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Speaker 1: Welcome to your Diary episode. Here's the thing. I'm a

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Speaker 1: bit of a nomad, so these episodes come to from

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Speaker 1: I'll share with you what's going on in my world,

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Speaker 1: from book tours, animal encounters, delish meals, nature adventures, health discoveries,

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Speaker 1: to swimming in hidden Byron Bay beaches. Come with me

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Speaker 1: as I share my adventures with you. Hello, and welcome

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Speaker 1: to your Diary podcast. This episode is coming to you

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Speaker 1: from Santa Monica. I know the last I know the

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Speaker 1: last episode came to you from Santa Monica as well,

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Speaker 1: but I was in that hotel I was meant to

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Speaker 1: house sit. It fell through literally like two hours before

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Speaker 1: had to scramble really quickly to find a place to

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Speaker 1: stay before my rental kicks off in Los Felis, where

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Speaker 1: I'm where I was based last time I was in America,

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Speaker 1: So I'm coming to you from this beautiful apartment in

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Speaker 1: Santa Monica. A handy tip for any Australians that are

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Speaker 1: half based over here, there's an awesome Facebook group called

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Speaker 1: Ossie's in La I think you've got to be invited

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Speaker 1: to get into it, but it's really great. That's how

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Speaker 1: I found this place, and I was able to send

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Speaker 1: a message and be like, is there any chance your

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Speaker 1: a review of stuff that I've done, things that I've

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Speaker 1: of finding my feet acting school doesn't kick off for

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Speaker 1: back to my other longer term place. But I've tried

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Speaker 1: lots of things. I've had some experiences. I'm going to

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Speaker 1: so I'm coming to you for this from this awesome

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Speaker 1: But when you come to America, the app store on

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Speaker 1: And I don't ever like to convert my phone over

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Speaker 1: to America because you know, I've got things that run

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Speaker 1: when I go back to Australia it's all smooth sailing.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, so a few things have happened, Like in

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Speaker 1: So I'm about to go and walk to laundry Matt

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Speaker 1: I got this was the best one, the best thing.

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Speaker 1: I got Ereses Peanut Butter Rabbit, so like a proper

425
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Speaker 1: rabbit full of the peanut butter stuff. It was insane.

426
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Speaker 1: And then I tried the Hershey's Polka Dot Easter eggs,

427
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: so that was like a white chocolate Easter egg but

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Speaker 1: with all different little crunchy colors inside like confetti, yep,

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Speaker 1: paddlerlyster eggs, blurge guys. And I think when I first

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Speaker 1: got here, was jet lagged at a CBS. I found

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Speaker 1: I did. I tried Eres's egg as well, so They've

432
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Speaker 1: got all brandedy stuff. And then I tried a Resa's

433
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: mallow top and this is not healthy at all, but

434
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Speaker 1: it's like a peanut butter cup underneath, but the top

435
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Speaker 1: player above the peanut butter is like this marshmallow flavored chocolate.

436
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 1: It was good, didn't taste like marshmallow, but a me.

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Speaker 1: We've had our little blowouts, haven't we. Okay, some more

438
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Speaker 1: fun things I found it Traded Joe's, so the soft

439
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:07,640
Speaker 1: baked Sneakerdodle cookies chewy. It says sugar cookies top with cinnamon.

440
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 1: They're vegan angluten free. They're insanely delicious, to the point

441
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: that I ended up having to throw the macs and

442
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: you I'd eat the whole thing. And then I got this.

443
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:22,119
Speaker 1: It's really yummy everything in the Elote Greek style yogurt dips.

444
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: So Trader Jos is famous for their seasonings, so they've

445
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 1: got like everything but the bagel, and then this one

446
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 1: is el Ote, so it's going to mean something. The

447
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: dip is amazing. And then I got the matching Chippo's

448
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 1: to match it, like corn Chippo's to match it. Oh.

