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Speaker 1: Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Christoph and this is the Keeping Positive Sweetish Show. Hey, sweeties.

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Speaker 1: In this season, I have been so blessed to have

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Speaker 1: conversations with people who I've been impacted by, people who

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Speaker 1: have grown up watching and admiring. And today is truly

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Speaker 1: going to be special. My guest today is a wife, mom, artist, actress, philanthropists,

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Speaker 1: just to name a few, kid's family. Please give a

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Speaker 1: very warm Atlanta Welcome to Sierra.

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Speaker 2: Hey, how are you amazing?

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Speaker 1: You look amazing. Thank you so much to thank you

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Speaker 1: and thank you for coming.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, let me just say, in all my

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Speaker 2: years that I've done interviews, I have never seen what

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Speaker 2: I just saw happen before we start our interview with

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Speaker 2: JB praying before an interview. Yes, that is amazing.

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Speaker 1: Listen, we keep God first and everything.

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Speaker 2: Amen. Yes, I love it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. No, that's that's one of the things in

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Speaker 1: every thing we do, we always make sure we pray.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the best way to kick off the day.

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Speaker 1: It is, no for sure. So I want to start

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Speaker 1: with a little story time. So just a month ago,

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Speaker 1: two months ago, the top of June BT Awards, we

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Speaker 1: were a BT Media house and they're like, Sierra's coming,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna get you an interview with her. I was like,

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Speaker 1: oh my goodness, Sierra is coming, so we see you come.

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Speaker 1: My little booth is right next to Angie Martinez's door,

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Speaker 1: so I was like, all right, guys, I'm not taking

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Speaker 1: any interviews. So like as soon as she comes out

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Speaker 1: and they're like, she has to go to another interview

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Speaker 1: and I got a quick picture with you and it

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Speaker 1: was so cute. Actually, Drea shot that. It was a

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Speaker 1: really beautiful picture of us. And I was like, it's okay,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna It's something else is gonna happen. God has

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Speaker 1: something better in store. And I really wanted to interview

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Speaker 1: that day, and now I have you here, and that's

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Speaker 1: just how God works. So I was like I always

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Speaker 1: be looking out. I was like, come on, come on

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Speaker 1: your hometown. Yeah, this is I love it and Kaya

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Speaker 1: and depotated hit me and Kay was like yes, yes.

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Speaker 1: She was like you got to get here, like y'all

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Speaker 1: are perfect for each other, y'all have the same brand.

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Speaker 1: She loves God, you love God. She's like she's so

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Speaker 1: positive it'd be perfect. And then denvill has hit me

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Speaker 1: and she was like, we're gonna do it, and I'm like, yeah, no, Lie.

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Speaker 1: Before you came in, They're like, are you nervous?

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Speaker 2: And I was like, yeah, no, it's amazing, man.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but she has so much going on. You are busy.

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Speaker 1: You just had the second you opened your second you

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Speaker 1: had your second annual Sierra Day, and then you opened

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Speaker 1: your second why not Center?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's like, no, it's amazing. So technically it's my

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Speaker 2: first time actually celebrating this holiday or this special day

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Speaker 2: that the state and the city, you know, granted me.

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Speaker 2: And I got to give thanks to Flana Williams because

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Speaker 2: she really spearheaded that. And I've noticed since I was

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Speaker 2: like she's known me since I was like literally when

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Speaker 2: I got signed to Aristis, she was a sign of

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Speaker 2: my project. Wow, so twenty plus years ago, because twenty

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Speaker 2: one years ago my album Goodies came out, so war

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Speaker 2: Fifteen to sixteen. That's when I met her, and so no,

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Speaker 2: it was amazing because Russ and I we've always had

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Speaker 2: and one of those things where to create centers for kids. Yes,

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Speaker 2: and we've been very fortunate in our partnership with the

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Speaker 2: Boys and Girls Club that we're able to put why

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Speaker 2: and Girls clubs. We start off in Pittsburgh last year,

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Speaker 2: great energy. It was so beautiful. Like I was so

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Speaker 1: That's amazing. You mentioned impact and that is actually the

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Speaker 1: love that you are literally putting action behind your words

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Speaker 2: And I love that.

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Speaker 1: You also have a new album coming out entitled CC,

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Speaker 2: Now, Well, you know it's my nickname and a lot

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Speaker 2: of my fans have called me CC over the years. Yes,

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Speaker 2: And so I just I have a special connection with

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Speaker 2: really don't know what's going to be like in those

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Speaker 2: But I've been putting out songs along the way, and

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Speaker 2: And I have these amazing songs that I've been sitting

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Speaker 2: It's a lot of energy, a lot of fun. My

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Speaker 1: I love that you talked about ownership in owning your

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Speaker 2: I knew. I knew the song was a smash. I

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Speaker 1: making sure that you make time for what's important.

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00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,080
Speaker 2: Yeah. And you know what I'm trying to really master.

432
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:42,040
Speaker 2: Excuse me, I'm trying to master rest. Come on here, Yeah,

433
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,920
Speaker 2: because rest is so vital. Yes, And I never knew

434
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,560
Speaker 2: I needed rest until like these stages, at this stage

435
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:53,000
Speaker 2: or in my life. We gotta get rest, you know.

436
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,640
Speaker 2: Sleeping is vital for like health. I have gotten sick

437
00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:04,120
Speaker 2: twice within the shortest timeframe that I ever have. I'm like, okay, now, okay, God,

438
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 2: Now I hear you Lord, and then my body I

439
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,119
Speaker 2: hear you body. So I need to like make sure I, like,

440
00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,159
Speaker 2: you know, do that too, because your body gets to recover.

