WEBVTT - The Power of Positivity 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:09.560 Wonderful was really created out of a lack of connection 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:13.960 to not only my community, but I was lacking connection 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:19.760 to myself. I feel the responsibility with my social media, 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.639 with everything that I do, to share something positive, to 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:27.960 have a mission. It's just need to shift in my perspective. 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.320 So instead of thinking life is happening to me, it's 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:40.519 actually happening for me. What up, y'all And welcome to 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.560 another episode of cheek Ease and Chill. I'm your host 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:45.720 cheek Ease, and I hope your week is off to 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.199 a great start. I am still in the midst of 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:50.040 moving and I have to tell you it is a 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.440 pain in the ass, but I'm gonna take a de 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:55.720 breath and we're gonna have fun today and we're gonna 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:57.960 be positive. That's what this episode is all about today. 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.400 So let me speak words like in sead of saying 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:01.960 it's a pain in the aas, it is going to 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:05.319 be fine. It will be fine. That's what I'm gonna say, because, 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.000 like I said, today's episode is all about positivity. And 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.440 if you know me, you know positivity and positive thinking 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.160 is a huge part of my life. I share with 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.039 you guys on my social media It's important for me 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.560 to share quotes even if I'm having a bad day. 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.080 I tell you, guys, I'm having a bad jay and 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.560 I'm like, you know what, everything is gonna be Okay. 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.000 Everything happens for a reason. It might sound a little cliche. 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:26.360 I always say that, but I really truly believe in 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:30.000 the power of words. Okay, And to speak about this 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:34.520 a little more, we have none other than Liz Hernandez. 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.520 You might know her from her radio days on PARAWEO six, 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.880 or maybe from MTV E News or Access Hollywood. She's 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.399 done so many things, and one of my favorite things 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:49.320 is wordabule you guys, So she's here. Welcome Liz Chick. 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.800 Thank you. I love that you are able to put 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.480 a positive spin. I always call it a positive perspective 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:58.640 on moving. So share, I'll share a little bit of 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.640 what might help. Okay, any time that I've had to move, 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:05.480 you think about the fact that you have to touch 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:09.560 every single thing you own. Think about that, from the 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.560 knives and forks to the shoes, to the pillows to 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.440 whatever in your bathroom drawers. And there's an opportunity to 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.200 find gratitude in all of that because you are literally 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:25.520 touching everything that you've accumulated in the span of your lifetime. 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.320 You know what Lis see now, Even just speaking to her, 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:32.480 I feel like she's calm like voice. She's just like, Hey, 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.600 everything's gonna be all right. Without having to say it. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.520 I'm like, oh, you're right, And it's so true, because 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.639 you know, you do find so many things. You have gratitude. 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:42.519 You find the gratitude like you said, and the things 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.519 that you have, and the things that you've accumulated that 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.639 you've been able to buy, and then also to be 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.240 able to just release things too. You know, I believe 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.080 a lot of energy and stuff. So for me, it 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.040 was important to get the house painted, to get rid 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.480 of things that I no longer use, to give away things, 0:02:55.760 --> 0:03:00.280 open up space, open up space exactly. Marikon was like 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.000 one of my favorite teachers when it comes to giving 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:06.000 gratitude for the things you no longer need, letting them 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:10.560 go so you create space for the things that spark joy. Yes, 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.320 that's what's happening right now, you guys, that's what's happening 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.919 right now. You know what. But I finally got the 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.799 kitchen going, so I feel better about it now everything 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.080 is in its place. And I'm just I'm that type 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.000 of person that if things are just especially my personal life, 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.040 my room, my home, I feel like everything else is chaotic. 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:29.840 So that's why I had to take the weekend. I'm like, okay, 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.160 you know what, I'm just gonna get this done because 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.359 I have a conversation with Liz and I want to 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:38.520 be in the right headspace. The first, congratulations on your 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.600 move too, I mean, that's pretty amazing. That's all. Thank 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.600 you so much. I appreciate that. I want to start 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:48.720 off by telling everyone, you know, how I know of Liz. 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:50.880 You know, I know Liz from Parlona six. I would 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.760 listen to her in the morning with Big Boy. You know, 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.120 here in l A. It's like a huge actually everywhere right, 0:03:56.200 --> 0:04:00.720 it was like huge everywhere indicated, syndicated. L A was 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:02.640 our home. This is like, yeah, it's like when you 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.280 play for the home team. You know, it's like you 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.160 can think of it like baseball, like you can go 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.760 to other cities and play, but you're never going to 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.000 be as celebrated as you are in your hometown. Absolutely, 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:13.920 So I started That's how I heard of Liz. I 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:15.880 was like, okay, and then I saw her on television 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.520 and then on Instagram, I was scrolling and I'm all 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.880 about like you know, I said quotes and and looking 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.560 up even like hashtag positive. And I came across Worderful, 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:27.760 which she's gonna tell you guys a little bit more about. 