WEBVTT - Checking In w/ Dr. Robert Singleton, II 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.000 Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:20.239 iHeartRadio and The Black Effect. Hey, y'all, what's going on? 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:22.960 You know, there are just some people that you see 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.640 on social media and they just have an amazing bright 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:32.560 light about them. And sometimes they go unknown to people 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.880 because maybe they they're not the singer that's got the 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.199 you know, the top five charting hit, you know what 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.920 I'm saying, Or maybe they don't have a new movie 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:47.120 coming out in theaters that's this blockbuster special. But they 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:51.000 are making impact in their own communities or in their 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.680 industry that they work in. And so we found someone 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.960 by the name of doctor Rob Singleton, and I just 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:01.040 became just so inspired by the things that he was posting. 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.680 And one day he posted about how you know, children 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.319 need eight hugs a day, and I was like, oh 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.399 my gosh to hear him talk about that. Normally you 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:10.639 only hear that in the space of like mental health, 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:14.399 but for someone you know like him, I was like, Okay. 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:16.520 So I became more and more interested about him and 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.759 just about his life, his wife's life, whom I'm excited 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:24.880 about having come on the show, and you know, listen, 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.600 I just I just really love when people are doing 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:33.520 their thing in their industry. So I'm excited to welcome 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:39.160 doctor Rob Singleton. He is an anesthesiologist and advocate for 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:43.360 evidence based health information, a father and a husband, and 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.919 so you know we're gonna be talking about so much. 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.880 We even talk about the controversy a little bit about 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:55.560 ozembic and how does a busy person make sure that 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:59.640 they just keep ut first and in the center of 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.240 every thing that they're doing, or just just your life. 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.200 How do you find time to meditate? How do you 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.040 find time to read your Bible? How do you find 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.640 time to work out? How do you find time? Just 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:12.920 everybody is so busy. So I'm excited to welcome doctor 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:19.239 Rob Singleton. Everybody, y'all know how excited I get when 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:23.920 I talk to two smart people, thriving people, people that 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:29.000 are making impact and making such a difference in this world. 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:34.680 I saw a video on Instagram from a doctor not 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:38.080 like he was a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or a therapist, 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:43.160 licensed clinical social worker, a doctor in different practices. Just 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:47.240 stay with me, I'm gonna get there. An anesthesiologist, uh, 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:53.520 anesthesiology physician, but anesthesiologist to make it right? Am I am? 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:59.480 I am I so board certified an a caesiologist and 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.760 he's folks meet eight hugs a day or children meet 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:06.080 eight hugs a day. And I thought it so profound 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:10.680 to hear that coming from him, an anesthesiologist, and I 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.000 could not wait to talk to him because that is 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.240 my field as far as the field of mental health 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.440 and people feeling great, and I could not wait to 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:22.880 have him on here, y'all. He is Illinois based, board 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:28.720 certified physician. Specialty is anesthesiology, which I've had before, and 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:32.799 I don't remember my life prior to or after I 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:37.520 was told, y'all, doctor Robert Singleton the second is checking 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:38.720 in with us today. 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.760 Thank you so much for that introduction. Thank you for 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.640 having me. I'm a huge fan of yours, and I 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:48.200 thank you for the opportunity just to talk about, you know, 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.280 some of the things that God has on my heart 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.800 and to have this conversation with you. Wow. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:04:00.720 So listen, y'all. His background. I saw Peoria, Illinois. I 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.280 saw where you graduated college from, and I was like, so, 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:06.840 my memories of Peoria is partying. 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:13.520 Yeah. So I finished my training, I went to well first, 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.479 I'm from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and so I went to 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:20.440 Louisiana State University for college. Then I went to Howard 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:24.240 University in Washington, d C. For medical school Howard University, 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.920 and then I did my anesthesia training at the University 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.680 of Arkansas. We wanted to get back closer to Chicago 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:37.680 because my wife is from Chicago. So we got close 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:41.520 to Chicago in Peoria, Illinois, which is about two and 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:45.279 a half hours away. We were there for five years 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.880 or so, but we wanted to get back, you know, 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.039 even closer because her parents are here in Chicago. We 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.359 have a lot of family here. But Peoria, you know, 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:59.120 it was a very small city. We were able to 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:03.520 grow p Acson. Only my wife advanced career wise there. 