WEBVTT - Finally! A Show About a Soundbath Practitioner

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. It is five forty five am. My alarm

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<v Speaker 1>is set for six fifteen am. But my dog Ha's

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<v Speaker 1>other plans for me this morning. Just letting him out now,

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<v Speaker 1>and my plan is to lay back down with him

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<v Speaker 1>until my alarm actually goes off at six fifteen and

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll make some coffee and sign on to work.

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<v Speaker 1>Be at work by six thirty am.

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<v Speaker 2>This is finally a show about a sound bath practitioner

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<v Speaker 2>in a strip mall in Los Angeles. All the sounds

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<v Speaker 2>that you hear in this episode that aren't people talking

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<v Speaker 2>are created by her, recorded during one of her sessions.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Kylie Augustine and I am a bath practitioner,

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<v Speaker 1>but I have a full time job. So I grew

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<v Speaker 1>up in Greenwich, Connecticut. My father is an electrician and

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<v Speaker 1>owned Augustine Electric until he recently retired. My mom was

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<v Speaker 1>a stay at home mom, and my whole family pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much came from that region. My parents grew up as

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<v Speaker 1>next door neighbors across the street from where I grew up,

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<v Speaker 1>and my dad's family built the houses that they're still

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<v Speaker 1>living in. So it's a little Augustine Empire in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a silly place to live because of the income disparity.

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<v Speaker 1>There are immensely wealthy people and then people who have

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<v Speaker 1>been there forever like my parents and going to school there,

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<v Speaker 1>like growing up there is just really it was a

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<v Speaker 1>weird thing to navigate, and I really felt very free

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<v Speaker 1>once I got out of it and went to college.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to college in Boston. I went to Northeastern University,

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<v Speaker 1>and my husband, Joe, went to Emerson College, and Emerson

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<v Speaker 1>is also in the city of Boston, so it was

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<v Speaker 1>very close in proximity, and that's where we met and

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<v Speaker 1>we've been together ever since, and that's twenty years. Northeastern

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<v Speaker 1>is a co op school, so that means you go

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<v Speaker 1>to school for six months and have an internship for

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<v Speaker 1>six months, so when you graduate, you have a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of work experience, which is awesome and that's why a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people go there. They teach you how to

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<v Speaker 1>write a resume and like really help you to connect

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<v Speaker 1>with employers an interview and things like that. So for

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<v Speaker 1>one of my internships, I went to New York City

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<v Speaker 1>to Departures magazine, which is for Platinum American Express card members,

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<v Speaker 1>and I interned there in the marketing department. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was fun. I went to the events that they put

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<v Speaker 1>on in New York and really learned what publishing was

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<v Speaker 1>all about. And then once I graduated from college, I

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<v Speaker 1>went to Travel and Leisure Golf Magazine. So right out

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<v Speaker 1>of college is where I started my career in publishing. Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>good to see you again. Nice to see you again

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<v Speaker 1>as well, Nice to see you. Does anyone need to

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<v Speaker 1>use the restroom before we get started? Okay, okay, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you can take your shoes off, put all your stuff

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<v Speaker 1>over on the side, and just make sure your phones

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<v Speaker 1>are on silent. So I moved to New York City

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<v Speaker 1>with Joe right after I graduated in two thousand and

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<v Speaker 1>six and was working at Travel and Leisure Golf Magazine

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<v Speaker 1>as a sales assistant, and it was it was basically like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, making appointments for them, doing their expense reports

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<v Speaker 1>and things like that. I was more interested in the

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<v Speaker 1>marketing side of things, and that team allowed me to

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<v Speaker 1>help them put on events and make marketing materials, and

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<v Speaker 1>so that's more of what I was attracted to. But

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<v Speaker 1>then in two thousand and eight, Travel and Leisure Golf

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<v Speaker 1>Magazine folded and we had about I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>three or four months of notice where we were still employed,

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<v Speaker 1>but we didn't really have anything to do because the

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<v Speaker 1>last issue was pretty much done, so we were all

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<v Speaker 1>just looking for other work, which is kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>best position to be in to be getting paid, have

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<v Speaker 1>a place to go to look for work, and have

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<v Speaker 1>that time to do it. I then moved from that

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<v Speaker 1>position to the finance department in American Express Publishing, where

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<v Speaker 1>I was the executive assistant to about six executives. But

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<v Speaker 1>I quickly knew that I wanted to find something else,

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<v Speaker 1>so I stayed in that position for about a year,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I went to the American Kennel Club. They

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<v Speaker 1>had two magazines at the time, the Gazette, which was

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<v Speaker 1>for like show dog people, and Family Dog, which was