441
00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,719
Speaker 2: Your body can like endure everything when you're grinding, you know,

442
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 2: trying to work on building my immune system, like all

443
00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,040
Speaker 2: these things are vital. So I'm really trying to like

444
00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,000
Speaker 2: level up my rest. I'm trying to level up like

445
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:29,640
Speaker 2: my my immune my immunization or am I saying that right?

446
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,439
Speaker 2: My immunity, like my care. Yeah, I'm trying to make

447
00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 2: sure I'm like doing these things that are gonna also

448
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 2: feed me too. I really want to master like resting.

449
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,360
Speaker 1: That's so good because our industry has its whole entire

450
00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,879
Speaker 1: sleep when you're dead, and it's like, no, you're gonna

451
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:43,760
Speaker 1: die if you don't sleep.

452
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,920
Speaker 2: But that is true. It's big facts. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

453
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:48,960
Speaker 2: we don't want to do that.

454
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,359
Speaker 1: Now, are you like a night time I know in

455
00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,199
Speaker 1: the studio a lot of people work better like in

456
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 1: the wee hours of the morning. I'm not like that.

457
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,080
Speaker 1: I have to have like daytime hours when when you're recording.

458
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,399
Speaker 2: When are you used to do the wee hours? Actually

459
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,600
Speaker 2: did wee hours last night? This is the craziest thing.

460
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,160
Speaker 2: I came from Africa. We traveled for seventeen hours I landed,

461
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 2: I went to go to do the Boys and Girls Club,

462
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 2: the why Not You centers. Then I went from there

463
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 2: to a podcast taping, and then I went from there

464
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 2: to the studio, and we were up to like almost

465
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,880
Speaker 2: one o'clock in the morning. See here, two o'clock, she said,

466
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:29,040
Speaker 2: two o'clock in the morning. So that's like an abnormal night. Okay.

467
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,680
Speaker 2: But I did that again because I knew, Okay, today

468
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,119
Speaker 2: I'm gonna come see you, and then I'm gonna, you know,

469
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 2: have the rest of my I have like a couple

470
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 2: more things I have to do in this day, work

471
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 2: work related. And then when I get home, I got

472
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,480
Speaker 2: to go into mommy and also hubby WiFi mode, you know,

473
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 2: so I had to like I'm being strategic again, Like

474
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 2: my babies aren't here, Russ is working doing this thing. Okay,

475
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 2: now Mama can like grind it out, you know. But

476
00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,359
Speaker 2: normally I like to work early, so like if my

477
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,360
Speaker 2: kids were at I do studio. When I was young,

478
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:03,919
Speaker 2: I didn't do that. I worked to the wee hours.

479
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 2: But now it's like take the kids to school studio

480
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 2: at nine o'clock, which is so like crazy how life

481
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 2: falls like that. But I'd like to try to get

482
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 2: my heavy stub out the way early in the day.

483
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,880
Speaker 1: That's good. It's so important. And I go, we get

484
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,200
Speaker 1: so caught up in like just loving what we do

485
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 1: that we forget because it's like it's literally it's feeding us,

486
00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 1: it's keeping us away, and it's like, oh, I haven't slept.

487
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 1: I need to eat even eat.

488
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:34,000
Speaker 2: Yes, and I love to eat me love, Oh my gosh. Okay,

489
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 2: So I always sound Blexican because you know, black and Mexican.

490
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 2: I love Mexican food. I'm also Blazian. I love Asian food. Yes,

491
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 2: those will be my top two cuisines, and also Italian.

492
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: Italians my favorite it's fire, yes.

493
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,400
Speaker 2: And I love carbs, like, help me, lord, I need

494
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 2: a mass of that too, because I swear I feel

495
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 2: like every meal deserves a carb and that's just not

496
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,879
Speaker 2: the way to so I gotta work on that. But

497
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 2: I love eating. It's just it's so fun. Like eating

498
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,240
Speaker 2: is like, you know, it's community, like it's you know,

499
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 2: it's it's just everything really. And I'm from Atlanta, you know, Yeah,

500
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 2: we do everything with seasoning. But yeah, but lorry's all

501
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 2: that stuff, you know, So it's kind of what I

502
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 2: how I grew up. Every Sunday was like Thanksgiving out

503
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,640
Speaker 2: the church, you know, and like every other day it's

504
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,280
Speaker 2: like Thanksgiving. So it's just in me. I do love food.

505
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 1: You love food, but your body is always tea.

506
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 2: How oh, thank you so much. I try. Okay, So

507
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 2: after my baby girl and more my last baby I have,

508
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,639
Speaker 2: I still haven't gotten all the way back to my

509
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,120
Speaker 2: base weight. And at one point in time, it's funny

510
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 2: because I weigh the same weight as Russow, so she

511
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 2: I gain the most with her, and it's honestly it's hard,

512
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 2: but I will say this. What I do try to

513
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,640
Speaker 2: do is moderation. Yeah, stop when you're full, and it's hard,

514
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 2: like when food is good, it's hard to stop, but

515
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 2: moderation is key. Right. So sometimes I realized I went

516
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,200
Speaker 2: a little too crazy. Let me like dial it back.

