WEBVTT - Checking In w/ Michelle Williams

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of

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<v Speaker 1>My Heart Radio and The Black Effect. Hang everybody, what's up?

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<v Speaker 1>What's up? Welcome to another episode of Checking In. I

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<v Speaker 1>am your host and what I am so thrilled about

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<v Speaker 1>today's episode. Y'all just get to have me and me alone.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't wait to talk to y'all. I'd celebrated a birthday,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I definitely wanted to personally thank y'all so

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<v Speaker 1>much for the love, all the messages. I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I look forward to. One of the top things

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to the most all my birthday, the messages.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if I could get to or respond to everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw tons of messages from some of everybody. Thank you'

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<v Speaker 1>all soul much for the birthday love. I took an

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<v Speaker 1>amazing birthday trip, was surrounded by love and peace and beauty.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just absolutely amazing. So thank you all, so

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<v Speaker 1>so so much. I think I should make that a tradition,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, making sure that I travel somewhere absolutely amazing

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<v Speaker 1>for my birthday. Live a little, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, y'all be intentional about living and celebrating you

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<v Speaker 1>how far you've come. I don't care if you only

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<v Speaker 1>took two steps this year. Guess what your two steps

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<v Speaker 1>further than you were last year. Okay, So just make

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<v Speaker 1>sure you are celebrating every milestone, celebrating every improvement. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care if that improvement is you didn't custombody else

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<v Speaker 1>today celebrated go get some ice, career, child fry, a

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<v Speaker 1>Balogney sandwich, something I don't know, But celebrate celebrate that

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<v Speaker 1>victory because you might know what it's like to really

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<v Speaker 1>pop off at somebody and then you've done more damage

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<v Speaker 1>had you just held your peace. Okay. So, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate every milestone, celebrate the goals that you've conquered. So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you all again, thank you all for the love

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<v Speaker 1>of checking in. I'm looking forward to next season and

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<v Speaker 1>who's coming on and let me know, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>who y'all want on checking in as well. I look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to reading y'all's comments and you'll suggestions or if

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<v Speaker 1>you got a book suggestion I should read and be

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<v Speaker 1>like Michelle, read this book girl and have this author on.

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<v Speaker 1>I got some questions about what they said, so just

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<v Speaker 1>let me know. I'm all for it. I am all

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<v Speaker 1>for it. Okay, so thank y'all again for everything, truly,

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<v Speaker 1>the love and support. I think it's true with the

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<v Speaker 1>older you get, you become a little more reflective of

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<v Speaker 1>life because you've lived a little longer, maybe than the

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<v Speaker 1>ten year old, even though the ten year old may

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<v Speaker 1>have something to reflect on, but when you're like now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not eighty three, but I'm forty three. So even

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<v Speaker 1>the eighty three year old, they got a way more

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<v Speaker 1>to share, way more experienced. But at I've I've had

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<v Speaker 1>some experiences, I've lived some life. I've had some disappointments,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had some failures, some excitements, some goals reached, and man,

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<v Speaker 1>my life has It's just I've just been blown away

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<v Speaker 1>with everything, with everything even blown up. Not just by

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<v Speaker 1>the good self, honey, I've been blown away by what's

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<v Speaker 1>going on in our world and the media. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know about you, but some of this stuff it

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<v Speaker 1>causes me to literally, I I get speechless, especially when

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<v Speaker 1>something pierces my soul. It's like I can't move, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't I can't form an opinion, but I think what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a processor, so it takes me a while to

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<v Speaker 1>process something that I've seen or heard or witnessed and

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<v Speaker 1>takes me a minute. So I definitely can can admit

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<v Speaker 1>that at this age, Like, Okay, I admit I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>little I think I've told you before our process and

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<v Speaker 1>that's something that I own. Could I maybe have quicker

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<v Speaker 1>responses and not take a day or two to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with something, Probably, but I don't know. Sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 1>good to sit with something until you have a sound response,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's the reason why a lot of us get

