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E 257: The Healing Power of Writing and Speaking: Guest: Teri Petz · Adult Child of Dysfunction

• 0:47
  Well,
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  hello,
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  everybody,
• 0:48
  and
• 0:48
  welcome
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  back
• 0:48
  to
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  another
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  episode
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  of
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  Adult
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  Child
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  of
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  Dysfunction.
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  Today
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  we
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  have
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  with
• 0:52
  us
• 0:52
  Terri
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  Petz.
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  She
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  discovered
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  the
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  healing
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  power
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  of
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  words
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  and
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  uses
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  writing
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  as
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  a
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  healing
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  tool.
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  She
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  has
• 0:58
  been
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  hosting
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  open
• 0:59
  mic
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  events
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  for
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  years
• 1:00
  and
• 1:01
  started
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  Zoom
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  Open
• 1:02
  mic
• 1:02
  events
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  in
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  2025
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  with
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  a
• 1:04
  theme
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  of
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  encouragement,
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  because
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  we
• 1:06
  all
• 1:06
  need
• 1:07
  encouragement
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  sometime.
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  And
• 1:08
  I
• 1:08
  like
• 1:08
  that.
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  That
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  was
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  so
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  simple
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  and
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  to
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  the
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  point.
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  So
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  welcome,
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  Terri.
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  Thanks
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  for
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  coming.
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  Thank
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  you
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  for
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  having
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  me,
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  Tammy.
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  Oh,
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  yes.
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  So
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  I.
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  It
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  was
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  really
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  interesting
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  when
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  you
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  reached
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  out
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  to
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  me
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  and
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  you
• 1:20
  said,
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  I
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  don't
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  know
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  if
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  this
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  will
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  really
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  apply,
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  but
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  this
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  is
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  what
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  I
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  do.
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  And
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  I
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  thought,
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  this
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  is
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  amazing
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  because
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  in
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  the
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  niche
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  of
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  people
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  that
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  I
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  work
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  with
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  and
• 1:28
  that
• 1:28
  are
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  so
• 1:29
  many
• 1:29
  out
• 1:29
  there,
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  people
• 1:30
  don't
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  feel
• 1:31
  like
• 1:31
  they
• 1:31
  have
• 1:31
  a
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  voice.
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  People
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  are
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  afraid
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  to
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  use
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  their
• 1:33
  voice.
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  They're
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  afraid
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  to
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  really
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  kind
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  of
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  say
• 1:37
  what's
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  on
• 1:37
  their
• 1:37
  mind
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  at
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  all.
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  So
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  talk
• 1:40
  about
• 1:40
  your
• 1:40
  journey
• 1:40
  and
• 1:41
  how
• 1:41
  you
• 1:41
  got
• 1:41
  into
• 1:42
  use
• 1:43
  doing
• 1:43
  open
• 1:43
  mic,
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  for
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  one.
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  Well,
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  I
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  guess
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  I
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  have
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  to
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  start
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  from
• 1:48
  Adam
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  and
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  Eve,
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  and
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  I'm
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  almost
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  as
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  old
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  as
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  they
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  are.
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  When
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  I
• 1:54
  was
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  very
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  young,
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  even
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  before
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  I
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  could
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  read,
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  I
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  was
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  drawn
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  to
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  poetry.
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  Loved
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  it,
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  fell
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  in
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  love
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  with
• 2:01
  it
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  for
• 2:01
  some
• 2:01
  reason,
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  and
• 2:02
  I
• 2:02
  don't
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  remember
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  the
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  reason,
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  because
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  it
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  was.
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  I
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  was
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  probably
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  less
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  than
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  three
• 2:06
  years
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  old
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  when
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  I
• 2:07
  started
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  with
• 2:08
  it.
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  Wow.
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  And
• 2:11
  for
• 2:12
  the
• 2:12
  longest
• 2:12
  time,
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  I
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  didn't
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  feel
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  like
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  that
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  was
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  my
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  voice.
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  However,
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  reciting
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  poetry,
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  even
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  as
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  a
• 2:19
  child,
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  gave
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  me
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  a
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  voice.
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  And
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  I
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  could
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  relate
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  to
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  the
• 2:25
  poetry
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  of
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  the
• 2:26
  poets
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  and
• 2:29
  did
• 2:29
  some
• 2:29
  research
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  on
• 2:30
  their
• 2:30
  lives.
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  And
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  it
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  was
• 2:32
  a
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  big
• 2:32
  vehicle
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  for
• 2:33
  me
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  to
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  find
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  my
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  voice
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  eventually.
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  And
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  the
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  way
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  I
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  ended
• 2:38
  up
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  with
• 2:39
  open
• 2:40
  hosting
• 2:40
  open
• 2:41
  mics
• 2:41
  is
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  that
• 2:42
  for
• 2:43
  many,
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  many
• 2:44
  years,
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  I
• 2:45
  had
• 2:46
  no
• 2:47
  personal
• 2:48
  connection
• 2:49
  to
• 2:49
  poetry,
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  like
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  on
• 2:50
  the
• 2:50
  personal
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  level
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  live,
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  as
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  you
• 2:53
  may
• 2:53
  say,
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  because
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  of
• 2:55
  course,
• 2:55
  it's
• 2:55
  always.
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  It
• 2:56
  was
• 2:56
  always
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  available
• 2:57
  online,
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  but
• 2:58
  nothing
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  in
• 2:59
  person
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  until
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  I
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  moved
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  to
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  Lethbridge,
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  where
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  I
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  live
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  now
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  in
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  South
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  Alberta,
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  Canada.
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  And
• 3:07
  I
• 3:07
  met
• 3:07
  a
• 3:07
  lady
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  who.
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  Who
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  hosts
• 3:10
  poetry
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  circles
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  for
• 3:12
  women.
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  And
• 3:14
  I
• 3:14
  started
• 3:15
  to
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  participate
• 3:16
  and
• 3:17
  that
• 3:17
  has
• 3:17
  grown
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  just
• 3:19
  into
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  a
• 3:20
  huge
• 3:20
  thing
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  with
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  doing
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  her
• 3:22
  circles
• 3:23
  every
• 3:23
  year.
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  And
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  I
• 3:24
  think
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  I've
• 3:24
  been
• 3:25
  doing
• 3:25
  it
• 3:25
  for
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  eight
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  or
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  nine
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  years
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  now.
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  And.
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  And
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  about
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  seven
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  years
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  ago,
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  I
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  started
• 3:31
  the
• 3:31
  open
• 3:32
  mics
• 3:32
  in
• 3:33
  what
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  they
• 3:34
  call
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  Owl
• 3:35
  Acoustic
• 3:36
  Lounge
• 3:36
  in
• 3:37
  Lethbridge,
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  which
• 3:37
  is
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  sort
• 3:38
  of
• 3:38
  like
• 3:38
  a
• 3:39
  cross
• 3:39
  between
• 3:39
  a
• 3:40
  bar
• 3:40
  and
• 3:40
  a
• 3:40
  restaurant.
• 3:42
  And
• 3:42
  we
• 3:43
  have
• 3:43
  a
• 3:43
  lot
• 3:43
  of
• 3:43
  people
• 3:44
  come
• 3:44
  to
• 3:44
  that
• 3:44
  event.
• 3:46
  Fun.
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  So
• 3:47
  you
• 3:47
  use
• 3:47
  it
• 3:48
  kind
• 3:48
  of
• 3:49
  as
• 3:49
  a
• 3:49
  way,
• 3:49
  like,
• 3:50
  at
• 3:50
  some
• 3:50
  point,
• 3:50
  was
• 3:51
  there
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  point
• 3:51
  in
• 3:51
  your
• 3:51
  life
• 3:52
  where
• 3:52
  you
• 3:52
  realized,
• 3:52
  wow,
• 3:53
  this
• 3:53
  is
• 3:53
  actually
• 3:54
  healing.
• 3:54
  Getting
• 3:55
  these
• 3:55
  words
• 3:55
  out,
• 3:55
  getting
• 3:56
  to
• 3:56
  be
• 3:56
  able
• 3:56
  to
• 3:56
  talk
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  out
• 3:57
  loud,
• 3:57
  getting
• 3:58
  to.
• 3:58
  I
• 3:58
  know
• 3:59
  you
• 3:59
  said
• 3:59
  you
• 3:59
  kind
• 3:59
  of
• 3:59
  resonated
• 4:00
  with
• 4:00
  some
• 4:00
  of
• 4:00
  the.
• 4:01
  The
• 4:01
  poets,
• 4:02
  but
• 4:02
  was
• 4:02
  there
• 4:03
  a
• 4:03
  moment
• 4:03
  that
• 4:04
  you
• 4:04
  really
• 4:04
  realized
• 4:05
  that
• 4:05
  speaking
• 4:06
  out
• 4:06
  loud
• 4:06
  or
• 4:07
  talking
• 4:07
  out
• 4:07
  loud
• 4:07
  or
• 4:08
  even
• 4:08
  writing
• 4:09
  was
• 4:09
  healing?
• 4:12
  I
• 4:12
  think
• 4:13
  unconsciously,
• 4:14
  I
• 4:14
  discovered
• 4:15
  it
• 4:15
  a
• 4:15
  long
• 4:15
  time
• 4:16
  ago,
• 4:16
  but
• 4:16
  it
• 4:17
  really.
• 4:18
  It
• 4:18
  really
• 4:19
  came
• 4:19
  home
• 4:19
  to
• 4:19
  me
• 4:20
  during
• 4:20
  my
• 4:20
  friend
• 4:21
  Kat
• 4:21
  circles,
• 4:22
  and
• 4:22
  we
• 4:23
  call
• 4:23
  it
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  poetry
• 4:24
  circles.
• 4:25
  Where.
• 4:26
  And
• 4:26
  this
• 4:27
  is
• 4:27
  what
• 4:27
  I've
• 4:27
  been
• 4:27
  doing
• 4:28
  for
• 4:28
  about
• 4:28
  eight,
• 4:29
  nine
• 4:29
  years
• 4:29
  now.
• 4:31
  The
• 4:31
  way
• 4:31
  Kat
• 4:32
  hosts
• 4:33
  these
• 4:33
  events
• 4:33
  is
• 4:34
  she
• 4:34
  has
• 4:35
  one
• 4:35
  of
• 4:35
  us
• 4:35
  prepare
• 4:36
  a
• 4:36
  program
• 4:38
  where
• 4:38
  we
• 4:39
  pick
• 4:39
  either
• 4:40
  a
• 4:40
  certain
• 4:41
  poet's
• 4:41
  work
• 4:41
  or
• 4:42
  we
• 4:42
  work
• 4:43
  around
• 4:43
  a
• 4:43
  certain
• 4:44
  theme,
• 4:45
  which
• 4:45
  could
• 4:45
  be
• 4:46
  something
• 4:46
  like
• 4:47
  love
• 4:47
  or
• 4:48
  nature
• 4:48
  or
• 4:50
  whatever
• 4:50
  you
• 4:50
  can
• 4:50
  imagine.
• 4:52
  And
• 4:52
  then
• 4:52
  we
• 4:53
  prepare
• 4:53
  a
• 4:53
  program.
• 4:56
  We
• 4:56
  take
• 4:56
  turns
• 4:57
  reading
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  program,
• 4:59
  the
• 5:00
  poems,
• 5:00
  and
• 5:01
  then
• 5:01
  we
• 5:01
  journal
• 5:01
  around
• 5:02
  it.
• 5:04
  So,
• 5:04
  of
• 5:04
  course,
• 5:05
  there's
• 5:05
  lots
• 5:05
  of
• 5:06
  food
• 5:06
  for
• 5:07
  thoughts
• 5:08
  in
• 5:09
  these
• 5:09
  programs.
• 5:10
  And
• 5:10
  then
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  journaling
• 5:11
  is
• 5:11
  what
• 5:13
  gets
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  be
• 5:13
  the
• 5:14
  healing
• 5:14
  part
• 5:14
  so
• 5:15
  many
• 5:15
  times
• 5:15
  because.
• 5:16
  Because
• 5:17
  we
• 5:17
  basically
• 5:18
  get
• 5:18
  prompted
• 5:19
  by
• 5:19
  the
• 5:19
  poems
• 5:19
  we
• 5:20
  read,
• 5:20
  and
• 5:20
  we
• 5:21
  write
• 5:21
  our
• 5:21
  own
• 5:22
  personal
• 5:23
  stories
• 5:24
  and
• 5:24
  we
• 5:24
  share
• 5:25
  it
• 5:25
  with
• 5:25
  the
• 5:26
  small
• 5:26
  group
• 5:26
  of
• 5:27
  women
• 5:27
  we
• 5:28
  have
• 5:28
  been
• 5:28
  friends
• 5:29
  with
• 5:29
  for
• 5:29
  years.
• 5:30
  So
• 5:30
  sometimes
• 5:31
  it
• 5:31
  gets
• 5:31
  really
• 5:32
  intimate
• 5:32
  and
• 5:32
  personal.
• 5:34
  I
• 5:34
  can
• 5:34
  only
• 5:34
  imagine.
• 5:35
  I
• 5:35
  mean,
• 5:35
  it's
• 5:35
  just
• 5:35
  like.
• 5:36
  It's
• 5:36
  the
• 5:37
  writing
• 5:37
  and
• 5:37
  the.
