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Speaker 3: Yeah, she really does.

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Speaker 2: Just play her game and that's what makes it, you know,

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Speaker 2: You have to not care. You need to walk onto

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Speaker 1: In my opinion, that's a good point. That is it

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but when I look at her, it makes me

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Speaker 2: She's powerful. I like her attitude. So she's someone that

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Speaker 1: No, I can definitely attest to that. We're gonna have

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Speaker 3: I think i'd love you. Y'all. Welcome back to the

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Speaker 5: This is our our last episode of the season, and

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Speaker 5: I am so excited to share today's guest Not only

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Speaker 3: Oh and she's also a foodie. Just know, this girl

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Speaker 5: She is kicking up a notch with her game and

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I can't wait for you to learn all.

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Speaker 5: About her career, how she fell in love with golf,

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Speaker 3: par Tea. I am very excited to have you. This

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Speaker 4: I feel special?

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Speaker 1: have rapid fire questions. Are you ready okay golf or

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, morning tea time or afternoon tea time, afternoon

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Speaker 3: All right? Driver or potter driver? I know, yeah, up high,

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Speaker 2: It was someone famous Lightning And my DM's asking when

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Speaker 3: Now, and you just won't keep it timing day.

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Speaker 2: This every like couple of months I'll get one of

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Speaker 2: When I met you, I was really excited because you're

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Speaker 4: No competition?

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Speaker 3: That's amazing. So that was your first lesson, my first

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Speaker 3: In, going through the work. Yeah, a lot of work

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Speaker 4: Can I wear pants? What are these socks gonna do?

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Speaker 3: Is so fact?

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Speaker 1: And I love that you bring that up because you

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Speaker 3: But this is real shit. Like I can't tell you

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Speaker 1: Like you know, when you're on TV and you're trying

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Speaker 3: I can't see anything.

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Speaker 5: I am.

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Speaker 3: I miserable right now.

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Speaker 4: Okay, why is all of this is messing me up?

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Speaker 5: Okay, Yeah, there's a lot to think about. There's a

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Speaker 1: All right, it's hard.

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Speaker 2: And then and then what you think golf looks like

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Speaker 4: Yeah it is not.

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Speaker 3: This girl is.

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Speaker 1: You're here to look cute and only play minimal holes,

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Speaker 2: And I love that for her, yeah, but I hate

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Speaker 2: By the way, women's golf clothing yours. Thank you for sending.

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Speaker 3: Me you look amazing it, thank you, thank you for

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: But it's just like it's so hard to find, and

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Speaker 5: I agree it's very cute, but it's like country club cute.

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Speaker 2: I like the ones that you came out with more

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Speaker 5: Yes, like okay, on and off the course, trying to

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, I'm glad that I could talk to you

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Speaker 3: Wear that on and off the course too.

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Speaker 2: I'm just like, yeawing, got no what are close? It's

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Speaker 2: I can tell you golf tad like, you know, like, okay,

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Speaker 1: We're like at celebrity golf events and we're like, okay,

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Speaker 3: I'm ten shades darker. Yes, look I got a hat

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Speaker 4: Oh my god?

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Speaker 2: And right now I'm in the process of trying to

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Speaker 3: Style kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, see what works, what doesn't, what I like

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Speaker 4: When I play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I personally enjoy being you know, in the

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Speaker 1: It's like, how can I create sun sleeves that make sense?

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's just going to put a sun sleep on top.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, so we're work on it, we're thinking

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Speaker 3: We are going to have to literally sid sidebar this right.

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm going to take you notes for sure, because

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Speaker 2: Find other friends, family members, people you know that are

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it is a difficult place to get into.

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Speaker 2: There are times where I've just played my first like

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Speaker 3: I love that you did that, By the way.

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Speaker 3: Really, I should be really peaceful.

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Speaker 2: There's an invisible person behind me rushing me at all times.

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Speaker 2: I've never really asked what plane by yourself looks like.

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Speaker 2: I'm still the type of person that's like, hey, can

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Speaker 3: Okay, hey watch my ball? What the hell are you

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Speaker 5: You?

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Speaker 4: Hey helping me watch my ball?

