WEBVTT - My Love Language Is Vasectomy with Ashley Graham

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, Catherine, Hi Chelsea. The last time we saw each

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<v Speaker 1>other was at the Wheel Turn at my show in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles. It was so exciting to see you actually

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<v Speaker 1>doing your thing. Did you come to the first show

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<v Speaker 1>or the second show? The second show okay, good? The

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<v Speaker 1>second show was an A plus plus amazing. You were fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that was so fun. Thank you. It was. It's

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<v Speaker 1>always a nerve wracking in l A because I have

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<v Speaker 1>so many friends and family and industry that come that

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<v Speaker 1>you're just like, funk funck fuck. And we did two

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<v Speaker 1>shows in one night, and then we went to San

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<v Speaker 1>Francisco the next night. I did two shows there. By

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<v Speaker 1>the end of that, I was like, I can't think

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<v Speaker 1>anymore spent. I'm sure spent, But I want to promote

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<v Speaker 1>my Nashville show. Oh. I just announced a whole slew

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<v Speaker 1>of news stand up. Yeah, and announced twenty five more

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<v Speaker 1>dates to the Vaccinated and Horny tour. So if you haven't,

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<v Speaker 1>if I haven't come to your city, check my website

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea Handler dot com for new dates. And there are

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<v Speaker 1>tickets available for my second show in Nashville, where I

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<v Speaker 1>will be taping my special on June tenth at the Rheman.

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<v Speaker 1>So we also have merch for sale at Chelsea Hamler

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. We have Dear Chelsea merch and vaccinated in

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<v Speaker 1>a horny merch and that is all all really cute.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not selling flip flops. Contrary to popular belief. We

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<v Speaker 1>thought about it just to say fuck you, but we

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<v Speaker 1>did not do it. We did not pull the trigger

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<v Speaker 1>on that. Yes, COVID shipping delay has really made that

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<v Speaker 1>not possible. Yeah. One other thing I was going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about your show is that, totally randomly, my

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<v Speaker 1>husband accidentally bumped into a woman and then the person

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<v Speaker 1>she was with said, in a fun jokey way, do

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<v Speaker 1>you know who this is? This is Chelsea Handler's housekeeper.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like my bell and gave her a

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<v Speaker 1>huge hug in this huge crowd of like thousands of people.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, of course, he steps on my fucking my bell.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to my bell. Is so funny. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to a pet psychic. I'm hosting Jimmy Kimmel Show the

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<v Speaker 1>week of June and we were doing some pre tape segments, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So one of them was me taking Bert and Bernie

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<v Speaker 1>to a pet psychic, and the pet psychic told me

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<v Speaker 1>that Berniee loves me more than anyone, that she's just

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<v Speaker 1>upset that I leave all the time, and that she

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<v Speaker 1>loves me the most, and that she's always playing hard

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<v Speaker 1>to get, which is has been my suspicion. I've always

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<v Speaker 1>been suspicious because Bernice is tricky and just like a girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Right she comes in. She'll come into my room, come

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<v Speaker 1>right up to my bed, sniff around, and when I

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<v Speaker 1>put my head down to scratch her nose or her face,

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<v Speaker 1>she runs out in Hall's ass like like I'm accosting her.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, bitch fucking came in here, and but I

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<v Speaker 1>know that that's it's her. She's insecure and she's just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get my attention, and then she wants me

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<v Speaker 1>to come out and play with her. So the psychic

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<v Speaker 1>confirmed all of those beliefs for me, and I told

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<v Speaker 1>my Bell and ever since then, my Bell has been

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<v Speaker 1>treating Bernie's differently. Yeah, she's definitely. She sent me two

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<v Speaker 1>pictures of them at the park this weekend. Bert was

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<v Speaker 1>on a blanket and Bernice was in the dirt. So

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<v Speaker 1>is my Bell jealous? Now? Well she should? Yeah, she

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<v Speaker 1>she was jealous when I told her that she didn't

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<v Speaker 1>smile or laugh. She takes her ownership of pretty seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I came home from filming that bit, I

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<v Speaker 1>said to Joe Coy, I was like, so I went

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<v Speaker 1>to this pet psychic and she said this, And then

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<v Speaker 1>Joe goes, well did she He goes, do you think

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<v Speaker 1>she looked you up beforehand? I'm like, Joe, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>pet psychic. I don't give a funk what she did. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going there for some real information and feedback.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though the one piece of information I did like,

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<v Speaker 1>I decided to take. Yeah, keep what works for you,

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of what doesn't. Right. Yeah, it's very exciting

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<v Speaker 1>to be in New York City together. Yes, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>believe it. It was this weird thing where you had

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<v Speaker 1>today available. I was randomly going to be here in

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<v Speaker 1>New York and I'm heading to a plane in a

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes after this. But there was like a one

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<v Speaker 1>hour and a half window where we could come and

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<v Speaker 1>also our fabulous guest today could be here. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're very excited about our guests today because we've been

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do this but in person only. Because she's

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<v Speaker 1>the type of person you only want to be in

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<v Speaker 1>person with because she's that kind of girl, and we

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<v Speaker 1>made it happen here in New York today. She is

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<v Speaker 1>a supermodel, a body activist, an entrepreneur, global ambassador for Nicks.

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<v Speaker 1>She just launched a new lingerie campaign with Nixt and

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<v Speaker 1>it's called a Big Strong Woman campaign. And she just

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<v Speaker 1>joined a skincare brand where she's an investor and partner

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<v Speaker 1>and it's called Big One. Please welcome Ashley Graham. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for having me. Oh my god, thank you for coming,

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<v Speaker 1>because well we're in New York today and we wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to do this in person. And I know that you

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<v Speaker 1>have been a baby making machine for one. Seems like

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<v Speaker 1>she's had about eight babies in the last It's what

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like. And every time I look at them,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, there's more of you, and it feels like

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<v Speaker 1>they're just they're just they're growing and growing. Anyways, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're good. Thanks are you leaving? He's just supervirising always.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, now you're like really working people that you're

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<v Speaker 1>sleeping with. I love it. Any other way to do things.

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<v Speaker 1>The guy who was just on on screen there, he's

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<v Speaker 1>my husband sleeping with him. Now that women, now that

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<v Speaker 1>women are allowed to. Is that your mom? Yes, that

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<v Speaker 1>is my mom. Yeah, and my sister she looks just

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<v Speaker 1>like you. How cute. Oh, it's a family affair today.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. Did you dye your hair and you

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<v Speaker 1>have your eyeshadow in the same tone on purpose? I

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<v Speaker 1>was telling my mom used to have to tell her

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<v Speaker 1>not matchy matchy. It's not in anymore, like after the nineties.

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<v Speaker 1>It's over and you know, we were just talking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I'm sorry, mom, matchy matchy is back in again.

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<v Speaker 1>She's like, I just learned to stop doing that. Like

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<v Speaker 1>it's called monochromatic. Now. I love a monochromatic mama. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel cute. Your mother must be stoked though. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>there's you know, she's like there's grandma and then there's

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<v Speaker 1>caretaker Grandma, and she's caretaker Grandma. So she really likes

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<v Speaker 1>her days off. Oh it's different. It's different like being

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<v Speaker 1>granny who just comes in and sees the babies and

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<v Speaker 1>like leaves. She's like, okay, another day for you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I had Isaac in and then I had my twins

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<v Speaker 1>the top of this year in two and it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>right when I stopped breastfeeding, I got pregnant with the twins.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just boom boom boom, my body. I've given

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<v Speaker 1>it up to love. That's what Justin said, You gave

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<v Speaker 1>your body up to love. I'm just I'm ready for

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<v Speaker 1>it to come back, like to see myself again. But

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<v Speaker 1>I look at my little angels and I said, I

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<v Speaker 1>did it for you. So were you planning on getting

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<v Speaker 1>pregnant that soon after or did you? We talked about it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we said, okay, if we're going to do this again,

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<v Speaker 1>let's do it. And it wasn't like a hard decision

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<v Speaker 1>because we knew we wanted a second. But I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know it's going to happen that quickly. And I did

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<v Speaker 1>not know it was going to be twins. If I

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<v Speaker 1>would have known it was going to be twins, I

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<v Speaker 1>probably would have waited maybe another year. I am glad

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<v Speaker 1>I got it over with. I always wanted three kids.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want a middle child. I didn't know how

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<v Speaker 1>that was going to work. But why do you say that?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you? I'm the oldest, and I am the boss eest,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the loudest. I run the show and I have

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<v Speaker 1>seen how my baby sister acts and my middle sister acts,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just never wanted a middle child, didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>anyone like your middle sister. I'm a middle child. You are,

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<v Speaker 1>and do you feel like you're a handful um? Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>last than my sister who's in the other room right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Love you, Diana. It's hard when your family is listening

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<v Speaker 1>to the podcast in the next room, to be quite frank.

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<v Speaker 1>I love my sisters, but I have met so many

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<v Speaker 1>middle children, and I just that was my one request.

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<v Speaker 1>So I feel like God was on my side and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, Boom, you get twins. And there are two

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<v Speaker 1>hours and seven minutes apart. Two hours and seven minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh God, that sounds like what happened in those two hours,

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<v Speaker 1>and literally laboring in a tinyess in New York City

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<v Speaker 1>bathtub because I was having my birthpool set up and

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<v Speaker 1>it just wasn't happening fast enough. And then boom, Roman

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<v Speaker 1>was like I'm coming out, mom, Oh my god. So yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I have been pregnant for two years, breastfeeding for freaking

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<v Speaker 1>two years. I'm on their four months now, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at six months, and I'm going to check in mentally

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<v Speaker 1>with myself, see how I'm doing, and then either stop

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<v Speaker 1>or yeah, but I'm supplementing with formula, so it feels

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<v Speaker 1>like there's no formula shortage. So don't worry about that.

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<v Speaker 1>It is such a thing. But yeah, it's a tough

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<v Speaker 1>situation right now for all those families that need formula. Yeah. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>Well tell me a little bit about what your experience

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<v Speaker 1>has been, because it's not just like you had one baby.

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<v Speaker 1>It is kind of like you had three babies and

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<v Speaker 1>you're done now. Because you know the statistics. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have three boys in a row, you automatically get a girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Because my mom. Yeah, well everybody keeps telling me, you

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<v Speaker 1>know you're gonna have a fourth if then it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a boy. Oh no, No, once you have three,

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<v Speaker 1>if one sex, the chances are higher that you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to have the opposite sex. My mom and all of

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<v Speaker 1>her sisters had three boys and then girls. Yeah, my

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<v Speaker 1>mom had three boys and three girls. Okay, so you're

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<v Speaker 1>telling me maybe I should try it again. Well, if

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<v Speaker 1>you want a girl, you know, I mean, unless you're

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<v Speaker 1>counting one of the kids to transition, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, Right, you have to hence your bets, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>if you really want a girl, I think three is

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<v Speaker 1>a great number. For kids in a family, but four

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<v Speaker 1>is also a great number. I come from a big

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<v Speaker 1>family like you company are there there six? And you

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<v Speaker 1>come from like you either make what you had or

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<v Speaker 1>you abstained all together. You have a sister, Yes, we're

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<v Speaker 1>but we're two of four, so we have brothers on

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<v Speaker 1>either side. And my brothers are actually fourteen years apart.

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<v Speaker 1>Same parents, like same mom and dad were released spread apart.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, we'll like each other. So I could just

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<v Speaker 1>wait another ten years, maybe exactly have a caboose. How

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<v Speaker 1>does Justin feel? What is it? What are his thoughts about?

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<v Speaker 1>He got a vasectomy? Oh, well I guess that answered, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>then I guess you're not having another baby. You can

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<v Speaker 1>reverse it. The doctor who gave it to him said

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<v Speaker 1>he's done as many reversals as he's done actual vasectomies.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's like where we're standing right now. I knew

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<v Speaker 1>I love Justin for a reason. You know what, It

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<v Speaker 1>really takes a real man to get a sect to me. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's important to have that conversation in

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<v Speaker 1>your relationship. But he didn't have to have the conversation

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<v Speaker 1>with me. He just told me, I'm going to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want You've done enough. He said, you carried

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<v Speaker 1>these children, you pushed them out, and I saw what

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<v Speaker 1>you went through. I can get a vasectomy. I know.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even have to ask him. I wish there

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<v Speaker 1>were other straight men listening to this podcast to take

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<v Speaker 1>this advice, you know what I mean. That's a real man,

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<v Speaker 1>and you guys have a beautiful, beautiful relationship that anyone

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<v Speaker 1>who's ever met and either one of you or even

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<v Speaker 1>watched you on social media can glean. He's such a sweetheart.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel so blessed to have him as my husband's

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<v Speaker 1>We're about to celebrate eleven and a half years, so

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<v Speaker 1>I guess no, we're about to celebrate twelve years. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and three kids later. I mean, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna do for that twelfth year celebration, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be something fun. I mean, you're about to

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<v Speaker 1>have one year celebration was a lot different. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to celebrate one year. Oh, Joe will want to celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>one year. He's all about celebrating. Is he the romantic? Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's the romantic. And I have a hard time. Oh well, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>you know the first time Joe and I got together.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to Nashville. I was performing in Nashville and

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<v Speaker 1>I was staying at a friend's house and I got

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<v Speaker 1>there and my assistant called and she goes, walk outside,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a delivery for you. And I went and I

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<v Speaker 1>saw three dozen long stemmed roses, and I immediately my

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<v Speaker 1>first instinct was like cringe, like roses. Don't send me roses.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I thought, no, Chelsea, Chelsea, that's the old

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<v Speaker 1>you you've been to. This is a man who's demonstrating love.

