WEBVTT - Salma Hayek's Best Advice

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, fam I'm Jada Pinkett Smith and this is the

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<v Speaker 1>little dinner a little different. It's awesome. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>like she's right here with us, upfront and personal. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I get to have a very special woman on today.

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<v Speaker 1>I've waited to have her for a very long time,

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<v Speaker 1>for three years. Okay, because this woman has been an

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<v Speaker 1>inspiration for this table. Okay, and her name is Selma Hillo.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so exciting. It's so good to see you finally

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<v Speaker 1>I paid it to the Red Table. Yeah. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>we could have you here in person, but I know

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<v Speaker 1>you're in London. I'm in London. I want to say congratulations, girls,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. Fantastic job, amazing idea, amazing concept. We have

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<v Speaker 1>all been craving for a safe place where we can

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<v Speaker 1>be real and that it can have the amazing the

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic that the three of you create. Well, s Imma,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you because you know you were an inspiration for

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<v Speaker 1>why this happened, you know, and I was going through

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<v Speaker 1>that really difficult time and you just took me under

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<v Speaker 1>your wing and you just schooled me on so much,

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<v Speaker 1>and you shared your testimony with me. I gotta say, Jada,

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<v Speaker 1>you leave inside of me every day. I am so

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<v Speaker 1>proud of your beautiful family, and I'm so proud of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm so proud of what you're doing in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>I follow you on Instagram and you always make me laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>and you always make me think, and something about you

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<v Speaker 1>makes me fall in love with life. That's how I

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<v Speaker 1>feel about you. I don't care if you're in the

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<v Speaker 1>roller skates or if you're saying something deep, if you're dancing.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you do some weird stuff? Man? So how does

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<v Speaker 1>she come up with so much? It's always like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, there's my girl. I mess you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>We haven't seen each other in so long. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>so much to catch up on. How did you guys meet?

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<v Speaker 1>We were one of the four finalists for the Matrix,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we had jumped through many hurdles and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>screen testing and many auditions, and they brought these stunt

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<v Speaker 1>coordinators from Asia and it was the physical test. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm flexible, I'm my child, but I'm lazy. I never

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<v Speaker 1>really went to the gym, and they said to me,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to run. I go to wear around, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to run around. I couldn't even go around the room.

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<v Speaker 1>Once I was like, in comes Jada and mean, lean,

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<v Speaker 1>sexy machino. When oh my god, she was so good.

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<v Speaker 1>It was so embarrassing. She was so fat, she was

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<v Speaker 1>so focused, she was so dcibly, she was so capable,

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<v Speaker 1>she was so gracious. And I just looked at this

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<v Speaker 1>woman and I thought to myself, that's why I want

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<v Speaker 1>to be when I grow one. Yeah, I was impressive,

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<v Speaker 1>she was really impressive. I didn't get the part. Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>we didn't get the party. They never call me again

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<v Speaker 1>after that day. But you know, I always tell carry

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, she she was perfect for that one.

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<v Speaker 1>So now when I'm gonna every time, I'm gonna do action,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, no, no, no, I better start like getting

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of stamina and I better practice the routines. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta be like Jade. That you gotta be like Jade.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when I did Wild Wild West and I

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<v Speaker 1>became friends with Jada and with Will. I was always

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<v Speaker 1>very impressive of what a good step mother you were,

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<v Speaker 1>because I know you before your kids came came along,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know you bregg you were pregnant also and

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<v Speaker 1>really young, and I'm sorry, but you really had together.

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<v Speaker 1>You've never been fake. You never went and follow what

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else were doing. You got to do things for conviction.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I really got to know some. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>many years ago when I called her to direct a

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<v Speaker 1>video for me, I was still on human trafficking advocacy

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<v Speaker 1>and she was gracious enough. Two. Yeah, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>had known each other by now. She was very dear

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<v Speaker 1>to me. She called me and she said, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you doing? She goes, I did the song, I sang

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<v Speaker 1>it in Spanish, and you're directing the music video. Her

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<v Speaker 1>Spanish was perfect, and that's coming from so Ha Hones

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<v Speaker 1>was like impeccable. And I said, who wrote this for you?

