1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: I think it's always intuitively been in me. But I 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: don't think that I always knew how to exercise that, 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: because when you're young, you lack maturity, lack experience. But 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: when I look back, when I was four years old, 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: I said that I wanted to grow up to be 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: a singing nurse. Coming up on Naked It is the 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: singing healer Melanie Fiona. Every champion and carry champions, to 8 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: be a champion, a champion and carry champion, and carry champion, 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: Champion and carry Champion and carry Champion. Rais radius and 10 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: sports and entertain making Naked weird in the world of vulnerable, 11 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: considered we come and remote available entertainment elite. It's a 12 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: difference between what it's real and with the public seas. 13 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: So here's your favorite celebrities behind the scenes. It's refreshing up. 14 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: Then the whole story specific life all to rendivent to 15 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: shape the person that you harry. Gotta champion and carry champion, 16 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: and it's the greatest of sports. And then the taming 17 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: connected carry Chappion and Carrie Chappion is to be a champion, 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: a champion, they carry Chappion, Chappion, they carry Chappion, They 19 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: carry Chaps and the timing Connectdarner. Hey, everybody a welcome 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: to Naked. We have Melanie Fiona. You just heard her 21 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: talking about being a healer, a sinking healer, singing nurse, healer, nurse, 22 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: all of the above. The point is is that you 23 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: get where I'm going. We have Melanie Fiona in the podcast. 24 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: By way of background, I've gotta give you guys a 25 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: little set up because you know her as a singer. Uh. 26 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: She is a Grammy winning R and B artist from Canada. 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: She was born Melanie Hall for the people who really 28 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: no no, no her and she grew up in the 29 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: inner city of Toronto. Her parents are Guyanese and it's 30 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: always great to hear her talk about her parents um 31 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: immigrating here to Toronto, right Canada. She said, they skipped 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: over Miami, they skipped over all the hot places and 33 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: was like, let's just lets a further north. Let's let's 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: go to Canada. Got it, We'll figure that out. She says. 35 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: She grew up listening to Whitney Houston. Love Whitney Houston. 36 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: May she Rest in Peace has a huge influence on 37 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: her life. Melody became known to many of us when 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: she opened for Kanye West European tour back in the day. 39 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember that, but it was 40 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: back in the day. And she's just so dope. I 41 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: think it was just between two thousand and eight and 42 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine. So you know, I like to 43 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: assign people qualities. Hers is pretty self explanatory. You go 44 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: to her, I g it, says singer mother healer, But 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to focus on the ladder, which is healer. 46 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: At thirty seven years old, she is a mother. Uh, 47 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: and of course that is interesting because that changes who 48 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: you are in so many different ways. I don't have children, 49 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: but I I see it. I've seen it, and I 50 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: know that is what happens when you care for someone 51 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: other than yourself. It's inevitable. And she talked about her 52 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: relationship with her other in this podcast, um and now 53 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: that she's a mother, she talked about how she sees 54 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: the humanity in hers meaning sometimes you can't relate to 55 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: why your parents make certain decisions right until you become 56 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,399 Speaker 1: a parent, and then you're like, oh, I see, I see, 57 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: I see I see. So I do appreciate her sharing 58 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: that I do because when she said that to me 59 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: in this podcast, and look if anybody is following Little Mama. 60 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: I have been very vulnerable and open about my issues 61 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: with my own mother. But when she said that, it 62 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: made sense. It also makes sense that I don't have 63 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: that much compassion or empathy sometimes from my mother because 64 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: I don't have any children. And truth be told, I 65 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: want a baby breaking news, breaking news. I want a 66 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: baby that's not breaking news. If you know me, you know. 67 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: So it's interesting. It's interesting to hear her talk about 68 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: her relationship with her parents and how it changed, specifically 69 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: when she had a child, and then moving forward, she 70 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: talks about being a healer, getting into how she has 71 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: known that was her calling to heal people, whether it 72 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: be with her music, whether it be you know, walking 73 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: into a lady's restroom and a woman is crying and 74 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: she begins to console the woman that she does not know, 75 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: and the woman then feels better. It could be walking 76 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: down the street and she sees that someone needs help 77 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: and she walks over and offers whatever words of comfort 78 