1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Rashan McDonald. I host the weekly Money Making 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Conversation Masterclass show. The interviews and information that this show 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: provides are for you and everyone. It's time to stop 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: reading other people's success stories and start living your own. 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: If you want to be a guest on my show, 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: Money Making Conversation Masterclass, please visit our website, Moneymaking Conversations 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: dot com and click to be a guest button. If 8 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: you're an entrepreneur, small business owner, motivational speaker, influencer, gouid 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: a product, I. 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: Want you on my show. 11 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: My guest is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, 12 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: South Carolina, and Minnesota. With over two decades of experience 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: in the field. She is the founder of Fit Life Wellness, 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: a private mental health and wellness practice dedicated to supporting 15 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: individuals through healing. 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: Balance, and growth. 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: She is also the author of I Can I Will, 18 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: a thirty day guided journal designed to help individuals reflect, reset, 19 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: and overcome challenges such as depression, anxiety, and life transitions. 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: Please welcome to the Money Making Conversations Master Class. Monique guard Side, 21 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: How are you doing? 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: Monique? 23 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 3: Hey, great to be here. 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: How are you growing? 25 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: Up on TV. 26 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: You go to somebody's couch and you're laying down on 27 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: the sofa and somebody just talking to you. You see 28 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: on TV periodically periodically today, what is therapy and what 29 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: is fantasy? 30 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 3: Right? So, real deal therapy is not coming in laying 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 3: on the couch. It is truly coming in now. It 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: is coming in. It is being vulnerable. It's using the 33 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 3: space to unpack, to talk about things that are really 34 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 3: hard for you. Therapy is a safe space where you 35 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 3: can talk about things that you may not feel safe 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: to talk about in any other space. We're trying to 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 3: hear you, to help you navigate. That's the real part therapy. 38 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: We're doing the real work. The fantasy is you go 39 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 3: in and you're best friends with a therapists and they 40 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 3: tell you all these things about life, and you know, 41 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: it's just pretty bils and whistles, and that's not what 42 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 3: they'rep is feeling is hard work and that's the space 43 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: that I navigate. 44 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: Now, let's talk about this show is money Making Conversation, 45 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: master Class, Entrepreneurship, small business owners. People out there trying 46 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: to turn their lives around, trying to make life transitions. 47 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: Now in your thirty day course or thirty day journal. 48 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: You talk about life transitions. What exactly does that mean 49 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: When you say life transitions, it. 50 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: Could mean transitioning from corporate to entrepreneurship. You know, that 51 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 3: process of what does it mean to leave stability, safety, 52 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 3: things that you're accustomed to to the uncertainty of entrepreneurship, 53 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: and how do you help someone navigate that. That's a 54 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 3: very big life transition. You know, it could be life 55 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 3: transitions of your kids, of your family. You know, you're 56 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: you're divorced now, maybe your kids are going to college. 57 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: So it's you know, various things that happen in our lives, right, 58 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 3: There's various transitions, and then it just could be something 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 3: happening with you personally. 60 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: I'm talking to Monique Guarside. She's a licensed clinical social 61 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: worker who practices in Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, South Carolina, and Minnesota. 62 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: With over two decades of experience in the field, she 63 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: founded a company called Fit Life Wellness. Now this is 64 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: health and wellness practice. Basically, we all need this. I've 65 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: actually been involved in personal therapy because I don't know 66 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: how to shut down Monique. 67 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: I am like a. 68 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: Guy that just I'm type A with steroids attached to it. Okay, 69 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: and you know I've reached the point of my life. 70 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: I go, okay, you know you got to stop with Shaw. 71 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: How you tell me how do you stop a guy 72 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: like with Shawn McDonald through therapy. 73 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 3: That's a big question. 74 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: Help me out. That's an honest question too. 75 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: I'm not asking that to just be But I moved 76 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: the story alone because I got a problem. 