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We Built a Podcast Network in Just 5 Weeks | S2E001 · The Inspired Speaker Network

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If you're tired of hiding your brilliance behind
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stage fright, scripts, or playing it safe, then
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you are in the perfect place.
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This is the Inspired Speaker Podcast, and I'm
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your host, Danielle Benzin, professional rebel, voice coach,
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and your guide to speaking with confidence, charisma,
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and zero BS.
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Around here, we don't chase perfection.
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We choose connection.
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So grab a hot beverage, warm up those
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vocal cords, and get ready to fall wildly
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in love with the sound of your voice.
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Let's get inspired.
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Well, it has been a minute, ladies and
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gentlemen, since season one, and a lot has
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happened in that small space.
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It actually hasn't been that long.
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It feels like it's been years, but I
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think it's only been a few months since
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I ended my very first podcast season.
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And since then, I decided I love this
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so much, and I'm so excited about it,
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and I want to share it so much
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with everybody that I decided instead of continuing
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all on my lonesome, I would start a
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network.
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And that's exactly what I've done.
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I got the courage.
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I stuck my courage to the sticking place.
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I can't remember the exact quote.
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I screwed my courage to the sticking place,
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and I partnered with the beautiful Michelle Abraham
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of Amplify You, and we put together a
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podcast network in approximately a month.
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It was a little bit more than a
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month between her and I, and approximately a
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month for all of the other podcasters who
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joined us.
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So we now have a network.
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We have a place.
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We have a community.
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We have somewhere for people who want to
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make the world a better place and use
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their voice for good, for inspiring change.
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We have a place for that to happen
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and for our audiences to interact with us
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so that it's not just a one-way
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conversation.
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And we have a gift vault, and we
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have lots of exciting things coming.
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It only just launched, so, you know, it's
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being built.
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But who knows when you're listening to this,
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and I have big dreams and big ambitions
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that we are going to grow into.
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We're definitely not there yet, but we're going
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to grow into them.
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And so to start this off, to start
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off Season 2, Episode 1, I thought the
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best thing to do would be to bring
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on these podcasters that I have partnered with
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so that you can hear from them what's
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been going on, why we've decided to do
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it this way, and what's going on on
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the network, because I'm going to be featuring
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them quite in Season 2.
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They're not going to be the only people
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in Season 2, but moving forward, I am
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going to be talking about them quite a
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bit for the first little while as we
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support them in getting their podcast out and
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getting their voices out there.
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So I wanted to just introduce them to
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you, my fabulous listeners, and we're going to
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do that by sharing a live stream that
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we recorded the day after our network launch.
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And it's not actually hosted by me, it's
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hosted by the fabulous Christine Goad, because I
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am just exhausted at this point.
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I want someone else to do some work
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for me.
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So here we go.
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This is the live stream that we recorded
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together, and I hope you enjoy it, and
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I hope you fall in love with these
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podcasters as much as I have over the
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last few weeks of working with them.
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Hello everybody!
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This is Danielle's channel, but our fabulous Christine
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Goad is going to be emceeing today.
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Take it away, Christine!
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Well, hello!
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I'm Christine Goad, and I am so glad
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to be here with you all today.
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We are here talking about the launch of
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the brand new Inspired Speaker Network and all
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of the beautiful podcasts that are debuting this
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week on that network.
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So thank you for being here.
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I hope you will stick around, listen.
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It's going to be a pretty quick conversation,
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but I just wanted you all to meet
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all of these amazing women, find out what
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they're doing in the world, why they're doing
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what they're doing in the world, and why
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you should come along for the ride.
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So having said all of that, why don't
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we just go around real quick and say
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who you are, what the name of your
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podcast is, and who it's for, and why
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you create...
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well shoot, that's an awful lot.
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Who you are, the name of your podcast,
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and who it's for.
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Let's start there.
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And Tiff, I see you in the top
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of my screen, so can we start with
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you?
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I'm honored!
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Hi everybody, I'm Tiff Loeffler.
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My podcast is positively yours, and I love
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supporting women in business.
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So thanks.
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Wonderful.
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What about you, LJ?
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Hi, thank you, Christine and Danielle for this
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space.
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So I am LJ, and I am hosting...
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elevating...
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or sorry, what is it?
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Is it elevating?