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: she can, And that too, could be a way of healing, 79 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: simple acts of kindness that always end up healing or 80 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: serving someone else other than yourself. But she's been called 81 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: to do that in very many ways. She doesn't just 82 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: heal in one area. I think that's beautiful. I think 83 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: that's something we all can relate to simple acts of 84 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: kindness because they're not simple. They don't happen often, and 85 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: when they do happen to those who need them, they 86 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: have huge, huge impacts, and you feel those effects on 87 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: your life and your spirit. I met Melanie. Here's my 88 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: my personal story. I met her a few years back 89 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: when her and I worked on It wasn't even work 90 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: Amanda Seals. You guys know Amanda Seals. Maybe we can 91 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: get her on the podcast. But Amanda Seals would do 92 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: these comedy shows where she would ask certain black people 93 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,679 Speaker 1: to come and basically do black trivia. It was great. 94 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: Do you guys remember what I'm talking about. It was 95 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: like it was great trivia and it was smart, funny 96 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: and black, and she would have different black folks come 97 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: up and do black trivia. I failed. Melanie did pretty good. 98 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: I was embarrassed because she lived in you now, she's 99 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: a Canadian. She knew more black trivia than I did. 100 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: I should feel a type of way right now. And 101 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: then there was e forty forty or Beaumonty Jones, who 102 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: is already espn um E forty. I remember one time 103 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: I was on there was doing the Weedy Weedy Week. Okay, 104 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: I digress. Anyway, it was great and I had an 105 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: opportunity to sit with her for a few hours. I 106 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: remember we didn't it wasn't we didn't get into anything deep. 107 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: I just thought, what a what a lovely lady, what 108 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: a what a gentle spirit. Energy speaks right before you do. 109 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: I hope you know that, and her energy told me 110 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: that she had a good heart. And it was very pleasant. 111 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: Although I'll say this everybody I know from Canada, if 112 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: you're listening, always so damn kind, I don't know what's 113 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: in the water up there, but also damn nice. Nevertheless, 114 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to introduce you to the naked side of 115 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: Melanie Fiona. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this addition of naked. 116 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: I am born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Um I 117 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: am the only I'm the first generation Canadian of my 118 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: entire family. So all of my family have immigrated from 119 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: the Caribbean from Guyana, which was really interesting because growing 120 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: up in a in North America with or growing up 121 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: in a First World country with Third World parents was 122 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: hilarious because the rules didn't apply to where I grew 123 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: up living versus what rules were going on in my 124 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: house based off of tradition and culture. So you know, I, 125 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: from a very very young age, was a very outgoing, 126 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: very energetic, very hype precocious kid. This was who I 127 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: was from nature from the moment I was born. Um. 128 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: You know, my parents even told me that when I 129 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: was born, I was born clearing my throat. I didn't 130 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: cry when I was born, and the doctor said, we 131 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: either have a smoker or a singer. This was this was, 132 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: this was meant to be. Yeah, my parents always played 133 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: music in the house. Um. My dad told me that 134 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: the first time he recognized I could sing, I was 135 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: just about three years old and he was playing guitar 136 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: in the park and he was playing the Greatest Love 137 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: of All by Whitney Houston, which was like my my 138 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: lulaba as a child. And when the song switched keys, 139 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: I switched keys with him, and that was the moment 140 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: he knew. Like, she's got ear, sound like she's not 141 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: just a kid keeping along, likes music like she she 142 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: can she can keep up with the music. Melanie Fiona 143 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: is very clear about how she grew up. She has 144 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: said over and over again, my parents have a huge 145 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: influence on me. The culture, the Caribbean culture has a 146 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: huge influence on me. But you take that, you take 147 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: that Caribbean culture and you put it in Canada, what 148 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: do you get? You get this beautiful amalgamation of different 149 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: likes and different tastes and different styles and it all 150 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: creates this beautiful creature that we now know as Melanie Fiona. 151 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: But as a joke, I was kind of thinking about 152 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: this with my producer. I'm thinking of famous Canadians. Uh, 153 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: and you don't even think about them, but you're like, wait, 154 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: they are totally different. They do have a different style. 