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Speaker 2: So imagine I'm like, by myself, pick a ball straight,

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Speaker 2: This would have made an easy flat course, because I'm

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Speaker 2: that's trial and error. There have been people I've started

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Speaker 2: to get that I'm gonna probably love spending time with.

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Speaker 2: But if you have some friends or anybody you know

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Speaker 3: I love that, Like, just don't go alone.

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Speaker 1: It's so much fun when you're doing especially if you're

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Speaker 1: with you. I think it's such a fun journey when

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Speaker 1: you get to do it together. Yeah, yeah, so I

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And research and research and research, And I only say

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good point.

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Speaker 2: How the like driving ranges work when it comes to wardrobe,

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Speaker 2: would say following accounts like yours helps a lot because

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Speaker 2: I'm not that I'm not familiar with the golf space,

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Speaker 2: really nice. And because I had so many helpful people

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Speaker 5: So for those of you who don't know Nikki is

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Speaker 3: But I would love to know where did you even start?

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Speaker 2: Well, sports was really the driving force and to be

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Speaker 2: knew about a lot of women that were in the

450
00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,840
Speaker 2: sports space is that essentially they all were models because

451
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,920
Speaker 2: you're going to get a brand deal. That was always

452
00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,320
Speaker 2: something that I realized was a part of the game.

453
00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,840
Speaker 2: So I started modeling after I was playing sports. So

454
00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,000
Speaker 2: the modeling helped lead to one of the competitions that

455
00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,719
Speaker 2: I did so Maxim magazine. Right, I was named one

456
00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,520
Speaker 2: of the top ten hottest girls in America.

457
00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:32,240
Speaker 3: That's right, that's right, Like this how.

458
00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,960
Speaker 4: Long ago when Instagram was getting started, it.

459
00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,960
Speaker 3: Was like so it's like probably like a decade ago.

460
00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,920
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, but that but that was like the thing

461
00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,760
Speaker 2: that launched me into really.

462
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,240
Speaker 4: My careert Maxim Maxim.

463
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, so Maxim was using Instagram to help get voting

464
00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,560
Speaker 2: and to diversify and show personality. So they used Instagram

465
00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,639
Speaker 2: in order to do that. We had all these videos

466
00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:54,919
Speaker 2: and things we had to do. So then that's how

467
00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,800
Speaker 2: I got started in social media. And then social media

468
00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,159
Speaker 2: helped lead me to television. And I'd worked with like, okay,

469
00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,880
Speaker 2: you're Filipino, Yes, you know mix you know Mixed TV.

470
00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,080
Speaker 4: Yes, I was on Mixed Rated.

471
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,560
Speaker 3: Wait really yeah with.

472
00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,240
Speaker 4: Joey Gila and yeah what yeah?

473
00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,600
Speaker 3: Did you know that I worked with them? I had

474
00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,160
Speaker 3: my own series with them for a hot sec before they.

475
00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,280
Speaker 4: They Yeah, changed, I was hello, I was I was

476
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:20,760
Speaker 4: there too.

477
00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,840
Speaker 5: What those of you who don't know what we're talking

478
00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,720
Speaker 5: about on my mone because Mixed TV was a smaller

479
00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,800
Speaker 5: entity that was like a Filipino American media company and

480
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,000
Speaker 5: Filipino American you know your part you have Filipino in

481
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,640
Speaker 5: you and mom's side.

482
00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,440
Speaker 3: Yeah wait what is your your full cultural background.

483
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,200
Speaker 2: Hawaiian, Chinese, Irish Filipino. Then there's like a bund there's

484
00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,000
Speaker 2: black there. You know, I'm mixed with a lot of

485
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Speaker 2: I'm a love yeah, but mainly you know, identify as

486
00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:48,280
Speaker 2: far as culture.

487
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,280
Speaker 4: You know, home is Hawaii.

488
00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,840
Speaker 2: Yes, so the Hawaiian Chinese Filipino has always been really

489
00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,600
Speaker 2: really strong. So mixed TV yes, okay, so that's you know,

490
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,760
Speaker 2: that was the first time that I was on television, okay,

491
00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,720
Speaker 2: and then I did wild'n Out. But while all that's happening,

492
00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,200
Speaker 2: social media is going.

