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- Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Today's a little different and it's a little bit special. ⁓ we've welcomed some incredible leaders, some entrepreneurs, we've had some change makers on this podcast, and we've talked about business, leadership, resilience, motherhood, relationships, and all of the messy, beautiful things that make us who we are. But today's guests Know me in a way none of our previous guests ever could, which is kind of fun and a little scary, frankly. ⁓ these are the young women who have watched me at my best and also at my worst, ⁓ as a mom and a stepmom. They have seen the wins, they've seen the failures, the celebrations, the frustrations, and probably more embor embarrassing moments than I care to admit. Today I will be joined by my daughter, Georgia. And my two bonus daughter stepdaughters, Ashley and Alex. And I'm so excited ⁓ to have them on the show. I would say, you know, we have built a little bit more of a maybe untraditional family. ⁓ And I never knew that it was going to end up this way, but I could not be more pleased. And I'm so happy that it's ours. It's it's a blended family. We've navigated a lot of change. and growth and challenges and laughter and crying and a lot of learning along the way. ⁓ and while I spend a lot of my daytime helping leaders and organizations grow, it's these three young women that have taught me some of my greatest lessons about patience, perseverance, and unconditional love. And lots of wit. Sara Frasca: Tits Wit and Grit is a podcast created to hold honest, intelligent conversations with women who lead, build, and navigate demanding professional lives. This podcast was born from a belief that women benefit from spaces where experience is honored, perspective is shared openly, and leadership can be discussed in both depth and candor, and maybe even a little laughter. Each episode brings forth voices that will offer insight Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Laura: No. ⁓ Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ okay, so in today's episode, we're gonna pull back the curtain a little bit and have an honest conversation about family, about growing up, about life lessons, what it's like to have me as a mom or stepmom. And ⁓ again, I'm excited and nervous, equal parts. So buckle up. This one is gonna be equal parts of heartwarming, honesty, and also a little dangerous for me. Sara Frasca: drawn from their experience, and we will all speak honestly about leadership, resilience, ambition, and personal evolution. So let's get started. Tits, wit, and grit. Laura: Awesome. All right. Ladies, are you ready? Awesome. ⁓ Sara thanks for opening up your home and opening up your personal life for our listeners. because I think the wisdom that's going to be shared here by these three young future leaders will be great for us because we'll have comfort in knowing that you're gonna lead us. we'll also have comfort of just knowing that you're on your way to some great successes. So with that, we always try to lift up women and Ashley and Alex: Yeah, yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Laura: and understand kind of the women that we're talking to. So ladies, I'm gonna ask you. In the tits part of this podcast, we're women. So what's the best part of being a woman? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ the best part about being a woman is probably that like society almost has like a stereotype on women and kind of like says what they can or can't do, especially like years ago. And ⁓ I feel like like challenging the roles like kind of makes it just that much cooler when women do amazing things. ⁓ and I think it it just like changes people's perspective on women in general. Laura: Great. Ashley and Alex: Okay, I think the best part is like the community. Like if you go into the bathroom or like ask anyone for like a hair tie or like even a tampon, like everyone has one. Laura: Love it. I think we heard that earlier on another episode about kind of this this tribe, this community of supporting each other. Ashley, how about you? What's the best part? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Hmm. We did. Ashley and Alex: well, I was kind of thinking the same thing as Georgia. I said that ⁓ it's definitely like getting challenged and challenging the expectations and redefining I think what it means to like be a woman. And I think like just like for me in my like personal life, like I'm out of school that's like a s like a STEM school. And so being in a male dominated field and even with like athletics, just there's a huge movement right now about like Everyone watches women's sports and I think it's really cool to be a part of that and experience that and just like redefine everything and yeah. Laura: I love it. I love it. I think ⁓ I think certainly the in you touched on it, Alex, the environment that you're growing up in, just being part of that tribe. And then Ashley, you kind of be in the tribe from the sports perspective. ⁓ and so I l I love the messaging that you all each are all saying. I mean, aside from the cool lipstick and shoes and fashion, right, that we all get to wear. But ⁓ and what did you ladies think about it when Sara told you or your mom told you, hey, this podcast I'm doing, it's called Tits Wit and Grit. Tracy Laskos Hill: you Laura: What'd you think of that? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Uhhuh. Well, she first like asked if it if she was like, Are you okay if I do this? 'Cause your s friends at school might be like, Hey, why did your mom create this podcast called this? And ⁓ I don't know, it it's funny. Ashley and Alex: Yeah, I think that it was like initially like it was funny a little bit and then like I feel like once we thought about it, I think it's a good idea to just like bring women together and see how like each person is impacting the world and leading and yeah. Yeah. You can't just call it. Laura: Right. Tracy Laskos Hill: you Laura: Great. Awesome. Love it. We couldn't agree more, but we're slightly biased. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Mm-hmm. They're excited too for us to launch Wiener Week so we can have the boys on. 'Cause that'll be a real treat. Are you serious? Yes. No way. Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: you Ashley and Alex: Yeah, we know we. Laura: Yeah. Okay. We're taking nominations. Ashley and Alex: AJ Albert. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: listeners you should see the girls expressions right now. Laura: Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: Shock, horror, and laughter all in one. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: So let's talk a little bit about wit. How does levity and humor play a role in your lives, helping you stay sane? How does it fit in? Ashley and Alex: ⁓ it locate or it plays a big part in my life because I like don't take anything that seriously. So like I don't stress a lot a lot of stuff. Good. Good good answer. ⁓ yeah, I would say I'm like the opposite of her is like she doesn't take anything seriously and I take everything too seriously. So I think ⁓ just like with school and sports, like being honest. Sara Frasca: Hey everyone, quick pause from today's episode because we have something really special to share you. Ashley and Alex: Being on a team just with like all girls and stuff and all of our run tests and conditioning, I think. even if it's just like in between reps or like after a run or whatever, just like little comments and little like inside jokes like that I have like with my team just to support each other and ⁓ kind of just helps us stay strong together. And it's like interesting because it's like the girls sitting next to you, like you want her to do just as good. Like you want her to like reach her full thing, and so you're pushing her. But you're also there to support and like be her friend and be there for her. So I think it's just like a balance that like everyone's working towards the same goal and like you're there to be like their cheerleader, but you're also there to be their teammate and hold them accountable. Laura: E-W-I-L, Women in Law, is an intentional curated experience for women in the legal profession who are looking for more than surface level networking and packed conference schedules. It's great. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I ⁓ sorry. ⁓ I think that sometimes like especially toward the night, I get like there's like things that like my emotions get pretty like hyped up like later. And so I think that like but then once you reach like a almost like we used to call it like a slap happy, like a delusious phase, it it it like it helps me because like I can't go to sleep if I'm anxious about something. But once I reach that, like sometimes I'll call my friends or like Tracy Laskos Hill: We're creating space for real conversations, meaningful connection, reflection, and growth alongside incredible women who truly understand the demands of leadership in law. Sara Frasca: So join us November 4th through the of 2026 at beautiful Miraval Austin in Texas Hill Country. Laura: Sure. Yep. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: talk to someone and th they'll make me like laugh and I'll get into like that delirious phase and then like I no longer have to like go to sleep with that anxious worry on me, which helps me. Laura: Yeehaw! This is going to be hosted by your Tits, Wit and Grit team. Point Northeast. Tracy Laskos Hill: And because this experience is designed for depth, seats are intentionally limited. Laura: Mm-hmm. That's great. Who of the three of you, who's the most funniest? Sara Frasca: If this sounds like your kind of room, join the interest list now at pointnortheast.com. Now, back to the episode. Ashley and Alex: Mean Lowkey Alex, yeah. Yeah. Laura: Okay. Who's the most wittiest? Like who can really like fire it back? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Ashley, right? Ashley and Alex: No no. I'm I'm like the furthest thing from funny. Like there's no nothing. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ I wait. Laura: Well, are you sarcastic and like, you know, can snap Ashley and Alex: No, I mean I would say I don't really not appreciate, but like I don't know. I I just with the taking things too seriously, like I usually will just like say it how it is and like I'm like when people joke, I'm like I can't tell, like, are you joking? Are you not? Like it's as serious as it's just like hard for me to like process all of that. So I would say that I'm not that funny. I don't really do well with like Laura: I recommend you work your you work at a bar when you're old enough to serve alcohol. You'll learn that wit really quick. There you go. Tracy Laskos Hill: you Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: She does work in a restaurant right now. Tracy Laskos Hill: Definitely the older sister mentality then Ashley, huh? Yeah. Yep. And then Alex, you're the youngest, right? Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. Yeah. Georgia, where do you fit in on that spectrum of wittiness? Ashley and Alex: Yep. Yeah. Well, the youngest sister, but not the child. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: What the story? Yeah. ⁓ Ashley and Alex: I'd say you're right in the middle. Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah, I I think it's also sometimes hard to understand sarcasm for me. But ⁓ but or or use it. I'm pretty bad at like projecting like if I'm being sarcastic or not. Like I I don't really have like a good like voice for that. ⁓ but Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Laura: Do you find do you find if it's just girls in a setting versus, you know, mix girls and guys together, like are you more witty or more funny in one setting? Either of you? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: On ⁓ I don't think so for me. I I mean sometimes if I'm with like my closer like my like best friends that are like girls, ⁓ I feel like like we have like inside jokes that like s like you can use sarcasm more and like there's more humor in it. ⁓ whereas like being in a bigger group setting like obviously some people don't know your jokes or like they don't like they don't know that you're joking. So I think that plays a role in Ashley and Alex: Mm-hmm. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Like how much humor you're able to use without like going overboard. Laura: Sure. Mm-hmm. Makes sense. Tracy Laskos Hill: So podcast is Tits, Wit and Grit. So pivoting to grit, ladies. Tell me a little bit about where you've demonstrated grit in your life or where it has played a role in your world, whether it's past or present. Ashley and Alex: First. so our our season just ended. ⁓ luckily my team ⁓ made it to the NCAA tournament, which was a really like cool experience. And ⁓ yeah, so like towards the end of the season, I kind of started to like develop a hamstring injury, and like I was literally every treatment I was in the training room every day, like ice, stem, heat, everything, anything like you can think of. Like I got it done in like Tracy Laskos Hill: Congrats. Laura: Congrats. Sara Frasca: That's it for today's episode of Tits, Wit and Grit, where bold women, big ideas, and a little bit of fearless attitude collide. Ashley and Alex: Nothing was helping like a ton, like it would help and then it wouldn't. And so it's kind of just lingering. And obviously the tournament extends the season and makes it a few games longer, a few like practices longer, all of that stuff. Which obviously the ultimate thing that it needed was rest, which just wasn't gonna happen. So we went and played in Lakeland and nothing was working. So they tried this new like taping strategy. And I basically had an artificial hamstring. I played the whole like final like our whole game, like this was the last game of the season because we lost. But I played with like a resistance band down my leg, like tied around my waist. Like my whole leg was in like a sleeve, like everything. But like up until like the practices leading up to it, I earned my like spot to start. So I got to start in the tournament, which was pr like super cool and I was proud of myself. And yeah, and just like playing through that whole game, like I had my matchup that I was playing against, like on the circle and all of this stuff. Tracy Laskos: If today's conversation sparked something for you, share it with someone who needs it and make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss what's coming next. Ashley and Alex: So I think that was like it was kind of hard because it would have been easy just to say, like, you know what, I'm done, like I can't play. Like she could have like my trainer could have put me on IR. I could have been like could have been like that. But I was like, I wanna play. This is like a experience that I could never have again. And I don't know, it was super cool just to play. And it was definitely rough at the end and when you know like like you're losing and it's hard, but it was fun. So yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah, it's it's really crazy. I mean, she actually goes to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and shout out to the young woman who is the trainer that built this hamstring. It's an external hamstring, basically. It's crazy. So yeah, I mean it was it was really creative and it seemed like it helped. Tracy Laskos Hill: That's great. That's what think. Yeah. Yeah. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Pretty cool. Laura: What did it take to get that on? Ashley and Alex: ⁓ like I would usually go to the training room 'cause we had practiced like eight to ten. I would go to the training room at like seven and she would have to tape and I'd have to like cause she then like there were so many issues with it that like it was rubbing my legs so then I got like a cut. So then they had to wrap my ankles and wrap my hamstring under it and then they'd like put it on. So it usually took like twenty or thirty minutes to put on and then all the treatment after and it was an experience. Yeah. Laura Raether: Remember, show up with confidence, trust your wit, and never underestimate the of grit. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: But it's a really good example of grit Ashley because again, it it didn't stop you. I mean, not a lot of people I think would play with an external hamstring, which I mean, it was a apparatus. Yeah. Laura Raether: See you next time. Tracy Laskos Hill: Yes. Laura: Right. Right. Let alone the full Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: You're high and full of mental capacity as well, Ashley, right? Because it's one thing to have a physical ailment, but you also have to get your head in the right space to be in the game, to be fully present and not thinking about your leg. I mean, what was that process like for you in preparation? mean, especially for such a big game. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Right. Yeah, I think I talked to my dad a lot before and he was like, control what you can control. Like you're all you can control, like you can't you're not gonna be able to fix your hamstring, like just play the next play, like keep playing how you've played. Like up at that point, we've been playing lacrosse for six months in the season and then or five months in the season and then four months in the fall. Like he's like, You're prepared, like you're ready. So I think I really just like went into the game, I was like, I've Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Ashley and Alex: been working at this for I don't know, nine months at this point. Like I'm ready and like not to like I didn't change anything I was doing really. I think also I just get like a huge adrenaline rush before like games practic like even running on my own, I don't even know how, but like I get an adrenaline rush and as soon as that happens, like I'm warming up and like I don't even think about it. I can't feel anything. Like it's and then that kind of like takes the edge off everything and then I'm fine and like I'm just like in game mode. Tracy Laskos Hill: Hmm. Such a great lesson for you, especially as you continue to like grow in your personal and professional life, right? To have this lesson, to learn it and to really kind of embed it into your DNA for future, you know, situations or events. That's just fantastic. That's really, really great. Yeah. Alex, what about you and grit? Ashley and Alex: Thank ya. Yeah. So there's this like reading test for school that you need to pass to graduate. ⁓ And funny. ⁓ and I've never passed before it. Like I take it or you take it freshman year three times and then sophomore year three times. ⁓ And fat or five times I've failed, like you're supposed to you have to get a three and above. And I got a two, like a like ⁓ one from passing, like all the times. And so ⁓ I went to like extra study sessions and like during lunch instead of hanging out with my friends, like I went up to her classroom and like worked on stuff and then the last time that like I needed to pass it to graduate, I passed. So So now you touch. Tracy Laskos Hill: Hey, good for you. That's fantastic. That's really great. Good for you. I love it. Georgia. Laura: ⁓ só Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: It is it's really Okay, so I kind of simil similar situation. I ⁓ we had like so I do like an academy at our school. It's called biotech. It's like ⁓ it's biotechnology and medical research. So ⁓ we had like like our third year, like we knew you have like a certification exam and it's like it it's supposed to be pretty easy, but this year she had like only a fifty percent you take as many times as you want basically. But ⁓ like last year she only had like she had everyone pass except for two people and then they passed on the second time. And this year she had like fifty percent didn't pass the first time. Yeah, I I don't know why. She was pretty frustrated at the fact that not a lot of kids were passing, including me. I did not pass my first or second time. And like the first time I got like a you have to get an eighty to pass or like a seventy nine point five, so it rounds up to an eighty. Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: The first time I got a seventy and that's like like you're supposed to like get higher like you know what I mean? Like at least a little bit closer to eighty, like and then I I was like, okay, I didn't really go in studying because no one goes in studying and it was kind of a not a good idea. Good just like that to find your mom. Well, I and then the second time I like Well, because we were in the middle of like all of our exams and stuff. So it wasn't like on the top of my mind because I was like, okay, I can redo this as many times as I want. I can't do my AP exams again. So the second time I went in with kind of like a like I did one practice test and I got like a 90 on it. And so I was like, okay, I'm fine. And then I literally got a point lower than I had gotten the first time. So then I realized that like it was actually time to like start trying harder. So I started like I I asked her for help and I followed her instruction and then I finally passed. So that was definitely a moment where I realized that I needed to or like I kind of figured out my studying habits, but also just like like it's not gonna come like naturally sometimes and like the worth or the work ethic is important too. And I that I don't know, that was like a turning. Tracy Laskos Hill: you Yeah. Yeah, that's great. mean, it sounds like you and Alex both had kind of the same like learning lesson, right? It took a lot of dedication, time, know, effort outside of the ordinary to get the outcome you were desiring. Yeah, that's great. That's really exciting. Good for you guys. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yes. Laura: So all three of your stories, you know, for me it's like okay, hard work. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Thank you. Laura: Trying the easy route. You maybe can try it once, but after that, at the end of the day, you got to put in the hard work and the effort. And two, believing in yourself. Or three, believing in yourself. You know, Alex, like your story. It's like, you know, five times, but I can do it. I know I can do it. It's like, all right, you did it. So I think those three things, however you got there, remember those and the life lessons along the way, because I guarantee. Those those three things will be coming into mind as you continue to evolve in your careers and and just in life. So hats off if you've got those building blocks. I have one follow up question. Sounds like you all have work ethic. Where where did you get the work ethic from? Mom? Your mom? Okay. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ like experiences. Laura: No, just more of like, you know, you you have role models or people that work hard, whether it's friends, family, whatever it might be. So I just was curious. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ go ahead. ⁓ okay. I was gonna say like kind of watching well, watching my mom. Like I know that like the restaurant was like a huge like a big set and it it like I know it took a lot of work. Like she built it basically from scratch. ⁓ or like you know what I mean? Like she started her own thing and watching her kind of through that process was a big deal. ⁓ 'cause I Ashley and Alex: ⁓ you got it. You got it. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I mean it it just shows like like I mean the restaurant lasted like eleven years and it like would have continued like you know what I mean? So it just shows that like like the hard work really does like pay off. And also I there's like things like that, but also just like like with the the certification exam it's like it like there is like a method to like succeeding. Like it isn't just luck most of the time. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. I'd say for me, maybe just like everyone holding me accountable. I think that there's been a lot of people like in my life, if like looking back throughout the past however many years, nineteen years, like obviously like my parents, Sara, ⁓ all of my coaches, my trainers, just like everyone pushing you and making like actually holding you accountable when you say you're gonna do something, you actually like have to do it has just like helped build that, I think. Laura: I mean, all there's not a right or wrong answer. It's just more of like kind of where you get your inspiration, you know, and and people get it from different places. But the fact that you you're noticing it at such a young age that you guys are, you know, I know you're old, but you're not really old. ⁓ at your at your young age to be able to like recognize it of like, okay, these hard work comes in all shapes and forms for all people. So ⁓ That's that's why I asked the question. Because I think it's great that you have people in your lives. That's awesome. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: All right, well, let's change gears. so we're gonna kind of move into the shit section of the podcast. So I know, crazy because I don't swear very often, but ⁓ shit moments. Like you were stopped dead in your tracks, and it was like, ⁓ shit, like something is either wrong or shocking or changes your perspective of the way you look at the world. As a female, as a leader, as an athlete, as a student, whatever it is. So tell us your stories about your ⁓ shit moment. Ashley and Alex: Okay. ⁓ so I would say my moment was probably ⁓ like sophomore year of high school, like kind of in the spring ⁓ I had a call with some of my club coaches, ⁓ and they like I got on the phone and it was kind just about recruiting, talking about the recruiting process because The summer after your sophomore year is the most like important time for recruiting. You're going to camps, you're going to tournaments, like everything. It's crazy. But I had gotten on the phone and like before this, like I've been like, Yeah, like I wanna play in college. Like it's something I wanna do. I just like don't even know if it's possible. And they like my coaches started running through like what I needed to do, like coaches I needed to email, like camps I needed to go to, tournaments that I needed to play in. And all of this stuff. And then they kind of started talking about like, well, where do you see yourself? Like, do you see yourself at this school or this school? Or like, and then they kind of were talking about like schools that they think would be a good like fit, or whether it was a reach school or a fit, or like, ⁓ like definitely you could go there. So, ⁓ I remember just like getting off the call and like being to myself, I was like, Okay, wait, like you can actually like play in college, like you're good enough to like move on to the next level. And I think that was kind of crazy because I mean, up until then, I probably didn't have a ton of confidence in myself and how I played and how I carried myself. And even like obviously, like all the stuff on the field carries over off the field. And I would say in my personal life at school, I didn't have like a ton of confidence. And when I realized, like, wait, like you actually have the opportunity and like you really can play. Like that was kind of like almost like shocking. I was like, ⁓ my God, like this is crazy. ⁓ but yeah, I think that really like kind of changed the way that my life has played out and all of the doors that it's opened for me after. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah, that's a great example, Ashley. Tracy Laskos Hill: Thanks. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Okay, I can say mine. so there was one moment I was in third grade and I I like will never forget this. ⁓ there was it it's like a really funny story. I was like there was a girl I was like drawing with and she was like, ⁓ do you like my my drawing? And I was like, I don't like it, I love it. And she wa took that in a different way than I wanted it to be taken. So she told on me for saying, I don't like it first. Like she thought I didn't like it because I you know what I mean? Like I said that part first. so when I went up to the teacher or or when I was I was pretty upset that I got tattled on. I like started crying. And then the teacher came up to me and she was like, Would it help you if like I told you that I had picked you for like they had like a character counts thing. ⁓ like a it it like it like Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Just as like they pick a person that like demonstrates that pillar of the month or whatever. And so she gave it to me and that kinda changed like how like I wanted people to see me. And it just it kind of like changed my like I realized that like I didn't know what she really saw in me. Like I didn't know why she picked me. It was kind of like a wow moment. I don't know why. I just didn't know that I wasn't expecting her to give it to me. Laura: Mm-hmm. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: And that kinda changed how like I wanted like teachers and other people to view me. And so it made like gave me like a like a it made me like strive to get it throughout the next like following years. And so I'd say that was like a big changing point for me. Laura: That was kinda your ⁓ shit moment? You can say it. You can say it's ⁓ shit. Ashley and Alex: Mm-hmm. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah. Like well ⁓ I would I No I I'm gonna I'm gonna challenge you, Laura, 'cause Georgia has never sworn in front of me. She won't No, no, no, that is not true. There was one there I yes, remember I Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Ashley and Alex: Yeah, they did when they were like, Georgia, like you can't do anything until you say this word. Yeah. And you were like You said it with a question mark after. You were like Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: What did she what is she? No, so basically a lot of words. There was one summer where it was like I think I was going in it was like my eighth grade year and someone said a bad word and I was like pretty upset at it. And so I came home and told my mom. And she was like, ⁓ well, you realize how many people are gonna like curse in high school and so she was like, just so that the word has less meaning to you, we're gonna start making it s you say them. So the whole summer she'd be like, ⁓ no, you can't go tubing unless you say da da da da. So she'd make me s like what? I'm not saying. Laura: Okay, that's good. Ashley and Alex: Alex doesn't have a problem saying any of those words. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: No gosh. Laura: Yeah. Ashley and Alex: Go ahead. ⁓ my moment was probably becoming captain of my cheer team. And ⁓ I realized that like more people looked up to me and my coaches like had trust in me. And ⁓ like it definitely made me more confident and like comfortable with my team and like just cheer like overall. But yeah. Laura: Yeah. ⁓ that's great. That's wonderful. Tracy Laskos Hill: That's super. Was that this last year, Alex? Ashley and Alex: Yeah, that was yeah, my sophomore year. Tracy Laskos Hill: Awesome. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: It was awesome. I will say, you know, just watching these three ladies have, you know, there's two biological sisters, there's two that are now in high school together on it on the same cheer team. I mean, there's different connections and ⁓ it's been fun to watch each of them build confidence in themselves because I think it's a natural, sometimes a not a good thing to compare yourselves. But if one is really good at school, then the others are thinking, ⁓ I'm not as good. And If one's good at a sport, then the others are like, ⁓ I'm not as good. But it eventually I think each of them has figured out that they are good in their own way. It might not be the same subjects, it might not be the same emphasis or sport or whatever. But, you know, I think they all three have found leadership roles, have found confidence and have found kind of their maybe path. I don't know if that's true. That's how I feel about the three of you. Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Laura: Okay, now I'm totally gonna go off script then. It's not a shit moment. ⁓ but more of like, do you support each other shit? Do you support each other then to build that confidence? Or are you guys kinda catty to each other? Ashley and Alex: no. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: There's definitely been moments where I feel like we've like me and Alex, especially, because like we've always been pretty competitive, don't you think, Alex? Like, because we we literally are we've always followed like the same path, we've always been on the same team. She's a year younger than me. So like like I'd her eighth grade year of middle school, I was like the junior coach for her team. So like we'd like ⁓ bicker sometimes, but I feel like there's also like I don't know, like it's it's fun 'cause we both have like the same opinions about pretty much everything, like on the team wise. And so it's like we get to like kind of bond over like our opinions together, but then also there like there's some times where I kind of just like like we we're in a stunt group together, so like if I mess up, I she lets me know and I Laura: Mm-hmm. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: They they were giggling because they got into a physical fight at one of the practices and the coach had to break it up. So Yeah, no, I not always watch. But I feel I mean, I feel like yeah, we have been like overall I feel like we're pretty supportive of each other. Ashley and Alex: Why am I not aware of this? Laura: Okay. And and the reason why I asked that question was obviously family, I get it. Like there's a lot of dynamics. But what we have found, and even on this podcast that's been brought up, that sometimes women don't support women. And so we are constantly trying to get that confidence of like, ⁓ I think I can do it. Well, wow, ⁓ shit, I really can do it. I really am good enough to play college lacrosse. I really can be a captain of a cheer team. I really can be the content character or character award, whatever. your award was called Georgia So it's like that would be one thing I would say of like, you know, on this podcast, we talk about women supporting women and helping each other out and supporting and celebrating success. So just think of that and at obviously in the family setting it's different a little bit, but even, you know, as much as you can promote that, this place will be a better place. And for women it'll be better. And I you know that would be my wish for your generation of leaders. Support each other. Don't try to compete against each other. Support each other. So that's my little preaching moment. So now I think I'm talking about now more shit. Here's my next shit question. I can say that word all day long. ⁓ no shit. Like what is stuff that you don't put up with? Whether how it is how people treat you, whether how people make you feel, or Things that you see either within your friend group where you just call it out and say, No shit, I'm not keeping I'm not gonna put up with that. Ashley and Alex: Mm. Like tough question. ⁓ I would say I really don't do like fake, like if like where you're not like if you say you're gonna do something or you say you're gonna act like a certain way and you're gonna like and then you don't act like that or you act a certain way in front of a certain group of people and like act different around another group of people, like that's like one thing where I'm like, mm mm, no, like we're not doing that. ⁓ yeah, that's like my big thing, I feel like. Laura: Good. That's a good example. Yeah. Ashley and Alex: Right? Yeah. Yeah, I don't do that. Laura: People being true, genuine to who they are or what they say they're gonna do. Great. That's a good no shit. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Your time. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I'd say like exclusiveness or like being exclusive like in like a friend group is like I mean it's like obviously gonna happen like especially like like with like being on the cheer team like there's always like cliques and like drama and I mean it it's like it's a natural like it's gonna happen on accident and stuff but I think that like like I feel like there have been times where like I've been left out and it's like really like it like hurts. And so it's it's like knowing how that feels, like it's really it's not it it's just easier for me to prevent that from happening because I know that how like how I would feel. And like again, like it it's gonna be like a like people like you're like if you n make a new like group chat or something and you just forget to add someone and then you make plans and then they're the ones left out. Like it's not like Tracy Laskos Hill: Thank Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: like completely preventable, obviously, because like it's it could be an accident, but like I feel like just that in general is like one of my big things 'cause I know how it feels to be excluded. Ashley and Alex: I agree, one hundred percent. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Thank you actually. Alex, any thoughts? Ashley and Alex: It's not funny. I'm I feel like back to Ashley, like I don't like deal with people talking bad about like people. Like it just like makes people feel bad and it always gets back to the like the person talking truths. Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Laura: Mm-hmm. Yep. It's a vicious cycle. What goes around comes around, as they say. All right, good examples for sure. Okay. So now let's talk about some celebrations. Good shit. What's good shit that's happened in your life or even in your college life for you, Ashley? Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Ashley and Alex: I don't know. I would say like maybe my proudest moment is like in my life, which that's the thing is like I haven't had a ton of like experiences, but I would say that like just making it to college and getting through my first year and playing and like actually getting to be on the field and all of that stuff, like that has been like I think a big goal of mine and to like feel that I've accomplished at least like a year of that is really like I'm happy with that. ⁓ yeah, I don't know. I think that's definitely my proudest moment. Laura: That's good shit. I mean that's it's Tracy Laskos Hill: Getting to the NCAA tournament, that's some good shit. I mean, seriously, not a lot of people can say that, so it's fantastic. Ashley and Alex: Yeah, that's yeah. Laura: Yeah, that's awesome. Ashley and Alex: Thank you. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I mean, like there was ⁓ one time where kinda never forget like ⁓ almost like I pretty like lucky and ⁓ it's just a example of something I I'll always be grateful for it. So I did like an internship over the summer and there was like an orientation for it. It was like last summer and ⁓ I like read completely like read over the orientation thing and it it was like mandatory. And I realized that the orientation there was like another opportunity, but the second opportunity, we were going to Colorado. So it was like it was and it was for mom's mom's, like grandpatty's, ⁓ like 20th death anniversary. So was like a big deal. And I remember like I was kind of in like a mode of panic because it like it was my fault. Like I was the reason for like Like I made the mistake of reading over that or not being a like responsible and like planning ahead on that. But I remember I like I called the lady that like ran the internship and she was she was like one of the nicest people I've ever talked to and she was like, ⁓ yeah, I'll do like a private orientation with you. So I I I mean I'll never forget like how grateful I was that she was willing to like not only go out of her way to ⁓ make ⁓ time for me to do like a private orientation, but also just like her graciousness and patience with me because obviously the trip meant a lot to me. And I don't know. I'll just never forget how special that was that she was able to do that for me. Yeah. And a special consideration and forward. Yeah. Laura: She gave you grace. That's awesome. Yep. Yep. Tracy Laskos Hill: Sorry. Yeah. Laura: Alex, you got any good shit? Ashley and Alex: ⁓ probably there's okay, in eighth grade there's like an elective and it's internship and you have to like write a bunch of essays to get into it and only like twenty people from the entire class get into it and you go into different teachers' classroom because I want to be a teacher, so like you were like their mini intern. And so like I wrote all the essays and I like actually got in and I guess like that was like my good shit. Laura: I love it. That is good. Tracy Laskos Hill: That's fantastic. That was his last year. Ashley and Alex: ⁓ no, it was two years ago? Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: Two years ago. Okay. Good for you. That's fantastic. That's really great. It's interesting because you're hearing all kinds of stories that you ladies will then carry forward for the people that you get the opportunity to interact with, you know, that's really, really cool. It is good. Laura: That's good shit. That's why we talk about it. I love it. And again, you know, hard work. You made a mistake. You owned up to your mistake, Georgia. You got a little grace along the way. You know, and so it's it's all good stuff. I love it. ⁓ Okay, I think now we have to ask Sara to leave. Beat it. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Mm-hmm. Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ boy. Tracy Laskos Hill: They're not waving. Bye! Laura: So for our listeners, this is the portion where we exit Sara because we get to have the three of these the three people Ashley and Alex: Bye. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Well Tracy Laskos Hill: you There you go. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ this seat is so much more comfortable. Laura: We get to ask some questions. So Tracy go ahead. Tracy Laskos Hill: I love it. One of the things ⁓ I would be curious, I think Laura and I shared with you both of, well, both sets of our daughters were on the show already. And one of the questions that the girls were asked was, you What is one lesson ⁓ or one piece of advice heartfelt words that you would say to Sara? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I don't know. Like I think for her, she like lost her mom. Obviously. And so I think that was like really like I mean she like when like I was born and stuff, like she she didn't really like have someone to lead her through it. But I think like like like I don't know, like I'm proud of you, you're doing like you're like such an amazing mom because it's like she doesn't like she doesn't have like any like comparison point. So like she doesn't know how like amazing she is to me if that makes sense. But I mean like she's obviously like amazing mom. Also, she said or she's always said like growing up to us like to us five, she always says like, be confident, be kind, be kill it. Or be confident, be kind, kill it. And ⁓ like we have it on our like near our door. ⁓ I feel like she says it to us all time, but like she never hears it. But I think Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I that's Laura: She's living the model. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Good job. Good job. That's a good answer. Y'all want to go to Yong? okay. I would say my advice would be ⁓ like be where your feet are. I think that me and Sara are like pretty similar in that there's like I feel like there's always like a million things going on in my head and like it's easy to like get caught up in every individual like little thing that happens during like the day. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Thanks, guys. Ashley and Alex: And I think that's one thing that I've had to work on is just like focus on what you're doing in the moment. And like even if there's like a huge issue, like you can deal with that at a different time, or like if that needs your attention, deal with that. And then like just being able to like be exactly where you are and like when you're relaxing, you're relaxing. Like you're focused on that. You're not worried about work or school or whatever. Like I think that's something that like we're very similar, like minded on, and there's always so much going on. It's like just focus on like where you are and what you're doing in that. Tracy Laskos Hill: Be present. Yeah. Love that. Ashley and Alex: Yes. Laura: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So so tell us about do you think Sara is witty? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Is what? ⁓ Ashley and Alex: Everybody? yeah. Yes. I need to find the other answer. Laura: What did Can can she sling back? Okay, got it. And what about her grit? Ashley and Alex: That's ⁓ yeah. Yeah. When she says she's gonna do something, she's gonna do it. Like ⁓ Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: ⁓ Yeah, she's Also, she the job is never undone. Like she does it 100%. Like with the restaurant, just another restaurant thing. But like, like when she comes in and like she's like, she'll be like, Georgia, do this. Like, you know, something simple, like wipe down the napkin holders. And I do it. It's it's like it's always like 50% blood in her in her world. So she'll go around and she'll do everyone and she'll just get every crumb. And it's like Ashley and Alex: He's like, Wait, you forgot this edge. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: It's like everything she does, she like finishes and like does perfectly on it. It's like she she never does it halfway. Tracy Laskos Hill: Hey. Ashley and Alex: No, she's always doing something. Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: you Laura: And as you think about your mom's and Sara, I I don't know if you call her a different name or not, but like when you say, Okay, this is how I see the next ten years, what's your wish for her the next ten years? Tracy Laskos Hill: . Ashley and Alex: Ooh God. I I I like this question. That's a great question. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: think like enjoying like enjoying what she's created. Like I mean she's done like like with Point Northeast and she's written books and done like the podcast obviously. Like she's done all these stuff. She's started them, she's built them, you know what I mean? And kind of just like re like just taking in what she's been a part of and what she's created and like what she's doing. Like kind of like Ashley and Alex: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: and Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Like just I don't know, like just taking that in, but also like Ashley and Alex: Like at the end of the year she's like proud of what she's done. No in ten years. Yeah. Laura: She's obviously she's gonna listen to this. So, you know, it's it's good. Go ahead. Yeah, that's exactly what I want. Ashley, what do you hope? Ashley and Alex: I hope ⁓ I hope well how how old is AJ? AJ will just be moving out in ten years? In ten years. No. ⁓ three. He'll be gone. So I hope that h her and my dad move and have they really, I think, wanna have a house on the water at some point, maybe in like South Florida, a little bit more south. ⁓ I hope that they have that and Laura: Yeah. Ashley and Alex: They get to live there and have their dogs and just relax and really like soak up like all the time that like 'cause obviously like they're working. Like Sara's always working. I mean, like she sets aside time for like family and all of that stuff. But like I feel like she always feels like there's something that she needs to tend to. And I hope that at that point in ten years, like we're gonna tend to her and we're gonna give back like what she's given to us and she'll be able to relax and weed every day and plant a garden and do all the things that she wants to do and maybe she feels like she doesn't have time for them now. But I hope that she gets to do everything she wants to do and enjoy that. That was so good. I know. That was good. Laura: That's beautiful. It's Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: It's really weird. She does really love weeding. Like on her own time, like when she has free time, she will go out and just start doing like culture. She took we have like our dogs made like patches in the grass that are like not covered anymore by grass. She'll go into the garden and she'll like do like a grass transplant where she'll take a chunk of grass from the weed or like that is Ashley and Alex: She loves wheat and flowers and gardens. Laura: I heard that, yeah. Ashley and Alex: We they are Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: like growing into her flower bed, she'll take a chunk and literally bring it to the back and plant it. It's like insane. She like that's like her thing. And so it I agree. Like I think that's how Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Yeah. Laura: So life on the water, weeding just for fun. Okay. I and I have another question I have. Do you ever see her sad or down? And I'll give you this backstory on this. So you maybe know I used to work with Sara a long time ago and obviously we reconnected with Point Northeast, but we did a personality assessment. It's called strength finders. I don't know if you've ever done it, but one of her strengths, it's called the woo. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. For fun. Yeah. Like that's all she does all day. Like she's gonna love fun. Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: and Laura: And it's winning other or winning winning others over. And the premise is you're always positive. Like you're always like, you can do it. You're the best. Da-da-da. Like you're always positive. And for people, sometimes they feel like that's fake. But that's generally who she is. And even in our business settings, you know, she's always talking to our clients about we can do this, we can get this. Is she always positive like that? Ashley and Alex: Yeah, usually she's always positive except when like someone really close to her is like down. Like when someone close to her is like sad, then like she's usually sad or wants to fix like the issue. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Yeah, I I mean I think she definitely like I think that me and her are similar in this fashion where we're both like pretty like like we take things deeply like very ⁓ like just like like emotional just in general like and so I think that like there I mean she she is like it's not like like honestly it it's not fake like she is like that Laura: So she's Tracy Laskos Hill: in. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: And ⁓ like she is always like she is very peppy, you know what I mean? Like she's kinda always on her toes. And I so that is her. But I also think I mean, of course, she's she is an emotional person. I think that sometimes she feels things pretty like she them too hard. Like even not even when they're like toward her, like even if they're toward someone else, like she's still like she feels for that person. So I think I mean everyone has like their down moments. But I mean, yeah, she is A genuinely positive person. Laura: For sure. Ashley and Alex: I think that just like over the course of our relationship, which I think it's like almost ten years or something, I think that it's like taken me probably longer just because like I don't trust people very easily, I think. And I think that as like I've built trust with Sara, I think that it has developed, like and I really like at first I kind of thought, well, like I don't know if this is real, like I don't know how someone could be this happy all the time, but Laura: Sure. Ashley and Alex: as like I think I've grown and like I really do think that she means like everything she says. I think she like puts all of her emotion into everything and like it's not fake. Like you can tell like she like genuinely like is that excited to like go to work every day and is that excited to weed. And like she really is like puts like everything into everything she does. And yeah, she really enjoys it and she it's not like fake. And I think that's something that you kind of have like Just like for me, like you kinda have to like be around it for a minute and you're like, Okay, wait, like she really does want the best for you. She like you know what I mean? It's like not fake, I don't think. Yeah. Yeah. Laura: That's good. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Tracy Laskos Hill: That's really good. Right. So what if we bring Sara back in? Yeah. Ashley and Alex: Okay. Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: All right, guys. So for our lightning round, we'll ask a question and then we can just each of you answer and we'll go on to the next question. That's usually pretty quick, but come to share whatever's top of mind for you. So first one is your favorite book that helped shaped you. Ashley and Alex: ⁓ five second rule by Mel ⁓ Mel Robbins. Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Also ⁓ I'd say, well, ⁓ Wonder. There's the movie too. But it's also like you don't really know what people are going through. Like the sister. I don't know if you guys have ever watched it, but like the sister, like her ⁓ like she feels like an only child and she feels like like she kind of not neglected, but like she doesn't really get like the same emotional like ⁓ connection that her brother does with her parents. Anyway, I that one stood out to me because you don't know what people are going through. Tracy Laskos Hill: Hmm. Laura: Hmm. Sure. Tracy Laskos Hill: That's a really Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Example? Okay. Ashley and Alex: ⁓ this is gonna be a huge issue 'cause I don't read. She does. I no, you read the one and only Ivan and I think that you got something out of that. So there's your answer. Tracy Laskos Hill: It's okay. Laura: That's okay. Yeah. What? Ashley and Alex: Okay. Tracy Laskos Hill: Perfect. All right. Well, how about this one? A mantra or phrase that you live by? Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: shoot for the stars and land at the moon. Because ⁓ you can try ⁓ like you can like it ⁓ is just saying like you're gonna go places regardless. ⁓ Tracy Laskos Hill: Hmm. Go places. Yep. That's great. Ashley and Alex: Mm. Tracy Laskos Hill: Ashley Alex anything? Ashley and Alex: I would say maybe be where your feet are or I don't know, just like don't let anyone outwork you. I feel like yeah. Control what you can control. Yeah, control you can control. You can't copy me. I chill on me, bro. ⁓ Tracy Laskos Hill: Good. Laura: Mm-hmm. It's good. Ashley and Alex: Probably just I don't really live by anything. I kinda just like let things happen. Don't let things happen Yeah, I don't really Just say it's not that deep. I can mention. Laura: Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: Yeah. Laura: Huh? There's one right there. Let it happen. Tracy Laskos Hill: No. ⁓ Laura: Mm-hmm. That's good. Tracy Laskos Hill: There you go. That's perfect. Okay. ⁓ What is one thing only a few people know about you? Ashley and Alex: ⁓ Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: How about our listeners? Our listeners don't know a lot about you, so it can be, you know, anything. Okay. I feel like I worry a lot. Mm-hmm. And I don't think that like I think when I first meet people, like I don't I mean I don't really tell a lot of people my worries, obviously. I feel like I kind of overthink things a lot. But like when I meet someone and I like don't have like a really good connection with them or not that like or just like I haven't bonded with them completely. Like they they would never know that I worry a lot. Ashley and Alex: Yeah. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Unless I got to know them. Ashley and Alex: Okay. I know, I don't know why you'd say that. ⁓ probably like I have bad days too. Like I think there's some people that like know me and like they probably think like I'm invincible and like I'm not. Like even girls on my team like think I like love our run tests and love our conditioning and I like I don't. And those days are hard for me too, but I don't know. I don't think a lot of people think that like don't like doing that. Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: Nothing. Yeah. Ashley and Alex: No, you can't say that's not Okay. All right, right. I I genuinely you can't not have an answer for any of the ones, bro. Laura: Yeah. We're talking. Tracy Laskos Hill: It's all good. Don't even worry about it. Well, what about favorite like a coffee or tea or like our favorite drink? Do you guys have like a favorite drink? What is it? Laura: Pretty so there. Ashley and Alex: ⁓ it's an Alani. It's an energy drink. And I ⁓ pink slush, probably. Georgia Ego. I have to Tracy Laskos Hill: lime. Okay, favorite flavor? All right. Laura: Nice. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I like ⁓ chai. I didn't try it 'cause I'm not a huge coffee person. I tried one this morning. Tracy Laskos Hill: Okay. Laura: Nice. Tracy Laskos Hill: Okay. Ashley and Alex: I've never seen you drink this. ⁓ Laura: Iced or hot. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: I feel like I'm not a big coffee person. I think it's pretty bitter. And based off of her, I probably will be at some point. But she no, she has like three a day and it's like no double. Laura: Yeah, we know. Ashley and Alex: Not every day. Not every day. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Right. How many how many do you say? Like it's what? One. ⁓ but I think it it's too bitter for me, but I feel I like try 'cause it's sweet. Mm-hmm. Ashley and Alex: It's okay. It's okay. Tracy Laskos Hill: Love it. Chai is one of my favorites too. Ashley, what about you? Laura: Love giant. Ashley and Alex: ⁓ probably water. Like I I don't do soda, I don't do energy drinks, I don't do coffee. No tea. I I literally only drink water, I think. Like if I'm feeling frisky, lemonade. But I don't feel frisky often. Is that like a not a good word for this? Laura: Two? Yeah. Tracy Laskos Hill: No, it's green. It was perfect. Laura: That's great. Tracy Laskos Hill: That was perfect. That's great. You guys are awesome. Sara Frasca & Georgia Trembath: Well Ashley and Alex are upstairs, so I can't literally hand them theirs. But we do have some tea W Gag for you. I'll give you these. It's really a pleasure to have you on the show. Truly. I love you girls very much and I'm very proud of the young woman that you have become and are continuing to be. Ashley and Alex: Thanks Okay. Laura: I'm swag. Yes. Nice. Ashley and Alex: Thank you.