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:15.000 And so I'm a schedule heartening to amazing attorney, this 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:16.440 power couple. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.680 Thank you so much, Thank you so much. She is 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.760 she's ten times smarter than I am. I'm so proud 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.800 of her. She is the chief compliance officer at the 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:32.320 University of Illinois and just so intelligent. I'm so proud 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:36.120 of her. But but yeah, we moved to the We're 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.880 not in downtown, we're not in the city of Chicago. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.279 We are in the south suburbs. But you know, I 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:49.640 love my job safety reasons, but you know, we have 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.680 our kids, love their schools, we love our neighborhood, we 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.440 love our jobs, and so we are so happy to 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.279 be in the Chicago Land area. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:04.400 I am so excited to hear that the very very 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:06.680 first house I ever bought was in the South suburb 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.360 of Chicago. I'm from Rockford, Illinois originally. 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.800 Okay, okay, my brother. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.520 Still he lives downtown Chicago and family is still in 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.279 that rock For area. I went to school in Illinois 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.280 State and some of the parties kind of took us 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:27.359 down the highway to Peoria every now and there was 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:31.680 a nice church that we shipped with from time to time. 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:34.919 I don't know if it was City of Hope. Hope 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.640 was in the name. Bishop Hail Dawson was the pastor. 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.000 So I don't want to I'm not gonna bring y'all 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.560 any shame because I was. I was a good girl. 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.040 But I did go to some of the parties. Yeah, man, 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:50.839 and look what God has done. He has a seated 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:52.000 in heavenly. 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:55.400 Praise God, Praise God. 0:06:55.640 --> 0:07:00.080 Everybody has a story. Everybody has a story. So this 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:05.440 interview can go so many ways. You are a literal 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:11.200 practicing physician. Yes, but we I think what I like 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:15.280 is we get to see you as a father, someone's husband, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.600 I'm sure, a son. Do you have any siblings? 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:19.440 I have a younger brother. 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.960 Okay, so as a brother and being so we think 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:28.360 that you're just a doctor, but you're human too, who 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.280 is also like killing it as a content creator? 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:32.400 Thank you? 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:37.440 Okay, tell us about that journey. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:41.760 You know, when I first I started on Instagram shortly 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:46.240 after the pandemic, and I at first just kind of 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:50.200 posted about my family birthday parties, we love to travel. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.480 I kind of just posted personal things. But as you recalled, 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:56.920 during the pandemic, there were so many conspiracy theories about 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.640 the virus and the vaccine, and it was so crazy, 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:03.360 and I felt like it was my responsibility because so 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:07.120 many people trusted me. I felt like it was my 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:12.800 responsibility to spread reliable health information. You know, many times 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:17.440 people they don't know what sources to trust, and so 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:21.080 if they can, you know, find me a black physician. 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:25.640 You know, cultural competency, it, I think can make an 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:30.200 impact on their health decisions and which what type of 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:36.320 medical information they choose. So I started posting more. Thank you. 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:41.559 I posted more, more health information, more about me as 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.679 a physician, and people became more interested in my journey, 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:49.200 and so I went in that direction. And then about 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:53.000 a year ago, my wife and I started back going 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.880 to church. We had not gone for two years during 0:08:55.880 --> 0:09:00.560 the pandemic, but that was an experience or both of 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:06.000 us started to become closer to God through we joined 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:08.400 the new church. So we went to the new members 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:14.280 classes and then from there, the transformation I was experiencing 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:18.800 spiritually crossed over into my social media and so I 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.880 started to post things that were inspiring to me, things 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.400 that I thought would help other people, that you know, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.440 would resonate with people, because and what I post, I 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.199 don't get too too deep. I share scriptures, but I 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.120 don't I don't get very deep. I feel like many 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.320 times people just need a little bit of encouragement just 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.320 to make it through the day, make it through the week, 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:45.559 you know. And so what I share, it's it's very simple, 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.880 but it's things that I think that you know, can 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:52.600 can help people, just to just a little bit of 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.720 encouragement and in the process, you know, share the gospel. 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.240 I was about to ask you, how do you share? 