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Speaker 2: In the meantime, we want to talk about the global

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Speaker 2: wellness economy, which is something that is no longer a

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Speaker 2: niche market. You know that. It's something we like to

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Speaker 2: talk about a lot here at Bloomberg in our especially

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Speaker 2: from our Pursuits team.

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Speaker 3: It is a six.

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Speaker 2: Point eight trillion dollar powerhouse projected to hit nearly ten

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Speaker 2: trillion dollars by the end of this decade. That's according

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Speaker 2: to the latest note from the Global Wellness Institute. At

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Speaker 2: the intersection of all that's happening when it comes to

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Speaker 2: the wellness market surge and women's sports is our next guest.

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Speaker 2: For over a decade, Ashley Flair, known to the global

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Speaker 2: audience as Charlotte Flair, has been a top tier superstar

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Speaker 2: for WWE, winning numerous championships, including the WWE Women's Championship

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Speaker 2: a record fourteen times, unbelievable. Today, she is leveraging her

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Speaker 2: brand equity as an angel investor, specifically in the mental

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Speaker 2: health and a parel space with the brand of self

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Speaker 2: care is for Everyone, and we are delighted to have

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Speaker 2: Ashley Flair. I thought. She joins us from Orlando, Florida, Ashley.

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Speaker 2: Great to have you here with us. First of all,

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Speaker 2: congratulations and all your accomplishments. That's really really cool.

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Speaker 1: I feel like this might be my biggest one yet.

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Speaker 1: Well tell it goes the way I hope we'll.

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Speaker 2: Tell us about. Well, let's go there, because you've accomplished

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Speaker 1: You know, I still have hopes and dreams within the

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Speaker 1: many years left on my career. But when I was

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Speaker 1: And this past year, I feel as since I've gravitated

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Speaker 1: when this opportunity from self Care, the two owners, Aj

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Speaker 1: I feel like this is a perfect fit and where

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Speaker 3: Well, I really admire the week was long winded.

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Speaker 4: No, no, only adding color important for us. Okay, So,

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Speaker 1: I definitely think when I hurt my knee, that's I

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Speaker 2: I want to ask you too, though we love talking

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Speaker 2: if you will the wellness market, nearing a seven trillion

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Speaker 1: It's definitely competitive, but so for me, self care is

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Speaker 2: So ashlely, your branding goes on different products, right, is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like, you know, it's and first of

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Speaker 3: Uh, it's not that you, it's I have so I felt.

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Speaker 3: But we were part of this change.

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Speaker 1: And when Stephanie McMahon debuted us and then there was

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Speaker 3: Later, the four Horse Women. That's what we were coined.

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Speaker 1: I'm as big a star as an email? Absolutely?

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Speaker 3: I almost cussed, but I did it.

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Speaker 2: We're glad you didn't, but it's a great way to

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Speaker 2: end and you're absolutely right because we're seeing this massive

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Speaker 2: I mean, there's just so much and women's have.

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Speaker 3: To give them the opportunity in the backing and the advertising. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's it.

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Speaker 1: Perception is reality and if you do that then the

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Speaker 2: Well, listen, this was a joy. I'm spending some time

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Speaker 2: with you, and good luck and stay in touch and

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Speaker 2: let us know how things are going. Ashley, you you bet,

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Speaker 2: Thank you. Ashley Flair, of course, also known as Charlotte Flair,

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Speaker 2: the WWE superstar, joining us on this Monday and of

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Speaker 2: course talking about her brand self care is for everyone