517
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,679
Speaker 2: This evening, I try to eat just fish and veggies like,

518
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 2: but I have to literally talk to myself like, don't

519
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 2: do it, don't do it, don't do it, like that's

520
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 2: how bad it is. But it's really bad. Oh my gosh,

521
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 2: yeah exactly, I did it right, yeah, you know, and

522
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 2: also tons of water like when you're training, you know,

523
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 2: I did this thing with my nutrition is years ago,

524
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,200
Speaker 2: and he did a body mass index calculation on me,

525
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 2: checking your muscle mass and like all these different things.

526
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 2: And he gave me like the water ratio versus like

527
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 2: my weight and all that stuff. So when I'm trying

528
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 2: to come down, like sometimes I'm drinking a gallon and

529
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 2: almost a half when I gained like seventy five pounds, right,

530
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 2: so it's like you're just being mindful of like your

531
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,360
Speaker 2: water intake. Those things matter, but moderation.

532
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you're think you look up amazing, like to

533
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: wait for a baby more. I was like, this girl

534
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 1: looks so good, but that I knew you were thicker

535
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: than normal? Was E ever a mama where you looked

536
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: at the man and was like or were you like

537
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:11,680
Speaker 1: I see your girl?

538
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 2: I gonna lie. I loved every step of the way good.

539
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 2: And you know what it is, I got to give

540
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,160
Speaker 2: my husband some love because Russ really made me feel

541
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 2: even more like, Okay, I'm liking my curd. Put a

542
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 2: cup on it kind of babe, you know, because he

543
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:27,640
Speaker 2: was like he tells me, and I was like, don't

544
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 2: you get too crazy because he likes my hips, you know,

545
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 2: so that makes me feel good. Right, it's like that stuff,

546
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 2: you know, Can I give us ladies a little okay?

547
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 2: And absolutely, Q okay, we can. We can appreciate these

548
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 2: extra little you know grips or you know rippers, whatever

549
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:48,399
Speaker 2: you want to call it. So no, it's really sweet.

550
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 2: And I think there's something too about like where you

551
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 2: are in your life, Like I love having a little

552
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 2: more on me. You know, I've always been a little smaller,

553
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,159
Speaker 2: but I like it. I like all the jeans me

554
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,679
Speaker 2: and I'm liking it.

555
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 1: You look good. Yeah, no, I saw it and I

556
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: was like, sexy is looking good? Thank you? No, for sure,

557
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: you just gave props to your husband Wrussell. You guys

558
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: are a couple goals. Like everybody all the women are

559
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 1: praying your prayers. Oh my gosh, I was like, when

560
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 1: she comes out, needs her to pray over.

561
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. It's such funny.

562
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: But you both have your own careers, your own lives.

563
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: How has it been managing the relationship and now having

564
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: a family, But still like you're doing your thing and

565
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 1: he's doing his thing. How do you guys? What are

566
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 1: those conversations? Like, all right, babe, we gotta how do

567
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 1: we keep together?

568
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, communication is really important. And you know what's really

569
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 2: great is that with him doing football, his world is

570
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 2: more structured. Yes, my world I can kind of like

571
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 2: plan around his world. So that is, like you know,

572
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 2: I would say, is a blessing and the dynamic of

573
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 2: what we do. And we're just really big on like

574
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 2: you know, communicating like he knows my schedule, like he

575
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 2: tell me my schedule back. Sometimes I can even tell

576
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 2: it myself, you know. But we're really you know, lock

577
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 2: and step on that, you know, and we find ways

578
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 2: to stay connected even when we're a part, whether it's

579
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 2: like watching a show. We have a thing like you

580
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 2: can't watch the show without the other, right when you're

581
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 2: in two different places. But if we're going to do it,

582
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 2: we're watching it like simultaneously, like they put your computer

583
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 2: on you, you know, so we don't have the sound,

584
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 2: you know, So we'll do little things like that or

585
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 2: like you know, we really do work on coordinating things

586
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 2: as best as possible. And I think that that's like

587
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,239
Speaker 2: the game changer against schedule, Like it's huge, right, so

588
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,479
Speaker 2: we kind of know, Okay, I'm going to be going

589
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 2: these amount of days or you know, if he has

590
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 2: to do something same thing, but we're like mapping out

591
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 2: so we can like make sure it comes back to us.

592
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 2: Like we're very intentional, you know, even date nights, like

593
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 2: we do date nights every Friday when he's in the season.

594
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 2: And I've been a big belief like that little thing,

595
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,479
Speaker 2: you know, or that I don't little, but that moment

596
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 2: has been like game changing for us over the years,

597
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 2: I think, because one, I'm always looking forward to it.

598
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 2: You're not forgetting to date each other. Yes, you got

599
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 2: to do that, right, We always talk about that. He

600
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 2: always says you got to always compete, you know, like

601
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 2: that was one of his things that he and I

602
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 2: like that idea because it's like searching for the beginning,

603
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,239
Speaker 2: always searching for the beginning, like when we first met

604
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 2: up my kid. But I'm aware of it. You know,

605
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 2: you still want to do yeah, you know it's still

606
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 2: it keeps it exciting, you know. So it's it's honestly

607
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 2: just being intentional. I would say. That's the thing, Like

608
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 2: we both want our love to be as sweet and

609
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 2: fool as it can be, and so we're very intentional

610
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 2: about achieving that. Now we don't get it right all

611
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 2: the time, you know, but we the place that we

612
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 2: come from is it's the foundation is set and it's clear,

613
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 2: and so yeah, we're very very intentional.

