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Good God A Single Girls Rocky Path To Finding True Love From Cherita ODell · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 2: I'm good.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks?
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  Speaker 1: Are you absolutely fantastic? You have been called to share
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  Speaker 1: here fits into our everyday world in those moments of question, doubt, fear, shame.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much, and that is the ole em.
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  Speaker 1: And it's like, when you take on a book like this,
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  Speaker 1: first of all, how did you tackle it? And most importantly,
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  Speaker 1: how did you put it in the everyday language that
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  Speaker 1: we're speaking.
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  Speaker 2: Well, essentially, I started writing it years ago because my
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  Speaker 2: spirit just prompted me. Yes, years my spirit prompted me
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  Speaker 2: that based on the season I was at and at
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  Speaker 2: the time, that you know what, what I'm going through
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  Speaker 2: is not I'm coming to man so or woman in
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  Speaker 2: this instance, let me start noting things down, from situations
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  Speaker 2: to emotions. And over a period of time, I just
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  Speaker 2: spilt out everything that was in me and it came
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  Speaker 2: together seamlessly, and that was it. I decided to talk
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  Speaker 2: as me authentically, and I knew that that would resonate
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  Speaker 2: with people.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that I've learned over the years
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  Speaker 1: as a third degree black belt, and you being in
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  Speaker 1: sports as well, those moments where you get it's not
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  Speaker 1: if you get injured, it's when you get injured. But
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  Speaker 1: instead of getting upset about it, did you learn as
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  Speaker 1: a tool to build upon the path. It's like, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: now I've got this injury, what am I expected to
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  Speaker 1: learn from this and how can I make it a
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  Speaker 1: stronger ability in my own journeys.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, very good question.
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  Speaker 2: Well, to put things in perspective, I got injured at
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  Speaker 2: the highest point of my life, yes, and that was
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  Speaker 2: the Olympic Games. I qualified. I made it there and
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  Speaker 2: a couple of days before my actual event, I would
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  Speaker 2: have competed in a practiced meet and got injured, tore
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  Speaker 2: my leg in three places. When you go through something
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  Speaker 2: like that, it is you and you alone basically trying
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  Speaker 2: to kick back up to the surface. And you know
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  Speaker 2: what came over of that experience for me was that
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  Speaker 2: resilience is in us aul is. That's a matter of
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  Speaker 2: if we choose to press the activate button and really
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  Speaker 2: engage in what that means and how that will help,
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  Speaker 2: you know, help us navigate challenging times. And that's what
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  Speaker 2: I did, and because I made it, I know that
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  Speaker 2: other people can too, once they're given the right guidance
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  Speaker 2: and tools.
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  Speaker 1: I want people to know that, first of all, you
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  Speaker 1: were at the Olympics. I was at the same Olympics
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  Speaker 1: as well, and that's the one thing, and I wish
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  Speaker 1: more people would go down there to Olympic Park or
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  Speaker 1: just be in that presence because that was the marred
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  Speaker 1: Olympics and it's like, no, you guys missed out on
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  Speaker 1: the total experience. There was a lot of positive energy
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  Speaker 1: from generations and nations all over the world, and it's like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: that's oh the Atlanta No, no, don't look at it
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  Speaker 1: like that. And I think you're opening up our eyes
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  Speaker 1: to such a thing that it's like, Okay, we have
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  Speaker 1: this situation, let's grow from it, keep moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, because that is how life is now. Obviously everybody
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  Speaker 2: is not gonna make it to such a pinnacle in sport, right,
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  Speaker 2: but everybody has, you know, their unique life situations, unique
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  Speaker 2: life circumstances which can sometimes make them feel totally floored,
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  Speaker 2: totally down and o's And that's when you have to
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  Speaker 2: pull out all that is in you to really know
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  Speaker 2: that you can overcome. Don't don't let situations define you.
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  Speaker 2: Let the crises grow you, and then you flourished and
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  Speaker 2: abound out of that.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Sharita Odell coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. I love the title of the book, Good God,
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  Speaker 1: A Single Girl's Rocky Path. You're finding true love. We
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  Speaker 1: are back with Sharita Odel. You really hit a subject
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  Speaker 1: here that that is very eye opening to a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people waiting for life to turn out as we hoped.
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  Speaker 1: Oh we hoped to do this. Oh I didn't go
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  Speaker 1: this way. What if we were in control? Where would
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  Speaker 1: you be right now?
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  Speaker 2: Wow? That is interesting? And you know what if everyone
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  Speaker 2: was in control?