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<v Speaker 1>in trouble, because our responses are not sound. And what

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<v Speaker 1>do you mean by sound? Okay, let me look up

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<v Speaker 1>that definition of sound a sound mind. The word sound

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<v Speaker 1>means based on reason, sense, or judgment. All right, sound

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<v Speaker 1>advice for heav living. So I try to wait till

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<v Speaker 1>I can really process something. I want to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not too emotional about my response, like you just

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<v Speaker 1>having a response to have a response. So I'm learning

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<v Speaker 1>when I process it's because I want to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>that I've got something really to say in my response.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the same time, no response is a response

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<v Speaker 1>as well. No response. Could me let me tell you

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<v Speaker 1>the reason I'm not responding, because I will come for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mom and your daddy and your granny. If I

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<v Speaker 1>don't take time to process, Okay, now give you a

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<v Speaker 1>day or two and I'm gonna come back with something

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<v Speaker 1>more reasonable. Because right now, right now, you might write

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<v Speaker 1>a song about me, right right now, you might preach

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<v Speaker 1>a sermon about me, right now. I just, I'm just.

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<v Speaker 1>You might blog about me. If it's so, just let

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<v Speaker 1>me come back tomorrow, because right now this response is

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<v Speaker 1>not what you want. And I know me, So that's

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<v Speaker 1>why it takes me a minute to say, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>just think about it. Or something can be so riveting

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<v Speaker 1>it literally shakes you and you freeze. You don't have

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to say. So mine is more so because I

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<v Speaker 1>want to make sure I have something sound, something that,

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<v Speaker 1>as they say, make it makes sense. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that I make sense. And there's been a

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<v Speaker 1>lot going on. I mean, months ago, you had the

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<v Speaker 1>whole Will Smith Chris Rock thing, and I'm just it

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<v Speaker 1>was all sad, right, it was all sad. It was

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<v Speaker 1>sad too. Watch Will literally in real time go through

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it was that he was going through, and that

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<v Speaker 1>made him get about his seat. He was obviously seething,

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<v Speaker 1>he was angry, right to make him get up about

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<v Speaker 1>his seat. Then I was sad, so, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sad for both of them. I'm sad for Chris Rock.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sad that he's humiliated as well. On Live TVV.

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<v Speaker 1>You are slapped in the internet lives forever. Unless you

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<v Speaker 1>know the real life Judy Smith. It's gonna live on

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<v Speaker 1>the internet for ever ever. He could possibly forever be

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<v Speaker 1>known as the man who got slapped at the Oscars.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's not what I wanted to be known for,

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<v Speaker 1>because I don't like being known as you know, every

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<v Speaker 1>week I'm being reminded that I fell on one of

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<v Speaker 1>six and part which was like, wasn't that like seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>or eighteen years ago? But because it's on the internet,

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<v Speaker 1>it lives, It lives forever. I don't. I talked about

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<v Speaker 1>it maybe once every couple of years, but I just

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<v Speaker 1>remember sitting there like, oh my gosh, I was getting

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<v Speaker 1>my makeup done for being Jay's Oscar party that night,

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<v Speaker 1>and me and the makeup artists we were like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>that was definitely a skit because they're both actors as

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<v Speaker 1>the Oscars, so it makes sense why And he was like, whoop,

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<v Speaker 1>that was for real, my girl glow graphics. She just

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<v Speaker 1>posted something where she was saying that that moment had

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<v Speaker 1>her depressed for three months, and when you're in f

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<v Speaker 1>I can definitely see why. I could definitely see why

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<v Speaker 1>she said it sent her into a three month depression.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess when she mentioned her stance on it, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess she got a lot of evil, evil messages. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think for me that can kind of be the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why I don't say much. Because we live in

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<v Speaker 1>a world where people don't respect opinions. So you mean

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<v Speaker 1>to tell me my girl glow posted a very respectful

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<v Speaker 1>sound response to it, and people ate her to smithereens right,

