WEBVTT - Two Jersey Js: A Life Worth Living

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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, Hi guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Jackie Goldschneider, I'm Jensler, and we're two Jersey Jays. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we have a really really great episode today. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what I was thinking. You know, first of all, when

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<v Speaker 2>I said that, Evan always jokes whenever a show starts

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<v Speaker 2>and they're like, we have a really great episode today,

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<v Speaker 2>He's like, what are they going to say?

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose we'll be fun you guys, tune out, turn

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<v Speaker 1>turn your radio.

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<v Speaker 2>No, But it actually is a great one today because

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking, like you know, when you have like

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<v Speaker 2>you you wake up and you have this idea and

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, oh, I really want to do this, and

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<v Speaker 2>then like an hour later you're like, nah, too much effort. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>our guest today wakes up and oh my god, every

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<v Speaker 2>single thing you can imagine doing she has done. I

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely agree, and I'm I definitely forget the Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>I should do this, And three minutes in on my

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<v Speaker 2>a You're like, no, because that'll take a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>aff Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>No, she is especially acquire shower exactly. But this woman,

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<v Speaker 1>as you guys probably know, is a go getter for sure. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So today we have yes on the pad. Then again, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we gave it enough of a bang.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Today we have Maria Manuno's yeah, baby, yeah she

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<v Speaker 2>is well, first of all, she's like the most stunning

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<v Speaker 2>woman in the world. I always thought of her as

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<v Speaker 2>just like a celebrity correspondent, right right, Yeah, So when

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<v Speaker 2>I sat down to just like look at her bio,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my god, Like there is nothing that she hasn't done,

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<v Speaker 2>literally because she got.

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<v Speaker 1>When you hear the name, it's like you can't even

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<v Speaker 1>like pinpoint though. One thing, she's just been a present.

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<v Speaker 1>When she's younger, well she's your age, right, she's a

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<v Speaker 1>little younger than me. But like I always picture her

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<v Speaker 1>from and I maybe I mean, you know, I know

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<v Speaker 1>Access Hollywood like all of those et and I know

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't do all those not tamous Knight and whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>I just always picture her.

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<v Speaker 2>I picture her also as the panteine girl, yes, like

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<v Speaker 2>I know that with that unbelievable hair.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, But she has been everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So she's been obviously a TV host, she was on

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<v Speaker 2>Access Hollywood, E Extra, she was an actress, she was

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<v Speaker 2>an actress, still an actress. She uh was a wrestler.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know, like we have to ask her

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about that, but like kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even if you picture her in a ring, No.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. I don't know exactly in what capacity she

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<v Speaker 2>has to start as a WWE, but I know.

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<v Speaker 1>That she actually I know that she actually like fought

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<v Speaker 1>Oh really, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope I'm not off there.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know that, but I'm pretty right. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>am pretty sure she produced a movie.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that. Yeah, I know that she has won

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<v Speaker 2>beauty pageant, right, She's had a radio show, a podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>a reality show chasing Mariam Minuno right right there, like

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<v Speaker 2>literally there's been and she started early, like she started

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<v Speaker 2>in childhood. So I'm really excited to talk to her

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<v Speaker 2>because I only know this like little bit of fame

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<v Speaker 2>as an adult, fully formed result, so I could make

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<v Speaker 2>rational decisions.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine starting so young. Yeah, and she's been

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<v Speaker 1>through it, you guys. I mean, I don't know listeners

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<v Speaker 1>what you know, but she is. She's battled, she had

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<v Speaker 1>she's had several battles with her family having cancer, her

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<v Speaker 1>mom had a brain tumor, her actually her dad had

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<v Speaker 1>had Type one diabetes, which is what.

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<v Speaker 2>My daughter has.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm excited to kind of talk to her about that.

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<v Speaker 1>And now she's in her own battle with pancreatic cancer,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know she's been through it, and she has

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<v Speaker 1>a baby. She has a baby, and she has a

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<v Speaker 1>new movie. Yes on it's on Lifetime. M Yeah, yes

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<v Speaker 1>it is hill manor yeah, I can't imagine. No, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel very inadequate segment.

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<v Speaker 2>She's very open about her health battle. Yeah, so we'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about everything. Really excited to have her on. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's welcome Maria Minutos. Hi. Guys, Hi, Maria. You're just

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<v Speaker 2>as beautiful as I was to say.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like, thank you. I was hoping my my crazy

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<v Speaker 3>sunlight was gonna shift just at the right time, because

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<v Speaker 3>see it's like right there.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, no, you look ethereal it's actually.

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<v Speaker 2>Like an angel.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So it's not only what you look like, but

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<v Speaker 1>as we were like, as we were opening here talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the things that you've done, it's a little bit intimidating.

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<v Speaker 2>It's bordering on annoying. But I am.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcoming you with open arms and a warm heart.

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<v Speaker 2>We both are. I am pretty amazed, are you Right now?

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<v Speaker 3>We're in Jersey, I'm in Connecticut.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually you're in Connecticut. Okay, so yeah, so we're neighbors.

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<v Speaker 2>I met. We are in New Jersey. You know that

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<v Speaker 2>came out like where and you grew up in Boston.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I grew up in Boston. Yeah, just outside of Boston, Hedford.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, I went to Boston Universe we went to

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<v Speaker 1>after a couple of years. But yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, that's for another episode. So Maria, welcome. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for being with us. We really do

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it, and thanks for having no we want to

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<v Speaker 1>just start out, you know, when we have started out

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<v Speaker 1>already kind of listing your accomplishments. Your career has been huge.

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly, Jackie just said, like, you know when you like,

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<v Speaker 1>wake up and you think I'm going to do this today,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you know, five minutes in, you're like, eh,

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<v Speaker 1>not so much. Like we're saying that Maria Minuno's is

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<v Speaker 1>the one that actually does it, which is rare. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and again we started talking about all the

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<v Speaker 1>things that you've done, but maybe I'm sure that we're

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<v Speaker 1>missing a lot. I was actually saying you started out

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<v Speaker 1>as like miss teen, Were you like miss teen Massachusetts?

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<v Speaker 1>I was, yeah, I can't seriously, Wow, how did you

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<v Speaker 1>get into pageanting?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I remember I was like thirteen and I got

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<v Speaker 3>a card in the mail for the Miss Perfect Teen pageant,

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<v Speaker 3>And at that time I was like starting, like I

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<v Speaker 3>really wanted a model, I wanted to do stuff. And

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<v Speaker 3>I got the card in the mail and my parents,

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<v Speaker 3>my dad was like no. And then the next year

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<v Speaker 3>I came again. The next year, I enlisted the help

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<v Speaker 3>of my cousin Anthony. I was like, you got to

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<v Speaker 3>convince them to let me do this, and at that

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<v Speaker 3>point I was like fifteen, actually, and so I did

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<v Speaker 3>it and I won Miss Massachusetts perfecteen.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine it putting that title on a pageant now,

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<v Speaker 1>I would never write no way.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so I was perfectly.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad happy once he won. He's proud, of course, like

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<v Speaker 2>we went.

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<v Speaker 3>It was the first time we won. And then we

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<v Speaker 3>went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the national competition.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I came in like third or something there.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>And then eventually I did Miss mass Teen USA and

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<v Speaker 3>did that, and so yeah, that was kind of the

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<v Speaker 3>entry point.

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<v Speaker 2>And then in college, that's when your career started really

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<v Speaker 2>taking off in the TV world.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, so I feel like everything is like baby steps, right,

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<v Speaker 3>Like how does a Greek girl from you know, parents

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<v Speaker 3>who are immigrants make it? I don't know. You just

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<v Speaker 3>make one move after another. So the pageants were, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>a great entry point. Started doing some commercial work and

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<v Speaker 3>things like that, and then in college I was really

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<v Speaker 3>studying journalism and film and worked on a movie with

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<v Speaker 3>my now husband Kevin. That really was the launching pad,

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<v Speaker 3>like you know, when my classmates didn't want to work

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<v Speaker 3>for free and I did well. Then somebody I met

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<v Speaker 3>on the movie helped me get my big break in

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<v Speaker 3>LA at Channel one News.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>So I didn't finish my last year of college because

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<v Speaker 3>I ended up getting that job.

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<v Speaker 1>And you and Kevin your husband, now I believe I

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<v Speaker 1>him correct, You started dating in college and your father

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<v Speaker 1>was not pleased. And you already said that your Greek.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a very strong Greek heritage background, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>my dad was.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was more like he was like freaked

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<v Speaker 3>out that it could be having sex. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>like it was just very bad. It was a very

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<v Speaker 3>ugly time. So it was because he was in Greek

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<v Speaker 3>And yes, my dad was, you know, had his dream

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<v Speaker 3>of you know, me marrying a Greek person and that

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<v Speaker 3>whole scam.