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  Speaker 4: Guess what our our baseline in the bank would be
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  Speaker 4: a million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: And our maximum point would be one hundred million. We
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  Speaker 2: would all be prospering, have the house and woman are
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  Speaker 2: men of our dreams and traveling from here to never
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  Speaker 2: never land. But we are not in control. And I
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  Speaker 2: think is that when you come to that realization that
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  Speaker 2: you humble yourself and know that when life happens, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have to dictate where you go. The controlling part
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  Speaker 2: that you have is to determine your response and how
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  Speaker 2: you recover or thrive or whatever after a situation has occurred.
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  Speaker 2: That's where we get the control part.
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  Speaker 1: Your book is in activation for readers. And the reason
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  Speaker 1: why I say that is is because you say so
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  Speaker 1: many things inside this book, and I'm jotting down notes
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  Speaker 1: because every bit of this is what it's all about.
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  Speaker 1: In order to become a stronger self and one of
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  Speaker 1: the things that yet, in fact, in my own right,
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  Speaker 1: I got it right.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 1: You are the needle in the haystack, answering my father's question,
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  Speaker 1: now that you've lived it, what are you going to
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  Speaker 1: do about it? And you're proving it. Don't stop and
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  Speaker 1: go silent, do something about it.
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  Speaker 4: Correct.
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  Speaker 2: The book is good God, and you could say that
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  Speaker 2: in two ways.
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  Speaker 4: Thanksful, are totally frustrated and exasperated, right, And the reality
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  Speaker 4: is is it is written so that you know that,
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  Speaker 4: especially in relationship world, that's something that a lot of
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  Speaker 4: us just can't figure out.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we can't. Going back to that control needle
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  Speaker 2: that you talked about, we can't control necessarily how relationships
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  Speaker 2: turn out.
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  Speaker 4: And work out.
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  Speaker 2: But what we can do is control how we enter
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  Speaker 2: the possibility of relationships. We can control how we elevade
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  Speaker 2: ourselves to the highest level so that someone is of us,
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  Speaker 2: and also control what we tolerate and not tolerate, so
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  Speaker 2: that we said our parameters and bunaries, and that is
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  Speaker 2: the control we have, so that when relationship possibilities come
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  Speaker 2: at us, we know how best to tackle them and
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  Speaker 2: in the process really have a good outcome.
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  Speaker 1: I want listeners and readers when they first get this book,
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  Speaker 1: to record their voice saying the title of this book,
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  Speaker 1: because you're right, that title good God. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: one thing that is is that they can say it anyway.
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  Speaker 1: I want them to record it, and then when they
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  Speaker 1: wrap up the book, I'll bet you that, good God,
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  Speaker 1: a single girl's rocky path to finding true love is
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  Speaker 1: going to go, good God, It's gonna go so far.
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  Speaker 1: And Southern Preacher, I just feel it. I just feel
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  Speaker 1: the Southern Preacher coming out of this book.
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  Speaker 4: I like that.
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  Speaker 3: And even as you have said it, it does help me,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it helps the visualays the fact that at
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  Speaker 3: the beginning you might you might feel just beaten.
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  Speaker 2: Down and like all over it, and at the end
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  Speaker 2: you might be singing Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 4: From my way right, I have direction now.
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  Speaker 2: So I really like that. I really like that you
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  Speaker 2: expressed it like that.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about you
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  Speaker 1: as well as this book, because ten minutes with you
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  Speaker 1: is never going to be enough time?
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  Speaker 2: Sure so, so well, you can visit my website. Sharita
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  Speaker 2: O'Dell speaks and Sharita is felt ch E r I
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  Speaker 2: A Odell or d E. L. L Speaks Sharita Odell
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  Speaker 2: Speaks dot com and my Instagram and Facebook handles are
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  Speaker 2: the same Sharita Odell Speaks. And if you specifically want
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  Speaker 2: to find out more about the book, go to Good
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  Speaker 2: God help me Out dot com and there you can
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  Speaker 2: find a link on Amazon and all you know know
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  Speaker 2: more about what's inside.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. Please come back to this show anytime
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  Speaker 1: in the future. Sharita that the door is always going
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  Speaker 1: to be open for you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, and ladies, make sure you grab
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  Speaker 2: the book. It will really help give you a sense
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  Speaker 2: of direction and all the navigation tools you need.
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  Speaker 1: It be brilliant today, okay, yes, and you
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  Speaker 2: Too, love talking to you.