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Speaker 3: You are listening to episode two forty six in season

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Speaker 3: hobbling around like I already am.

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Speaker 1: The multivitamin, the you know, everything, you got it, the creams, everything.

433
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Speaker 3: It's all it's all in the rotation, don know, don't worry.

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Speaker 3: So okay, But going back though to kind of picking

435
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Speaker 3: this up during the pandemic, bring us into what Jenna

436
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Speaker 3: Bandy is doing like top and twenty twenty right before

437
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Speaker 3: everything shuts down?

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Speaker 1: Wow, what I was doing before that? I was trying

439
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Speaker 1: to really figure out what do I see the rest

440
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Speaker 1: of my life as? And I really felt passionate about

441
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Speaker 1: coaching and about teaching. I saw my summers off and

442
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Speaker 1: enjoying that with my with my future husband and family

443
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: and kids. You know, I saw that it was very

444
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Speaker 1: rewarding to teach and coach and to see that light

445
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,439
Speaker 1: bulb turn on, you know, but it is a grind.

446
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,919
Speaker 1: And I was. I was a head coach at twenty

447
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Speaker 1: four years old, and you know, I look younger than

448
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: I am, so and I felt like any disagreement to

449
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Speaker 1: playing time or just my coaching concepts, it was an

450
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Speaker 1: attack and a threat to my job security. It was

451
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Speaker 1: very hard in the in the areas I was coaching.

452
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Speaker 1: I was coaching at Calabasas High School, Calabasas right, A

453
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Speaker 1: lot of big name people there, you know, privileged, and

454
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Speaker 1: I was trying to teach them things like hard work

455
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Speaker 1: and accountability and hey, you might not be going to

456
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Speaker 1: college to play basket but you are going to be

457
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 1: in college and living on your own, and mom and

458
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: dad won't be there to hold your hand all the time.

459
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,200
Speaker 1: So accountability communication talking to someone an adult that's older

460
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Speaker 1: than you about something that you might have an issue

461
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,439
Speaker 1: about that you can't always have mom and dad, So

462
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 1: it's very tough. I felt like I was being attacked

463
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Speaker 1: and I just for things that are so I had

464
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Speaker 1: such great intentions for and I'm like, you know what,

465
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Speaker 1: I might be too young right now and look a

466
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Speaker 1: certain way right now to be fully respected in this field.

467
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: So I was like, maybe I got to go to college.

468
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,920
Speaker 1: So I was right before the pandemic, I was a

469
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Speaker 1: junior college assistant coach, and that really fit way better

470
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Speaker 1: for me. I didn't have to target on my back

471
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Speaker 1: as the head coach. I was an assistant. So I

472
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Speaker 1: was like, I kind of could be the kids homies,

473
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Speaker 1: you know, and I could I could be there and

474
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Speaker 1: and not have all the responsibility that I had as

475
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Speaker 1: a head coach managing scheduling all of it. You know,

476
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Speaker 1: it fit me better. But like I said, like the

477
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Speaker 1: pandemic hit, I had this opportunity and I doubled down

478
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Speaker 1: on it, and it kind of was like, Okay, well,

479
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Speaker 1: I'll do it. I didn't really think anything would come

480
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Speaker 1: of it. And six months later, six months later, they

481
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Speaker 1: invite me to another one, another showdown for one hundred k,

482
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Speaker 1: and I was one of twelve people. I was one

483
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Speaker 1: of two girls. So it was ten guys and two

484
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Speaker 1: girls and I was one of the girls. And it

485
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Speaker 1: was for one hundred k. Is for go karting, and

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Speaker 1: I took. I took a page out of my book

487
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Speaker 1: from the other one. I'm like, what did I do

488
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Speaker 1: to win this one? Well, I prepared, So what did

489
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Speaker 1: I do for this one? I went to the actual

490
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Speaker 1: go karting site. I went two weekends in a row.

491
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Speaker 1: My sister lived thirty minutes away. It was an anaheum.

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Speaker 1: My sister lived thirty minutes away. And I practiced Friday

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Speaker 1: Saturday Sunday. And then the week went by, and then

494
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Speaker 1: again I practiced Friday Saturday Sunday. I raced four races

495
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Speaker 1: a day, so four times six, I raced twenty four races.

