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Speaker 1: Here's a twenty twenty four highlight from Elvis Duran in

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Speaker 1: the morning show.

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Speaker 2: Our friend Jamie is here. Can we just hear me

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Speaker 2: talk about this?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we can.

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Speaker 4: Today.

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Speaker 2: Jamie has been at light FM down the hall for

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Speaker 2: what thirteen years? Just yep, just about and Jamie's been

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Speaker 2: on our show several times. We've talked about the dating

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Speaker 2: world and how you're out there looking for that guy

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Speaker 2: because you want to start a family.

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Speaker 3: You know, do you want to start a family?

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Speaker 2: Yes. Of late, you've been through a couple of health things,

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Speaker 2: which okay, so we heard the other day Jamie has

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Speaker 2: made a decision. Tell everyone the decision you made. You

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Speaker 2: made and it was announced just a day ago.

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Speaker 4: Today they literally quit my job, like just walked in

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Speaker 4: there and did it.

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Speaker 5: I love it.

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Speaker 3: I'm so proud of you.

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Speaker 2: I'm so happy for there was no tweek notice.

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Speaker 3: I didn't even know how this worked.

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Speaker 4: I went into my boss's office and I just told

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Speaker 4: him the truth. I've been having some health issues and

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Speaker 4: I need to get my plate, get myself in a

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Speaker 4: better space. And I did three rounds of IVF last

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Speaker 4: year and I turned forty in May, and I want

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Speaker 4: a family, and unfortunately this environment for me anymore, for

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Speaker 4: my health and wanting a family is not the space

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Speaker 4: for me anymore. And I have family here and I

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Speaker 4: loved it, and I loved all my time here, and

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Speaker 4: I'm blessed and grateful for it. But it's time for

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Speaker 4: me to now go to the next chapter of my life,

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Speaker 4: which is going to set me up for the rest

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Speaker 4: of my life. And there you go out, Yeah, Okay,

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Speaker 4: that scary, but I did it.

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Speaker 2: The reason why I'm so grateful that you came in

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Speaker 2: to share this with our listeners because all a mega

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Speaker 2: ton of our listeners are going through the same thing.

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Speaker 2: They're trying to find the answers in life and they're

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Speaker 2: just in a spot that doesn't allow them to see

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Speaker 2: clearly and find that path they need to be on.

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Speaker 4: And I get that, like I was paralyzed in fear

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Speaker 4: for over making a decision like this, Where am I

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Speaker 4: going to go?

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Speaker 3: Because I don't have something lined up? Now? How am

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Speaker 3: I going to pay for things? What am I going

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Speaker 3: to do?

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Speaker 4: And then the fear of not having a family was

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Speaker 4: scarier than the fear of just jumping out of the

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Speaker 4: airplane going universe catch me.

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Speaker 3: And that's what I did.

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Speaker 4: And I'm a little bit shaky, but I know the

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Speaker 4: universe is going to have my back and I will

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Speaker 4: land in a place where I'm supposed to be and

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Speaker 4: have my family one day that I so desperately want

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Speaker 4: to have there.

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Speaker 3: You go, yeah, so be brief, just do it. Sometimes

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Speaker 3: you just have to jump. Rip the band aid off,

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Speaker 3: Jane jump.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about Let's talk about courage. That's it.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 2: And a lot of people listening right now are going, God,

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Speaker 2: I want that courage. What was it? Was it any

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Speaker 2: one thing or just a collection of things that made

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Speaker 2: you go, Okay, I'm pushing the button today.

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Speaker 3: A collection of things. Really.

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Speaker 4: My health was just after the twenty one years of

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Speaker 4: these hours. It's really rough on the body. And then

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Speaker 4: I spent so much of my money on IVF last

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Speaker 4: year and that put my body through a lot. And

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Speaker 4: I just looked back and thought, I didn't do all

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Speaker 4: this to go never mind. And when that door closes

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Speaker 4: for a woman, that's that's it.

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Speaker 3: So I was.

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Speaker 4: I decided I'm finding him, I'm having those babies, and

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Speaker 4: I have to leave. And I just pulled the trigger

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Speaker 4: and I did it. Wow, Wow, I love this for you. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean, you've known me forever. It's like, it's just

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Speaker 4: it's something I've always wanted. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well you guys have known each other since before you

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Speaker 2: came here, right, yeah, yeah, so in Boston. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm her. You were talking about this plan back then.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And I know not everybody wants kids. It's a

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Speaker 4: very personal desension. But for me, it's just too important

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Speaker 4: to wake up one day and I'm my windows shut

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Speaker 4: like that can't be me.

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Speaker 3: I have to just do it now.

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Speaker 2: Good for you. Yeah, but you know it may not

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Speaker 2: be kids, it mayn't be found it maybe a rainbow

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Speaker 2: of reasons why. Yeah, someone is listening to other things.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't have to be that.

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Speaker 2: I have to get the courage to do it. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and you are, you're jumping out of the plane with

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Speaker 2: no shoot, oh yes I did. But you know what, Okay,

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Speaker 2: it's all good.

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Speaker 3: It's all good. It's all good. I feel really good.

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Speaker 3: I feel good.

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Speaker 2: Well, do you vacillate with your feelings a little bit?

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Speaker 2: Like one minute you're a little frightened, the next minute

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Speaker 2: you're like, so you feel relief, and.

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Speaker 4: It's like an excitement because I know that great things

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Speaker 4: are gonna come my.

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Speaker 1: Way, and you're so talented, you have so many you know,

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Speaker 1: things you can thank you to, you know, other places

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Speaker 1: of employment.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I full disclosure. I jumped without having a

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Speaker 4: backup plan, and sometimes you just have to do that too,

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Speaker 4: You just I will land somewhere. And but if I

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Speaker 4: didn't jump, I wouldn't have done I would never have

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Speaker 4: done it if I kept thinking about it.