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<v Speaker 1>But you love that moving, But do you love my

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<v Speaker 1>big fat Greek wedding? Doesn't love that doesn't but doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>resonate with you?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that, of course? With the whole world?

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<v Speaker 1>Ye, that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true every Jewish, Yes, for sure. With all of

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<v Speaker 2>these jobs and all of these amazing things that you've done,

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<v Speaker 2>is there any one that's been your favorite? You've done,

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<v Speaker 2>commercial work, reality shows, radio work, all of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I mean, listen, I love everything, which is why

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<v Speaker 3>I've done so many different things. I've wrestled, and so

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<v Speaker 3>I love to talking about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, we talk about that. We have to.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, because jams can kind of understand what you're

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<v Speaker 1>saying right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you part of the WWE?

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<v Speaker 3>I am fourno on the WWE? I wrestled at WrestleMania Guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Mark Wahlberg was sitting front row and I watched his

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<v Speaker 3>mouth go, what are we? I'm like, God, why'd you even?

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<v Speaker 2>Who said? Marie? We have an idea? It was you?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be a wrestling What what are you

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<v Speaker 2>talking about?

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<v Speaker 3>Inside scoop, I watched wrestling my whole life with my dad,

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<v Speaker 3>and so I was a diehard wrestling fan. I met Kevin,

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<v Speaker 3>who's also a diehard wrestling fan. When I first met

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<v Speaker 3>Kevin as a chubby nineteen year old at one point

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<v Speaker 3>when he you know, we were working on his movie.

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<v Speaker 3>He lost, his movie went bankrupt. The whole world caved

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<v Speaker 3>in on him. He was going to go potentially work

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<v Speaker 3>with the WWE, and he was like, you could wrestle,

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<v Speaker 3>all right? It was like great, So he went and

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<v Speaker 3>he met with Shane McMahon and he met with you

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<v Speaker 3>know them over there. I think he even had FaceTime

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<v Speaker 3>Evince at the time. And my job at Channel one

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<v Speaker 3>came in the interim, and so that never even came

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<v Speaker 3>to fruition. So we left and we moved to LA

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<v Speaker 3>But then the dream to wrestle was still there, so

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<v Speaker 3>then let me finish. So then flash forward years later,

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<v Speaker 3>I was telling my publicist because they started having Monday

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<v Speaker 3>Night Raw guest hosts. I said, you got to get

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<v Speaker 3>me in. I have to do this, And so he

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<v Speaker 3>calls me like a month after that meeting. Meanwhile, he

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<v Speaker 3>had not made one call yet, and he's like, you're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to believe this. I didn't even call them.

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<v Speaker 3>They called us. They want you to do it. I said, great,

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<v Speaker 3>on one condition, I want to wrestle. They didn't take

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<v Speaker 3>me seriously. They thought I was you know, and by

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<v Speaker 3>the way, WW is such a machine, they don't have

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<v Speaker 3>time to worry about Maria wrestling or whatever. So I

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<v Speaker 3>went and I hired a coach. I started doing backyard

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<v Speaker 3>wrestling and learning. I showed up for that guest host appearance.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I know how to wrestle, let's go, and

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<v Speaker 3>they created something on the fly, and from there I

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<v Speaker 3>knew how to taunt the audience as a fan, so

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<v Speaker 3>I taunted the audience. I taunted the other wrestlers and

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<v Speaker 3>it became a thing that led to WrestleMania, and it

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<v Speaker 3>was the first time the women got airtime on TV.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a big deal. And I was doing Dancing

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<v Speaker 3>with the Stars at the same time. So I had

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<v Speaker 3>cracked ribs, fractured feet. I was a hot mess. But

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<v Speaker 3>I had to go and I did it, and it

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<v Speaker 3>was one of the highlights of my life for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the other favorite thing I've done was like

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<v Speaker 3>Nightly News for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Ria, but your face, I would have never if we

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<v Speaker 1>had been friends back then, I would have never allowed

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<v Speaker 1>for such a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>You could really get hurt. No, right hurt. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>her face? Who does that?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm dead? I said, okay, you know I said that

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<v Speaker 3>to Daria Baronatto, who's now Sonya Deville and WWE. When

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<v Speaker 3>she first came to After Buzz as one of our hosts.

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<v Speaker 3>We went to Aronda Rosie the UFC fight and we

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<v Speaker 3>were sitting in the booth and I go, you are

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<v Speaker 3>too pretty to be fighting and having people punch you

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<v Speaker 3>in the face. We out you and then long story short,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm in a meeting with USA Network for tough Enough,

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<v Speaker 3>no for something for general, and they're like, you should

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<v Speaker 3>do tough enough. I'm like, no, but I know who's perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>And then she did that and ended up launching her

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<v Speaker 3>whole career, which is so cool. So she made the shift. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>So dancing with them? What's easier dancing with the stars

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<v Speaker 2>or WWA or what's harder? I can't imagine. Both of

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<v Speaker 2>them are so out of my realm of what I

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<v Speaker 2>possibly can do.

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<v Speaker 3>They're both really hard wrestlers, really have a hard life.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean they're traveling three hundred and sixty days a

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<v Speaker 3>year by rental car and you know, the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, the what they put their bodies through is

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<v Speaker 3>so intense. I have the utmost respect for them, which

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<v Speaker 3>is why I think I did so well with them,

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<v Speaker 3>because they knew I wasn't just, you know, there for

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<v Speaker 3>any other reason. I really respect them and their craft

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<v Speaker 3>and dancing.

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<v Speaker 2>My god, when I.

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<v Speaker 3>First started had the video, I couldn't put you know,

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<v Speaker 3>two steps together. Derek had, you know, a definite project

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<v Speaker 3>player on his hands. But you know, the cool thing

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<v Speaker 3>in my life is I've I love challenges. I love

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<v Speaker 3>living in that moment of like terror and like am

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<v Speaker 3>I gonna be Okay? Am I gonna be? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>We did all right? All right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm so glad you said that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah you said someone like you that you don't get

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<v Speaker 1>scared of. Yeah. Well, I was going to say, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be this cheesy transition, right, but like,

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<v Speaker 1>clearly you're a fighter, and you know, I'm sure we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk about your health challenges. But when I

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<v Speaker 1>was reading what I was reading about you, even going

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<v Speaker 1>back to your childhood, what struck me was that you

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<v Speaker 1>grew up with a father with Type one diabetes, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have a daughter with type one diabetes. So I

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<v Speaker 1>know a lot about how difficult that can be, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure most of our listeners don't know. But type

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<v Speaker 1>one diabetes is way more It's still a bitch, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's way more manageable now. So going back that many years,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm there were no pumps, there were no sensors, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So it was life and very life and death. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was reading about how often your father would have

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<v Speaker 1>low blood sugar and how often he was, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>on the verge of death and you had to be tough.

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<v Speaker 1>How old were you when he first was diagnosed.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, he was diagnosed when he was like twenty, way

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<v Speaker 3>before I wash, okaved, yeah, so it was my whole

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<v Speaker 3>life with him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, okay, So I mean I'm I'm thinking you

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<v Speaker 1>know that already. Now you have a different type of

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<v Speaker 1>childhood starting there, and you obviously rose to all of

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<v Speaker 1>these occasions. But yeah, the fighting thing, the wrestling thing. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to sound cheesy, so I'm glad you

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<v Speaker 1>said it, but you clearly enjoy a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>So the one job aspect that we do have in

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<v Speaker 2>common was the reality show. Yeah, yeah, unfortunately, yes, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so your reality show it was called Chasing Briam and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, sorry, did you enjoy it? Do you like

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<v Speaker 2>sharing your did you have to share your whole life?

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<v Speaker 3>You know that was such a tough thing because I

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<v Speaker 3>had no problem sharing. The problem is they were so

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<v Speaker 3>fake about it. They had like their agenda of what

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<v Speaker 3>they wanted, which was marriage and babies, and that was

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<v Speaker 3>my dad's dream. That's all he wanted at the time.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said to them at one point, I go,

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<v Speaker 3>if my dad is sick of this, then that means

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<v Speaker 3>the audience is going to be totally sick of this.

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<v Speaker 3>So instead of allowing for reality to happen, which I

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<v Speaker 3>think is hard with budgetary constraints, I'm like, guys, we

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<v Speaker 3>are definitely full of stuff. And imagine if they had

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<v Speaker 3>been filming these last seven years. There was so much

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<v Speaker 3>stuff that had gone on. But they were the I guess,

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<v Speaker 3>the plan you know, laid out was just very restrictive

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<v Speaker 3>and so it wasn't as fun as I thought. The

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<v Speaker 3>one good thing is is I do I do have

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<v Speaker 3>my family on camera, and it was it was fun

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<v Speaker 3>to be with my parents a little bit more than

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<v Speaker 3>I would have at that time because we had to

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<v Speaker 3>squeeze in filming. But but but I do think that

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<v Speaker 3>Jackie's like, I think about that for you, because you

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<v Speaker 3>have your kids forever, you know, right, I have toes

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<v Speaker 3>that I'll ever be able to watch back, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>for all the good and the bad.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't find the time and the energy. How do

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<v Speaker 2>you find the time for all of for all of it?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean before I was just a human doing. That's

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<v Speaker 3>why I said, I'm like the brain tumor came to

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<v Speaker 3>make me a human being. I was just a human doing.