614
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 1: I love that. And your relationship is built on the

615
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: foundation of God.

616
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Us at the center.

617
00:29:58,880 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: Amen.

618
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 2: When we first got engaged and say, shells, he actually

619
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 2: the first thing that we did is we went and

620
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 2: we prayed, and you know, he actually initiated, you know,

621
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 2: the the thought of you know, having Jesus at the center.

622
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 2: And I really love you. I want to cry. I

623
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 2: don't know why I be up here crying like this.

624
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 2: I have been like on Ail a chapter of tears.

625
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 3: Let's not get crazy right now, Okay, I I really

626
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 3: have been like an emotional like.

627
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 2: Yeah it is it's gratitude, you know. But that was

628
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 2: really sweet and powerful to have that you know, connection

629
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 2: or like in that very moment, like that's the foundation

630
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 2: we're going to set this on. Like and it's honestly real,

631
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 2: Like having Jesus at the center is significant because when

632
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 2: man leans on man listen, that's when it gets murky.

633
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 2: We start trying to be like, well, I feel it's like, hey,

634
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,719
Speaker 2: what does God want? You know, where is the spirit

635
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 2: in all this? Like, where is the you know, go

636
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 2: to the place of love. When we do that, like

637
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 2: it brings everything back down like to like the right place,

638
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 2: you know, so, and I think that's huge. It is,

639
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 2: you know, especially in our world, like it's our worlds

640
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 2: are crazy, like hectic and like fast moving and convenient

641
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 2: like you know, so it's like okay, whenever we have

642
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 2: a little funky something like the spirit is what brings

643
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 2: us back. It brings us like back to where we

644
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 2: need to be and it takes both right. Like we

645
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 2: were saying, we have certain like rules too, like the

646
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 2: past our pastors jud who actually officiated our wedding and

647
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 2: he's in one of our he's like amazing, but he,

648
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 2: you know, talked about like how in relationships, like you

649
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 2: can have an idea where you never say the D word,

650
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 2: like you never.

651
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 1: Say yeah, yeah exactly.

652
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 2: And then also you say you gotta be able like

653
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 2: when you make the mistake or you cause the turn

654
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: up or the friction, you gotta be able to say

655
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 2: will you forgive me? And that is hard because I'm stubborn.

656
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 2: I'd be like if people forgive me because I went wrong,

657
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 2: and then I might be wrong. It's like see her

658
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 2: just say it, like I'm talking about it, like just

659
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 2: say it. Rolling my eyes, like I don't want to

660
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 2: say it, just say it. You better say. You know,

661
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 2: it's a whole thing like that is hard they think

662
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 2: to be like will you forgive me? You know, but

663
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 2: it's like it's game changing, it is right, and we

664
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 2: both have that understanding. Like those little things, you know,

665
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 2: they're really they're really helpful.

666
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's beautiful that you can because asking for

667
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: forgiveness is not only an humbling state, but it's also

668
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: very vulnerable to like look at yourself in the mirror

669
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: and say, wait a minute, this is me. I messed up.

670
00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: And to be able to go to the person and

671
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: then that, you know, so the fact that you are

672
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: so comfortable with each other to allow each other to

673
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: see each other in that state is so beautiful.

674
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it. It feels good when someone

675
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 2: takes accountability, right, you know, you don't want.

676
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: To Breezy exactly.

677
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, And I'll get rust credit. He does pretty

678
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 2: good with coming back around, Like we were saying, the

679
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 2: day he gets like more worked up, I get very quiet,

680
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 2: you know, like when he raises his voice. It's funny

681
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 2: because like you know, his love remind like reminds me

682
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 2: of like my dad's love, right, and I remember like

683
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 2: my dad would like reprimand me, like the tone of

684
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 2: the voice was just like enough to make you go, yeah,

685
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 2: you're just crumble. And so if he gets like about

686
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 2: it's like and depending on what it is, I'll be like,

687
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 2: you know, I just sit back where you going with this,

688
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 2: you know, like or I might feel like you don't

689
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 2: have all these different feels, you know, but like he

690
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 2: typically is the one that could like get a little

691
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: more turned up with me. I get quiet turned like,

692
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 2: you know, yeah no, but he's so you know, he's

693
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 2: really good about like him come back around like you know,

694
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 2: so I'll give him that. He does that really well. Okay,

695
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 2: I love you tell you.

696
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 1: Know, I love that is so beautiful. Now, word on

697
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: the street is that y'all started a matchmaking service.

698
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 2: Oh my lord, we did not start a matchmaking.

699
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: Service because we're trying to sign the people are like

700
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: we're doing we should actually like think about this thing.

701
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 2: Let me tell you. We love seeing our friends experience love. Yeah,

702
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 2: we have fun, like and we're just so blessed. We

703
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 2: have a really great group of friends, Like you know,

704
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 2: in all different parts of the world, and I for me,

705
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,879
Speaker 2: like especially with my girls. I'm like, I just want

706
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,399
Speaker 2: my girls to be happy, like if that's what they want, right,

707
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 2: you know, Like I have a I don't want to

708
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 2: call her out, but I have someone. I have a

709
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 2: dentist in my life. Oh my gosh, I'm not gonna

710
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 2: say her name. She was like Sierra, but like she's

711
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 2: so like sweet smart boss, owns her own dentist, dentistry

712
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 2: like business like she has. She's amazing, like great vision,

713
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 2: and like she's you know, single, and I'm like, Okay,

714
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 2: we've got to figure this out. Like so I will

715
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 2: be like on the search. I love it because I'm like,

716
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 2: she is a queen and she deserves a king. Like yes,

717
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 2: that's my mentality, right, So I just love trying to

718
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 2: help in any way that I can. We both love it.