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<v Speaker 1>Accept it, he loves you. I had to say it

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<v Speaker 1>like in my head three times, like this is a

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<v Speaker 1>nice thing you like, and I was like, okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I love this. And then I embraced them, and thankfully

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<v Speaker 1>I did, because he kept sending them over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we started sending them back and forth to

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<v Speaker 1>each other before each other's shows and performances. And then

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<v Speaker 1>finally I was like, hey, can we put a pin

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<v Speaker 1>in this? It's getting really expensive. It's like fucking dollars

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<v Speaker 1>every time. I'm like this is some ways like we're

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<v Speaker 1>not taking them with us, We leave them at the venue.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you figured out what that thing is in us?

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<v Speaker 1>Because my mom has it too, and it's like she's

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<v Speaker 1>she's not a romantic so and then I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I picked it up from her, like I don't. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like there's a part of me that wants the

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<v Speaker 1>romance but I don't. But I don't want to see

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<v Speaker 1>it overtly in my face. And I'm more like acts

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<v Speaker 1>of service. Right, we all know the five love languages? No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>actually what are they? Because I always forget the fifth one? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So acts of service, physical touch, time spent, gifts, and

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<v Speaker 1>words of affirmation, and mine is definitely acts of service

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe words of affirmation, like I don't need to

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<v Speaker 1>hear that I'm great because I know I am, but

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't I see it from my husband like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really proud of you, or you did a great job.

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<v Speaker 1>We're getting a vasectomy, right, that's an act of that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I was like, Wow, you're amazing. There is

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<v Speaker 1>like this period after you get a vasectomy, though, you

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<v Speaker 1>have like sixteen ejaculations that you have to go through

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<v Speaker 1>before the sperm is dead. So we're literally like we

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<v Speaker 1>have one to show during those sixteen you can still

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<v Speaker 1>get pregnant, yes, And did you freeze any eggs? Just

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<v Speaker 1>he actually put some sperm in a in a bank.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, there you go. He's not making me do anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you, it's amazing. He did all the hard

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<v Speaker 1>he did that part. I did my part. I was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say he did the hard part, but his part

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<v Speaker 1>was definitely not that hard at all. That's so interesting

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<v Speaker 1>that you get sixteen. That's what the toxic number. He said.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like sixteen or like three months something like that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I guess it's like in three months, maybe people

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<v Speaker 1>have sex sixteen times. That's what I was, like, whoa,

0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:54.199
<v Speaker 1>we have three kids. That's not happening. So anyways, back

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<v Speaker 1>through the love languages, that's where I am so confused

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<v Speaker 1>at myself, Like Justin is like Joe, he's Mr Romantic.

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<v Speaker 1>And now what I have noticed, and my mom has

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<v Speaker 1>had to train herself with her boyfriend is to accept

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<v Speaker 1>the love right except the romance. Otherwise, we train our

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<v Speaker 1>partners to to not be romantic, and then we start

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<v Speaker 1>looking for it and we're like, wait, you're not being

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<v Speaker 1>romantic anymore? Why are you? Where is that? So I've

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<v Speaker 1>actually had to reel back my like hard shell and

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<v Speaker 1>and accept it and then try out to step outside

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<v Speaker 1>of my comfort zone and send him flowers or like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just write little cards and put them under

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<v Speaker 1>his pillow, you know, like things that you think of

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<v Speaker 1>people in their late teens do in the early teens. Whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that I didn't really have a boyfriend in

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<v Speaker 1>my early teens. I think that's it's it's really all

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<v Speaker 1>about accepting, you know, like Joe has melted me. Everyone

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<v Speaker 1>says it, everyone like sees it, and I usually I

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<v Speaker 1>would be resistant to that. I'd be like, stop it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like, but I've just given in because why not?

0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.720
<v Speaker 1>Why fight it? And but I think it's just being

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<v Speaker 1>a tough chick. You want to be a tough chicken,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't, you know, it's a very common thing for

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<v Speaker 1>anybody who's independent, fears and really successful. You don't show

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of vulnerability because that's not what it took

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<v Speaker 1>to get you where you are. So I think that

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<v Speaker 1>bleeds over into our relationships. What once you know, somebody

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<v Speaker 1>means what they're saying and it's not bullshit. I think

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<v Speaker 1>what irks me a lot about that is that it

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<v Speaker 1>feels insincere many times, and when it is finally sincere,

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<v Speaker 1>then you can be like Oh, like, I had a

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend this he he was a real asshole, and he

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<v Speaker 1>would send me flowers like anytime we got into a fight,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't. I hated that. It's like, don't send

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<v Speaker 1>me flowers. You say you're sorry and mean it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not just like some chick on the side. We're together.

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<v Speaker 1>So when flowers are coming from an act of love

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just saying, oh, here, I'm demonstrating more and

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<v Speaker 1>more love to you, then it's easier to receive. I think.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. Yeah, I always wondered if it was a

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<v Speaker 1>learned behavior from my mom, But I like your explanation.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm sure has learned from your mom, because your

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<v Speaker 1>mom is a tough cookie. Also, yeah, and yes, yes

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<v Speaker 1>she is. You're a gem. You're a gem, you are

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<v Speaker 1>and Joe is such a sweetheart. The two of you together.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it, and I know everybody's expressing it on

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<v Speaker 1>social media, like, oh my god, you guys are so

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<v Speaker 1>like it's so true though, it's so sweet. We were

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<v Speaker 1>walking through the city last night and I mean a

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<v Speaker 1>dozen people must have run up to us. They're like,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't understand. We love you together. We love you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like we're like, oh thanks, so like you

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand, We're like we do, we understand we're together.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's nice because women especially you know, like that

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<v Speaker 1>are my age or like oh wait, if you melted

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<v Speaker 1>and you found someone I was the ice green, then

0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.640
<v Speaker 1>anybody can. You know, it can happen. And it also

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<v Speaker 1>makes me believe in that for everyone. I believe everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>As long as you don't settle and you say like

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<v Speaker 1>these are my standards, these are not moving regardless of

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<v Speaker 1>whether I'm with anyone or not, then somebody will meet

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<v Speaker 1>you right up there. And you know, standards with men

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<v Speaker 1>the last few years have had to get lower and

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<v Speaker 1>lower and lower. That's that's why it's so funny that

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<v Speaker 1>I ended up with like, you know, a Filipino man,

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<v Speaker 1>because I was just so out of gas with white guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, listen, I have no more juice left

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<v Speaker 1>for you guys. It's too much. You know, you're to

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<v Speaker 1>a black man. I know, did you have a non

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<v Speaker 1>negotiable list? Like this is my non negotiables and if

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<v Speaker 1>if he doesn't have this, like I'm not even going

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<v Speaker 1>to see him. No. I made a list once with

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah Silverman and She and I and my sister actually

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<v Speaker 1>all made lists because somebody had told me that they

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<v Speaker 1>had made a list and they had met their person.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I did. You did before you met justin. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was important. I had just broken up with a guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I realized that if I didn't make a list,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't going to meet the person that I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to And then I also wanted to be single. And

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<v Speaker 1>I got basically everything on that list. I don't remember

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<v Speaker 1>the list because it was over twelve years ago, but

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I still had that list. Oh yeah, now

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<v Speaker 1>you probably wrote yours in your phone minds in my

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<v Speaker 1>notes section on my phone. So my list everything I

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<v Speaker 1>put skiing, and it's like you have to be a skier.

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<v Speaker 1>But I made it. It was a really long list,

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<v Speaker 1>but it wasn't shallow at all, Like it was deep

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<v Speaker 1>stuff like values, morals, la la la. You have to

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<v Speaker 1>be willing to stick your neck out for people. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>be an idiot, you know, the interest in traveling and

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to make it happen and the desire to

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<v Speaker 1>make it happen. But the one thing I put on

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<v Speaker 1>my list, said a man with a full head of

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<v Speaker 1>hair that was that was the one, the one shallow

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I vote, and so I fucking circle that

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<v Speaker 1>and I was just like, I sent it to Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, that is so funny that I sent a

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<v Speaker 1>full head of hair, Like I don't even think that

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<v Speaker 1>that was important to me. And then obviously it's not,

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<v Speaker 1>which is why we're making Joe a hairpiece. We're not.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not. I would never I only date bald Filipino

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<v Speaker 1>men from now on. That's my that's I think. But

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<v Speaker 1>he looks good, yeah, exactly, Well you'd have to. And

0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.280
<v Speaker 1>he has some hair that grows in, but it's he

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<v Speaker 1>just shaves it, which is exactly what I would want

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<v Speaker 1>a man to do, you know, just once things start

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<v Speaker 1>getting dicey, just shave it off. Yes, agreed. Okay, So Catherine,

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<v Speaker 1>tell us what we have in store today. Actually, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we take callers some of our lives, some right in

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<v Speaker 1>and then we just give them life advice. It's really good.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you guys are really good at this. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, Well we all try, right, yeah, right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we have some extremely exciting cheating questions. We have two

0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:43.440
<v Speaker 1>people from the Midwest calling in, Uh, some moms stuff

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with friendship. Oh god, we have some weight loss

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<v Speaker 1>stuff and some booty stuff, all kinds of questions. But

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<v Speaker 1>we'll take a quick break and we'll come back with

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<v Speaker 1>some callers. Okay, sounds good, and we're back. Actually, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk a little bit about Nicks before we go in,

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<v Speaker 1>because I know you have a partnership with Nicks and

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<v Speaker 1>you're promoting your new lingerie line with them. Tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about that. First of all your boxes

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<v Speaker 1>in the mail. I cannot wait to shoot that lingerie.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh baby, it's come please, I mean talk about rocking

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<v Speaker 1>body and you are such goals your boobs. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know the conversations I've had with my mom about

0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:31.600
<v Speaker 1>your boobs. Now you have no idea. Oh I love that. No, seriously,

0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:35.680
<v Speaker 1>it's just like the perfect handful. Anyways, Nis and Ashley Graham. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we just launched my collaboration. Nix is really an amazing company.

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<v Speaker 1>They actually started with the period panti and it's like

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<v Speaker 1>a leakproof panty and they turned it into the leggings

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<v Speaker 1>and they've got amazing bras and underwear, but everything is supportive.

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<v Speaker 1>They go up to five X and they go down

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<v Speaker 1>to an extra small, so we're very inclusive, but it

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<v Speaker 1>really like I wanted to have something a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>sexier because they're very performance and solution based, so this

0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.600
<v Speaker 1>is their sexiest line yet, but also my most intimate

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<v Speaker 1>line because this is one of the first times I

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<v Speaker 1>came out after you know, shooting three kids out, first

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<v Speaker 1>first lingerie campaign, embracing my stretch marks, embracing my postpartum body,

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<v Speaker 1>but also just excited to have something that feels sexy

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<v Speaker 1>and cozy. You can wear it wherever. Yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you have done so much for women in promoting your

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<v Speaker 1>body and accepting your body and loving your body, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's inspiring to me to women everywhere. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>really have opened the door for people to really be

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<v Speaker 1>themselves and to embrace all their little shortcomings or anything

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<v Speaker 1>that they think isn't deemed worthy by a man. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>once said to me. He said, we were in Hawaii

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<v Speaker 1>and I was putting on a bathing student and said,

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<v Speaker 1>how bad is my cellulate And He's like, honey, cellulite

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<v Speaker 1>is what makes a woman a woman. The more cellulite,

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<v Speaker 1>the merrier. I don't think he said the mayor here,

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<v Speaker 1>but he said something like that, and then I, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, honey, I didn't even know that was

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<v Speaker 1>a sentence. I thought, I said, every woman needs to

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<v Speaker 1>hear that, because who doesn't have fucking cellulite. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there are anomalies out there, but the stretch marks, the

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<v Speaker 1>cellulite that the you know, we all fluctuate up and down,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and what we see isn't seen by the world.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all like an inside job. So you really are

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<v Speaker 1>I know you know that already, but I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you that personally, because yeah, it's good to hear

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<v Speaker 1>it now, especially living in my postpartum body and like

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get out of out of my head. Even today,

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<v Speaker 1>I showed up and I wasn't supposed to wear these

0:22:35.800 --> 0:22:38.119
<v Speaker 1>pants with this shirt, and I was running out the

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<v Speaker 1>door and they're really baggy on me, and my my

0:22:41.320 --> 0:22:44.240
<v Speaker 1>stretch marks are just hanging out today and that was

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<v Speaker 1>not the plan. And I called my stilace and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>meet me outside of Chelsea Handler immediately with new pants,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, babe, I'm not in town. And I

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<v Speaker 1>did not realize that, so I just I just sucked

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<v Speaker 1>it up, but I embraced it, and I'm just like,

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<v Speaker 1>here we go. And it's probably something neither of you

0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:04.280
<v Speaker 1>even notice, but it's in the back of my head.

0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:07.159
<v Speaker 1>And that's the whole thing with body confidence, with the

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<v Speaker 1>body neutrality and just loving where you are in your

0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:13.000
<v Speaker 1>life is it's in your head. It's not in the

0:23:13.000 --> 0:23:15.520
<v Speaker 1>person's head that you're speaking to or that you're around. Yeah.