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<v Speaker 1>On top of everything else? She goes, I did, But

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<v Speaker 1>I do have to tell you. Some said that she

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<v Speaker 1>would do the video, but she said only if I

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<v Speaker 1>did it naked. Absolutely, Yeah, yeah, Nate and Anita, and

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<v Speaker 1>she said you're gonna be naked. She made sure you

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<v Speaker 1>is so nusty, eat it all. Yeah, deep. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>love song about sex trafficking, and the story is about

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<v Speaker 1>trusting a man that destroys you, luring you into sex trafficking.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, I think it's important that you are

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<v Speaker 1>as vulnerable as these women, because the obsession that men

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<v Speaker 1>have with women's bodies, it's really threatening for us. And

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<v Speaker 1>so she accepted to be snaked with her body as

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<v Speaker 1>she was with her voice, and so she was very brave.

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<v Speaker 1>She had never done it before. No, but awesome. So

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<v Speaker 1>something you've been married for like twelve years and you're

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<v Speaker 1>like one of the wisest women that I know. What

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<v Speaker 1>are some of your tips for deeper connection and a relationship?

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<v Speaker 1>I will tell you what My best advice is that

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<v Speaker 1>I think I love it that I have it with

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<v Speaker 1>my husband. When there is conflict, we put all the

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<v Speaker 1>energy in solving the problem, never finding who to blame

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<v Speaker 1>or you should have done these or that. No, all

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<v Speaker 1>her energy goes into how do we solve this? And

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<v Speaker 1>so because of this, we've never said anything nastitude. That

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<v Speaker 1>is beautiful summer. No resentment, that's a good that is

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<v Speaker 1>a good way focus on the problem. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>figuring out the problem and figuring out together. Yea Valentina,

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<v Speaker 1>she's thirteen. She's thirteen. Now, how how many languages is

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<v Speaker 1>she speaking? Now? She speaks the three, Spanish, English, and French.

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<v Speaker 1>That she always spoke sounds a lot of Italian Portuguese.

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<v Speaker 1>But I tried to get her to do Chinese. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I always loved like when I would see her and

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<v Speaker 1>listening to it, like, I was always fascinated. She was

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<v Speaker 1>so young and she was trilingual. I was like, damn,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm up here first of all, trying to master English

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<v Speaker 1>and trying to figure out space. And she got it.

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<v Speaker 1>She got the three, Jada, I'm still trying to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out the English. But thirteen, some how has that been?

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when miss Willow was thirteen. Let's not remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to I want us to have all amnesia

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<v Speaker 1>about that now. But Willow, she was always so proud

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<v Speaker 1>of you. Thank you. Such an interesting time, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as our daughters are transitioning into young womanhood, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I always think that that journey between mother and daughter

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<v Speaker 1>is a fascinating one. You know, hasn't been teaching you

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<v Speaker 1>anything so much. I've been learning to get out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way, and I've also learned a lot of that

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<v Speaker 1>from you, Uh to get out always take let them

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<v Speaker 1>be who they are, to give them the chance to

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<v Speaker 1>take the chance to be unique and dad. It's not easy.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you give them a voice, the first person

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<v Speaker 1>they use it for it's you, you know, yes. Empowerment

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<v Speaker 1>also comes with understanding boundaries. That's what I'm talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>You know what Willow that? I mean, it's just good

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<v Speaker 1>Mothers are always gonna wonder am I doing the right thing?

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<v Speaker 1>Am I did I do the right thing? Should I?

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<v Speaker 1>Should I have? Should I? Always? Because we care and

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<v Speaker 1>because we want to be are very very very best

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<v Speaker 1>for you. Sometimes when your children go away, because I

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<v Speaker 1>have stepchildren that are older, there's such a void that

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<v Speaker 1>you really don't know who you are anymore. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a sense of not only of laws, it's like who

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<v Speaker 1>am I without them? Like? What is my family? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I think every woman goes through that, what is my place?

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when they start growing. I remember being in

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<v Speaker 1>the bad room and saying, wait a minute, nobody's knocking

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<v Speaker 1>at the door. Mommy, You're like in the bathroom and

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's like, mommy, just silence, No, nobody's interrupting my private

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<v Speaker 1>moment of peace, and then you go, okay, and what

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<v Speaker 1>do I do with this moment now that I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to hurry off? It's even hard to know how

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<v Speaker 1>to chill. It's hard, like I'm chilling. I'm chilling, my god,

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<v Speaker 1>I am making an effort to chill that transition where

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<v Speaker 1>just like I don't know how to actually relax, I

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<v Speaker 1>really don't know what to do with myself. It's true.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you It takes a process and just learning

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<v Speaker 1>how to just be still and then remembering what is

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<v Speaker 1>it that I like to do again? What is the

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<v Speaker 1>things that bring me joy again? Yeah, it's a process.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to tell you that I watched the movie

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<v Speaker 1>that you just did, hip Man's Wife, badding so exciting,

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<v Speaker 1>that's so fun. Always excuse me, I've seen a game

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<v Speaker 1>with a woman, but never be sold. No, don't don't laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>and you my age, I'm fomished. Shall we go now?