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<v Speaker 1>So it makes you not want to say nothing because

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<v Speaker 1>we don't respect somebody's opinion. You could say, Michelle, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like Popeye's, I like churches, and I'm gonna say,

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<v Speaker 1>oh girl, bro live it up. I think Church's biscuits

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<v Speaker 1>might be better. That's my opinion. But I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to obliterate you. I'm not going to like. You didn't

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<v Speaker 1>say nothing that was vulgar. You didn't disrespect me, you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't in fame me, you didn't talk about my family,

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't you you know what I mean? So I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like as long as an opinion is respectful. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I just thought we could live in a

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<v Speaker 1>world where people could have their opinions and it be

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<v Speaker 1>just that opinions are shaped by many things. Opinions are

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<v Speaker 1>shaped by, first of all, your experiences on the matter. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a small percentage of people who have an

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<v Speaker 1>opinion on something that never experienced the said matter, But

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<v Speaker 1>the majority of the time is if you have had

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<v Speaker 1>an anger issue. I would love to hear your opinion

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<v Speaker 1>on Will Smith smacking Chris Rock. I would love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear it because you have an experience of anger, and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes when you're angry, you might do things out of anger.

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<v Speaker 1>So I want to hear it versus someone who's just

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<v Speaker 1>you say, child, I ain't never been angry. Actually, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to hear that too, because I want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear Okay, you must just live in a state of zin,

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<v Speaker 1>in a state of peace. Do you do tai chi

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<v Speaker 1>every day? Do you do yoga every day? Do help

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<v Speaker 1>help help me? So I will say I love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear all types of opinions, but I do know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of opinions are shaped and curated by your lived experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>I know mine are. And if I haven't lived on something,

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<v Speaker 1>or I've never experienced it, ain't seeing it, or I've

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<v Speaker 1>never had a friend that has lived through something, I

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<v Speaker 1>might mute on the matter, but more so too because

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<v Speaker 1>you people just don't respect you know, opinion. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I just I will say, at the age

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<v Speaker 1>of forty three, I definitely feel like I've curated a

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<v Speaker 1>life of peace lately. And Kelly was here visiting me

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<v Speaker 1>not too long ago, and she sat here for a

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<v Speaker 1>while and said she gets it. She understands that while

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<v Speaker 1>it's peaceful in here. Yeah, I promise you that. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>Lord Jeets. That's probably why I'm not saying I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be married, but it's gonna make it a

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<v Speaker 1>teach difficult for me to get married because I'm telling

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<v Speaker 1>you this is probably your second or third time hearing

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<v Speaker 1>me say this. But you gotta match my piece, add

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<v Speaker 1>to my peace, or feel better than my peace, because Bebee,

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<v Speaker 1>iur too hard to curate this wonderful life of peace.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a difference between me curating a life of isolation

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<v Speaker 1>versus just a life of peace. I don't want a drama.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want a whole bunch of foolishness because I

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<v Speaker 1>can't create and do what I do in that state.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just me. I mean, we've got Roll versus Wade,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just it's created so much division. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>caused so much division. I just don't understand. I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>spoken on this matter even publicly. I do know where

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<v Speaker 1>I stand on it, and I am grateful for I'll

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<v Speaker 1>say it like this, I'm grateful for the choices that

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<v Speaker 1>I've had in every area of life. Even my relationship

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<v Speaker 1>with God is choice. God has never forced me. He's

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he's forced to anyone to choose relationship. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it takes me a while. It takes me a while,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Like I said, make sure my responses are sound,

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<v Speaker 1>that they make sense, and prayerfully my responses don't create

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<v Speaker 1>even more division. Right now, responses can create one to

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<v Speaker 1>challenge themselves to maybe think a little, and it's not

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<v Speaker 1>even to change how you feel. But hey, part of

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<v Speaker 1>having empathy is to also put yourself in someone else's shoes.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you can have an opinion or make a choice,

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<v Speaker 1>but your opinion is like, okay, well before I really

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<v Speaker 1>have this judgment, let me let me put myself in

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<v Speaker 1>someone else's shoes, man, And I'm telling you, I'm telling

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<v Speaker 1>you that can always help. I can always help with

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<v Speaker 1>our decisions, sound decisions and having respect for for others

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<v Speaker 1>in their decisions. What else is? It's been so much,

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<v Speaker 1>It's been some fun things. Y'all. Listen, aren't we excited?