719
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 2: We have been very fortunate to introduce people, and that's

720
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 2: the funds Cocoa and Okay, so wait we did not, Okay,

721
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 2: so they just assume that they Okay, so this is

722
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 2: what happened. What happened, Okay, So Coco and Donovan shouted

723
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 2: both of them, and I'm so happy for you, my girl,

724
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 2: Cocoa is the sweetest she is, and Donovan is so

725
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 2: cool and and just amazing, And Russ and don even

726
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 2: have their boyflow. Honestly, they've been having their whole like

727
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: boyflow for some time, like low key behind the scenes,

728
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 2: and I love that, Like I love how the men

729
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 2: connect on that kind of stuff. But basically, you know,

730
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 2: the fellas are over there doing their thing, Russ and Donovan.

731
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 2: And Russ has like he's really obviously I think he's

732
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 2: the best on the field, but off the field, he

733
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 2: has like this creative mind that runs wild with a

734
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 2: lot of cool ideas. So he actually has a company

735
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,320
Speaker 2: West to East Lux where he's doing like providing luxury

736
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 2: like experiences and stuff like that. So it's his passion

737
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 2: for him. But basically, him and Donovan connected and all

738
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 2: of a sudden, I look up and like Russ is like,

739
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 2: we set this up, blah blah blah, Like he had

740
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 2: the whole like they were doing the whole thing planning

741
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 2: the engagement for him and Cocos. So it's just so sweet,

742
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 2: you know, and so we're just really happy for them.

743
00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:00,479
Speaker 2: It's so beautiful and it's just amazing, Like God's good.

744
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: He is so good. He is so good. At BT

745
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: Media House, you stopped by Jim Jones interview and he said,

746
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: you need to I think it was steal it properly. Yes,

747
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: that let me know that you love.

748
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 2: I was totally you know, sometimes that's just me. I

749
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 2: think it's my passion to just like want, you know,

750
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 2: the best for people and listen, you know, I don't

751
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 2: know them from a can of pain, but I just

752
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,280
Speaker 2: remember my last memories of them and knowing that they've shared,

753
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 2: you know, their journey with the world. And I think

754
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 2: the greatest thing that we all have to remember is

755
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 2: that imperfect love. Like in imperfect love, that's where the

756
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 2: perfection is. Yeah, you know, it's like there's not a

757
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 2: perfect way to do love. The perfect way to do

758
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 2: love is just to love and the best way that

759
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 2: you can and to love right. And that doesn't mean

760
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 2: you can always get it right. And that doesn't mean

761
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: you can have the perfect story where you went through

762
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 2: this phase, this phase, this phase and now it's wila.

763
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 2: Some people go through a phase it's amazing, then it

764
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,479
Speaker 2: falls flat and it comes back again, then it goes.

765
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 2: Everyone's love story is their own.

766
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: It is, yeah, and that's what makes it beautiful.

767
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's no judgment in love, right, And so

768
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 2: I think that when I saw, you know, when I

769
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 2: was in that moment, I just was it was from

770
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 2: a place of love absolutely, you know, and just you know,

771
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 2: wanting uh, you know, something beautiful from my perspective, or

772
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 2: wanting that, you know, for the people that I've loved

773
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 2: watching on TV, like you know, y'all got to do this.

774
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: I was like, it's fashion properly. And I felt it

775
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: because I'm hopeless romantic, I love love, and I'm on

776
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: this new journey really being more intentional about my walk

777
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: with Christ in my Bible, and through that, God convicted

778
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 1: me on sex. So I stopped having sex. And because

779
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: I wanted to. I want to love the way God

780
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: intended and I wanted to do it properly. When so

781
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: when I heard you say steal it properly, I'm like, exactly, like,

782
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,839
Speaker 1: because that's that was my conviction. God was like, you're

783
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: doing it wrong, Like this is not how I designed this.

784
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: I need you to trust me, and do you trust

785
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: me to bring you love the way I intended it

786
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,479
Speaker 1: so that you're not continuously getting hurt?

787
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 2: I love that.

788
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, So I felt that I didn't take any I

789
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: didn't read it as judgment. I was like, I'm with

790
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: her because she's all about it.

791
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, steal it, you know. I mean I think that

792
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 2: we owe that to ourselves, you know, and I think

793
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 2: that when you know, it always hurts, like in general,

794
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 2: like you know, we live in this era and I

795
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,439
Speaker 2: don't wanna say era because this has been like it's

796
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 2: just a new word that they coin it like love bombing,

797
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 2: you know, which is not writing because oftentimes for us

798
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 2: as women, excuse me, Okay, so when guys see a girl,

799
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 2: it's exterior first. Yes, when we see a man, it's

800
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 2: interior and exterior. We see you on the front, like, okay,

801
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 2: you look amazing, but like what is he Like, Like

802
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 2: we started like fantasizing and thinking about like, you know,

803
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 2: is he a family used to be thinking about all

804
00:39:58,120 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 2: of these things.

805
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: Literally instantly we're like, yeah, you map it.