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<v Speaker 1>Some of you are whooping kicking. As for your funny, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>witty self, I mean, it is such a pleasure to

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<v Speaker 1>see you in a role like that. And what was

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<v Speaker 1>really impressive is like you would like bunk that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>letting people know I'm fifty four and yes, and we

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<v Speaker 1>need to see more of this. You know, there's always

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<v Speaker 1>the silver fox guy getting in the car and doing

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<v Speaker 1>his business. We need more women in that role. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel less. It was conceived as maybe a girl in

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<v Speaker 1>her forties, But the truth is that I said why

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<v Speaker 1>and I say, let's let's make it a a woman

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<v Speaker 1>in her fifties. And I think we should make her

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<v Speaker 1>about her having to do all this action while she's

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<v Speaker 1>going through menopause. I love that hilarious. And we have

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<v Speaker 1>to convince some people, but they're like, do we have

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<v Speaker 1>to say the word, And I'm like, it doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>about words. What matters is that we go through it. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's so interesting why it's such a like a problem

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<v Speaker 1>When I think about it as a woman, you think

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<v Speaker 1>that's hilarious. Hilarious, love that there's a very important message

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<v Speaker 1>behind it, because well we're saying here is that there's

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<v Speaker 1>no expiration dates for women. That has because you can

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<v Speaker 1>kick us at any age, you can call your own

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<v Speaker 1>at any age, you can dream at any age, you

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<v Speaker 1>can be romantic at any age. We have the right

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<v Speaker 1>to be loved for who we are at the place

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<v Speaker 1>that we are. We're not just here to make babies.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not just here to baby the man. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>just here to you know, service everything and everyone around us.

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<v Speaker 1>And then when you when the kids go away or

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<v Speaker 1>where there is no kids and you hit that age,

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<v Speaker 1>its songs like expiration date for the eggs. That means

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<v Speaker 1>expiration date for you as a woman. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of ages. M it's missunderstanding that that has been going

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<v Speaker 1>around for centuries. And you know what, you don't look

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<v Speaker 1>at day not a day fifty exactly. I just gotta

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<v Speaker 1>put that on the table right now. Well, thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>But even if I did, I could still kick us

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<v Speaker 1>straight up. Are you experiencing any of the symptoms of menopause?

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<v Speaker 1>I've been for a long time, okay. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was my meat forties. I had to take a test

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<v Speaker 1>and the questions were terrifying. They were asking me things like,

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<v Speaker 1>are your ears growing and there's hair coming out of them?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you growing mustache and a beer? Are you easily irritable?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you crying for no reason? Are you gaining a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of weight really fast that doesn't go away no

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<v Speaker 1>matter what you do. Are you shrinking? And then they

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<v Speaker 1>ask you it's your vagina dry? And I thought to myself,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter if you have hair coming out of

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<v Speaker 1>your ears and nose and a mustache and a beer

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<v Speaker 1>and you're shrinking and you're getting big, and you're in

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<v Speaker 1>a bad mood all day but crying at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody's coming here, you vagiant, you have to be coming here.

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<v Speaker 1>That thing makes no difference. What I'll tell you what

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't tell you. Are your boobs growing? WHOA Do

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<v Speaker 1>boobs grow during menopause? Yes, the boobs grow a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>For some women they get smaller. But there are some

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<v Speaker 1>women that when you gain weight, your boobs grow, and

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<v Speaker 1>other women that when you have children and you breast

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<v Speaker 1>with your boobs grow and they don't go back down,

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<v Speaker 1>and then in some of the cases when you are

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<v Speaker 1>in menopause, they grow again. And I just happened to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of those women that it happened in every

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<v Speaker 1>single step when I gained weight, when I got pregnant,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I'm in menopause. A lot of people say

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<v Speaker 1>that I had breast augmentation. I don't blame them. My

0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.919
<v Speaker 1>booms were smaller was the rest of my body. But

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<v Speaker 1>did just have kept growing many many sizes, and my

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<v Speaker 1>back has been really suffering from it, and not a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people talk about this. I didn't even know

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<v Speaker 1>that that could occur. Yeah, I mean either me neither.