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<v Speaker 3>I was just a machine NonStop. And I think when

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<v Speaker 3>you grow up the way I did. I just had

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<v Speaker 3>someone on my show on Heel Squad talking about how

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<v Speaker 3>we're high functioning codependence and hfc's are just really good

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<v Speaker 3>in crisis. We're really good at solving everything. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I grew up not speaking the language. I had to

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<v Speaker 3>be my parents interpreter. I was first gen had to

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<v Speaker 3>literally revive and save my dad on the regular. We

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<v Speaker 3>were always in fight or flight and you know, we

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<v Speaker 3>you know, had some really rough times financially as well.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think that when I made it in this business,

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<v Speaker 3>I found it to be such a blessing. I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>my God, I'm making more money than my parents ever

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<v Speaker 3>could have dreamed of. How could I say no? And

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<v Speaker 3>how could I not go for every opportunity and do everything?

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<v Speaker 3>And so yeah, that's what I did, and then got

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<v Speaker 3>through a brick at my head and then said, let's recalibrate.

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<v Speaker 1>So you, guys, I just want to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>our viewers understand a little bit even more about your background.

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<v Speaker 1>But your mom had a brain tumor. I hope it's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking it's okay. I know you're very open about

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<v Speaker 1>your struggle. It is okay. So your mom had had

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<v Speaker 1>a malignant brain tumor. And was it a year later

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<v Speaker 1>that you were diagnosed as well with a brain tumor? Month?

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<v Speaker 2>But a nine one months? I mean, wow, it's mind growing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>So what was that that whole time period? Were you

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<v Speaker 2>working through it? Were you? Well?

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<v Speaker 3>It was crazy because my mom was diagnosed beginning of

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<v Speaker 3>September twenty sixteen with a malignant brain tumor called glioblastoma

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<v Speaker 3>stage four brain cancer, one of the deadliest cancers you

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<v Speaker 3>can get. Oh gosh, don't ask. I have no freaking clue.

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<v Speaker 3>This was twenty sixteen. Someone do the mau Yeah, thirty

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<v Speaker 3>thirty eight, thirty nine something like that. Anyway, I was

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<v Speaker 3>working at E News at the time, and now I'm

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<v Speaker 3>trying to like and serious X, I'm trying to keep

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<v Speaker 3>all the masters happy while I'm also trying to keep

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<v Speaker 3>my mom alive. And I thought the headaches I was

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<v Speaker 3>getting and the pain I was having and the fatigue

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<v Speaker 3>was all due to the stress of my mom. And

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<v Speaker 3>then I started learning my speech and then I was

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<v Speaker 3>needing second takes and I was like one take, Maria,

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<v Speaker 3>Like what the heck's going on? And then I started

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<v Speaker 3>having really bad ear pain. And so the ear pain

0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:38.520
<v Speaker 3>took me to the doctor because I'm like, do I

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<v Speaker 3>have an ear infection? At thirty something like this is crazy?

0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:43.439
<v Speaker 3>And he was like, you don't have an ear infection?

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<v Speaker 3>What else are you feeling? Well? Once I started rattling

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<v Speaker 3>off all those symptoms, He's like, I go, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's like what I go, I think I have

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<v Speaker 3>a brain tumor, Like my mom, isn't that crazy? Just

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<v Speaker 3>saying it right now, I'm reminded of how crazy that was.

0:19:56.840 --> 0:19:59.720
<v Speaker 3>And he's like, I don't think you're crazy. Let's just

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<v Speaker 3>get MRI to rule it out, and then the MRI

0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:06.480
<v Speaker 3>said I had a brain tumor. Now luckily mine appeared

0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:10.320
<v Speaker 3>to be benign, but they were like, we don't know,

0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.439
<v Speaker 3>but mine. Also when I talked to her the same neurosurgeon.

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<v Speaker 3>When I call the neurosurgeon, doctor Keith Black's office, I

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<v Speaker 3>was like, I need an appointment. They're like, oh, okay,

0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:19.920
<v Speaker 3>so what time can your mom came? I go, no, no, no,

0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:24.840
<v Speaker 3>it's for me and they were shook. I said, so,

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<v Speaker 3>surely this is going to be an easier surgery than

0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:29.280
<v Speaker 3>my mom's and he was like, nope, this is way

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<v Speaker 3>more complicated. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that hereditary or coincidental?

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<v Speaker 3>Totally coincidental. I believe it was the IVF that did

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<v Speaker 3>this because when I was doing IVF. First of all,

0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.520
<v Speaker 3>at some point we're going to learn how dangerous IVF is.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not against it obviously because I have a beautiful

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<v Speaker 3>baby because of it, but I do always tell people

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<v Speaker 3>to get a scan before you do anything, to see

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<v Speaker 3>if there's anything that will grow. The reason my neurosurgeon

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't let me get pregnant is he was afraid when

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<v Speaker 3>you get hormones going, things grows when right, So I

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<v Speaker 3>unknowingly might have had the brain tumor in my head

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<v Speaker 3>all this time, or maybe it came out of nowhere.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, But all I know is when I

0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:16.399
<v Speaker 3>was taking those progesterone shots, I called my doctor and

0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.719
<v Speaker 3>I said, I want to drive my car through a

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<v Speaker 3>brick wall and I was my head was exploding, and

0:21:23.680 --> 0:21:27.840
<v Speaker 3>she was like, stop the progesterone. And that was I

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<v Speaker 3>think months before I finished, months before I was diagnosed,

0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.800
<v Speaker 3>I had finished my last IVF cycle, So I think

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<v Speaker 3>the hormones grew it. So I always tell my girlfriends

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<v Speaker 3>and now all of you, because it's really sketchy to

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<v Speaker 3>like go out in public and say this stuff. I

0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.159
<v Speaker 3>feel like people like get really like freaked out and upset.

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<v Speaker 3>But secretly, behind the scenes, I always tell my friends,

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<v Speaker 3>if you are going to do IVF, find a way

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<v Speaker 3>to get a skin and make sure that nothing's going

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<v Speaker 3>to grow, because these hormones have the potential to grow things.

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<v Speaker 1>They say that about right now, So I'm not I'm

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<v Speaker 1>way past the time to get pregnant, but I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>that phase of menopause where you take hormones. You take

0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:13.120
<v Speaker 1>estrogen right to make you feel better with in terms

0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:16.280
<v Speaker 1>of what's going on with your body during menopause. And

0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:19.040
<v Speaker 1>then I think it's sort of the same idea, right,

0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:22.040
<v Speaker 1>Like it's a very it's a balancing act and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a risk versus reward because you know, hormones can if

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what, they can actually cause cancer, but

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<v Speaker 1>they can grow cancer from what I understand.

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<v Speaker 2>So and doctors don't tell you that I had five

0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:36.200
<v Speaker 2>rounds of IVF myself.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't tell you, and you wouldn't know that metals

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<v Speaker 3>stuff like, you wouldn't know. And then also the other

0:22:42.280 --> 0:22:45.680
<v Speaker 3>thing that's crazy is nobody knows that you can actually

0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:50.480
<v Speaker 3>do natural realms. So it's a much less expensive thing too,

0:22:50.880 --> 0:22:53.760
<v Speaker 3>which they don't want you to really know about. But

0:22:53.960 --> 0:22:57.640
<v Speaker 3>my IVF doctor, doctor Wennie Chang, who is amazing, told

0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:01.400
<v Speaker 3>me that it was possible. So if you have follicle naturally,

0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:05.040
<v Speaker 3>you can just do a trigger shot and go in

0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:10.000
<v Speaker 3>for your your removal. You just have to time everything carefully.

0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:12.919
<v Speaker 3>But there is a way to do natural cycles to

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<v Speaker 3>avoid all of those shots.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope that a lot of women are listening.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I hope that you know. You know, I always

0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:24.840
<v Speaker 2>say that you have to advocate for yourself at these

0:23:24.880 --> 0:23:28.320
<v Speaker 2>doctors appointments, because they really some doctors do not do

0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:31.680
<v Speaker 2>a great job. But anyway, So, so you you're diagnosed

0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:34.720
<v Speaker 2>with this brain tumor, they find that it's benign, you

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<v Speaker 2>have surgery.

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<v Speaker 3>To reveals whether it's benign or not. So yeah, so

0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:44.639
<v Speaker 3>they removed it as much as they could because there's

0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:49.840
<v Speaker 3>a tumor that's there's still tumor in there that's wrapped

0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:52.040
<v Speaker 3>around my facial nerves. So if he tried to get

0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:54.679
<v Speaker 3>rid of it, I would have been paralyzed. So he

0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:56.200
<v Speaker 3>left it alone, thank god.