496
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Speaker 1: I got to learn the go kart, I got to

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Speaker 1: learn the trap, and I asked questions. So then when

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Speaker 1: I go to the actual event, I had the fastest

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Speaker 1: lap time of everybody, so I got the first grid

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Speaker 1: spot and then I defended my line and I freaking

501
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Speaker 1: won again. I won another one hundred k against all

502
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Speaker 1: the guys, and here I go. I won two hundred

503
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Speaker 1: k and one year. I'm like, guys, can you give

504
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Speaker 1: me the check in the following year? Like taxes man?

505
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: But the thing is is that I prepared and they

506
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 1: still called me out as a tryhard or someone who

507
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Speaker 1: got a coach. Just give me the credit that I deserve.

508
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Speaker 1: I prepared.

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Speaker 3: When you started getting more and more of a following,

510
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 3: did you recognize that you have this opportunity, through this

511
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Speaker 3: new line of work to inspire the next generation of women.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and that's exactly like what the main thing has

513
00:27:54,960 --> 00:28:00,680
Speaker 1: always been. You know, we're called influencers. However, what is

514
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,920
Speaker 1: the direct influence. I might have an indirect influence. I'm impressive,

515
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,479
Speaker 1: I look cute. You know I can do some pretty

516
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 1: cool stuff, right, But what am I directly influencing? So

517
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Speaker 1: I always knew that I wanted to come out with

518
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Speaker 1: a brand, and a lot of influencers have their brand

519
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: named after themselves, and I've been told I should do

520
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 1: the bandy brand. It kind of seems like a no brainer, right,

521
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: But I was like, I don't want it to be

522
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 1: about me, Like, who's really gonna wear Dranda Bandy on there?

523
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: You know what I mean. I wanted to be something

524
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: that they can embody themselves. So that's why I came

525
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Speaker 1: up a game changer and it's her at the end,

526
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Speaker 1: like I said, because that's something that even dads can

527
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Speaker 1: wear because they have daughters that they support, or even

528
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Speaker 1: if you're not a dad but you're a man. I

529
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: actually was blown away by the support that I got

530
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: by by men because they're like, well, it's a female

531
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Speaker 1: empowerment brand. Of course I'm going to support it because

532
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Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if they would wear something that says

533
00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,320
Speaker 1: her on it. But I got a lot of sport

534
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, this is reinforcing everything.

535
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 2: Or you started game change her.

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Speaker 3: Did you feel like the influence that you had that

537
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Speaker 3: you were starting to cultivate was in line with what

538
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Speaker 3: you wanted to create.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Like I definitely had a lot of like girls

540
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 1: dming me, messaging me and telling telling me how much

541
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: like I inspire them, and and you know, but I

542
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: have the numbers show like I have an overwhelming amount

543
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: of a male following compared to female following. And I

544
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: think it also goes from like girls aren't always all

545
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,719
Speaker 1: that supportive of other girls. It's a certain thing you

546
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: know that goes on, Oh, am, I am I really

547
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: going to support her? Am I just jealous of her?

548
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 1: It's it's tough, but I will recall there was a

549
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,719
Speaker 1: moment I was in New York and I had a

550
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Speaker 1: whole activation with this brand, and and I was strangers

551
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: at west Worth in the cage. It was like one

552
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:08,239
Speaker 1: of the most like famous street ball courts, and I

553
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 1: was playing one on one. If you beat me, you

554
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Speaker 1: get to win tickets to Madison Square Garden for the

555
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Speaker 1: for the college games and for the Knicks versus Bucks game.

556
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Speaker 1: Like this is huge, right, And I know I look deceiving,

557
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: and that's part of it, Like I look like I

558
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Speaker 1: could be you know, I'm blonde hair, you know. But

559
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 1: then I'm bawling up right. So a bunch of guys

560
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Speaker 1: came to play me. And there was this little girl

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Speaker 1: that came and her name was Sophia, and she was

562
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Speaker 1: only five years old and she came up to me

563
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Speaker 1: with her dad, and I was like, Hi, what's your name.