155 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go through a list. Michael J. Fox, 156 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: the actor, you remember him, Wayne Gretzky, right, the Mr 157 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 1: Wayne gretz Hockey, He's Mr Hockey. You guys know who 158 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: that is? Or is this just me? Now I'm looking 159 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: at this list. It doesn't say Melani Fiona. And they 160 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: need to get there. They need to get the act together, 161 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Do you guys know another 162 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: famous Canadian? Come on, come on, Drake, Yes, you're correct, 163 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: Drake you're right, You're welcome. You're welcome, Drake, Jim Carey. 164 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: The list goes on and on. But when we sit 165 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: and talk to Melody, it's not so much about being 166 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: a famous Canadian. It is about her culture and how 167 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: it really had a huge influence on her while she 168 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: was growing up in Canada and what it meant. Look, 169 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. No matter where you live, 170 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: you will have a difficulty if you're a minority. Yes, 171 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: everyone is wonderful in Canada. Life is great there. But 172 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: Melanie talks about being Caribbean, a black Caribbean in Canada, 173 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: how it was beautiful, but there were always times in 174 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: which she knew she would have to adjust to her environment. 175 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, so you know, my my Caribbean culture, my parents, 176 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: such a huge part of my childhood, such a huge 177 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: part of my identity, um, such a huge part of 178 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: my joy. The food, the music, the lefter, the family 179 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: traditions and dominoes on Saturday night and loud talking and 180 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 1: carrying on and doing all these things and familius and 181 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: family that and talking about this is talking about that, 182 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: like my my culture just brings an instant smile to 183 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: my spirit. Can you imagine being in the tropics, living 184 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: in the Caribbean, and then choosing to go to the 185 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: coldest possible place. I'm like, y'all just skipped over Miami, 186 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: I mean even Georgia, like you just you know, But Canada. 187 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: Canada had pretty liberal immigration laws at that time, and 188 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: of course the the allore of Canada with free healthcare 189 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: and affordable education and you know, diversity. And then we 190 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: had we had relatives that were there as well, you know, 191 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: which made the immigration process easier when you have family 192 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: that's already established there. So Toronto is one of the 193 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: most multi culture, multiculturally diverse cities in the world. Um, 194 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: I felt very understood. I felt like I belonged there, 195 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: um you know. And then I also lived in places 196 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: as a teenager where I didn't feel like I belonged. 197 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: When we moved to the suburbs, and you know, I 198 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: started to have to experience things with racism and you know, 199 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: feeling out of sorts. But I think that that precocious 200 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: nature of who I was as a child was it 201 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 1: just had this very um resilient factor of resiliency and 202 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: although I stumbled, I was always able to adapt and recover. 203 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: And UM, you know I carried that with me in 204 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: my life as I as I've got into the music industry, 205 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: as I started traveling, I would always go back to 206 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: those moments and be like you are. You can adapt, Remember, 207 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: you can adapt parentals on this show, that's what we 208 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: talk about parentals. So here is the parental conversation. Um, 209 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: if you are blessed enough to have both your mother 210 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: and your father in your life, uh, married, living, raising 211 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: you congratulations. UM, where I come from, that is rare. 212 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: Melanie had both of her parents encouraging her, loving her, 213 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: but in different ways, and she speaks extremely candidly about 214 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: what parents played what role, And I find that interesting. 215 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: It's almost as if one is a bad cop and 216 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: one is a good cop, knowing that those roles must 217 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: exist to raise a child. Melanie said her father saw 218 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: the artists in her, encouraged her to do whatever, and 219 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: while her mother, being a black woman, she knew how 220 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: tough it would be out here in the streets and 221 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: probably implored a little more tough love. And at the 222 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: end of the day, Melanie can sit back now and 223 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: see it for what it was. But she says something 224 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: that I think is so powerful and I and I'll 225 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 1: use that word employer again. Implore you if you have 226 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: any type of difficulty with your parental it would be 227 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: nice to use Melanie's words, the words she used for 228 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: her mother. When are you going to trust me to 229 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: do what you've taught me to do? That's pretty heavy. 230 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 1: Take a listen. My mother and I are very very similar. 