493
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:03,880
Speaker 4: Yeah.

494
00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,240
Speaker 2: Social media is really the cattles between all these different endeavors.

495
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,879
Speaker 2: And Snapchat used to be a big thing. Yes, So

496
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,919
Speaker 2: I would love, I love just talking on Snapchat. I

497
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,240
Speaker 2: would just be going off talking you know, the rains,

498
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,600
Speaker 2: you know, like kind of what everybody does on TikTok. Now, yeah,

499
00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:19,800
Speaker 2: I was doing that on Snapchat.

500
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:20,520
Speaker 3: Got it.

501
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,040
Speaker 2: So a friend of mine, he was in the radio

502
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,280
Speaker 2: station in stock In. His name is Chef Fiani, another Filpino,

503
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,480
Speaker 2: and I'd work with him on some other stuff. But

504
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,359
Speaker 2: he was like, Nikki, you should really try radio. I'm like,

505
00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,119
Speaker 2: I just television. What do you mean what am I

506
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,240
Speaker 2: gonna do? Why am I going to go go do radio?

507
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,480
Speaker 4: So he somehow convinced me to go.

508
00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:44,040
Speaker 2: Next thing, you know, it was overnights, weekends, afternoons, middays

509
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,440
Speaker 2: to morning with in like six months of getting into radio.

510
00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,919
Speaker 4: Yeah, and then from that, Tim asked me to be

511
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,199
Speaker 4: on No Chaser.

512
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Speaker 5: We're talking about Tim, We're talking about I only know

513
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Speaker 5: him as Timothy Daily.

514
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,920
Speaker 4: Yeain's fine, Yeah, it's Tim Tim.

515
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,639
Speaker 3: Yeah. He was also wilded out by the.

516
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 2: Way, and I started flying out back and forth from

517
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,639
Speaker 2: Bay to La, Bay to La and made that happen,

518
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:09,840
Speaker 2: and then No.

519
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,680
Speaker 4: Chaser was still doing to this day.

520
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:12,080
Speaker 3: Yeah.

521
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,119
Speaker 2: From there, I ended up leaving Stockton doing radio in

522
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 2: San Francisco, bigger market market, four big main warnings.

523
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 4: It amazing. I left that a year and a half ago.

524
00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:23,720
Speaker 3: Okay.

525
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,919
Speaker 4: From there, I got to host Ridiculousness.

526
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,359
Speaker 2: And I feel like I was one of the only

527
00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,919
Speaker 2: people that hosted that wasn't a comedian and didn't have

528
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,240
Speaker 2: like a million followers. So I was very thankful to

529
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,959
Speaker 2: be able to be in the position that I was in.

530
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,000
Speaker 2: Knowing I'm like I'm looking around, I'm like, okay, hey,

531
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,840
Speaker 2: if I'm in this room, then that's a good sign.

532
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:41,639
Speaker 3: Absolutely.

533
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,119
Speaker 1: And then so then was that like a one episode thing?

534
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,280
Speaker 1: Was it a serious thing?

535
00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:45,840
Speaker 4: I did four?

536
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:46,400
Speaker 3: You did four?

537
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,040
Speaker 4: I did four episodes? Yeah, I did four episodes. It

538
00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:49,680
Speaker 4: was amazing.

539
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,600
Speaker 2: I will say that I wish I would have celebrated

540
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,200
Speaker 2: it more. But while you're in it sometimes it's hard.

541
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,960
Speaker 2: You don't want to be braggy. And while I was

542
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,280
Speaker 2: at the radio station, it was a conflict. I would

543
00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,440
Speaker 2: say they weren't very supportive of it. I wish I

544
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,680
Speaker 2: would have gotten the support. I don't mind saying it

545
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,159
Speaker 2: because I've been away for a while. There was a

546
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,600
Speaker 2: full meeting on whether or not we should even mention

547
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,399
Speaker 2: me doing television on the morning show.

548
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:12,160
Speaker 3: Wow.