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I have so many E's!
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It is a brand new coat.
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Yeah, it is evolving with L, when capable
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women carry too much.
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So we are all professional, capable women, having
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lots of different roles or hats that we
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wear, and that is what we get to
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discuss on my podcast, how to harmonize all
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of that.
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Thank you.
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Wonderful, thank you.
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All right, I'm gonna jump to the bottom
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of my screen and introduce or have Shannon
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introduce herself.
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She's new to our group, so she's been
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here working alongside of all of us, but
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this is the first time most of us
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are actually meeting her in, you know, real
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life on Zoom.
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Thanks for the introduction.
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I'm Shannon Achilles.
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I am the co-host of the Guiding
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Parent Podcast, which is coincidentally for parents, and
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so it probably lends us nicely into going
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to my mom, Tammy, to introduce herself.
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Hi there, I'm Tammy Ulrich, and as Shannon
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said, our podcast is the Guiding Parent Podcast,
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and it is obviously for parents with the
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idea of being a parent, and the idea
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of helping them to nurture and raise their
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children with a little bit more understanding to
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kind of know what they do, why they
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do what they do, and why they don't
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do what they should do, so that we
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can more confidently deal with those everyday challenges.
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Sounds very useful.
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Thank you, Tammy.
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It's good to meet you, Shannon, as well,
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so thank you for being here today.
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And Wendy, how about you?
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Of course.
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Thanks, Christine.
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Thanks, Danielle.
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So my name is Wendy Ekboski, and the
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name of my podcast is The Awakening Woman
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on the Rise, conversations to awaken soul and
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spirit.
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It's for women who are tired of living
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society's life, anyone's life within their life, because
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they're looking for their authentic self.
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That's what they want to express.
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Wonderful.
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I'm going to go ahead and jump to
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me, and then I will save Danielle, our
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fearless leader, for the next little bit.
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So I'm Christine Goad, I'm the Surfing Your
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Edge coach, and my podcast is called Surfing
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Your Edge.
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It's for people who are ready to live
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the bigger, bolder, badass life they came to
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this planet for, and make decisions that help
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them be more themselves, especially in this complex
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and changing world.
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So now for Danielle, who is the leader
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of this Inspired Speaker Network.
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So, Danielle, can you tell us about your
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podcast?
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And then I've got another question for you.
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Oh, you're such a darling, Christine.
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So my podcast is called the Inspired Speaker
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Podcast, same name as the network, the Inspired
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Speaker Network, Inspired Speaker Podcast.
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So my podcast is for speakers, people who
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want to use their voice to make a
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difference in the world.
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So they're not necessarily career speakers, we're not
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necessarily talking about doing TED Talks or keynotes,
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which you absolutely could be, but it's also
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for anyone who wants to use their voice
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to make change.
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So if that's in the boardroom, if that's
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on a podcast, wherever that is in the
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networking space, if it's with your family, I
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have learned a lot about leadership from the
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Guiding Parent Podcast.
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May I say, I don't have kids, but
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I've learned a lot.
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So it's about making change with your voice.
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It's about standing up for what's important to
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you and influencing the world in a positive
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way while honoring your self-expression.
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Thanks so much, Christine.
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Thank you.
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And all of us just launched podcasts this
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week, so it's all brand new for all
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of us.
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And just launching a podcast is an effort
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enough.
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So Danielle, I'm wondering why, when you have
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a podcast to launch, why would you also
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launch a network and why did you bring
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together...
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What is the goal for the Inspired Speaker
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Network and why did you bring...
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What do you hope to accomplish by bringing
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these voices together?
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I hate doing things alone.
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That's a big part of it.
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No, seriously though, it just made so much
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sense.
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I started my podcast by myself in February...
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Well, not by myself.
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I started my podcast in February on another
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network, fantastic network, the Visionary Leaders Network with
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Mark Porteous.
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But I realized very quickly that this was
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part of a movement that I wanted to
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start and it fit so beautifully with my
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business because I work with speakers, I work
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with podcasters, I work with people who are
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on podcasts as guests and hosts and who
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speak all the time.
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And so many of my clients were looking
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to start their own podcasts.
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And by going through the experience myself, it
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just was such a no-brainer.