77 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 3: I think the first thing is kind of looking at where, well, 78 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 3: you know, why do we need to have all these 79 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 3: things happening? And how are we prioritizing those things? So 80 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: does everything need to happen at one time? Can we 81 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 3: prioritize how you do it? I think it's just really 82 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 3: looking at what you're trying to do and what needs 83 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 3: to happen. 84 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: First, here's the thing, I time management. I'm very good 85 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: at time management. 86 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 2: Okay. 87 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: Secondly, I'm very good at getting up. I'm not a 88 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: person that hits the snooze but clock goes off. I 89 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: get up Monday through Friday, I get up at four 90 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: thirty am. 91 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 2: On the weekends, I turn off the long clock. 92 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: I get my body back from a standpoint of out 93 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: of that rhythm of just hopping up and going. So 94 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: I am smart about that now. I did say Monday 95 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: through Friday, I get up at four thirty. 96 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: Now. 97 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: If the basketball game ends at one o'clock, your boy 98 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: gonna watch it. If a Netflix series I'm binging watching 99 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: it ends it one two am, your boy gonna watch it. 100 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: Now I am, and I am going to get up 101 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: at four thirty. That's my personality. Now, when you hear 102 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: somebody talking like that, how can you help me out, Monique? 103 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: I'm very serious. 104 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: How can you stop this ignorance that has dominated my 105 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: life for over sixte years? 106 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 3: I ask you, how do you prioritize rest the things 107 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 3: that binge watching? That Netflix? Right? We need to do 108 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 3: that today? Is that necessary? And it's prioritizing If you're 109 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: still getting up at the same time, how what's the 110 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 3: quality of the rest that you're getting. If you're going 111 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 3: to bed at one am, right, how are you at 112 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 3: your best the next day? You're waking up it for 113 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 3: it if you haven't prioritized rest. 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: I don't drink coffee, I don't drink put caffeine in 115 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: my system. 116 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 2: I don't drink liquor. I'm just a weird cat like that. 117 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: But I just want to put everybody out like out 118 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: there that I Rashaan McDonald, people deem me as being successful, 119 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: got issues, and these issues should be tied to a 120 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: therapist changing some of these things. Just because I'm doing 121 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean it's right, because I'm putting some undue 122 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: stress on myself mentally and physical. Like you said, Rashan, Yeah, 123 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: you get a bet four thirty, but how you mentally? 124 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: How you functioning like about three o'clock or you fall in. 125 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: Because that's why mental health is so important and we 126 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: it seems it almost sounds gimmicky. Now I'm gonna I'm 127 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: gonna use that word right now, Monique, because just like 128 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: the word branding, just like the word entrepreneurship, it is 129 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: floated out there so much because people say it they 130 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: have mental health month, like this month is Men's Mental 131 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: Health Month. And so sometimes when you proclaim something like 132 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: that so cavicly or so casual, it lose its impact talk. 133 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 3: To us, I think, especially with social media. I mean 134 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 3: we talk about mental health. Everyone is, you know, talking 135 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 3: about it is the buzzwords. You know they're talking about, 136 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 3: you know, boundaries and balance and gas like in all 137 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 3: those things, and so everyone is jumping on and without 138 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 3: actually understanding what those words mean, what it means to 139 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 3: actually deal with some of these things, and then you know, 140 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 3: what does it mean to actually do the work. And 141 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: so when everyone wants to talk about it, everyone wants 142 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: to kind of say they have anxiety or they have ADHD, 143 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 3: but a lot of them don't know what it actually means. 144 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 3: But they also don't know what to do with it, 145 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 3: like how do you support yourself? You know, how do 146 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 3: you work through having anxiety? If you don't really get 147 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 3: connected with the right person, people who are trained to 148 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 3: do it, then it looks great, but there's no follow 149 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 3: through and then no one's actually getting real help. 150 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: Now we're talking about entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are small business owners. 