• 5:38
  Sometimes
• 5:39
  people
• 5:39
  sit
• 5:39
  down
• 5:40
  and
• 5:40
  they
• 5:40
  go,
• 5:40
  oh,
• 5:40
  I'm
• 5:41
  going
• 5:41
  to
• 5:41
  journal.
• 5:41
  But
• 5:41
  you
• 5:42
  just
• 5:42
  don't
• 5:42
  know
• 5:42
  what
• 5:42
  to
• 5:43
  say.
• 5:43
  You
• 5:43
  sit
• 5:44
  there.
• 5:44
  I
• 5:44
  mean,
• 5:44
  I
• 5:44
  remember
• 5:45
  when
• 5:45
  I
• 5:45
  first
• 5:45
  started
• 5:45
  journaling,
• 5:46
  everybody's
• 5:47
  like,
• 5:47
  you
• 5:47
  gotta
• 5:47
  journal.
• 5:47
  You
• 5:47
  gotta
• 5:48
  journal.
• 5:48
  You
• 5:48
  gotta
• 5:48
  get
• 5:48
  it
• 5:49
  out.
• 5:49
  I
• 5:49
  mean.
• 5:50
  And
• 5:50
  I
• 5:51
  didn't
• 5:51
  know
• 5:51
  what
• 5:51
  to
• 5:51
  say.
• 5:52
  And
• 5:52
  now,
• 5:52
  of
• 5:52
  course,
• 5:53
  there's
• 5:53
  all
• 5:54
  kinds
• 5:54
  of.
• 5:54
  You
• 5:55
  know,
• 5:55
  there's
• 5:55
  Google
• 5:55
  now,
• 5:55
  so
• 5:56
  you
• 5:56
  can
• 5:56
  go
• 5:56
  on.
• 5:56
  We
• 5:57
  didn't
• 5:57
  have
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  Internet
• 5:57
  back
• 5:58
  then
• 5:58
  when
• 5:58
  we
• 5:58
  were
• 5:58
  younger.
• 5:59
  You
• 5:59
  can
• 5:59
  re
• 6:00
  relate
• 6:00
  to
• 6:00
  that.
• 6:01
  But,
• 6:01
  you
• 6:02
  know,
• 6:02
  now
• 6:02
  you
• 6:02
  can
• 6:02
  go
• 6:02
  on
• 6:02
  there
• 6:03
  and
• 6:03
  go,
• 6:03
  I
• 6:03
  need
• 6:03
  10
• 6:03
  journal
• 6:04
  prompts.
• 6:04
  But
• 6:05
  I
• 6:05
  can
• 6:05
  only
• 6:05
  imagine,
• 6:06
  like,
• 6:06
  it's
• 6:06
  like
• 6:06
  watching
• 6:06
  a
• 6:07
  movie.
• 6:07
  Like,
• 6:07
  last
• 6:08
  night
• 6:08
  I
• 6:08
  went.
• 6:08
  I
• 6:08
  went
• 6:08
  to
• 6:08
  see
• 6:11
  Neil
• 6:12
  diamond,
• 6:12
  the
• 6:12
  movie
• 6:12
  about
• 6:13
  Neil
• 6:13
  Diamond.
• 6:14
  Oh.
• 6:14
  And
• 6:15
  the
• 6:15
  whole
• 6:16
  time
• 6:16
  I
• 6:16
  was.
• 6:16
  I
• 6:16
  was
• 6:17
  laughing,
• 6:17
  I
• 6:17
  was
• 6:17
  crying.
• 6:18
  I
• 6:18
  was
• 6:18
  like,
• 6:18
  oh,
• 6:19
  my
• 6:19
  gosh,
• 6:19
  it
• 6:19
  was
• 6:19
  such
• 6:20
  a
• 6:20
  good
• 6:20
  movie.
• 6:20
  And
• 6:20
  it
• 6:21
  prompted
• 6:22
  me.
• 6:22
  It
• 6:22
  was
• 6:22
  continual
• 6:23
  prompts
• 6:24
  like,
• 6:24
  oh,
• 6:24
  I
• 6:24
  can
• 6:24
  write
• 6:24
  about
• 6:25
  this.
• 6:25
  It's
• 6:25
  got
• 6:25
  me
• 6:25
  thinking.
• 6:26
  And
• 6:27
  so
• 6:27
  it
• 6:27
  seems
• 6:28
  like
• 6:28
  that's
• 6:28
  a
• 6:28
  magical
• 6:29
  way
• 6:29
  to
• 6:30
  come
• 6:30
  up
• 6:30
  with
• 6:30
  what
• 6:30
  you
• 6:31
  want
• 6:31
  to
• 6:31
  journal
• 6:31
  about.
• 6:35
  It
• 6:35
  sure
• 6:35
  is.
• 6:36
  Oh,
• 6:36
  boy,
• 6:36
  I
• 6:36
  forgot
• 6:37
  to
• 6:37
  turn
• 6:37
  the
• 6:38
  sound
• 6:38
  off
• 6:38
  on
• 6:38
  my
• 6:39
  phone.
• 6:40
  It
• 6:40
  sure
• 6:41
  is
• 6:41
  a
• 6:41
  great
• 6:42
  way
• 6:42
  to
• 6:43
  get
• 6:43
  those
• 6:43
  prompts.
• 6:44
  And
• 6:44
  prompt
• 6:45
  writing
• 6:45
  is
• 6:45
  amazing.
• 6:46
  And
• 6:46
  I
• 6:46
  actually
• 6:48
  prepared
• 6:49
  31
• 6:49
  prompts
• 6:50
  for
• 6:50
  any
• 6:51
  of
• 6:51
  the
• 6:51
  listeners
• 6:52
  who
• 6:52
  want
• 6:52
  to
• 6:53
  do
• 6:53
  some
• 6:53
  prompt
• 6:54
  writing
• 6:54
  for
• 6:54
  healing.
• 6:56
  The
• 6:57
  thing
• 6:57
  is
• 6:58
  that
• 6:58
  even
• 6:59
  a
• 6:59
  movie
• 7:00
  can
• 7:00
  trigger
• 7:01
  our
• 7:01
  minds.
• 7:02
  And
• 7:02
  of
• 7:02
  course,
• 7:02
  that's
• 7:03
  how
• 7:03
  the
• 7:03
  creative
• 7:04
  mind
• 7:04
  works.
• 7:05
  You
• 7:05
  hear
• 7:06
  something,
• 7:06
  you
• 7:07
  hear
• 7:07
  somebody's
• 7:08
  story
• 7:08
  and
• 7:08
  suddenly
• 7:10
  it
• 7:10
  clicks
• 7:11
  in
• 7:11
  you
• 7:11
  and
• 7:11
  you
• 7:11
  want
• 7:12
  to
• 7:12
  write
• 7:12
  about
• 7:12
  it
• 7:13
  because
• 7:13
  you
• 7:13
  have
• 7:13
  your
• 7:13
  own
• 7:14
  personal
• 7:14
  story
• 7:15
  to
• 7:15
  say
• 7:15
  among
• 7:16
  the
• 7:16
  same
• 7:16
  line.
• 7:17
  Exactly
• 7:18
  what
• 7:18
  would
• 7:18
  you
• 7:19
  say
• 7:19
  to
• 7:19
  people
• 7:19
  that
• 7:20
  go,
• 7:20
  oh,
• 7:20
  I'm
• 7:20
  not
• 7:21
  a
• 7:21
  writer.
• 7:22
  What
• 7:22
  if
• 7:22
  they,
• 7:22
  you
• 7:22
  know,
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  they
• 7:23
  feel
• 7:23
  like,
• 7:23
  oh,
• 7:23
  I'm
• 7:24
  not
• 7:24
  creative,
• 7:24
  I'm
• 7:24
  not
• 7:24
  a
• 7:25
  writer.
• 7:25
  What,
• 7:25
  what
• 7:25
  advice
• 7:26
  would
• 7:26
  you
• 7:26
  give
• 7:26
  them?
• 7:28
  I
• 7:28
  think
• 7:28
  everybody
• 7:29
  can
• 7:29
  write
• 7:30
  whether
• 7:30
  we
• 7:30
  are
• 7:30
  a
• 7:31
  writer
• 7:31
  or
• 7:31
  not.
• 7:31
  That's
• 7:32
  a
• 7:32
  different
• 7:32
  story
• 7:34
  if
• 7:34
  we
• 7:34
  want
• 7:34
  to
• 7:35
  explore,
• 7:35
  if
• 7:35
  anybody
• 7:36
  wants
• 7:36
  to
• 7:36
  explore
• 7:37
  writing.
• 7:38
  I
• 7:38
  think
• 7:38
  prompt
• 7:38
  writing
• 7:39
  is
• 7:39
  a
• 7:40
  great
• 7:40
  way
• 7:40
  to
• 7:40
  explore
• 7:41
  it
• 7:41
  because
• 7:42
  it
• 7:42
  gives
• 7:42
  you
• 7:42
  that
• 7:43
  topic.
• 7:43
  And
• 7:45
  looking
• 7:45
  at
• 7:45
  events,
• 7:46
  reading
• 7:47
  poetry,
• 7:48
  watching
• 7:48
  movies,
• 7:50
  listening
• 7:50
  to
• 7:50
  music.
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  mean,
• 7:51
  what
• 7:52
  is
• 7:52
  music?
• 7:53
  It's
• 7:54
  lyrics
• 7:55
  and
• 7:56
  musical
• 7:57
  notes.
• 7:57
  What
• 7:58
  are
• 7:58
  the
• 7:58
  lyrics?
• 7:59
  It's
• 7:59
  poetry.
• 8:00
  Exactly.
• 8:02
  So
• 8:02
  there's
• 8:03
  so
• 8:03
  many
• 8:04
  things
• 8:04
  that
• 8:05
  can
• 8:05
  trigger
• 8:06
  our
• 8:06
  minds
• 8:06
  into
• 8:06
  writing.
• 8:08
  I
• 8:08
  think
• 8:08
  as
• 8:09
  long
• 8:09
  as
• 8:09
  we
• 8:09
  tune
• 8:10
  into
• 8:10
  that.
• 8:11
  And
• 8:11
  I
• 8:11
  also
• 8:12
  believe
• 8:12
  that
• 8:12
  there
• 8:13
  is,
• 8:13
  we
• 8:13
  have
• 8:14
  a
• 8:14
  wise
• 8:15
  person
• 8:15
  in
• 8:15
  us,
• 8:16
  that
• 8:17
  intuitive
• 8:18
  person.
• 8:19
  And
• 8:19
  once
• 8:19
  we
• 8:19
  get
• 8:20
  in
• 8:20
  touch
• 8:20
  with
• 8:20
  that
• 8:20
  person,
• 8:21
  it's
• 8:21
  so
• 8:22
  easy
• 8:22
  to
• 8:22
  do.
• 8:23
  Absolutely.
• 8:24
  And
• 8:24
  also
• 8:24
  I
• 8:25
  like
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  tell
• 8:25
  people
• 8:25
  it
• 8:25
  doesn't
• 8:26
  matter
• 8:26
  if
• 8:27
  you're
• 8:27
  not
• 8:27
  writing
• 8:27
  to
• 8:28
  publish
• 8:28
  a
• 8:28
  best
• 8:28
  selling
• 8:29
  novel
• 8:29
  all
• 8:29
  the
• 8:29
  time,
• 8:30
  sometimes
• 8:30
  you're
• 8:30
  just
• 8:31
  writing.
• 8:31
  I
• 8:32
  mean
• 8:32
  I,
• 8:32
  like
• 8:33
  I
• 8:33
  said,
• 8:33
  I
• 8:33
  have
• 8:33
  journals
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  journals
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  I
• 8:35
  know
• 8:35
  it
• 8:35
  was
• 8:35
  kind
• 8:35
  of
• 8:35
  weird
• 8:35
  because
• 8:36
  of
• 8:36
  my
• 8:36
  background.
• 8:36
  I
• 8:37
  wrote
• 8:37
  and
• 8:37
  then
• 8:38
  I
• 8:38
  ripped
• 8:39
  up
• 8:39
  because
• 8:39
  I
• 8:39
  was
• 8:40
  always
• 8:40
  afraid
• 8:40
  of
• 8:40
  somebody
• 8:41
  finding
• 8:41
  them.
• 8:41
  So.
• 8:42
  But
• 8:42
  it
• 8:42
  was
• 8:42
  still
• 8:43
  my
• 8:43
  release,
• 8:43
  it
• 8:43
  was
• 8:44
  still
• 8:44
  getting
• 8:44
  it
• 8:44
  out
• 8:45
  of
• 8:45
  my
• 8:45
  body
• 8:45
  and
• 8:46
  into
• 8:46
  onto
• 8:46
  paper.
• 8:47
  And
• 8:47
  it
• 8:47
  didn't
• 8:48
  have
• 8:48
  to
• 8:48
  be
• 8:48
  a
• 8:48
  best
• 8:48
  selling
• 8:49
  novel,
• 8:49
  it
• 8:49
  just
• 8:50
  had
• 8:50
  to
• 8:50
  be
• 8:50
  words
• 8:51
  because
• 8:51
  every
• 8:51
  time
• 8:52
  you
• 8:52
  write,
• 8:52
  you
• 8:52
  heal.