231 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: She's she's like my greatest ally and then my greatest 232 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: challenge at the same time. Because we're so similar, and 233 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: now that I'm a mom, my relationship with my mother 234 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: has definitely gotten even stronger. I would love to just 235 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: attribute it to the place that I'm at now and 236 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: the experience and the personal growth that I've been able 237 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: to invest in developing myself. But I will be one 238 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 1: thousand percent transparent and let you know that by leaving 239 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: my house is how my relationship was able to be 240 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: salvaged with my mother. Because as a teenager, we were 241 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: we were I mean, it was clash of the Titans 242 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: every day because we were so similar, and my mother 243 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: was such a strong alpha force in the house to 244 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,599 Speaker 1: everyone that I also have that spirit of hers, and 245 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: so I would challenge everything that she said. I would 246 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: challenge everything that she was saying, and I would call 247 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: her out when she was contradicting herself, and you know, 248 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: she didn't like that. And my mom is old school, 249 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: you know, she grew up of like, you know, children 250 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: must do as they're told, you know, like that very 251 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: old Caribbean don't challenge me type personality. And I think 252 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: once I decided to pursue music and I left Toronto 253 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: and I started traveling in my early twenties, it gave 254 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: us space. And I think that that, you know, really 255 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: allowed for me to find my own way self, manage 256 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: self mother, you know, without having someone regulating me all 257 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: the time. And I remember one time I came home 258 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: and my mom tried to like enforce I was like 259 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: twenty three years old, and my mom tried to enforce 260 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: some crazy rule that I had to be home by 261 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: like midnight. And I remember I turned to her and 262 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: I was like, Mom, you know that I've been like 263 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: in l a by myself at hotels, like taking care 264 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: of myself for the last few months while I'm pursuing music, 265 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: and you know, there's been no one there to regulate me, 266 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: and I've been regulating myself. And I asked her, I said, 267 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: at what point are you going to trust what you 268 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: have taught me is working in my life? And so 269 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, I remember that moment vividly because she paused 270 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: and and then I remember shortly after that the rain 271 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: started to lift. It was like, okay, checkmate. But my mom, 272 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: being who she was, and you know who she is 273 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: at heart, very strong personality, is very difficult to say, 274 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: you know what, but the student has become the teacher. 275 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: You know. It's it's hard. It's hard for mothers to 276 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: do that. And even now that I'm a mother, I 277 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: see that with my child. But he teaches me all 278 00:15:38,400 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: the time. Ah good, h wee ah good. We coming 279 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: up after the break. We talked to Melanie Fiona about 280 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: being a singing nurse. Every champion and carry champions, to 281 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: be a champion, a champion and carry champion and carry champion, 282 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: A champion and carry Champion and carry champion radis and 283 00:16:55,000 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: sports and then the Teammingking Naked Champion and carry champions. 284 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: To be a champion, they carry chappion, Champion, they carry 285 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: Champion Andy car Welcome back, everybody. Melanie Fiona continues to 286 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: get naked. I love how, Melanie says her mother's favorite 287 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: word growing up was consequences, and that sounds scary. That 288 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: word in itself, by definition, seems scary to me. It 289 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: means that I need to be responsible for my actions 290 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: because what I do there will definitely be a reaction. 291 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: So there you have it, consequences being her favorite word. 292 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: And then she breaks down the relationship of her mother 293 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: when she had her nineteen years old. Correct, at nineteen 294 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: years old, we're not ready to do anything but be 295 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: nineteen and so now she sees the humanity in her mother. 296 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: Now she has a different perspective, a different lens. But 297 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: that's because melan and He said she always knew she 298 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: was meant to be a healer. If by definition, you 299 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: are a healer, you can see the softer side of someone. 