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Speaker 1: She's like, I'm Sophia, and I was like, I'm Jen.

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Speaker 1: I know who you are. I watched all your videos

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Speaker 1: and she was the only girl that was there all

567
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 1: day watching me. Had her ball with her and I

568
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: let her play and we played. But since that day

569
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Speaker 1: she's been the wallpaper on the back of my phone. Still.

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Speaker 1: If I wasn't doing this voice, and I'm not, I'll

571
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Speaker 1: show you right now. But little Sophia, she made me

572
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Speaker 1: realize that I have a bigger voice than I thought

573
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Speaker 1: I did. And that was in that was in twenty

574
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: twenty one, I believe, and it really made me realize

575
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: I got to put on for the women, and I

576
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: got to have a brand that is for the women.

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00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 1: You know, not about me, but it's for the women.

578
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: It's for girls in sports and to show women you

579
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: could do both. You can look cute and you could ball,

580
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Speaker 1: you know, and you could be fearless and be true

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Speaker 1: to who you are and just do all fits.

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Speaker 2: And I go to like any video of.

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Speaker 2: How do you navigate that with what you do?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? You see, this is the thing social media. It's

642
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Speaker 1: It should be inspiring, educational, or informative. And I know

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647
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Speaker 1: and I'll show my assets, but I'm also showing my talent.

648
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: I am still a very feminine girl, and I do

649
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 1: look a certain way, but I am very talented and

650
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: sporty and athletic.

651
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:58,760
Speaker 2: And athletic and athletic.

652
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, I love that story that you

653
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 3: shared also about Sofia, because I think that it brings

654
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 3: us back to your why right and the goal again

655
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 3: to inspire the next generation of athletes. When you reflect

656
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 3: on the women that motivated you to lace up from

657
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 3: the get go, who comes to mind?

658
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: Honestly, I just I have to say my mom. And

659
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: it's not necessarily from an athletic standpoint, it's more of

660
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:36,280
Speaker 1: just just her character and her just grit. I would say,

661
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: you know, my mom is Italian from New Jersey, smoker,

662
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 1: has the rasp and her voice deep, like came to

663
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: every single one of my games. It's the same with

664
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: my dad. But you heard my mom and you knew

665
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,879
Speaker 1: that was my mom because she's the only blonde, I'm

666
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 1: the only bond on the court, you know, like, and

667
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: she just I just say, she just inspired me to

668
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: be independent and strong and to be authentic to who

669
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: I am, you know, and just stand firm in what

670
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: you believe in and what you want to do. So

671
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: my mom and I would say my big brother, like

672
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,239
Speaker 1: I said, he never let me win in anything. I

673
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: have a twin brother as well. But my twin brother,

674
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 1: my parents say that I saw all the athleticism in

675
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:22,479
Speaker 1: the womb because Jace is not coordinated whatsoever. My twin brother,

676
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: he's a Spanish teacher and just very yeah, very passionate

677
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 1: about that. But I I'm athletic and jet My big

678
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,399
Speaker 1: bro just would you know, like I said, he beat

679
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: up on me and and he he was in the

680
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: MLB Major League Baseball player, professional baseball player for years

681
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 1: he retired now and you know, just the tunnel vision

682
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,919
Speaker 1: and his his focus. I always looked up.

683
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 3: To, Oh my god, I can like hear your mom's

684
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 3: voice in the back of my head now, Like being

685
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 3: that standout on the side of the court. To be

686
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 3: able to reflect and be like, yo, my mom was it.

687
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 3: That's like such an awesome thing.

688
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know, I mean, of course, there's there's

689
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 1: women that I've looked up to, Like I definitely looked

690
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: up to Jenny Finch and softball, like I love, I

691
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 1: felt like I kind of looked like her, you know,

692
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: I had her glove and softball Lisa Leslie being the

693
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: first woman a dunk. And then also I have to

694
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 1: say the movie Love in basketball, like I remember particularly

695
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: the movie Monica, you know, she she made a basket

696
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: and kind of looked down at her defender like kind

697
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: of talking trash. And she was like, why do I

698
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: get in trouble for talking trash? Because because I'm a female.