• 8:53
  I
• 8:53
  truly
• 8:54
  believe
• 8:54
  that.
• 8:57
  That's
• 8:57
  so
• 8:57
  true,
• 8:58
  Tammy.
• 8:59
  And
• 8:59
  the
• 9:00
  thing
• 9:00
  is,
• 9:00
  you
• 9:01
  touched
• 9:01
  a
• 9:02
  very
• 9:02
  important
• 9:03
  point.
• 9:04
  Not
• 9:04
  everything
• 9:04
  has
• 9:05
  to
• 9:05
  be
• 9:05
  a
• 9:05
  best
• 9:05
  selling
• 9:06
  piece.
• 9:07
  And
• 9:08
  I'm
• 9:08
  sure
• 9:09
  that
• 9:09
  anybody
• 9:10
  who
• 9:10
  writes
• 9:10
  has
• 9:11
  one
• 9:11
  or
• 9:11
  two
• 9:11
  or
• 9:12
  three
• 9:12
  pieces,
• 9:12
  even
• 9:13
  if
• 9:13
  they're
• 9:13
  short,
• 9:14
  that
• 9:14
  are
• 9:14
  like,
• 9:15
  wow,
• 9:16
  amazing
• 9:16
  piece.
• 9:17
  Everybody
• 9:17
  should
• 9:18
  read
• 9:18
  this.
• 9:19
  However,
• 9:20
  those
• 9:21
  things
• 9:21
  that
• 9:21
  you
• 9:22
  wrote
• 9:22
  in
• 9:22
  your
• 9:23
  journal
• 9:23
  and
• 9:23
  then
• 9:23
  you
• 9:24
  ripped
• 9:24
  them
• 9:24
  out
• 9:25
  and
• 9:25
  you
• 9:25
  got
• 9:25
  rid
• 9:26
  of
• 9:26
  them,
• 9:26
  those
• 9:26
  were
• 9:27
  obviously
• 9:28
  healing
• 9:29
  because
• 9:29
  you
• 9:29
  got
• 9:30
  something
• 9:30
  out
• 9:30
  of
• 9:30
  yourself
• 9:31
  and
• 9:32
  you
• 9:32
  put
• 9:32
  it
• 9:32
  on
• 9:32
  paper
• 9:33
  and
• 9:33
  then
• 9:34
  you
• 9:35
  did
• 9:35
  the
• 9:35
  magic
• 9:35
  of
• 9:36
  releasing
• 9:36
  it.
• 9:36
  And
• 9:37
  maybe
• 9:37
  for
• 9:37
  not
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  right
• 9:38
  same,
• 9:39
  not,
• 9:39
  I
• 9:39
  shouldn't
• 9:40
  say
• 9:40
  right,
• 9:40
  not
• 9:41
  for
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  same
• 9:41
  reason
• 9:42
  of
• 9:42
  getting
• 9:42
  rid
• 9:43
  of
• 9:43
  it,
• 9:43
  but
• 9:43
  maybe
• 9:44
  you
• 9:44
  Just
• 9:44
  didn't
• 9:45
  want
• 9:45
  to
• 9:45
  leave
• 9:46
  any
• 9:46
  evidence
• 9:47
  behind
• 9:47
  you.
• 9:49
  And
• 9:49
  sometimes
• 9:49
  you
• 9:49
  have
• 9:50
  to
• 9:50
  read
• 9:50
  those
• 9:51
  few
• 9:51
  notes
• 9:51
  and
• 9:52
  get
• 9:52
  the
• 9:53
  ugly
• 9:53
  stuff
• 9:53
  out
• 9:54
  before
• 9:54
  you
• 9:55
  can
• 9:55
  write
• 9:56
  the
• 9:56
  good
• 9:56
  stuff.
• 9:57
  Absolutely.
• 9:58
  Absolutely.
• 9:59
  Now,
• 9:59
  you
• 9:59
  picked
• 10:00
  for
• 10:00
  2025,
• 10:01
  you
• 10:01
  said
• 10:02
  your
• 10:02
  word
• 10:02
  was
• 10:02
  encouragement.
• 10:03
  So
• 10:03
  your
• 10:03
  theme.
• 10:04
  So
• 10:04
  that
• 10:04
  was,
• 10:04
  I
• 10:04
  guess
• 10:05
  your
• 10:05
  theme
• 10:05
  was
• 10:05
  all
• 10:06
  encouragement.
• 10:06
  What
• 10:07
  made
• 10:07
  you
• 10:07
  choose
• 10:08
  encouragement?
• 10:12
  It's
• 10:13
  a
• 10:13
  big,
• 10:13
  wide
• 10:13
  word
• 10:14
  and
• 10:15
  it
• 10:15
  includes
• 10:16
  a
• 10:16
  lot
• 10:16
  of
• 10:16
  things.
• 10:18
  We
• 10:18
  need
• 10:18
  to
• 10:18
  be
• 10:19
  encouraging
• 10:19
  to
• 10:20
  people,
• 10:21
  but
• 10:21
  we
• 10:21
  also
• 10:22
  need
• 10:22
  to
• 10:22
  be
• 10:22
  encouraging
• 10:23
  to
• 10:23
  ourselves.
• 10:25
  There
• 10:25
  are
• 10:26
  so
• 10:26
  many
• 10:26
  times
• 10:27
  we
• 10:27
  judge
• 10:28
  ourselves,
• 10:29
  especially
• 10:29
  if
• 10:29
  we
• 10:30
  face
• 10:30
  trauma
• 10:31
  as
• 10:32
  young
• 10:32
  people.
• 10:34
  And
• 10:34
  we
• 10:35
  need
• 10:35
  to
• 10:36
  realize
• 10:36
  that
• 10:38
  we
• 10:38
  don't
• 10:38
  need
• 10:39
  to
• 10:39
  beat
• 10:39
  up
• 10:39
  our
• 10:39
  nudge
• 10:40
  self.
• 10:40
  So
• 10:40
  ourselves,
• 10:41
  life
• 10:41
  is
• 10:41
  hard
• 10:42
  enough.
• 10:42
  We
• 10:42
  need
• 10:43
  to
• 10:43
  encourage
• 10:43
  ourselves
• 10:44
  and
• 10:44
  we
• 10:44
  need
• 10:44
  to
• 10:45
  encourage
• 10:45
  other
• 10:45
  people
• 10:46
  around
• 10:46
  us.
• 10:47
  I
• 10:47
  love
• 10:48
  that.
• 10:48
  And
• 10:48
  if
• 10:48
  everybody
• 10:48
  had
• 10:49
  that
• 10:49
  attitude,
• 10:49
  life
• 10:49
  would
• 10:50
  be
• 10:50
  so
• 10:50
  much
• 10:50
  better
• 10:51
  instead
• 10:51
  of,
• 10:51
  you
• 10:51
  know,
• 10:52
  and.
• 10:52
  But
• 10:52
  you're
• 10:52
  right,
• 10:52
  we
• 10:53
  are
• 10:53
  our
• 10:53
  absolute
• 10:54
  own
• 10:54
  worst
• 10:55
  critics.
• 10:56
  So
• 10:56
  we're
• 10:57
  so
• 10:57
  quick
• 10:57
  to
• 10:57
  beat
• 10:58
  ourselves
• 10:58
  up.
• 10:58
  And
• 10:58
  you're
• 10:59
  right.
• 10:59
  We
• 10:59
  just,
• 11:00
  I
• 11:00
  always
• 11:00
  say,
• 11:01
  hold
• 11:01
  your
• 11:01
  standards
• 11:02
  for
• 11:02
  yourself
• 11:03
  like
• 11:03
  you
• 11:03
  would
• 11:03
  for
• 11:04
  your
• 11:04
  best
• 11:04
  friend.
• 11:06
  And
• 11:06
  if
• 11:06
  we
• 11:06
  all
• 11:06
  did
• 11:07
  that,
• 11:07
  we
• 11:07
  would
• 11:07
  stop
• 11:08
  trying
• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  be
• 11:08
  this
• 11:09
  perfect
• 11:10
  person
• 11:11
  because,
• 11:11
  I
• 11:11
  mean,
• 11:11
  ultimately
• 11:12
  we
• 11:12
  all
• 11:13
  are
• 11:14
  divine
• 11:14
  and
• 11:14
  perfect
• 11:15
  in
• 11:15
  our
• 11:15
  own
• 11:15
  way,
• 11:16
  but
• 11:16
  we
• 11:16
  think
• 11:17
  we
• 11:17
  have
• 11:17
  to
• 11:17
  be
• 11:18
  perfect
• 11:18
  to
• 11:18
  be
• 11:18
  heard,
• 11:19
  to
• 11:19
  be
• 11:19
  seen,
• 11:20
  to
• 11:20
  be
• 11:20
  anything.
• 11:21
  And
• 11:22
  I
• 11:22
  mean,
• 11:22
  that's
• 11:23
  always
• 11:23
  my
• 11:23
  message
• 11:24
  is
• 11:24
  we're
• 11:24
  just.
• 11:24
  We're
• 11:25
  perfect
• 11:25
  just
• 11:25
  the
• 11:25
  way
• 11:25
  we
• 11:25
  are.
• 11:26
  Just
• 11:26
  we
• 11:26
  need
• 11:26
  to
• 11:26
  learn
• 11:27
  to
• 11:27
  embrace
• 11:27
  that.
• 11:27
  But
• 11:28
  pretend
• 11:29
  you're
• 11:29
  your
• 11:29
  own
• 11:29
  best
• 11:29
  friend
• 11:30
  was
• 11:30
  has
• 11:30
  always
• 11:31
  been
• 11:31
  my
• 11:31
  advice
• 11:31
  for
• 11:32
  people.
• 11:32
  So
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  love
• 11:33
  that.
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  love
• 11:34
  that
• 11:34
  encouragement.
• 11:35
  Do
• 11:35
  you
• 11:35
  have
• 11:35
  a
• 11:35
  theme
• 11:36
  for
• 11:36
  2026?
• 11:40
  It's
• 11:41
  funny,
• 11:43
  and
• 11:43
  it's
• 11:43
  funny
• 11:44
  to
• 11:44
  me
• 11:44
  because
• 11:45
  with
• 11:46
  that
• 11:46
  group
• 11:46
  of
• 11:47
  women
• 11:47
  that
• 11:48
  we
• 11:48
  do
• 11:48
  this
• 11:48
  circle
• 11:49
  with,
• 11:50
  we
• 11:50
  had
• 11:50
  this
• 11:50
  theme
• 11:51
  going,
• 11:51
  happy
• 11:52
  New
• 11:52
  Year.
• 11:53
  Do
• 11:53
  you
• 11:53
  have
• 11:54
  a
• 11:54
  word
• 11:54
  for
• 11:54
  the
• 11:55
  year?
• 11:56
  And
• 11:56
  everybody
• 11:57
  came
• 11:57
  up
• 11:57
  with
• 11:57
  their
• 11:57
  word,
• 11:58
  and
• 11:58
  mine
• 11:59
  is
• 12:00
  magnificent.
• 12:01
  Oh.
• 12:02
  And
• 12:03
  one
• 12:03
  of
• 12:04
  the
• 12:04
  ladies
• 12:04
  said,
• 12:05
  well,
• 12:05
  did
• 12:06
  it
• 12:06
  have
• 12:06
  to
• 12:06
  be
• 12:07
  autobiograph
• 12:09
  biographical?
• 12:10
  And
• 12:11
  I
• 12:11
  started
• 12:11
  laughing
• 12:12
  and
• 12:12
  I
• 12:12
  gave
• 12:12
  her
• 12:12
  a
• 12:13
  laugh
• 12:13
  emoji.
• 12:14
  And
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  story
• 12:15
  is
• 12:16
  that
• 12:16
  one
• 12:16
  of
• 12:17
  our
• 12:17
  very
• 12:18
  dear
• 12:18
  friends
• 12:19
  sent
• 12:19
  me
• 12:19
  a
• 12:19
  New
• 12:19
  Year's
• 12:20
  Happy
• 12:21
  New
• 12:21
  Year's
• 12:21
  wish
• 12:22
  with
• 12:23
  ending
• 12:23
  it
• 12:24
  with
• 12:24
  you,
• 12:26
  magnificent
• 12:27
  woman.
• 12:28
  I
• 12:28
  can't
• 12:28
  even
• 12:28
  pronounce
• 12:29
  it
• 12:29
  without
• 12:29
  laughing,
• 12:31
  but
• 12:31
  that
• 12:32
  became
• 12:32
  my
• 12:32
  theme,
• 12:33
  and
• 12:33
  I
• 12:33
  think
• 12:34
  I
• 12:34
  will
• 12:34
  write
• 12:34
  a
• 12:35
  poem
• 12:35
  about
• 12:35
  it
• 12:35
  at
• 12:36
  least.
• 12:37
  But
• 12:38
  the
• 12:38
  truth
• 12:39
  is
• 12:39
  that
• 12:40
  it
• 12:40
  doesn't
• 12:40
  have
• 12:40
  to
• 12:41
  be
• 12:41
  this
• 12:41
  huge
• 12:41
  word
• 12:42
  of
• 12:42
  self
• 12:42
  praise
• 12:43
  because
• 12:44
  we
• 12:44
  all
• 12:44
  have
• 12:45
  some
• 12:46
  magnificence
• 12:47
  inside
• 12:48
  of
• 12:48
  us.