0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:03.520
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, and so do you have any remaining Yeah,

0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:05.360
<v Speaker 2>there's stuff that I fee.

0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:10.520
<v Speaker 3>But I manage it. And I've been doing a lot

0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:15.160
<v Speaker 3>of things like lightning my mind talks and load has

0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:21.080
<v Speaker 3>been helpful. Meditation has been helpful. I'm experimenting every day

0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:23.760
<v Speaker 3>with stuff to to heal and get better.

0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:28.760
<v Speaker 1>I am. It occurs to me that I know I

0:24:28.760 --> 0:24:33.119
<v Speaker 1>have known some people with brain tumors and malignant or not.

0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:38.240
<v Speaker 1>Brain surgery is a very very serious kind of surgery.

0:24:38.680 --> 0:24:40.480
<v Speaker 1>I don't think you know, it's not just like Okay,

0:24:40.520 --> 0:24:42.400
<v Speaker 1>we're going to go in and take it out. When

0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:45.480
<v Speaker 1>it comes to the brain, it's and you can if

0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:48.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm not right, but I think it's very very tricky

0:24:48.600 --> 0:24:54.000
<v Speaker 1>and very very risky, and so I just that hits

0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:56.600
<v Speaker 1>me because you've just gone through a lot of stuff.

0:24:56.720 --> 0:24:58.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that was an eight hour surgery.

0:24:58.880 --> 0:24:59.760
<v Speaker 2>No, that one.

0:24:59.640 --> 0:25:03.119
<v Speaker 3>Was six and a half I think, And then the

0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:04.800
<v Speaker 3>pancreas surgery was like eight.

0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:10.320
<v Speaker 2>After your brain tumor comes out and you're recovering, then

0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:12.800
<v Speaker 2>you get thrown another health Yeah.

0:25:12.840 --> 0:25:16.240
<v Speaker 3>Well, I was feeling something. I was getting really bloated.

0:25:16.880 --> 0:25:22.280
<v Speaker 3>Things weren't right. I was like, something's off somehow predicted

0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:25.439
<v Speaker 3>on my own show. An audience member later was like,

0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:28.240
<v Speaker 3>you predicted this in April before you were diagnosed. I'm

0:25:28.240 --> 0:25:30.399
<v Speaker 3>like what, And I listened and looked. I was like,

0:25:30.440 --> 0:25:33.399
<v Speaker 3>oh my god. But that's not pertinent to the story.

0:25:33.440 --> 0:25:35.520
<v Speaker 3>But the truth is is I knew something was wrong.

0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:40.159
<v Speaker 3>I kept investigating different diagnostic tests. They kept telling me

0:25:40.200 --> 0:25:42.440
<v Speaker 3>it was fine. I went to the doctor's buckled over

0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:47.080
<v Speaker 3>and excruciating pain, like unbelievable, unbearable pain. They told me

0:25:47.119 --> 0:25:49.600
<v Speaker 3>it was fine. And it was only until I got

0:25:49.640 --> 0:25:53.840
<v Speaker 3>this pernuvo scan that they found a tumor, a large

0:25:53.880 --> 0:25:56.560
<v Speaker 3>tumor on the tail of my pancreas. It's called the

0:25:56.600 --> 0:26:02.800
<v Speaker 3>neuroendocrine tumor. That's what Steve Jobs had and it had

0:26:02.880 --> 0:26:05.840
<v Speaker 3>doubled in size within two months of that scan, where

0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:07.200
<v Speaker 3>I went to the doctors and I was like, I'm

0:26:07.240 --> 0:26:08.000
<v Speaker 3>in so much pain?

0:26:09.560 --> 0:26:13.239
<v Speaker 1>And when when was this? This was last year and

0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:15.359
<v Speaker 1>it was you did the pernubo scan. Well you just

0:26:15.400 --> 0:26:17.720
<v Speaker 1>saw our listeners because I hear more and more about

0:26:17.720 --> 0:26:20.640
<v Speaker 1>people doing it. That's a full body.

0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:24.080
<v Speaker 3>It's a full body scan. Yeah, so they listen. It's

0:26:24.160 --> 0:26:29.399
<v Speaker 3>not it's not free, and it's not perfect, but they

0:26:29.440 --> 0:26:35.119
<v Speaker 3>saved my life when you know, traditional hospitals told me

0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:37.399
<v Speaker 3>I was fine and sent me home. This thing doubled

0:26:37.440 --> 0:26:40.439
<v Speaker 3>in size. Now where would I be by June if

0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 3>from November to January it doubled And my baby was

0:26:44.920 --> 0:26:46.640
<v Speaker 3>due in June.

0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:50.400
<v Speaker 1>So wow, And now how old is Athena?

0:26:50.760 --> 0:26:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Now?

0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:53.680
<v Speaker 3>She's seventeen months next week?

0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:55.280
<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness.

0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:56.400
<v Speaker 1>Wow?

0:26:56.480 --> 0:26:57.879
<v Speaker 2>Do you call her your miracle baby?

0:26:57.960 --> 0:26:58.720
<v Speaker 1>Right? She is?

0:26:58.760 --> 0:27:04.120
<v Speaker 2>I think I read that as yeah, wow, So your

0:27:04.600 --> 0:27:09.720
<v Speaker 2>your health journey now, are you in the clear? Are

0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:11.080
<v Speaker 2>you still battling?

0:27:11.840 --> 0:27:16.320
<v Speaker 3>You know, I'm in the clear in a lot of ways,

0:27:16.359 --> 0:27:22.760
<v Speaker 3>but like there's still stuff right, Like I was in

0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:26.040
<v Speaker 3>the Dominican Republic earlier this year because they thought they

0:27:26.160 --> 0:27:28.320
<v Speaker 3>found liver cancer, and I was like, I don't think

0:27:28.359 --> 0:27:30.920
<v Speaker 3>it's liver cancer. I think my body's just having a

0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:34.240
<v Speaker 3>hard time processing all these scans. People think scans are nebulous,

0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:37.920
<v Speaker 3>they're not. When you're getting gatolinium and you're getting CT scans,

0:27:37.960 --> 0:27:45.080
<v Speaker 3>these are very powerful, high radiation, highly toxic things. And yeah,

0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:48.000
<v Speaker 3>if you're doing one, that's fine, But I've had to

0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:51.800
<v Speaker 3>do so many and no one's really counting, and no

0:27:51.840 --> 0:27:54.680
<v Speaker 3>one's really paying attention, and so I was like, I

0:27:54.720 --> 0:27:56.639
<v Speaker 3>think my body's just having a hard time detoxing all

0:27:56.640 --> 0:27:58.199
<v Speaker 3>this out while I went to the dr and I

0:27:58.240 --> 0:28:02.359
<v Speaker 3>created this little health proto call of just sun and

0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:06.919
<v Speaker 3>grounding and sweating and sleeping, and they all shrunk in

0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:07.840
<v Speaker 3>two and a half weeks.

0:28:08.200 --> 0:28:10.960
<v Speaker 1>How in the world did you know that it wasn't

0:28:11.000 --> 0:28:13.879
<v Speaker 1>your liver? How would you be that in tune?

0:28:15.600 --> 0:28:20.480
<v Speaker 3>I am super intuitive, but I also I've learned over

0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:23.280
<v Speaker 3>these last seven years of this brain tumor experience and

0:28:23.320 --> 0:28:28.080
<v Speaker 3>stuff to listen. And I just felt I felt like

0:28:28.720 --> 0:28:31.240
<v Speaker 3>it didn't make any sense, and I didn't feel like

0:28:31.359 --> 0:28:36.320
<v Speaker 3>it was true, because yeah, I just didn't. So I

0:28:36.320 --> 0:28:38.320
<v Speaker 3>was like, I'm just going to go experiment, and I

0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:40.960
<v Speaker 3>know the equator is really healing from everything I've studied

0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:42.640
<v Speaker 3>and my natural path that's been on my show a

0:28:42.640 --> 0:28:46.360
<v Speaker 3>lot that's helped me through a lot, and I was

0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:49.400
<v Speaker 3>really pleased, obviously with the results. And so when you

0:28:49.440 --> 0:28:52.080
<v Speaker 3>say are you healed, I mean I still have a

0:28:52.120 --> 0:28:55.760
<v Speaker 3>brain tumor. I still have lesions on my liver, like

0:28:57.000 --> 0:28:59.560
<v Speaker 3>two new ones popped up, we just found, and I'm like,

0:29:00.280 --> 0:29:02.160
<v Speaker 3>I'm looking at Kevin. I'm like, but I'm not scared.

