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Speaker 1: do is I say I have a chocolate that supports

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Speaker 1: we also have sugar free. Um. One of the things

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Speaker 1: that my my diabetics are my keto's told me. They said, hey, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, Dr T we really want something free of sugar.

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Speaker 1: I understand you have the coconut sugar in it, but

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Speaker 1: we want something sugar free. So we also have a

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Speaker 1: sugar free chocolate that has zyla tool from Birch which

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Speaker 1: is the best of the best when it comes to

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Speaker 1: alternative sweeteners for UM, the diabetic community, and for the

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Speaker 1: keto community Oklahoma, and the Good Girl Chocolate it's based

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Speaker 1: T let's talk about some good things that had happened

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Speaker 1: that made you smile. Uh. You know Beyonce once said

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Speaker 1: she came to your rescue, but bore her brand really

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Speaker 1: came in and put some love on you, isn't it Really,

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Speaker 1: It's not really about the amount of money she gave you.

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Speaker 1: It's the brand association. Don't you agree? Absolutely, it's it's

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Speaker 1: it's just and first of all that that it just

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Speaker 1: felt so good. I didn't receive an email or anything.

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Speaker 1: It was posted on social media who the grant recipients were,

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Speaker 1: and I saw my chocolate and let me tell you

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Speaker 1: that I think I cried. I'm serious, I was crying

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Speaker 1: because it was just so I felt so much overwhelming

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Speaker 1: joy from seeing that and knowing that I'm on to something,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing something right. You know, when I was invited

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Speaker 1: to UM the Grammys Gifting Suite, you know, they tasted

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Speaker 1: it first and said, hey, I, we really don't like

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Speaker 1: healthy chocolate. But your chocolate is awesome, your energy is great.

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Speaker 1: We definitely want you here. It's just been confirmation after

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Speaker 1: confirmation and being the first permanently black owned business in

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Speaker 1: my local mall. Oh man, you I'm just I'm just

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Speaker 1: full of joy. I'm very very very grateful, and I'm

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Speaker 1: just excited. I just celebrated a birthday to this past weekend.

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Speaker 1: We've been over open a week so it was like

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Speaker 1: the perfect birthday gift to me. Well, let's let's let's

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Speaker 1: go and talk about you know, being the first of

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Speaker 1: anything is tied to pressure because you can't be the

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Speaker 1: first to close, you know, the first, So that means

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Speaker 1: that you have to endure uh, you know, internal mental um,

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Speaker 1: sometimes depression. You have to deal with being in an

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Speaker 1: environment that people can surround you positive people and also

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Speaker 1: surround yourself with people who understand your dream. Talk about

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Speaker 1: your network of people who support you and also who

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Speaker 1: have enabled you to get to where you are today

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Speaker 1: with good Girl chocolate. You know, I tell you I

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Speaker 1: I would be remissed if I didn't say my parents first.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to support, they are my number one supporters.

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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, right now, it's so hard

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Speaker 1: to find people to work right now, and my parents

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Speaker 1: who are retired, have stepped up and have been helping

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Speaker 1: me in the store you know this past week. Keep

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Speaker 1: things together. But I believe your network is very important.

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Speaker 1: You know, there's that saying your your network is your

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Speaker 1: net worth, but it really really is about building relationships. Um.

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Speaker 1: I am an out like half alpha woman, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I have a network from my sorority sisters, you know,

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Speaker 1: who came together and supported me my first you know

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Speaker 1: week open, you already know my my good friend Kim

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Speaker 1: Cole's you know, she has definitely opened up some amazing,

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Speaker 1: amazing doors for me. But it's really about relationships. You know.

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Speaker 1: I think your character and who you are is very

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Speaker 1: important and people are going to see that. People are

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Speaker 1: going to see that uniqueness about you. And I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: a believer. I believe in God. Um. God is first

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Speaker 1: in my life. And I've just been so blessed with

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Speaker 1: people who love me, people who have embraced me, people

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Speaker 1: who have helped me get to where I am today.

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Speaker 1: I am truly grateful. I went through the Oklahoma City

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Speaker 1: Thunder Accelerator program here in Oklahoma City, and I came

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Speaker 1: out with my first investor. And it was that investor

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Speaker 1: who helped me because I had to totally redo this

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Speaker 1: store in Penn Square Mall, from drop ceilings to electrical

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Speaker 1: to equipment. That's that's fifteen tho dollars a piece. Um,

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Speaker 1: So all of that costs money. And I'm just excited.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited about the growth. I'm excited about the wholesale

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Speaker 1: opportunities that are out there that have approached me. Um.

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Speaker 1: It's just an exciting time. UM. I'm thinking about opening

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Speaker 1: up for another investor fund fund here in the fall.

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Speaker 1: And it's just it's truly about relationships. And I'm excited

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Speaker 1: about sitting here with you, uh, talking to you and

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Speaker 1: on your show. And I appreciate the opportunity and thank

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Speaker 1: you so much from the bottom of my heart. Well,

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Speaker 1: thank you for this good girl chocolate. First of all,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be real. It's a it's a selfish motivation. Here.

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Speaker 1: You give me something good, I gotta talk to you

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Speaker 1: about how good it is. And it's really I can't

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Speaker 1: wait to get in this little this little bag of

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Speaker 1: true right here, the little couple with those pecan nuts.

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be my favorite. Let me tell you

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Speaker 1: that Pecan fudge. I don't know if we can even

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Speaker 1: let you dig if you can't dig in on it

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Speaker 1: on the show, But that Pecan fudge truffle that's in

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Speaker 1: that box, that's probably gonna be your favorite because I

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Speaker 1: know you. But you know a rich over with Sean,

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Speaker 1: you know in morsels and in moderation. So I'm working

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Speaker 1: on this. I k't immediately bust open this little package here,

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Speaker 1: especially just just wrapping up surgery. But more importantly, I

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Speaker 1: just wanted to tell your story. I just you know,

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Speaker 1: it's there's always a great story. That's always that the

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Speaker 1: product is fantastic. Let's let's move past that. But what

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Speaker 1: made that product a reality? And the reality is through

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Speaker 1: personal triumph. A reality is trying to change not only

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Speaker 1: your lives but other people alive through your empowerment. And

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Speaker 1: it started with your with your book. It's started with

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Speaker 1: sixteen years old. It started with you not accepting the

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Speaker 1: fact that this is going to be your life and

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Speaker 1: you didn't want it to be your life life. It

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Speaker 1: started through your education. It started through you realizing that

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Speaker 1: the way you look was limited your dreams and you

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Speaker 1: have to change that. But more importantly, Dr Car, Your

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Speaker 1: your product is amazing. Don't let the word vegan run

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Speaker 1: you away from this product. It is what it is,

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Speaker 1: but it's uh, it's it's for you. It tastes good.

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Speaker 1: Everybody knows I'm a dessert nut. I am a foodie.

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Speaker 1: When I say something that's good, and you should stamp

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Speaker 1: that as a reality. I do not allow people to

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Speaker 1: come on my show and then, you know, eat their

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Speaker 1: food and then go around the corner and spread it out.

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Speaker 1: That's not how it works on money Making Conversation. This

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Speaker 1: is fantastic and I will be dying on this this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much for coming to the show. Dr Car,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Thank you so much for the

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Speaker 1: opportunity I have enjoyed this time. I love talking about

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Speaker 1: health and wellness. I love talking about good girl chocolate,

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Speaker 1: and I love to inspire and empower women. Well you

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Speaker 1: did it all in this interview. I would like to

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