• 12:49
  And
• 12:49
  again,
• 12:50
  it's
• 12:51
  whether
• 12:51
  we
• 12:51
  tap
• 12:51
  into
• 12:52
  it
• 12:52
  or
• 12:52
  not.
• 12:53
  So
• 12:53
  true.
• 12:54
  So
• 12:54
  true.
• 12:54
  I
• 12:55
  love
• 12:55
  that
• 12:55
  on
• 12:55
  New
• 12:55
  Year's
• 12:56
  Eve
• 12:56
  and
• 12:56
  everybody's
• 12:56
  like,
• 12:57
  what's
• 12:57
  your
• 12:57
  goals?
• 12:57
  What's
• 12:57
  your
• 12:58
  this,
• 12:58
  what's
• 12:58
  your
• 12:58
  that?
• 12:58
  What's
• 12:59
  your
• 12:59
  word?
• 12:59
  And
• 13:00
  I
• 13:00
  was
• 13:00
  like,
• 13:00
  oh,
• 13:01
  oh,
• 13:02
  like
• 13:02
  that.
• 13:03
  Every
• 13:03
  year
• 13:03
  I
• 13:03
  have
• 13:03
  to
• 13:04
  think
• 13:04
  about
• 13:04
  that,
• 13:04
  what
• 13:04
  my
• 13:05
  word
• 13:05
  is,
• 13:05
  But
• 13:05
  I
• 13:05
  love
• 13:06
  that.
• 13:06
  Magnificence.
• 13:07
  Magnificent.
• 13:08
  That's
• 13:09
  good
• 13:09
  because
• 13:09
  most,
• 13:10
  I
• 13:10
  mean,
• 13:10
  that's
• 13:10
  one
• 13:11
  I
• 13:11
  haven't
• 13:11
  heard,
• 13:11
  actually.
• 13:12
  I've
• 13:12
  heard
• 13:13
  empowered
• 13:13
  and
• 13:14
  transform
• 13:15
  and
• 13:16
  all
• 13:16
  these
• 13:16
  other
• 13:17
  words,
• 13:17
  but
• 13:17
  I
• 13:17
  have
• 13:17
  not
• 13:17
  heard
• 13:18
  that
• 13:18
  one.
• 13:18
  So
• 13:18
  thank
• 13:19
  you
• 13:19
  for
• 13:19
  that.
• 13:20
  Well,
• 13:20
  you
• 13:21
  can
• 13:21
  thank
• 13:21
  my
• 13:21
  friend
• 13:22
  Jolene.
• 13:23
  And
• 13:24
  by
• 13:24
  the
• 13:24
  way,
• 13:25
  can
• 13:25
  I
• 13:25
  read
• 13:25
  a
• 13:26
  poem
• 13:26
  about
• 13:27
  how
• 13:28
  we
• 13:28
  are
• 13:28
  perfect
• 13:29
  without
• 13:29
  being
• 13:30
  perfect?
• 13:31
  I
• 13:31
  would
• 13:31
  love
• 13:31
  for
• 13:32
  you
• 13:32
  to.
• 13:33
  Okay.
• 13:34
  I.
• 13:35
  I
• 13:35
  have
• 13:35
  to
• 13:35
  look
• 13:35
  it
• 13:36
  up
• 13:36
  in
• 13:36
  my
• 13:36
  book,
• 13:37
  but
• 13:37
  it
• 13:37
  shouldn't
• 13:38
  take
• 13:38
  too
• 13:38
  long.
• 13:46
  Oh.
• 13:50
  While
• 13:51
  she's
• 13:51
  looking
• 13:51
  for
• 13:51
  that,
• 13:52
  I.
• 13:52
  I
• 13:52
  just
• 13:52
  want
• 13:53
  to
• 13:53
  say
• 13:53
  to
• 13:53
  the
• 13:53
  listeners
• 13:54
  out
• 13:54
  there,
• 13:54
  such
• 13:54
  good
• 13:55
  point
• 13:55
  she's
• 13:55
  making.
• 13:55
  As
• 13:56
  far
• 13:56
  as
• 13:56
  not
• 13:56
  be.
• 13:57
  I
• 13:57
  will
• 13:57
  go
• 13:57
  back
• 13:58
  to
• 13:58
  this
• 13:58
  probably
• 13:58
  if
• 13:59
  you
• 13:59
  listen
• 13:59
  to
• 13:59
  my
• 13:59
  podcast
• 14:00
  for
• 14:00
  the
• 14:00
  rest
• 14:00
  of
• 14:00
  2026,
• 14:01
  you're
• 14:02
  going
• 14:02
  to.
• 14:03
  About
• 14:03
  not
• 14:03
  beating
• 14:03
  yourself
• 14:04
  up
• 14:04
  and
• 14:04
  giving
• 14:05
  yourself
• 14:05
  grace.
• 14:06
  And
• 14:06
  I
• 14:06
  think
• 14:07
  that
• 14:07
  what
• 14:07
  that
• 14:07
  was,
• 14:08
  one
• 14:08
  of
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  words
• 14:08
  that
• 14:08
  I
• 14:08
  came
• 14:08
  up
• 14:09
  with
• 14:09
  for
• 14:09
  2026
• 14:10
  was
• 14:11
  Grace.
• 14:11
  And
• 14:13
  again,
• 14:14
  these
• 14:14
  concepts,
• 14:15
  these
• 14:15
  big
• 14:15
  broad
• 14:15
  concepts,
• 14:16
  I
• 14:16
  feel
• 14:16
  like
• 14:17
  if
• 14:17
  everybody
• 14:18
  embraced
• 14:18
  them
• 14:19
  a
• 14:19
  little
• 14:19
  bit,
• 14:19
  the
• 14:19
  world
• 14:20
  would
• 14:20
  just
• 14:20
  be
• 14:20
  a
• 14:20
  happier
• 14:20
  place.
• 14:21
  But
• 14:21
  go
• 14:22
  ahead.
• 14:23
  You're
• 14:23
  so
• 14:24
  right,
• 14:24
  Tammy.
• 14:25
  And.
• 14:26
  And
• 14:26
  I
• 14:27
  could
• 14:27
  say
• 14:27
  a
• 14:27
  lot
• 14:28
  about
• 14:28
  what
• 14:29
  we
• 14:29
  embrace
• 14:29
  and
• 14:30
  what
• 14:30
  we
• 14:30
  focus
• 14:31
  on,
• 14:31
  because
• 14:32
  that's
• 14:32
  really
• 14:32
  what
• 14:33
  I
• 14:33
  found
• 14:33
  the
• 14:34
  feeling
• 14:35
  in
• 14:35
  focusing
• 14:36
  on
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  things
• 14:37
  that
• 14:37
  bring
• 14:37
  me
• 14:37
  joy.
• 14:40
  Absolutely.
• 14:41
  The
• 14:41
  poem
• 14:42
  is
• 14:42
  called
• 14:43
  women.
• 14:45
  I
• 14:45
  love,
• 14:46
  treasure
• 14:46
  and
• 14:47
  admire
• 14:48
  women.
• 14:49
  Time
• 14:50
  spent
• 14:50
  with
• 14:50
  them
• 14:51
  feels
• 14:52
  like
• 14:52
  connecting
• 14:53
  with
• 14:53
  my
• 14:53
  long
• 14:54
  lost
• 14:55
  tribe.
• 14:56
  But
• 14:57
  don't
• 14:57
  catch
• 14:57
  them
• 14:58
  on
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  bad
• 14:58
  day.
• 14:59
  The
• 15:00
  self
• 15:00
  flagellation
• 15:01
  never
• 15:01
  ends.
• 15:03
  My
• 15:03
  house
• 15:04
  is
• 15:04
  a
• 15:04
  mess.
• 15:05
  My
• 15:05
  butt
• 15:05
  is
• 15:06
  too
• 15:06
  big.
• 15:06
  My
• 15:06
  breasts
• 15:07
  are
• 15:07
  too
• 15:07
  small.
• 15:08
  My
• 15:08
  hair
• 15:08
  is
• 15:09
  awful.
• 15:09
  My
• 15:10
  speech
• 15:10
  was
• 15:10
  the
• 15:10
  shits.
• 15:11
  I'm
• 15:12
  too
• 15:12
  young,
• 15:12
  too
• 15:12
  old.
• 15:13
  Not
• 15:13
  enough
• 15:14
  of
• 15:14
  this,
• 15:14
  too
• 15:15
  much
• 15:15
  of
• 15:15
  that.
• 15:17
  And
• 15:17
  on
• 15:17
  the
• 15:18
  end
• 15:18
  of
• 15:18
  the
• 15:18
  day,
• 15:19
  every
• 15:20
  one
• 15:20
  of
• 15:20
  us
• 15:21
  is
• 15:22
  perfect.
• 15:23
  Our
• 15:23
  house
• 15:24
  is
• 15:25
  fine
• 15:25
  as
• 15:26
  it
• 15:26
  is.
• 15:27
  Our
• 15:27
  butts
• 15:29
  and
• 15:29
  breasts
• 15:29
  are
• 15:30
  just
• 15:30
  the
• 15:30
  right
• 15:30
  size.
• 15:31
  Even
• 15:32
  if
• 15:32
  we
• 15:32
  had
• 15:32
  mastectomy.
• 15:35
  If
• 15:35
  our
• 15:35
  guests
• 15:36
  are
• 15:36
  focused
• 15:37
  on
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  mess,
• 15:38
  they
• 15:38
  don't
• 15:38
  deserve
• 15:39
  to
• 15:39
  be
• 15:39
  there
• 15:40
  unless
• 15:41
  they
• 15:41
  change
• 15:41
  their
• 15:42
  view.
• 15:43
  What
• 15:43
  we
• 15:44
  say
• 15:44
  and
• 15:45
  how
• 15:45
  we
• 15:45
  present
• 15:45
  ourselves
• 15:47
  could
• 15:47
  always
• 15:47
  be
• 15:48
  better,
• 15:49
  but
• 15:49
  it
• 15:49
  can
• 15:50
  always
• 15:50
  be
• 15:50
  worse.
• 15:52
  And
• 15:52
  if
• 15:52
  people
• 15:53
  can't
• 15:53
  appreciate
• 15:54
  our
• 15:54
  humanness,
• 15:56
  then
• 15:56
  they
• 15:56
  should
• 15:56
  not
• 15:56
  listen
• 15:57
  to
• 15:57
  us
• 15:57
  at
• 15:58
  all.
• 15:59
  Ladies,
• 16:00
  I
• 16:01
  have
• 16:01
  news
• 16:01
  for
• 16:01
  you.
• 16:03
  You
• 16:03
  don't
• 16:03
  have
• 16:03
  to
• 16:03
  improve
• 16:04
  yourself
• 16:05
  because
• 16:06
  you
• 16:06
  are
• 16:06
  perfect
• 16:07
  just
• 16:08
  the
• 16:08
  way
• 16:08
  you
• 16:09
  Are.
• 16:10
  I
• 16:10
  love
• 16:11
  that.
• 16:11
  Did
• 16:11
  you
• 16:11
  write
• 16:12
  that?
• 16:13
  Yes.
• 16:13
  Oh,
• 16:14
  I
• 16:14
  love
• 16:14
  it.
• 16:14
  So
• 16:15
  do
• 16:15
  you
• 16:15
  have
• 16:15
  books
• 16:15
  or
• 16:16
  do
• 16:16
  you
• 16:16
  put
• 16:16
  your
• 16:16
  poems
• 16:17
  in
• 16:17
  other
• 16:17
  people's
• 16:17
  books?
• 16:18
  Or
• 16:18
  how
• 16:18
  do
• 16:18
  you.
• 16:18
  How
• 16:19
  do
• 16:19
  you
• 16:19
  publish
• 16:19
  your
• 16:19
  poetry?
• 16:21
  I
• 16:21
  have
• 16:22
  one
• 16:22
  book
• 16:23
  that
• 16:23
  I
• 16:23
  published,
• 16:24
  and
• 16:24
  it's
• 16:25
  most
• 16:25
  of
• 16:26
  my
• 16:26
  work
• 16:26
  between
• 16:26
  2000
• 16:27
  and
• 16:27
  2019.
• 16:30
  I
• 16:30
  also
• 16:31
  published
• 16:31
  a
• 16:32
  free
• 16:32
  ebook
• 16:32
  on
• 16:33
  grief.
• 16:33
  And
• 16:34
  it's
• 16:34
  just
• 16:34
  poetry
• 16:35
  on
• 16:35
  grief
• 16:36
  and
• 16:36
  connections
• 16:37
  and
• 16:38
  losses.
• 16:39
  And
• 16:39
  I
• 16:40
  did
• 16:40
  participate
• 16:41
  in
• 16:41
  a
• 16:41
  few
• 16:42
  anthologies,
• 16:42
  but
• 16:43
  I
• 16:43
  don't
• 16:43
  even
• 16:43
  remember
• 16:44
  them.
• 16:44
  There
• 16:45
  was
• 16:45
  one
• 16:45
  significant
• 16:46
  one,
• 16:46
  and
• 16:46
  that
• 16:46
  was
• 16:47
  called
• 16:48
  Women's
• 16:49
  Scream.