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<v Speaker 1>Renaissance Beyonce's album has come out. I'm excited about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited when my friends have projects that are coming out.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I have a friend in New York. He's

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<v Speaker 1>an artist, and I love when I get emails about

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<v Speaker 1>his art exhibits Jersey. You know, I I just get excited.

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<v Speaker 1>I I really, really really do. As far as Renaissance

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<v Speaker 1>is concerned, I have heard this album, I guess more

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<v Speaker 1>going on top of the year up until now and

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<v Speaker 1>what she's been working on. And it is awesome to

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<v Speaker 1>see her work. It's awesome to see her create. My

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<v Speaker 1>brother Dream is a dream. He is hilarious, you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to sit with the two of them like

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<v Speaker 1>a fly on the wall, right, and just seeing them

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<v Speaker 1>work and collaborate. B is so like a promise shop.

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<v Speaker 1>She just sits there and sings her songs and be killing.

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<v Speaker 1>Even her session is a place of peace. It's amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>So I have to say I posted the other day

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<v Speaker 1>about energy. That's my jam. Duh, it's a given. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>church girl is my thing. Like, come on, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes, some of that rings true about church girls.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all stop getting church girls twisted. That person who who

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<v Speaker 1>loves all things spiritual, they got hormones too. They know

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<v Speaker 1>how to dance. They want to be loved. They want

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<v Speaker 1>to drop it a team. They want to drop it

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<v Speaker 1>like it's hot. You know what I mean? Like, let

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<v Speaker 1>that church girl live. Okay, all the church girls, I

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<v Speaker 1>see you, Okay. I am one of them, and so

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<v Speaker 1>are you. So let's just praise the Lord. Come on,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody that comes from Father Abraham, the song Father Abraham's

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<v Speaker 1>many sons and many sons as Father Abraham. I am

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<v Speaker 1>one of them, and so are you. So let's just

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<v Speaker 1>praise the Lord. That's where that comes from. Church girl,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm one of them. And saw you shout out to

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<v Speaker 1>coeen bet on this amazing body of work. What was

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite? So I've been trying to lark to see

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<v Speaker 1>what y'all have been saying. So yes, so I will

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<v Speaker 1>never forget one of the first initial sessions and listening

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<v Speaker 1>everyone intimately close to her. We were at her house

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<v Speaker 1>and I was going bonkers, absolutely bonkers. Y'all don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear this part, but if we never sing a

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<v Speaker 1>song again. And I'm grateful for sisterhood with Beyonce and Kelly,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that I've known them, what met them at nine.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's going on twenty three years of relationship and

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<v Speaker 1>nothing warms my heart better than our group chats and

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<v Speaker 1>texting or one of them singing the song saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>what do y'all think about this? Us being able to

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<v Speaker 1>sneak up on each other there and support and love

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<v Speaker 1>on each other, y'all, that's what being grown is about. Support, love,

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<v Speaker 1>ain't no drama. There's peace there, respect is there. So

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<v Speaker 1>I had to talk about this album. Prayerfully something works

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<v Speaker 1>out where we get to hear from her soon about

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<v Speaker 1>the album and the creation of it. When y'all love

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<v Speaker 1>to have her on checking in don't try wanna don't we? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Kelly has already been on, so I gotta have be on, like,

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<v Speaker 1>come on, it did? It only makes sense. I'm loving

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<v Speaker 1>the turn she took. This is a classic. It can

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<v Speaker 1>make everybody move and dance, and that's what she wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been stuck in the house or in a pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>Folks been afraid to travel. Some of us have we

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<v Speaker 1>started our travels again. Work requires it. We are totally, totally,

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<v Speaker 1>totally excited that we've got some bobs. Okay, and I

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<v Speaker 1>also loved people's responses who are featured on the album,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing that you're featured, but the response of surprise, the

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<v Speaker 1>response of feeling so honored and blessed. I am absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>loving loving it. Okay. So to everybody featured on the album,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to talk to you as well. So

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<v Speaker 1>y'all stay tuned for the next few episodes of Checking In.