699
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 1: But if a guy does it, he gets a pat

700
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: on the back, you know. And it's kind of very

701
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: relevant to today and what's going on today with Angel

702
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 1: Reifs and Caitlin Clark, and even for me being a creator.

703
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,280
Speaker 1: As a content creator, I was just in this league

704
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 1: two on two Creator League for fifty k, and I

705
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 1: was talking my talk we're entertainers as well. So I'm

706
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 1: shooting it and I'm going like this, and I'm I'm

707
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: saying you're too little. And I feel like a lot

708
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: of the time I have been criticized because I'm a

709
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 1: female doing it or because I'm white and doing it.

710
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: I even had someone in my comments because we won.

711
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: I won another fifty k and in my thing, I'm

712
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: showing that I'm doing this stuff. And I said in

713
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: my caption, I said, do you think females should be

714
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: criticized for talking trash or celebrating just because we're females.

715
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: And I remember one comment in particular, they said, no,

716
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: but just be more lady like. What does that even mean?

717
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: Be more lady like about it?

718
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 3: Oh my god, that stuff bothers me so much. It

719
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 3: bothers me so much. So tell us then, now that

720
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 3: you know you're three years into creating this content, where

721
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:43,919
Speaker 3: do you see yourself going from here?

722
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: For a little bit, at the beginning of this year,

723
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: I remember having like my yearly meeting with my manager Alex,

724
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: and it kind of came to me in a sense

725
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: where I felt I've been looking at content creation, being

726
00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: a social media influencer as a stepping stone into my

727
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: more adult job, into my more conventional job, which is

728
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 1: maybe being a sideline sports reporter or sports host. And

729
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: I did get my feet wet in that at the

730
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: end of the year last year August through about middle

731
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: of February of this year, and I was learning things.

732
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: I was on set in a studio, reading from a prompter,

733
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: having to memorize things, and it was a really great

734
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: learning experience. It is a muscle that I had the

735
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: flex that I wasn't used to and through that I

736
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 1: was like, you know what, I actually don't enjoy this

737
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: as much as I thought I would. And I'm really

738
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 1: glad I got that experience because it made me realize,

739
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 1: like being a content creator, it's not a stepping stone.

740
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: I'm going to continue to double down on what I'm

741
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:48,919
Speaker 1: doing now. So right now, I used to edit all

742
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: of my stuff, long form, short form everything. Now I

743
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: don't edit my long form videos. I have a videographer.

744
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: So now when you say, like, well, what's next for you,

745
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: it's more just doubling down on what I'm already doing,

746
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: getting a videographer, getting an editor, maybe having multiple I

747
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,720
Speaker 1: do have multiple, continuing to just bring people on my team,

748
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,879
Speaker 1: and continuing what's the next what's the next video idea,

749
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: What's the next thing I could do to level up?

750
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 1: You know, like I've been on America, It's got talent.

751
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: I've done performances at the Clippers NBA basketball game to

752
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: try to beat my Guinness World Record. Like if I

753
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 1: could beat my Guinness World Record, you know, just leveling up,

754
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: and that's really where it is. I'm just doubling down

755
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 1: on what I'm already doing. That's what's next for me,

756
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: and I feel like eventually there will be some type

757
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: of hybrid maybe of content creator and like maybe the

758
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: conventional world of being a sports hoster, or so maybe

759
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: I create my own show. Maybe even right now it's

760
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: doubling down even more on my brand, Game Changer, collabing

761
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,760
Speaker 1: with the WNBA, collabing with cool big brands.

762
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 3: And when you say all of this, the possibility is

763
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 3: exciting and it's contagious. And I really love that realization

764
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 3: that you had going through that experience of doing more

765
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 3: of the conventional reporting that you thought maybe that you

766
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,800
Speaker 3: would want to do when you were a bit younger,

767
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 3: and having that takeaway that's like, you know what, I'm

768
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 3: glad I did it, but it's not it doesn't feel

769
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 3: like it's for me. I think oftentimes we have a

770
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 3: hard time letting go of the thing that we were

771
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 3: so convinced was meant to be our path.