• 16:51
  And
• 16:51
  it
• 16:51
  was
• 16:52
  a
• 16:52
  really
• 16:52
  powerful
• 16:53
  book,
• 16:56
  which
• 16:56
  had
• 16:56
  a
• 16:56
  whole
• 16:57
  bunch
• 16:57
  of
• 16:57
  poems
• 16:58
  in
• 16:58
  it
• 16:58
  and
• 16:58
  stories,
• 16:59
  I
• 16:59
  believe,
• 16:59
  as
• 16:59
  well.
• 17:01
  Wow.
• 17:01
  Amazing.
• 17:02
  I
• 17:03
  actually
• 17:03
  want
• 17:03
  to.
• 17:03
  I
• 17:04
  work
• 17:04
  very
• 17:05
  closely
• 17:05
  with
• 17:05
  a
• 17:05
  grief.
• 17:06
  A
• 17:07
  grief
• 17:07
  coach,
• 17:08
  and
• 17:08
  I
• 17:08
  would
• 17:08
  love
• 17:08
  to
• 17:09
  offer
• 17:10
  your
• 17:10
  ebook
• 17:11
  to
• 17:11
  her
• 17:11
  group,
• 17:11
  if
• 17:11
  that's
• 17:12
  okay.
• 17:13
  Absolutely.
• 17:14
  It's
• 17:15
  free
• 17:15
  and
• 17:16
  it's
• 17:16
  available
• 17:17
  on
• 17:17
  most
• 17:19
  online
• 17:20
  sites,
• 17:20
  except
• 17:20
  Amazon,
• 17:21
  because
• 17:21
  Amazon
• 17:22
  doesn't
• 17:22
  want
• 17:22
  anything
• 17:24
  permanently
• 17:24
  free,
• 17:25
  I
• 17:25
  believe.
• 17:26
  Right,
• 17:27
  okay.
• 17:27
  Well,
• 17:27
  great.
• 17:27
  That
• 17:28
  sounds
• 17:28
  good.
• 17:28
  I
• 17:28
  love
• 17:28
  that
• 17:29
  poem.
• 17:29
  And
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  does
• 17:30
  really
• 17:30
  encapsulate
• 17:31
  exactly
• 17:32
  what
• 17:32
  we
• 17:32
  were
• 17:32
  just
• 17:32
  talking
• 17:32
  about.
• 17:33
  About
• 17:33
  not
• 17:34
  that
• 17:34
  perfect,
• 17:35
  letting
• 17:35
  go
• 17:35
  of
• 17:36
  that
• 17:36
  perfectionism,
• 17:37
  because
• 17:38
  we
• 17:38
  are
• 17:38
  just
• 17:38
  perfect.
• 17:39
  And
• 17:39
  it's
• 17:39
  all
• 17:40
  the
• 17:40
  little
• 17:40
  things.
• 17:40
  And
• 17:40
  you're.
• 17:41
  That
• 17:41
  you're
• 17:42
  right,
• 17:42
  too.
• 17:42
  If
• 17:43
  it's
• 17:43
  kind
• 17:43
  of
• 17:43
  like
• 17:43
  I
• 17:44
  remember
• 17:44
  the
• 17:44
  day
• 17:44
  that
• 17:44
  somebody
• 17:45
  said,
• 17:45
  you
• 17:46
  know,
• 17:46
  what
• 17:46
  do
• 17:46
  you.
• 17:46
  Do
• 17:47
  you
• 17:47
  care
• 17:47
  what
• 17:47
  they
• 17:47
  think?
• 17:47
  And
• 17:48
  I
• 17:48
  said,
• 17:48
  no,
• 17:48
  what
• 17:48
  people
• 17:48
  think
• 17:49
  of
• 17:49
  me
• 17:49
  is
• 17:49
  none
• 17:49
  of
• 17:49
  my
• 17:50
  business.
• 17:51
  I
• 17:52
  like
• 17:52
  that,
• 17:54
  you
• 17:54
  know,
• 17:55
  it's.
• 17:55
  People
• 17:55
  are
• 17:55
  going
• 17:55
  to
• 17:56
  be
• 17:56
  judgy.
• 17:56
  I
• 17:56
  call
• 17:56
  it
• 17:57
  Judgy
• 17:57
  McFudgy,
• 17:58
  but
• 17:58
  it
• 17:58
  doesn't
• 17:59
  matter.
• 17:59
  Like,
• 17:59
  who
• 18:00
  cares?
• 18:00
  It
• 18:00
  only
• 18:00
  matters
• 18:01
  what
• 18:01
  you
• 18:01
  think.
• 18:03
  Exactly.
• 18:05
  Yes.
• 18:05
  I
• 18:05
  love.
• 18:06
  I
• 18:06
  love
• 18:06
  that
• 18:06
  message.
• 18:07
  I
• 18:07
  love
• 18:07
  that
• 18:07
  message.
• 18:08
  So
• 18:09
  going
• 18:10
  back
• 18:10
  to
• 18:10
  that
• 18:10
  kind
• 18:11
  of.
• 18:12
  How
• 18:12
  do
• 18:13
  you
• 18:13
  feel
• 18:13
  like
• 18:13
  people
• 18:14
  like
• 18:14
  their
• 18:14
  words?
• 18:15
  Whether
• 18:15
  it's
• 18:15
  written,
• 18:16
  whether
• 18:16
  it's
• 18:16
  poetry,
• 18:17
  whatever.
• 18:17
  How
• 18:17
  do
• 18:17
  you
• 18:18
  feel
• 18:19
  like
• 18:19
  that
• 18:19
  helps
• 18:20
  them
• 18:20
  heal.
• 18:23
  Can
• 18:23
  you
• 18:23
  repeat
• 18:24
  the
• 18:24
  question,
• 18:24
  please?
• 18:25
  So
• 18:25
  poetry,
• 18:26
  speaking,
• 18:27
  writing,
• 18:27
  whatever
• 18:28
  it
• 18:28
  is,
• 18:28
  when
• 18:29
  people
• 18:29
  are
• 18:29
  expressing
• 18:30
  their
• 18:30
  words,
• 18:30
  what
• 18:31
  do
• 18:31
  you
• 18:31
  think
• 18:31
  it
• 18:31
  is
• 18:31
  that
• 18:32
  makes
• 18:32
  that
• 18:32
  a
• 18:32
  healing
• 18:33
  process?
• 18:35
  Oh,
• 18:35
  there's
• 18:35
  many
• 18:36
  levels
• 18:36
  to
• 18:36
  it.
• 18:37
  Number
• 18:38
  one
• 18:38
  is
• 18:39
  that
• 18:42
  you.
• 18:43
  Whatever
• 18:44
  was
• 18:44
  inside
• 18:45
  of
• 18:45
  you
• 18:45
  is
• 18:46
  now
• 18:46
  outside.
• 18:47
  It's
• 18:48
  expressed.
• 18:49
  And
• 18:50
  that
• 18:50
  in
• 18:50
  itself
• 18:51
  can
• 18:51
  be
• 18:51
  healing.
• 18:53
  Then
• 18:53
  if
• 18:54
  you're.
• 18:54
  If
• 18:54
  it's
• 18:55
  something
• 18:55
  deep,
• 18:55
  something
• 18:56
  personal,
• 18:57
  something
• 18:57
  very
• 18:58
  sad,
• 18:59
  something
• 18:59
  that.
• 19:00
  That
• 19:00
  is
• 19:01
  very
• 19:02
  personal.
• 19:03
  And
• 19:03
  you
• 19:03
  express
• 19:04
  that
• 19:04
  in
• 19:04
  front
• 19:05
  of.
• 19:06
  Front
• 19:06
  of
• 19:06
  people
• 19:06
  who
• 19:07
  are
• 19:07
  supportive
• 19:07
  of
• 19:08
  you.
• 19:09
  And
• 19:09
  understanding
• 19:10
  that
• 19:11
  adds
• 19:11
  an
• 19:11
  other
• 19:11
  level
• 19:12
  of
• 19:13
  healing.
• 19:15
  And
• 19:15
  then
• 19:16
  there
• 19:16
  are
• 19:16
  some
• 19:16
  people,
• 19:18
  and
• 19:18
  I
• 19:18
  admire
• 19:19
  them,
• 19:20
  and
• 19:20
  I'm
• 19:21
  not
• 19:21
  sure
• 19:22
  how
• 19:22
  well
• 19:22
  that
• 19:22
  works,
• 19:23
  but
• 19:23
  for
• 19:23
  some
• 19:24
  People,
• 19:24
  it
• 19:24
  works.
• 19:25
  They
• 19:25
  take
• 19:26
  their
• 19:26
  deepest,
• 19:27
  saddest
• 19:28
  thing
• 19:28
  in
• 19:29
  their
• 19:29
  lives,
• 19:30
  in
• 19:30
  their
• 19:30
  past,
• 19:31
  most
• 19:31
  likely,
• 19:32
  and
• 19:32
  they
• 19:33
  write
• 19:33
  a
• 19:33
  book
• 19:33
  about
• 19:33
  it
• 19:34
  or
• 19:34
  they
• 19:34
  write
• 19:34
  a
• 19:34
  story
• 19:35
  about
• 19:35
  it
• 19:35
  and
• 19:35
  they
• 19:35
  publish
• 19:36
  it
• 19:36
  and
• 19:36
  they
• 19:36
  put
• 19:37
  it
• 19:37
  out
• 19:37
  there.
• 19:38
  And
• 19:38
  some
• 19:38
  people
• 19:39
  find
• 19:39
  that
• 19:39
  very,
• 19:40
  very
• 19:40
  therapeutic.
• 19:42
  Other
• 19:42
  people
• 19:43
  find
• 19:43
  it
• 19:43
  traumatizing,
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  it
• 19:46
  can
• 19:46
  go
• 19:46
  either
• 19:46
  way.
• 19:48
  And
• 19:49
  I
• 19:49
  keep
• 19:49
  returning
• 19:50
  to
• 19:50
  Brene
• 19:51
  Brown's
• 19:51
  thoughts
• 19:52
  about
• 19:52
  vulnerability.
• 19:53
  I'm
• 19:54
  sure
• 19:54
  you
• 19:54
  heard
• 19:54
  about
• 19:55
  her.
• 19:55
  Yes,
• 19:56
  of
• 19:56
  course.
• 19:57
  Yes.
• 19:57
  She
• 19:57
  got
• 19:58
  famous
• 19:58
  by
• 19:59
  a
• 19:59
  video
• 20:00
  that
• 20:00
  was
• 20:00
  released
• 20:01
  that
• 20:01
  she
• 20:02
  didn't
• 20:03
  want
• 20:03
  released.
• 20:05
  And
• 20:06
  her
• 20:06
  thoughts
• 20:07
  are,
• 20:08
  your
• 20:09
  shame
• 20:09
  stories
• 20:10
  only
• 20:10
  belong.
• 20:11
  And
• 20:12
  I'm
• 20:12
  not
• 20:12
  quoting
• 20:12
  her,
• 20:14
  but
• 20:14
  her
• 20:14
  words
• 20:15
  were
• 20:15
  something
• 20:15
  like,
• 20:16
  your
• 20:16
  shame
• 20:17
  story
• 20:17
  only
• 20:18
  belongs
• 20:18
  to
• 20:19
  people,
• 20:19
  only
• 20:20
  deserves
• 20:20
  to
• 20:20
  be
• 20:21
  heard
• 20:21
  by
• 20:21
  people
• 20:22
  who
• 20:22
  respect
• 20:23
  you
• 20:23
  and
• 20:24
  treat
• 20:24
  you
• 20:25
  well
• 20:25
  after
• 20:26
  you
• 20:26
  tell
• 20:26
  them
• 20:27
  your
• 20:27
  shame
• 20:27
  story.
• 20:28
  Yes.
• 20:29
  And
• 20:29
  that
• 20:29
  is
• 20:30
  very
• 20:30
  well
• 20:30
  said,
• 20:30
  because
• 20:31
  a
• 20:31
  lot
• 20:31
  of
• 20:31
  people
• 20:31
  do.
• 20:31
  And
• 20:32
  you're
• 20:32
  right,
• 20:32
  it
• 20:32
  can
• 20:32
  be
• 20:33
  traumatizing.
• 20:34
  A
• 20:34
  lot
• 20:34
  of
• 20:34
  people.
• 20:36
  I
• 20:36
  kind
• 20:36
  of
• 20:36
  look
• 20:36
  at
• 20:36
  it,
• 20:37
  like,
• 20:37
  every
• 20:37
  time
• 20:38
  when
• 20:38
  I
• 20:38
  tell
• 20:38
  my
• 20:38
  story,
• 20:39
  it
• 20:39
  helps
• 20:40
  other
• 20:40
  people
• 20:41
  know
• 20:41
  that
• 20:41
  they're
• 20:41
  not
• 20:42
  alone.