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.479 And then she invited me on Worderful to be a 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:36.600 special guest, and um, I were I chose the word, um, legacy. 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.400 Legacy is a dream, a gift passed down from generation 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.320 to generation. Legacy is the footprint you leave on this 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:49.040 earth to show you were here. So that was fun. 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.200 I wrote the whole thing. I met her for the 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.320 first time, I was like, oh my gosh, she's so pretty, 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.560 you know um, And I was like, oh my god, 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.039 this is so nice. I love this, I love what 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.160 it's all about. I'm all about it. And then it 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:05.880 so happened to be that she is really good friends 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.000 and I should say they call each other big sister 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.080 and little brother with Emilio, you guys know my boyfriend. UM. 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.640 So now it's like, even it's crazy because I had 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.560 did I do that episode before actually I met him? 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.279 I think, so, what's so crazy is I think you 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.839 came in to record that episode that either the day 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:30.560 before you met or the weekend you guys met, which okay, 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:35.599 pretty I mean that's synchronicity in itself. Yes, absolutely, I think. 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:37.320 I think I want to say, wait, when did you 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:41.560 guys meet again? Remind me March one, March one? So 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.960 I think it was for sure before I met him, 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:48.359 and then I think it you uploaded it the weekend 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:52.960 after you met him, exactly. Yes, sorry, I'm putting everything together, 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:57.200 you guys. The timeline here people, yes, sorry, guys, so 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.880 here it is. It's it's live, it's it's it's real. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.480 So that's how I know her. And we follow each 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.760 other on Instagram and we comment on each other's things. 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.640 And I just want you to know that I admire you. 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:11.240 I think you're so awesome everything that you post. I 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.320 love the the aesthetic of your your Instagram. I know 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.159 you believe in Palocento and like stage and all that stuff. 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:18.800 You know, So I just want to tell you, you know, 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.840 I feel very connected to you. Thank you, And it's 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:26.839 a mutual. I think you gravitate towards people whose energy 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.120 is in common with you, know that you can relate to, 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.800 and you see certain things you have in common, and 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.800 you understand their practices and you I mean energy. Like 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.359 they say, energy never lies and it's always nice. And 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.880 I so appreciate just that you are always sending out 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:46.400 positivity to your community. I appreciate everything you've shared from Mortifald. 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.599 That means a lot, especially from you know, someone like 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:53.039 myself who is another Latina. You know, you look at 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:56.680 other women that look like you or represent you, and 0:06:56.720 --> 0:07:01.080 it's always nice when your own community embraces you. Oh absolutely, 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:02.480 I do it from the bottom of my heart. I 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:04.760 love what you're doing. And now that we're talking about worderful, 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.599 I want you to tell us what is worderful? What 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.159 is it to you? What is what? What did you 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.320 want to accomplish when you created and you came up 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.800 with Worderful. So I'll give you the really short rendition 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.880 because it can get a little lengthy. But Wordiful was 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:23.760 really created out of a lack of connection to not 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:28.200 only my community, but I was lacking connection to myself. 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:32.680 It was right I was hired in entertainment. Telebi was 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.000 going into primetime television for Access Hollywood at the time, 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:40.040 and right around then my mom was diagnosed with dementia. 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:42.440 I was really trying to find my footing. I had 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.520 left radio, and I was really radio was my first love, 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.000 and I loved that we could tell stories and the 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.080 phones would light up, and obviously there was that connection 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.520 we had to so many amazing things that happened in 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.920 l A. Whether it was a Lakers parade, whether it 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.120 was you know, Dodger games. There was so much happening 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.480 in our in our big, beautiful city, and it was 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.520 nice to be able to share in those experiences. And 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.760 then once I got into television, I realized that storytelling 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.600 only became a one way street. There was no phone 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.480 lines lighting up, there was no um you could give, 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:19.440 but you weren't really receiving. And so I just decided 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.920 it would be really great if I could create a 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:24.640 small platform. At the time, it was just one of 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.640 those like, oh, just create a YouTube channel. I talked 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:30.000 about the power of words, and