772
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:24,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, did you feel that way?

773
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: Yes? And I would. I would be told, oh, you

774
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,879
Speaker 1: look like Aaron Andrews. You could totally do what she does,

775
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: And that kind of gave me the idea to do

776
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: communications and major in that in college. I didn't really know,

777
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: but I kind of had people telling me that's what

778
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: you should do. And I'm like, yeah, I could do that,

779
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: I know sports, And so, like you said, experiencing it

780
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: living it, I realized it's really not something that I

781
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: loved as much as I do with my content creation.

782
00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, but it is really empowering to say, hey, I'm

783
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 3: going to stand on my own two feet and make

784
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 3: my own thing and then the rest, you know, it's

785
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 3: up to possibility.

786
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: Yeah. And if you think about it, like where you

787
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: thought your life was gonna go years ago, it's definitely

788
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: probably not where it is. And I just that's been

789
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 1: my life. It's I've had freak accidents, I've had things

790
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: that I just get opportunities for and I capitalize on them.

791
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: And I'm just going to continue to stay true to

792
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 1: living each day and making the next right thing, doing

793
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:32,880
Speaker 1: the next right thing for me.

794
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Now you travel a lot. I'm with you

795
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 2: on that.

796
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 3: Talk to me a little bit about how Jenna takes

797
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 3: care of Jenna when she is constantly on the move.

798
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I gotta get my coffee, that's for sure.

799
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,760
Speaker 2: The only thing that I do for self care is Cathine.

800
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: You know, you know, it's still it's true to what

801
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: I do. Even when I am home. I call my

802
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:04,200
Speaker 1: mom every day, talk to my mama. Gotta get gotta

803
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: get that energy in.

804
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 3: Me, you know.

805
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 1: And it's it's really helpful to just stay on schedule.

806
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: I feel a really bad feeling in my gut when

807
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: I'm late to things. I don't like that, you know,

808
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: So just just making sure that I'm being considerate of others.

809
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 1: And and you know, I have this this tushy cushy

810
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: that I have that with me when I travel, and

811
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: I sit on it in the planes because I have

812
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: this little issue with my pariformis if I sit for

813
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 1: too long, I am in pain. I'm in absolute pain,

814
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 1: and especially if I'm active, and then I have to

815
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: be on that plane. Oh my god. So that's one

816
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,799
Speaker 1: thing like I gotta grab my tushy.

817
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 3: Cushiy unexpected components of the self care routine.

818
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: And then another must have is when I'm traveling, I

819
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 1: gotta bring my speaker with me. I gotta have my

820
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: music going on when I'm getting dressed, when I'm when

821
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: I'm just in the hotel chillin. So those are like

822
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 1: my tushy cushy and my speaker and my coffee and

823
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: mama Bear.

824
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 3: I love that your self care involves aspects that some

825
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 3: individuals may not think to be proactive about. For instance,

826
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,840
Speaker 3: calling your mom because you know that her energy fills

827
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,399
Speaker 3: up your cop thinking about how you can take care

828
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 3: of your body in situations that maybe other people wouldn't

829
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 3: think about. Some others may be like, oh fuck, I'm

830
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,959
Speaker 3: gonna be stuck on this plane for twelve hours, right,

831
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 3: But you're like, no, how can I make the best

832
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 3: of this situation? And that's just a testament to the

833
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 3: mindset that you have garnered, overcoming things that maybe didn't

834
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 3: go your way leading up to this point. You have

835
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,759
Speaker 3: learned to truly do the best you can with what

836
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 3: you have. How does that make you feel when I

837
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 3: say that to you.

838
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: Wow, I mean it makes me feel pretty special, and

839
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: it makes me feel like I have done what I

840
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: can and because I know people would die to be

841
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,040
Speaker 1: in the position that I am. I remember for a

842
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 1: little bit I was like, gosh, YouTube is just I

843
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:05,399
Speaker 1: don't really want to do YouTube anymore. I'm getting enough

844
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: brand deals for short form content with TikTok and Instagram.

845
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 1: I just want to do that. It's not as much work.