• 20:44
  Because
• 20:44
  everybody's
• 20:45
  story,
• 20:45
  even
• 20:46
  though
• 20:46
  it's
• 20:47
  a
• 20:47
  little
• 20:47
  different
• 20:48
  at
• 20:48
  the
• 20:48
  end
• 20:48
  of
• 20:49
  the
• 20:49
  day,
• 20:49
  depending
• 20:49
  on
• 20:50
  what
• 20:50
  your
• 20:50
  circumstances
• 20:51
  were,
• 20:51
  how
• 20:51
  you
• 20:51
  grew
• 20:51
  up,
• 20:52
  what
• 20:52
  your
• 20:52
  parents
• 20:52
  were
• 20:52
  like,
• 20:53
  all
• 20:53
  that
• 20:53
  stuff,
• 20:54
  they're
• 20:54
  all
• 20:54
  the
• 20:54
  same
• 20:55
  kind
• 20:55
  of
• 20:55
  stories,
• 20:56
  just
• 20:56
  different
• 20:56
  details.
• 20:58
  Yes.
• 20:59
  And.
• 20:59
  And
• 21:00
  so
• 21:00
  if
• 21:00
  I
• 21:00
  tell
• 21:01
  my
• 21:01
  story,
• 21:01
  I've
• 21:01
  had
• 21:01
  people
• 21:02
  go
• 21:02
  to
• 21:02
  me,
• 21:02
  oh,
• 21:02
  my
• 21:03
  gosh,
• 21:03
  like,
• 21:04
  you
• 21:04
  know,
• 21:04
  after
• 21:04
  I
• 21:05
  was
• 21:05
  done
• 21:05
  listening
• 21:05
  to
• 21:05
  you,
• 21:06
  I
• 21:06
  went
• 21:06
  and
• 21:06
  I
• 21:06
  journaled
• 21:07
  or
• 21:07
  I
• 21:07
  went
• 21:07
  to
• 21:07
  a
• 21:07
  therapist
• 21:08
  or
• 21:08
  I
• 21:08
  went
• 21:08
  to
• 21:08
  a
• 21:09
  coach.
• 21:09
  And.
• 21:10
  And
• 21:10
  boy,
• 21:10
  it
• 21:10
  felt
• 21:11
  good
• 21:11
  just
• 21:11
  to
• 21:11
  get
• 21:11
  it
• 21:11
  out.
• 21:12
  But
• 21:12
  I
• 21:12
  didn't,
• 21:12
  you
• 21:12
  know,
• 21:13
  I
• 21:13
  didn't
• 21:13
  think
• 21:13
  any.
• 21:13
  Like,
• 21:14
  when
• 21:14
  people
• 21:14
  say
• 21:14
  to
• 21:15
  me,
• 21:15
  how
• 21:15
  do
• 21:15
  I
• 21:16
  tell
• 21:16
  you
• 21:16
  these
• 21:16
  stories?
• 21:16
  And
• 21:17
  you
• 21:17
  don't
• 21:17
  look
• 21:17
  shocked.
• 21:18
  And
• 21:18
  I'm
• 21:18
  like.
• 21:18
  Because
• 21:19
  nothing
• 21:19
  shocks
• 21:19
  me
• 21:19
  any.
• 21:20
  Like,
• 21:20
  I'm
• 21:20
  not
• 21:20
  shocked.
• 21:21
  I
• 21:21
  mean,
• 21:23
  these
• 21:23
  experiences
• 21:24
  happen
• 21:25
  every
• 21:25
  day,
• 21:25
  hundreds
• 21:26
  of
• 21:26
  times
• 21:26
  all
• 21:26
  over
• 21:27
  the
• 21:27
  world.
• 21:27
  Yours
• 21:28
  is
• 21:28
  just
• 21:28
  a
• 21:28
  little
• 21:28
  bit
• 21:29
  different,
• 21:29
  you
• 21:29
  know,
• 21:30
  so.
• 21:32
  Yeah,
• 21:32
  but
• 21:32
  you're
• 21:33
  right,
• 21:33
  though,
• 21:33
  that
• 21:33
  vulnerability
• 21:34
  is.
• 21:35
  Can
• 21:35
  go
• 21:35
  either
• 21:36
  way.
• 21:36
  It
• 21:36
  can
• 21:36
  definitely
• 21:38
  be
• 21:38
  scary
• 21:38
  to
• 21:39
  people.
• 21:41
  Well,
• 21:41
  to
• 21:42
  me,
• 21:42
  it's
• 21:42
  always.
• 21:44
  And
• 21:44
  I.
• 21:44
  And
• 21:44
  I
• 21:45
  really
• 21:45
  choose
• 21:45
  who
• 21:45
  I
• 21:46
  share
• 21:46
  what
• 21:46
  with.
• 21:48
  To
• 21:49
  me,
• 21:49
  it's
• 21:49
  important
• 21:49
  that
• 21:50
  when
• 21:50
  I
• 21:50
  say
• 21:50
  something
• 21:51
  deep
• 21:51
  and
• 21:51
  personal,
• 21:52
  it's
• 21:53
  respected
• 21:54
  and
• 21:54
  met
• 21:54
  with
• 21:54
  compassion.
• 21:55
  If
• 21:56
  that
• 21:56
  doesn't
• 21:56
  happen,
• 21:57
  I
• 21:57
  don't
• 21:58
  want
• 21:58
  to
• 21:59
  express
• 22:00
  myself
• 22:00
  just
• 22:01
  so
• 22:01
  I
• 22:01
  express
• 22:02
  myself.
• 22:02
  I
• 22:03
  can
• 22:03
  write
• 22:03
  something
• 22:04
  down
• 22:04
  on
• 22:04
  a
• 22:04
  piece
• 22:04
  of
• 22:05
  paper
• 22:05
  and
• 22:05
  burn
• 22:06
  it
• 22:06
  in
• 22:06
  the
• 22:06
  backyard
• 22:07
  in
• 22:07
  a
• 22:07
  fire
• 22:07
  or
• 22:08
  throw
• 22:08
  it
• 22:08
  in
• 22:08
  the
• 22:08
  river
• 22:09
  if
• 22:09
  I
• 22:09
  just
• 22:09
  want
• 22:10
  to
• 22:10
  express
• 22:10
  myself.
• 22:12
  So
• 22:12
  if
• 22:13
  you
• 22:13
  want
• 22:13
  to
• 22:13
  hear
• 22:14
  my
• 22:14
  story,
• 22:14
  you
• 22:15
  need
• 22:15
  to
• 22:15
  be
• 22:15
  respectful
• 22:16
  of
• 22:16
  it.
• 22:17
  That's,
• 22:17
  that's,
• 22:17
  that's
• 22:18
  it.
• 22:19
  Absolutely.
• 22:19
  And
• 22:19
  that's
• 22:20
  why
• 22:20
  groups
• 22:20
  like
• 22:20
  your
• 22:20
  group
• 22:21
  are
• 22:21
  probably
• 22:21
  absolutely
• 22:21
  amazing,
• 22:22
  because
• 22:22
  like
• 22:22
  you
• 22:22
  said,
• 22:22
  you've
• 22:23
  been
• 22:23
  with
• 22:23
  these
• 22:23
  same
• 22:23
  women
• 22:24
  for
• 22:24
  how
• 22:24
  many
• 22:24
  years?
• 22:25
  And
• 22:25
  so
• 22:25
  you
• 22:25
  know
• 22:25
  each
• 22:26
  other.
• 22:26
  It's
• 22:26
  like
• 22:26
  your
• 22:26
  own
• 22:27
  little.
• 22:27
  It's
• 22:27
  your
• 22:28
  own
• 22:28
  little
• 22:28
  tribe.
• 22:29
  And
• 22:29
  I
• 22:29
  love
• 22:30
  that.
• 22:31
  You're
• 22:31
  right.
• 22:32
  And,
• 22:32
  and
• 22:32
  there's
• 22:33
  always
• 22:33
  respect,
• 22:35
  empathy,
• 22:36
  and
• 22:36
  love
• 22:37
  amongst
• 22:38
  us,
• 22:38
  and
• 22:38
  I
• 22:38
  think
• 22:39
  that's
• 22:39
  what
• 22:39
  kept
• 22:39
  us
• 22:40
  together
• 22:40
  for
• 22:41
  so
• 22:41
  many
• 22:41
  years,
• 22:41
  too.
• 22:42
  Oh,
• 22:43
  absolutely.
• 22:43
  I'm
• 22:43
  sure
• 22:44
  it
• 22:44
  is.
• 22:44
  And
• 22:45
  just
• 22:45
  the
• 22:45
  community,
• 22:46
  the
• 22:46
  community
• 22:46
  alone.
• 22:47
  And,
• 22:47
  and
• 22:47
  like
• 22:47
  you
• 22:47
  said,
• 22:48
  you're.
• 22:48
  If
• 22:48
  you
• 22:48
  have
• 22:49
  not
• 22:49
  ever
• 22:49
  delved
• 22:50
  in
• 22:50
  this
• 22:50
  and
• 22:51
  you've
• 22:51
  not
• 22:51
  ever
• 22:51
  told
• 22:52
  your
• 22:52
  story,
• 22:52
  if
• 22:52
  you've
• 22:53
  not
• 22:53
  ever
• 22:53
  talked
• 22:54
  to
• 22:54
  anybody
• 22:54
  about
• 22:55
  any
• 22:55
  of
• 22:55
  this,
• 22:56
  put
• 22:56
  it
• 22:56
  out
• 22:56
  on
• 22:56
  paper
• 22:57
  first
• 22:57
  or
• 22:58
  go
• 22:58
  to
• 22:59
  one
• 22:59
  person,
• 22:59
  go
• 23:00
  tell
• 23:00
  your
• 23:00
  best
• 23:00
  friend,
• 23:01
  tell
• 23:01
  somebody
• 23:02
  that
• 23:02
  you
• 23:02
  know
• 23:02
  is
• 23:03
  not
• 23:03
  going
• 23:03
  to
• 23:03
  be
• 23:04
  judgmental.
• 23:04
  And,
• 23:05
  and
• 23:05
  I
• 23:05
  mean,
• 23:06
  at
• 23:06
  the
• 23:06
  end
• 23:06
  of
• 23:06
  the
• 23:06
  day,
• 23:06
  if
• 23:06
  the,
• 23:07
  if
• 23:07
  someone
• 23:07
  down
• 23:08
  the
• 23:08
  road
• 23:08
  is
• 23:08
  judgmental,
• 23:09
  then
• 23:09
  hula,
• 23:10
  you
• 23:10
  don't
• 23:10
  need
• 23:10
  them
• 23:10
  in
• 23:10
  your
• 23:11
  world
• 23:11
  anyway.
• 23:12
  But,
• 23:13
  but
• 23:14
  you're
• 23:14
  right,
• 23:14
  it.
• 23:14
  To
• 23:15
  start,
• 23:15
  especially
• 23:16
  if
• 23:16
  this
• 23:16
  is
• 23:17
  a
• 23:17
  new
• 23:17
  process,
• 23:18
  it's.
• 23:18
  It's
• 23:18
  important
• 23:19
  to
• 23:19
  be
• 23:19
  in
• 23:19
  a
• 23:19
  safe
• 23:20
  place.
• 23:21
  Absolutely.
• 23:23
  Yeah,
• 23:24
  absolutely.
• 23:24
  I
• 23:24
  love
• 23:25
  it,
• 23:25
  love
• 23:25
  it,
• 23:25
  love
• 23:26
  it,
• 23:26
  love
• 23:26
  it.
• 23:26
  Oh,
• 23:26
  I
• 23:26
  could
• 23:27
  talk
• 23:27
  to
• 23:27
  you
• 23:27
  all
• 23:27
  day.
• 23:29
  What
• 23:29
  if
• 23:30
  you
• 23:30
  had
• 23:30
  to
• 23:30
  give
• 23:31
  somebody
• 23:31
  that's
• 23:31
  never
• 23:31
  written,
• 23:32
  never
• 23:32
  done
• 23:33
  a
• 23:33
  open
• 23:33
  mic,
• 23:34
  never
• 23:34
  done
• 23:34
  anything
• 23:35
  like
• 23:35
  this
• 23:35
  and
• 23:35
  really
• 23:36
  gotten
• 23:36
  out
• 23:36
  there
• 23:36
  and
• 23:37
  told
• 23:37
  their
• 23:37
  story
• 23:37
  or
• 23:37
  just
• 23:38
  even
• 23:39
  gotten
• 23:39
  on
• 23:39
  stage
• 23:40
  or
• 23:40
  anything,
• 23:41
  what
• 23:42
  would
• 23:42
  be
• 23:42
  a
• 23:42
  good
• 23:42
  first
• 23:43
  step
• 23:43
  or
• 23:43
  good
• 23:44
  starting
• 23:44
  strategy
• 23:45
  to
• 23:45
  maybe
• 23:45
  get
• 23:45
  started
• 23:47
  to
• 23:47
  get
• 23:48
  it
• 23:48
  out.
• 23:48
  And
• 23:49
  get
• 23:49
  on
• 23:49
  stage?
• 23:50
  Keep
• 23:51
  writing,
• 23:51
  keep
• 23:51
  writing,
• 23:52
  keep
• 23:52
  writing
• 23:53
  and
• 23:55
  share
• 23:55
  what
• 23:56
  you
• 23:56
  feel
• 23:56
  comfortable
• 23:57
  sharing
• 23:57
  with.