549
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,280
Speaker 2: And it's crazy because essentially, when you're doing morning radio,

550
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 2: you're sharing your life with these people. They knew about

551
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,879
Speaker 2: every time my dad was in the hospital or my

552
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 2: sister and just you share so much. And that was

553
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 2: a moment that I wish we would have leaned into more,

554
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:26,240
Speaker 2: but they didn't.

555
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:27,680
Speaker 4: It was a lot of pushback.

556
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 3: So I do ridiculousness. We have the podcast going.

557
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do my first tournament in hoy I'm still

558
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,199
Speaker 2: working in radio while these things are happening, and it

559
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 2: got to a point to where it was like, you're

560
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,320
Speaker 2: doing a lot outside of here.

561
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 3: And they didn't want that.

562
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 5: No, even though you were still giving them your time.

563
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,639
Speaker 1: Absolutely, they were just it was, you know, they just

564
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 1: want you to be so committed to only radio.

565
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, And there was a conversation of I'm just being transparent.

566
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 4: I've never really gotten to speak about it.

567
00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,480
Speaker 2: It was like they didn't want me to come off

568
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,439
Speaker 2: like I thought I was better than the people to

569
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 2: us that and that felt hurtful because I was somebody

570
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,159
Speaker 2: that used to listen to these people growing up and

571
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 2: they were so ambitious. You know, you got like Angie

572
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 2: Martinez shout out to her, who's in the golf space

573
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 2: as well.

574
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 3: Literally, yeah, we got to have her on the pod,

575
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 3: and that was, yeah.

576
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:14,640
Speaker 4: I love Angie.

577
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:14,840
Speaker 5: You know.

578
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 2: So you're looking at all these people and they've always

579
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,000
Speaker 2: ventured outside of just radio.

580
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 4: Most people started in radio.

581
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,120
Speaker 2: You got Steve Harvey, you got Oprah, you got Wendy Williams,

582
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 2: you got Ryan C. Christie, And that was to me

583
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 2: what I thought I was doing. You start here and

584
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 2: you continue to grow and you bring it back home. Yeah,

585
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 2: But unfortunately it just wasn't meshing well, and then eventually

586
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 2: I ended up leaving to really lean into social media, creating, television,

587
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 2: just multimedia and golf. So when I sat with the

588
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,679
Speaker 2: boys and they understood what was going on and the

589
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,600
Speaker 2: pressure that I was being put under to step away.

590
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,560
Speaker 3: I love them though.

591
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 2: They were so supportive and they also knew too, you know,

592
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,199
Speaker 2: when you're speaking to just such a wide range of

593
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,480
Speaker 2: people every morning from a corporate level, I'm not upset

594
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 2: at the fact that they did ask me to choose.

595
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 2: That's what that's their priority is themselves. Sure, that's what

596
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 2: they had to do, and they saw their talent that was,

597
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 2: you know, in other spaces that they didn't necessarily agree with.

598
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 2: Our topics are controversials, definitely not safe for work. What

599
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 2: we're talking about on the station, and I'm working with

600
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,479
Speaker 2: people that work with we're talking to kids and we

601
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 2: have so I got it from a business perspective, and

602
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 2: so did the boys, and I could not imagine staying

603
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 2: there longer than I did. I'm so thankful for the

604
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 2: time that was spent there. It gave me credibility, it

605
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 2: gave me so many skills. So I did it and

606
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 2: then was lucky enough to say, Okay, I'm not going

607
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 2: to come back, but they were kind enough to let

608
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 2: me thug it out, go and get a final goodbye,

609
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 2: close out my time like properly, properly, and not a

610
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 2: lot of people get that opportunity.

611
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 4: So I was very grateful for that, like take away.

612
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 2: Everything that I learned and then now use those skills

613
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 2: to now apply to this next chapter of my life.

614
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: I feel like some people are not willing to pivot

615
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: or to accept change, and I think in this industry,

616
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: if so long as this is where we want to

617
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 1: be for however long, I think one of the biggest

618
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,880
Speaker 1: things are the best things you could do for yourself

619
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: is to be willing to pivot, and that is quite

620
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 1: literally your dream, it is.

621
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Speaker 2: I went from such a strict structure. I had very

622
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 2: I had a very strict dad who did not let

623
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 2: me do anything, and it took a lot of unlearning.