151 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: What's your business? How do we in touch with you? 152 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: First of all, before I get into this met you. 153 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 3: Can find me all my social media to Fit Life 154 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: long as LLC. My website is fit Life one as LLC. 155 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 3: Or you can go to money guardside dot com where 156 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 3: you can see all my services and all of the 157 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: therapy sessions that I provide are virtual. Along with I 158 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 3: work with a mentor and provide clinical supervision for social 159 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 3: workers coming into the field. Needing to get their licensed 160 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: hours so that they can eventually practice them. 161 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: Okay, cool, First question, how do you navigate entrepreneurship or 162 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs or small business owners in this space? 163 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 3: So in this space we really talk about balance. We 164 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 3: talk about prioritizing self along the way. A lot of 165 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 3: times as entrepreneurs, when you're building your business, you're going 166 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 3: going going right, you go on full force, long days, 167 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 3: right late nights, early mornings, and in that process though, 168 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 3: you're forgetting to prioritize self because all you see is 169 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 3: I'm just trying to get here. And so what happens 170 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 3: is eventually as you get here, though you're burned out, 171 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 3: you're exhausted, your mental health might me in the right space. 172 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 3: And so it's helping them say, but you have to 173 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 3: maintain yourself and take care of you along the way, 174 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 3: And it's helping to it's helping them figure out how 175 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 3: to prioritize. But it's also like, how am I taking 176 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 3: care of myself so that again the next day I 177 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 3: am showing up or I am getting the most out 178 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 3: of the work that I'm doing. 179 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: Because as we talk about small business owners, I will 180 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: tell you this, when I worked at IBM. I knew 181 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: a year in advance that I was going to lead 182 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: my job now knowing that wasn't when I came to 183 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: the decision, that decision, I became very. 184 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 2: Emotional because I knew that that was reality. 185 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: Now a lot of people out there are listening to 186 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: this show or where Rashaan McDonald was that decision point, 187 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: are afraid to make that decision. 188 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 2: Talk to us about that. 189 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 3: I remember making that decision. I remember all the knowing 190 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 3: that it's time of transit, knowing that you need to 191 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: go create something new. But there's a lot of uncertainty 192 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: that comes from that. There's a lot of questions that 193 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 3: come up. You know, will this happen as I think 194 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 3: it should, Will I succeed? You know, will I feel 195 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 3: at this, What will happen? How long will it take 196 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 3: me to build? All the questions that come up with that. 197 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: And also, as you're standing in this space and you 198 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 3: know I'm going here to entrepreneurship I want to leave, 199 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 3: you're feeling this kind of disconnection stability, right because a 200 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 3: lot of times when we work in corporations, you know 201 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 3: that's that every two weeks or once someone you're getting 202 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 3: your check, you know, that stability is there when you 203 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: transition to entrepreneurship, there's a lot of unknown and so 204 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 3: it's really going into the space of being able to process, 205 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 3: being able to show up, but even if it's scary, 206 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 3: being able to keep pushing through it as you're trying 207 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 3: to really build and looking at like, but this is 208 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 3: my goal, this is where I want to be, and 209 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 3: so you have to fight for that space. 210 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, because there are no gain guarantees. It's an entrepreneur. 211 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: You know, for the our week job, you might have 212 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 1: to work a little over time. You know, they're telling 213 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: you to come to work at this time, they're telling 214 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: you when you can leave, they're telling you your lunch break, 215 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: they've given you an assignment. When you're an entrepreneur, you 216 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: are everything. Now here's the thing that I feel value 217 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: in this reason I have you on this call because 218 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: as an entrepreneur or a small business owner, we somewhat 219 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: are all powerful, all decision making, all kind of like godlike, 220 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: and we can't show weaknesses, we can't show mistakes. Does 221 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: it help having a person like you monique a relationship 222 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: with a therapist where you can download some of this 223 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: information to and talk to us about. 