• 23:58
  And
• 23:59
  sometimes
• 23:59
  when
• 23:59
  I
• 24:00
  look
• 24:00
  at
• 24:00
  the
• 24:00
  open
• 24:01
  mics,
• 24:01
  I
• 24:02
  look
• 24:02
  at
• 24:02
  it
• 24:03
  in
• 24:03
  terms
• 24:03
  of
• 24:04
  what
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  Internet
• 24:06
  is
• 24:06
  to
• 24:06
  me.
• 24:07
  I
• 24:08
  don't
• 24:08
  put
• 24:08
  everything
• 24:08
  on
• 24:09
  the
• 24:09
  Internet.
• 24:10
  I
• 24:10
  don't
• 24:11
  share
• 24:11
  everything
• 24:11
  on
• 24:11
  the
• 24:12
  Internet.
• 24:12
  I
• 24:13
  share
• 24:13
  whatever
• 24:13
  I'm
• 24:14
  willing
• 24:14
  to
• 24:15
  share
• 24:15
  with
• 24:15
  everybody
• 24:16
  and
• 24:16
  anybody.
• 24:17
  And
• 24:18
  I
• 24:18
  do
• 24:18
  the
• 24:18
  same
• 24:19
  with
• 24:19
  the
• 24:19
  open
• 24:20
  mics.
• 24:22
  And
• 24:22
  I
• 24:23
  think
• 24:23
  that's
• 24:23
  a
• 24:23
  good
• 24:23
  way
• 24:24
  to
• 24:24
  go.
• 24:25
  If
• 24:25
  somebody
• 24:26
  is
• 24:26
  a
• 24:27
  beginning
• 24:27
  writer
• 24:28
  and
• 24:28
  they
• 24:28
  want
• 24:28
  to
• 24:28
  share
• 24:29
  their
• 24:29
  work,
• 24:29
  I
• 24:30
  keep
• 24:30
  saying,
• 24:31
  I
• 24:31
  keep
• 24:31
  thinking,
• 24:32
  keep
• 24:32
  writing,
• 24:33
  keep
• 24:33
  polishing
• 24:34
  it
• 24:34
  before
• 24:34
  you
• 24:34
  put
• 24:35
  it
• 24:35
  out
• 24:35
  there,
• 24:36
  and
• 24:36
  always
• 24:37
  make
• 24:37
  sure
• 24:37
  you
• 24:38
  feel
• 24:38
  comfortable
• 24:38
  with
• 24:39
  it.
• 24:40
  Absolutely.
• 24:41
  So
• 24:41
  a
• 24:41
  lot
• 24:41
  of
• 24:41
  people
• 24:42
  I
• 24:42
  know
• 24:42
  start
• 24:42
  like
• 24:43
  they
• 24:43
  have
• 24:43
  a
• 24:43
  little
• 24:43
  small
• 24:43
  website
• 24:44
  and
• 24:44
  they'll
• 24:44
  start
• 24:44
  like
• 24:44
  a
• 24:45
  blog,
• 24:46
  like
• 24:46
  a
• 24:46
  travel
• 24:47
  blog
• 24:47
  or
• 24:47
  something
• 24:47
  fun,
• 24:48
  or
• 24:48
  just
• 24:48
  a,
• 24:48
  you
• 24:48
  know,
• 24:49
  a
• 24:49
  memoir
• 24:49
  blog
• 24:49
  or
• 24:50
  whatever
• 24:50
  it
• 24:50
  is.
• 24:50
  And
• 24:51
  that's,
• 24:51
  that's
• 24:51
  a
• 24:51
  good
• 24:51
  place
• 24:52
  because
• 24:52
  you
• 24:52
  can
• 24:52
  kind
• 24:53
  of
• 24:53
  control
• 24:53
  a
• 24:53
  little
• 24:54
  bit
• 24:54
  about
• 24:54
  who
• 24:54
  gets
• 24:55
  it
• 24:55
  and
• 24:55
  when
• 24:55
  and.
• 24:56
  And,
• 24:58
  yeah,
• 24:58
  and
• 24:58
  polish.
• 24:59
  Like
• 24:59
  you
• 24:59
  said,
• 25:00
  just
• 25:00
  keep
• 25:00
  writing
• 25:00
  and
• 25:00
  practicing.
• 25:01
  I
• 25:01
  love
• 25:01
  that.
• 25:02
  That's
• 25:02
  good.
• 25:03
  Yeah.
• 25:04
  So
• 25:04
  if
• 25:05
  people
• 25:05
  want
• 25:05
  to.
• 25:06
  So
• 25:06
  talk
• 25:06
  about
• 25:06
  what
• 25:07
  you
• 25:07
  do.
• 25:07
  Like,
• 25:08
  I
• 25:08
  know
• 25:08
  you
• 25:08
  have
• 25:08
  your
• 25:09
  open
• 25:09
  mics,
• 25:09
  but
• 25:09
  how
• 25:10
  do
• 25:10
  you
• 25:10
  work
• 25:10
  with.
• 25:11
  Do
• 25:11
  you
• 25:11
  work
• 25:11
  with
• 25:11
  people?
• 25:12
  Are
• 25:12
  you
• 25:12
  just
• 25:12
  support?
• 25:13
  Like,
• 25:13
  tell
• 25:13
  us
• 25:13
  what
• 25:14
  you
• 25:14
  do.
• 25:15
  Well,
• 25:16
  the
• 25:16
  open
• 25:16
  mic,
• 25:17
  the
• 25:18
  live
• 25:18
  open
• 25:18
  mics
• 25:19
  that
• 25:19
  I
• 25:19
  host
• 25:19
  in
• 25:20
  Lethbridge
• 25:21
  started
• 25:21
  because
• 25:23
  one
• 25:23
  year
• 25:23
  when
• 25:24
  Kat's
• 25:25
  group
• 25:25
  ended,
• 25:27
  I
• 25:27
  felt
• 25:28
  so
• 25:29
  not
• 25:29
  lost,
• 25:30
  but
• 25:30
  I
• 25:30
  felt
• 25:30
  so
• 25:31
  sad
• 25:31
  that
• 25:32
  there
• 25:32
  was
• 25:32
  going
• 25:32
  to
• 25:32
  be
• 25:33
  no
• 25:33
  poetry
• 25:33
  for
• 25:33
  two,
• 25:34
  three
• 25:34
  months
• 25:35
  until
• 25:35
  she
• 25:35
  started
• 25:36
  the
• 25:36
  group
• 25:36
  again.
• 25:36
  And
• 25:37
  I
• 25:37
  said
• 25:37
  to
• 25:37
  her,
• 25:38
  hey,
• 25:39
  I
• 25:39
  really
• 25:39
  miss
• 25:40
  doing
• 25:40
  this.
• 25:42
  I'm
• 25:42
  thinking
• 25:42
  of
• 25:42
  doing
• 25:43
  something
• 25:45
  in
• 25:45
  terms
• 25:45
  of
• 25:46
  being
• 25:46
  in
• 25:47
  touch
• 25:47
  with
• 25:47
  poetry.
• 25:48
  And
• 25:48
  I
• 25:48
  talked
• 25:49
  with
• 25:49
  a
• 25:49
  few
• 25:49
  people,
• 25:49
  and
• 25:50
  one
• 25:50
  of
• 25:50
  the
• 25:50
  ladies
• 25:50
  recommended
• 25:51
  that
• 25:51
  I
• 25:51
  start
• 25:52
  an
• 25:52
  open
• 25:52
  mic.
• 25:53
  I
• 25:53
  thought,
• 25:53
  oh,
• 25:54
  sure,
• 25:54
  why
• 25:55
  not?
• 25:56
  And
• 25:56
  I
• 25:56
  approached
• 25:57
  the
• 25:57
  owner
• 25:57
  of
• 25:58
  this
• 25:59
  restaurant,
• 26:01
  and
• 26:01
  at
• 26:01
  that
• 26:01
  time,
• 26:02
  it
• 26:02
  was
• 26:02
  a
• 26:02
  much
• 26:02
  smaller
• 26:03
  location
• 26:03
  than
• 26:04
  it
• 26:04
  is
• 26:04
  now,
• 26:05
  and
• 26:06
  we
• 26:06
  talked
• 26:06
  for
• 26:06
  a
• 26:07
  bit,
• 26:07
  and
• 26:08
  then
• 26:08
  he
• 26:08
  said,
• 26:09
  would
• 26:09
  you
• 26:09
  like
• 26:09
  to
• 26:09
  make
• 26:10
  it
• 26:10
  a
• 26:10
  monthly
• 26:10
  event?
• 26:11
  And
• 26:11
  I
• 26:11
  thought,
• 26:11
  oh,
• 26:12
  sure,
• 26:13
  why
• 26:13
  not?
• 26:15
  Well,
• 26:16
  it
• 26:16
  has
• 26:16
  grown
• 26:17
  into
• 26:17
  something
• 26:18
  big
• 26:18
  and
• 26:18
  monthly
• 26:19
  for
• 26:20
  over
• 26:20
  seven
• 26:20
  years
• 26:21
  now.
• 26:22
  Wow.
• 26:26
  And
• 26:26
  during
• 26:27
  those
• 26:27
  times,
• 26:28
  I
• 26:28
  realized
• 26:29
  how
• 26:30
  much
• 26:31
  writing,
• 26:32
  expressing,
• 26:33
  and
• 26:33
  reading
• 26:34
  our
• 26:34
  poetry
• 26:35
  in
• 26:35
  front
• 26:35
  of
• 26:35
  other
• 26:36
  people
• 26:36
  brings
• 26:37
  people
• 26:37
  together
• 26:39
  and
• 26:39
  how
• 26:39
  much
• 26:40
  support
• 26:40
  there
• 26:41
  is
• 26:41
  in
• 26:41
  it.
• 26:43
  So
• 26:43
  how
• 26:43
  big
• 26:43
  is
• 26:43
  your
• 26:43
  group?
• 26:44
  Like,
• 26:44
  if
• 26:44
  you
• 26:44
  did
• 26:44
  your
• 26:45
  open
• 26:45
  mic
• 26:45
  right
• 26:45
  now,
• 26:45
  how
• 26:46
  many
• 26:46
  people
• 26:46
  would
• 26:46
  probably
• 26:47
  show
• 26:47
  up?
• 26:48
  You
• 26:48
  know,
• 26:48
  sometimes
• 26:49
  we
• 26:49
  have
• 26:50
  six
• 26:51
  people,
• 26:52
  sometimes
• 26:52
  we
• 26:53
  have
• 26:53
  26
• 26:54
  people.
• 26:55
  It
• 26:55
  really
• 26:56
  varies.
• 26:57
  The
• 26:57
  last
• 26:57
  one
• 26:58
  we
• 26:58
  had,
• 26:58
  we
• 26:58
  had
• 26:58
  a
• 26:58
  snowstorm.
• 26:59
  We
• 26:59
  had
• 27:00
  three
• 27:00
  people.
• 27:02
  And
• 27:03
  it
• 27:03
  was
• 27:03
  funny,
• 27:04
  but
• 27:04
  the
• 27:04
  three
• 27:04
  of
• 27:05
  us
• 27:05
  were
• 27:05
  there,
• 27:05
  and
• 27:06
  I
• 27:06
  drove
• 27:07
  one
• 27:07
  of
• 27:07
  my
• 27:07
  friends
• 27:07
  there,
• 27:08
  and
• 27:08
  we
• 27:09
  were
• 27:09
  sliding
• 27:09
  on
• 27:10
  an
• 27:10
  icy
• 27:10
  road,
• 27:11
  making
• 27:12
  sure
• 27:12
  we
• 27:12
  don't
• 27:12
  hit
• 27:13
  a
• 27:13
  deer,
• 27:15
  but
• 27:15
  there
• 27:15
  were
• 27:15
  three
• 27:16
  of
• 27:16
  us
• 27:16
  there,
• 27:16
  and
• 27:16
  that's
• 27:17
  what
• 27:17
  it
• 27:17
  was.
• 27:18
  Other
• 27:18
  times,
• 27:19
  as
• 27:19
  I
• 27:19
  said,
• 27:19
  There's
• 27:20
  26
• 27:20
  people.
• 27:22
  So
• 27:22
  that's
• 27:22
  one
• 27:23
  aspect.
• 27:24
  One
• 27:25
  place
• 27:25
  where
• 27:25
  I
• 27:26
  do
• 27:26
  host
• 27:26
  open
• 27:26
  mic,
• 27:27
  the
• 27:27
  other
• 27:27
  one
• 27:28
  I
• 27:28
  started,
• 27:28
  and
• 27:29
  I
• 27:30
  believe
• 27:30
  I
• 27:30
  started
• 27:30
  that
• 27:31
  in
• 27:31
  last
• 27:31
  November,
• 27:32
  is
• 27:33
  on
• 27:33
  Zoom,
• 27:34
  and
• 27:35
  it
• 27:35
  is
• 27:36
  about
• 27:37
  encouraging
• 27:38
  poems.
• 27:41
  Unfortunately,
• 27:41
  we
• 27:41
  got
• 27:42
  hacked
• 27:42
  the
• 27:42
  second
• 27:43
  time,
• 27:44
  and
• 27:44
  somebody
• 27:44
  recorded
• 27:45
  our
• 27:46
  event,
• 27:47
  but
• 27:48
  I
• 27:48
  made
• 27:48
  measures
• 27:49
  to
• 27:49
  not
• 27:49
  get
• 27:49
  hacked
• 27:50
  again.