806
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 2: Through and you you think in your mind through all

807
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 2: those things, and sometimes too, like a guy can mishandle

808
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 2: you know where we are, and that's like crushing. Feel

809
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 2: like you've set back, you know what I mean, Like

810
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 2: it's like a blowback because we're going with the right intentions,

811
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 2: but then a guy has different intentions and like it's like, man,

812
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 2: you just wasted a chunk of my life. Yeah, just

813
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 2: waste a chunk of my time. Like I'm I'm really rolling,

814
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 2: like I'm really like in this thing and you over

815
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 2: here kind of plan like now we're just losing a

816
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:29,919
Speaker 2: little time.

817
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 1: Like what we doing? What are we doing?

818
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 2: But I can relate to where you are in your

819
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 2: life in reference to just like causing like wanting to

820
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 2: like be very intentional with yourself, your body. You know,

821
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:47,240
Speaker 2: how you're loving on yourself like being you know, set

822
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 2: to me, like you talk about prayer, Like prayer really works,

823
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 2: it does, right, And I do think there's something about

824
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 2: when we start to envision who we want to be

825
00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: within ourselves and we cement it with prayer, like the

826
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 2: evolution starts to happen like overnight, Oh.

827
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: My goodness, Herera seriously gotta be moving fast. It's like

828
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: what I just I.

829
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 2: Just said that, And it trickles down to everything. It

830
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 2: could be like in your business, it.

831
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 1: Can be your podcast and see her is here, you know.

832
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 2: It can be just even if somebody's off in your

833
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 2: friend circle, like just when you start to be like

834
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 2: in tune with yourself. Yeah, and you start to pour

835
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 2: into yourself, like everything starts to become more clear, and

836
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 2: you start to walk with a different pet like you

837
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 2: start to feel like you know, it's like okay, hold up,

838
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,959
Speaker 2: my shoulder starts to get taller, like my walk starts

839
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 2: to get more like like, Okay, she know who she is,

840
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 2: Like she know where she want to go. She ain't

841
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 2: there yet, but she gonna get there. Like that's the

842
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,919
Speaker 2: kind of mentality you start to have. So I love

843
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 2: you know, I love like what you're saying, and I

844
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 2: relate to what you're saying. And I think that the

845
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 2: season for things, right, this season you're talking about is

846
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 2: like Okay, this is before this season is important. Yeah,

847
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 2: very this season you're talking about it is important because

848
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 2: like you know, like when we do that, when we

849
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 2: make commitments to ourselves and like what we're trying to

850
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 2: do and trying to evolve, like we got to really

851
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 2: like okay, let's do it. Yes, right, And then I

852
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,240
Speaker 2: swear to you like God is so good. The blessings

853
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 2: start to overflow. Yes, you know, they come. Yeah, And

854
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 2: like I was saying to somebody, to someone the other day,

855
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 2: it's like you want to be right, yeah right, you know,

856
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 2: so like I love that.

857
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 1: Yeah. Ari Lennox, she had just posted something about she's

858
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: been upstaining from sex. She's posted on Instagram and she's like,

859
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: I'm staying from sex, but it's hard dating guys because

860
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: that's all they want, yea, And she said, it just

861
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: seems like we're not winning the girls who are trying

862
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: to just do think date right the right way. So

863
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: I DM there and I was like, listen, I'm in

864
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: the same boat with you. So we exchanged information because

865
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: we have been known each other for since earlier this year.

866
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: And she's like, you too, yeah voice. I was like

867
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: me too. So you're just having the friendship.

868
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 2: The circle, Oh my gosh, the circles that you surround

869
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 2: yourself are really important. Who you share information with when

870
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 2: you're vulnerable is really important because what they say back

871
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 2: to you can impact your life so significantly. You can

872
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 2: have a friend that encourages you to do the right thing,

873
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 2: and one then encourages you, encourages you to do the

874
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 2: bad thing, and when you're vulnerable, sometimes you go with

875
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:24,800
Speaker 2: the bad thing because like that's how the devil works.

876
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 2: It is, you know, like the feeling can feel like

877
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 2: that's the right thing, but it's the wrong thing. Yes,

878
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 2: So who advises you is really important.

879
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,919
Speaker 1: So important. And I was in a state like that

880
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,840
Speaker 1: last year where I've been open about it. I was

881
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: kind of running from Jesus. I was like, you know,

882
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 1: like I just felt like I just want to be

883
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 1: me and I was trying to straddle the fans around

884
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: like I want to like be me, and it wasn't

885
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: aligning with where.

886
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 2: No man, yes, lean on your owner. And I was

887
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 2: But you know what you made me think about to

888
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 2: you when you're talking about you know, abstaining and like

889
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 2: that phase you're in the right guy will respect it

890
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,919
Speaker 2: and the right guy will appreciate it and like will

891
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 2: hold your hand with you. Yes, that's what I do know, right,

892
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 2: I know that for a fact. Okay, like you know,

893
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 2: I can cry again, but I know that right that

894
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 2: the right person. You know, listen, we're not perfect, you know,

895
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 2: not going to always you know, say everything perfectly and

896
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 2: do everything perfectly. But the right person like they're going

897
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 2: to wait for you, and they're going to respect you,

898
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 2: and they're going to you know, be patient with you.