0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:18.520
<v Speaker 1>Something I've done more recently, and this is partly influenced

0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:21.480
<v Speaker 1>by you, is when I'm looking through photos for approvals

0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:25.280
<v Speaker 1>for some shoots, you know, or press photos, when they

0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:28.359
<v Speaker 1>send me a selection, I don't even look anymore like

0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:30.399
<v Speaker 1>to go and pick through them. I just let my

0:23:30.440 --> 0:23:32.760
<v Speaker 1>publicists pick what they think the best one is. And

0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:35.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't go nuts like over if I don't like

0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:37.639
<v Speaker 1>a photo of myself and it's out there, it's like

0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.760
<v Speaker 1>who cares? Who gives a ship? You know? So that's

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<v Speaker 1>important and I think that also comes with age. It must,

0:23:44.200 --> 0:23:46.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean for me, it definitely has. I can only imagine,

0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:49.280
<v Speaker 1>like walking into my forties, how much more confident I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to be. I'm kind of excited. I'm not one

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<v Speaker 1>of those girls. It's like, Oh, I'm gonna be thirty

0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:55.479
<v Speaker 1>five and I'm gonna I'm going into my forties, isn't it.

0:23:55.520 --> 0:23:58.800
<v Speaker 1>I don't care. I'm so excited to to get older. Yeah.

0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.040
<v Speaker 1>I think that's the right attitude to have because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven and I was like, I just keep thinking

0:24:03.080 --> 0:24:04.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be fifty soon, and I'm like, I can't

0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:07.359
<v Speaker 1>fucking wait to be fifty. How I feel about sixty

0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:10.040
<v Speaker 1>is going to be a different story. But I'll get there.

0:24:10.160 --> 0:24:12.200
<v Speaker 1>I'll get there when I need to get there. If

0:24:12.240 --> 0:24:13.840
<v Speaker 1>I make it that long, then I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 1>happy on the live last. Okay, so should we take

0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:23.679
<v Speaker 1>a caller? Well, our first email, the subject line is

0:24:23.880 --> 0:24:28.439
<v Speaker 1>we both cheated. It's from Maureen. She's a bartender in

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<v Speaker 1>her twenties. She says, Dear Chelsea, A couple of years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>when I was twenty one, I was bartending at a

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<v Speaker 1>big bar where I live as on brand as ever.

0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:40.680
<v Speaker 1>I hooked up with my manager for a while. Later,

0:24:40.720 --> 0:24:43.040
<v Speaker 1>I found out he was still dating his girlfriend, who

0:24:43.160 --> 0:24:45.679
<v Speaker 1>had told me he'd broken up with. I did have

0:24:45.720 --> 0:24:48.560
<v Speaker 1>my speculations, but I honestly wasn't serious about him and

0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:52.560
<v Speaker 1>wasn't thinking about her enough to find out. I was selfish,

0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:55.480
<v Speaker 1>she found out. Fast forward to now they have a

0:24:55.560 --> 0:24:59.000
<v Speaker 1>kid are engaged and he's almost two years sober, which

0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:02.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure had something to do that. I'm happy for them.

0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:05.960
<v Speaker 1>My problem is she goes to my gym. Now it's

0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:09.239
<v Speaker 1>awkward and obvious. We both know who the other is,

0:25:09.680 --> 0:25:12.199
<v Speaker 1>and sometimes I wonder if I should confront her and

0:25:12.280 --> 0:25:16.560
<v Speaker 1>apologize for the whole thing. Complicating things, she started a

0:25:16.600 --> 0:25:20.399
<v Speaker 1>blog and in one of her posts discusses his alcoholism

0:25:20.520 --> 0:25:24.080
<v Speaker 1>and their relationship story. I support the blog, but it's

0:25:24.119 --> 0:25:28.800
<v Speaker 1>hard because I'm the undertone as the toxic person in

0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:32.040
<v Speaker 1>the posts, while he's seen as the alcoholic boyfriend that

0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:36.040
<v Speaker 1>was just quote going through so much. I'm willing to

0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:39.399
<v Speaker 1>admit that sucked up. But what are your thoughts on

0:25:39.400 --> 0:25:42.320
<v Speaker 1>the narrative that I'm the monster? Do I reach out?

0:25:42.720 --> 0:25:45.639
<v Speaker 1>Her whole blog is based around kindness, and it doesn't

0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:47.680
<v Speaker 1>make sense how she can give so much forgiveness and

0:25:47.760 --> 0:25:51.040
<v Speaker 1>understanding toward him then paint me to be toxic and

0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:55.280
<v Speaker 1>horrible all in the same post. We both cheated in

0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.199
<v Speaker 1>respect for her, I've often not gone to events I

0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:00.680
<v Speaker 1>know she'll be at since we have mutual ends. I'm

0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:03.200
<v Speaker 1>no angel and I've made lots of mistakes in my twenties,

0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:05.719
<v Speaker 1>but I'm also willing to admit them, especially if they

0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:09.240
<v Speaker 1>hurt someone. I finally want to stand up for myself.

0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:11.200
<v Speaker 1>But then again, a part of me wonders if I'm

0:26:11.240 --> 0:26:14.200
<v Speaker 1>being selfish and just want to defend myself. I can't

0:26:14.200 --> 0:26:16.760
<v Speaker 1>be the only one out there that's felt this, Maureen,

0:26:17.560 --> 0:26:20.480
<v Speaker 1>do you want to go first, Ashley? I actually really

0:26:20.480 --> 0:26:22.399
<v Speaker 1>want to know what you think. I've never cheated and

0:26:22.400 --> 0:26:24.920
<v Speaker 1>I've never been cheated on. I don't think, yeah, I've

0:26:24.920 --> 0:26:27.439
<v Speaker 1>been cheated on, and I don't think I've cheated, but

0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:31.320
<v Speaker 1>maybe who knows. Um. First of all, no, don't do

0:26:31.400 --> 0:26:33.880
<v Speaker 1>anything because it's all in your head, like you're you're

0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:36.399
<v Speaker 1>having this whole narrative. You're letting her dictate how you

0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:39.000
<v Speaker 1>feel about yourself, and just let her go. Do her

0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:41.639
<v Speaker 1>blog first all, stop reading her blog, you know, block

0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:45.200
<v Speaker 1>yourself from that blog, and don't try to correct the situation,

0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:49.040
<v Speaker 1>because that's ego, and that's any sort of defense is ego. Like,

0:26:49.119 --> 0:26:51.119
<v Speaker 1>you don't need to be bigger than that. That was

0:26:51.160 --> 0:26:54.280
<v Speaker 1>a long time ago. It doesn't matter what the circumstances were.

0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:56.879
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter that he was an alcoholic or was

0:26:56.920 --> 0:26:59.320
<v Speaker 1>going through an alcoholic phase, or however she wants to

0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:02.359
<v Speaker 1>frame it, and however she wants to frame your relationship.

0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:04.560
<v Speaker 1>She's just trying to make herself feel better about that

0:27:04.880 --> 0:27:07.359
<v Speaker 1>period of time, and there's nothing you can do to

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<v Speaker 1>change her narrative. So the only thing you can do

0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:13.399
<v Speaker 1>is demonstrate that you're also a different person and act

0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:15.919
<v Speaker 1>like a bigger person, and then be a bigger person.

0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:18.600
<v Speaker 1>I think sometimes when you start acting like a bigger person,

0:27:18.960 --> 0:27:21.840
<v Speaker 1>it naturally happens that you become that. You know, It's

0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:24.199
<v Speaker 1>kind of like fake it till you make it. It

0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:26.639
<v Speaker 1>works like that. So yeah, you don't want to go

0:27:26.760 --> 0:27:29.199
<v Speaker 1>and correct the story. That's only going to result in

0:27:29.280 --> 0:27:31.879
<v Speaker 1>more icky behavior. And I think it's good that you

0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:33.600
<v Speaker 1>don't show up to parties that she's at, but that

0:27:33.640 --> 0:27:36.840
<v Speaker 1>also shouldn't be your rule of thumb. She's irrelevant kind

0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:38.960
<v Speaker 1>of to you. You've moved on. You both had a

0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:43.680
<v Speaker 1>past and that's not the present. I think that I

0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:46.239
<v Speaker 1>would just erase the blog, never go back on it.

0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:49.159
<v Speaker 1>She's she's tormenting herself. I don't even know how to

0:27:49.200 --> 0:27:51.359
<v Speaker 1>read a blog, Like, how do you find blog is

0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:55.520
<v Speaker 1>a blog? Or she like posting this blog? So I

0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:57.399
<v Speaker 1>didn't know people still did that, right, I don't know.

0:27:57.520 --> 0:28:02.000
<v Speaker 1>It's not on my Space geo cities. I mean, it

0:28:02.040 --> 0:28:04.359
<v Speaker 1>definitely feels like this is my problem, and I'm twenty

0:28:04.440 --> 0:28:07.800
<v Speaker 1>years old, because as you get older, as you mature,

0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:10.160
<v Speaker 1>this is not going to become your problem, right. And also,

0:28:10.200 --> 0:28:12.760
<v Speaker 1>it's not her problem, it's his problem. If she really

0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:15.160
<v Speaker 1>wanted to talk about it, she should go to him,

0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:19.359
<v Speaker 1>not her. Yeah, she knew what she was doing was wrong,

0:28:19.440 --> 0:28:22.240
<v Speaker 1>but like I kind of take umbrage with the phrasing

0:28:22.440 --> 0:28:25.040
<v Speaker 1>of we both cheated because he's the one who cheated.

0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:27.800
<v Speaker 1>She wasn't in a relationship. You know, she knew what

0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:30.280
<v Speaker 1>she was doing, but the phrasing is a little funky

0:28:30.320 --> 0:28:32.680
<v Speaker 1>for me. And anytime you want to go correct a

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:36.639
<v Speaker 1>situation where you screwed up and so much time has elapsed,

0:28:37.040 --> 0:28:39.960
<v Speaker 1>all you're doing is reminding people what you represented and

0:28:40.080 --> 0:28:44.080
<v Speaker 1>during that time, instead of setting new impressions on those people,

0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.560
<v Speaker 1>which it sounds like you have the opportunity. It sounds

0:28:46.560 --> 0:28:49.000
<v Speaker 1>like she has the opportunity to do. Between the gym

0:28:49.080 --> 0:28:52.120
<v Speaker 1>and mutual friends parties, it's like, just go in there

0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:54.000
<v Speaker 1>and be your new self and so that they know

0:28:54.120 --> 0:28:56.600
<v Speaker 1>that's not who you are anymore, and you don't have

0:28:56.640 --> 0:28:59.040
<v Speaker 1>to correct any of that narrative. I was talking to

0:28:59.080 --> 0:29:00.360
<v Speaker 1>a friend the other day and it's like, oh, I

0:29:00.360 --> 0:29:02.800
<v Speaker 1>should apologize about this thing that happened like three months ago.

0:29:02.880 --> 0:29:05.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, don't bring it up again. No, but you know,

0:29:05.720 --> 0:29:07.800
<v Speaker 1>you're just kind of doing the opposite of what your

0:29:07.800 --> 0:29:10.920
<v Speaker 1>intention is. So yeah, zip it, get off her blog

0:29:11.040 --> 0:29:20.360
<v Speaker 1>and then find out why she still has a blog exactly. Well.

0:29:20.400 --> 0:29:23.560
<v Speaker 1>Our next question comes from Shannon, and she is calling

0:29:23.680 --> 0:29:28.560
<v Speaker 1>in from Iowa. She says, Dear Chelsea, and I'm a

0:29:28.560 --> 0:29:32.000
<v Speaker 1>twenty five year old new mom to my daughter, Salem.

0:29:32.040 --> 0:29:34.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking for advice on how to handle my friendships

0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:36.600
<v Speaker 1>because not one of my friends have come to meet

0:29:36.640 --> 0:29:40.080
<v Speaker 1>my baby. I'm stuck wondering whether or not it's my

0:29:40.200 --> 0:29:42.920
<v Speaker 1>responsibility to schedule these meetings, or if my friends are

0:29:42.960 --> 0:29:45.080
<v Speaker 1>being kind of shitty towards me by not making an

0:29:45.080 --> 0:29:48.200
<v Speaker 1>effort to meet her. Salem is now five months old.

0:29:48.480 --> 0:29:51.080
<v Speaker 1>I have a very small group of friends too, from

0:29:51.160 --> 0:29:54.040
<v Speaker 1>high school and three from college. They were all either

0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:56.560
<v Speaker 1>in my wedding or in attendance, and they all attended

0:29:56.600 --> 0:29:59.760
<v Speaker 1>the baby shower. One lives five hours away. Everyone else

0:29:59.840 --> 0:30:02.240
<v Speaker 1>is a one to three hour drive. The two from

0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:04.880
<v Speaker 1>high school come home every couple of months, sometimes more.

0:30:05.240 --> 0:30:07.560
<v Speaker 1>All of these friendships are pick up where we left

0:30:07.600 --> 0:30:10.520
<v Speaker 1>off types, but I regularly snapchat all of them and

0:30:10.560 --> 0:30:13.680
<v Speaker 1>send pictures of Salem. I sent everyone a message when

0:30:13.720 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 1>she was maybe two months old, saying that I was

0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:17.440
<v Speaker 1>sad none of my friends have met her yet, and

0:30:17.480 --> 0:30:19.240
<v Speaker 1>I hope they get the chance to meet her soon,

0:30:19.360 --> 0:30:22.440
<v Speaker 1>even if it's just for a quick lunch. Everyone responded,

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.640
<v Speaker 1>of course, and that they were so excited to meet her,

0:30:24.720 --> 0:30:27.000
<v Speaker 1>and yet nothing has happened in the three months since.

0:30:27.680 --> 0:30:29.920
<v Speaker 1>I told myself that that message would be the last

0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.280
<v Speaker 1>time I would try to force meeting her on them,

0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:34.640
<v Speaker 1>and if they chose to not try to see us,

0:30:34.720 --> 0:30:37.400
<v Speaker 1>then it's their loss. But I'm still sad that the

0:30:37.400 --> 0:30:39.880
<v Speaker 1>people I consider my friends haven't shown up for me.