846
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: I could easily edit it on my phone, but I

847
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 1: had like two hundred thousand on YouTube and I just

848
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: was letting it sit there. So it's like, no anyone

849
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: would kill the hab my platform. So I've been capitalizing.

850
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: I've been making sure that I'm posting every day on

851
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 1: YouTube shorts and I'm posting a long form every week,

852
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: you know. So I just sometimes, you know, I do

853
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: need to get a little bit of a kick in

854
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: the butt in the reminder, you know, like like if

855
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: I'm getting irritated with a brand and I have a

856
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: deliverable that I have to meet and they come back

857
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:46,919
Speaker 1: with feedback and I'm like, crap, I gotta to edit

858
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 1: more or I have to redo this voiceover or whatever.

859
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 1: I have to remind myself, Jenna, chill, stop being so spoiled,

860
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 1: because it's like you get to make videos for you

861
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: get to be a tomboy for a living. Already be

862
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Speaker 1: a tomboy if you weren't doing this now you're just

863
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: getting paid for it. So I have to remind myself

864
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: just like like you are blessed, Yeah you are. My

865
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 1: cup is overflowing, like you said, just being grounded with

866
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 1: those calls with Mama Bear and remembering where I came

867
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Speaker 1: from and how I was raised and those morals.

868
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Speaker 2: For sure, for sure. Now for you, what would you say?

869
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 3: Is probably one of the things that people don't talk

870
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 3: about as much when it comes to creating content or

871
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 3: perhaps being this public of a person.

872
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: Ooh, I think people think it's easy to do. I

873
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: think people but it. But it's it's deaf, it's difficult.

874
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 1: I got into it when I was surrounded by other creators,

875
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 1: and it's like, oh, we're just holding each other's phones,

876
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,879
Speaker 1: we're holding each other's cameras. I'm able to learn from

877
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 1: other people. If you're just getting into this on your

878
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: own right now, I it would be pretty difficult to

879
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: figure out where to start, you know. And so I

880
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 1: have branded myself as a multi sport athlete. Some people

881
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: haven't branded themselves as multi anything. Maybe they just have

882
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 1: one niche and it's like, okay, well, how do you

883
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: continue to entertain in that same niche without doing the

884
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 1: same thing as you've already done. How do you make

885
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: it different? How do you advance it? Maybe you add

886
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: something a progression to it. It's it's it's tough. I

887
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:33,760
Speaker 1: like I said it. Luckily I've multi brand multi sport,

888
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 1: so I could do a football video, and you do

889
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:39,960
Speaker 1: basketball video and pickleball or whatever. But it's difficult to

890
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: stay with the trends, to stay new, to stay fresh,

891
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,720
Speaker 1: because you get you get burnt out. It's real, like Creator,

892
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:49,240
Speaker 1: burnout is real. And it's like, I know Snapchat wants

893
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: me to post like fifty times a day, and I

894
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 1: just don't want to share all my life like that.

895
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: So it's it gets to be a little bit, it

896
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,839
Speaker 1: could be could be a lot. So I think people

897
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: don't understand, Oh, Creator, are you just showing your life?

898
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 1: That's easy? It's not that easy.

899
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:09,040
Speaker 2: Can we talk about that for a bet?

900
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 3: Though?

901
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 2: What do you do when you're burnt out?

902
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: It's it's tough. I mean, I know that this is

903
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: the life I chose, right, so you have to just

904
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: reflect and assess things and make sure, like like you said,

905
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 1: you're taking care of yourself. There's a reason why you're

906
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:28,839
Speaker 1: burnt out. You you skipped on the priorities of taking

907
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:32,280
Speaker 1: care of yourself before something. So it's planning, it's preparing.

908
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,320
Speaker 1: I've been trying to do a better job of scheduling

909
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: massages and really taking some time to go spend with

910
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:42,880
Speaker 1: my family, you know, see my little niece, And so

911
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 1: I think it's it's when I'm burnt out. It's about

912
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:51,319
Speaker 1: moderation and getting back to what like just being a

913
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: normal person is, you know. Yeah, And I think it's

914
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,320
Speaker 1: okay to not share your whole life on social media,

915
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,919
Speaker 1: just showing like showing a glimpse of like it's still

916
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 1: a job. I could represent myself in this way. But

917
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I really am this

918
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,719
Speaker 1: authentic tomboy girl. But you don't see you don't see

919
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: who I'm going on a date with. I love that.

