1 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in through your nose. Holds it. 2 00:00:36,760 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: Now, release slowly again, deep in, helle hold release, repeating 3 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: internally to yourself as you connect to my voice. I 4 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: am deeply well. I I am deeply well. I am 5 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 2: deeply I'm Debbie Brown and this is the Deeply Well Podcast. 6 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: Welcome to Deeply Well, a soft place to land on 7 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 2: your journey. A podcast for those that are curious, creative, 8 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: and ready to expand in higher consciousness and self care. 9 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: This is where we heal, this is where we transcend. 10 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: Welcome back to this show. 11 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: I am your host, Debbie Brown, and I'm excited for 12 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: this episode because I have some things I have been 13 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: thinking about as it relates to surrender and as it 14 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: relates to divine timing and the beautiful synchronicities of God 15 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: and the universe. So yeah, and you know, just all 16 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: the big questions of life. That's what we're going to 17 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: explore in this episode. Big themes, big themes. I have 18 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: no idea and no concept of time right now. I 19 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: have to say my book came out, Living in Wisdom. 20 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: It is here. It came out exactly about two weeks 21 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: and a couple days ago. So it is a brand 22 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: new baby out in the world, and I just want 23 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: to say thank you so much to everyone who has 24 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: reached out that is reading the book, that has got 25 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: the book, that has tagged me in your screenshots, that 26 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: has you know, let me know what parts of the book. 27 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: I've been getting a lot of messages from people letting 28 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: me know what chapter they're on when they're on it, 29 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: so like, Okay, I'm at chapter three at this point, 30 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: or I'm on page sixty seven, or I'm you know, 31 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: I'm I'm two chapters away from finishing. So it's been 32 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: really special because I think when you first drop a book, 33 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: you know, definitely. I think the flow of it is 34 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: the focus on like first week sales and you're out, 35 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: you're talking about it, but no one's actually really read 36 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: it yet people are buying it. And something that's been 37 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: just really meaningful as an author and thrilling as an 38 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: author is getting the response for how people are reacting 39 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: to reading it. And it's been really special and it's 40 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: been interesting. I know when I first when I first 41 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: like turned in the manuscript and I was just talking 42 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: to a couple friends about the book, and I kept 43 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: everything pretty close to the chest, like I'm really good 44 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: at that. I'm a very patient person with like the 45 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: unfolding of things. I don't have to share everything right away. 46 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: But I was talking to some friends about the book 47 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: and they're just like, oh, you know, this is going 48 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: to be so great, and you know, they were kind 49 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: of holding the book in this very like feel good 50 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: kind of way, which it is a very feel good book, 51 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: I think when you really get on the other side 52 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: of some things. But I remember what I shared with them, 53 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: as I said, you know, I think people's path to 54 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: this book is going to be a little bit different 55 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: because actually, I'm sure the book is going to be 56 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: quite confronting when you first start reading it. It's even 57 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: confronting for me when I reread. It's provoking on purpose, 58 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: you know, It's yeah, it's and maybe provoking isn't the word. 59 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: It's confronting on purpose, you know. My deepest desire with 60 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: this book was to hopefully bringing anyone that reads it 61 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: to a deeper layer, to a place they haven't gone before, 62 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: place they haven't spent maybe significant time before. So it's 63 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: just been really special. So far, I've done a lot. 64 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: I have been on the road baby, which is so 65 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: also funny for me based on my personality. It's like 66 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: I spent many years out five six nights a week 67 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: because of what I used to do in the industry 68 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: I was in, and you know, just used to travel 69 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: a ton and be here, be there. And since the pandemic, 70 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: I have just fallen in love with my natural, simple, ordinary, 71 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: slow movements in the day. So I'm a homebody. I 72 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: can get out there. I can you know, work a 73 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: room with the best of them. I can you know, yeah, 74 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: take up space. But my preference in this season of 75 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: life is to like be with my garden