300 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: You can see who they wished to be. You can 301 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: see the compassion in them, you can see the trauma, 302 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: you can see all the things that make them who 303 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: they are, and you have to feel nothing but love 304 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: for that person. And you have to want to extend 305 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: the olive branch if you will. You have to want 306 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: to be able to heal that person. And I think 307 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: that is such a beautiful quality to have to be 308 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: a healer. Naturally your ego is not involved, and all 309 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: you want to do is make things better. All you 310 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: want to do is see the beauty and every human 311 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: And that is who Melanie feels as if she's been 312 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: at a very young age. I think it's always intuitively 313 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 1: been in me, but I don't think that I always 314 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: knew how to exercise it, because when you're young, you 315 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,239 Speaker 1: lack maturity, lack experience. But when I look back, when 316 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: I was four years old, I said that I wanted 317 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: to grow up to be singing nurse. And this was 318 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: the title that my mom and dad would always say, Well, 319 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: and you know, when you were young, he used to 320 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: say you wanted to be a singing nurse and we 321 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: would laugh, and it was this cute thing that people 322 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: would say, and oh, how cute you made up a profession. 323 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: And when I started doing music, I then quickly realized 324 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: that I wasn't just in it for entertainment or for 325 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: self serving purposes or to be famous. I realized very 326 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: quickly that what I was doing was bringing healing to people, 327 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: where people would cry and tell me their life stories. 328 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: And I think I've always been that girl, like I've 329 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: always been the girl that finds herself consoling someone in 330 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: the club bathroom because she's crying because her boyfriend showed 331 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: up put another dude, or like, pulls up to the 332 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: light and that there's a woman crying in her car 333 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: next to me, and I gotta sist, are you okay? 334 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: Like I've just always had this very natural gravitation to 335 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: compassion for people. And I think once I started to 336 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: learn practices and concepts like the four Agreements, and you 337 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: start to learn not to take things personally, and you 338 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: start to realize that everything that's happening is a reflection 339 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: of what you are are manifesting and creating in your life. 340 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: And so if I want to resonate with peace and 341 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: compassion inside, then that is what I have to see 342 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: reflected outside as well. And so I started to look 343 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: at my parents and my mom specifically as a human being, 344 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: and I started to look at her and her life 345 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: and her traumas and her story and what she had 346 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: gone through and all the things that she no one 347 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: ever stopped to say, are you okay? Do you need 348 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: help with that? Did you? How did that make you 349 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: feel when that particular experience happened in your life? You know? 350 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: I I think that I just became very attuned. And 351 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: I always say two thousand and twelve is my my 352 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: year of the awakening. That was like the year where 353 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: I one thousand percent stepped into full spiritual practice, full 354 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: self awareness, full mindfulness, and I there was no looking 355 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: back after that. And so from then I started to 356 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: have better relationships with the people that I cared for 357 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: in my life, and I started to dismiss the relationships 358 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: that were no longer great for me. And I knew 359 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: that my parents underneath it all, there's so much love there, 360 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: there's so much respect. I love my parents. I love 361 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: and I respect them so much for everything they did 362 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: for us, and I've started to see them as humans 363 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: just trying their best with what they knew, how and 364 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: and all that they had. So as we ask Melanie 365 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: more about her qualities and now by now, guys, I'm 366 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: just simply calling her a singing nurse. Um I think 367 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: this story. You'll love this story, because I know I did. 368 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: So take a listen as the singing nurse, as we 369 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: all know, Melani Fiona takes flight. This is a definitive 370 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: moment in my career at the very early beginnings of 371 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: my rare, um I was on a promo run and 372 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: I was doing like the college promo run. Um. And 373 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: I was at Spellman in Atlanta and I just finished 374 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: doing like a talk in the auditorium and people were 375 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: asking questions and I came out into the lobby and 376 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: I was taking pictures with a few people and I 377 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: was getting ready to leave, and this one girl comes 378 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: running up to me and she's like, oh my god, 379 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: Oh my god, you're here. You're here. Please please please 380 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: don't leave. I have to go get my best friend. 381 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: And I said okay. Um. I was like okay. She's 382 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: like please, please don't leave. And remember my tour manager 383 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: was like, hey, you know, we gotta get ready to go. 384 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: And I was like, this girl is calling me and 385 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: I have to see what this is. So I waited. 