0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:43.320
<v Speaker 1>I understand that we're in different phases of life, none

0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:45.560
<v Speaker 1>of them having kids and only one being married, but

0:30:45.560 --> 0:30:48.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm confused as to why I haven't had any support.

0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Not everyone is excited about kids, but this is such

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.720
<v Speaker 1>an important part of me. My husband says I need

0:30:53.760 --> 0:30:55.280
<v Speaker 1>to drop them, but I don't want to do that

0:30:55.320 --> 0:30:57.400
<v Speaker 1>and be left with no friends. And I do care

0:30:57.400 --> 0:31:00.400
<v Speaker 1>about these people. I hate that this is negatively affecting

0:31:00.400 --> 0:31:02.800
<v Speaker 1>my mental health during such a special time in my life.

0:31:03.160 --> 0:31:09.800
<v Speaker 1>Lots of love, Shannon, Hi Shannon, Hello, Hi Shannon. This

0:31:09.880 --> 0:31:13.080
<v Speaker 1>is our special guest, Ashley Graham. Today. You've got two

0:31:13.120 --> 0:31:15.440
<v Speaker 1>of us, well, you've got three of us because Katherine Sarah,

0:31:15.560 --> 0:31:19.760
<v Speaker 1>She's she's running the whole operation. Yeah, good morning everyone,

0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:26.240
<v Speaker 1>Good morning. I'm so sorry to hear about that. Yeah,

0:31:26.360 --> 0:31:30.360
<v Speaker 1>it's been kind of tough. I totally understand where you're

0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:33.400
<v Speaker 1>coming from. Sorry to jump in here, but this is

0:31:33.440 --> 0:31:36.400
<v Speaker 1>exactly what happened to me just f y I. I

0:31:36.520 --> 0:31:39.800
<v Speaker 1>had a very very very small friend group and the

0:31:39.800 --> 0:31:42.800
<v Speaker 1>people who wanted to meet Isaac they came over and

0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:45.040
<v Speaker 1>they met Isaac and they said when can I come?

0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm coming. And the few people who didn't really reach out,

0:31:50.120 --> 0:31:51.920
<v Speaker 1>they're just not a part of my life anymore. And

0:31:52.000 --> 0:31:57.800
<v Speaker 1>it's really bizarre how these big life moments can cut

0:31:58.040 --> 0:32:00.480
<v Speaker 1>out the weeds. And when I say the weeds, I

0:32:00.520 --> 0:32:02.320
<v Speaker 1>mean the people who really aren't in it for you.

0:32:03.120 --> 0:32:05.320
<v Speaker 1>I will say I did have to put it on

0:32:05.360 --> 0:32:07.720
<v Speaker 1>myself and say hey, hey, if you want to come over, like,

0:32:07.840 --> 0:32:10.320
<v Speaker 1>here's your parameters. I would give everybody like two hour

0:32:10.440 --> 0:32:13.040
<v Speaker 1>windows because when you have when you know you're a

0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:16.560
<v Speaker 1>new mommy, you're exhausted, your baby is tired. People like

0:32:16.640 --> 0:32:19.920
<v Speaker 1>to overstay, they're welcome. So I definitely gave people two

0:32:19.960 --> 0:32:23.000
<v Speaker 1>our windows. But the few people that were excited to

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:25.640
<v Speaker 1>come over made an effort. Some people even flew in.

0:32:26.040 --> 0:32:28.320
<v Speaker 1>It was some of the local people that didn't make

0:32:28.360 --> 0:32:31.040
<v Speaker 1>an effort. And I will also tell you I only

0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:34.400
<v Speaker 1>speak to two people in my wedding and I had

0:32:34.680 --> 0:32:38.080
<v Speaker 1>six bridesmaids, just to put in perspective for you, so

0:32:38.320 --> 0:32:42.440
<v Speaker 1>that also happens. It sucks, and it feels so isolating.

0:32:42.440 --> 0:32:44.880
<v Speaker 1>You feel like you have no one. You feel like

0:32:44.920 --> 0:32:48.480
<v Speaker 1>they're it's kind of this place where how am I

0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:49.720
<v Speaker 1>going to get out of this? Who else can I

0:32:49.760 --> 0:32:52.640
<v Speaker 1>speak to? You will get out of it, You just

0:32:52.760 --> 0:32:56.560
<v Speaker 1>have to stay strong. And I started journaling, like actually

0:32:56.600 --> 0:32:59.360
<v Speaker 1>like pen to paper journaling instead of on the computer.

0:33:00.680 --> 0:33:03.520
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you're in such a transitional part of your life.

0:33:03.600 --> 0:33:06.440
<v Speaker 1>I know when I lived in a different city than

0:33:06.480 --> 0:33:08.800
<v Speaker 1>my friends, it was like when you're home and you

0:33:08.880 --> 0:33:10.720
<v Speaker 1>have just a couple of days or a week it's

0:33:10.880 --> 0:33:14.440
<v Speaker 1>really harder than you think to see everybody, you know.

0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:18.360
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think I would say, like giving them

0:33:18.360 --> 0:33:20.640
<v Speaker 1>that specific time of like, you know what, why don't

0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:22.880
<v Speaker 1>you come over on Tuesday, We'll have a little brunch,

0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:26.719
<v Speaker 1>come over for momosas or whatever. Giving them those specifics

0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:28.480
<v Speaker 1>I think might make it a little more accessible for

0:33:28.520 --> 0:33:31.000
<v Speaker 1>them to to take you up on the offer, rather

0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:33.040
<v Speaker 1>than having it just be a broad invitation of like

0:33:33.120 --> 0:33:36.640
<v Speaker 1>come over whenever. Yeah, And I think coming from somebody

0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:40.000
<v Speaker 1>who doesn't have kids, whose friends have kids, like anyone

0:33:40.000 --> 0:33:42.560
<v Speaker 1>who is meaningful to me, I would make the time.

0:33:42.840 --> 0:33:46.600
<v Speaker 1>There definitely have been friends of mine that have a

0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:50.320
<v Speaker 1>baby and and it's all consuming, which it is. It's

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:53.520
<v Speaker 1>totally is, but it doesn't feel like there's gonna be

0:33:53.560 --> 0:33:56.600
<v Speaker 1>any friend time. So I feel like everything we do

0:33:56.720 --> 0:33:58.520
<v Speaker 1>is always going to be around the baby, right, which

0:33:58.600 --> 0:34:00.760
<v Speaker 1>is totally reasonable. I mean, you're we said you your

0:34:00.760 --> 0:34:03.040
<v Speaker 1>baby is five months old, right, so obviously that is

0:34:03.080 --> 0:34:05.480
<v Speaker 1>going to be all consuming. But I think for your

0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:08.319
<v Speaker 1>friends that don't have babies that maybe can't relate to that,

0:34:08.719 --> 0:34:10.680
<v Speaker 1>you can offer them up like, hey, I want to

0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:13.640
<v Speaker 1>see you guys, regardless, I want you to meet the baby.

0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:15.600
<v Speaker 1>We don't have to spend the whole day with the baby,

0:34:15.600 --> 0:34:18.439
<v Speaker 1>but I want it's meaningful to me, as you guys

0:34:18.440 --> 0:34:20.440
<v Speaker 1>are my close friends, for you to meet the baby,

0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:22.840
<v Speaker 1>and then we can have a nice group lunch or

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:24.759
<v Speaker 1>do our own thing, you know, and you can have

0:34:24.840 --> 0:34:27.080
<v Speaker 1>the baby. If you have a babysitter, your husband can

0:34:27.120 --> 0:34:28.839
<v Speaker 1>watch her for a couple of hours, so you guys

0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:30.960
<v Speaker 1>can go to lunch and catch up. But you know,

0:34:31.000 --> 0:34:32.640
<v Speaker 1>so that you can get both of those things in

0:34:32.719 --> 0:34:35.400
<v Speaker 1>so that you still have your individuality within that group.

0:34:35.760 --> 0:34:38.440
<v Speaker 1>And they're also paying you the respect of meeting your child,

0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:40.759
<v Speaker 1>which is an important thing for you to have them

0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:42.640
<v Speaker 1>do because it's important for you to have your own

0:34:42.640 --> 0:34:46.400
<v Speaker 1>individuality outside of mommy world. Two yeah, I think sometimes

0:34:46.440 --> 0:34:50.840
<v Speaker 1>single women who aren't parents are sometimes overwhelmed by people

0:34:50.920 --> 0:34:54.360
<v Speaker 1>when they have babies because of their inability to relate

0:34:54.400 --> 0:34:56.680
<v Speaker 1>to that. So just keep that in the back of

0:34:56.719 --> 0:34:59.880
<v Speaker 1>your mind and just try to like give them specific options.

0:34:59.880 --> 0:35:01.560
<v Speaker 1>I when can we do this. Let's set up a

0:35:01.600 --> 0:35:03.319
<v Speaker 1>time you guys can come over and meet the baby

0:35:03.320 --> 0:35:05.200
<v Speaker 1>and then we can either have lunch at the house

0:35:05.280 --> 0:35:07.200
<v Speaker 1>or we can go out do our mimosas whatever. You

0:35:07.239 --> 0:35:09.400
<v Speaker 1>and your girlfriends like to get up to. Yeah, I

0:35:09.400 --> 0:35:13.840
<v Speaker 1>mean that sounds good. I have just been struggling with

0:35:14.480 --> 0:35:17.040
<v Speaker 1>the fact that I have reached out and I have

0:35:17.280 --> 0:35:20.040
<v Speaker 1>been like, please tell me when you're in town so

0:35:20.120 --> 0:35:22.200
<v Speaker 1>we can try to schedule something, and then they never

0:35:22.560 --> 0:35:26.360
<v Speaker 1>say anything that's specifically. Like my high school friends, my

0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:28.400
<v Speaker 1>college friends, on the other hand, they don't have a

0:35:28.440 --> 0:35:32.120
<v Speaker 1>reason to be here other than for me, And you know,

0:35:32.160 --> 0:35:34.439
<v Speaker 1>they all say that they're so excited to meet her,

0:35:34.560 --> 0:35:38.640
<v Speaker 1>and then just nothing ever happened. So it's kind of

0:35:38.680 --> 0:35:42.040
<v Speaker 1>a weird predicament that I'm in whether or not I

0:35:42.120 --> 0:35:44.400
<v Speaker 1>need to be the one stepping out all the time,

0:35:44.760 --> 0:35:48.239
<v Speaker 1>or if they need to take this on their backs too.

0:35:49.320 --> 0:35:51.759
<v Speaker 1>I feel like, I mean, speaking from experience, it's going

0:35:51.800 --> 0:35:54.520
<v Speaker 1>to be on you because you're the one with the gift,

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:57.320
<v Speaker 1>right your your child was a gift to this world,

0:35:57.760 --> 0:36:00.320
<v Speaker 1>and you want to share your gift with the people

0:36:00.320 --> 0:36:03.439
<v Speaker 1>that you love so much, and the people around you

0:36:03.480 --> 0:36:05.759
<v Speaker 1>are going to be so excited, But they also don't

0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:08.560
<v Speaker 1>understand what you're going through. They don't understand the sleepless nights,

0:36:08.560 --> 0:36:11.920
<v Speaker 1>they don't understand what you're going through with formula breastfeeding,

0:36:12.080 --> 0:36:15.399
<v Speaker 1>whatever is going on in your relationship, and so they

0:36:15.440 --> 0:36:18.440
<v Speaker 1>can't see that. So you really have to put yourself

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:21.960
<v Speaker 1>out there in a way that feels maybe uncomfortable for

0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:24.359
<v Speaker 1>you right now. But if you are so adamant about

0:36:24.400 --> 0:36:28.000
<v Speaker 1>these college friends meeting your gorgeous little daughter, which I

0:36:28.040 --> 0:36:32.560
<v Speaker 1>love her name by the way, um, yeah, that is

0:36:32.680 --> 0:36:34.600
<v Speaker 1>truly going to be on you to show your gift

0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:36.799
<v Speaker 1>to the people that you love so much. And then

0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:40.120
<v Speaker 1>once that door is open, then you will see who

0:36:40.200 --> 0:36:42.560
<v Speaker 1>really like wants to be a part of her life

0:36:42.600 --> 0:36:44.839
<v Speaker 1>and still be a part of your new life, because

0:36:44.840 --> 0:36:48.760
<v Speaker 1>your life is completely changed now and there are probably

0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:50.279
<v Speaker 1>some people in your life or that were in your

0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:52.640
<v Speaker 1>life that you don't want in your life anymore. And

0:36:52.800 --> 0:36:55.000
<v Speaker 1>this is just showing you everybody's cards. And I don't

0:36:55.040 --> 0:36:56.719
<v Speaker 1>think you should be offended by it. I think that

0:36:56.800 --> 0:36:59.200
<v Speaker 1>you're young and you're figuring it all out now and

0:36:59.239 --> 0:37:03.799
<v Speaker 1>you should actually be grateful. Yeah. Yeah, definitely is going

0:37:03.840 --> 0:37:08.200
<v Speaker 1>to be very eye opening to see who is wanting

0:37:08.200 --> 0:37:10.760
<v Speaker 1>to stick around in our lives and who just really

0:37:10.840 --> 0:37:14.160
<v Speaker 1>doesn't care anymore. And that's what my husband has been

0:37:14.200 --> 0:37:17.000
<v Speaker 1>saying to me. But I think it's just been kind

0:37:17.000 --> 0:37:18.919
<v Speaker 1>of hard to come to grips with the fact that