0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:03.800
<v Speaker 3>I think I'm fine. He goes, I think you're fine too,

0:29:04.120 --> 0:29:09.520
<v Speaker 3>And so I just think, again, these scans that I

0:29:09.600 --> 0:29:14.960
<v Speaker 3>got before now have accumulated. So it's it's a thing,

0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:18.760
<v Speaker 3>and so I'm constantly working on it. I'm using my

0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:22.000
<v Speaker 3>red light and my sauna and my sun and my

0:29:22.160 --> 0:29:26.520
<v Speaker 3>grounding and my fashion release exercises. I'm like, as as

0:29:26.720 --> 0:29:31.760
<v Speaker 3>much as I can devote each day to my healing

0:29:31.840 --> 0:29:35.200
<v Speaker 3>and my health. It's important obviously because I need to

0:29:35.240 --> 0:29:38.480
<v Speaker 3>be around for my baby. But I know I'm vibrant

0:29:38.520 --> 0:29:41.600
<v Speaker 3>and healthy. I know a lot of this doesn't make sense.

0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:45.720
<v Speaker 3>The diabetes actually broke my heart and threw me on

0:29:45.800 --> 0:29:49.960
<v Speaker 3>the floor because I think I have so much trauma

0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:52.800
<v Speaker 3>with that. Like the brain tumor was easy in a sense,

0:29:52.920 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 3>Like I did have moments where like the mac truck

0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:57.080
<v Speaker 3>rolled over my chest and I'm like, oh my god,

0:29:57.080 --> 0:30:00.480
<v Speaker 3>someone's gonna saw my head open. But I watched my

0:30:00.560 --> 0:30:02.680
<v Speaker 3>mom go in with a smile and I was like, Okay,

0:30:02.720 --> 0:30:05.239
<v Speaker 3>I'm good. I'm in great hands. There's nobody better than

0:30:05.280 --> 0:30:10.200
<v Speaker 3>doctor Black. And the diabetes killed me because I had

0:30:10.280 --> 0:30:16.200
<v Speaker 3>quit sugar two years before, and I it just didn't

0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 3>make any sense all this shit.

0:30:18.920 --> 0:30:22.040
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I don't know.

0:30:22.080 --> 0:30:24.720
<v Speaker 1>I just want everybody to understand. I don't understand it

0:30:24.800 --> 0:30:28.120
<v Speaker 1>all everything you're saying. I understand this part of it

0:30:28.160 --> 0:30:30.360
<v Speaker 1>that is type one diabetes. And I want you guys

0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:33.360
<v Speaker 1>to understand that that in itself is an every day

0:30:34.120 --> 0:30:34.760
<v Speaker 1>on your mind.

0:30:34.800 --> 0:30:35.160
<v Speaker 2>I know this.

0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:37.760
<v Speaker 1>I'll cry too, because it's like that in and of

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:42.120
<v Speaker 1>itself is so hard, and then you have all of

0:30:42.160 --> 0:30:46.480
<v Speaker 1>this other stuff. You are my absolute new hero. You

0:30:46.600 --> 0:30:48.280
<v Speaker 1>have to be my friend, our friend.

0:30:49.200 --> 0:30:51.600
<v Speaker 2>You must. You are so I'm so proud of you.

0:30:52.600 --> 0:30:52.880
<v Speaker 3>Maria.

0:30:52.920 --> 0:30:56.160
<v Speaker 2>What's your energy level like has it affected like.

0:30:58.320 --> 0:31:01.239
<v Speaker 3>It's been so hard at different time times like to

0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:07.640
<v Speaker 3>be honest, but right now it's been it's on the upswing,

0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:11.160
<v Speaker 3>and so that's been really exciting. I mean, doctor Allison

0:31:11.200 --> 0:31:13.760
<v Speaker 3>and I have done so much work that I feel

0:31:13.760 --> 0:31:16.680
<v Speaker 3>like I have more energy than I ever have. So

0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:17.880
<v Speaker 3>that's been really good.

0:31:18.800 --> 0:31:19.000
<v Speaker 2>You know.

0:31:19.040 --> 0:31:20.640
<v Speaker 3>I say, I kind of have to pitch a perfect

0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:23.400
<v Speaker 3>game with my health, like I can't. I don't have

0:31:23.440 --> 0:31:27.040
<v Speaker 3>a lot of wiggle room because I have to. I

0:31:27.120 --> 0:31:29.200
<v Speaker 3>have to really heal from all these things and they

0:31:29.240 --> 0:31:31.960
<v Speaker 3>are healable. Like even when they found the breast lesion.

0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:35.080
<v Speaker 3>I went back to doctor Funk and she goes, it's shrunk.

0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:38.040
<v Speaker 3>I was like, yes, because I focused in my meditations

0:31:38.040 --> 0:31:42.200
<v Speaker 3>on it shrinking. So I keep getting success even though

0:31:42.240 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 3>there's so much shit that pops up and it's felt

0:31:44.280 --> 0:31:47.680
<v Speaker 3>like whack a mole. I know how to heal, and

0:31:47.760 --> 0:31:50.520
<v Speaker 3>I believe in my healing and Saint Nctarios, our healing saint,

0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:51.440
<v Speaker 3>has been so good to me.

0:31:52.280 --> 0:31:54.760
<v Speaker 2>So I need to write that down.

0:31:54.800 --> 0:32:01.080
<v Speaker 3>Star Saint Niktarios Nectar Nectarios. Okay, he is the healing

0:32:01.120 --> 0:32:03.440
<v Speaker 3>saint in the Greek Orthodox Church, but he will heal

0:32:03.560 --> 0:32:07.000
<v Speaker 3>anyone who believes in him, and I've had so many

0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:11.440
<v Speaker 3>miraculous moments of healing, whether it's me, my mom, my friends.

0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:15.640
<v Speaker 3>I wear my bracelet that I got at his church

0:32:15.800 --> 0:32:19.800
<v Speaker 3>in Aegina, Greece, which is an island just south of Athens,

0:32:20.720 --> 0:32:24.760
<v Speaker 3>and so ever since he's come into my life, like

0:32:24.840 --> 0:32:27.080
<v Speaker 3>so much good has happened, and I know that the

0:32:27.960 --> 0:32:32.000
<v Speaker 3>it looks like so much bad has happened too. And listen,

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:36.640
<v Speaker 3>it's not been easy, but I do believe that it's

0:32:36.800 --> 0:32:40.280
<v Speaker 3>happened for me, not to me. And I do believe

0:32:40.280 --> 0:32:43.920
<v Speaker 3>that it's happened to me because I can figure it

0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:46.520
<v Speaker 3>out and I can heal and I can show other

0:32:46.560 --> 0:32:48.200
<v Speaker 3>people how to do it, and I do that through

0:32:48.200 --> 0:32:49.120
<v Speaker 3>my show every day.

0:32:50.120 --> 0:32:55.480
<v Speaker 2>So you know what a mindset. It's unbelievable. You know.

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 2>They say that like you could have a million problems

0:32:57.480 --> 0:32:59.160
<v Speaker 2>until something happens with your health and then you have

0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:03.280
<v Speaker 2>one problem. There is just no there's no way around it.

0:33:03.320 --> 0:33:05.040
<v Speaker 2>You are my hero.

0:33:13.240 --> 0:33:16.920
<v Speaker 1>I've had people in my life that have been you know,

0:33:17.160 --> 0:33:19.920
<v Speaker 1>they've been, they've gotten sick, they've had kids. I have

0:33:20.000 --> 0:33:22.040
<v Speaker 1>friends whose kids have gotten sick.

0:33:23.040 --> 0:33:23.480
<v Speaker 2>Nobody.

0:33:23.520 --> 0:33:25.280
<v Speaker 1>I always say this to my daughter, who has Type

0:33:25.280 --> 0:33:27.560
<v Speaker 1>one I'm like, you know, nobody gets away, and I

0:33:27.640 --> 0:33:30.280
<v Speaker 1>just I'm much talking about health issues. No one gets away.

0:33:30.320 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 1>Everyone has got their stuff, and hopefully we all deal

0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:37.440
<v Speaker 1>with the cards we are dealt with, you know, we

0:33:37.440 --> 0:33:40.719
<v Speaker 1>can actually turn them into something productive. You wanting to

0:33:41.200 --> 0:33:43.840
<v Speaker 1>inspire people, you know and say, what did you just say?

0:33:43.880 --> 0:33:44.400
<v Speaker 2>It happened?

0:33:44.680 --> 0:33:46.240
<v Speaker 3>Happened to me?

0:33:46.800 --> 0:33:51.120
<v Speaker 1>I absolutely absolutely love that. But you know, tell us

0:33:51.120 --> 0:33:52.080
<v Speaker 1>something good, tell us.

0:33:52.200 --> 0:33:54.920
<v Speaker 2>Let's tell us, let's pivot a hard pivot and talk

0:33:54.920 --> 0:33:57.640
<v Speaker 2>about this Christmas movie. Now, I'm a Jewish girl. I

0:33:57.800 --> 0:34:02.200
<v Speaker 2>love Christmas. Me friends all love it too, so I

0:34:03.200 --> 0:34:06.200
<v Speaker 2>just get this feeling. I remember sitting in the movie theater.