386 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: She came back with her friend who was her roommate, 387 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: and this girl came down and I just saw her 388 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: beautiful brown skinned girl hairs, just the way her hair 389 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: was styled, it was just so poised. She looks up 390 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: what she was wearing, pearls. I just remember just this 391 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: very well put together young woman. And she came to 392 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: me and she walked up to me and she hugged me, 393 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: and she just started crying in my arms, and I 394 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: remember this moment of whoa, And then all of a sudden, 395 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: something clicked in and it was like, be here, this 396 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: is happening for a reason. And she stepped back with 397 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: tears in her eyes, and she's like, you just don't understand. 398 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: You just don't understand how much I love you. And 399 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: this wasn't a I'm a fan of yours, I love you. 400 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: This was sincere I feel like I know you, I 401 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 1: feel like you see me. And she said, my best 402 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: friend had to come and get me because she knows 403 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: how much I love you. She says. I was in 404 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: the worst place of my life. She says, I was heartbroken. 405 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: I was feeling defeated and low with myself. And she's like, 406 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: and my roommate put me onto your music and I 407 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: started listening to you sing. And then I started watching 408 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: your interviews, and I started watching everything that you were 409 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: doing and following you, and she says, and then I 410 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: realized that if you could get out of bed and 411 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: become who you are, than I could too. And that 412 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: was the moment that I realized that it was about 413 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: purpose and not just profession. That's when I realized that 414 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: everything that I would go on to create and do, 415 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: whether that's in music and beyond that, there's going to 416 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 1: be someone out there that is going to hold that 417 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 1: to their spirit and it's going to give them motivation 418 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: and hope and encourage to go on and pursue and 419 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: get up out of bed. And that, to me was 420 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: the most special thing about being known or famous or 421 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: everything is just knowing that you have the ability to 422 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: affect people's lives positively. And fortunately for me, these these 423 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: are the things that fuel me. Like I love the 424 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: one on one interaction. I love I will stop and 425 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: try to talk to every single person that wants them, 426 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: all the teams, we gotta go, we gotta do. It's 427 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: just who I am. I want to give everybody that attention. 428 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: And it's and you know, sure like it is exhausting, 429 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: but I but I also feel I feel like it's 430 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: what I'm meant to do. M I feel that I'm 431 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: I feel like it's what I'm meant to do. I'm 432 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: just supposed to be a singing nurse. A singing nurse. 433 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: Shout out to the four year old. So our singing 434 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: nurse wraps up this podcast. I believe with something that 435 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: is so profound, and I'll try to take you off 436 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: full circle because it makes sense um. While she has 437 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 1: been called to be a healer, she talks about healing 438 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: the relationship she had with her mother. She talks about 439 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: meeting people on the streets, not even knowing who they are, 440 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: but they walk up to her and they are literally 441 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: drawn to whom she is because of her spirit, because 442 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: of what she feels has been intuitively given to her, 443 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: which is a healer. And then coming full circle, it's 444 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: time for her to heal herself. How does someone heal themselves? 445 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: That's genius, right, It's a journey that we all go through. 446 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: It's something that we all discuss. I know I do. 447 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: I'm taking classes, I'm in therapy. How can I heal 448 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: the trauma? How can I heal myself? How can I 449 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: heal relationships? And for Melanie, she says when she became pregnant, 450 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: being a mother is a chosen life and for her 451 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: it was one that helped her heal herself. That is powerful. 452 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: She grows up knowing that she has this ability to 453 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: heal others. People are drawn to her, need her connection, 454 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: feel her spirit, and while she has lived her life, 455 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: giving to others in whatever way she possibly can, feeling 456 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: as if she has been put on this earth to 457 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: heal others. She knows that she needs to be healed, 458 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: and she can only find that through motherhood. It is 459 00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: singlehandedly the most life shifting experience I've ever had um 460 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: And I know that may sound like very Oh yeah, 461 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: of course, it would be. Like literally, from the moment 462 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: I became pregnant, my my world changed. I mean, it's 463 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: like he's the guru that came down to change my 464 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: whole life and to teach me more about my well 465 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: being then I can teach myself. He is the most 466 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: special life I've ever seen in my life. And I 467 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 1: know parents speak this way of their children, but my 468 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: Slim Cameron is he's He's wise, he is empathetic, he 469 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: is attuned to everything that is alive. He is so 470 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: he's just so special and he's so kind, and he 471 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: is free, and I will die trying to maintain that 472 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: and protect that for him, because I see his light. 