0:37:19.160 --> 0:37:21.480
<v Speaker 1>those people who have always been here for me so

0:37:21.640 --> 0:37:26.520
<v Speaker 1>consistently just haven't made the effort. And that's just been

0:37:26.520 --> 0:37:29.799
<v Speaker 1>hard to come to terms with big life events. Big

0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:33.600
<v Speaker 1>life events weddings, kids, divorce, and funerals. That's where you

0:37:33.760 --> 0:37:35.840
<v Speaker 1>figure out who your real friends are. Yeah, and you know,

0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:37.400
<v Speaker 1>I like that you said that, actually, that you're not

0:37:37.440 --> 0:37:39.799
<v Speaker 1>speaking to half of your bridal party anymore, because I

0:37:39.840 --> 0:37:43.799
<v Speaker 1>think that's that's so true. It's so true, and it's like,

0:37:43.880 --> 0:37:46.600
<v Speaker 1>it's definitely true for me. I I have friendships that

0:37:46.640 --> 0:37:49.200
<v Speaker 1>have ended throughout my entire life, and I always have

0:37:49.320 --> 0:37:52.759
<v Speaker 1>new ones sprouting up, so there's always a revolving door

0:37:52.760 --> 0:37:54.840
<v Speaker 1>in my life. I have some very old friends, but

0:37:54.880 --> 0:37:57.520
<v Speaker 1>a lot of my friendships, you know, our first short

0:37:57.560 --> 0:38:00.319
<v Speaker 1>periods of time or ten years, and then we kind

0:38:00.320 --> 0:38:02.640
<v Speaker 1>of drift off or something happens and we get into

0:38:02.640 --> 0:38:05.520
<v Speaker 1>an argument or you know, who knows, And but I

0:38:05.560 --> 0:38:08.680
<v Speaker 1>think you should just I know it hurts, but it's

0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:11.400
<v Speaker 1>also the cycle of life, Like people come in and

0:38:11.440 --> 0:38:14.520
<v Speaker 1>out for different reasons, and you should be open. Also

0:38:14.600 --> 0:38:16.440
<v Speaker 1>as a new mother. I'm sure you're doing lots of

0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:19.080
<v Speaker 1>things that involve other new mothers. You know, you have

0:38:19.120 --> 0:38:22.359
<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to meet new friends and make new relationships

0:38:22.400 --> 0:38:25.200
<v Speaker 1>and cultivate those things, and there's going to be exciting

0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:29.480
<v Speaker 1>relationships within those relationships as well, So you're holding onto

0:38:29.680 --> 0:38:32.080
<v Speaker 1>kind of holding onto the past in a way, and

0:38:32.160 --> 0:38:34.439
<v Speaker 1>you can definitely call them out and say like, hey,

0:38:34.520 --> 0:38:36.759
<v Speaker 1>this is it. I really need you guys to step up,

0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:40.680
<v Speaker 1>and then now's the time, and just be prepared for

0:38:40.880 --> 0:38:43.479
<v Speaker 1>some of them not to be able to do that. Yeah,

0:38:44.320 --> 0:38:47.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm definitely prepared for my heart to be broken a

0:38:47.120 --> 0:38:51.080
<v Speaker 1>little bit by those friendships. And I guess this is

0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:53.640
<v Speaker 1>just kind of where we're at in life. I'm just

0:38:53.760 --> 0:38:56.560
<v Speaker 1>in such a different place, I think than everybody else.

0:38:57.320 --> 0:39:00.400
<v Speaker 1>And you know, they go out naval party and everything

0:39:00.480 --> 0:39:03.319
<v Speaker 1>like that and take trips and enjoy, you know, not

0:39:03.400 --> 0:39:07.360
<v Speaker 1>being tied down like this, and I'm at home and

0:39:07.400 --> 0:39:11.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm really content doing that. I just wish, you know,

0:39:11.239 --> 0:39:12.880
<v Speaker 1>I had a little more support. But I have a

0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:17.000
<v Speaker 1>great family system around me. My husband's parents are in town.

0:39:17.080 --> 0:39:20.040
<v Speaker 1>My parents are really close by, so we do get

0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:22.239
<v Speaker 1>a lot of time with them, and that's been really

0:39:22.239 --> 0:39:25.680
<v Speaker 1>supportive over you know, these past five almost now six months.

0:39:26.239 --> 0:39:28.520
<v Speaker 1>That's what you have to focus on. Yeah, be grateful

0:39:28.560 --> 0:39:30.439
<v Speaker 1>for the things that you do have. So many people

0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:33.000
<v Speaker 1>don't have their parents right when you're raising a child.

0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:35.839
<v Speaker 1>You have two sets. I mean, that's really lucky. So

0:39:36.120 --> 0:39:39.120
<v Speaker 1>focus on the positive. You know, you like your in laws, Wow,

0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:44.960
<v Speaker 1>that's really great. Yeah, No, they're they're an awesome support

0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:47.719
<v Speaker 1>system for us. And my mom takes for multiple days

0:39:47.760 --> 0:39:50.600
<v Speaker 1>a week, and you know, I couldn't ask for anything better.

0:39:50.680 --> 0:39:54.480
<v Speaker 1>There really are the best. And also these phases they

0:39:54.520 --> 0:39:57.680
<v Speaker 1>go away, like enjoy this phase and then the next phase.

0:39:57.840 --> 0:40:00.279
<v Speaker 1>You know, it's it's all about the phases. I'm That's

0:40:00.280 --> 0:40:03.880
<v Speaker 1>what I keep telling myself at least, and always remember

0:40:03.960 --> 0:40:06.360
<v Speaker 1>like whenever you're going through a difficult time, there's sunshine

0:40:06.400 --> 0:40:08.399
<v Speaker 1>around the corner, Like you don't know how quickly things

0:40:08.440 --> 0:40:10.680
<v Speaker 1>are going to turn and who's going to show up

0:40:10.680 --> 0:40:12.840
<v Speaker 1>for you surprisingly or what new people are going to

0:40:12.920 --> 0:40:16.360
<v Speaker 1>come into your life. No, like bad phase or feelings

0:40:16.440 --> 0:40:19.640
<v Speaker 1>hurt last for that long. It's always just a little moment.

0:40:19.680 --> 0:40:22.400
<v Speaker 1>It's ephemeral and it will move on and then something

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:25.520
<v Speaker 1>else is just around the corner. Yeah, I definitely try

0:40:25.560 --> 0:40:28.680
<v Speaker 1>to keep that in perspective. It's kind of hard right now,

0:40:28.960 --> 0:40:31.759
<v Speaker 1>you know, losing all the people that I was so

0:40:31.840 --> 0:40:35.040
<v Speaker 1>close too. But that's great advice, and I hope I

0:40:35.120 --> 0:40:38.280
<v Speaker 1>can really remember that going forward. I wrote a farewell

0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:41.000
<v Speaker 1>letter to my one friend. I didn't give it to her,

0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:44.200
<v Speaker 1>but I wrote it to her, and it was heartbreaking.

0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:46.400
<v Speaker 1>It was actually on Thanksgiving before I gave birth to

0:40:46.440 --> 0:40:49.160
<v Speaker 1>the twins, and it was really hard for me to

0:40:49.200 --> 0:40:52.719
<v Speaker 1>write it, and it was like almost twenty year relationship.

0:40:53.040 --> 0:40:56.880
<v Speaker 1>And I will say, like, it's it's important to write

0:40:56.880 --> 0:40:58.759
<v Speaker 1>this out. It's important to get it out of your

0:40:58.800 --> 0:41:03.000
<v Speaker 1>body because you're storing trauma right now. And it's not

0:41:03.239 --> 0:41:05.120
<v Speaker 1>that big of a trauma, but it's trauma that's going

0:41:05.160 --> 0:41:07.400
<v Speaker 1>to build. And that's not something you want to pass

0:41:07.440 --> 0:41:09.759
<v Speaker 1>on to your kids because it's little now, but it's

0:41:09.800 --> 0:41:11.640
<v Speaker 1>going to be bigger later. So get it out of

0:41:11.680 --> 0:41:14.400
<v Speaker 1>your body. That's a great that's great advice. Actually I'm

0:41:14.440 --> 0:41:16.480
<v Speaker 1>going to take that because I have a friendship that ended,

0:41:16.719 --> 0:41:18.960
<v Speaker 1>a long one and a close one, and I have

0:41:19.080 --> 0:41:21.040
<v Speaker 1>so much I want to say. You get all this

0:41:21.080 --> 0:41:24.160
<v Speaker 1>stuff stored up and you just keep recirculating in your brain,

0:41:24.320 --> 0:41:28.560
<v Speaker 1>and like, who wants that energy inside them. No, and also,

0:41:28.640 --> 0:41:30.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, when you write an email, like I would

0:41:30.760 --> 0:41:32.839
<v Speaker 1>suggest writing an email to all these girls you can

0:41:32.840 --> 0:41:35.359
<v Speaker 1>see see them all, or do it individually and just

0:41:35.600 --> 0:41:37.960
<v Speaker 1>put your heart on your sleeve and just be very

0:41:37.960 --> 0:41:42.959
<v Speaker 1>honest without being necessarily needy in that you're more making Yeah,

0:41:43.040 --> 0:41:45.839
<v Speaker 1>you're making a statement, not accusatory. But this is how

0:41:45.880 --> 0:41:48.600
<v Speaker 1>this makes me feel. This is what happened. This is

0:41:48.800 --> 0:41:51.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm so disappointed. I really hope that you guys would

0:41:51.320 --> 0:41:53.600
<v Speaker 1>have more interest or you know, stepped up to me

0:41:53.880 --> 0:41:56.560
<v Speaker 1>my baby. But I understand if this is you're you're

0:41:56.600 --> 0:41:58.480
<v Speaker 1>not in this place in your lives. I get that,

0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:01.040
<v Speaker 1>but I think you should show them, you know, let

0:42:01.080 --> 0:42:06.120
<v Speaker 1>them know that you're hurt. Most importantly, Yeah, I definitely

0:42:06.120 --> 0:42:11.280
<v Speaker 1>don't want to make anybody feel like I'm being accusatory

0:42:11.400 --> 0:42:14.320
<v Speaker 1>or super mean or anything like that, because I genuinely

0:42:14.360 --> 0:42:17.200
<v Speaker 1>am sad. And that's what I kind of told them

0:42:17.320 --> 0:42:19.120
<v Speaker 1>a couple of months after she was born, is that

0:42:19.200 --> 0:42:20.680
<v Speaker 1>I was just sad and I said it in a

0:42:20.800 --> 0:42:24.160
<v Speaker 1>nice way, but maybe I didn't say it directly enough,

0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:26.160
<v Speaker 1>and I might need to go out of my way

0:42:26.200 --> 0:42:28.640
<v Speaker 1>to say it a little more direct to them. People

0:42:28.680 --> 0:42:31.640
<v Speaker 1>cannot read your mind. I have learned that one. Yeah,

0:42:31.719 --> 0:42:34.280
<v Speaker 1>and it's back to what Ashley said about putting yourself

0:42:34.280 --> 0:42:37.480
<v Speaker 1>in a kind of like uncomfortable zone. You know, just

0:42:37.600 --> 0:42:40.439
<v Speaker 1>put yourself in a situation that may not be you,

0:42:40.760 --> 0:42:43.080
<v Speaker 1>but you gotta stretch your legs a little to get

0:42:43.080 --> 0:42:45.560
<v Speaker 1>your point across so that you can feel good about

0:42:45.600 --> 0:42:48.359
<v Speaker 1>it ten years down the road or five years down

0:42:48.360 --> 0:42:49.879
<v Speaker 1>the road. I mean, I think that's the key about

0:42:49.880 --> 0:42:53.200
<v Speaker 1>getting older, is when you have these kind of confrontations

0:42:53.360 --> 0:42:56.520
<v Speaker 1>or conflicts, to handle them with grace and dignity so

0:42:56.560 --> 0:42:58.759
<v Speaker 1>that when you look back, you don't you're not mad

0:42:58.760 --> 0:43:03.359
<v Speaker 1>at yourself for acting childishly. Yeah, because I'm kind of

0:43:03.920 --> 0:43:07.000
<v Speaker 1>mad at myself right now for not saying stuff sooner

0:43:07.280 --> 0:43:11.000
<v Speaker 1>and not being direct enough. So yeah, I think the

0:43:11.360 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 1>email and maybe reaching back out again and giving them

0:43:14.360 --> 0:43:17.279
<v Speaker 1>more specifics is going to be helpful. You just tell

0:43:17.360 --> 0:43:19.719
<v Speaker 1>them you talk to your therapist Chelsea and Ashley, and

0:43:20.560 --> 0:43:23.600
<v Speaker 1>then maybe you'll get an email back. Yeah. I think

0:43:23.640 --> 0:43:26.040
<v Speaker 1>that will be super helpful. It's basically like talking to

0:43:26.120 --> 0:43:33.640
<v Speaker 1>Dr Phil and Oprah. Hello very much. Yeah, thank you, Shannon,

0:43:33.760 --> 0:43:35.920
<v Speaker 1>Thanks Sanna, get up with everything. Let us know how

0:43:35.920 --> 0:43:39.080
<v Speaker 1>it goes okay, follow up. Yeah, thank you so much, guys,

0:43:39.120 --> 0:43:44.400
<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. Congratulations, Yeah, thank you, thank you. By bye.