and be 76 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: with my child and think and ponder and just be 77 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: really spend a lot of time with my closest relationships 78 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: and go deeper there and have cookouts with each other 79 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: and regular hangs at each other's houses and you know, 80 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: things like that. And so because of that, I have 81 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: traveled quite a bit for work, but I'm always like 82 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: bam bam, and life has been like really regimented the 83 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: past few years in that way, and so it's been 84 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: really cool to kind of turn on those social muscles 85 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: that I haven't really used in a while, to be 86 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: out in the world talking about something that I love 87 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: and that I worked really hard on and that I'm 88 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: excited about. So yeah, it's been interesting. I've been turning 89 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: on my social battery, which also is a sensitive person. 90 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: You got to build in like a lot of recovery time. 91 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: So it's been it's been cool understanding that component of 92 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: my life right now, right like how to bring more 93 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: harmony to a life that is usually intentionally very reclusive, 94 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: and then being out there and you know, feeling all 95 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: the energy and moving through this city and moving through 96 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: groups and you know, just having a lot of experiences 97 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: in one day. That was my life for most of 98 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: my life, of course, so it's nothing new. But when 99 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: you take a step back to do deep healing, when 100 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: you take a step back to work on you know, 101 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: what we're calling soft life or cultivating a slowness, it 102 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: does feel a little jarring when you have to keep 103 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: one foot in the other world too. It takes a 104 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: little bit of practice and it takes a little bit 105 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: of harmonizing. So I'm having fun doing that right now 106 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: because I am loving both. I'm loving being in the 107 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: world again. I'm loving having big conversations again and using 108 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: all my skills and you know, using things that were 109 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: kind of dormant the last few years because my work 110 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: was focused on different things. So it's just been really 111 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: fun activating those kind of highly trained muscles again and 112 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: using them. And I'm having a lot of fun with 113 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: that and springing back a lot of memories of different 114 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: eras of my life and different moments of like who 115 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: I've been, and now from this vantage point, I'm able 116 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: to also not just look at who I've been in 117 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: other times, right, Like, when you get to a certain age, 118 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: you really start to see how defined your life is 119 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: by very specific eras and what those clusters of time 120 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: mean to your bigger story. And I think I'm just 121 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: really in a season right now where synchronistically a lot 122 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: ist coming up for review that is completing cycles and 123 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: completing circles in certain thought processes I've had or ways 124 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: I've looked at situations, and so lately I've been talking 125 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: more than ever with people about actually like my very 126 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: very old school radio career, like not even the career 127 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: I gave up ten years ago, but the career I 128 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: got into when I was like nineteen. So I've been 129 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: thinking about those ages and who I knew and what 130 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: I was doing and how I saw the world and 131 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: it's just fun. It's fun and it's interesting. I'm realizing 132 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: also how wrong I was about so many things in 133 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: my life. I've run into a few people lately, people 134 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: I've known for honestly, like truly twenty years, and we 135 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: are resolving misperceptions like we've had about one another, had 136 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: about how each other felt about the other, or how 137 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: each other like approached a career move or you know, 138 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: just like so many things now from like this like 139 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: twenty year rear view mirror, and it's just it's beautiful. 