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Speaker 2: You know who could be after you? Who's next in

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Speaker 2: line for this? This is very important. So when we

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Speaker 2: know who is ready for a family, ready just to

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Speaker 2: quit this job?

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, this plan until the plane comes to a

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Speaker 6: safe land, dropped in until.

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Speaker 2: We crashed plan. He's ready for a family, he's ready

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Speaker 2: to get out of here. He doesn't like this job,

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Speaker 2: doesn't like anything it brings.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're kind of the opposite, but I still love you.

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Speaker 2: Scary Okay, So what if you know Jamie for a year?

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Speaker 2: We all have, But what are your feelings about what

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Speaker 7: I almost cried for you yesterday and you told me

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Speaker 7: in the garage and we hugged it out because honestly,

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Speaker 7: you I know how long you've wanted all this, and

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Speaker 7: there's no way that any of that could really happen

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Speaker 7: with the hours that you keep, the demands of your

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Speaker 7: job distresses and the struggles. So I for one, am

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Speaker 7: very happy. And I got to say, I'm super proud

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Speaker 7: of you. You're a stronger person than me because you

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Speaker 7: actually you're taking a leap of faith here.

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Speaker 3: Thank you. I appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: Do you want us to solicit for like a gom?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yes please Farmer's Only?

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Speaker 4: So I mean, I'm ready.

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Speaker 2: She has Farmer's Only? Who is candas high? Candace? Hi,

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Speaker 2: you did the same exact thing that can make that

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Speaker 2: Jamie's doing right now.

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Speaker 5: I did, And I'm so proud of you. Jamie, Like

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Speaker 5: it's so scary, take the leap. I'm so proud of you.

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Speaker 5: I got out of a toxic work environment. It was

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Speaker 5: best for my mental health. I have a ten year

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Speaker 5: old son. I said, you know what, I want more

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Speaker 5: time with my kid and more time for me.

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Speaker 2: Well see, there's a kid involved here. So you walked

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Speaker 2: away from a career with a child because a lot

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Speaker 2: of people say, well, god, you know, I'm lucky I

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Speaker 2: can walk away because I don't have any children. You

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Speaker 2: have a child? How was that help? Fightening? Was that

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 5: My god? It was the scariest thing I've ever done.

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Speaker 5: Like she said, it's like jumping out of a plane

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Speaker 5: with no parachute, right, But the universe had my back.

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Speaker 5: I picked up a bartending job. My son and I

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Speaker 5: have had the best summer ever.

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Speaker 2: Oh love.

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Speaker 5: He was so happy, he said, Mommy, this is our summer.

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Speaker 5: Our summer twenty four did not miss. And let me

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Speaker 5: tell you something. It was the best decision ever. I'm happier.

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Speaker 5: My mental health is through the roof. You know, my

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Speaker 5: biggest rewarded friends and families saying, you know what, you're glowing.

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Speaker 5: You look like you're happy.

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Speaker 3: So happy for you. That sounds amazing.

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Speaker 5: Wow, thank you. I'm so happy for you, Jamie.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Candace.

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Speaker 2: As we hear the story between Candace and Jamie doesn't matter,

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Speaker 2: you can admit it. Maybe you're thinking, look what if

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Speaker 2: I did that, Jamielle.

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Speaker 4: It's all I'm.

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Speaker 3: Thinking, is Jamie.

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Speaker 1: When we see you in like two weeks and you've

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Speaker 1: reset from getting up at this time of morning, You're

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Speaker 1: gonna feel human again.

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Speaker 3: YEA, so good. You're ten years younger.

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Speaker 5: Sleeping in and getting your coffee and going outside and

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Speaker 5: grounding yourself and doing the bird stirping and not stressing. Girl,

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Speaker 5: You're going to fall in love again?

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Speaker 2: Is that what happens in the morning when we're working?

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Speaker 2: Is that what happens birds out there?

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Speaker 4: I forgot.

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Speaker 5: Look at that. It's amazing.

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Speaker 2: Well, Candace, congratulations and you know what. I love that

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Speaker 2: you hearing Jamie's story sparked you and it made you

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Speaker 2: reach out to us. I love that. Congratulations and all

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Speaker 2: the best to you and your son.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much. Good luck to you, Jamie.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Candace.

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Speaker 2: So when you walked in did you do that? Did

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Speaker 2: you know when you walked in this is it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: You walked into his office.

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Speaker 3: I was yeah, I was shaking. I was shaking.

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Speaker 2: How did it roll out?

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Speaker 4: I just sat down and shut the door, and I

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Speaker 4: had this conversation in my head and I just said,

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Speaker 4: I don't even really know how to get into this.

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Speaker 3: There's really no easy way. But I have to give

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Speaker 3: my resignation.

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Speaker 4: Wow, after twenty one years in this industry, more than

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Speaker 4: half my life. It was not an easy decision. But

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Speaker 4: I have to put my health first and just what

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Speaker 4: I want more than anything in this family, which in

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Speaker 4: this world rather than is a family.

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Speaker 2: That is wild I'm so glad you told this story.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, oh, thank you. I'm so happy.

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Speaker 4: I hope I can just encourage at least one person

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Speaker 4: just to jump out of that airplane and know that

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Speaker 4: it will be okay and it will change your life.

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Speaker 2: Wow, it will all work out.

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Speaker 3: Ye yeah, well, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Are they panicking over there?

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Speaker 2: I think it is.

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Speaker 3: I love them all, That's why I had to ask.

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Speaker 3: You know, they'll find somebody.

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Speaker 4: Let me tell you, there's been three people that already

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Speaker 4: asked about it real life.

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Speaker 3: He's not even cold yet