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<v Speaker 1>I love talking to everybody creative again, to all the

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<v Speaker 1>authors and everybody, I I really the show has been

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<v Speaker 1>a variety of people. Once again, it's about checking in,

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<v Speaker 1>checking in with brilliant minds, checking in with just beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>souls and man, I'm going back to the beginning of

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<v Speaker 1>this episode, but thank y'all again for allowing me to

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<v Speaker 1>talk with a variety such a variety of people. I

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<v Speaker 1>love you, guys. Continue to live, travel, don't forget to

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<v Speaker 1>check in with yourself. Don't forget to check in with others,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't forget to check in with God. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>really intentional about the same. Change your mind. You can

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<v Speaker 1>change your life when I mean change your mind. Dr

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<v Speaker 1>Caroline Leave always talks about the mind being the place

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<v Speaker 1>where we think, feel and choose. So of the place

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<v Speaker 1>where you're thinking, feeling and choosing, you're not having optimal results,

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<v Speaker 1>optimal peace. Make some changes, and I'm telling you you

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<v Speaker 1>can change your life. I saw something as well that

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<v Speaker 1>said go off the grid for six months and really

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<v Speaker 1>be intentional about habits life, maybe processing trauma and challenges

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<v Speaker 1>with the therapists or counselor working on your body, working

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<v Speaker 1>on your goals and your dreams, putting that work in.

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<v Speaker 1>And they were just saying how your life can change.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people even say go off the grid for a year.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been thinking about going off the grid, y'all, but

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<v Speaker 1>I just can't. Oh. Every now and then, I do

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<v Speaker 1>take a social media break, and I mean a real

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<v Speaker 1>social media break where I delete the apps off of

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<v Speaker 1>my phone and it's so refreshing. The only thing I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like about the social media breaks is when you

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<v Speaker 1>come back on social media and you put all that

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<v Speaker 1>junk back in you. So I guess you know, even

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<v Speaker 1>having to curate who you follow and what you listen to,

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<v Speaker 1>what you're watching, who you surround yourself with is so important.

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<v Speaker 1>But any who, I really just came in to do

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<v Speaker 1>a personal check in and to thank you all for

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<v Speaker 1>the birthday love and I will talk to y'all soon,

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<v Speaker 1>and please always know you're loved. And if you're not

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<v Speaker 1>feeling loved, hit me on my social media pages. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk to you. I just I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to send you some love back. But just no, I

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<v Speaker 1>love you. I do, I really, really really do. I

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<v Speaker 1>think the world of you. I'm obviously thinking that the

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<v Speaker 1>people that listen to my podcast. You're a world changer.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to change the world, and changing the world

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<v Speaker 1>don't necessarily me changing the population of a million people.

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<v Speaker 1>Changing your world, whether it's the one person you live with,

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<v Speaker 1>your child, your partner, a person on your job that's

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<v Speaker 1>helping to change the world. So you're a world changer.

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<v Speaker 1>You are a world changer. You are amazing despite obstacles

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<v Speaker 1>and challenges that you may be going through through is

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<v Speaker 1>the key word. You're going through. You're not gonna stop

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<v Speaker 1>there again. You are loved and thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for checking in. Shout out to the Black Effect podcast Network,

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<v Speaker 1>to my producers checking in. I love y'all. I will

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<v Speaker 1>see y'all again next week. Ye Checking In with Michelle

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