624
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 2: And I wasn't always no.

625
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,440
Speaker 3: He said something earlier.

626
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, we were on the way in and because because

627
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 1: you said you didn't book your flight out, and I

628
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: was like, look at you, You're just so easy, and

629
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,400
Speaker 1: You're like I wasn't always like hell.

630
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 4: And I'm not talking about like, oh, the last five years.

631
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,359
Speaker 4: I'm talking about like in the last couple.

632
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 2: Of months, like really really losing my father and I

633
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 2: was there with him till his final breath. We all

634
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 2: were there. And that's the type of moment that I

635
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,639
Speaker 2: feel like I fulfilled one part of my life already.

636
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 2: I served my purpose. I did the best I possibly could.

637
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: I have zero regrets when it comes to my father's

638
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 2: life and our relationship. I gave everything I possibly could.

639
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,120
Speaker 2: And so with that said, I was gifted the ability

640
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 2: to say goodbye. So if I don't move forward and understand, like, Okay,

641
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 2: you did that part. Now you need to be open.

642
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 2: You now have to live for yourself. What does freedom look.

643
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 4: Like to you?

644
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,679
Speaker 2: And when I constantly tried to control situations that I

645
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,399
Speaker 2: had really no control over, I was only making myself upset.

646
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 2: So I had to start learning how to make these

647
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,160
Speaker 2: adjustments because it's just me. I mean, yes, there's friends

648
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 2: and family, but really, at the end of the day,

649
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 2: it's just you. And I didn't like how I was

650
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,119
Speaker 2: feeling when I didn't have control over a situation. Sure,

651
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 2: so I started putting things in place that would allow

652
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 2: me to have more leeway. So I didn't have to

653
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 2: book my flight because I already have something in place

654
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 2: where it's like it's okay, I move things around in

655
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 2: case the schedule changes.

656
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 4: It's like control of the uncontrollable.

657
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 3: Yes, I completely understand that.

658
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 1: But what a beautiful like awakening and lesson for you

659
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: to have had in such a huge moment of grief.

660
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,359
Speaker 1: But you're able to find such beauty in that and

661
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,239
Speaker 1: literally basically unravel like a new version of yourself, you know,

662
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 1: through that, And that's so beautiful.

663
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,400
Speaker 3: Now that you are in the golf space.

664
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: Essentially like your own golf personality golf influencer, how has

665
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: the space treated you? How have you enjoyed the events?

666
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: Other women in the space give me everything?

667
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,120
Speaker 2: Still learning and meeting new women in the space, there's

668
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 2: very few to you and fart between unless you are

669
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 2: really open and friendly. I don't know if it's the

670
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 2: easiest to build a community. Sometimes I'm out in the bay,

671
00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 2: so I'm not really running into a lot of women's true,

672
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 2: you know, and then golf is a very isolating sport.

673
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 3: Anyways, you kind.

674
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 4: Of you have to actively go to meet up with

675
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:07,120
Speaker 4: other women.

676
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 2: And I'm trying to to grow that part and I'm

677
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 2: making new friends. I wasn't always the most friendliest when

678
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 2: it came to people. I will be one thousand percent honest.

679
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 2: Girls are complicated.

680
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 3: That is true.

681
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 4: They're complicated.

682
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 3: They I have.

683
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 2: Yes, I know, I know I've had girlfriends before.

684
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, I get it.

685
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 2: But the women in the space, I would say, we

686
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: all have a little bit of an armor up.

687
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,160
Speaker 3: I think, you know what, it's such a different perspective.

688
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 2: So I like to hear this yeah, because I don't

689
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 2: want to. I don't want to bullshit everybody with with

690
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 2: saying that. It's like, yeah, it's just like this big, welcoming,

691
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: loving community. I wasn't always as welcoming I came in from.

692
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 2: You know, when you think about modeling, you think about entertainment.

693
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 2: Not everybody's friendliest, tough and yeah it's tough.

694
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 4: People are tough.

695
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 3: People are tough.