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.400 But I think I just heard a voice say he's 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:07.640 graced to share. The reason why I say that, I Well, 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.040 the reason why I believe that just got the revelation 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:15.600 is because your job is a heavy job. You probably 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:20.760 need the encouragement the strength because what you do, like 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:26.600 you got to like know, like the person's wait, every 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:31.120 single medical condition, if they've had surgery in the past, y'all, 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:32.960 let me tell you if you've never if you've had 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:37.480 anesthesiology before, whether it was a major procedure or within 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.120 patient or outpatient. You know, I know these questions that 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:44.640 they ask and it during near scares me, like I'll 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.720 just live with my condition because this is just true. 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.480 So imagine if the patient is feeling that way. You've 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.120 gone to school for this, but you have to know 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.880 every single thing about this person that you are about 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:03.280 to prepare for some time medical procedure that is going 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:04.560 to be life changing for them. 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.880 And thank you for that. Many people don't realize how 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:12.280 important our role is as anesthesia physicians. And in a 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:16.040 typical day, most days everything goes smoothly. You know, we 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.920 see our patients, we do our cases, we go home, 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.240 but every once in a while, there are emergencies. We 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.160 have massive hemorrhage, you know, bleeding where we have to 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:29.320 administer blood products and platelets and frozen plasma. We have had. 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.480 So it's more than just administering the good good that 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:33.440 puts us to sleep. 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.480 It's more than that. It's more than that we have 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.000 emergency sees. We have that see sections, we have trauma, 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:44.840 we have cold blue cardiac arrest. There's emergencies that happen 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:49.440 even in the outpatient procedures, and so it's important that 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.200 we've remain that we are vigilant, that we remain up 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:57.280 to date on the latest health information guidelines. I just 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:02.040 came from an anesthesia conference in San Francisco. Every year, 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:07.079 the American Society of Anaesthesiologists holds a conference and we're 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.360 able to not only network, but learn about the newest 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:14.960 trends and anesthesia and patient care. And so it's important 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:19.960 for us to remain up to date on what's going 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.080 on because it can save someone's life. 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:32.120 I'm so excited, y'all. I'm talking to Rob's second fifty three. 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:37.560 That is his Instagram profile. So if you're like me, 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.640 sometimes when a movie is going on, I'm nosy, I'll 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.840 go and research the author or more of the synopsis 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.280 of the movie or something that I'm watching. So in 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.920 case you're kind of curious about who we're talking to 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.560 right now, you can go to his Instagram at Robert 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:56.679 second fifty three. He does have a TikTok which is the. 0:12:56.679 --> 0:13:00.840 Same Yeah, so I post the same thing on most 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:05.440 of the same videos on YouTube and Instagram, same name, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:10.880 But I primarily I focused on Instagram. It's just I've 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.840 built community there and so every day I post something 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.120 new that's on my heart. That was kind of a 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:21.200 challenge that I gave myself just to every day post something. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:26.120 And so, okay, well I've got to ask this question. Yeah, 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.480 I got to ask this question. Do you get flack 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:34.920 from fellow colleagues or just people who probably like, you're 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:36.320 a doctor, you shouldn't be on here. 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:40.000 This is for kids, you know what I do not. 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:46.480 It's so funny. My my coworkers and hospital administrators are 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:51.960 so supportive. It's funny because you know, I'll get my 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.440 the different administrators will come up and say, oh, how 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.080 is your vacation, or we saw this real we saw 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:04.480 this video. They're very supportive of And whenever I went 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:08.320 to our anesthesia conference in San Francisco. You know, I 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.880 talked about it with some of my colleagues there, and 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:15.640 you know, they very happy that I was able to 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:21.280 share about my profession. Because anesthesia, I know you're familiar 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.040 with it, but many people don't realize, you know, what 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.040 we do and how important our job is. And so 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.720 it's kind of a form of advocacy, uh for for 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.800 safe anesthesia care. And so people kind of can see 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:38.200 me and know what an anesthesiologist does, and you know, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.360 so I get lots of support for my social media presence. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.880 I do have two rules that I have though. I 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:49.440 don't sing and I don't dance, so I don't do 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:57.920 those things. I feel like if I do and I sing, 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.720 I sung in the choir before, but I can't. I 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:03.960 can't sing solo. I can sing an a choir. 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:10.640 And you're not tempted to do like the latest dance trends. 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.080 On they're cool, they're cool. I do them. I do 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.080 them with my kids whenever there's no cameras, but that 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:17.800 not on camera, no one. 