140 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: It's fascinating. It's like the gift of time passing, you know. 141 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: And I think something I'm really savoring too is like 142 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: I'm getting so many more confirming examples of how beautiful 143 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: and strategic divine timing is. And you know, when you're younger, 144 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: it's really so hard to connect to that patience for 145 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: your life. It's it's excruciating because you're becoming, you're learning, 146 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: you're discovering you want things and people, and you know, 147 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: you think you have to craft your life so quickly 148 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: and so fully. Like I remember when I was turning 149 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: twenty four, I thought I was so depressed because I 150 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: thought by twenty four, I should be deep in the 151 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: success of a massive career and I should already have 152 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: this and that and this and that. And it's like 153 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: you are an infant at twenty four, Like what you 154 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: should barely be trusted with anything at that age. No, 155 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: not really, but you know, it's like those are the 156 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: years that you're actually should be so free, just so 157 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: free and unencumbered by those bigger choices and decisions, you know, 158 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: so anywho' it's it's special being in a place where 159 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: there are certain areas of your life you have been 160 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: consistent and you have been in alignment, and you have 161 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: listened to God and you never saw like why you 162 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: were being so disciplined in those ways. And then all 163 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: of a sudden, twenty years past and it all falls 164 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: into place and you get it and you're like, wow, 165 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: So the listening can take a while, But why can't it, 166 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: you know, like, why can't it? Why does everything have 167 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: to be fast and more? And you know, yeah, And 168 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: that leads me actually to an update I want to 169 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: share with everyone about my surgery deeply. Well, thank you 170 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: so much everyone that has been hitting me up. There's 171 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: been just so much kindness floating in my orbit and ecosystem, 172 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: and so many of you listening and that have reached 173 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: out to share your own stories with chronic pain or surgeries, 174 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: and so I am. I think I'm almost eight weeks Monday, 175 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: I think will be eight weeks out from surgery. And 176 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: the first episode I recorded was I think within the 177 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: first week where I had my full sling. So I'm 178 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: out of my sling. I can't really raise my arm 179 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: past here. This is where she stays. If you're on YouTube, 180 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: you see what I'm doing right now, but right around 181 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: my waist is like how high you can lift my arm? 182 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: But oh, God is healing me so beautifully, Like it's 183 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: blowing my mind. And I was actually having this conversation 184 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: with my friend, Pastor John Gray, because he had prayed 185 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: for me right after my surgery, and I remember his 186 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: message was like, you know, God said, no, it's going 187 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: to take as long as it takes, the healing won't 188 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: be accelerated, like you need to slow down. And as 189 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: soon as he said that, I just thought it was 190 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: one of the fairest things I've ever heard. Of course, 191 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: how fair and how generous to be allowed to heal 192 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: in the amount of time you're supposed to heal, to 193 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: heal it, all right, And so it really shifted things 194 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: for me, and that of this belief that I had 195 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: to heal fast because now I'm a healer and I'm 196 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: in my healing and that everything has to be done 197 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: with acceleration and you know, just like full abundance and manifestation. 198 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: And so the last eight weeks, I've been so present 199 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: with my healing, and that's what I have been mulling over. 200 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: I've been thinking about that and how fair it is 201 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 1: and how special my body is to even have the 202 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: ability to heal, and the fact that I still even 203 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: get to have use of this arm and you know, 204 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: like and that I'm even able to maneuver well while 205 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: on a book tour while healing from this experience, and 206 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,959 Speaker 1: I just I just can't even describe it. I can't 207 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: even describe the gratitude that I'm washed over with in 208 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: my life, for my life, for my body, for my work, 209 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: for all the opportunities of being alive and being in 210 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: the moment. Like I'm I'm truly in awe and just 211 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: so overcome. But here's what happened that I notice, right 212 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: like as soon as I accepted, which gratefully was instantaneously 213 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: and I didn't even think about it. That was my 214 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: natural response. As soon as I surrendered, I could just 215 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: be with the miraculous nature of my body. I didn't 216 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: have this expectant energy. I didn't have this like you know, 217 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: this kind of this like disappointment that comes out far 218 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: too soon for something that is still in process. Right Like, 219 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: I wasn't encumbered with disappointment. I wasn't encumbered with alonging 220 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: or yeah, in expectation. I was just present with the 221 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: miraculous feeling nature of my body. And what I found is, 222 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: oh my god, I am healing so much faster than 223 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: I could have expected. My doctor is like, what, like wow, 224 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: Like you're doing so great and you're not in pain, 225 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: and you don't have a lot of inflammation, and your 226 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: body is responding so well. And I've just enjoyed the 227 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: tenderness and the slowness that I'm allowed to move with, 228 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: you know, like I used to be like the first 229 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: one to pick something up or to be like I 230 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: can do what I got it. I'm doing it by myself. 