it was meaningful to 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:34.040 me because I had always had a belief ever since 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.760 I read the Four Agreements about be powerful with your words, 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:40.200 and my mom was beginning to lose her speech. UM, 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.640 I felt very alone, even though it should have been 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:47.079 a ton when I was um feeling accomplished, and I 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:50.480 didn't feel that way at all, And so out of that, 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.160 out of all these little factors, came this little YouTube 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.800 channel and I started. That's really how it started, almost 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.720 like in a small little basement, and it just grew 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.880 from there. And what inspired you It was just that 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.440 like everything that that was going on, or or you 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.240 just felt like you wanted to have that connection with someone. 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.240 It's crazy how it's evolved over time. You know, it's 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.960 started with let me just take one word, Like in 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.079 the beginning I talked about Actually the first word I 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.320 launched with was connect and just how powerful it is 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.520 when we're able to connect through our storytelling. Because that's 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:28.640 my ultimate foundation, is that we're all here to have 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.960 this human experience and we connect through love and we 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.680 connect through pain. And so if I was able to 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.320 just take one word and talk about what I was 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.640 learning from that word, maybe how we were misusing that word, 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:45.120 what that word meant to me. Um, I just thought 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.720 I could get back to the storytelling that I did 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.280 in radio, but just go a little bit deeper, making 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.800 only sixty seconds so that it's digestible, because you know, 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.400 we're moving in a fast paced world where our attention 0:09:56.480 --> 0:10:01.360 span is you know, really not there anymore. And Uh, 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:03.920 it's interesting because it started as that and then it 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:10.199 started evolving. It's the more life was happening to I 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:14.079 don't like to me happening for me. You know, my 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.360 mom was my mom was starting to lose the battle 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:20.400 with Alzheimer's, and my relationship at the time was starting 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:23.960 to unravel. I wasn't happy at my job. I didn't 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:29.040 realize that wordiful was becoming a place where it was 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:33.480 like a diary, it was a therapy, it was um 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:38.120 a confessional, and it just started to evolve more in 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.160 to let me use my life as a lesson, let 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:45.040 me show other people that they're not alone, that this 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.600 happens to everyone. Um, how can I be useful? How 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.480 can I share the hurt and pain and not let 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.439 it all go in vain? And you know, not every 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.440 episode is heavy, and you know there's obviously positive lessons 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.640 to be learned as well, But I just try to 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:03.360 use one word in every episode as the catalyst for 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:08.079 the bigger story. I that's what I love right now. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.720 What you what you said, and you mentioned about the 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:15.480 fast paced world that we're living in and how everyone's 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:19.839 attention span is getting is getting shorter and shorter. And 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.920 that's why for me, I feel like the responsibility with 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.280 my social media, with everything that I do, to share 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.120 something positive, to have a mission behind it, not just 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:32.560 to do something to sell it, not just you know, 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.240 even in my makeup, you know the names of the lips, 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.080 the lipsticks, or the names of the palettes. To me, 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.920 it's like there's a story behind everything. And that's what 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:41.400 I love about it. If I feel like it's every 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.160 time I come across it, I come across one of 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.440 your videos, I feel like it's a it's just a 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.160 breath of fresh air. You know. I'm just saying this 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:53.319 is this is what I need, and it never fails. 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.640 It's something every it doesn't matter what it's about. It 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.640 could be happy, it could be like you said, connect anything. 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.040 I'm like, ah, it's just it's a nice reminder. And 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.120 this is why I share it because it's so important 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.800 for us not to lose substance in this world that 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:14.760 is so consumed with fast, fast, fast, phase disposable. Um yeah, 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:21.760 not authentic. I completely agree, and superficial And thank you. 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.560 I love that you say that it resonates because a 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.240 lot of times you do question, you know, is this 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.440 going to make sense for other people. But what I've 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.160 learned is and there's there's a great quote that that 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.160 I learned this from um and I believe it's from 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.480 ramdas he says, the greatest gift I can give to 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.440 you is to work on myself, and the greatest gift 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.360 you can give to me is to work on yourself. 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.520 So I'm not ever trying to get on a soapbox 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.200 and say like this is what you should do, Like 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.400 that's literally the last thing I'm trying to do. I'm 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:56.400 trying to say this happened to me, here's what I 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:59.120 learned from it, or here's how it's still hurting me, 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.040 or here where I need to grow up and mature. 