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<v Speaker 1>What about mood swings? I have gone through those periods,

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I still am, But you gotta kind of notice

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<v Speaker 1>and take a deep breath and say, Okay, it'll pass.

0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.320
<v Speaker 1>You gotta hold it together. And also, the hot flashes

0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:47.080
<v Speaker 1>are not fun, definitely not. I'm gonna be fifty this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of that. Maybe that's why I'm crying all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's why I've cried all the time. You're just sensitive.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you know why you're crying all the time, Jada,

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<v Speaker 1>You are only rying all the time because you have

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<v Speaker 1>so much to be grateful for. Yes, you know that's

0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:11.800
<v Speaker 1>not a lot, and gratitude can't move you to tears. Yes.

0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:20.159
<v Speaker 1>As you grow older, also you feel things deeper. We

0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:24.760
<v Speaker 1>let ourselves be more sensitive because we don't feel as threatened.

0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:30.400
<v Speaker 1>As you get stronger, I think you get the luxury

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<v Speaker 1>of letting yourself feel everything. Yeah. There, you stronger, gain

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<v Speaker 1>the luxury of plating yourself. You see why I love her? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>let me down every time I'm around Selma. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>school and there's not a lot of people that can

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<v Speaker 1>school you exactly. Sounds a good one, but she schools

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<v Speaker 1>me every day. Even when I don't talk to her,

0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.480
<v Speaker 1>I hear her voice in my head, I feel her

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<v Speaker 1>energy around me. I feel her too. It's crazy, I

0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:06.600
<v Speaker 1>really do. It's the depth of your spirits al must

0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:10.760
<v Speaker 1>where just permeates and just engulfs. And that's the part

0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:14.119
<v Speaker 1>of you I love so much. Selma. We have the

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<v Speaker 1>fish bowl. Okay, now, the fish bowl is a red

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<v Speaker 1>table tradition. When our red Table family heard you were coming,

0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:27.160
<v Speaker 1>people lined up for questions. We wanted to pass along

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<v Speaker 1>the gift of Selma. First, we have a Diana from

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<v Speaker 1>New York. What's going on? Hi? How are you? Beautiful lady?

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<v Speaker 1>So excited to see you. So. I'm a curvaceous Latino

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<v Speaker 1>with a busty body type, and one of the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>challenges I've had is the assumptions that people are making

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<v Speaker 1>about me all the time. Like, even in professional environments,

0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.960
<v Speaker 1>I've had people make fun, you know, comments about my breast, eyes,

0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.560
<v Speaker 1>what I look like, and just assume that like I

0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.480
<v Speaker 1>want that sexual attention because of what I look like.

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<v Speaker 1>So my question is, how can I navigate and find

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<v Speaker 1>ways to get people to respect me for who I

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<v Speaker 1>am and take me a little bit more seriously. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So the first thing is when you have big breast,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really hard to dress. And one of the tricks

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<v Speaker 1>is that they say, oh, you, you showed a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of cleavage. Yes, because if you cover all the way

0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.360
<v Speaker 1>up to here, they just look bigger and you look bigger.

0:20:31.000 --> 0:20:34.679
<v Speaker 1>You need to have like some space, you know, otherwise

0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.879
<v Speaker 1>they take over your entire Dorso all these seeds, like

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<v Speaker 1>the head, and then like the thing. One thing that

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<v Speaker 1>I suggest emphasize your eyes because it's also hard for

0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:54.680
<v Speaker 1>them to look up. Maybe we're laughing, but this because

0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:58.800
<v Speaker 1>your eyes are smart. They're gonna hear what you have

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<v Speaker 1>to say to connect. To make a connection, the strongest connection,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's through the eyes. Try to make it

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<v Speaker 1>a focus. But I'll tell you a very good trick.