449
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,880
Speaker 1: One thing I discovered last year when I was here

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Speaker 1: was Mochi's. So they're that Japanese treat. I got the

451
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Speaker 1: Green Tea ones. They're all gluten free. It's basically like

452
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: ice cream wrapped in rice pep, not rice paper, but

453
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:56,439
Speaker 1: like a rice based dough and you have them from

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Speaker 1: the freezer. Are They're so good? So I got the

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Speaker 1: Green te Mochi so good. I had to get that

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Speaker 1: one out of my system. Guys, what else have I

457
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: got here? Oh? You know in Australia you can buy

458
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 1: Mary's Gone crackers. So I got some yummy hummers from

459
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,879
Speaker 1: Whole Foods and may Moon Guoc. But they've got a

460
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 1: Jlipino flavor here, and they're really good because they're gluten free,

461
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: plant based and dairy free as well. Curl Oh, another

462
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,919
Speaker 1: thing I tried. She loved that. I've just tried some

463
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,160
Speaker 1: of my stuff. I had a guest on the podcast

464
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: this week. His episode won't come out for a little while,

465
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: but it was the chef Dan Churchill. We've known each

466
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,600
Speaker 1: other for Yonks, but I didn't know he was an

467
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,639
Speaker 1: investor in a coffee company here. Very different to Lola Coffee.

468
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,120
Speaker 1: This is like ready to go drinks called super Coffee,

469
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: and it's kind of got MCT and stuff blended in

470
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Speaker 1: with it, and there's all different flavors, like this flavor

471
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 1: here is caramel waffle insane and it's really really yummy.

472
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: I think it's plant based protein in here as well,

473
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Speaker 1: but it's very Americana. This like cinnamon scroll flavor and

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00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: maple this and double chalk and so it's very but

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00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: it's a ready to go milky drink thing that is

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Speaker 1: plant based. And yeah, there's no dairy in it all either,

477
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: and sweet with stevia and monk fruit. So yeah, another

478
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Speaker 1: fun thing to try. Anything you have missed its? Oh yes, okay,

479
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: off the food. Now. Went to the movies so over here,

480
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 1: like we have Hoyts back home, it's called AMC here.

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00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: I'm guessing American Movie Cinema. I'm guessing that's what it

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Speaker 1: stands for. And I went to the Santa Monica Cinema

483
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Speaker 1: on Third Street Promenade, which is like a big shopping area,

484
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:55,120
Speaker 1: and we saw it's called Lost City. So it's got

485
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,440
Speaker 1: chatting Tatum, Sandra Bullek and Brad pitt Oh and Daniel Radcliffe.

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Speaker 1: He plays the It's a lot of fun. I feel

487
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 1: like it's shot in Hawaii. Like, it looks amazing. It

488
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: is such a fun vibe and experience and just cool

489
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 1: to going to the movie cinema. Movie cinemas are a

490
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: bit different to hope, so just a regular movie cinema.

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00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: Here is the reclining chairs. Twelve bucks ninety a flat

492
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: rate to go, which I feel like similar to back home,

493
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 1: similarsh maybe it's more expensive back home. There's security though,

494
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: so I don't know if you've heard this, but there's

495
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: been shootings in California. I'm pretty sure of people while

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00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: they're in movie theaters. They call them theaters here, not cinemas,

497
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: and so yeah, when you're buying a ticket, there's full

498
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: blown security, like armed guys there keeping it safe. It

499
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: actually told me about five minutes of the movie to

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00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 1: sit down and calm down and be like, no, no,

501
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: it's okay, Lola, this isn't gonna happen. It's okay, You're fine.

502
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: So yeah, I had to really kind of like talk

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Speaker 1: myself calm down at the start of it. But the

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00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: movie was great, lots of fun, it's super light. I

505
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 1: love Brad Pitt and he's got a really funny role

506
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: in it, and it's just like if you want to

507
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: switch off and it's a fun, silly comedy with like

508
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: a yeah it's a rom com It's got a romantic

509
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: twist as well. And if you want to like, google

510
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: over both Brad Pitt, but also the Hawaiian landscape. I

511
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: just love Hawaii. I'm pretty I love that I'm banging

512
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: on about it being shot in Hawaii. Maybe it wasn't,

513
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: so yeah, movies is something that is important for me,

514
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: like remind me of the dream because it's a tough city,

515
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: you know. And next week I start my goal for

516
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 1: getting managers over here, and it's like when I came

517
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: over last time, I got a lot of no replies

518
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 1: to emails. So I'm really hoping that pays off this time.