0:43:45.000 --> 0:43:48.960
<v Speaker 1>That must feel so solitary, like so lonely. Yeah, you

0:43:49.000 --> 0:43:51.560
<v Speaker 1>feel isolated. It's a disgusting feeling. But at LEAs she

0:43:51.560 --> 0:43:53.600
<v Speaker 1>has her husband, like she said, her family, like that's

0:43:53.600 --> 0:43:57.319
<v Speaker 1>a big deal. But having that outside community also makes

0:43:57.360 --> 0:43:59.000
<v Speaker 1>a big difference. She just sounds like she needs to

0:43:59.040 --> 0:44:00.680
<v Speaker 1>go out with some friends, she needs to join a

0:44:00.719 --> 0:44:03.760
<v Speaker 1>mommy and me group or whatever the net without the kids.

0:44:03.880 --> 0:44:07.120
<v Speaker 1>One night, just one right, right, right. So when you

0:44:07.160 --> 0:44:09.200
<v Speaker 1>wrote that letter, you were you planning on just writing

0:44:09.239 --> 0:44:10.840
<v Speaker 1>it for yourself or did you think maybe you're going

0:44:10.880 --> 0:44:13.480
<v Speaker 1>to send it to your friend. So I'm worked with

0:44:13.560 --> 0:44:16.000
<v Speaker 1>my midwives. I did home births and one of the

0:44:16.000 --> 0:44:19.359
<v Speaker 1>biggest things in doing a home birth is trusting your body.

0:44:19.560 --> 0:44:23.160
<v Speaker 1>And my midwives actually make you go through this thing.

0:44:23.200 --> 0:44:27.359
<v Speaker 1>It's therapy session called havening, and it's touch therapy where

0:44:27.360 --> 0:44:29.880
<v Speaker 1>you bring up past traumas that you deal with in

0:44:29.920 --> 0:44:34.080
<v Speaker 1>the moment before you walk into home birth. And this

0:44:34.160 --> 0:44:36.160
<v Speaker 1>is this is for any part of your life, like

0:44:36.160 --> 0:44:37.920
<v Speaker 1>it does. It's not just surrounded by birth, but it's

0:44:37.920 --> 0:44:40.800
<v Speaker 1>surrounded by traumas, and but you do it on the

0:44:40.840 --> 0:44:42.279
<v Speaker 1>day you're going to give me, No, you do it

0:44:42.320 --> 0:44:45.160
<v Speaker 1>beforehand so that your body is in full trust mode

0:44:45.200 --> 0:44:48.600
<v Speaker 1>and that your baby, which epigenetics they can feel everything

0:44:48.600 --> 0:44:52.239
<v Speaker 1>you're feeling, also is in full trust mode. So my

0:44:52.360 --> 0:44:54.719
<v Speaker 1>twins were both head down and then one of them

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:58.120
<v Speaker 1>went head up breach and he kept flipping and they

0:44:58.160 --> 0:45:00.840
<v Speaker 1>were like, are you going through something thing? And I'm like,

0:45:00.880 --> 0:45:02.799
<v Speaker 1>what do you mean going through something? And they were like,

0:45:02.920 --> 0:45:05.440
<v Speaker 1>is everything okay at home? Like what's up with your family?

0:45:06.160 --> 0:45:07.880
<v Speaker 1>And then justin kind of looked at me and he

0:45:08.239 --> 0:45:10.359
<v Speaker 1>said my friend's name. And I was like, it's not that,

0:45:10.600 --> 0:45:12.480
<v Speaker 1>and she looked at me and she said, so it's that.

0:45:13.280 --> 0:45:17.000
<v Speaker 1>And I just started crying. And she said, these things happen,

0:45:17.160 --> 0:45:19.719
<v Speaker 1>like big life decisions or changes in your life, like

0:45:19.719 --> 0:45:22.040
<v Speaker 1>having a baby are going to move people in and

0:45:22.040 --> 0:45:24.520
<v Speaker 1>out of your life. And she said the only way

0:45:24.560 --> 0:45:27.480
<v Speaker 1>to get around this and for you to have a successful,

0:45:27.760 --> 0:45:30.960
<v Speaker 1>not not unsuccessful birth, but like an even easier birth,

0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:34.880
<v Speaker 1>is to get this out. And and that's why I

0:45:34.960 --> 0:45:37.000
<v Speaker 1>told her. I was like, you need this is like

0:45:37.080 --> 0:45:39.040
<v Speaker 1>in you and it needs to come out. So that

0:45:39.120 --> 0:45:42.359
<v Speaker 1>you're not passing this along. And that's what I did.

0:45:42.360 --> 0:45:43.880
<v Speaker 1>That's when I wrote the letter to her, and it

0:45:43.960 --> 0:45:46.160
<v Speaker 1>was all on Thanksgiving and it was like surrounded by

0:45:46.200 --> 0:45:48.640
<v Speaker 1>the holidays because we've always been the holidays together and

0:45:49.480 --> 0:45:52.759
<v Speaker 1>I my intention at the time wasn't to send it

0:45:52.800 --> 0:45:54.960
<v Speaker 1>to her, It was just to get it out. I've

0:45:54.960 --> 0:45:58.080
<v Speaker 1>been thinking about maybe sending it because I want something

0:45:58.120 --> 0:46:01.839
<v Speaker 1>like I want a door closed because it feels still

0:46:01.880 --> 0:46:04.719
<v Speaker 1>feels really wide open, but I feel so good that

0:46:04.800 --> 0:46:07.520
<v Speaker 1>it's out of my body. Yeah, I'm going to do that.

0:46:07.719 --> 0:46:09.680
<v Speaker 1>I have a similar situation, and I think I'm going

0:46:09.719 --> 0:46:12.319
<v Speaker 1>to do that because yeah, anytime I think about it,

0:46:12.320 --> 0:46:15.640
<v Speaker 1>it's just those thoughts that circulate, like how hurt I

0:46:15.719 --> 0:46:18.680
<v Speaker 1>am about this, and how I can't believe that and that,

0:46:19.120 --> 0:46:21.600
<v Speaker 1>and and it's like, God, I know better to to

0:46:21.760 --> 0:46:24.400
<v Speaker 1>then to have those kinds of toxic thoughts circulating in

0:46:24.440 --> 0:46:27.640
<v Speaker 1>your body, you're just doing damage everything you would say

0:46:27.680 --> 0:46:30.200
<v Speaker 1>and all those little it's like high school thoughts, you know.

0:46:30.280 --> 0:46:32.000
<v Speaker 1>I can only compare it to that kind of like

0:46:32.680 --> 0:46:36.440
<v Speaker 1>small small mindedness when we let those ideas corrode are

0:46:36.560 --> 0:46:45.359
<v Speaker 1>kind of like being and it builds up in your body. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Well,

0:46:45.400 --> 0:46:49.239
<v Speaker 1>our next caller is Quinn, she says, Dr Quinn Medicine woman.

0:46:49.600 --> 0:46:53.440
<v Speaker 1>Let's hope better be She says, Dear Chelsea, I've recently

0:46:53.480 --> 0:46:56.960
<v Speaker 1>struggled with losing weight and all its implications. I've been overweight,

0:46:57.080 --> 0:46:59.720
<v Speaker 1>or at least perceived to be overweight, most of my life.

0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:02.600
<v Speaker 1>Every time I begin my lifestyle changes and tried to

0:47:02.600 --> 0:47:05.240
<v Speaker 1>be healthier, I always hit the roadblock of this question,

0:47:05.560 --> 0:47:07.920
<v Speaker 1>should I be losing weight to try and love myself

0:47:07.960 --> 0:47:10.880
<v Speaker 1>more in game confidence or focus more on loving my

0:47:10.920 --> 0:47:15.000
<v Speaker 1>current body and let the lifestyle changes follow. Dating also

0:47:15.000 --> 0:47:17.360
<v Speaker 1>plays a part in all of this. We're currently I

0:47:17.400 --> 0:47:19.680
<v Speaker 1>haven't had much luck dating. I fear that if I

0:47:19.719 --> 0:47:21.839
<v Speaker 1>lose weight, I will in the back of my head

0:47:21.880 --> 0:47:24.640
<v Speaker 1>always think would they have dated me when I was overweight?

0:47:25.400 --> 0:47:27.520
<v Speaker 1>I know, no matter what, I need to be healthy

0:47:27.640 --> 0:47:30.080
<v Speaker 1>and make these lifestyle changes, but I know that's not

0:47:30.120 --> 0:47:35.680
<v Speaker 1>going to happen until my mindset is in the right place. Quinn. Hi, Quinn, Hi,

0:47:35.719 --> 0:47:39.040
<v Speaker 1>how's it going good? How are you hi? Quinn? How

0:47:39.080 --> 0:47:43.560
<v Speaker 1>are you good? Well? We have the Body Positivity Guru

0:47:44.080 --> 0:47:47.439
<v Speaker 1>studio today, so I'm gonna let you take the lead

0:47:47.520 --> 0:47:50.759
<v Speaker 1>on this I was just thinking, God, I've totally been

0:47:50.760 --> 0:47:53.120
<v Speaker 1>in your shoes, and I've always wondered, God, if I

0:47:53.200 --> 0:47:55.600
<v Speaker 1>lost weight, would he be with me because I lost

0:47:55.600 --> 0:47:58.000
<v Speaker 1>the weight? Or you know, it's like, should I get

0:47:58.000 --> 0:48:01.600
<v Speaker 1>even bigger and then start dating and you know, just um,

0:48:01.640 --> 0:48:04.200
<v Speaker 1>just out of spite for whoever I end up with.

0:48:04.320 --> 0:48:06.000
<v Speaker 1>And then I realized, God, I'm really going at this

0:48:06.120 --> 0:48:11.840
<v Speaker 1>the wrong way. I totally hear you, and I know

0:48:12.239 --> 0:48:17.960
<v Speaker 1>how your brain is going a million miles a minute,

0:48:18.120 --> 0:48:20.200
<v Speaker 1>and you go to sleep thinking about your weight, You

0:48:20.200 --> 0:48:22.919
<v Speaker 1>wake up thinking about your weight. When you go out

0:48:23.040 --> 0:48:25.239
<v Speaker 1>and you're eating, you think about your weight, You think

0:48:25.280 --> 0:48:29.120
<v Speaker 1>about your weight when you're getting dressed. I know that feeling,

0:48:29.680 --> 0:48:33.200
<v Speaker 1>and the best thing for you to realize is that

0:48:33.280 --> 0:48:35.880
<v Speaker 1>it's not going to go away until you face it

0:48:35.920 --> 0:48:39.359
<v Speaker 1>head on. And there's so many different ways to face

0:48:39.360 --> 0:48:42.640
<v Speaker 1>it head on where you can actually write out your

0:48:42.680 --> 0:48:45.480
<v Speaker 1>affirmations that I have done and I have preached about

0:48:45.520 --> 0:48:48.760
<v Speaker 1>a million times, you know, have them on your mirror,

0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:52.080
<v Speaker 1>have them on notepads, have them recorded into your phone

0:48:52.120 --> 0:48:55.600
<v Speaker 1>about how you feel and how you want to feel.

0:48:56.400 --> 0:48:58.560
<v Speaker 1>I always say, like, don't lie to yourself. Give yourself

0:48:58.600 --> 0:49:04.040
<v Speaker 1>attainable goals in in your affirmations. But you know, this

0:49:04.120 --> 0:49:06.680
<v Speaker 1>is something that's that's either going to plague you for

0:49:06.719 --> 0:49:08.919
<v Speaker 1>the rest of your life or you can actually meet

0:49:08.960 --> 0:49:11.359
<v Speaker 1>it where you are. And I had to do that.

0:49:11.520 --> 0:49:14.000
<v Speaker 1>And I have to say even now, like I just

0:49:14.040 --> 0:49:17.240
<v Speaker 1>popped out a few kids and I'm forty something pounds

0:49:17.320 --> 0:49:20.799
<v Speaker 1>up and I think about that number and I don't

0:49:20.840 --> 0:49:22.839
<v Speaker 1>get on the scale because of it. I don't put

0:49:22.840 --> 0:49:25.120
<v Speaker 1>on certain clothes because of it, because it's like this

0:49:25.200 --> 0:49:28.279
<v Speaker 1>like looming thing in the back of my mind, like

0:49:28.280 --> 0:49:30.040
<v Speaker 1>when is it going to go away? Will it ever

0:49:30.160 --> 0:49:32.680
<v Speaker 1>come off on my body? Blah blah blah. You know

0:49:32.680 --> 0:49:36.160
<v Speaker 1>exactly what I'm talking about. But it's something that a

0:49:36.640 --> 0:49:39.000
<v Speaker 1>You're doing a great job in coming here and talking

0:49:39.080 --> 0:49:41.040
<v Speaker 1>about it, because this is going to feel really good

0:49:41.040 --> 0:49:44.440
<v Speaker 1>when you get off of this call and be you

0:49:44.560 --> 0:49:48.200
<v Speaker 1>just have to like start an action, like whatever that

0:49:48.280 --> 0:49:51.000
<v Speaker 1>action is for you, whether it's the writing it down

0:49:51.040 --> 0:49:53.959
<v Speaker 1>and actually seeing the words, or having the out loud

0:49:54.000 --> 0:49:57.759
<v Speaker 1>conversations with yourself, or making sure that you know you're

0:49:58.000 --> 0:50:00.759
<v Speaker 1>not changing who you are for somebody else. I think

0:50:00.800 --> 0:50:03.759
<v Speaker 1>that that's really important to remember. But by the way,

0:50:03.880 --> 0:50:07.080
<v Speaker 1>like no matter what your body is your temple, so

0:50:07.160 --> 0:50:10.279
<v Speaker 1>take care of it. Don't change it because of of

0:50:10.400 --> 0:50:14.440
<v Speaker 1>somebody else's perception or even the perception of yourself. Yeah,