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<v Speaker 1>Drop your voice a little bit not so high. Try

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<v Speaker 1>to talk from the god of your stomach. Own your voice,

0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:22.400
<v Speaker 1>command with your voice the respect that you deserve. Do

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<v Speaker 1>not be afraid of your voice. See if I start

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<v Speaker 1>talking like this, and you can make the jokes, you know,

0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.639
<v Speaker 1>but it's very different if I said, yeah, my babies

0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:37.320
<v Speaker 1>are huge and great, you know, but like if you yes,

0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:43.080
<v Speaker 1>my books are huge and great. Like high your voice

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<v Speaker 1>on your voice, drop it projected and feel it in

0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:50.440
<v Speaker 1>your God and it's where your strength is. So do

0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:54.000
<v Speaker 1>not be afraid of your voice. Do not have a

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<v Speaker 1>not here, you know, like relax your neck and speak

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<v Speaker 1>your truth. And they have to listen to you, and

0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:04.600
<v Speaker 1>they have to look into your eyes because then they

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<v Speaker 1>know that you're forced to be reckoned with and the

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<v Speaker 1>whole package is there. Why not? Yeah, but thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much. That is amazing already better. I've

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<v Speaker 1>always wondered how I can get my voice to like

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<v Speaker 1>sound a little more confident. I'm doing it now a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. You are, and you know what, that's your

0:22:25.640 --> 0:22:28.560
<v Speaker 1>real voice, right, You're not used to it, but it

0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:32.359
<v Speaker 1>is explored through your voice. You changed my life in

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<v Speaker 1>like a minute. Yeah, exactly. Welcome to the club. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to the club so much. Next we have Emily from Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey Emily, Hi ladies, what do you have for us today?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm approaching my thirtieth birthday and I've been feeling a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of pressure to get a boob en marchment as

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<v Speaker 1>you can see, there's really not a lot going on here.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had my boyfriend makee a couple of comments about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really getting to me, but I really don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to go under the nights. And I guess my question is,

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<v Speaker 1>in today's day, h how does a woman with no boobs,

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<v Speaker 1>tiny waists, no but due to feel sexy. First of all,

0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:22.399
<v Speaker 1>you said there's not much going on here, and it's like, wow,

0:23:22.640 --> 0:23:26.960
<v Speaker 1>I see a lot going on there. I see. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you're really striking. So I'm gonna tell you a fast story.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a very close friend who got a breast

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<v Speaker 1>augmentation because the boyfriend really wanted her to get a

0:23:39.320 --> 0:23:47.280
<v Speaker 1>breast augmentation and they were engaged actually, and she got

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<v Speaker 1>them and she didn't marry her and she's had to

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<v Speaker 1>have eight operations because of it. Right, right, Okay, if

0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:07.840
<v Speaker 1>it's what you want, it's what you want. But don't

0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:15.160
<v Speaker 1>let anybody dictate what to do with your body. Okay,

0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:20.119
<v Speaker 1>if it's your choice, it's your choice. But it's really

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<v Speaker 1>hard to leave with someone else's choice that didn't even

0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:30.160
<v Speaker 1>stick around. You know. You know, the mind is super powerful,

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<v Speaker 1>So what can you do to be sexy? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're not volocked uous. I dream of wearing T

0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:43.320
<v Speaker 1>shirts without a bra. You have to find what is

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<v Speaker 1>it that you love about your body let it expand

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<v Speaker 1>to other places. Vita used to say, I am my

0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:52.200
<v Speaker 1>own work of art. That's right, and I can see

0:24:52.240 --> 0:24:54.800
<v Speaker 1>that in you. I can see what you do with

0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:59.000
<v Speaker 1>your hair, with your makeup, your tattoo. You are your

0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:03.280
<v Speaker 1>own canvas. You are so nobody freed that would never

0:25:03.359 --> 0:25:06.239
<v Speaker 1>let somebody come and do any other painting. And you

0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:10.760
<v Speaker 1>know that's what's sexy, your own confidence. That the way

0:25:10.840 --> 0:25:15.000
<v Speaker 1>you move because you're comfortable in it, because you like it,

0:25:15.080 --> 0:25:19.800
<v Speaker 1>because you accept it, small breast, that it's something very

0:25:19.840 --> 0:25:25.120
<v Speaker 1>sexy too. Everything is sexy. It's not about the size

0:25:25.440 --> 0:25:28.879
<v Speaker 1>of the bullboards that make it work for you, girl,

0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:33.600
<v Speaker 1>work for you. There is sexy in every science and