519
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: And like I don't that I'm not in that same position.

520
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: I hope that I do get responses. So I just

521
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: I want to keep reminding myself to go to the

522
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,959
Speaker 1: movies as just like a little way to check in

523
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: and be like, oh, it's all good, It's all good,

524
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 1: and like keep my eyes on the prize because I've

525
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: loved being in Santa Monica and I feel so lucky

526
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 1: I was able to find this apartment after the house

527
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: and he fell through but I've kind of been in

528
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: you know, mini holiday mode, which has been so much fun,

529
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: so fun to kind of like check out, you know,

530
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: all the vibe around here and what's you know, what's

531
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: what's going on and what feels good, and obviously get

532
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: over all the jet lag. I've been here a couple

533
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: of weeks now, but I'm also like you are here

534
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: for you know, chasing a dream, Lawler, So I'm really

535
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: looking forward to now having the pavement a bit and

536
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: trying to get a few meetings and get some representation

537
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: and then ideally get auditions. I haven't made a US

538
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 1: scent yet, so I'm hoping to get some auditions and

539
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 1: get a little bit of work so that I can

540
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: start making US dollars and not be draining my sayings.

541
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: So got to risk it, though, right, You got to

542
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: risk it for the big dreams. So that's my plan.

543
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: I'll check in with you next week. I'll be coming

544
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: to you from Los Philis, which is really exciting, and

545
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: then acting school will kick off and yeah, hopefully I'll

546
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: have a few wins, a few wins over the next

547
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: few weeks. I've had a few hits this week career wise,

548
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: just a few gigs fall through that I thought wouldn't,

549
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: which is totally fine. I mean, you've got to roll

550
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,959
Speaker 1: with the punchers. I always like to talk about it

551
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: on here though, because obviously, like we like to celebrate

552
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 1: failure on this podcast. And I had a few emails

553
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: come through that I didn't really expect, and yeah, I

554
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: think I just had to, you know, dust myself up

555
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: off pretty quickly and let the self doubt go, because

556
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 1: it's really easy when you know a gig doesn't go

557
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: ahead and you've kind of thought it would go ahead

558
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 1: to kind of be like, well, what's with me? Is

559
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: there something that I've done that's wrong, and kind of

560
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: like blame yourself, which doesn't make any sense. And I

561
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: don't know why our brains do it, but they go

562
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: they do do it. And so yeah, I really am

563
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: looking forward to next week checking in with you, and

564
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: like I said, I will have been in Lost Feelers

565
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: for a week or so and be hikeing. And oh

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00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: that's one thing I forgot to tell you that I bought.

567
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: I'm totally waffling. I bought pepper spray and it's just

568
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: so that I can hike alone and not feel worried

569
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 1: or unsafe. I definitely felt unsafe last time I was here.

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00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: I haven't felt that so much this time. I don't

571
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: know if it's because of the area I'm in. I

572
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: don't know if it's because I think it's all changed

573
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: a little bit since COVID. I do think America is

574
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: turning a real corner and it doesn't feel as like closed.

575
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: It feels so much more open. But I definitely felt

576
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: a little unsafe on the odd occasion last year, so

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00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: I thought, just buy the pepper spray. Then you've got

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00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: it with you for peace of mind. Here's the thing.