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.440 I'm not exempt from any of the things that you're 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.480 going through. Maybe it just looks a little bit different, 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.240 but we're all gonna lose somebody we love. We're all 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.679 going to get our heartbroken, we're all going to be betrayed, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.520 we're all gonna be the betrayer, We're all gonna it's 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.679 it's that human experience that no one is exempt from. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.640 And so if I can just help someone along that 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.880 journey to like I said, feel less alone and to 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.199 feel heard and to feel seen. That's what worderful is 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:37.120 all about. It's connecting through the power of storytelling. That's beautiful. 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.280 And I love that Emilio is he considers you one 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:45.320 of his best friends because that boy I know, and 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.160 he loves you so much. And the fact that he 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.559 has someone that he can speak to him and is 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:53.280 going to give him good advice, you know, because even 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:55.240 with the short time that he's been in my life, 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:59.120 he's helped me so much. And and that's exactly right 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.240 now when you said, you know, the best gift that 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.000 I can give you is working on myself. That's what 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:05.560 we try to do. It's like I can only be 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.960 the best version of myself every single day, and so 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.160 can you. It's like we're not each other's sponsibility, and 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.239 it's just how can I be better in my relationship? 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.000 You know what I mean? We are We're always better 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.040 by example. I mean, really, how me and Amelia bonded. 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.280 I mean we became quick friends, but really we bonded 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.720 over heartbreak. We were both going through heartbreak at the 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:29.120 same time. And again, the power of sharing our stories 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.040 and being able to relate to one another and to 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.440 be able to show up for one another as friends. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:40.640 Really cemented our friendship. And it's so easy to tell 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.320 someone what they should do. I always say should is 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.920 a shame word. It's so easy to tell someone, well, 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:50.120 you should do this or you should do that, And really, 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.480 that time could be better spent looking at myself and saying, 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:59.320 how can I be a walking example instead of pointing 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.800 my finger telling someone how to live their life. Right, 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:08.640 Oh you guys, hope everyone's listening very closely. Definitely, I'm 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.800 definitely learning a lot already. And it's crazy because it's 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.200 just confirmation for me and I'm like, okay, wait, this 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.280 is it's we're on the right track. We're doing the 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:19.160 right thing. And sometimes you do get a little distracted 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.440 with everything that's going on with work. But at the 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.640 end of the day, what is important is your perception 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.160 of life and what you're here to do more than 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.360 anything like what footprint, what imprint are you going to 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.960 live in people's life in this world? And I think 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:40.840 you're doing a wonderful job with that. You left the 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:45.200 entertainment business forwarderful or how did that go about? Liz? 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.680 It just started. I always say there was one day 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.280 where I was standing on stage and I felt completely 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.000 out of alignment with what I was doing. I was 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:58.440 telling this story about a celebrity's tattoos, and my mom 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:03.080 was on hospice, literally dying, and I'm thinking, what am 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.560 I doing. I'm standing here in full hair and makeup, 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.760 and is this my message down into the world. And 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.800 I was just watching my you know, just the time 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.560 move forward, and I'm thinking I should be with my mother. Uh, 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.080 And it's just all these It's kind of like when 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.120 they see the stars aligned. The stars aligned, where I 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:27.280 couldn't ignore the fact that really where I wanted to 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.120 be spending my time was creating my own company that 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.160 meant so much to me and spending that time with 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.440 my mother more than anything, spending that time with my mother, 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.760 and then I could focus on worderful after. But I 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:43.200 just knew that I couldn't spend another day doing anything else. 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:48.000 I'm taking a deep breath because sometimes I think about that. 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.800 I think about I'm like, I use like my music 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.120 and everything that I do as as a vehicle to 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.760 reach more hearts, more people. But at the end of 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:59.760 the day, like on my vision board, it's something completely different, 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.520 because sometimes I feel that the industry that I'm in. 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:07.280 And if you are not aligned, if you're not centered, 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.320 and you don't do it every single day, it can 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.439 really really drag you into a deep hole if you 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:16.120 allow it. And I have to be intentional every single 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:21.000 day of centering myself, meditating and making sure that I 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:25.200 am okay inside mentally, emotionally, and not every day I am. 