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And I felt really stupid for not thinking
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of it earlier, actually, because it was such
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a no-brainer to go, oh, why am
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I doing this on somebody else's platform and
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trying to get other people to join me?
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Why don't I create my own space?
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Because I am a speaker trainer.
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Why am I not doing this?
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And so immediately I kind of paused my
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podcast.
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I was like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
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we don't want to do it this way.
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And obviously I'm still allying with other people
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and I still love to support them, but
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I wanted to create a space for my
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clients and for people who I believe in
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and for voices that I want to amplify,
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because that's a big part of what I
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do.
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So I partnered with Amplify You and they
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help where together we're creating this network.
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They take care of a lot of the
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technical, more technical stuff.
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And I take care of a lot of
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the more expressive stuff, but also video editing
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and all that thing, all those things.
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And I was saying to someone a little
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bit earlier in a meeting, I feel like
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I'm a professional hand holder, but in the
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best way.
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It's so much fun.
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And watching you all grow and not having
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to do it alone as well has been
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big, but I want to create a space
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for positive change.
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I want to create a community.
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I want to help in any way to
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make the world a better place.
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And I think every single one of these
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podcasts and any podcast that joins our network
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in the future is going to be about
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that, in some way, shape or form, the
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curious, excited, compassionate, honest nature of the world.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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We're all very honored to be part of
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this initial group and it has been quite
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a whirlwind.
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I was the last person to join and
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it was a matter of getting things out
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in just a few weeks.
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And as Danielle said, it can be really
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lonely doing this by yourself.
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So I am super grateful.
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Not only I'm grateful to have you all
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on this journey, but I'm also really grateful
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because having the group also meant that things
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had to be done and you couldn't push
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the, there was no deadline that could be
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pushed.
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It was all, we've got a launch date
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ladies and we're going.
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So that has been really lovely.
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And Danielle has been an amazing support.
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So I'd like to open the conversation up
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a little more widely now and have us,
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this is just kind of like a group
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conversation.
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I'm not going to pick on anybody, but
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just, I'm wondering what the launch has already
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taught you, what surprised you and maybe what
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edge are you surfing as you get this
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off the ground?
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Wendy.
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Well, interestingly enough, apart from the courage of
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saying yes to the podcast idea, what I've
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learned is what Danielle was actually talking about
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is about not doing it alone.
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I have had a history of thinking I
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needed to do it all alone to get
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any credit whatsoever.
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And who doesn't want credit, but I really
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was a loner that way.
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And I didn't realize I was so much
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and working with this amazing, amazing group, I
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thought, Oh my God, I don't have to
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do it alone.
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I'm with great people.
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And it was so up building, up building.
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This is a huge life lesson for me.
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I would have never expected in a podcast.
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I thought, yes, I'll get my word out.
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I'll get my thoughts out, which are important
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to me, but it was a much deeper
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win.
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So I'm so grateful.
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I love that.
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Yay.
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Thank you.
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And I Christine, fantastic question.
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So the edge that I was surfing is
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not hiding because I'm like, I believe we're
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all like these best kept secrets, right?
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Where we have what we want to share
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with the world because of what we've experienced,
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what we've learned professionally, we are unsure of
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really and truly how to get it out
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there.
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And by Danielle saying, Hey, I believe in
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what you are doing.
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Come join me.
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It was a stretch for me because I
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am, you know, almost like the, the tin
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man in front of the wizard.
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My knees were knocking and I'm just like,
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I'm going to do this.
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And then almost like the cowardly lion, let
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me just get out of here.
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But, um, Dorothy, you know, like there's no
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place like home.
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Right.
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And Danielle has made this place like beautiful.
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So I am super grateful.
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We're super grateful that you're here because your
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voice, when you start talking, you're mesmerizing.
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And when I'm just, I can't wait to
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hear where your conversations lead.
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So thank you so much for, uh, for
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sharing that and, um, and for coming along
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for the ride and doing it scared.
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Right.
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I think we're all doing it scared.
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I know it's a major stretch, but you're
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doing it.
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Tammy.
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I, uh, I go along right with LJ.
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You know, it was what I think surprised
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me the most was that this opportunity all
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of a sudden came about.
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I mean, just kind of out of the
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blue and that I did say yes, terrifyingly.
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So, you know, it really did cause me
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to step outside my comfort zone.