224 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 3: That is really important to get connected with the therapist 225 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 3: throughout the process because it's got to go somewhere Otherwise 226 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 3: you're carrying the weight of it, right, it begins to 227 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 3: build up. And as that build up, if you're not 228 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 3: actually having if you're not able to process the emotions 229 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 3: of thoughts, the feelings that you're having, then you internalize 230 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 3: that and it can turn into other things like feeling 231 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 3: really anxious, moving into depression, irritability because you're not able 232 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 3: to freely speak and say what you need to say. 233 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 3: Having a therapist offers that safe space for you, but 234 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 3: it also offers someone that can process things with you, 235 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 3: that can actually we're able as a therapist. I'm able 236 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 3: to see things that you may not see, right. I'm 237 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: able to hear how your day, when or how your 238 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: week is going, and say, hm, take a cause for 239 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: a minute, tell me about this, or how about we 240 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 3: implement this to help you navigate. Right, So you have 241 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 3: this kind of this person who's trained to hear things 242 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 3: differently that can offer you a different view, will offer 243 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: you some tips that can help you navigate that. 244 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 4: Please don't go anywhere, We'll be right back with more 245 00:12:52,400 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 4: money making conversations. Masterclass. Welcome back to the Money Making 246 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 4: Conversations Masterclass hosted by Rashaan McDonald. 247 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: Now there's passion, there's passion to help somebody. 248 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 2: But how did you get a. 249 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: Passion for this mental health field, this mental health area? 250 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: Because you started in our conversation social worker. Now you 251 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: dominating in the mental health field, your license in you know, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, 252 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: South Carolina, Minnesota, all of its virtual talk to us 253 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: about your personal passage passion for mental health. 254 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: So I think I've always you know, where I grew 255 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 3: up kind of knowing that I wanted to help people. 256 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 3: That was always something that was a part of me. 257 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 3: And I remember I was actually a nursing major first, 258 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: and I worked in the hospital because I worked throughout 259 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 3: by programs. But if you were looking for me, I 260 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 3: was always at the bedside and I was always trying 261 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 3: to figure out what was happening with them. So I 262 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 3: would tell the nurses, like, they can't go home where 263 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 3: they have this and they had that, and they would 264 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 3: literally like kick me out of the rooms and they're 265 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 3: like this and this is not your jobs. You're supposed 266 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 3: to be on this side. But my love for helping 267 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 3: people navigate, helping people figure it out. I think I've 268 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 3: been that way since I was a child. Having knowing 269 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: the impact of just having outside influence in my own 270 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 3: life really helped push me to the space where I knew, 271 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 3: like my gift, the way that I show up in 272 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 3: the world is by helping people, by helping them navigate, 273 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 3: by helping them with really hard moments, and just helping 274 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 3: them heal. 275 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm speaking the Monique guard Side, a licensed clinical 276 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: social worker. As I said earlier, got Georgia on Lockdown Colorado, 277 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: on Lockdown Illinois, South Carolina, Minnesota. She does a lot 278 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: of her work virtually and because of all those states, 279 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: you know, she's not traveling all those states. Private jets 280 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't even get to all those get her to all 281 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: those states. 282 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 2: But she is successful. 283 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: Now, look go to let's shift a little to your 284 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: fit life wellness exactly. What is fit NiFe, fit life, 285 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: fit life wellness and how to zoo. 286 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 3: Fit life Wellness is again my mental health and wellness practice. 287 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 3: And when I thought about that, it was you know, 288 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 3: when I came up with the name, it was truly I. 289 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 3: Prior to going into practice, I was very big and 290 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 3: the health and wellness, and what I realized was just 291 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 3: the connection of the mind body. And so in the space, 292 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 3: I wanted to provide a space where we understood how 293 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 3: the mind and the body connected and how that process 294 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 3: worked for your healing. And so when I created it, 295 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 3: I was actually working in a healthcare system and I 296 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 3: needed to create a space where I had more autonomy 297 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 3: of how I helped people. I didn't want restrictions. I 298 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 3: knew I was trained to do certain things, but I 299 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 3: also wanted a space where I had more freedom of 300 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 3: how I did it. And that is how I created 301 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 3: And I started felt like wellness was to create this 302 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 3: space where I could help people, but I had more 303 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 3: control of how I could help them and how I 304 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 3: could reach them. 305 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 2: So how do you get your customers? 