231 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: To carry you know, every single grocery bag in alone 232 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: and not even take extra trips and now it's like, 233 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: I physically can't do that, so I don't. And I'm 234 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: also not overgiving or over exerting with other people. I'm 235 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: just like, I'm so sorry. I actually this arm doesn't 236 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: work yet. So and it's just been Yeah, it's been 237 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: so special and eye opening in so many ways to 238 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: be present with this healing and just being yet another 239 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: lesson of how beauty the duality of grief and joy is, 240 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: or of challenge and ease happening at once. Because there 241 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: is so much ease happening around my book. There is 242 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: so much ease and grace and power happening in the 243 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: just amazing conversations that I'm having out in the world 244 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: right now and the beautiful hearts that I'm connecting with, 245 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: and so I'm just grateful for the both of it 246 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: all and the grounded nature of it all. So that's 247 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: an update on my arm and my physical healing, and 248 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: the book tour is going amazing, y'all. I again, if 249 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: you haven't got it yet, Living in Wisdom is officially out. 250 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: This is about doing the work. This book is about 251 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: getting into your crevices, getting into the spots where things 252 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: have been hiding in a really kind of sophisticated and 253 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: stealth way, and being with them and looking at them 254 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: and having the guidance of how to process some of 255 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: those things in some of those places with additional tools 256 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: and additional practices to really allow you to take full 257 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: agency over yourself and over your life and over the 258 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: desires of your heart. So far, I've hit two places 259 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: my book tour stops have been. The first one was 260 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. God, I love Atlanta, Oh I love Atlanta. 261 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: It was in Atlanta for the Black Effect Podcast Network tour, 262 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: the amazing podcast network that I am on, and it 263 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: was so incredible. There were just so many amazing people 264 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: that hit the stage. I have to shout out my 265 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: girls Erica and Mila of the Good Mom's Bad Choices podcast. 266 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 1: They are officially now on the Black Effect Network and 267 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: they hit the main stage to do a live podcast. 268 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: They killed it. They just looked so amazing and the 269 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: energy they bring is just so special. Like I just 270 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: love them, love them, love them. My girl Carrie hit 271 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: the stage and did like a full sheet My girl 272 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: Carrie Champion brought Naked Sports, which is on the network, 273 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: to the stage and had an amazing conversation with Iman Schumbert, 274 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: and it was just like there were so many people 275 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: and it was just so special. Shout out my girl Weezy, 276 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: shout out Mandy, Like they're just incredible women putting their 277 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: work in the world and really leading and creating a 278 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: whole new vision for themselves and their lives and their audiences. 279 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: And I'm just inspired by it all. I'm just so 280 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: inspired by especially all the women that create through their 281 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,479 Speaker 1: unique vision and calling and it's just dope. It's just dope. 282 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: So I was there for that. I was on a panel. 283 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: I was on a mental health panel that was really special. 284 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: My brother Charlemagne was on that panel. Ambergrimes, doctor j 285 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: was on that panel. The hood Dock was on that panel. 286 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: And it was just so much wisdom, so much wisdom, wisdom, 287 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: wisdom and service and dope to connect with everybody there. 288 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: And then I did my book tour stop which was 289 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: at forty fourth and Third, which is a phenomenal bookstore 290 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: which is located in Atlanta. I've just never seen like 291 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: anything quite like it. It was so special in the 292 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: collection of books from all over and black authors, and 293 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: so my dear friend and sister Carrie Champion did my 294 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: book conversation for that stop, and it was amazing. I 295 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: got to see so many people in person. I mean 296 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: there are people. There were faces I was recognizing from 297 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 1: Instagram and dms from like twenty and sixteen when I 298 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,719 Speaker 1: was doing some early stuff with Karma Blizz and some 299 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: different challenges and people that I connected with through the 300 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: app for Meditation and the pandemic, and it was just amazing. 