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And did you just jump in and do
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it and jump in and do it without
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practice or being perfect?
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It was, um, I was laughing at myself
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somewhat doing our, our third episode, because it's
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about being the perfect parent.
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And, uh, here I am, you know, needing
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to, uh, take some of my own advice
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and, uh, you know, don't have to be
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perfect.
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Just need to be real.
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So, you know, the episodes aren't perfect and
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that's okay.
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And so that was my edge.
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So it's definitely surfing my edge to, uh,
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you know, to step out and do this
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and we're doing it.
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Yeah.
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I noticed, I mean, we recorded so quickly
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and it was just like a, you know,
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just sort of scatter shot at the camera.
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And then when it's all done, you're like,
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what did I say?
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And there was this fear of, oh my
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God, did any of that make sense?
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And will anybody want to listen?
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And so it's been kind of like this
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trust, this game of trust, right?
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Where you have to assume that you had
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something valuable to share and that the team
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on the other side is going to find
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it and share it in its best light,
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but just trusting.
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I'm just so grateful to Danielle because she
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makes, and all of you, because this community
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just makes that trust so much easier.
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Shannon, how did you feel coming into all
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of this?
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I can jump in.
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Um, I mean, it was kind of amazing.
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Like my mom was talking about, you know,
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it kind of was this opportunity that came
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out of nowhere.
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And she asked me if, you know, I
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was interested in co-hosting with her, which
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we had, you know, kind of tossed around
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as an idea at one point, but had
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never, you know, really spoken about it with
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any sort of seriousness.
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And so, yeah, absolutely.
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The vulnerability of, you know, jumping into something
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that I don't have experience doing.
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And then also, you know, the vulnerability and
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our podcast is about parenting.
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And, you know, my role in our podcast
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is to be kind of the parent in
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the trenches.
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And so there is a definite, you know,
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requirement of being really open about my own
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experience in parenting, my own, you know, challenges
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and days that I don't do my best
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parenting.
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And so, you know, that was definitely one
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of the things that I took from, you
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know, our meetings with Danielle is, you know,
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the goal is not to have a perfect
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podcast, just like it's not to be a
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perfect parent that, you know, that there is,
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you know, a really important element of, you
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know, being your full human self in both.
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And I really love how, you know, you
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get that, you know, one of my favorite
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analogies about parenting is that it's like yoga,
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it's a practice, you're never going to have
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like a perfect parent, you're never going to
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have a perfect yoga pose, you just have
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to breathe through it all.
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So that has definitely been and, you know,
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a big part of this experience is just
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breathing through it.
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And, you know, hoping that we end up
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with something really beautiful at the end of
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it, which I think so far we have,
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and it's definitely been, you know, a delight
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to get to do it with my mom.
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And, you know, to share that experience.
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It takes a lot of courage to do
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that in front of the public, right?
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To be like, oh, I've got an imperfect
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yoga pose, and I'm doing it for all
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the world to see.
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For everyone.
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Yeah.
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Well, congratulations.
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I'm so glad you took the leap and
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that both of you are doing this together.
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It's gonna be fun.
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What about you, Tiff?
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What's going on with you?
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Oh, well, I think the surprise for me
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has been how in flow it is.
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I just, it's almost dreamlike.
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It's a bit dreamlike because I trust Danielle
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for days, you know, miles and miles.
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And so I knew when she gave me
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this opportunity that I would say yes, I
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think I was nervous because it wasn't just
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me, there were other incredible women.
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And then comes the, am I gonna be
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able to not just keep up, but can
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I bring what needs to be brought to
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the group?
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Because that's the part that's surprising me.
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That's the edge that I'm surfing.
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I'm so grateful because this group is awesome.
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And it's not just when you are in
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the same room together, we're all off doing
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our own things, but we're holding each other
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in just this most beautiful container always.
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And, and now it's happened.
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And another edge to surf is I have
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to, I have to trust that it can
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continue because now the podcast is out there
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and I'm excited for the next season already.
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And how is that going to happen?
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But it's okay because I'm in this group
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and my podcast is about having a great
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day and, and all the different ways to
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have a great day, even if you're not
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having such a great day.
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And today was an example.
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Today was a little intense and, and the
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cool part was I was reminding myself, Hey,
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it's okay.