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.120 And stay and do you know what works for you? 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:21.880 Yeah? 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.520 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know exactly what works for you. Y'all. 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.440 Y'all got to see this microphone he has. Do you 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:28.880 have a podcast? 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:33.560 You know what I just I just started a quote 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:38.040 unquote podcast for the month of or for the new year. 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:41.680 I'm trying to read one chapter a day of the Bible, 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.600 and so I started in the Book of Matthew. So 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.640 I record a chapter and I have it recorded in 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:51.760 podcasts format. So it's just me reading the Bible. It's 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.440 not any commentary or any other content yet, but I'm 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:56.040 thinking about it. 0:15:56.840 --> 0:16:02.680 Y'all listen, Okay. So some people might think when you're 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:09.600 a doctor, you must stay just a doctor. So my uncle, 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:13.640 who is a family practice physician in Rockford, Illinois, also 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:17.920 became a pastor. Wow, and he loves to teach. I 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.880 don't know if you're like him or not, But now 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.520 that I look back and like, I asked him a 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.480 lot of questions about medicine, and I never knew if 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.560 he likes to talk about medicine. But because not only 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.800 he's a teacher, I think he enjoyed sharing the information. 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.600 Now when I go home, I don't ask me about Beyonce, 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.920 don't I don't ask me where he is, don't ask 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:45.160 me about Jay Kelly. I where are the greens and 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:45.840 the Yeah? 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.720 Yeah, just get that right for you. 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:55.600 I am just wondering you're outside of medicine, and do 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.120 you think you have to choose? 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.520 That's a good question. You know. I'm all about balance. 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:05.399 Like whenever I'm at work, I'm professional. I work, but 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.600 whenever I as soon as my scrubs come off and 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.240 I get in my car and I go home like 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:13.199 I'm I am Robert second five three, like I'm about 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:19.360 my kids, you know. I you know, like I mentioned, 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.119 it's it's it can be stressful at work, and so 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:26.280 I try to compartmentalize it, you know, whenever I come home, 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:30.400 I'm not. My wife likes to watch you know, Gray's 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.280 Anatomy and you know these medical shows. I don't want 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:33.679 to see that. 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.560 Now, do you then? Do you torture her by watching 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:38.840 all the law shows? 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.120 You know what? That's so funny. She does. She does 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.800 not watch the law show. She doesn't watch all Rise 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.040 or any of that. So, you know, I don't know, but. 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.720 The medical especially the medical shows, I'm not sure about 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.000 the law shows, Lauris. I don't know about the medicals 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.359 because family members and they be like they'll watch the 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.800 shows and be like, why is this electro? Like placed 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:01.800 in their fear load does not go Yeah. 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:04.720 Yeah, where are the consultants to tell them, you know, 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.119 how to how to do things? Yeah? 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:12.159 Right, right, right right, Okay. So the reason why I 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.400 ask you all of that is because what you're saying 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:16.800 you're doing with you know, reading the Bible and all 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.120 these kind of things. So I'm just here to encourage 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:23.520 you to go for whatever. Uh it seems like God 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:27.680 is leading you to do, you know, and this journey 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:32.600 that you're on, the fact that you're sharing it unashamedly, yes, 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.439 I mean some people find God and they get a 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:41.000 shamed I mean, you're quoting scripture, you're low key reading 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:46.679 people sometimes, you know. It's so it's absolutely amazing. But 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.199 I want to go back to the video that you 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:51.280 made about eight hugs a day. Again, that's how I 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:54.840 found you and what I like. You are an advocate 0:18:55.000 --> 0:19:00.280 for evidence based health information. Yes, I heard it was 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:05.000 ten hugs a day, eighth days the same, but because 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.080 some people don't get any hugs a day. 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:11.200 Yes, yeah, you know. It's so funny. That post has 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.199 like thousands of comments. I haven't read them all, but 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.040 every once in a while I'll see a comment and 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:21.639 somebody yeah, you're right, You're right. But every once in 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:24.120 a while I'll see a comment and somebody will say, 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:26.439 you know, I should be dead right now, Like I 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.840 haven't gotten a hug all year, and it's like, wow, 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.280 A lot of times I take for granted all the 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:34.320 hugs that I get from my kids and you know, 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.439 my wife, and there are people out there, you know, 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:41.439 even though we are so connected through social media. You 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:45.120 can see your old classmates and your neighbors. We're so connected, 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:49.080 but how much of the time do we actually get 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:54.800 to see people, to enter to interface with people, you know, 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:58.320 And so we have to not forget that we really 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:02.360 we as humans need and we're wired for social interaction. 