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<v Speaker 1>for the everyday person who has a pet in their life,

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<v Speaker 1>and I sold ad space for them and I also

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<v Speaker 1>wrote articles. It was really fun. It was a really

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<v Speaker 1>fun place to work. It was full of like really

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<v Speaker 1>cool people on the publishing side, not on the like

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<v Speaker 1>show dog side of things, and it was just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of this like little little family that just loved dogs

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<v Speaker 1>but also loved writing and being in publishing. So in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eleven, the Gazette folded and they had to let

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<v Speaker 1>people go, and because I was one of the last

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<v Speaker 1>people hired they had, they let me go. I got

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<v Speaker 1>like three months notice, so I had a job, I

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<v Speaker 1>had a place where I could go, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>still getting a paycheck, but I was able to look

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<v Speaker 1>for other work and I went a completely different route

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<v Speaker 1>and found a job at the ASPCA. Welcome. So have

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<v Speaker 1>either of you done a soundbath before?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I have.

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<v Speaker 1>I did do the Integatron did do that once. Also, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I was just there last month and it'll be a

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<v Speaker 1>very different experience than that. And for you, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you expecting from today? Do you have any idea of

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<v Speaker 1>what you're in for?

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<v Speaker 2>I will probably cry Okay, cool.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's great, That's totally fine. That's happened before. The

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<v Speaker 1>ASPCA is the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty

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<v Speaker 1>to Animals. It's animals, but it's like the opposite of

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<v Speaker 1>the AKC. It's an animal welfare organization, and the American

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<v Speaker 1>Kennel Club is more about breeding and showing your dogs

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<v Speaker 1>and making a profit off of dogs, and there is

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<v Speaker 1>not a lot of oversight over the breeding that they certify.

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<v Speaker 1>So I started at the ASPCA as a senior coordinator

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<v Speaker 1>in the development department, so I was working on fundraising.

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<v Speaker 1>People most know the ASPCA or recognize the ASPCA from

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<v Speaker 1>the Sarah McLaughlin commercials, but most would be surprised to

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<v Speaker 1>know that they haven't aired since twenty ten. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>just how much it sticks in your mind and how

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<v Speaker 1>much it's impacted her career. Poor Sarah hi at McLaughlin,

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<v Speaker 1>Will you be an angel for a helpless animal?

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<v Speaker 2>Every day innocent animals are abused, beaten and neglected and

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<v Speaker 2>they're crying out for help.

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<v Speaker 1>But she did, she did. I mean, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>phenomenal partnership and made so much money for us. So

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm overseeing the fundraising content across the website, emails,

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<v Speaker 1>direct mail, canvassing, telemarketing, DRTV. It was a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>things that I had my hands in. I really enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 1>I really liked I really like fundraising and it's honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's so rewarding. Everybody relates to animals and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not a hard thing to fundraise around, Like I

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<v Speaker 1>can't imagine fundraising for education or arts or Yeah, animals

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<v Speaker 1>are pretty universal. I was seven years into this position

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<v Speaker 1>at a nonprofit and I had zero work life balance.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have a hobby. I didn't have like yoga

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<v Speaker 1>or working out or anything that I could do to

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<v Speaker 1>make me feel better. And it was just it felt

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<v Speaker 1>very high stakes because it's such a big organization. And

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<v Speaker 1>in January of twenty eighteen, I had my first panic attack.

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<v Speaker 1>My first panic attack was in my chest. It felt

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<v Speaker 1>like it was I was having a heart attack. It

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<v Speaker 1>lasted a few days and it got worse and worse

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of time. My husband, Joe had to

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<v Speaker 1>travel for work, so I was alone, and I remember

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<v Speaker 1>being in bed and not being able to physically move.

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<v Speaker 1>I could not I couldn't move my body into a

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<v Speaker 1>seated position. I had to roll out of the bed.

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<v Speaker 1>And so Joe was like, go to urgent care, like

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<v Speaker 1>figure that out. And I was like, all right. So

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<v Speaker 1>I went to urgent care and they did an EKG

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that's all they did. And they were like,

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<v Speaker 1>you should go to the hospital, like you should go

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<v Speaker 1>to the er if you're having chest pains, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, ugh, all right. And I had two dogs

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, and I had to like figure out

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<v Speaker 1>boarding for them and drive them to boarding, which was

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<v Speaker 1>not safe to do in my condition, so I ubered

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<v Speaker 1>to the er. There were no rooms available, so I

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<v Speaker 1>was in a bed in the hallway and so many

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<v Speaker 1>blood tests. They kept a thing in my arm because