0:34:06.280 --> 0:34:08.440
<v Speaker 2>I was single. It was like two thousand and six.

0:34:08.760 --> 0:34:10.440
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I'm never going to meet newbody, and

0:34:10.480 --> 0:34:16.880
<v Speaker 2>I was watching that movie Love Actually yeah, my husband

0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:18.799
<v Speaker 2>a few months later, but I was like, I just

0:34:18.840 --> 0:34:21.640
<v Speaker 2>nothing makes me feel better than a Christmas movie, Christmas

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:23.720
<v Speaker 2>general issues. Please.

0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:27.160
<v Speaker 3>Well, I'll tell you. The Christmas movies came at the

0:34:27.160 --> 0:34:30.440
<v Speaker 3>perfect time because it was on my bucket list to

0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:34.160
<v Speaker 3>do one, and it was because of my mom that

0:34:34.239 --> 0:34:36.520
<v Speaker 3>I got in the first one. Because I had made

0:34:36.520 --> 0:34:41.360
<v Speaker 3>this like little video on YouTube of our journey caretaking

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:45.000
<v Speaker 3>for her in her last months. And my friend Ryan McPartland,

0:34:45.040 --> 0:34:49.239
<v Speaker 3>who is a Christmas movie star amongst other amazing things

0:34:49.280 --> 0:34:51.880
<v Speaker 3>like chuck and stuff, but he was making one just

0:34:51.920 --> 0:34:54.080
<v Speaker 3>down the street in Connecticut, so he connected with me

0:34:54.320 --> 0:34:56.160
<v Speaker 3>to tell me how moved he was by this peace

0:34:56.200 --> 0:34:59.160
<v Speaker 3>I put together. And then I ended up as his

0:34:59.239 --> 0:35:01.839
<v Speaker 3>sister in this, and then the director of that called

0:35:01.880 --> 0:35:03.960
<v Speaker 3>me to start in the next one, which came out

0:35:04.040 --> 0:35:06.319
<v Speaker 3>two years ago, and then he called me for this

0:35:06.400 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 3>one that we shot in London. So funny you talk

0:35:09.920 --> 0:35:13.080
<v Speaker 3>about love, Actually we shot ours in London, so you're

0:35:13.080 --> 0:35:17.840
<v Speaker 3>not really used to seeing, you know, these holiday movies

0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:21.359
<v Speaker 3>on Lifetime, et cetera, where they're set in London. There's

0:35:21.400 --> 0:35:24.279
<v Speaker 3>I think only two Christmas movies set there. So you're

0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:27.799
<v Speaker 3>going to get the most amazing British feels, the accents,

0:35:27.960 --> 0:35:28.720
<v Speaker 3>the charm.

0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:30.839
<v Speaker 1>Are you British in it? Do you have to have

0:35:30.960 --> 0:35:31.760
<v Speaker 1>put on the absent?

0:35:32.040 --> 0:35:33.840
<v Speaker 3>No, thank god, because that would take a little bit

0:35:33.880 --> 0:35:38.399
<v Speaker 3>of work because my accent ain't great. But but I've

0:35:38.400 --> 0:35:41.399
<v Speaker 3>worked on it the whole time there. But I play

0:35:41.440 --> 0:35:45.759
<v Speaker 3>an architect, like a New York City architect who, unknownst

0:35:45.760 --> 0:35:48.040
<v Speaker 3>to her had this great aunt that left her a

0:35:48.120 --> 0:35:52.000
<v Speaker 3>manner and she has one week she has to spend

0:35:52.040 --> 0:35:54.160
<v Speaker 3>there before she can make the decision of keeping it

0:35:54.280 --> 0:35:56.360
<v Speaker 3>or getting rid of it. And she's like, you know,

0:35:56.400 --> 0:35:58.799
<v Speaker 3>the super type A, it's all about her career. She

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:02.200
<v Speaker 3>shows up there, she sees a whole other lifestyle, you know,

0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:06.839
<v Speaker 3>a life where like community and events and you know, Christmas,

0:36:06.880 --> 0:36:09.719
<v Speaker 3>you know, Carol of the Bell, events and stuff are

0:36:09.840 --> 0:36:12.560
<v Speaker 3>the main focus. And she ends up falling in love

0:36:13.800 --> 0:36:17.080
<v Speaker 3>and sees a whole other path for life. And I

0:36:17.120 --> 0:36:21.479
<v Speaker 3>feel like a lot of us need to to kind

0:36:21.480 --> 0:36:25.120
<v Speaker 3>of see it for a few reasons. One like, listen,

0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:28.040
<v Speaker 3>we love holiday movies, and this one I think will

0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:32.200
<v Speaker 3>make you have all the holiday feels. And I know

0:36:32.320 --> 0:36:34.520
<v Speaker 3>for me, with everything that we've gone through, these have

0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:37.239
<v Speaker 3>been great escapes. And there are hard times out there.

0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:39.920
<v Speaker 3>People are really suffering, and that's why we love watching these.

0:36:40.440 --> 0:36:42.360
<v Speaker 3>But the other thing is is like for all of

0:36:42.400 --> 0:36:45.960
<v Speaker 3>us kind of type A high function and independence, some kidding,

0:36:46.080 --> 0:36:51.920
<v Speaker 3>all of us Type A women who kind of sometimes

0:36:51.960 --> 0:36:54.759
<v Speaker 3>forget that there's other things that matter other than just

0:36:54.840 --> 0:36:58.520
<v Speaker 3>business and making it and succeeding and buying more things.

0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:00.000
<v Speaker 2>Like are you listening to us.

0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:04.480
<v Speaker 1>We need us in particular, need to be hearing this. Yes, yes,

0:37:06.719 --> 0:37:08.600
<v Speaker 1>I know, but it's just it's so true because it's

0:37:08.640 --> 0:37:12.560
<v Speaker 1>so easy, especially in we were in reality television and

0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:15.000
<v Speaker 1>you forget all of a sudden, you're so caught up

0:37:15.160 --> 0:37:19.160
<v Speaker 1>in that world and all you know you need to

0:37:19.160 --> 0:37:21.480
<v Speaker 1>be reminded. But please, I'm sorry, go on.

0:37:21.719 --> 0:37:24.799
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. No, life is about more than that. And the

0:37:24.880 --> 0:37:31.120
<v Speaker 3>problem is is we've been born and bred into like achieved, succeed,

0:37:31.160 --> 0:37:33.520
<v Speaker 3>get good grades, get a huge job, make a lot

0:37:33.600 --> 0:37:38.120
<v Speaker 3>of money, and then maybe marriage and kids. Never health,

0:37:39.400 --> 0:37:44.799
<v Speaker 3>but everything's always an aside to money and success that's

0:37:44.880 --> 0:37:48.640
<v Speaker 3>always first. And so the great gift I think I've

0:37:48.680 --> 0:37:53.040
<v Speaker 3>gotten from all of the health crises is that there's

0:37:53.080 --> 0:37:55.880
<v Speaker 3>so much more to life. And I've been working actively

0:37:55.880 --> 0:37:59.080
<v Speaker 3>in the last seven years on redefining success from myself,

0:37:59.440 --> 0:38:03.600
<v Speaker 3>because we also define success by other people's standards, and

0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:07.360
<v Speaker 3>I caught myself doing that. I was chasing the people

0:38:07.360 --> 0:38:09.520
<v Speaker 3>who were working twenty four to seven and like all

0:38:09.520 --> 0:38:11.280
<v Speaker 3>this stuff, and I'm like, wait, this is so against

0:38:11.280 --> 0:38:15.680
<v Speaker 3>my nature. I don't care. Kevin's been trying to put

0:38:15.960 --> 0:38:18.320
<v Speaker 3>shows together with my name on it. This and that

0:38:18.480 --> 0:38:22.120
<v Speaker 3>I don't care. I just want to be happy. I

0:38:22.160 --> 0:38:24.640
<v Speaker 3>want to live. I want to cook something in my

0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:26.800
<v Speaker 3>kitchen with my family. I want to be present for

0:38:26.960 --> 0:38:31.759
<v Speaker 3>my baby. I want to work as little as possible,

0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:37.560
<v Speaker 3>but maintain as much as I can what I have now.

0:38:37.800 --> 0:38:41.000
<v Speaker 3>I don't need more. Like I remember meeting with a

0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:43.960
<v Speaker 3>friend who was, you know, really successful in business, Murray folio.