579
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 1: You got to test it out. So when I check

580
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: into my next time, I'm going to have to go

581
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: outside and do a little test on nobody ps and

582
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: just check. Just learn how to use it and stuff

583
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: like that, and that'll be that comes on this like

584
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: I've got I should talk about it on Insta. But

585
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: it's got like this fluoro pink band and you wear

586
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: it on your wrist and then you can kind of

587
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 1: like use it as need be. But the goal is

588
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: you don't have to use it. But yeah, I just

589
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: bought myself some pepper spray because I think if it

590
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: gives me peace of mind then brill you know right heo, oh,

591
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: I haven't. Oh my goodness, Lola, I haven't wrote tested

592
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: Sam's book. Here we go. Okay. So when Sam I

593
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: interviewed Sam on the pod probably a better It was

594
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: before the flood, so probably about two months ago now

595
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: or six weeks weks ago. Sam came to my hotel

596
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: where I was staying in Sydney and we interviewed her

597
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: for or I interviewed her for the EP that you

598
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: would have heard on Monday. If you haven't heard it,

599
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: I highly recommend having a listen of it. She's amazing.

600
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: She's so funny and self deprecating and what you see

601
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: is what you get kind of vibes. So it's it's

602
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: refreshing and funny to listen to. And they sent me

603
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: her Publicis sent me her book, which was totally embargoed then,

604
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: which means you can't talk about it a few days

605
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,359
Speaker 1: before the interview, and I was like, shit, I've got

606
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: a really tight window to read this. It was so

607
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: easy to read in that time though, Like it was

608
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: such a good read. So just to give you a

609
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 1: vibe of it, I've got like the contents page of

610
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 1: the books are the book up, so I read it

611
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 1: in two days, which is pretty good for a book read.

612
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: It's broken down into three different sections, so you start

613
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: with the mind sex so it's got intro of course,

614
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: and it's got the mind section, a body section, and

615
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: a spirit section. And she really breaks it down, like

616
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: she talks about mental fitness. She talks about embracing it all,

617
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: loving yourself, journaling, the way you talk to yourself, the

618
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 1: comparison trap. There's so much cool stuff. She opens up

619
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 1: about grief, self sabotage, talks about doing the work. We

620
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: talk about that a lot in drama school, but it's

621
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: like it's a therapeutic term too, where you literally sit

622
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,280
Speaker 1: in a therapist's chair and like do the work on yourself.

623
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: Her sister writes an amazing chapter on body image and

624
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: self consciousness. So she's written this with her sister as well,

625
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: and it's such a beautiful read where they both kind

626
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: of like take turns in writing different chapters and little

627
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:50,919
Speaker 1: add ons here and there. The spirit section is really cool.

628
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: I think this was my favorite section. So this is

629
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,840
Speaker 1: about like understanding when people let you down, toxic relationships,

630
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: gas lighting, bullying. It was really fascinating how much you

631
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: open up about gas lighting and bullying. We actually talk

632
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 1: quite a bit about that on the Monday episode, and

633
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:11,879
Speaker 1: then she talks about like intuition spirituality. So really good book,

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Speaker 1: really easy read. Highly highly recommend it and thank you

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Speaker 1: if you ever hear this. Sam, thank you for jumping

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Speaker 1: on the Monday Pod. You're wonderful to everybody else out there.

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Speaker 1: I hope you like La Diary. It becomes a little

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Speaker 1: bit of This episode's been a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: food diary. Like I said, I feel like I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of still in holiday mode here in Santa Monica, but

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to kind of getting my stride and

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Speaker 1: getting into like the rat race a bit in Los Phelis,

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Speaker 1: and also starting back at acting school. And I've been

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Speaker 1: researching yogas. I want to try so lots of fun

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Speaker 1: stuff to come. Thank you so so much for your

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Speaker 1: support and being a part of this journey. Please let

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Speaker 1: me know what you want me to do while I'm

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Speaker 1: here in LA as well, like I want you to

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Speaker 1: learn from this pod and let me know how I

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Speaker 1: can be of service to you, because after all, like

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Speaker 1: I love doing this pod, but I ultimately love it

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Speaker 1: because hopefully you get something out of it. So always

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Speaker 1: bring on the feedback and DM me if you want

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Speaker 1: me to you know, talk about something or road test something.

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Speaker 1: Alrighty big Love by