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You can take a moment and, and there
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are parts of this day that are great.
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And then also there's the looking forward to
21:42
this call today.
21:42
So that was making it extra great.
21:44
So that's why I was so happy.
21:46
We're all together sharing how we're in this
21:49
experience together.
21:50
And that's just been awesome.
21:51
It has been, it has been.
21:54
I love all of that.
21:58
I'm looking at the time.
22:01
Let's jump a year ahead.
22:04
Okay.
22:04
So we just did this really fast.
22:06
I did.
22:07
I think mine was like, I don't know
22:08
who the first person to say yes was
22:10
and how long you've been on this journey.
22:13
But I think mine has been for about
22:15
three weeks, Danielle.
22:20
I just like to say that I only
22:22
decided to do this five weeks ago.
22:25
No, no, no.
22:26
I just, I'm just to clarify.
22:27
Cause you keep saying I'm the last person
22:29
to join.
22:29
Yeah.
22:32
Everybody joined within a week.
22:34
There was, there was a week of enrollment,
22:37
maybe, maybe nine days.
22:39
No one has done this in more than
22:42
five weeks, I think.
22:43
And we didn't start away.
22:45
We only started the training after Christine joined.
22:48
We only started when the last person was
22:49
in place.
22:50
So there was about nine days of recruitment
22:52
and then we all did this in four
22:54
weeks.
22:55
That's insane.
22:56
I just want to, I just want to,
22:58
this was not a six month process.
23:00
This was short for everyone.
23:02
And that was intentional.
23:03
And it was brilliant.
23:04
It was brilliantly devised.
23:06
And I don't think it was like, I
23:08
heard several of you say it wasn't necessarily
23:10
the right time, but the right offer at
23:14
the right, you know, and you made it,
23:15
we made it the right time.
23:18
So Danielle and her brilliance figured out that
23:20
we were the right people and brought us
23:23
together.
23:24
So I'm excited about that.
23:26
But I'd like to look forward a year,
23:28
right.
23:28
And see, and I'd love us to be
23:30
back here again together as in a year.
23:34
And I'm wondering what your vision, what would
23:37
you like to have happened in the world
23:39
as a result of having your podcast out
23:42
there when we come back together in a
23:44
year?
23:48
That's a fantastic question.
23:51
Yes, that's a fantastic question.
23:55
Good for you, LJ.
23:57
You know, what would be the best thing
24:00
since sliced bread?
24:01
Yes, I am that old.
24:03
It would be people getting in touch with
24:06
me and saying, you know, Wendy, with your
24:11
podcast, and with the community you created, I
24:16
could not have imagined that I would have
24:22
paid the attention to myself that I needed
24:25
to, to know that I had something to
24:27
offer, and that my, my security actually comes
24:33
from within me.
24:35
I would love to see women who have
24:38
a dream, have a goal, have a desire,
24:41
someone like Danielle, but a dream, a goal,
24:44
a desire, and say to me, I thought
24:48
it wasn't possible.
24:50
But I was willing to question that.
24:53
And I was willing to change my mind.
24:56
Thank you for your support.
24:58
That would be like wonderful.
25:01
And if one person shows up and says
25:02
that there are probably lots more people out
25:04
there experiencing it, who may not raise their
25:07
hand and let you know.
25:10
Lovely.
25:13
Yeah.
25:14
And thank you, Wendy.
25:16
So my, what I would love to see
25:22
a year from now is women coming saying
25:26
that they have been edified, encouraged to be
25:32
more in alignment with who they are, rather
25:37
than living by the expectations of the various
25:41
roles that they carry.
25:44
And by doing that, they get to evolve
25:51
and elevate in a community, not alone, kind
25:57
of like what we've been doing.
25:58
We've been elevating each other.
26:00
We've been evolving, stretching to new levels that
26:04
we maybe never thought possible.
26:07
And that is what I would love to
26:12
see in a year from now because of
26:15
the community that women choose to join me
26:20
in.
26:21
It's a partnership.
26:22
It's a collaboration.
26:24
It's, there's no forcing.
26:25
It's, hey, you see yourself in what we
26:29
are saying as I bring the mirror, the
26:31
map, and the method.
26:33
And you're like, oh yeah, I want to
26:35
join with Elle.