0:50:14.520 --> 0:50:16.759
<v Speaker 1>and I think you know, your goal really is to

0:50:16.800 --> 0:50:19.120
<v Speaker 1>be healthy and strong, right, Like, that's what we all

0:50:19.160 --> 0:50:21.000
<v Speaker 1>want out of life. We want to be durable, we

0:50:21.040 --> 0:50:23.239
<v Speaker 1>want to last a long time, and we want to

0:50:23.280 --> 0:50:26.279
<v Speaker 1>be healthy and strong. So taking those steps to get

0:50:26.320 --> 0:50:29.200
<v Speaker 1>there is going to help you feel better about yourself

0:50:29.239 --> 0:50:32.360
<v Speaker 1>because you know that you're actually, you know, eating clean

0:50:32.440 --> 0:50:35.480
<v Speaker 1>food and healthy food and not bullshit. I read this

0:50:35.560 --> 0:50:38.400
<v Speaker 1>quote from Barack Obama once how he was He He's like,

0:50:38.480 --> 0:50:41.360
<v Speaker 1>I eat for fuel, not for you know, Like, and

0:50:41.400 --> 0:50:43.719
<v Speaker 1>I was like, fuck you, you're a guy, you know,

0:50:44.040 --> 0:50:48.440
<v Speaker 1>not everybody's eating for fuel. I don't understand people. But

0:50:48.440 --> 0:50:51.440
<v Speaker 1>but what But there's a variation of that where it's like, what,

0:50:51.440 --> 0:50:53.160
<v Speaker 1>what are you putting into your body that's going to

0:50:53.280 --> 0:50:55.960
<v Speaker 1>help you be strong and fit? And you know what,

0:50:56.200 --> 0:50:58.720
<v Speaker 1>that doesn't mean being a certain weight. It means being healthy,

0:50:58.760 --> 0:51:02.320
<v Speaker 1>minded about yourself and your appearance, knowing that you're taking

0:51:02.360 --> 0:51:04.680
<v Speaker 1>care of yourself. You know, I didn't drink water for

0:51:04.719 --> 0:51:07.520
<v Speaker 1>the longest time, so I just hated the flavor of

0:51:07.560 --> 0:51:10.160
<v Speaker 1>it because there is none. So I now have to

0:51:10.200 --> 0:51:12.520
<v Speaker 1>doctor up my water with my little lemon packets every

0:51:12.520 --> 0:51:14.479
<v Speaker 1>morning like a psychopath in order for me to drink

0:51:14.480 --> 0:51:16.960
<v Speaker 1>a liter of water every day. But every day I'm like,

0:51:17.280 --> 0:51:19.080
<v Speaker 1>every time I take a sip of the water, I'm like,

0:51:19.120 --> 0:51:21.719
<v Speaker 1>you're helping yourself. You're you know, you're hydrating your body.

0:51:21.719 --> 0:51:25.440
<v Speaker 1>You're hydrating your body. Like it's whatever your bad habits are.

0:51:25.600 --> 0:51:28.080
<v Speaker 1>If you can flip those, the mental game that that

0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:30.200
<v Speaker 1>plays gives you a lot of self esteem and a

0:51:30.200 --> 0:51:32.319
<v Speaker 1>lot of self respect. But that takes a lot of work,

0:51:32.400 --> 0:51:34.680
<v Speaker 1>I will say, because I'm at a place where, like

0:51:34.840 --> 0:51:38.440
<v Speaker 1>I am a rewarder. Food is a rewarder for me.

0:51:38.800 --> 0:51:41.120
<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you guys, but like this is

0:51:41.120 --> 0:51:44.000
<v Speaker 1>how I was raised, and so the plate has to

0:51:44.000 --> 0:51:46.799
<v Speaker 1>be clean and and if I did like a good

0:51:46.880 --> 0:51:50.400
<v Speaker 1>job for whatever that thing was that day or week,

0:51:50.840 --> 0:51:55.560
<v Speaker 1>it's like what am I eating? So I hear you,

0:51:55.680 --> 0:51:58.399
<v Speaker 1>but I'm still working on that because it's like, oh,

0:51:58.480 --> 0:52:00.560
<v Speaker 1>fuel my body. Yes, I can feel my all day long.

0:52:00.600 --> 0:52:02.600
<v Speaker 1>I've got like a charcuderie board in the car waiting

0:52:02.600 --> 0:52:06.640
<v Speaker 1>for me when I get out of here. However, However,

0:52:06.680 --> 0:52:08.400
<v Speaker 1>it's like, am I going to treat myself to a

0:52:08.440 --> 0:52:12.920
<v Speaker 1>handful of peanut eminem's later? Yeah? Probably. So it's all

0:52:12.920 --> 0:52:16.000
<v Speaker 1>about balance. Everything is balanced, and it's a hard place

0:52:16.040 --> 0:52:17.640
<v Speaker 1>to get to. Yeah, And you're not going to be

0:52:17.680 --> 0:52:19.680
<v Speaker 1>perfect all the time. I'm not. I mean, I was

0:52:19.680 --> 0:52:22.000
<v Speaker 1>just telling Joe in my hotel room this weekend. I

0:52:22.000 --> 0:52:24.160
<v Speaker 1>went to go open a bag of potato chips and

0:52:24.239 --> 0:52:27.120
<v Speaker 1>I couldn't even be like a normal person about it.

0:52:27.160 --> 0:52:29.720
<v Speaker 1>I had to bite it open and then the whole

0:52:29.760 --> 0:52:32.759
<v Speaker 1>thing fucking exploded all over my room. And then I

0:52:32.800 --> 0:52:34.880
<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, funk those, I'll go get a chocolate.

0:52:35.040 --> 0:52:37.680
<v Speaker 1>They had this chocolate toffee bar and I did the

0:52:37.680 --> 0:52:39.920
<v Speaker 1>same thing. I ripped it open. The whole thing crashed

0:52:39.960 --> 0:52:42.239
<v Speaker 1>open on the bed, and I just looked like a

0:52:42.320 --> 0:52:44.879
<v Speaker 1>revolting pig. And I'm like, well, see this is what

0:52:44.920 --> 0:52:47.839
<v Speaker 1>you get for like eating in haste like that, you know,

0:52:47.880 --> 0:52:49.840
<v Speaker 1>when you still eat it. No, No, I had to

0:52:49.840 --> 0:52:54.480
<v Speaker 1>clean it up. It was all over the place. I've eaten, thanks, listen,

0:52:54.520 --> 0:52:56.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm eating things out of the Okay, let's not pretend

0:52:56.880 --> 0:52:58.840
<v Speaker 1>that I haven't. I once had an egg McMuffin in

0:52:58.880 --> 0:53:02.680
<v Speaker 1>my glove, come apartment overnight and ate it. So I'm

0:53:02.719 --> 0:53:05.600
<v Speaker 1>not going to pretend I'm above that. But I think

0:53:05.719 --> 0:53:08.960
<v Speaker 1>as long as you start to cultivate little healthy habits,

0:53:09.000 --> 0:53:11.359
<v Speaker 1>they don't have to be a mandate for your life.

0:53:11.760 --> 0:53:14.600
<v Speaker 1>Little healthy habits, you know, like you're gonna end your

0:53:14.680 --> 0:53:16.399
<v Speaker 1>day with this meal, or you're gonna start your day

0:53:16.440 --> 0:53:19.920
<v Speaker 1>with this meal, and just think about nourishing yourself and

0:53:19.960 --> 0:53:22.080
<v Speaker 1>giving your Like last night we were at sushi and

0:53:22.200 --> 0:53:24.160
<v Speaker 1>the last thing I wanted with spinach. But I'm like, no,

0:53:24.520 --> 0:53:26.600
<v Speaker 1>I want something green at every meal, Like I have

0:53:26.719 --> 0:53:28.319
<v Speaker 1>to do that for my health. You know, it's a

0:53:28.320 --> 0:53:30.960
<v Speaker 1>good people have said instead of taking away, add to

0:53:31.000 --> 0:53:33.720
<v Speaker 1>the plate, right, Yeah, when you eat all that stuff,

0:53:33.760 --> 0:53:35.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you fill up on good stuff for

0:53:35.640 --> 0:53:38.120
<v Speaker 1>your body, your body doesn't crave all the bad stuff

0:53:38.160 --> 0:53:40.880
<v Speaker 1>after a while. So you just have to just start

0:53:41.000 --> 0:53:44.000
<v Speaker 1>cultivating healthier habits, and you know it will, it will

0:53:44.080 --> 0:53:46.120
<v Speaker 1>get easier, and it will make it will do the

0:53:46.160 --> 0:53:49.080
<v Speaker 1>thing for your mind that all the things that Ashley

0:53:49.160 --> 0:53:51.879
<v Speaker 1>is talking about and work in conjunction with that, you know,

0:53:52.320 --> 0:53:55.560
<v Speaker 1>giving yourself positive affirmations, reminding yourself that your body is

0:53:55.600 --> 0:53:57.640
<v Speaker 1>here to carry you through so take care of it

0:53:58.000 --> 0:54:00.799
<v Speaker 1>and treat it with respect, and also just get out

0:54:00.800 --> 0:54:04.560
<v Speaker 1>there start dating, right. It doesn't matter what size you are.

0:54:04.560 --> 0:54:06.319
<v Speaker 1>There is somebody who will be like into you for

0:54:06.400 --> 0:54:08.920
<v Speaker 1>who you are. If you're ready to start dating and

0:54:08.960 --> 0:54:11.279
<v Speaker 1>you're feeling good with yourself, yeah, and then once you

0:54:11.320 --> 0:54:13.279
<v Speaker 1>start sucking somebody that you like, and you're not going

0:54:13.320 --> 0:54:16.200
<v Speaker 1>to have that much of an appetite. Okay. Anybody who

0:54:16.200 --> 0:54:18.520
<v Speaker 1>falls in love knows that lose ten pounds right off

0:54:18.560 --> 0:54:20.319
<v Speaker 1>the back because you're just like, all I want to

0:54:20.320 --> 0:54:22.560
<v Speaker 1>do is have sex. Yeah, how much way did you lose?

0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:25.200
<v Speaker 1>Joe's lost thirty pounds, so he's the hot body in

0:54:25.239 --> 0:54:27.920
<v Speaker 1>the relationship, and I just do I keep putting on weight.

0:54:27.960 --> 0:54:30.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, but but back the funk up with your body, buddy.

0:54:30.760 --> 0:54:34.640
<v Speaker 1>Then you start eating? Yeah yeah yeah, once you get happy,

0:54:35.000 --> 0:54:38.640
<v Speaker 1>then you started eating. That's like, when can we eat again?

0:54:38.680 --> 0:54:40.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm already thinking about food. You're talking about it. I'm like,

0:54:40.920 --> 0:54:44.719
<v Speaker 1>what am I going to have? But anyway? You know

0:54:44.760 --> 0:54:47.080
<v Speaker 1>what I mean? Yeah, I definitely start dating. That's gonna

0:54:47.080 --> 0:54:49.280
<v Speaker 1>be fun. You want to go have fun with guys

0:54:49.400 --> 0:54:52.920
<v Speaker 1>or girls or who what whatever you're into? Yeah, I

0:54:52.960 --> 0:54:55.319
<v Speaker 1>think I'm in listening to you guys stuff too. I've

0:54:55.640 --> 0:54:58.080
<v Speaker 1>realized too that anyone that I want to be with,

0:54:58.640 --> 0:55:01.360
<v Speaker 1>it's also just gonna agree with like the values I

0:55:01.440 --> 0:55:03.360
<v Speaker 1>have and like my lifestyle, and like, I'm not going

0:55:03.440 --> 0:55:06.239
<v Speaker 1>to choose someone who's like, no, you look bad or

0:55:06.280 --> 0:55:08.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, I want you to get to this point.

0:55:08.760 --> 0:55:10.840
<v Speaker 1>I obviously with just day one that's the red flag

0:55:10.840 --> 0:55:15.160
<v Speaker 1>and I wouldn't die with them day one. Yeah, I think, yeah,

0:55:15.239 --> 0:55:19.239
<v Speaker 1>this very helpful and I will definitely start to do

0:55:19.280 --> 0:55:22.480
<v Speaker 1>some of that. Are you on any dating apps, Quinn? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on you know, like the typical three Bumble, Tinder

0:55:26.680 --> 0:55:28.920
<v Speaker 1>and Hinge, and I go through waves. You know, it

0:55:28.960 --> 0:55:31.319
<v Speaker 1>gets kind of boring going through the same questions over

0:55:31.360 --> 0:55:32.960
<v Speaker 1>and over again, like oh, what do you do? How

0:55:33.000 --> 0:55:34.920
<v Speaker 1>are you doing? You know, what have you been up to?

0:55:35.520 --> 0:55:37.640
<v Speaker 1>And I also get kind of loyal for where if

0:55:37.640 --> 0:55:40.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm talking to someone, I'll just like, oh, I'll just

0:55:40.560 --> 0:55:42.279
<v Speaker 1>keep talking to them, and then I'll fizzle out and

0:55:42.280 --> 0:55:44.839
<v Speaker 1>then I'm like, oh, I just lost out on all

0:55:44.880 --> 0:55:47.239
<v Speaker 1>these other matches or you know, no, you have to

0:55:47.239 --> 0:55:49.359
<v Speaker 1>talk to like twenty people at the same time. This

0:55:49.400 --> 0:55:52.000
<v Speaker 1>is what I left my mom. Like four years ago,

0:55:52.239 --> 0:55:56.439
<v Speaker 1>she finally started online dating, and she did a car

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<v Speaker 1>ride from California to New York and she had her

0:56:00.760 --> 0:56:05.040
<v Speaker 1>bumble on and went on dates throughout the country and

0:56:05.200 --> 0:56:07.359
<v Speaker 1>met and ended up meeting the guy she's with now

0:56:07.440 --> 0:56:09.680
<v Speaker 1>and they've been together for three years. And I have

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<v Speaker 1>to say, like, you have to talk to everybody at

0:56:12.040 --> 0:56:14.239
<v Speaker 1>the same time, because that's what everybody else is doing.