306 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 3: So when I first started, like many other therapists, you know, 307 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 3: we're on platforms like psychology today, there are people black girls, 308 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 3: and so honestly it is you put your profile out 309 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 3: there and people search for you and they come, and 310 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 3: it's really that's how it works. There's kind of it's 311 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 3: hard when you talk about marketing therapy. You know it 312 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 3: can look you know, great from like a marketing standpoint, 313 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 3: but at the same time, it's a very sensitive subject 314 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 3: and so you do have to be cautious as to 315 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 3: how you're reaching out to people. But mostly I get 316 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 3: on the platforms. They can search for therapists in my 317 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 3: you know, in their area, and then they can get 318 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 3: connected with me. And that's how I built a practice. 319 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 3: That's how people started to find me. Was I got online. 320 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 3: I got on Psychology Today, and people started to come 321 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 3: people connected with my profile. 322 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 2: Cool. 323 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: Now let's slide over to the book I Can, I Will, 324 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: the thirty day guided journal designed to help endo is reflect, reset, 325 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: and overcome challenges such as depression, anxiety, and life transitions. Okay, 326 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about life transitions. 327 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 2: How are what. 328 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: Are the symptoms? When people may not be aware that 329 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: they're dealing with depression. 330 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, so depression can show up in so many ways, 331 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 3: but a lot of people just think when they hear depression, oh, 332 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 3: I don't want to do anything. But depression can be irritability. 333 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 3: You can lose interest in things that maybe once gave 334 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 3: you joy. So you begin to isolate a little bit. 335 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 3: You stop doing things that you once loved. You tend 336 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 3: to not be as motivated, and then you just really 337 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 3: start to kind of isolate, go into a shell, and 338 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 3: you don't reach out to people as much as well. 339 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 3: So people start to notice that they haven't seen you 340 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 3: for a while, they haven't talked to you, and so 341 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 3: you're kind of really going into a shell where you're 342 00:17:55,320 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 3: not dealing with anxiety. So for anxiety, anxiety can show 343 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 3: up in a lot of ways. But for people who 344 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,719 Speaker 3: feel like the physical symptoms of anxiety, it could be 345 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: like your heart racing, it could be constant worry, so 346 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 3: you're constantly thinking about something. You're kind of overwhelmed with 347 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 3: your thoughts, and so anxiety can help can make lose 348 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 3: your focus, right, so you are maybe fixating on something 349 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 3: that you're fearful about that may or may not happen, 350 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 3: but it's just you're constantly in this state of feeling 351 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 3: that fight or flight. 352 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: Wow. 353 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 1: You know when you talk about the I Can I Will? 354 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: First of all, where did that name come from? 355 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 3: Okay, so that name came from I wrote the book 356 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 3: before I wrote the name of the book. I wrote 357 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: the thirty day Journal, and I wrote that thirty day 358 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 3: journal after I wrote it the name I Can I Will. 359 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 3: I want it to be very clear and very definitely, 360 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 3: so that you can and you will, right, there's no 361 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 3: in between. There's no question it's your journey. But you 362 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 3: can and will that. You got to take ownership of 363 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 3: how you do it. 364 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 2: Okay, so self motivating? Yes, okay, cool? So how does 365 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 2: that layout? 