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<v Speaker 1>every style and every color of women. Just the side

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<v Speaker 1>to be that sexy within what you are coming from

0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:45.040
<v Speaker 1>someone who has struggled with that for their whole life.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I've been very small for my entire life,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know that really takes a hit to my

0:25:54.480 --> 0:25:57.640
<v Speaker 1>self esteem, you know, because the world that we live in,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, what a woman is supposed to look like

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<v Speaker 1>is always changing. We're always supposed to just hop on

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<v Speaker 1>what the new cool thing is. What I've realized is

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<v Speaker 1>like almost taking away that sexual perception of my body,

0:26:13.200 --> 0:26:15.960
<v Speaker 1>like taking away like looking at myself naked and taking

0:26:15.960 --> 0:26:20.400
<v Speaker 1>away the sexual perspective and just seeing all the different

0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:25.440
<v Speaker 1>ways that my body serves me so well, like as

0:26:25.720 --> 0:26:28.680
<v Speaker 1>I feel like, as women, we just get so zeroed

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<v Speaker 1>in on am I going to be wanted by someone else?

0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:37.920
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes lose the basic fundamental reason for having a body,

0:26:38.000 --> 0:26:40.879
<v Speaker 1>which is to take you through this world and to

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<v Speaker 1>experience things that don't have to be centered around sex.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want to tell you one more thing from

0:26:48.040 --> 0:26:52.040
<v Speaker 1>a spiritual perspective. Always remember that your body is simply

0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:56.679
<v Speaker 1>a casing. It is casing your spirit. The most valuable

0:26:56.760 --> 0:27:02.680
<v Speaker 1>part of you is your heart art right, and your spirit,

0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:06.560
<v Speaker 1>your soul. And let me tell you something. I've always

0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.600
<v Speaker 1>been a tiny girl too. I've always been small, small

0:27:09.680 --> 0:27:13.560
<v Speaker 1>everything small and stature, small breast, small butt, small legs,

0:27:13.560 --> 0:27:21.560
<v Speaker 1>small everything right. But let me tell you spirit, soul, laughter, connection,

0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:26.680
<v Speaker 1>spirit girl right, Okay, And I think how you feel

0:27:26.720 --> 0:27:29.640
<v Speaker 1>about yourself is so much more important than how somebody

0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:32.920
<v Speaker 1>else feels about you. So if he's not happy with

0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:37.119
<v Speaker 1>who you are, then maybe he needs to because, you know,

0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:41.560
<v Speaker 1>be with someone else. I don't know, I'm really uncomfortable

0:27:41.680 --> 0:27:47.480
<v Speaker 1>with him after having to change your physicality for somebody else.

0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:50.640
<v Speaker 1>If it's not something that you're really interested in doing

0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:54.080
<v Speaker 1>it and you're happy with your body, honey, walk with it,

0:27:54.760 --> 0:28:00.480
<v Speaker 1>be with that who you are? That again? Do you go? So?

0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:04.280
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, so much, so welcome. So we have a

0:28:04.400 --> 0:28:07.840
<v Speaker 1>video question now, our ladies. My name is Kia. I'm

0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:12.280
<v Speaker 1>forty four, divorced, and I recently started dating again. But

0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:14.720
<v Speaker 1>every man that I meet seems to want a twenty

0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:18.080
<v Speaker 1>year old. So my question is how can I meet

0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:23.080
<v Speaker 1>an age appropriate man. You don't know how many friends

0:28:23.160 --> 0:28:27.159
<v Speaker 1>I have in their forties and in their fifties that

0:28:27.240 --> 0:28:31.040
<v Speaker 1>are going through the same problem. It's become an epidemic

0:28:32.000 --> 0:28:35.760
<v Speaker 1>because now with the access you know, through the dating

0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:40.160
<v Speaker 1>sides and all these and want to commit less than ever,

0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:44.800
<v Speaker 1>just so much axes you know out there, and they

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:50.400
<v Speaker 1>have so many choices, and it's become a real problem. Problem,

0:28:50.520 --> 0:28:55.600
<v Speaker 1>It's become a real problem. I have one advice for you.

0:28:56.120 --> 0:29:01.680
<v Speaker 1>Instead of really looking for men, look for new interests,

0:29:03.920 --> 0:29:07.719
<v Speaker 1>find an adventure that you want to learn how to do.