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:04.440 And so that kind of was the point of that 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:07.960 of that video, that you know, we have to make 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:11.560 sure that we are still socializing, that we're still you know, 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:15.040 being kind to each other, that we are you know, 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:19.000 not taking out our physical needs for being around other 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:19.880 people for granted. 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:23.879 M that's so good, that's so good. People are Well, 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:25.639 how do I how can I hug my children that 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:27.240 many times a day? I just be trying to get 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.679 them out the door to go to school. But I 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:33.760 thought I'd figure it out Okay. Hug them when you 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:37.360 wake them up in the morning. Okay, hug them when 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:40.800 they've gotten dressed, or after they've bathed and all this. 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:44.840 They breshed their tea, you know, hug them maybe you know, 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:47.280 when they're eating their food. You might just walk by 0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:51.160 and just give them a little nudge or something. That's three. 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:53.240 Yeah, yeah, get them. 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:56.320 Out the door to school. You're driving to school. You 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.080 hug them. We're tapped something when they get up. That'st for. 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:01.840 It ain't even nine am. 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:03.440 Yet, there you go. 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:08.000 Okay, okay, So you got them off to school, y'all 0:21:08.080 --> 0:21:11.000 get home from work. He's come home. 0:21:11.320 --> 0:21:11.600 Five. 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:15.119 You don'et hug them. Hey we at five? They told 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:17.680 you about their day, Dad, I didn't have a good 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:20.200 day at school today. That's the time grab them. You 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:22.439 hug them, man, I'm so sorry you didn't have a 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:26.520 good day. Six okay, okay, okay, Lucy? How can how 0:21:26.520 --> 0:21:28.720 can they? So they tell you about their day? Then 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:34.600 y'all are y'all are eating dinner? Dad, I hate Brussels sprouts, 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:38.040 little girl, you're gonna eat them Brussels sprouts. Okay, they 0:21:38.400 --> 0:21:41.360 eat the Brussels sprouts. She ate the Brussels sprouts. You 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:46.440 hunt her. That's so good, baby girl. Hate hugs. That's 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:48.040 by seven o'clock at night. 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:51.160 Yeah, I don't hugged. 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:55.119 That's that's seven things, eight hugs. So at seven o'clock 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:58.840 at night, then you're telling them it's time to go 0:21:58.880 --> 0:22:02.480 to bed. I don't want to go to bed. Man 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:04.720 you and come here and get your tail in that bed. 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:07.600 You drop them up a little bit. Do the little hugs. 0:22:09.000 --> 0:22:11.640 That's bad hugs. Then you'd be like, you know, before 0:22:11.640 --> 0:22:13.760 you go to bed, let's say our little prayers or something, 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:17.120 or do you a little bathing or whatever you gonna y'all, y'all, 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:18.240 that's ten hugs. 0:22:18.480 --> 0:22:21.080 That's ten hugs. There you go. And it's so funny. 0:22:21.200 --> 0:22:22.920 My daughter, Hey, I could have stopped that. 0:22:22.960 --> 0:22:26.760 Eight you could have stopped date. My daughter actually tells 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:28.560 me at the end of the day how many hugs 0:22:28.560 --> 0:22:31.480 she's gotten, and so I try to make up for it. Yeah, 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.560 it's it's so cute. It's the cutest thing ever. She'll say, 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:36.680 I got six hugs today. So when I get home 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:38.639 from work, I'm like, okay, we're gonna get you those 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:41.760 your other two hugs to get you eight hugs, and 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:44.560 you know, I hugged my daughter. I hugged my son too. 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:47.920 We're very affectionate in our house, and so I try 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:51.440 to make sure that you know they know that I 0:22:51.480 --> 0:22:54.760 love them. You know, we say I love you. You know, 0:22:54.920 --> 0:22:57.960 kids need that and everybody needs that, even we as adults, 0:22:58.000 --> 0:23:00.560 you know, need to know that we're love and to 0:23:00.640 --> 0:23:01.639 fill that warmth. 0:23:02.400 --> 0:23:06.800 That's so good because I'm told or or through therapists 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:09.439 and just looking at things like people that work in 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:16.040 the medical book, doctors, attorneys and police officers can are 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:21.440 not affectionate. They can't be affectionate because lots of times 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:23.200 you're delivering bad news. 0:23:23.640 --> 0:23:26.800 That's true, Yeah, you know what I mean. 0:23:27.080 --> 0:23:28.960 And so for you to still be like, I gotta 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:31.320 go home, I got a Huggies kids, I gotta hug 0:23:31.400 --> 0:23:33.920 my wife, I gotta rub her feet. I don't even 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:36.639 like fee look at me trying to be all in 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:37.160 your head. 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:39.760 I'm not sure, but but but. 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:43.280 Thank you for stating that. And it's real. I grew up. 0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:46.520 My mother did that, Like we would try to bummerish 0:23:46.520 --> 0:23:49.240 her with hugs and she just did not like hugs. 0:23:49.480 --> 0:23:52.239 You know what I mean. I can give hugs, but 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:54.520 sometimes receiver hugs. I'd be like, I'll do a little 0:23:54.600 --> 0:24:00.680 church thing where you yeah, or if you're in my real, 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:03.600 real core. But you just never know what physical touch 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:10.960 can do to someone. How do you feel that a 0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:17.080 busy person can incorporate the habit of incorporating God into 0:24:17.119 --> 0:24:18.000