0:38:44.080 --> 0:38:47.319
<v Speaker 3>She's a business teacher, and we were talking about kind

0:38:47.320 --> 0:38:49.160
<v Speaker 3>of my next phase in life. This was two years ago,

0:38:49.280 --> 0:38:50.600
<v Speaker 3>and she's like, how much money do you want to

0:38:50.840 --> 0:38:52.759
<v Speaker 3>kind I'm like, I give her a number. It was

0:38:52.800 --> 0:38:55.840
<v Speaker 3>so low, and she goes, what I go, I don't care.

0:38:56.560 --> 0:38:59.839
<v Speaker 3>I just need to be healthy. That's all that matter.

0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:03.600
<v Speaker 3>But we don't ever realize it until shit hits the fans.

0:39:03.600 --> 0:39:06.520
<v Speaker 3>So I'm always I think that now more than ever,

0:39:06.600 --> 0:39:08.799
<v Speaker 3>and the millennials are doing this, the gen zers are

0:39:08.840 --> 0:39:11.440
<v Speaker 3>doing this. They're looking at our generation like we were

0:39:11.480 --> 0:39:15.440
<v Speaker 3>crazy people, workaholics, and they're going the other way. But

0:39:15.440 --> 0:39:17.440
<v Speaker 3>there's a happy medium, right.

0:39:17.480 --> 0:39:19.560
<v Speaker 2>They're getting a lot of slack for that too. They're

0:39:19.600 --> 0:39:23.560
<v Speaker 2>called a very lazy generation, a very like coddles. Well,

0:39:23.600 --> 0:39:25.080
<v Speaker 2>I think there is a happy medium.

0:39:25.160 --> 0:39:29.200
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, Like we don't need to be chasing a

0:39:29.280 --> 0:39:31.319
<v Speaker 3>life that we didn't even want. And I think that

0:39:31.400 --> 0:39:33.480
<v Speaker 3>a lot of us chase a life we don't even want.

0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:38.640
<v Speaker 3>We're not really happy, We're like snappy and short and miserable.

0:39:38.760 --> 0:39:43.200
<v Speaker 3>I know, I remember, and it's not worth it.

0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:44.960
<v Speaker 2>It's just I mean, can you just change that by

0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:46.960
<v Speaker 2>changing your mindset? Because I think I have a little

0:39:46.960 --> 0:39:50.319
<v Speaker 2>of that, Like I want things so that I mean,

0:39:51.120 --> 0:39:54.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm not super in tune to what I want. I

0:39:54.719 --> 0:39:56.600
<v Speaker 2>sometimes I know that I want things that I don't

0:39:56.760 --> 0:39:58.920
<v Speaker 2>really deep down want, but I want other people to

0:39:58.960 --> 0:39:59.719
<v Speaker 2>see me doing them.

0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:03.439
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, And I think that it really comes down

0:40:03.480 --> 0:40:05.920
<v Speaker 3>to you having like some time with yourself to be like,

0:40:05.960 --> 0:40:08.800
<v Speaker 3>what do I really want? What do I not want?

0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:12.960
<v Speaker 3>And how do I now get time with myself to

0:40:13.040 --> 0:40:16.520
<v Speaker 3>be more introspective? Like meditation has changed everything for me.

0:40:17.760 --> 0:40:21.200
<v Speaker 3>I'm not currently meditating the way I was. I'm about

0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:23.120
<v Speaker 3>to get back on track because we've been doing so

0:40:23.239 --> 0:40:27.000
<v Speaker 3>much here. But but I'll tell you like it, it

0:40:27.120 --> 0:40:31.279
<v Speaker 3>really is important to find the things that are going

0:40:31.360 --> 0:40:33.960
<v Speaker 3>to give you joy and happiness that don't cost anything.

0:40:34.840 --> 0:40:38.319
<v Speaker 3>Making that list and then realizing, well, like all these

0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:41.000
<v Speaker 3>things that I'm focusing my energy and attention on are

0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:42.920
<v Speaker 3>taking away from the things I really want. I really

0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:44.759
<v Speaker 3>want time with my family. I don't want to be

0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:47.239
<v Speaker 3>on my phone all the time. I want to be

0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:50.799
<v Speaker 3>able to go, you know, on fun adventures with my

0:40:51.040 --> 0:40:54.000
<v Speaker 3>with my kids, or with my friends. Or I don't

0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:55.479
<v Speaker 3>really care about the stupid new.

0:40:55.480 --> 0:40:57.240
<v Speaker 2>Chanelle bag like Ammen's sister.

0:40:57.480 --> 0:40:59.839
<v Speaker 3>I don't want to be robbed, so I don't buy

0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:02.759
<v Speaker 3>this stuff. I'm like at this point, like you're just

0:41:02.760 --> 0:41:06.799
<v Speaker 3>a target anyway, Like, let's let's put that into just

0:41:06.920 --> 0:41:10.680
<v Speaker 3>not having to work more so, less less of that stuff,

0:41:11.000 --> 0:41:11.640
<v Speaker 3>more peace.

0:41:12.440 --> 0:41:13.799
<v Speaker 2>If you ever want a new job, you could be

0:41:13.840 --> 0:41:15.600
<v Speaker 2>my life coach. Do you write?

0:41:15.640 --> 0:41:17.480
<v Speaker 1>Are you writing a book? I mean, I know you've

0:41:17.480 --> 0:41:19.120
<v Speaker 1>done enough and I shouldn't be pressuring you.

0:41:19.160 --> 0:41:21.680
<v Speaker 2>But you've written a book? You have.

0:41:22.320 --> 0:41:26.480
<v Speaker 3>I've written a few books, but but that was in

0:41:26.520 --> 0:41:28.319
<v Speaker 3>my crazy stage. You know, it's been really hard. I

0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:31.319
<v Speaker 3>had a book deal just before COVID didn't feel right,

0:41:31.400 --> 0:41:35.400
<v Speaker 3>so I passed. I do have a few in me,

0:41:37.160 --> 0:41:39.399
<v Speaker 3>but I really just want to be with Athena, and

0:41:39.480 --> 0:41:41.920
<v Speaker 3>so it's going to take a while before I have

0:41:41.920 --> 0:41:43.960
<v Speaker 3>a documentary. I've been in the middle of I'm like,

0:41:44.440 --> 0:41:46.840
<v Speaker 3>everything's just going to take a backseat to my health

0:41:46.920 --> 0:41:49.359
<v Speaker 3>and my baby, So you don't need.

0:41:49.280 --> 0:41:51.080
<v Speaker 1>To actually give us what we want them, because I've

0:41:51.080 --> 0:41:52.359
<v Speaker 1>got a list of things from.

0:41:52.280 --> 0:41:55.719
<v Speaker 3>You, I will tell you. Funny enough, I was just

0:41:55.800 --> 0:41:59.279
<v Speaker 3>on a meeting with one of my team members and

0:41:59.320 --> 0:42:01.279
<v Speaker 3>I was like, listen, and I finally think I have

0:42:01.360 --> 0:42:04.200
<v Speaker 3>the energy to put some things forward that I've wanted

0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:07.080
<v Speaker 3>to do, and I almost did last year, but then

0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:11.960
<v Speaker 3>the pancreast tumor derailed me. But one of my dreams

0:42:12.040 --> 0:42:16.799
<v Speaker 3>is to put health retreats together and take people on

0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:20.480
<v Speaker 3>this journey so that if you want to be healthier,

0:42:20.719 --> 0:42:23.880
<v Speaker 3>you'll learn the foundational health things that you need to learn.

0:42:24.280 --> 0:42:26.799
<v Speaker 3>But if you need to heal from something, we can

0:42:26.840 --> 0:42:29.280
<v Speaker 3>also teach you how to do that. I've also already

0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:33.000
<v Speaker 3>guinea piged myself. I've proven that the stuff works, and

0:42:33.040 --> 0:42:36.960
<v Speaker 3>doctor Allison, my partner, is the genius of all geniuses.

0:42:37.640 --> 0:42:42.680
<v Speaker 3>And then I want to also put a course together

0:42:42.719 --> 0:42:44.719
<v Speaker 3>for women to be able to do exactly what you

0:42:44.760 --> 0:42:49.360
<v Speaker 3>were just asking, figure out what you really want. I

0:42:49.400 --> 0:42:53.560
<v Speaker 3>got this weird downloading COVID and it was like coming

0:42:53.640 --> 0:42:57.200
<v Speaker 3>through so fast and I'm writing everything down, writing everything down,

0:42:57.239 --> 0:43:00.239
<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I need this and then I go me

0:43:00.360 --> 0:43:02.400
<v Speaker 3>this shit. So I was just on the phone with that.

0:43:02.480 --> 0:43:04.279
<v Speaker 3>I was like, if we can make this easy and

0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:06.160
<v Speaker 3>I can film this and it's a course and people

0:43:06.200 --> 0:43:08.000
<v Speaker 3>can just grab it and use it and do it,

0:43:08.440 --> 0:43:10.520
<v Speaker 3>I'm in. So I'm working on.

0:43:11.040 --> 0:43:13.440
<v Speaker 1>Going to pat those together. Jen and I want to

0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:14.640
<v Speaker 1>be deposit now.