696
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 2: People are tough, and I'm I say, I'm shy. A

697
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 2: lot of people will like to disagree, but when it

698
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 2: comes to they're like, no, you're not. But it took

699
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 2: a long time because I was so defensive when it

700
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 2: came to women and like other aspects of my life,

701
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 2: that it was not the most comfortable for me.

702
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 4: To always make a lot of female friends.

703
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 2: Sure, So the golf space and where I'm at now

704
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 2: is very different than when I first started.

705
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 4: I would say now I'm way more comfortable.

706
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 2: I'm way more welcoming because I've had some time in

707
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 2: the game and I don't feel as intimidated by those

708
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 2: who have played or you know, I'm super self conscious

709
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 2: when it comes to being out there.

710
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 4: I don't want to do bad, but.

711
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 3: None of us do.

712
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 2: But I felt like because I was so new, and

713
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,959
Speaker 2: then I'm like shy in the sense of like, oh,

714
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 2: I don't want to know what you're thinking, that I'm

715
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 2: like messing.

716
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 3: Up or whatever.

717
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 2: And where I started versus where I am now are

718
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 2: two very different places, and I love where we're shifting,

719
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 2: and I feel like a lot of women are being

720
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 2: more welcoming to each other. Of course, with anything, there's

721
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 2: going to be people you like and people you don't like.

722
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 2: But I don't think I have anyone I don't like

723
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 2: right now.

724
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 3: That's good. Yeah, that's good.

725
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 4: I feel like I ain't got no beef licious, so

726
00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 4: you know, if you got people with meat, you, I

727
00:29:58,800 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 4: don't have.

728
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: Evil nobody, so you know, I like you.

729
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 2: Okay, My face may say otherwise, which I feel like that.

730
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 4: Is something that is a thing. I don't have the

731
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 4: friendliest face.

732
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: Well, you have a very beautiful face, so maybe that's

733
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 1: also intimidating.

734
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 2: At the same time, you know, in my head, I'm

735
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 2: not thinking about that because I'm just like due doodoo.

736
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 2: Sometimes I'm like be bopping around trying to eat something.

737
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 3: But I but I've.

738
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 2: Learned to open myself up more to the idea of

739
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 2: maybe other women that I felt the same way that

740
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 2: I felt, and then understanding it is sometimes hard for

741
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 2: us to talk to each other.

742
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 3: Let's just be real, like, no, it's true, it is.

743
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 4: Not the easiest.

744
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 2: And then when you're in a male dominated space, this

745
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 2: is the constant. We're all girls that have been around

746
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 2: the dudes for so long that every once in a

747
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 2: while we forget how it is to kick it with

748
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 2: the girls. And I've never played with like maybe one time,

749
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 2: played in an all girl group one time.

750
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 3: Okay, we'll definitely had the change. Yeah there's only one time.

751
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 3: But I completely hear you.

752
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 1: I get the guard up I get, especially when you're

753
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: stepping into the entertainment industry and like you said, being

754
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: in a male dominated sport, there is a sense of

755
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: like a bit of puffing your chest and then a

756
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: bit of protection and.

757
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 5: Before you can even release yourself to the other women.

758
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 5: But I do feel like where golf is headed now,

759
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 5: there is a lot more women that.

760
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 2: Are open, yes, collaborative, because there wasn't you.

761
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 4: There's maybe you, and there was a few handful.

762
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 2: Of others that just were showing golf in the entertainment

763
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 2: side on social media. And then there's girls that have

764
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 2: been golfing that are just golfers and pros and serious.

765
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,959
Speaker 4: And then there's the in between. I'm and in between.

766
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 2: A lot of the girls now that are the creators.

767
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 2: We're the in between, and there were there aren't many.

768
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 2: So while you're trying to build your social media, then

769
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 2: you're trying to golf and you're trying this and you

770
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 2: have to worry about what you're wearing. There's so many

771
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 2: elements that we don't discuss, yeah, that are constantly happening.

772
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 2: When I'm worried about what I look like, how do

773
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 2: I look in this group, what is going on?

774
00:31:58,320 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 4: How I plane?