473 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: I absolutely believe that my son came down, because I 474 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: believe that my husband and I are together because of 475 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: my son, that his presence had to had could only 476 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: exist for us, to be together as much as we 477 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: love each other, as much as we know that we're 478 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: meant to be together as well, we know our divine 479 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 1: purpose in being together was so that this child could exist, 480 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: and we see it in the magic of him every 481 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: single day, the way he views life, the way he 482 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: expresses himself, the way that he he's connected. I know. 483 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: I just know that he knows far more than I 484 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: know as an adult, and I honor that. So I 485 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: listened to him, and I I allow my son to 486 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: teach me. I allow my son to remind me how 487 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: to be kind and compassionate and and find the joys 488 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: of life. I I'm so grateful that he has become 489 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: my greatest teacher. Now that is very powerful. She says, 490 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: her son is wise, kind, special and free, but more importantly, 491 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: she will die to maintain that. Wow, tell me you 492 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: didn't feel her passion, and, by the way, all parents 493 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: should feel that way about their children. She said that, 494 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: I agree with that, but I ultimately feel her compassion. 495 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: I feel her I feel her spirit as she tries 496 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: to protect her young son. But I also truly believe 497 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: she knows why he chose her. I do believe kids 498 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: choose their parents, you ever think about, Wait, why am 499 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: I so blessed to have this, this person in my life, 500 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: this little person who knows so much about me and 501 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: challenges me in so many ways and still can't speak 502 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: a single word, but yet talks to me with their eyes. 503 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: I think it's beautiful. It's absolutely beautiful. And as I 504 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: do with our confessions, and I mentioned this earlier, I 505 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: want a baby. I want a child. I want a 506 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: little adult that I can raise to me to be 507 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: a good human in this world. And when Harry, when 508 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: I hear her, when I hear parents, specifically in this case, 509 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: when I hear when I hear Melanie talk about her child, 510 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: I think, Wow, what an honor, what a privilege to 511 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: be chosen. There's something about the world that we live 512 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: in today where there are so many rules in place 513 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: where you need a gun, you need a license to 514 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: have a gun, you have to go not through you listen, 515 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: you say what you want. You don't have to go 516 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: through too many restrictions and too many processes, but you 517 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: do have to do certain things in order to be 518 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: a gun owner. Um, you need a license to drive, 519 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: you need a in some cases, and in some states 520 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: you might have a weight period, to own a puppy, 521 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, to own a dog, to 522 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: own an animal. But anybody can have a child, lay 523 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: down how a baby. I don't know if that's so 524 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: right in the sense that it is a responsibility and 525 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: you have been chosen by that child, and it demands 526 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: that child demands that you become a better human in 527 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,719 Speaker 1: order to raise them. Melanie talks about it in such 528 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: a beautiful way. Children can be brought into this, this 529 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: beautiful place, this home that you may create to heal you. 530 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: I received that, and I also received the fact that 531 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: her naked quality is being a healer. Thank you Melanie 532 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: for sharing all. I was beautiful. And when I say 533 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: I want a baby, I'm not. Don't hit me up 534 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: talk about I'm willing to be a sperm donor. Don't 535 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: take away from this magical moment. Okay, I know I 536 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: got some sperm donors. I want I I you know 537 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: what I mean. I don't want that. I don't want 538 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: nobody to try to help in the process, just to 539 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: be helping with the process and not the baby. I 540 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: had to say that because you'll crazy anyway. UM. I 541 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: appreciate you all for listening to this very special edition 542 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: of the Naked Podcast. Melanie Fiona, thank you, my friend 543 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: m