366 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: You know, if one wants to get access or get 367 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: purchased that find out whereas that? 368 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 2: How does one get it? 369 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: But then how does that journal work if you're a 370 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: person who buys it? 371 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 3: Okay? So the journal is available on Amazon, Barnes and 372 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 3: Noble as well, and you can also get it from 373 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 3: my website. How does it work? So it's a thirty 374 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 3: day guided journal. There are weekly things and then there 375 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 3: are daily prompts. And I wrote this from if I 376 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,239 Speaker 3: was sitting with you, how would I guide you? I 377 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 3: always recommend journaling. Journal is a really good tool in therapy, 378 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 3: and I always recommend it to people, whether you're in 379 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 3: or not in therapy. But I always got so much 380 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 3: pushback from people about I don't like the journals or 381 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 3: I don't know what to do, I don't know what 382 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: to write. And after years of hearing that, I said, Okay, 383 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 3: I'm gonna sit down and I'm gonna write this, but 384 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 3: I'm gonna write this is if I'm with you. And 385 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 3: every week there's a thing, there's an affirmation, there's a 386 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 3: journal prompt, and it's really designed for you to reflect, 387 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 3: for you to I think one of the pages ask you, 388 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 3: what do you want to be different the next day. 389 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 3: I don't want you to just process today. I want 390 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 3: you to prep yourself for the next day. And it's 391 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 3: truly a guy to help your increase your awareness, increase 392 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 3: how you think about things, and then how you handle them. 393 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: In therapy, Monique, how do you stop being a prevent 394 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: yourself from being judgmental one and stereotyping situations? Two different responses, 395 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: judgmental and then stereotyping. Yes, when you're dealing with your 396 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: different sessions. 397 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 3: Okay, so how do I prevent myself to be in judgmental? 398 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 3: I think it's just that's what you're trained to do. Like, 399 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 3: this space is a safe space. I honor that space, 400 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 3: and so in that space, it's not my job to 401 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 3: judge it. It's to help you see what you need 402 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 3: to see. It's a help you process. And so I 403 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 3: always tell people when they come in, like, this is 404 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: your space. Whatever comes up comes out. This is your space. 405 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 3: And I think remembering that's the purpose of it. It's 406 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 3: not about what I need to unloade, It's about what 407 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 3: they need to umote and what I need to help 408 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 3: them process. So it's really not about me to put judgment. 409 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 3: It's about me to help them process. 410 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 2: Now. 411 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: Now, I remember when I was doing therapy. Every time 412 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: I did a session, they will always ask me, have 413 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: you ever considered hurting yourself? Have you ever considered suicide? 414 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: That was the opening every time it was opening, That 415 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: was opening statement. Is that a major concern when one 416 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: goes into therapy that it can be that extreme? 417 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 3: Absolutely, it is a question that has always especially if 418 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 3: I have a new client. Comments always at the top 419 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 3: of the intake form. And the reason why that question 420 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 3: is so important is because I need to know where 421 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 3: you are right now. I need to know if this therapy, 422 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: say space is safe enough for you, if we need 423 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 3: to pull in other support, do I need to create 424 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 3: a safety plan. It really helps to see where you 425 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 3: are if you have the thoughts, if you have a plan, 426 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 3: because it is something that you don't take lightning, and 427 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 3: you have to you know, respond in a way that 428 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 3: is supportive, but in a way that it's very, very proactive. 429 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: Now, this is interesting to hear you talk like this 430 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: because I'm sure they have been challenges out there for you. Now, 431 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: will you yourself aka miss therapists, we come into you, you 432 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: are some of your challenges when you're trying to help people. 433 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: Okay, so let me first start with I am a 434 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 3: therapist who has been in therapy and who continues therapy 435 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 3: because it's very important. So I've been on both sides 436 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 3: of the chair. But I think the challenges from a 437 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 3: business perspective, it's the ebbs and flows. It's once you 438 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 3: start your business right. It's being able to maintain, being 439 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 3: able to absorb when clients are coming they're not coming, 440 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 3: or when you know their life changes and so then 441 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 3: you know it disrupts their sessions. It comes from that. 442 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: As far as personal challenges, everyone hasn't and I'm no 443 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 3: different than everyone else. But I think I have a 444 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 3: good support system. I have my ways of processing, and 445 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 3: I tried to lead by example, so taking care of myself, 446 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 3: prioritizing myself so that I am able to show up 447 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 3: fully for my clients. 