775
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 2: There's so oh my, that's happening, And then you have

776
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 2: these girls getting thrown into these spaces together for so

777
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 2: many personalities forced to interact and you only know them

778
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 2: off of their social media and depending on how they

779
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 2: present themselves is how they're going to be perceived in person,

780
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 2: which I feel like I had to constantly battle that

781
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: and I'm like, look, look, I look one way, I

782
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 2: act another. Please understand. Like I said, like I was, like,

783
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 2: I get it. My face looks mean sometimes like I know,

784
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 2: don't worry. I swear I have to run around and

785
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 2: be like I'm not smiling. I'd be like, I hug

786
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 2: you come here.

787
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:33,959
Speaker 3: That's funny.

788
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 2: But yeah, but the space itself is I'm blessed. I'm

789
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 2: so fortunate. There's nothing that I can say that this

790
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 2: golf game hasn't done for me. There's you know, of course,

791
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 2: there's places of growth as a whole always, but I'm lucky.

792
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 2: I'm meeting this space with more support than there is

793
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 2: any naysayers at the end of the day. Yeah, you

794
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 2: may not like what I wore, but you saw my

795
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 2: swing and you can't fight me on this. Yeah, yeah,

796
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 2: do you know what I mean? The golf is kind

797
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,479
Speaker 2: of a show improved type of sport. It is, and

798
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 2: that is why I take the training so serious because

799
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 2: I've been so lucky to already come into a space

800
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 2: that has a lot of love around it. So then

801
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 2: if I don't take advantage of these gifts, essentially the opportunities,

802
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 2: then I'm I'm doing everybody a disservice. Yeah, So the

803
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 2: game is growing. The game is absolutely growing. I am

804
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 2: a part of the community of like, yeah, it's growing

805
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 2: because of people like you and a lot of other

806
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 2: creators and a lot of other women in pros just

807
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 2: in the space showing not only you know, women, I

808
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 2: will say, golf and women get a lot more love amongst.

809
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 4: Like the athletic scene than a lot of other women's sports.

810
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: Do.

811
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 2: I feel like it's it's a lot of sport, a

812
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 2: lot of support, you know when you talk to those

813
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 2: when it's like you want to see a pure swing,

814
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 2: you want to see good golf, watch women play, Like

815
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 2: this conversation is very real amongst everybody that's involved and

816
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 2: of that with the sports. So there's been that lot

817
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 2: of validation for sure, and people just want to see

818
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 2: it grow in the right way. And of course the

819
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 2: entertainment side of it, we're gonna we're gonna see what

820
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 2: we can do, you know.

821
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,840
Speaker 4: That's how bills get paid, literally get paid.

822
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm loving the space, which is why I'm

823
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,840
Speaker 2: dedicating as much as I can to it.

824
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: Like, I didn't realize how serious you were taking it.

825
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: So I think it's going to be very exciting to

826
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 1: watch your journey and actually competing and whatnot, because it

827
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: is a beast in itself, like you're I mean, you're

828
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: no stranger to competition and being an athlete. But I

829
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: think this will be a very challenging but very fulfilling,

830
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: like this journey for you. Yeah, so we are already

831
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: winding down here, and the last thing we will talk

832
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: about for just like a quick couple of.

833
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 3: Minutes is a dating life. How are we doing? How

834
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,879
Speaker 3: is the How are the streets?

835
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 2: Oh, I don't I'm never in the streets. First off, Yeah,

836
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 2: I'm in the crosswalk. Okay, I'm trying to get through

837
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,360
Speaker 2: the street to the other side.

838
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 4: Right. I don't like to play in the road.

839
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 3: This is not frogger, Okay, I just want to get

840
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 3: to the other side. Okay.

841
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 4: But it's interesting. I'm lucky.

842
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 3: It's it's I.

843
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 2: Meet amazing people who I've dated, some really amazing people

844
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 2: currently technically single in the dating space right now, there

845
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 2: are people that you know, you know, I really am

846
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,879
Speaker 2: excited for the alignment. That is the word that I'm

847
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 2: using a lot these days is who aligns, which is

848
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 2: why I'm so open to travel and to experiencing new

849
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 2: things and places because I haven't met my you know,

850
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 2: my my perfect partner. I haven't met my person yet,

851
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 2: but I am. I think I'm close.

