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Speaker 1: I've been catching up with many old friends lately, and

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Speaker 1: somebody I love. I have not talked to her in

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Speaker 1: This guest takes us way back to nineteen ninety six.

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Speaker 1: Hard to believe. She had a massive breakout hit called

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Speaker 1: Heads Carolina Tails, California that propelled her to country music stardom.

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Speaker 1: That was just the beginning. She followed up with several

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Speaker 1: more career defining hits, including Bye Bye, I'm all Right,

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Speaker 1: Bring on the Rain with Tim McGraw, Love that song,

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Speaker 1: and one of my favorites, my give a Damns. Busted

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Speaker 1: country music icon Jody Messina is joining me today on

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Speaker 1: Love Someone with the line it's been ages ages since

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Speaker 1: we last spoke. She's been out of the public eye

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Speaker 1: for more than a decade. She's been busy with life,

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Speaker 1: life and it's joys, life with her boys, life with

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Speaker 1: a lot of pain that was delivered. She's a hands

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Speaker 1: on single mama. She's been raising her two boys, who

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Speaker 1: are fourteen and seventeen, while navigating a lot of losses,

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Speaker 1: a lot of heartache, some pretty serious health struggles. But

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Speaker 1: today she is back, and she is back in a

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Speaker 1: big way. Her first new studio album in twelve years.

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Speaker 1: It's got eleven tracks. It's called Bridges. Dropped in early June,

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Speaker 1: and she's already embarked on her coast to coast Bridges

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Speaker 1: tour celebrating thirty years of Jody Messina. This album is

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Speaker 1: almost entirely self written. She wrote ten of the eleven tracks.

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Speaker 1: It's a homage to love, to joy, to lost, to pain,

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Speaker 1: to living, to living and learning. Jody's journey probably would

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Speaker 1: erect somebody who didn't have her faith, didn't have her strength,

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Speaker 1: didn't have the glimmers of hope that she holds on to.

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Speaker 1: Like her boys, like her music, and mostly her faith.

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Speaker 1: All these themes are woven throughout this new album, Bridges.

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Speaker 1: The album earned widespread acclaim ahead of its release. Get

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Speaker 1: this how many publications were praising it before it was

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Speaker 1: ever released to the public. American songwriter Billboard, iHeartRadio, people,

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Speaker 1: US Weekly all were like, WHOA, She's back and in

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Speaker 1: a big way, taste of country. She's already been on TV.

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Speaker 1: She's been on NBC today, she did the Kelly Clarkson Show,

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Speaker 1: and now today she is live here with us, I

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Speaker 1: love someone. Jody has gone through a jaw dropping physical

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Speaker 1: transformation as well. A few years ago she was shunning

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Speaker 1: the camera. She said she didn't even recognize herself. She

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Speaker 1: had health issues and she wasn't feeling her mojo. But

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Speaker 1: the last two years she's been hitting the gym, making

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Speaker 1: healthy choices, and she looks radiant. Fifty five year old

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Speaker 1: icon looks better than ever. She is shining. It gives

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Speaker 1: me so much joy to welcome Jody Messina to this podcast.

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Speaker 2: One hundred and fifty years. Stililah.

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Speaker 1: It feels like it. It feels like it. You look fabulous.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to love someone. Jody Messina. The first time I

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Speaker 1: met you, my daughter, Sheila, I think was seven or eight.

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Speaker 2: Was it in Seattle?

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Speaker 1: It was in Seattle at the studio I used to

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Speaker 1: Took us backstage at your show at the Puyallup Fair

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Speaker 1: and spoiled my daughter and gave her a little stuffed animal.

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Speaker 1: You are traveling with a little horse.

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Speaker 1: She cherished that thing for years, for years, And I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it goes by so fast, so fast. Old people

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Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, we're the old people. Yeah, yep, yep, yep.

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Speaker 1: You look fabulous, darling, and you're busy, busy, busy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a little crazy. Talk to me.

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Speaker 1: It's been a little crazy because you've got a new

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Speaker 3: Well, I was a single mom, so most of my

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Speaker 3: The last few years, a lot of people were asking

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Speaker 3: He produced the whole album. So that's how that started.

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Speaker 3: And then it's really, you know, do I need a

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Speaker 2: I'm content with the life that I live.

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Speaker 3: But my journey now says developing a relationship with christ

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Speaker 3: is I have such a desire to reach out to

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Speaker 1: so excited for you. So tell me about that whole process,

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Speaker 2: Everything I built my life on.

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Speaker 3: My mother was my foundation, my you know, my career

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Speaker 2: And then they have people in.

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Speaker 3: if we're broken into one hundred pieces, God has a

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Speaker 2: Bottle at the beginning of the course it says, I've

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Speaker 3: And so it's not meant you know that wanted to

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Speaker 3: Heart's desire is to create this ministry that loves some people.