448 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 5: We talked about a little bit earlier about when I 449 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 5: was talking about people lying on the couch and technology, 450 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 5: and we know that when COVID hit that, the virtual 451 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 5: world exploded. 452 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 2: What do you see with AI? Okay? 453 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: Because I got frustrated the other day trying to get 454 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: my credit card balance and I could not get get 455 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: off of the phone with this AI voice. Well can 456 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: I help you? Cause I said, no, I need to 457 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 1: talk to the agent. Why you want to talk to agent? 458 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: Because I don't want to talk to you? And it 459 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: was just ridiculous. And so with therapy and we and 460 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: if people are getting cute with this stuff, talking about 461 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: just asking a question and it'll give you a response, 462 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: your thoughts, your fears, will you talk about AI and therapy, 463 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 1: especially mental therapy. 464 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 3: So I think that the tools can be supplementary, so 465 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 3: they can be helpful in a way of like maybe 466 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: daily affirmations, you know, things that you can kind of 467 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 3: look at from there, the breathing, the calm apps. But 468 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 3: from a therapist perspective, you can never replace like that 469 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 3: human connection and the ability to help somebody process. AI 470 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 3: can't give you that. And it also can't hear what 471 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 3: we hear. We're trained to hear things differently. It doesn't 472 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 3: have that component that can do that, and so that's 473 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 3: where I feel like people have to utilize that. The 474 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 3: fear is that people will rely heavily on those things. 475 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 3: So the one they are in moments of crisis, such 476 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 3: as like they're feelings to the side of work, they 477 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: need a higher level of care. They're relying on this 478 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 3: tool to tell them and the guide them, and it's 479 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 3: not given them the proper direction. 480 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 1: Speaking of the Monique guard side is she's the best 481 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: of what she does. She like she said, she's in 482 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 1: therapy and she does therapy, which I mean, she's both sides. 483 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: That's why I was able to share some of the 484 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: things I do when I went into therapy. And I'm 485 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: not saying I'm not saying that just to say it. 486 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: I think it's important that when I bring my guests 487 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: on the show, it's still a learning experience from me, 488 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: but also it helps that I've experienced it. So the 489 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: questions I ask come from an honest space. It comes 490 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: from a space that I've personally experienced. But here it 491 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: leads to my closing thing statement here Monique, and I 492 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 1: want to response for you, is that what are some 493 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: of the common misconceptions about mental health? 494 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 3: I think some of the common misconceptions is that people 495 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 3: can just you can just you know, navigate it like 496 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 3: you can just get over and so everyone's journey is different, 497 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 3: and so really having the time to take take the 498 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 3: time to address what they need to in their own way, 499 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 3: I think is very important. Again, it's not glamorous, like 500 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 3: makes it seem like you really need to get connected 501 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 3: with a professional. I think you cannot. A no tool 502 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 3: or TikTok or any of other things can help you 503 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 3: the way sitting in front the therapist, a trained clinician 504 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 3: can help. 505 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: Clinical social worker Monique Guardside her book I Can I Will, 506 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: a thirty day guided journal designed to help individuals reflect, reset, 507 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: and overcome challenges such as depression, anxiety, and life transitions. 508 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: All that's very important in our life today because there's 509 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: a lot thrown at us. We're tied to GPS, were 510 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: tied to social media, we're tied. 511 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 2: To our cell phones. 512 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on Money Making Conversation Master Class, 513 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: Monique Guarside. 514 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 6: This has been another edition of Money Making Conversation Masterclass 515 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 6: hosted by me Rushaun McDonald. Thank you to our guests 516 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 6: on the show today and thank you listening to the 517 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 6: audience now. If you want to listen to any episode 518 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 6: I want to be a guest on the show, visit 519 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 6: Moneymaking Conversations dot com. 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