899
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 2: And when they're thinking like rus and we talk about

900
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 2: being equally yoked. Like that's a game changer, right, because

901
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 2: that already already changes the playing field. Now we're we're

902
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 2: operating from the same platform, same foundation perspective, Like now

903
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 2: we can really go up together, you know, because yeah,

904
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 2: like we're you know what I'm saying. So it's like

905
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 2: that's the thing, right, And I think there's a difference

906
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:06,399
Speaker 2: between boys, boys and men, right, you know, so like men,

907
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 2: they're gonna wait for you, they're gonna be patient with you,

908
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,280
Speaker 2: they gonna put the time in, they're gonna send you flowers,

909
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 2: they're gonna think of you. It's gonna be the little

910
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 2: things that are gonna actually make the biggest difference. But

911
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 2: they're gonna be so intentional because they real men. Like

912
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:22,840
Speaker 2: that's so, you know, I think that to me is

913
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,439
Speaker 2: also something I learned in life through my journey. Right,

914
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 2: there's a difference between boys and men.

915
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's so true. Yeah, and you're raising young men

916
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: and a daughter, Like, how is that like seeing your

917
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: images of you walking around the house and instilling these

918
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 1: principles into them.

919
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh, it is the best. Being a mom

920
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 2: is the best job, the best job on earth because

921
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 2: it is a job okay, So I'm gonna shout out

922
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 2: all I don't care if you stay at home mom,

923
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 2: like it is work. Yeah okay, but I wouldn't have

924
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:59,239
Speaker 2: my life any other way. And I think, you know,

925
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,080
Speaker 2: it's fun. And you know Sienna, especially little.

926
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 1: CC baby so much personality.

927
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:10,280
Speaker 2: See boys, she be coming hat okay, but she loves

928
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 2: me so much, like and I'm like looking at him,

929
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 2: like I'm seeing she's going through this interesting face. She

930
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 2: just wants to do everything with me and like me,

931
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:22,320
Speaker 2: and I'm like, wow, like what a gift? What a

932
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 2: how sweet is that my daughter looks at me and

933
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 2: she like looks up to me, like wow, that is

934
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,239
Speaker 2: so precious, Like, you know, God, like, please help me

935
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 2: to be the best example I can be for her.

936
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,760
Speaker 2: Please help me to teach her the best way possible.

937
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 2: Please give me the words to say to her when

938
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 2: she's gonna need it the most, like please let her

939
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 2: feel comfortable to come and leave my shoulder, you know,

940
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 2: when she's gonna need it the most. Like that's what

941
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 2: I hope for with my baby, my baby girls. And

942
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 2: like like I said I was saying to JV earlier,

943
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 2: I was like I'm out here ground like it's the

944
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 2: early two thousands, and she is not feeling it. Like

945
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 2: she had the greatest cry the other day and I'd

946
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 2: never seen her do that before because she didn't want

947
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 2: me to travel. But I do hope that when she

948
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 2: sees Mommy can do it, I can do it.

949
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: Absolutely.

950
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 2: I hope that for Mauramora is just one years old.

951
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 2: She's like twenty months now, and this girl is one

952
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 2: going on twenty one for sure, Like I think she's

953
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 2: gonna be really confident too, love it. So I just

954
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 2: hope that they both will look at mommy that way.

955
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 2: And I just pray over our bond and our boys.

956
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 2: You know, I think they get to see how Dad

957
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 2: loves me. You know, I think that's important. You know.

958
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 2: I hope that they also get to, you know, have

959
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 2: the right perspective on me, you know, like when it

960
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 2: comes to them meeting a lady in their lives. Like,

961
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 2: you know, it's an interesting dynamic with boy and girl.

962
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 2: But it's a blessing that I have both. You know.

963
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 2: It's it's NonStop. Boys think everything is a jungle gym.

964
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 2: Maybe yeah, he'll be eating food in a case of

965
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 2: dealing'll be like like jumping from I'm like, what we

966
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 2: doing right? And see she said, I don't do hair

967
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:02,959
Speaker 2: and makeup. That like there's a clear dynamic between both

968
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,520
Speaker 2: of them, both you know, boy and girl. But I

969
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 2: do get the best of both worlds.

970
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, the state of the world that we're in, I

971
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: have a fear of bringing children into this world. When

972
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 1: you're raising children, is there ever like fear that creeps

973
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: in as they're leaving the house, Like what influences are

974
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: gonna interact with them as they leave the house?

975
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 2: One That's why I'm trying to really work on communicating

976
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 2: even more at home because we come from the air.

977
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 2: I'm not sure if you feel this way, but I

978
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:29,920
Speaker 2: feel like we came from the era where a lot

979
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 2: of conversations were just like you don't talk about them,

980
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 2: absolutely right. It can be sex conversations, it can be

981
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 2: you know how just anything like if you know, we

982
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 2: just wouldn't like talk about things. And so for me,

983
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 2: I'm trying to really challenge myself to create a lot

984
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,719
Speaker 2: of communication and also tell them about things before the

985
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 2: world tells them because oftentimes, unfortunately kids go to school

986
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 2: and they get information right, you know, and like that's

987
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:02,319
Speaker 2: never good in most cases because they're like sponges and

988
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 2: they absorb so easily they do, so, you know, I

989
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 2: try to find the fine balance between like what we

990
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 2: talk about and how far we go with things, but

991
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 2: also equipping them for the world because it is a

992
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 2: whole new world.

993
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 1: It is.

994
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 2: It is really so interesting when we were growing up.

995
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, it's crazy.

996
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, And they have so much access now to things

997
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:26,880
Speaker 1: that we didn't have access to growing up.