301 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,479 Speaker 1: And people were showing up wearing like their deeply well shirts, 302 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: like right now I got my surprise me God shirt 303 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: on and that was amazing, so good, just so good. 304 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: And after that, where else was I? So? I was 305 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: in New York. I did the Breakfast Club, which was 306 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: incredible and if you haven't seen that episode yet, highly 307 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: recommend you check out my Breakfast Club interview on the book. 308 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: It was so special being with my brother Charlemagne, being 309 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: with Envy. I have known both of them for at 310 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: least eighteen years. And then my girl Jess Hilarious was 311 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: there and it was just it was amazing. It was 312 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: such a deep, expansive conversation and it was just fun 313 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: to get put in the hot seat, which rarely, if ever, 314 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: happens to me. Especially with two people that have known 315 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: me over a length of time. So we shared and 316 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: swapped some crazy stories from a long time ago and 317 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: all the things, but it was it was just beautiful 318 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: being with them and what they do. And then I did. 319 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: I'm also right now on my girl Carrie's podcast on 320 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: Naked Sports. I had a chance to join her in 321 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: New York and do her podcast, and that episode is 322 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: so different than any episode I have ever done. She 323 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: is a master and so special at what she does. 324 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: But we talk about a lot. We talk about Daity, 325 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: and we talk about God. We talk about my super 326 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: early radio career in La and my God, all the places, 327 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: all the crevices of my past. So check out that 328 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: episode too. It has been so great. All right, there's 329 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: so much to say, y'all, I just don't even know. Okay, 330 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: So I talk to you about my surrender experience. So 331 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: I had some very special, very special surprise me God 332 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,239 Speaker 1: experiences too that are just feeling so invigorating. Like you 333 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: have heard me say this on the show so many times. 334 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: I'm wearing a T shirt that actually says it. But 335 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,239 Speaker 1: sometimes in certain moments of your life, the prayer is 336 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: simply surprise me God, I don't have any specific thing 337 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: to ask for right now. I'm not gonna you know, 338 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: just yeah, I don't need really more. Everything feels like 339 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: more than enough. 340 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 2: I am. 341 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: I'm open to the awe, you know, like I'm open 342 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: to the awe. I'm open to the work of my 343 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: life right now, and I'm open to the things that 344 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: I just can't even fathom. And so I think when 345 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: we make the prayer surprise me God, and we say 346 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: that when we wake up, we say that, when we 347 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: go to sleep, we say that as we're walking into 348 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: a new experience. It's another form of surrendering to the 349 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: things that can surpass any possible desire, expectation that we 350 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: could ever have. And so I am firmly in my 351 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: surprise me God's season. And I do have to say, 352 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: I notice that spring and summer are really special to 353 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: use this prayer. There's just this natural blooming taking place 354 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: in nature and people in the world, and projects this 355 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: natural kind of ease and joy because of the amount 356 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: of sunlight that we're getting, because the birds are all 357 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: out now for most of the day, chirping and singing. 358 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: It's an effortless joy that gets us gets to surround 359 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: us without us working for it. That really starts to 360 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: come forward. So it's the perfect time to lean into 361 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: surprise me. God and I had two experiences recently that 362 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: were that they were just the sweetest, most special little surprises. 363 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: So the first was that I've shared this on the 364 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: show and if you follow me on Instagram you've seen. 365 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: But my friend Maria Shriver, the legendary national treasure icon 366 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: that she is, has an incredible book out called I 367 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: Am Maria. It's profound, it's special, it's yeah, deeply, deeply inspiring. 