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<v Speaker 1>they just kept taking blood, and I got a chest

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<v Speaker 1>X ray and the nurse who did it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>are you stressed out? And I was like yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>she was like stress can do weird things to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like okay, so she knew. I was

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<v Speaker 1>there for like seven hours. I was crying the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>It was very emotional. I was very scared. I had

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<v Speaker 1>never been to the er, and I was by myself

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<v Speaker 1>and like texting friends and being like, I think I

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<v Speaker 1>should tell someone i'm here, Like I don't, Joe's away.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what to do, and they obviously couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>find anything wrong with me, so the doctor prescribed me

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<v Speaker 1>pain meds and said I probably had a pulled chest

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<v Speaker 1>muscle and sent me home. Also, the weird thing about

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<v Speaker 1>that er trip was the moment I stepped into the hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>the pain was gone, and I was like, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I have to stay because I couldn't physically move earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>But I feel okay now. So I was in such

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<v Speaker 1>a weird emotional headspace. And then after that, through therapy,

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<v Speaker 1>I was able to come to terms with the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that it was a panic attack, which was really hard

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<v Speaker 1>for me to do because it was such physical pain

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<v Speaker 1>and I couldn't believe that my mind could do that

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<v Speaker 1>without there being like a physical reason for it. I've

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<v Speaker 1>had them since, and they have been similar, where it's

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<v Speaker 1>pains in my chest or pain in my back, and

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<v Speaker 1>they don't last as long as the first one did,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know that's what it is when it's happening,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I can sympathize with myself a bit more

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<v Speaker 1>and take care of myself a little bit better. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Whoever I talk to about this is like, yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>happened to me. I went to the er. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>I was having a heart attack, and it just blows

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<v Speaker 1>my mind how common that is because it hurts so much,

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<v Speaker 1>it's so scary, but it's so universal. There was no

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<v Speaker 1>indication that this was coming because I'm a very calm

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<v Speaker 1>person and I present like a very calm person, and

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<v Speaker 1>even at work, like if I'm super flustered, I'm still

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<v Speaker 1>like very solution oriented and I'm like, all right, well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's figure this out. I'm just very calm, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that makes my head a mess because it's in

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<v Speaker 1>there somewhere, and this was the way for my body

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<v Speaker 1>to be like, help, help, help, help, all right. So

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<v Speaker 1>I will be playing the bowls, the gongs and the

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<v Speaker 1>chimes for about forty minutes. There's any combination of bowl

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<v Speaker 1>sounds that sound weird to you, just know that it'll pass.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't stay on anything for more than a few

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<v Speaker 1>minutes at a time. It can be a relaxing experience.

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<v Speaker 1>It can be emotional, visual, physical. You might feel the vibrations,

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<v Speaker 1>so just let whatever happen happen. It's okay to fall asleep,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's not the goal, so just try to stay

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<v Speaker 1>present with the sound. There are other people on the

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<v Speaker 1>floor and there's a street behind us, so you might

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<v Speaker 1>hear some other sounds, but the instruments will hopefully dron

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<v Speaker 1>it out. At the end of the forty minute, I

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<v Speaker 1>will bring up some nature sounds and then help guide

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<v Speaker 1>you guys back up. So after the er, I went

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<v Speaker 1>back to work, and my dear friend Sarah was like,

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a weekend away somewhere. So we went to

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<v Speaker 1>the O High Valley Inn. It's a beautiful spa in Ohi, California,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was my first time being there. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like getting massages, so at the spa. On the spa

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<v Speaker 1>menu was a sound bath, and I didn't know what

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<v Speaker 1>it was, but I thought to myself, it's a spa,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be relaxing, and it's oh High Valley In,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's going to be professional. So I checked it out.

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<v Speaker 1>It was in like this beautiful corner room. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a crackling fire. I'm in my comfy spa robe and

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<v Speaker 1>I go in and she has me lay on. Her

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<v Speaker 1>name's Elizabeth. She has me lay on a massage table

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<v Speaker 1>on my back and she put a weighted blanket over me.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the soundbath started. And honestly, because I had

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<v Speaker 1>never done one before, I didn't know what I was hearing.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I can't even identify what instruments were used at

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<v Speaker 1>this time. I remember a whirling noise, maybe like a rainstick,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe some drums, probably singing bowls, but I honestly can't remember.

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<v Speaker 1>And it lasted about an hour. During the sound bath,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember feeling like I was almost going into sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>but coming out of it, I was very relaxed. I

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<v Speaker 1>was very warm because of the blanket and the robe

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<v Speaker 1>in the fire, but just like one hundred percent relaxed.