998
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 2: They do, they do, you know. But I think if

999
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:32,960
Speaker 2: we talk about things, like, you know, try to avoid

1000
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,839
Speaker 2: as many surprises as possible for them, Like when they

1001
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 2: go in the world, it's like, okay, mom, we talked

1002
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,360
Speaker 2: about that. My mom told me, like I know what

1003
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 2: that is. And they can also know, like they need

1004
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,479
Speaker 2: to be able to know stuff if someone's telling them.

1005
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: But like, no, that's not right. Yeah, that's so true.

1006
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: That's good. I love that.

1007
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:48,919
Speaker 2: Here.

1008
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Congratulations on your new element. You're

1009
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 1: driving super excited about everything you have going on. Make

1010
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: sure you guys go buy her rum. It is ten

1011
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:06,400
Speaker 1: to one rum and then you have a skin care line.

1012
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 2: So you can go to omskin dot com. But I

1013
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 2: also wanted to share with my friends, my fans and

1014
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 2: just the customers that have been like the best supporters

1015
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 2: with OM in particular, is that I'm one of this.

1016
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 2: I'm on a mission to keep evolving in this space.

1017
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 2: So I'm also even though it's me, my my business

1018
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 2: is still really small, so I go go through those

1019
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 2: growing pains that a lot of small business owners go through,

1020
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 2: and yeah, and it's a beast. So there is an

1021
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:35,839
Speaker 2: evolution that's happening behind the scenes with OM. And so

1022
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 2: because you're probably like, what's my posting cadence, like it's

1023
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 2: it's like it's slowing down. Like if you're a true

1024
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 2: fan of OEM, you're probably like, Okay, what's happening. But

1025
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,759
Speaker 2: what fortunately did happen for me is a lot of

1026
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:49,000
Speaker 2: my SKUs sold out multiple times, so that was great,

1027
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 2: and our subscription subscription world has been amazing and growing.

1028
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 2: But now people when they go to omskin dot com,

1029
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 2: you'll see I have my serum and my writing pads,

1030
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 2: and those were two of are like strongest sellers. And

1031
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 2: so luckily I have a great amount of inventory. So

1032
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 2: I tell everybody to get it while it lasts, because

1033
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 2: OEM is about to evolve and I have new formulations

1034
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 2: that I'm working on and it's super exciting. I'm using

1035
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 2: them every day. I honestly can't go without them. Thank

1036
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,839
Speaker 2: you so much. So yeah, I'm excited, good amazing.

1037
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:23,600
Speaker 1: Before we leave, I want to play a quick quick

1038
00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:28,319
Speaker 1: game love it or leave it? All right? The first

1039
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: one is five am workouts leave it?

1040
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,600
Speaker 2: Well, I do it, yeah, but leave it. Group chats

1041
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 2: love it?

1042
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:36,839
Speaker 1: You love it? Who's in your group chat?

1043
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:42,440
Speaker 2: Okay, it's funny because okay, my group chat with my girls.

1044
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:49,920
Speaker 2: We have one with me law V. Yeah, we have

1045
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 2: mel V sometimes Melvy and Kelly. Yeah, that's my girls

1046
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 2: and also my best fend of makeup artist, Yolanda. I

1047
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 2: have to shout her out because she's been in my

1048
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 2: career since I was my very first professional shoot really

1049
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 2: when I was sixteen years old. So we have our

1050
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 2: sometimes it might be me La Yolie. I'd be between

1051
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 2: Russ and I. We've been doing multiple group chats. It

1052
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,439
Speaker 2: depends on the topic, right, It's just like our flow.

1053
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I love that. Long phone calls or text messages.

1054
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,279
Speaker 2: You see the phone for a long time, Well do

1055
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 2: you leave it? You said love it or leave it? Right? Oh?

1056
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, so yeah, long phone calls.

1057
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it with my love love it.

1058
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 1: Yeah right, yeah.

1059
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:36,280
Speaker 2: I love it. I love chatting.

1060
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:38,439
Speaker 1: What's the longest you like? Looked in like, oh my gosh,

1061
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: you were on the home phone for three hours.

1062
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:44,439
Speaker 2: No, babe, do not kill me. See this is one

1063
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,040
Speaker 2: thing we ain't even doing lately. But you know, we've

1064
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,440
Speaker 2: been busy or whatever, so I would get that gay.

1065
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,319
Speaker 2: But in our early days especially, we fall asleep on

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Speaker 2: the phone on the face time and then you wake

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Speaker 2: up and then he's there.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it.

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Speaker 2: That's a long time TikTok, dead streams love it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I knew you love that. I love it. Sierre,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Thank you are amazing. This was

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Speaker 1: incredible to sit down and talk to you. I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad we were able to make this happen.

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Speaker 2: Me too. This was so much fun and congratulations to

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Speaker 2: you on all your success. Thank you. Everyone loves to

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Speaker 2: see what you talk about.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. They're gonna love this one. Let's

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Speaker 1: go all right. Thank you. So today I am wearing

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Speaker 1: silver Wave bo sandals. These are my favorite new sandals,

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Speaker 1: low Wave shorts, a Balenciaga Crosstie shirt, Scaparelli earrings, and

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Speaker 1: my signature jeey fou fou bou bow. Yeah. I cannot

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Speaker 1: believe we just had this moment with the mention of gratitude.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to take this moment to thank you, my sweeties.

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Speaker 1: You all have supported this platform, You've grown with me,

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Speaker 1: and I am truly, truly thankful. Remember we ain't stressed out.

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Speaker 1: We blessed out in the meantime in between time. Keep

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Speaker 1: it positive, CDs.