0:29:08.000 --> 0:29:10.960
<v Speaker 1>Let's say you want to learn how to do judo.

0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:15.880
<v Speaker 1>Find something that excites you that might also attract the

0:29:16.040 --> 0:29:19.600
<v Speaker 1>kind of man that represents some of the things that

0:29:19.640 --> 0:29:22.400
<v Speaker 1>you liked and that you could share with someone and

0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:25.200
<v Speaker 1>that you've never had that chance, So that you get

0:29:25.240 --> 0:29:29.160
<v Speaker 1>a chance to find somebody also that's not looking and

0:29:29.240 --> 0:29:32.680
<v Speaker 1>that it's painting the perfect picture. Oh, I want her

0:29:32.720 --> 0:29:37.040
<v Speaker 1>twenty with this kind of body, with this So find

0:29:37.080 --> 0:29:41.720
<v Speaker 1>an activity that you're interested in. Ye. I agree with

0:29:41.720 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 1>Alma because I had a friend who was going through

0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:46.880
<v Speaker 1>the same thing, and you guys know that I like

0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:48.920
<v Speaker 1>to dance, and I invited her to come out and

0:29:49.040 --> 0:29:51.800
<v Speaker 1>dance with me. It was really about finding some new

0:29:51.880 --> 0:29:55.160
<v Speaker 1>activity to get your life together. And she ended up

0:29:56.000 --> 0:29:59.880
<v Speaker 1>finding a guy. I had a step in community there

0:30:00.000 --> 0:30:03.920
<v Speaker 1>you girls, and they're happily married now. But it was

0:30:04.000 --> 0:30:07.479
<v Speaker 1>all about focusing on her. It wasn't about looking for

0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:10.520
<v Speaker 1>a man. Yeah, you know, it just comes to words.

0:30:10.600 --> 0:30:15.800
<v Speaker 1>You enjoyed the dance, Yeah, yes, Selma, I don't even

0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.840
<v Speaker 1>want to say ready to you. I know, I just

0:30:18.880 --> 0:30:22.200
<v Speaker 1>want to come back any time. I just want to

0:30:22.200 --> 0:30:25.520
<v Speaker 1>come back in person and I want some food on

0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:33.240
<v Speaker 1>the red table. Mexican food to the Red table. You

0:30:33.560 --> 0:30:36.320
<v Speaker 1>can come here any time you come here and talk

0:30:36.360 --> 0:30:39.480
<v Speaker 1>about the Yellow Pages for all I can. I'm coming

0:30:39.480 --> 0:30:49.760
<v Speaker 1>over there to give that monitor a hug because, oh

0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:53.840
<v Speaker 1>there you go. Thank you Selma and calling the three

0:30:53.880 --> 0:30:59.280
<v Speaker 1>of you magnificent women and an example, an example to families,

0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:04.560
<v Speaker 1>to women the world. Keep shining your light, no matther

0:31:04.680 --> 0:31:08.360
<v Speaker 1>who we blinds, as long as it doesn't blind yourselves.

0:31:08.840 --> 0:31:12.200
<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, thank you, Thank you so much. I

0:31:12.240 --> 0:31:14.920
<v Speaker 1>love you so much. Mi too. I can't wait to

0:31:14.960 --> 0:31:21.520
<v Speaker 1>see you. The hip man's wife Bundyguard is out. Now,

0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:27.720
<v Speaker 1>go make sure you see that ward to middle aged women. Yes,

0:31:28.120 --> 0:31:33.640
<v Speaker 1>we got someone in there kicking egg. Yeah, before with menopause.

0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:37.720
<v Speaker 1>I love it. I love it. That's why I love it. Yes,

0:31:37.920 --> 0:31:41.920
<v Speaker 1>make sure you go and support big time. Oh that

0:31:42.000 --> 0:31:44.640
<v Speaker 1>was good. That was so great. Oh my god, I

0:31:44.720 --> 0:31:47.960
<v Speaker 1>love her so much. Yeah, she is so funny is

0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:51.200
<v Speaker 1>when you're with her, just how he her, just how

0:31:51.280 --> 0:31:53.320
<v Speaker 1>loving she is, it will just feel like you're just

0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.000
<v Speaker 1>in a big hug all day. It's just just a

0:31:56.120 --> 0:32:00.240
<v Speaker 1>big hug when you're in her presence. Yeah, Yeah, was

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