0:43:14.920 --> 0:43:17.719
<v Speaker 2>Just tell us what's your bed And I am so

0:43:17.800 --> 0:43:19.680
<v Speaker 2>excited to see your holiday movie.

0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:21.719
<v Speaker 3>You can go to my Instagram and you'll find it

0:43:22.600 --> 0:43:25.799
<v Speaker 3>Christmas at Plumb Hill Manner. And then my podcast is

0:43:25.840 --> 0:43:27.839
<v Speaker 3>He'll Squad, so you guys can always.

0:43:27.600 --> 0:43:30.480
<v Speaker 2>Listen to them as well be listening.

0:43:30.520 --> 0:43:33.360
<v Speaker 1>And I hope that I don't know, I feel so

0:43:33.600 --> 0:43:35.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to put you on this weird pedestal

0:43:35.640 --> 0:43:37.080
<v Speaker 1>and if people do that a lot, and I don't

0:43:37.080 --> 0:43:38.520
<v Speaker 1>know if you would like that or not, but I'm

0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:41.399
<v Speaker 1>just I know, Jackie, we both are just in. Yeah,

0:43:41.520 --> 0:43:43.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's like we're all humans, we all struggle.

0:43:44.000 --> 0:43:47.920
<v Speaker 2>Nobody's I feel very much like my priorities get reset

0:43:47.960 --> 0:43:49.799
<v Speaker 2>when I meet someone like you and I listened to

0:43:49.840 --> 0:43:52.839
<v Speaker 2>you and you're very guyased. Yeah, and it's really been

0:43:52.880 --> 0:43:53.759
<v Speaker 2>an honor to speak to you.

0:43:53.880 --> 0:43:56.520
<v Speaker 3>Thank you guys, thank you so much. And if I

0:43:56.560 --> 0:44:00.320
<v Speaker 3>can be helpful with your daughter with Type one. I

0:44:00.440 --> 0:44:02.879
<v Speaker 3>learned to look at the equator, my blood sugar, you're

0:44:02.880 --> 0:44:05.560
<v Speaker 3>going down. It was crazy, really, Oh my god. I

0:44:05.600 --> 0:44:08.640
<v Speaker 3>was like lighting bread without having to take insulin. People

0:44:08.800 --> 0:44:13.440
<v Speaker 3>heal from diabetes at the equator, people heal from MS Parkinson's.

0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:14.879
<v Speaker 3>It's unbelievable.

0:44:15.000 --> 0:44:16.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know anything about this.

0:44:16.680 --> 0:44:17.160
<v Speaker 3>That's amazing.

0:44:17.400 --> 0:44:20.200
<v Speaker 1>If you wouldn't mind, then off camera we're gonna have

0:44:20.239 --> 0:44:22.440
<v Speaker 1>to have a little discussion because I would love to know.

0:44:22.640 --> 0:44:26.560
<v Speaker 3>Well. Also, if you go to heel squad dot com,

0:44:26.719 --> 0:44:31.160
<v Speaker 3>I took because Apple Podcasts doesn't organize the episodes that also,

0:44:31.160 --> 0:44:33.399
<v Speaker 3>you can't really find what you need easily when you've

0:44:33.440 --> 0:44:35.920
<v Speaker 3>done as many episodes as I have. But there's a

0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:39.359
<v Speaker 3>column called foundational Health. There's one for autoimmune, there's one

0:44:39.360 --> 0:44:42.880
<v Speaker 3>for cancer. Foundational Health. All those episodes will teach you

0:44:43.000 --> 0:44:45.879
<v Speaker 3>everything that I did to heal the liver lesions and

0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:49.440
<v Speaker 3>everything about the equator and how powerful it is. So

0:44:49.520 --> 0:44:52.200
<v Speaker 3>you can deep dive on the episodes that are connected

0:44:52.200 --> 0:44:56.719
<v Speaker 3>to specifically those themes on heel Squad dot com. They're

0:44:56.719 --> 0:44:57.200
<v Speaker 3>called healthy.

0:44:57.719 --> 0:45:02.879
<v Speaker 2>I think amazing. I was working. Yeah, thank you so much.

0:45:03.120 --> 0:45:09.600
<v Speaker 2>Wish know only good things and everything and happy holidays,

0:45:09.600 --> 0:45:14.040
<v Speaker 2>and I can't wait to watch Thanks Maria, Thank you Maria.

0:45:15.320 --> 0:45:18.759
<v Speaker 1>That was unbelievable. I feel like so freaked out and

0:45:19.000 --> 0:45:20.560
<v Speaker 1>not freaked out in the best way.

0:45:20.760 --> 0:45:20.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:45:21.120 --> 0:45:23.560
<v Speaker 1>I like to see this woman who is again, you're

0:45:23.600 --> 0:45:25.879
<v Speaker 1>probably the same age, right, I think she's a little

0:45:25.920 --> 0:45:28.040
<v Speaker 1>bit younger. She looks so young and well.

0:45:28.040 --> 0:45:34.880
<v Speaker 2>Her mindset is fucking amazing. I it makes me feel

0:45:35.200 --> 0:45:38.720
<v Speaker 2>nervous because I don't pay attention to my health nearly

0:45:38.760 --> 0:45:39.160
<v Speaker 2>as much.

0:45:39.320 --> 0:45:42.440
<v Speaker 1>When she said she did that scan, I forget. I

0:45:42.480 --> 0:45:45.080
<v Speaker 1>almost don't want to know. I'm very nervous. I know

0:45:45.120 --> 0:45:50.319
<v Speaker 1>everyone else, but anyway she is and inspiration doesn't seem

0:45:50.360 --> 0:45:51.280
<v Speaker 1>like I know.

0:45:51.400 --> 0:45:53.400
<v Speaker 2>It's amazing. I want to have that guy on. To

0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:56.880
<v Speaker 2>know yourself so well that someone could tell you that

0:45:56.920 --> 0:45:58.879
<v Speaker 2>you might have. If someone ever said the words liver

0:45:58.960 --> 0:46:01.640
<v Speaker 2>cancer to me, I would black out, and then my

0:46:01.880 --> 0:46:04.920
<v Speaker 2>entire life, every focus of every second of every day

0:46:04.960 --> 0:46:06.040
<v Speaker 2>would be about whether or not I.

0:46:06.040 --> 0:46:06.720
<v Speaker 1>Have liver cancer.

0:46:06.880 --> 0:46:09.800
<v Speaker 2>For her to intuitively know that it just doesn't feel

0:46:09.800 --> 0:46:13.440
<v Speaker 2>like I have that is fucking mind blowing into me.

0:46:13.840 --> 0:46:15.400
<v Speaker 2>How do you know yourself so well? I don't know.

0:46:16.280 --> 0:46:18.480
<v Speaker 1>You know, Jack, I'm a reaching hypochondriac, so I always

0:46:18.520 --> 0:46:21.800
<v Speaker 1>think I have everything, but I don't know. This woman

0:46:22.040 --> 0:46:28.320
<v Speaker 1>is amazing. I am definitely gonna watch her and Jackie Jacqueline.

0:46:28.320 --> 0:46:30.479
<v Speaker 1>Who's on Jackie Jackie? I know you got the name

0:46:31.040 --> 0:46:33.640
<v Speaker 1>of the new doctor that we want on the pod,

0:46:33.680 --> 0:46:35.160
<v Speaker 1>doctor Joe Dispensa.

0:46:35.440 --> 0:46:37.239
<v Speaker 2>I would love that game. I need to learn how

0:46:37.280 --> 0:46:40.319
<v Speaker 2>to do the things in life that I really authentically

0:46:40.360 --> 0:46:43.239
<v Speaker 2>want to do, which a lot of them. Listen, some

0:46:43.239 --> 0:46:44.640
<v Speaker 2>of the stuff I'm doing I do want to do,

0:46:44.680 --> 0:46:47.560
<v Speaker 2>and I love every second with my family. Career wise,

0:46:47.760 --> 0:46:51.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm not so sure what I really authentically want.

0:46:51.360 --> 0:46:53.600
<v Speaker 1>It so easy, we both struggle, we both have mental

0:46:53.640 --> 0:46:57.680
<v Speaker 1>health struggles. Yeah, and so yeah, nothing is easy. Everything

0:46:57.920 --> 0:47:00.920
<v Speaker 1>is a journey. But yeah, I mean, I hope a

0:47:00.960 --> 0:47:02.000
<v Speaker 1>ton of people listen to this.

0:47:02.320 --> 0:47:07.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, me too, me too. All right, guys on that note,

0:47:07.440 --> 0:47:10.359
<v Speaker 2>all right, we will see you next time.

0:47:10.800 --> 0:47:21.480
<v Speaker 1>I love you, guys. You jack Let me go you guys. Bye.

0:47:14.880 --> 0:47:15.000
<v Speaker 3>By