26:36
And I'm like, yay, she wants to join
26:39
with me because it would be such an
26:42
honor.
26:43
And these women get to impact the world,
26:48
namely their children, because once this space has
26:52
been created for them to be authentically who
26:55
they are and they get to own their
26:57
roles, they open the door for their children
27:01
to know who they are and align with
27:04
themselves at a much earlier age.
27:07
And that is really what I envision happening
27:11
for the women.
27:14
And your podcast, I think, is in some
27:16
ways inspired by your mother, right?
27:18
When you were watching your mother as a
27:20
young girl.
27:25
Yes.
27:26
So my mother...
27:28
Oh, sorry.
27:30
You put me on the spot.
27:31
Hot dog.
27:32
All right.
27:34
So yes, my mother was a stay-at
27:37
-home mom after being a nurse, having a
27:40
career.
27:41
And by seeing her operate in her various
27:46
roles, I saw that that's how she was
27:51
kind of defined.
27:53
And what I saw her do in order
27:57
to continue to evolve and elevate was she
28:01
had conversations with friends and family members where
28:05
it was a mutual giving and receiving to
28:09
where they could elevate each other.
28:12
And since she has now passed away and
28:19
I had the time to reflect on what
28:22
she taught me, what she gave me, how
28:26
she actually helped me elevate and evolve with
28:29
all of her encouragement, that is what I
28:32
want to be able to...
28:34
That's what I want to share with other
28:36
women because there's strength in that.
28:42
And for the longest time, I thought she
28:46
was missing a lot, but that was my
28:49
perspective.
28:51
But when you reflect and you dig in,
28:53
you're like, oh, she was strong and everything
28:56
else.
28:56
And she had more than what I even
28:58
knew.
28:59
Yes.
28:59
So you're carrying on a legacy and I
29:03
love that.
29:06
All right.
29:08
Anyone else have a vision for the coming
29:10
year?
29:15
Tammy?
29:18
I feel like we've talked about how we
29:20
don't want to be doing this alone.
29:22
And this community brings us together to support
29:24
each other.
29:25
I feel like it's not...
29:26
The parents shouldn't need to be doing it
29:28
alone either.
29:29
And I love the saying, it takes a
29:31
village.
29:32
And so I really hope that we can
29:35
be a little bit of a village for
29:36
families and that parents can get little tidbits
29:39
that help them feel supported, that help them
29:42
feel more confident in their parenting and some
29:45
ease with the challenges that we all...
29:49
Everybody faces going through parenting.
29:50
And then ultimately, then our kids will grow
29:53
up being understood and just growing into the
29:59
best versions of themselves.
30:00
And then they can...
30:01
Our world is changing and kids need that
30:05
support as they go into this world that
30:08
we have.
30:08
And they can grow up full of who
30:11
they are and their full potential and make
30:13
the world a better place.
30:15
To piggyback off of what my mom said,
30:17
we absolutely want to have a village for
30:21
our listeners.
30:22
And my mom's also writing a book that
30:24
should be out within a year from now.
30:26
And so we have the perfect synergy of
30:30
having a podcast that helps draw people to
30:33
the book and the book helps draw people
30:35
to the podcast and really create this whole
30:38
guiding mindset, little village or community to just
30:42
really support families specifically that want to have
30:48
definitely more confidence.
30:49
Because I know for me, feeling confident in
30:51
how I parent really seems to be what
30:54
makes or breaks how you feel about doing
30:56
the hard stuff.
30:57
And so I think that that will, hopefully,
31:00
we'll see a year from now, this lovely
31:01
little village of listeners and readers all together.
31:10
Anyone else?
31:15
I'll jump in and say I was hearing
31:19
everyone and it finally, I'll say hit me
31:25
that, oh yeah, we're going to meet in
31:27
a year from now.
31:28
This thing is still going.
31:29
That just in itself sounds amazing.
31:34
And I so look forward to that because
31:39
what an accomplishment.
31:41
And if I were to be so dreamy,
31:46
thinking about people saying, oh, I got some
31:51
help on how to, like, I had a
31:53
great day.
31:54
It felt so cool.
31:56
Like that just sounds, that just sounds great.
31:59
And I had this dream of having a
32:03
podcast a few years ago.
32:05
And then so many things happened in life.