920
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 3: And you know what, I think, it's like, your perception

921
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 3: is your reality. Right, So as a creator, you have

922
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 3: the opportunity to provide a picture of what your life

923
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,839
Speaker 3: is like, knowing what makes you feel comfortable to share.

924
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:30,839
Speaker 3: And now the problem that goes hand in hand with that,

925
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 3: as you've already articulated, is that people are going to

926
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 3: have something to say about it whether or not you

927
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 3: share it, right.

928
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:40,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And sometimes you know, you have to post

929
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 1: content even if you're having a bad day. You and

930
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,760
Speaker 1: like that, I know is tough for a lot of people,

931
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:50,600
Speaker 1: especially if they're going through mental health problems or just whatever.

932
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: And you kind of have to put up a facade sometimes,

933
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 1: but it's part of your job, so it is it

934
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: can get kind of like it could get kind of

935
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 1: tough in that sense, it's for sure.

936
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, have you had to deal with that yourself?

937
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, like dealing with heartbreak, breakups whatever. You know.

938
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: It's I know that it's great for your algorithm to

939
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,760
Speaker 1: have at least four stories a day in post twice

940
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: a week, but maybe I'm not feeling like and sometimes

941
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: like let's say, let's say I'm just a creator is

942
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:23,839
Speaker 1: over doing the same thing that they want and they

943
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,840
Speaker 1: want to expand they want to start to multibrand stuff.

944
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,720
Speaker 1: Sometimes if you post something that is off your niche,

945
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,719
Speaker 1: off of your like routine of posts, you're going to

946
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: take that hit of views and you just kind of

947
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:38,600
Speaker 1: have to you have to put up when you have

948
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,839
Speaker 1: to deal with it, and you have to like you

949
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: have to stand strong and what you're doing and like,

950
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:46,319
Speaker 1: you know what I deserve. I'm still a human, so

951
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 1: I can have my off days. You know. It's just

952
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,319
Speaker 1: a little bit unfortunate that the world sees it all.

953
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:54,879
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think it's also interesting as well.

954
00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:57,680
Speaker 3: I mean, like, for an example, if someone who has

955
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 3: been creating content for some time, is also a new mom,

956
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 3: and they start to share some of their journey with motherhood.

957
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,439
Speaker 3: Without fail, there's always going to be people that come

958
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,760
Speaker 3: in and say, like, well, I didn't follow you because

959
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 3: you were a mom, then unfollow me, get out.

960
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: Why are you commenting that stuff? Just don't even comment,

961
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:17,880
Speaker 1: just don't follow me.

962
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 2: Then, yeah, I'll never forget that.

963
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:22,680
Speaker 3: Tunday told me once, she said when we sat down

964
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 3: the last time that when she had become a Peloton instructor,

965
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,920
Speaker 3: she was struggling with this fact that like all of

966
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:33,440
Speaker 3: the you know, public feedback, unsolicited whatnot. And one of

967
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,160
Speaker 3: her friends said to her, would you ever go to

968
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:39,800
Speaker 3: someone else's Instagram and leave a nasty comment? And Tunday

969
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:41,920
Speaker 3: was like no, And she was like, so why are

970
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 3: you gonna let that person.

971
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,759
Speaker 2: Who has some nasty stuff to say to you impact you?

972
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:49,640
Speaker 1: Interesting, that's a great way to look at it.

973
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 3: You would never do that for someone else. So like,

974
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 3: you can't take that person seriously.

975
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't take it personally. You know, it's a

976
00:52:57,120 --> 00:52:59,160
Speaker 1: certain type of person that's doing that type of stuff,

977
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 1: and usually it means that they got stuff going on

978
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:01,719
Speaker 1: on their own.

979
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not you, it's them. All right, all right,

980
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,319
Speaker 3: we're winding down here. Tell me, Jenna, what excites you

981
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 3: right now?