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.680 There are days that I'm just having a bad day, 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:29.640 you know, and I just have to also embrace those 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.520 feelings and say, Okay, where is this coming from and 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.199 try to dig and find, you know, the solution to it. 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.240 Sometimes there's no solutions. Sometimes you just gotta feel sometimes. Yeah, 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.879 that's part. That's part of being human, the human experience. 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.440 Like I said, it's a privilege to feel the sadness. 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:45.760 It's a privilege to feel the pain because that is 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.200 part of being here and part of, like I said, 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.000 the experience of being a human being. Yeah, And a 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.600 lot of people don't want to accept maybe that they 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:58.480 have either depression or anxiety or they are going through something. 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.040 It's like, no, I gotta show face and I'm just 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:04.359 strong and no, I mean there's so much beauty and 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.840 so much to learn from someone being so being able 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.440 to be vulnerable and say hey, I'm a human that's 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:11.800 also going through this. I also feel and I think 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.400 that it's good to have people like you that are like, hey, 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:18.240 I was on Access Hollywood, on the news, on power, 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.679 but you know what, I just this is now my mission. 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:23.479 I think that that's beautiful. I think it's inspirational. I 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:27.119 love it. I think that you're amazing. Thank you. I 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.320 really attributed to my mom. You know, I think we 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:33.800 believe we have plenty of time. You know, we just 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.479 walk around with this illusion of oh, I have so 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.760 much time. I'm young, and I just I have time, 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.760 and the truth is, we don't know. We really don't 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.320 know how much time we have. And so I try 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.480 to remind myself of that every single day and look 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.119 at the people in my life as teachers. You know, 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.680 I'm excited for even you and Amelia. You guys are 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:57.640 each other's teachers. And as you know, with any relationship, 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:00.800 it's like it's so exciting the beginning and it's very romantic, 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.880 but that's the glue that brings us together. So then 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:07.359 we can also reveal our vulnerabilities in our wounds. I 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.240 always say relationships are the best classrooms, because you learn 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:14.639 the most, You learn the most about yourself in the 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.160 most beautiful way, because you can. You can never doesn't 0:19:18.160 --> 0:19:21.479 matter where you go, there you are. And so the 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:25.199 things that we don't like about ourselves or the the 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:28.240 wounds that we're still trying to cover up, that person 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:30.680 is going to get a front row seat to it. 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.360 And are we willing to love them and help them 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:36.560 grow through it or are we going to allow our 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:39.800 even even ourselves. Are we gonna allow ourselves to be 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:44.400 loved through it? Or are we going to just let 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:48.200 our insecurities and our fears push that person away or 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:51.639 sabotage before we can get to the good stuff. Because 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:55.080 that happens a lot of times. Oh, it does absolutely 0:19:56.200 --> 0:20:01.480 explain how one word and changing it can affect your mindset. Well, 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:04.639 one of my favorite sayings is, you know a lot 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:07.480 of times when something goes awry, will say why is 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:11.120 this happening to me? Why does this keep happening to me? 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:14.439 Or you know, right away we want to blame life 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:19.280 for the universe or even ourselves, And it's just simply 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:23.080 changing that perspective of instead of saying why is this 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:26.320 happening to me? We can say I'm grateful this is 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.960 happening for me, because there's always a lesson in there. 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:31.960 I'll tell you a story that happened to me once. 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:35.320 I was on the four oh five. It's jam packed traffic, 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:37.919 and I get a flat tire and I have to 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:42.320 pull over, and I'm thinking, Okay, how am I? You 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.359 know you're you're trying to keep calling, and I just thought, 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:45.960 how am I? How is this going to play out? 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.119 Right away? Go into gratitude. I'm grateful that I have 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:53.159 triple a um And instead of saying, why is this 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:56.480 happening to me? Why in the middle of prime time traffic? 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:58.280 Why on the four oh five? Why am I getting 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:02.280 a flat tire? I just this is life happening for me. 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:04.639 Maybe if I would have kept going, I would have 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:06.600 gotten to a bad accident, and this was the way 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:09.960 of God's God's way of pulling me over. And it 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:13.240 just made a shift in my perspective. So instead of 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:16.520 thinking life is happening to me, it's actually happening for me, 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:19.200 and yeah, my goodness, And it makes honestly, and it 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:22.200 just reminded me of something I read it. I don't 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:23.720 know a few weeks ago, where it said, Oh, you 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:25.000 know a lot of people, a lot of us say 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:26.520 I have to go to work, I have to do this, 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:28.639 and it's like, no, I get to go to work. 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:32.639