0:56:14.680 --> 0:56:17.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't have any experience in this. This is all

0:56:17.480 --> 0:56:21.200
<v Speaker 1>watching my mother do this. That's a great idea for

0:56:21.239 --> 0:56:23.239
<v Speaker 1>any woman. I could do a road trip across the

0:56:23.239 --> 0:56:25.239
<v Speaker 1>country and just meet up with different guys. She was

0:56:25.239 --> 0:56:29.280
<v Speaker 1>with her friends. Yeah, yeah, perfect. Well, thank you so much, Quinn.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate having on. Thank you and congrats to actually

0:56:33.280 --> 0:56:36.000
<v Speaker 1>on your twins and Chelsea. I saw you in December.

0:56:36.040 --> 0:56:38.919
<v Speaker 1>I believe in Madison here, so it was a great show.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for that. Thanks for coming, Quinn. I love that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, bye bye. Oh. Everyone just needs a little

0:56:47.480 --> 0:56:53.239
<v Speaker 1>confidence booster, right Madison, Wisconsin. I love it there. You're

0:56:53.280 --> 0:56:58.120
<v Speaker 1>from Nebraska. Yes, yeah, that's another great place. I've performed

0:56:58.160 --> 0:57:01.920
<v Speaker 1>in Omaha. I was just I was just in Birmingham, Alabama,

0:57:02.520 --> 0:57:05.160
<v Speaker 1>and I was like, it was one of the best

0:57:05.200 --> 0:57:07.719
<v Speaker 1>shows I've ever had. Another one was oh maaha, and

0:57:07.760 --> 0:57:10.680
<v Speaker 1>the other one was Louisville, Kentucky. Places where you think

0:57:10.680 --> 0:57:13.000
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna go and you're just like, oh God, this

0:57:13.040 --> 0:57:16.520
<v Speaker 1>isn't gonna be and every time it was awesome. Yeah,

0:57:16.560 --> 0:57:19.360
<v Speaker 1>because there's those liberal pockets of people there that are

0:57:19.480 --> 0:57:23.720
<v Speaker 1>dying for it, right. They need togetherness and progressiveness, and

0:57:23.760 --> 0:57:26.040
<v Speaker 1>they're living in a state like those cities are all

0:57:26.080 --> 0:57:28.400
<v Speaker 1>always like democratic and it's just the rest of the

0:57:28.400 --> 0:57:34.640
<v Speaker 1>state that has issues. Anyway. Anyway, what's well? So? Our

0:57:34.720 --> 0:57:39.400
<v Speaker 1>last question comes from Travis. Travis says, Dear Chelsea, I'm

0:57:39.440 --> 0:57:41.560
<v Speaker 1>a thirty seven year old guy who got many of

0:57:41.560 --> 0:57:45.360
<v Speaker 1>the Gay Jean's designed decor, theater, et cetera, but not

0:57:45.520 --> 0:57:48.560
<v Speaker 1>the skincare Gauy jen. In short, I could give a

0:57:48.560 --> 0:57:52.000
<v Speaker 1>shit about skincare. I use a moisturizer with SPF, but

0:57:52.080 --> 0:57:54.880
<v Speaker 1>do nothing else for my face beyond an occasional splash

0:57:54.960 --> 0:57:57.520
<v Speaker 1>of water in the shower. My skin is pretty normal,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing problematic except my behavior. I recently heard someone complimented

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<v Speaker 1>on his beautiful skin and thought how nice it would

0:58:04.320 --> 0:58:07.040
<v Speaker 1>be to receive such praise One day do you have

0:58:07.080 --> 0:58:10.880
<v Speaker 1>any products or regimens you'd recommend to stop my uncared

0:58:10.920 --> 0:58:14.040
<v Speaker 1>for face from falling off or bursting into flames or

0:58:14.080 --> 0:58:16.720
<v Speaker 1>whatever else is eventually going to happen as I slide

0:58:16.800 --> 0:58:20.720
<v Speaker 1>into my forties. Travis, Well, I'm gonna let you go

0:58:20.800 --> 0:58:23.800
<v Speaker 1>to the skincare thing because you have I'm sure more

0:58:23.840 --> 0:58:25.840
<v Speaker 1>tricks than I do. I was gonna say, don't you

0:58:25.880 --> 0:58:28.680
<v Speaker 1>have like skincare? Like, aren't you like into it? Your

0:58:28.680 --> 0:58:32.360
<v Speaker 1>skin is always glowing? Oh well, thank you. But I

0:58:32.360 --> 0:58:34.280
<v Speaker 1>would want to say to Travis, this is why you

0:58:34.320 --> 0:58:37.120
<v Speaker 1>have everything to look forward to. I didn't start washing

0:58:37.120 --> 0:58:39.400
<v Speaker 1>my face. I still don't wash my face, let's be honest.

0:58:39.480 --> 0:58:42.800
<v Speaker 1>And I did my my sisters. I blame them and

0:58:42.960 --> 0:58:45.360
<v Speaker 1>my mother for not teaching me how to wash my face.

0:58:45.440 --> 0:58:47.880
<v Speaker 1>I didn't wash my face until I was in my thirties,

0:58:48.360 --> 0:58:50.680
<v Speaker 1>and then I and then I just couldn't get into

0:58:50.720 --> 0:58:52.880
<v Speaker 1>the habit because I never had it. So if you

0:58:52.920 --> 0:58:55.760
<v Speaker 1>start taking care of your skin now, Travis, you're going

0:58:55.800 --> 0:58:58.560
<v Speaker 1>to see such a difference because you have so many

0:58:58.680 --> 0:59:03.000
<v Speaker 1>layers of like a dermist that you have not exfoliated.

0:59:03.240 --> 0:59:05.960
<v Speaker 1>So all you need is a good exfoliator to wash

0:59:06.000 --> 0:59:08.840
<v Speaker 1>yourself at night and then put on a moisturizer. I

0:59:09.040 --> 0:59:11.760
<v Speaker 1>use a serum and moisturizer in the morning and at night,

0:59:11.800 --> 0:59:13.560
<v Speaker 1>and that does the trick. I have to say. First

0:59:13.560 --> 0:59:15.800
<v Speaker 1>of all, just go go get a facial like you're

0:59:15.800 --> 0:59:20.480
<v Speaker 1>gonna feel a difference from like when you before you

0:59:20.520 --> 0:59:24.160
<v Speaker 1>had it and then after. And then secondly, I am

0:59:24.240 --> 0:59:26.919
<v Speaker 1>such a fan of this new line called fig one.

0:59:27.040 --> 0:59:29.680
<v Speaker 1>I invested in it. I'm not a celebrity indorser. I

0:59:29.760 --> 0:59:32.320
<v Speaker 1>invested because it actually works. We should send you something.

0:59:32.320 --> 0:59:36.360
<v Speaker 1>By the way, It's scientifically proven to work on so

0:59:36.400 --> 0:59:40.120
<v Speaker 1>many different skin types whatever your quote issue is. And um,

0:59:40.160 --> 0:59:42.920
<v Speaker 1>you can take an online test for free. Their dermatologistettle

0:59:42.920 --> 0:59:44.840
<v Speaker 1>send me the whole regiment. But like they play nice

0:59:44.880 --> 0:59:47.120
<v Speaker 1>in the medicine cabinet, so whatever you're already using, you

0:59:47.240 --> 0:59:49.960
<v Speaker 1>just add this into the mix. But it sounds like

0:59:50.000 --> 0:59:54.560
<v Speaker 1>he just needs like hyaluronic acid and maybe salonic acid.

0:59:54.640 --> 0:59:59.400
<v Speaker 1>Good for everybody. I think it's not terrible for most people.

0:59:59.600 --> 1:00:01.720
<v Speaker 1>Oh I thought it was. I thought some people don't

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<v Speaker 1>react well to that, but I could be misinformed. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean I use it twice a week, and Justin uses

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<v Speaker 1>one once a week, so that's two completely different skin types.

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<v Speaker 1>Justin's skin tone is like uneven and he wants it

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<v Speaker 1>to become more even. And then also being black on

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<v Speaker 1>top of it makes it harder to figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>products are right for him, and he's been using fig one.

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<v Speaker 1>So anyways, Travis, I don't know what your actual skin

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<v Speaker 1>type is, but it just sounds like he just needs

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<v Speaker 1>a little TLC. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Once you start a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, you're gonna notice, like if your skin is

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<v Speaker 1>okay now and you start taking care of it, it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be good, and then you're gonna get that glowy,

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<v Speaker 1>dewey feeling. And also, if if you have dry skin,

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<v Speaker 1>you can use a serum and a moisturizer. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have oily skin, you shouldn't use a serum. You should

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<v Speaker 1>just use a moisturizer and then get the hyaluronic acid

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<v Speaker 1>from Big One. Hello. But also like props for using

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<v Speaker 1>the SPF. That's like the most important thing. Well, let's

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<v Speaker 1>take a quick break and we'll be back to wrap

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<v Speaker 1>up with Ashley and Chelsea, and we're back. Welcome back, girl. Well, Ashley,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to ask if you have any advice you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like from Chelsea, Chelsea parenting, Do you want some parenting

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<v Speaker 1>advice for me? Okay, So my biggest thing right now

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<v Speaker 1>staying motivated in the gym. It's hard because I'm breastfeeding

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<v Speaker 1>and I know you like to smoke weed, and like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure that doesn't get you motivated to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the gym, So, like, what's that motivator for you? Because

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<v Speaker 1>my crutch right now is breastfeeding? What just keeps you going?

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<v Speaker 1>Because your abs? I mean, oh you're so sweet. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I really do work out hard because I like to

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<v Speaker 1>be strong, and it's I I like to be fit

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<v Speaker 1>also and look lean, but I just love it's like addicting,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Now, even I'm on the road, I hit

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<v Speaker 1>the gym and I just do my own stuff with

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<v Speaker 1>weights and stuff. And what I've realized so much about

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<v Speaker 1>after forty is that, like cardio is not the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that keeps you lean. It's weights, heavy, heavy weights. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think my motivation is just seeing the results, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I know it works. I used to think weights, We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make me bulky, even when I was heavier and

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<v Speaker 1>not as muscular. I thought, oh, I'm just I have

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<v Speaker 1>to lose the weight first, and then do the weights

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, no, I just started weight training and

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<v Speaker 1>the fact kind of came off. So I know there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people think you have to do so

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<v Speaker 1>much cardio, and it's like, don't kill yourself with cardio

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<v Speaker 1>because it stresses your body out, especially when you're breastfeeding

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<v Speaker 1>and you have like your cortisol levels. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>keep them down not up, because that makes you hold

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<v Speaker 1>onto your weight. And the other thing that I think

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<v Speaker 1>motivates me is I can do things that a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people that I know who work out a lot

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<v Speaker 1>can't do. So when I keep getting stronger like that,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just like, oh, I'm plus, I'm older, Like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the strongest I've ever been at forty seven I was,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm stronger than I was when I was thirty five,

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<v Speaker 1>So like, you know, I can kick ass and I

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<v Speaker 1>fucking like that. You know, That's it's like a part

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<v Speaker 1>of me now. The results, Like once you get yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like you just feel like, yeah, it feels good.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you done plates? Are you into that? Yeah, I've

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<v Speaker 1>done a lot of pilates. Yeah, there's a class in

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<v Speaker 1>l A that I love FORMA. Have you tried it yet? No,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll have to go also into you Okay, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but I guess that's my motivator. I just like I

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<v Speaker 1>like to feel, yeah, the results, and I like to

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<v Speaker 1>feel like a badass when I get in there and

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<v Speaker 1>I go, no matter what, it doesn't matter what shape

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in. That's how I was before babies, and I think,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'll get back there. But it's nice to

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<v Speaker 1>hear it again. Yeah. You know, once you start seeing results,

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<v Speaker 1>like you're saying you're up forty pounds, I would not

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<v Speaker 1>have known that. But if you're you know, once you

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<v Speaker 1>start getting closer to what you want, you're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>then you get really on the train. But I mean

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<v Speaker 1>you have little babies, so it's a different situation right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Life is different. Yeah, So there you go. That's my

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<v Speaker 1>Those are my two cents and you can suck on

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<v Speaker 1>that pipe. Okay, Well, all of our callers and writers

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<v Speaker 1>in please keep in touch with us because we love

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<v Speaker 1>follow ups. We love of progress reports and follow ups.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't pay attention in school, so that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I like a curriculum and a structure. Now

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<v Speaker 1>with this podcast, I like reportings after the fact, after

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<v Speaker 1>we've talked to you. I want to find out what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>And we've had so many positive outcomes come out of this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like we're freeing the whole world. Yeah, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for Asty Braham. We love you so much. I

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<v Speaker 1>love you, I adore you. I'm so glad we got

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<v Speaker 1>to see each other. Me too, Yeah, I love in person.

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<v Speaker 1>I know. I'm so thankful to see you too. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>come out to Jesse. I will. I definitely will. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>performing in Montclair next week. I have two shows in Montclair.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be in Jersey. Fantastic. Bye bye. So if you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to ask Chelsea a question, email us at Dear

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea Project at gmail dot com.