32:07
And that would be the other thing I,
32:11
my hope to help people know that, that
32:16
your dreams can change, but it doesn't mean
32:21
you have to give up on your dreams,
32:22
even if they don't quite look like what
32:24
you thought.
32:25
Because this is more than I ever could
32:27
have, could have imagined being in a creation
32:33
podcast group.
32:34
And now it's here and it's just been,
32:36
it's just been everything.
32:37
So thank you, Danielle and everybody here.
32:43
Danielle, do you want to contribute to the
32:45
vision?
32:48
I was going to ask you, I just
32:51
want to say reality often surpasses fantasy.
32:53
So I just wanted to say that.
32:55
You, you question that.
32:56
I would like to see people changing their
33:00
relationship with fear and starting to realize that
33:03
fear isn't a stop sign, right?
33:07
Sometimes it's a sign along the route that
33:09
says, hey, you're going the right way.
33:11
If there's some fear here, there's probably a
33:13
reason.
33:14
You know, this is probably a good thing
33:16
for you to be stretching.
33:17
And I'd also like people to start to
33:21
recognize their own agency in a deeper way,
33:25
not only to have their best lives, but
33:27
to also contribute to betterment of the world.
33:31
We need each other right now.
33:33
We can't rely on the powers that be
33:39
to have our backs right now.
33:41
So we need each other and we need
33:43
to be our best selves now.
33:45
So I'm really looking forward to a year
33:48
of people really starting to see themselves more
33:52
clearly and step into the power that has
33:55
always been theirs, that they might now have
33:58
the courage to start using for the betterment
34:02
of everyone.
34:05
Just a little thing.
34:11
No pressure.
34:12
This is it.
34:13
This is it.
34:13
And this is why I've brought these, these
34:15
people together.
34:16
And this is why I will continue to
34:17
curate this network very consciously, because this is
34:21
what it's about.
34:22
I want to live in a world where
34:25
people are emotionally aware, emotionally conscious, emotionally mature,
34:31
but also deeply emotional, emotionally alive.
34:35
I want to live in a world where
34:37
people are honest and about who they are,
34:40
not just technically, but embody a self-expression
34:44
and an honesty and a self-love and
34:46
a self-acceptance.
34:48
And of course, that extends as soon as
34:50
one has for oneself, it extends to others.
34:52
I want to live in a world where
34:54
people are accepting of differences and not just
34:58
tolerant, but celebrate diversity and bringing us all
35:04
together in this beautiful, compassionate, passionate, compassionate,
35:08
passionate, raw, real, messy, human, vulnerable, fragile world.
35:12
And I want to celebrate that.
35:14
And that is why I've brought you together.
35:16
And that is why I will hopefully continue
35:17
to bring people together.
35:18
In a year, I want this community to
35:20
at least have doubled.
35:22
And I want to be part of a
35:25
movement.
35:26
I want us to be actively making the
35:28
world a better place with our voices in
35:31
whatever that means.
35:32
If that's on a very small, I'm just
35:34
emotionally regulating today and that's all I can
35:36
do, but I'm doing it in a way
35:38
that feels good and I'm not feeling reactive,
35:40
or I'm parenting a child, or I'm running
35:43
a team, or I'm running an event or
35:46
a movement.
35:47
Whatever works for you, if we all do
35:50
our part, I think we can make the
35:53
world a better place.
35:53
And I think it's totally within our grasp.
35:57
And that's why I'm here.
35:58
Yay, yay, yay.
36:03
It is why we're here.
36:04
And it's why, yes, it's why everyone is
36:06
here.
36:07
So Danielle, I don't know the best way
36:10
to share links or to tell people how
36:13
to find the network.
36:18
That is an excellent thing.
36:20
And I got so excited about making the
36:22
world a better place, I forgot to say,
36:24
because you kind of started mentioning it.
36:27
All of these beautiful hosts have gifts in
36:30
our gift vault on the network.
36:32
So not only can you go and look
36:34
at all the different podcasts and read about
36:37
them and interact with them on the network,
36:39
but you can also download gifts or tickets
36:42
or events.
36:43
There's all sorts of different types of gifts.
36:44
We're constantly adding to the gift vault.
36:47
So keep checking it out.
36:48
We only launched yesterday, so it's still building.
36:52
But there's a few things there.