852
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 3: Okay to name your dating green flags.

853
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,959
Speaker 4: Ooh great at communicating. Oh has to be Oh communicators.

854
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 3: Oh talk?

855
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 4: Oh I love that.

856
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 3: Oh they respond fast.

857
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 2: Oh my god, you just told me what you're gonna

858
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 2: do before I needed to ask. Oh, you do what

859
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 2: you say you're gonna do. See, Okay, but that's definitely one.

860
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 2: I like focused individuals. They're there, they have drive. I

861
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 2: think that's very That's a green flag.

862
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 5: You know.

863
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 4: I want to be someone's world. Don't get me wrong.

864
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 4: I definitely want to be the center of your universe.

865
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 2: But I but the greenest flag that I could see

866
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 2: is someone that has with whatever they got going on,

867
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 2: but then they're supportive of what I got going on.

868
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: That to me, someone who believes in this crazy ass

869
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 2: dream that I have is a green flag. And the

870
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 2: biggest red flag is when somebody asked me, like, why

871
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 2: are you doing that?

872
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 5: Oh?

873
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 4: Absolutely, red flag? You just do it for attention?

874
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 3: Do you an immediate goodbye? Goodbye?

875
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 2: But yeah, the communication, understanding kindness. I really like gentlemen

876
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: I or even gentlewomen. You know, I'm very Yes, I

877
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 2: I am open. Yeah, I like those that are caring,

878
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 2: that are loving, compassionate, family oriented, all the all the

879
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 2: things that make up a good human of course I

880
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 2: find you know them waved in red flags.

881
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 4: Now, mind you, I'm colorblind sometimes every once, you know,

882
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 4: I know I'm the problem.

883
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 3: That's so funny.

884
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: But you know what you're looking for, It is out there,

885
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: and I feel like with the whole perception and life

886
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,800
Speaker 1: switch for you, you are just like that much.

887
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 3: Closer to it.

888
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 2: Like I said, I'm on the right path. I know

889
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 2: I'm on the right path, all.

890
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 3: Right, y'all. So basically, Nikki is single, she is very open.

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Speaker 3: She told you her.

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Speaker 1: Green flags, She loves to golf, She's a full package.

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Speaker 3: You already know what the truth.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but don't slide into my DMS asking to take me.

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Speaker 2: That's another thing too. I may say I'm open, but

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Speaker 2: that's not an invitation. You know you she asked a question.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I asked a question.

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Speaker 4: She asked it. Not the rest of y'all. She stop

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Speaker 4: asking me to golf with you.

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Speaker 3: That is one way to try and get you on

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Speaker 3: a data Yet too long.

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Speaker 4: You know what.

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Speaker 2: One of the worst, one of the worst first dates

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Speaker 2: I went on when I started golfing was golfing with someone.

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Speaker 4: That is far too long. It's far too much time.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna be cute the whole time.

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Speaker 4: And I wasn't that good. The person was like, I

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Speaker 4: don't know if you are like messy with me? Are

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Speaker 4: you good? Are you not good?

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Speaker 5: Like?

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Speaker 4: No, it was horrible. Don't golfing dates?

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Speaker 3: Maybe not the first ding.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely not. That's too much time together?

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Speaker 3: Okay, no, all right, Well where can everybody find you?

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Speaker 2: You can find me on everything at Nikki Blades, you

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Speaker 2: have Instagram, we have TikTok. Is kind of something that

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Speaker 2: I'm doing, okay, a little bit working on the YouTube

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Speaker 2: channel as we speak.

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Speaker 4: So I'm going to be documenting my journey.

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Speaker 2: I love that, as you should, and that is We're

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Speaker 2: in the process of doing that right now, so keep

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Speaker 2: an eye out for that. We're on Twitch. No Chaser

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Speaker 2: podcast with myself, Tim and Rick. But yeah, that is

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Speaker 2: where you can find me. Nikki Streetyat's Blades Golf Club,

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Speaker 2: Nicki Blades, that's me.

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Speaker 3: That is right, Nikki.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much for joining the par t. It

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Speaker 5: was such a pleasure having you.

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Speaker 3: Yay, that's right.

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