368 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: It's a mix of memoir and reflection and also like 369 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: just beautiful poetry and creativity. And so she asked me 370 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: to join her on some stops of her book tour. 371 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: So I joined her to kick it off in New York. 372 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: We did the La Book Tour, and then I joined 373 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: her this past week in Summerland, which is right near 374 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: Santa Barbara for those that are FROMI in southern California, 375 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: at this beautiful bookstore that is, you know, this kind 376 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: of iconic literary space called Godmother's a beautifully really special bookseller. 377 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: And she had her conversation there in a very intimate 378 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: way and brought out her best friend forty nine years 379 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: to guide her in the conversation. And her best friend 380 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: is Oprah Winfrey. And so I got to share some 381 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: special time with Maria and Oprah and just witness their 382 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: greatness and the beauty of them as women, the beauty 383 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: of them as friends, the beauty of them as living, breathing, 384 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: world changing icons, and it just special. And I led 385 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: a meditation there for everyone. I got to see my friend, 386 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 1: doctor Jennifer Freed, who has been on the show, she 387 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: was there. I got to see Gwyneth Paltrow, she was there, 388 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: just such an admirer of her work and all the 389 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: things that that group does. And it was a beautiful day. 390 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: It was just absolutely beautiful. And that's all I'm gonna 391 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: say about it. But that was a surprise me God 392 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: for the ages. It unfolded in just such an unexpected 393 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: special way, and it was more than enough, and it 394 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: was sacred and really recharge my battery of inspiration, recharge 395 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: my battery of service, recharge my battery of just excitement 396 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: about being a woman and aging and growing and creating 397 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: and being you know, all the things that we get 398 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: to be while we're here. So yeah, So that was 399 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: the first one which knocked my socks off. And then 400 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: just a few days after that, I had the really 401 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: beautiful opportunity of moderating a panel called the Wellness Revolution 402 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: at this phenomenal global conference that happened in Beverly Hills 403 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: called the Milken Institute Global Conference. I know some listening 404 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: probably are very familiar with that. It wasn't a part 405 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: of my world. It really is this epicenter of some 406 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: of the great financial minds in the world, some of 407 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: the great visionary thinkers and business of the world. Five 408 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: thousand people over three days, like two hundred different talks 409 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: and panels, like just so much information and when you're 410 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: in the middle of the lobby there, it literally feels 411 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: like you were standing in the center of Manhattan. The 412 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: way people are like whizzing by you in suits. It 413 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: was just it was wow energy, just wow and fascinating. 414 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: And so I was leading this panel and the panel 415 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: was just phenomenal. It was amazing people doing really meaningful, 416 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: truly good works in the world who are balancing like 417 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: what it is to scale multi million dollar global businesses 418 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: and how to hold onto your integrity in that in 419 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: wellness and how to make choices that are not just 420 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: about your bottom line and are not just about wealth accumulation, 421 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: but even as businesses making conscious choices for the greater good. 422 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: We need that now more than ever, and we need 423 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 1: those conversations and those kind of spaces now more than ever. 424 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: So on the panel was just amazing people. Jessica Alba, 425 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,880 Speaker 1: of course we know her, we love her the Honest Company. 426 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: She's just been a visionary in the clean space. Doctor 427 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: Mark Hyman, who I am a massive fan of, Love 428 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: his podcast, love his books. I first saw him speak 429 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 1: probably ten years ago or so. I went to this 430 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: retreat called Journey into Healing and he was one of 431 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: the key speakers for one of the days, and yeah, 432 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: after that I was just kind of a lifelong big 433 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: fan of his curiosities and his brilliance. Also there was 434 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: Quentin Vinnie who has an incredible tea company and brewing 435 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: company and is creating in the wellness world in a 436 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: really special way with things that can really help nourish 437 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: and regulate us in our families with a lot of ease. 438 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: Moje Madhara, who is just such a visionary, And what 439 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: I loved most about working with Moje is she came 440 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: up to me, and the first thing that she said 441 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: was like, I want to talk about the problems. I 442 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: want to hit the stage and talk about the problems 443 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: that are happening and how we fix them. And that 444 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: was really the air of the entire experience. And also 445 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: the amazing Prictica Swarup, who has a wonderful beauty company 446 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: as well, shared a lot of insight on how you 447 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: scale in beauty with integrity, which is really interesting because 448 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: there are so many different facets that affect us in 449 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: the beauty industry in a truly kind of holistic way. 450 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: It can affect like every aspect of us, from physical 451 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: to mental health and emotional health. So yeah, it was 452 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: just fascinating. It was great to facilitate that conversation. I 453 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: had a blast. Audience was great. Made everyone do breath work, 454 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: of course, because that is always going to happen on 455 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: any stage I hit, even if it's a business stage. 456 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: So that was really special and interesting and I loved 457 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: everything I got to take in and learn in that space. 458 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: And my surprise, me god moment really happened when I 459 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: was walking into the speaker's lounge and I was getting 460 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: all my badges and stuff, and all of a sudden, 461 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: I look over and I see someone I admire like 462 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: standing there, and I was like what, And it was 463 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: TD Jakes. And it was just so special to walk 464 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: up and just say thank you, Bishop, you know, thank 465 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: you for who you are, thank you for your work, 466 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: thank you for all the sacrifices you've made in your 467 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: life to show up for the world and to create 468 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: what you've created, and to heal hearts and to bring 469 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: people to God. And you know, it's just like wow, 470 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: you know wow. And I know he recently made the 471 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: announcement that Pastor Sarah Jakes and Pastor Torrey we're going 472 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,479 Speaker 1: to be taking over his work at Potter's House, and 473 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: so I was just happy. I got I got to 474 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: tell him to rest, to enjoy the rest, and to 475 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: enjoy some pleasure and some happiness and some joy. And 476 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 1: so it's a special conversation that I'll keep in my 477 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: heart and hold. But it was just wonderful. It was 478 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: just further confirmation from God about the goodness of the 479 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: world and the goodness of people and the inspiration that 480 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: surrounds us in all moments. And you know, it's not 481 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: lost on me what it is to also be kind 482 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: of confronted with two people in a special way that 483 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: I have been loving from Afar since I was a child, 484 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: you know, and like what the impact of the work 485 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: they said. They said yes to the impact of what 486 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: that did to my life to allow me to become 487 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: who I am in this moment. Infinite gratitude list end list. 488 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: All right, So couple things. My book tour is still 489 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: going on. Some of the dates are sold out, but 490 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: I think there are waitless. I will be in Washington, 491 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: d C. On May sixteenth, twenty twenty five. I will 492 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: be in Houston, Texas on May twenty first, twenty twenty five. 493 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: I will be in Detroit on May twenty eighth, twenty 494 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: twenty five. All the information is on my website Debbie 495 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: Brown dot com, Forward slash Book get all tickets there. 496 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: I am joined by credible conversation partners like Bunbe, Jessica 497 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: Nabongo a, Lindsia Johnson. It's gonna be amazing. My girlfriend 498 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: Layla Dalia join me on my La stop at Reparations 499 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: book Club, and my Motherland, which was so iconic. It 500 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: was just such an amazing night. Reparations is such an 501 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: incredible bookstore in La like blew me away, I will 502 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: be going all the time. Huge thank you to Jazzy 503 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: and yeah so we out here, we get in it. 504 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: If you have gotten the book, if you're reading the book, 505 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: I ask if you have the time, please leave a review. 506 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: Please leave a review. If you bought it on Amazon, 507 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: please leave a review and five stars if you got 508 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: it on Audible, if you got it on Barnes and 509 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: Noble Books a million again Amazon, please take a moment 510 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: and do that if you would, and uh yeah, pick 511 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 1: up the book. If you haven't, let me know what 512 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: you're thinking. Hit me in the comments on IG all 513 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: the places you know how to find me. All right, 514 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: I'll be back next week, no mistake. Hostaydayday. 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