982
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:13,000
Speaker 1: Getting facetimes from my sister and her little daughter. She's

983
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:15,320
Speaker 1: the cutest little nugget in a world.

984
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 2: How old is she?

985
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: She's only two years old, and she just brightens up

986
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:21,360
Speaker 1: my life.

987
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:21,719
Speaker 2: You know.

988
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,200
Speaker 1: She just gives me so much joy. And I get

989
00:53:24,239 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 1: this year pretty often, so that gives me excitement. I

990
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 1: do have to say pickleball. I love pickleball. I think

991
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,319
Speaker 1: it is the best sport in America. I think it's

992
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: the best combination of power, faness iq athleticism. Like I

993
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,799
Speaker 1: just love it. And people think it's oh just for

994
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: old people or it's not really cool. Try it and

995
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: you'll get addicted. You'll get the bug.

996
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:55,640
Speaker 3: I have only played it once, and I definitely, like,

997
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,040
Speaker 3: had no concept for what the rules.

998
00:53:57,760 --> 00:53:58,440
Speaker 2: Were or anything.

999
00:53:58,800 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 1: It's a lot of rules.

1000
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:00,799
Speaker 2: I don't have lot of fun.

1001
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 3: Right now, Jenna, you have an opportunity to offer yourself

1002
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:08,719
Speaker 3: a piece of advice. After that second acl tear that

1003
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:13,680
Speaker 3: big hurdle moment, knowing what you know, now, what do

1004
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 3: you tell yourself?

1005
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 1: Wow, I would tell myself. I would tell myself. You know,

1006
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: everyone has failures in life, and sometimes like everyone who's

1007
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 1: doubting you, even your own doubts, that like not to

1008
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 1: listen to them, because there's a lot of times that

1009
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 1: I don't. I wasn't speaking positively to myself, and I

1010
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 1: think we all do that. So I would tell myself

1011
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:50,480
Speaker 1: to get out of the ret quicker, you know, I

1012
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: would tell myself to speak life to myself and not death. Jenna,

1013
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:58,960
Speaker 1: you got this, you know, don't talk neglie about yourself.

1014
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 1: Would I would say, do that and I and I

1015
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:04,960
Speaker 1: eventually did, but it took some people that I had

1016
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: to surround myself around to get back to that positive space.

1017
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:12,840
Speaker 1: But just to give myself a little bit more grace

1018
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:15,879
Speaker 1: and to speak positive to myself because I think manifestation

1019
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,399
Speaker 1: is real and and you attract what you want and

1020
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:22,120
Speaker 1: by saying and talking to yourself, it's a big thing.

1021
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:24,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, positively.

1022
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:28,040
Speaker 3: When you're in a rut personally, like when you're on

1023
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,359
Speaker 3: the go or whatever and you're you're finding yourself kind

1024
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 3: of dipping into that negative self talk space, what do

1025
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:33,920
Speaker 3: you do to get out of it?

1026
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 1: There's like this quote that I really love and it's

1027
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 1: was it a was it a bad was it a

1028
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: bad day, or was it a bad five minutes that

1029
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:48,120
Speaker 1: you milked all day? So I think everyone has the

1030
00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:53,920
Speaker 1: right to get mad, to be angry for a little bit,

1031
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,439
Speaker 1: but like, don't let that take over your whole day.

1032
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:01,040
Speaker 1: Give it a minute or two, five minutes, and then

1033
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 1: let's go. We're overcoming, we're talking positively. It's time to

1034
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: move forward. Next play mentality Right, what matters the most

1035
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: isn't what already happened, it's what's going to happen next.

1036
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 3: I love that, Jenna Bandy. I'm so happy that we

1037
00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:21,319
Speaker 3: were able to make this happen. How do the hurdlers

1038
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 3: follow along with you? If they don't just yet give

1039
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 3: us your info.

1040
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 1: You can follow me at Jenna Bandy twenty one, on

1041
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,719
Speaker 1: Instagram TikTok, and on YouTube at Jenna.

1042
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 3: Bandy Love It, I'm Over, at Hurdle Podcast and at

1043
00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:37,480
Speaker 3: Emily a Body Another Hurdle Conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.