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<v Speaker 1>And at the end of the soundbath, Elizabeth like physically

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<v Speaker 1>helps me to sit up and she was like, do

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<v Speaker 1>you hold stress in your chest? And I said yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and she was like, she said to me, it's really

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<v Speaker 1>important that you get yourself rose quartz and have it

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<v Speaker 1>with you whenever you can, and also get sage and

0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:55.880
<v Speaker 1>those things will help you. And I was like done.

0:18:56.080 --> 0:19:05.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm absolutely interested in healing in whatever way that comes,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's soundbaths or acupuncture or reiki. I kind of say,

0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:14.800
<v Speaker 1>why not. If it makes you feel better, then it's

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<v Speaker 1>doing no harm. I love crystals mostly because I like

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<v Speaker 1>looking at them. But when she said I needed rose quartz,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, sure, okay. I came out of that

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<v Speaker 1>sound bath feeling so drunk, like so physically out of

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<v Speaker 1>my body and just like my mind was wiped. I

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<v Speaker 1>truly have no idea how I got back to my room.

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<v Speaker 1>I like floated there and I got back and my

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<v Speaker 1>friend Sarah was there and I was like, Sarah, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how I got here. She's like, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you talking about and I was like, Sarah, I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>get rose quartz and She's like, let's go, and so

0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:03.840
<v Speaker 1>I got rose quarts and age and it just was

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<v Speaker 1>like it was kind of a life changing moment because

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<v Speaker 1>I remember thinking, like my body just a couple months

0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:17.320
<v Speaker 1>ago was saying help, help, help, and here my body

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh thanks, And it was just like a

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<v Speaker 1>really nice It was really nice to feel that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of healing, really and I didn't know I could feel

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<v Speaker 1>that way without drugs. I come home from O high

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<v Speaker 1>and really start thinking hard about what the stressors in

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<v Speaker 1>my life are because I'm having a very physical reaction

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<v Speaker 1>to it. And that panic attack really scared me. And

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<v Speaker 1>Joe is incredibly supportive and was like, do what you

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<v Speaker 1>have to do. So in the next couple months, I

0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:15.760
<v Speaker 1>psyched myself up to quit. I just knew I was

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<v Speaker 1>burnt out and it wasn't healthy, and I'm a completely

0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:26.280
<v Speaker 1>capable person. I could find something else, and I allowed

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<v Speaker 1>myself three months to kind of decompress and figure out

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<v Speaker 1>what I wanted to do. In that three months, I

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<v Speaker 1>had another panic attack, actually at a sound bath. I

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<v Speaker 1>was really exploring sound baths around LA because I wanted to.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to feel that again, and I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>understand more about it. And the thing is, they're all different,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am glad I started out in Ohi with

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<v Speaker 1>one because it was a very professional type atmosphere. There

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't aside from Elizabeth kind of going rogue and telling

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<v Speaker 1>me I needed to get a crystal. But that's not

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<v Speaker 1>what you might discover around Los Angeles with soundbaths. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was kind of shopping around and I found when

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<v Speaker 1>I really liked, an eagle Rock called the Soundbath Center,

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<v Speaker 1>run by a woman named Jamie who's amazing and she

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<v Speaker 1>offers classes. So in twenty eighteen that October I signed

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<v Speaker 1>up to take her soundbath class, which was over a weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and she, I believe, used to be a biologist and

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<v Speaker 1>so she approached it from a very scientific angle, which

0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:04.520
<v Speaker 1>was really helpful for me. Like she taught us about

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<v Speaker 1>sound waves and how they impact your nervous system and

0:23:08.359 --> 0:23:12.760
<v Speaker 1>things like that, and really kept chakras and spirituality and

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff out of it. And so it felt

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<v Speaker 1>to me that I really understood what was happening physically

0:23:22.359 --> 0:23:25.600
<v Speaker 1>to me in a sound bath, and I really I

0:23:25.640 --> 0:23:30.680
<v Speaker 1>appreciated that from that class. After I took that class,

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<v Speaker 1>I bought some singing bowls. I bought three singing bowls

0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:42.440
<v Speaker 1>are made of silica quartz. They could also be made

0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:47.280
<v Speaker 1>of gemstones. They look like a big bowl. They can

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<v Speaker 1>be different sizes, different weights. They're all tuned to notes,

0:23:53.080 --> 0:23:59.480
<v Speaker 1>and they are played by running like a rubber or

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<v Speaker 1>silica mallet around the edge, similar to if you have

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<v Speaker 1>liquid in a wine glass and you rub your finger

0:24:07.880 --> 0:24:13.520
<v Speaker 1>around the rim makes a noise. And was just playing

0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:16.880
<v Speaker 1>them at home for myself and for Joe and honestly

0:24:16.960 --> 0:24:22.280
<v Speaker 1>my dogs. If you knew my dogs, they are psychos.