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Speaker 3: It's called Broomtree Haven. You won't find a website, it's

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Speaker 3: So in the Old Testament, Eliji was a prophet. These

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Speaker 3: And so he went in and he's speaking. He's like,

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Speaker 3: the Lord. And she's like he's dead. Like tell Elijah,

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Speaker 3: So Elijah's exhausted and he's on the run and he's

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Speaker 3: What I have to offer is what my fathers have

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Speaker 3: What he's saying is I have nothing to offer, and

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Speaker 3: it happens again. The Angel of the Lord says, wake up, eat, drink,

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Speaker 2: There's this. It's a bridge between yesterday and tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I saw video that blew my mind. Somebody had

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Speaker 1: But to your point, your song, our whole culture is

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Everywhere?

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Speaker 2: Are we and are we doing that?

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Speaker 1: Are we doing the tour bus? Are we flowing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah on the tour bus. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So we start in Columbus, Ohio, and make our way

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Speaker 3: up to New Jersey, Sydney, Maine, and then we go

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Speaker 3: back up to Connecticut, New Hampshire. So we're starting that

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Speaker 3: first couple of weekends in the northeast and then we.

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Speaker 2: Swing back around. We had to Texas. We're all over.

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Speaker 2: You'll have to check my website.

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Speaker 1: So that was my next question. Where where can we

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Speaker 1: find you? Where can folks find where you're performing?

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Speaker 2: You can go to Jodamusina dot com.

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Speaker 3: You can follow me on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, all those things.

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Speaker 2: We'd post all the data right now.

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Speaker 3: The tour dads are pinned on all of our social media,

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Speaker 3: so you'll see it right the top.

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Speaker 1: Right at the very top. And folks can get tickets

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Speaker 1: now and any anything fun that we can expect. I

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Speaker 1: know you're going to have a busy, busy summer, but

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Speaker 1: then you said you're already looking into next year. Yep,

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Speaker 1: so you're going to be busy for a while.

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Speaker 2: Well if you is it for a while, yeah.

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Speaker 1: But not too busy to be at the kids' sporting events.

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Speaker 1: What sports?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, uh, well, my oldest son plays hockey right now.

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Speaker 3: My youngest son is starting in high school, so we'll

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Speaker 3: figure out where he's gone.

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Speaker 1: Wow. Fun for you. I am so proud of you.

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Speaker 1: I am so glad to catch up with you. I

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Speaker 1: have missed you well.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. I've missed you.

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Speaker 1: Too, Thank you, thank you, Love you, Hony. Good to

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Speaker 1: catch up with you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me on. I appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully it won't be twenty years before I talk to

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Speaker 1: you again. No joke, right, yeah, let me let you go.

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Speaker 1: Love you, honey, I love you, Thank you, Bye, sweetie bye.

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Speaker 1: Jody Messina is known for her powerfull vocals and her

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Speaker 1: extensive catalog, including nine number one hits, sixteen top forty

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Speaker 1: hits sixteen. Over the years, she's earned accolades and nominations

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Speaker 1: from Billboard, the Grammys, the AMC, the CMA, the AMA.

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Speaker 1: She's been nominated for everything. A true icon, Jody has

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Speaker 1: become a north star in the music world, carving a

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Speaker 1: path for artists, for young artists especially, and just really

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Speaker 1: setting the tone, setting the example for the new generation.

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Speaker 1: From Ella Langley and Lady Wilson, to Cole Swindell, who's

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Speaker 1: hit She Had Me at Head's Carolina pays tribute to

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Speaker 1: her breakout hit. Her impact continues to span generations, genres

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Speaker 1: and eras. Bridges is out now. It's available now available

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Speaker 1: to download, CD and vinyl. If you like collecting vinyl,

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Speaker 1: it's out on vinyl. Jody is going to be touring

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Speaker 1: all summer long. In fact, she's got a few dates

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Speaker 1: booked already for next year, for January into March of

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Speaker 1: next year. Check out her website Jodymassina dot com. See

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Speaker 1: if she's going to be anywhere near you. I can't

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Speaker 1: wait to go see her. I hear she's going to

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Speaker 1: be in my state, so that'll be in September. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: I'll get to spend some time with her. She is lovely,

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Speaker 1: She is lovely. She had my daughter backstage with her.

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Speaker 1: In fact, she even got to go up on the

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Speaker 1: stage when she was performing first time we met her

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Speaker 1: many years ago. To just a lovely, lovely human being

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Speaker 1: and I cannot wait to see her. So check out

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Speaker 1: Jodymassina dot com for all of the tour dates and

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Speaker 1: go be blessed, be entertained, be inspired, and of course

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Speaker 1: pick up bridges. I hope your summer is off to

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Speaker 1: a fabulous start. I hope you get to catch up

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Speaker 1: with some old friends, maybe have a reunion. Perhaps it

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Speaker 1: will lend itself to an opportunity to make some new friends.

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Speaker 1: Perhaps your summer will be the perfect mix of old

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Speaker 1: and new. How wonderful would that be. Take care of yourself,

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Speaker 1: my friend. Don't let the high summer temperatures or tempers

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Speaker 1: get overheated. Pause, reflect, breathe, breathe, and take some time

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Speaker 1: out of your summer's schedule to slow down and love

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Speaker 1: someone