36:54
And the network is inspiredspeakernetwork.com.
37:01
I will put a link everywhere that this
37:03
is.
37:04
It's just, there's no the.
37:06
It's inspiredspeakernetwork.com.
37:10
And you can also find us, all of
37:13
us, everywhere that there are podcasts.
37:15
So I think everyone should just say their
37:16
podcast name one last time.
37:19
I am the Inspired Speaker Podcast.
37:21
Christine?
37:24
Surfing Your Edge.
37:27
Great.
37:28
Shannon?
37:30
Oh, you're on mute, Shannon.
37:32
I'll get Tammy to say it because you're
37:34
both together.
37:34
Anyway, say it at the same time.
37:36
The Guiding Parrot Podcast.
37:40
Excellent.
37:41
Elle?
37:43
Evolving With Elle.
37:45
When Capable Women Carry Too Much.
37:49
Wendy?
37:51
The Awakening Woman On The Rise.
37:54
Conversations to Awaken Soul and Spirit.
37:57
And Tiff?
38:00
Positively Yours.
38:02
There's more to it, but I just remember
38:04
the Positively Yours.
38:06
That's the important part.
38:08
And you've got all of our names too.
38:09
So you can find us everywhere that you
38:10
find podcasts.
38:11
I'm going to hand it back over to
38:13
Christine, but I just wanted to put that
38:14
in everybody's minds.
38:16
Well, I just want to say that I
38:17
am grateful for all of you for being
38:19
here today, for all of our viewers and
38:22
our listeners.
38:23
And I can't wait to see where this
38:26
journey takes us.
38:27
And I have a feeling we'll be doing
38:29
more of these as we go along because
38:32
we need each other and we need you.
38:35
So I hope you'll come along for the
38:37
ride.
38:37
Thank you, everybody.
38:39
And oh, my signature sign off is wishing
38:42
you wonder.
38:43
So I am wishing you wonder.
38:45
I think we all are.
38:48
Wonder is the best thing to have.
38:50
Let's all, let's all on three.
38:52
One, two, three.
38:54
Wishing you wonder.
38:55
Wishing you wonder.
38:58
Thank you.
39:00
Yay!
39:01
I hope you have fallen in love with
39:04
these podcasters as much as I have.
39:06
I am so honored.
39:07
I am so honored that they have chosen
39:10
to take this crazy journey with me.
39:13
It was so intense, but I feel like
39:15
we've all grown so much.
39:17
We have all really grown in the last
39:21
month in a way that I don't think
39:22
we would have if we'd taken the time
39:24
to do this more slowly.
39:26
We've really come together.
39:27
They've supported each other so beautifully.
39:29
And I can't wait to see where this
39:32
network goes.
39:33
I'm excited to grow it.
39:35
I am going to be curating it.
39:37
There's going to be an application process because
39:38
the values of this network are very important
39:41
to me.
39:42
The production values as well as the, you
39:46
know, value values, the internal ethical values of
39:50
the world that we want to create.
39:51
We want to create something positive.
39:53
We want to inspire change for the better
39:56
and tolerance and celebration in diversity and all
40:01
of those wonderful gooey things that I think
40:03
are so important to the world.
40:05
So that's what we're endeavoring to do.
40:08
This is just the beginning of something truly
40:11
marvelous.
40:12
I am so excited that you are here.
40:14
Thank you for joining me.
40:16
Thank you for sticking around.
40:17
Thank you for giving me another chance.
40:19
I'm going to be doing some solo shows,
40:21
some episodes with interviews, all sorts of things
40:25
in between.
40:26
I'm excited to see where this goes.
40:28
I will do my best to build some
40:31
sort of consistency around it because I know
40:32
that's important.
40:33
But also diversity is important to me and
40:36
being able to follow curiosity and keep things
40:42
interesting and on their toes.
40:44
So it's not going to be a completely
40:45
predictable kind of show, but I do hope
40:48
that the through line, the through line should
40:50
be predictable.
40:51
This emphasis on truth and honesty and embracing
40:55
vulnerability and messiness and loving the human experience
41:00
and living it as loudly and lively as
41:03
we can.
41:04
Thank you so much for being on this
41:06
really exciting journey.
41:08
And I can't wait to introduce you to
41:10
some more of my friends.