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<v Speaker 1>And whenever I started playing, they would come into the

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<v Speaker 1>room and lay down, and it was really cool to

0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:35.520
<v Speaker 1>see it, like transcend species. They just send right out,

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<v Speaker 1>take a deep breath in.

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<v Speaker 3>Notice how your head and your shoulders feel, there's any tension,

0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:14.560
<v Speaker 3>just to release it.

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<v Speaker 1>Shortly after, I bought a huge gong. We played one

0:25:22.400 --> 0:25:28.560
<v Speaker 1>similar during the class. And what's really interesting about this

0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:35.200
<v Speaker 1>hobby is that I'm a very introverted, quiet person, and

0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:39.520
<v Speaker 1>to take up so much space with such large, loud

0:25:39.880 --> 0:25:44.359
<v Speaker 1>things is really like a departure of everything I knew

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<v Speaker 1>about myself. But like I felt. So it felt so

0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:53.320
<v Speaker 1>natural to do and so fun, and it was just

0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:57.320
<v Speaker 1>a really fun thing to discover and explore. It was

0:25:57.359 --> 0:26:00.240
<v Speaker 1>fun to discover that I liked making a lot of

0:26:01.680 --> 0:26:18.320
<v Speaker 1>soothing noises. I never thought of it as an option

0:26:18.520 --> 0:26:23.800
<v Speaker 1>for income, and I honestly still don't. It's something I

0:26:23.840 --> 0:26:29.040
<v Speaker 1>just really love to do. I love doing it for

0:26:29.160 --> 0:26:33.400
<v Speaker 1>people and having that interaction with them and meeting new

0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:38.520
<v Speaker 1>people who are curious about it. But I'm still working

0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:44.879
<v Speaker 1>at the ASPCA, and it's still a very rewarding job.

0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:49.960
<v Speaker 1>I love knowing that I'm helping animals every day, and

0:26:50.080 --> 0:26:55.120
<v Speaker 1>it's an organization that I am truly proud to work for.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's because I am much more distanced

0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:07.720
<v Speaker 1>from my job than I was the first time around,

0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:12.040
<v Speaker 1>and I really have been able to leave my work

0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:17.160
<v Speaker 1>at work, and I work eight hours a day and

0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:20.280
<v Speaker 1>I do the best I can. But that's it. The

0:27:20.359 --> 0:27:23.720
<v Speaker 1>main goal for me is for people to have their

0:27:23.760 --> 0:27:28.320
<v Speaker 1>own experience, whatever that is. I always want to hear

0:27:28.320 --> 0:27:33.840
<v Speaker 1>about it after and if anything, you're laying down for

0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:38.359
<v Speaker 1>forty minutes, and that's time for yourself, that's something you

0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:45.480
<v Speaker 1>probably wouldn't do otherwise, And it's comfortable and it's peaceful.

0:27:53.320 --> 0:28:01.760
<v Speaker 1>I am in bed now. It is around ten thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>And.

0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:05.840
<v Speaker 1>I will be trying to finish the New York Times

0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:10.840
<v Speaker 1>Spelling Bee today. I am currently at genius level, but

0:28:11.080 --> 0:28:14.960
<v Speaker 1>aimed to get Queen Bee and then I'll do some

0:28:15.040 --> 0:28:17.960
<v Speaker 1>reading and go to sleep. But it's the end of

0:28:17.960 --> 0:28:21.960
<v Speaker 1>the month and I've been thinking a lot about the

0:28:22.000 --> 0:28:26.959
<v Speaker 1>sound baths that I performed this month, and they were

0:28:27.000 --> 0:28:31.119
<v Speaker 1>all really great. There was one for Mother's Day where

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:36.480
<v Speaker 1>someone brought their mom, which was really nice. A lot

0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:39.760
<v Speaker 1>of people who had their first sound baths, some who

0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:44.480
<v Speaker 1>were more experienced, but all had a great, great time.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am especially grateful for being able to give

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<v Speaker 1>one to my two nephews, who are thirteen and ten

0:28:54.960 --> 0:29:00.320
<v Speaker 1>and happened to be some of the most supportive, curious,

0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:08.520
<v Speaker 1>loving people I know, So that was really wonderful to do. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm just really glad that I can do this

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<v Speaker 1>work and feel grateful.

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<v Speaker 3>M