way that is working for them. And it makes

591
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: me so happy to know that they're like really happy.

592
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: They're really really happy. We go on vacation and they

593
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: can't wait to go home. We John and I come

594
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: home from you know, a work trip in New York

595
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: City or something, and like we are bombarded with like

596
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: all the hugs we could ever dream of, and then

597
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,479
Speaker 1: also with the littles that are like no so like

598
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: but to me, like, I love that too. That's every

599
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: part of growing up. It's all beautiful, it's all amazing,

600
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: and it's just been like a yeah, I just I

601
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: love I love I love it more than I love

602
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: doing anything else. Like it is just built for me.

603
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: I love it and I would continue to have more,

604
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: but John refuses. You wear motherhood so well and you

605
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: make it look so easy.

606
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 2: Chrissy, we like to end every conversation on the bright

607
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 2: side with a moment to shine.

608
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: So I want to ask you, what are you celebrating

609
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: right now? Oh my gosh, I'm about to turn forty

610
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: and I'm so excited.

611
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 2: It's kind of get a little commotion for forty.

612
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: I really like people are like, oh is it like

613
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: do oh is it scary? Is it? No? I feel great.

614
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: Like on one note, like I literally have been telling

615
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: myself I'm about to turn forty for two years, so

616
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 1: like ever since I was thirty, and I was like,

617
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: next year's forty. So I don't feel like it's that

618
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 1: old because because I've been telling myself for this for

619
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: so long. But also it's just not old, and I

620
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 1: feel great. I feel thirteen years old. I like, aside

621
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 1: from like the cracking of like my bones and things like. Mentally,

622
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,360
Speaker 1: I feel very young and excited for life and just

623
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: honored to be able to have people listen to me talk,

624
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: have people like you want to talk to me, and

625
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 1: to still have a family and get to cook my

626
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 1: favorite recipes and see my husband live his best life,

627
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 1: his dream life. It's like, God, what could be better

628
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: than that? What could be better than that? I love

629
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 1: that for you. I am celebrating this community today.

630
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 2: Yes, I am celebrating this beautiful community because we wouldn't

631
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 2: be on.

632
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: This stage without you.

633
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,879
Speaker 2: So actually, matter of fact, now that I have you here,

634
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 2: I want to ask you, what are you celebrating right now?

635
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 4: Now?

636
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: Chris? Anybody one word? What are you celebrating? Joy? Yeah? Joys? Okay?

637
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 1: How about you right here? Yeah? Get birthday? What are

638
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: you celebrating over here? One person? Let's go? Yes, yes, sister?

639
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: This great? Wait what else? Guys? Come on?

640
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:52,280
Speaker 3: Yes?

641
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 1: Yes?

642
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 2: Wait when you say record, Oh my god, first woman

643
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 2: to skateboard across America.

644
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: Wow, Wow, this is a celebration. I have chills right now?

645
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,359
Speaker 1: Are cool? Wow? Wait? Can I just like just to end?

646
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: Can I encourage you all to go to screen for

647
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 1: type one dot com to see first of all incredible

648
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: videos of me and Miles, right Miles, but also you

649
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: can learn all about screening for type one. We are

650
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: really encouraging everybody to do it because of just how

651
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: much it would have helped my family and you guys,

652
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: thank you so much for being here. This has really

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Speaker 1: been special, So thank you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Chrissy, Thank you, Santa Fie. And

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Speaker 2: if you want to hear more conversations like this, come

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Speaker 2: hang out with me on the bright Side. Okay, I

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Speaker 2: listen to the bye and night. Thank you everyone, and

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Speaker 2: enjoy shine away.

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Speaker 3: Thank everybody.

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Speaker 2: The bright Side is a production of Hello Sunshine and

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Speaker 2: iHeart Podcasts and is executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and

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Speaker 2: me Simone Voice. Production is by Acast Creative Studios. Our

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Speaker 2: producers are Taylor Williamson, Adrian Bain, Abby Delk, and Darby Masters.

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Speaker 2: Our production assistant is Joya putnoy A Casts. Executive producers

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Speaker 2: are Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rutter. Maury Ullo and Reese

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Speaker 2: Witherspoon are the executive producers.

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Speaker 1: For Hello Sunshine.

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Speaker 2: Ali Ferry and Lauren Hansen are the executive producers for

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Speaker 2: iHeart Podcasts. Our theme song is by Anna Stump and

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Speaker 2: Hamilton Lakehouser