• 27:50
  And
• 27:50
  if
• 27:51
  we
• 27:51
  do,
• 27:51
  I'm
• 27:52
  just
• 27:52
  going
• 27:52
  to
• 27:52
  kick
• 27:53
  people
• 27:53
  off
• 27:54
  if
• 27:54
  they
• 27:54
  don't
• 27:54
  participate,
• 27:56
  but
• 27:56
  I
• 27:56
  think
• 27:56
  we
• 27:57
  have
• 27:57
  some
• 27:57
  bots
• 27:57
  on
• 27:58
  there.
• 27:58
  Oh,
• 27:59
  okay.
• 28:00
  Yeah,
• 28:01
  it's
• 28:02
  hard
• 28:02
  to
• 28:02
  keep
• 28:02
  it,
• 28:02
  but,
• 28:03
  you
• 28:03
  know,
• 28:03
  it's.
• 28:06
  That's
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  world
• 28:06
  we're
• 28:07
  living
• 28:07
  in,
• 28:07
  so
• 28:07
  you
• 28:07
  just
• 28:08
  have
• 28:08
  to
• 28:08
  put
• 28:08
  up
• 28:08
  your
• 28:09
  defenses.
• 28:09
  The
• 28:10
  best
• 28:10
  you
• 28:10
  can,
• 28:10
  I
• 28:10
  guess,
• 28:10
  with
• 28:11
  that.
• 28:11
  Yeah.
• 28:12
  That's
• 28:12
  fun.
• 28:12
  So,
• 28:13
  and
• 28:13
  then
• 28:13
  how
• 28:13
  do
• 28:14
  people
• 28:14
  get
• 28:14
  on
• 28:14
  that?
• 28:14
  Is
• 28:15
  that
• 28:15
  a
• 28:15
  free
• 28:15
  event?
• 28:15
  Is
• 28:16
  a
• 28:16
  paid
• 28:16
  event.
• 28:17
  It
• 28:17
  is
• 28:18
  free.
• 28:20
  What
• 28:20
  they
• 28:20
  can
• 28:20
  do
• 28:21
  is
• 28:21
  they
• 28:21
  can
• 28:21
  get
• 28:21
  in
• 28:22
  touch
• 28:22
  with
• 28:22
  me
• 28:22
  either
• 28:23
  on
• 28:23
  Facebook
• 28:24
  or
• 28:25
  on
• 28:25
  my
• 28:25
  blog.
• 28:26
  Okay.
• 28:27
  And
• 28:28
  I
• 28:28
  believe
• 28:28
  I
• 28:29
  sent
• 28:29
  you
• 28:29
  the
• 28:29
  links
• 28:29
  to
• 28:30
  those.
• 28:31
  Yes.
• 28:31
  And
• 28:31
  I
• 28:31
  will
• 28:31
  put
• 28:31
  all
• 28:32
  of
• 28:32
  those
• 28:32
  in
• 28:32
  the.
• 28:34
  I'll
• 28:34
  put
• 28:34
  all
• 28:34
  that
• 28:34
  in
• 28:35
  the
• 28:35
  show
• 28:35
  notes.
• 28:35
  Plus
• 28:35
  I'm
• 28:36
  going
• 28:36
  to
• 28:36
  put
• 28:36
  your
• 28:36
  ebook
• 28:37
  that
• 28:37
  I
• 28:38
  think
• 28:38
  that
• 28:38
  sounds.
• 28:38
  I'm
• 28:39
  sure
• 28:39
  a
• 28:39
  lot
• 28:39
  of
• 28:39
  listeners
• 28:40
  will.
• 28:40
  Would
• 28:40
  appreciate
• 28:41
  that
• 28:41
  ebook.
• 28:43
  Okay.
• 28:44
  So
• 28:44
  if
• 28:45
  they
• 28:45
  get
• 28:45
  in
• 28:45
  touch
• 28:45
  with
• 28:46
  me,
• 28:46
  what
• 28:46
  I
• 28:46
  started
• 28:47
  to
• 28:47
  do
• 28:47
  after
• 28:47
  being
• 28:48
  hacked
• 28:48
  is
• 28:49
  before
• 28:49
  I
• 28:49
  send
• 28:50
  anybody
• 28:50
  the
• 28:50
  zoom
• 28:51
  link,
• 28:51
  I
• 28:51
  want
• 28:51
  to
• 28:52
  make
• 28:52
  sure
• 28:52
  they're
• 28:52
  a
• 28:52
  real
• 28:53
  person.
• 28:54
  So
• 28:54
  I'd
• 28:54
  like
• 28:54
  to
• 28:55
  see
• 28:55
  some
• 28:55
  presence
• 28:55
  of
• 28:56
  them
• 28:56
  online,
• 28:56
  either
• 28:57
  on
• 28:58
  Instagram
• 28:58
  or
• 28:59
  Facebook,
• 29:00
  somewhere
• 29:01
  online
• 29:01
  where
• 29:01
  they
• 29:02
  interact
• 29:02
  with
• 29:02
  people.
• 29:04
  And
• 29:04
  then
• 29:04
  I
• 29:05
  send
• 29:05
  them
• 29:05
  the
• 29:05
  zoom
• 29:06
  link
• 29:06
  and
• 29:06
  anybody
• 29:07
  can
• 29:07
  join
• 29:07
  for
• 29:08
  free.
• 29:09
  And
• 29:10
  it
• 29:10
  is
• 29:11
  every
• 29:11
  first
• 29:12
  Wednesday
• 29:12
  of
• 29:13
  the
• 29:13
  month
• 29:14
  at
• 29:14
  6pm
• 29:15
  Mountain
• 29:16
  time.
• 29:17
  6Pm
• 29:17
  Mountain.
• 29:18
  Okay.
• 29:18
  Yes.
• 29:20
  I
• 29:20
  want
• 29:20
  to
• 29:20
  come.
• 29:21
  I'd
• 29:22
  love
• 29:22
  to
• 29:22
  see
• 29:22
  you,
• 29:23
  Tammy.
• 29:24
  That
• 29:24
  would
• 29:24
  be
• 29:24
  fun.
• 29:25
  I
• 29:25
  want
• 29:25
  to
• 29:25
  come
• 29:26
  for
• 29:26
  sure.
• 29:26
  Well,
• 29:27
  this
• 29:27
  is
• 29:27
  super
• 29:27
  fun,
• 29:28
  so
• 29:28
  thank
• 29:28
  you
• 29:28
  for
• 29:28
  coming
• 29:29
  on,
• 29:29
  but
• 29:29
  I'm.
• 29:29
  You're
• 29:29
  not
• 29:30
  off
• 29:30
  the
• 29:30
  hook
• 29:30
  yet.
• 29:30
  I
• 29:31
  want
• 29:31
  you
• 29:31
  to
• 29:31
  give
• 29:31
  the
• 29:31
  listeners
• 29:33
  because
• 29:33
  you
• 29:34
  started
• 29:34
  with
• 29:34
  the
• 29:34
  poetry,
• 29:35
  I
• 29:35
  mean,
• 29:35
  and
• 29:36
  you're
• 29:36
  still
• 29:36
  going
• 29:36
  with
• 29:36
  the
• 29:36
  poetry,
• 29:37
  but
• 29:37
  you.
• 29:37
  You
• 29:38
  went
• 29:38
  through
• 29:38
  different
• 29:38
  avenues
• 29:39
  of
• 29:39
  writing
• 29:40
  and
• 29:40
  then
• 29:40
  open
• 29:41
  speaking
• 29:41
  and
• 29:42
  different.
• 29:42
  Different
• 29:42
  venues,
• 29:43
  I
• 29:43
  guess
• 29:43
  you
• 29:44
  could
• 29:44
  say.
• 29:45
  What
• 29:45
  would
• 29:45
  be
• 29:45
  your
• 29:46
  biggest
• 29:46
  words
• 29:46
  of
• 29:47
  advice
• 29:47
  or
• 29:48
  something
• 29:48
  to
• 29:48
  take
• 29:48
  with
• 29:49
  them
• 29:49
  for
• 29:49
  today
• 29:50
  to
• 29:50
  make
• 29:50
  their
• 29:50
  day
• 29:50
  a
• 29:51
  little
• 29:51
  brighter
• 29:51
  and
• 29:51
  something
• 29:52
  that
• 29:52
  they
• 29:52
  might
• 29:52
  be
• 29:52
  able
• 29:53
  to
• 29:53
  use?
• 29:55
  Be
• 29:56
  yourself.
• 29:57
  And
• 29:57
  I
• 29:57
  know
• 29:57
  it's
• 29:57
  a
• 29:58
  cliche,
• 29:59
  but
• 30:00
  really,
• 30:01
  throughout
• 30:01
  my
• 30:02
  life,
• 30:02
  I've
• 30:02
  always
• 30:03
  been
• 30:03
  myself,
• 30:04
  since
• 30:04
  I
• 30:05
  defined
• 30:05
  who
• 30:05
  I
• 30:06
  am.
• 30:07
  And
• 30:08
  some
• 30:08
  people
• 30:09
  loved
• 30:09
  it,
• 30:09
  some
• 30:10
  people
• 30:10
  couldn't
• 30:10
  stand
• 30:11
  it.
• 30:12
  So
• 30:12
  be
• 30:13
  yourself.
• 30:13
  Whoever
• 30:14
  you
• 30:14
  are,
• 30:15
  be
• 30:15
  true
• 30:16
  to
• 30:16
  yourself.
• 30:17
  And
• 30:18
  if
• 30:18
  people
• 30:18
  love
• 30:18
  it,
• 30:18
  great.
• 30:19
  If
• 30:19
  they
• 30:19
  don't
• 30:20
  like
• 30:20
  it,
• 30:20
  you
• 30:20
  know,
• 30:21
  they're
• 30:21
  not
• 30:21
  your
• 30:21
  tribe
• 30:22
  anyway.
• 30:23
  Yeah.
• 30:23
  How
• 30:23
  many
• 30:24
  people
• 30:24
  are
• 30:24
  in
• 30:24
  the
• 30:24
  world?
• 30:25
  Billions
• 30:25
  of
• 30:25
  people
• 30:26
  in
• 30:26
  the
• 30:26
  world.
• 30:26
  Right.
• 30:27
  So
• 30:28
  if
• 30:28
  one
• 30:28
  doesn't
• 30:29
  like
• 30:29
  who
• 30:29
  you
• 30:29
  are,
• 30:30
  move
• 30:30
  on
• 30:30
  to
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  next.
• 30:31
  Exactly.
• 30:32
  Move
• 30:32
  on
• 30:32
  to
• 30:33
  the
• 30:33
  person
• 30:33
  who
• 30:33
  will
• 30:34
  appreciate
• 30:34
  who
• 30:34
  you
• 30:35
  are
• 30:35
  and
• 30:36
  love
• 30:36
  who
• 30:36
  you
• 30:36
  are.
• 30:37
  Absolutely.
• 30:38
  Well,
• 30:39
  thank
• 30:39
  you
• 30:39
  so
• 30:39
  much,
• 30:39
  Terry,
• 30:40
  for
• 30:40
  coming
• 30:40
  on.
• 30:41
  Thank
• 30:42
  you
• 30:42
  for
• 30:42
  your
• 30:42
  time,
• 30:43
  and
• 30:43
  I'm
• 30:43
  looking
• 30:44
  forward
• 30:44
  to
• 30:44
  the
• 30:45
  recording.
• 30:46
  And
• 30:46
  I
• 30:46
  will,
• 30:47
  I
• 30:47
  will.
• 30:47
  Oh,
• 30:48
  by
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  way,
• 30:48
  I
• 30:48
  have
• 30:49
  a.
• 30:49
  A
• 30:49
  free
• 30:50
  ebook
• 30:50
  for
• 30:51
  anybody
• 30:51
  who
• 30:52
  would
• 30:52
  like
• 30:52
  to
• 30:52
  get
• 30:52
  into
• 30:53
  prompt
• 30:53
  writing
• 30:53
  for
• 30:54
  healing.
• 30:55
  Okay.
• 30:55
  Yes.
• 30:55
  You
• 30:56
  said
• 30:56
  it
• 30:56
  was
• 30:56
  something
• 30:56
  like
• 30:56
  31
• 30:57
  prompts.
• 30:58
  Or
• 30:58
  something.
• 30:58
  Yes,
• 30:59
  yes.
• 30:59
  I'll
• 31:00
  put
• 31:00
  that
• 31:00
  in
• 31:00
  the
• 31:00
  show
• 31:00
  notes,
• 31:01
  too,
• 31:01
  because
• 31:01
  that
• 31:01
  was
• 31:01
  the
• 31:01
  other
• 31:01
  one
• 31:02
  I
• 31:02
  wrote
• 31:02
  down
• 31:02
  that
• 31:02
  I
• 31:03
  wanted
• 31:03
  to
• 31:03
  get
• 31:03
  hold
• 31:03
  of
• 31:04
  because
• 31:04
  I
• 31:04
  think
• 31:04
  that
• 31:05
  will
• 31:05
  be
• 31:05
  great.
• 31:06
  So
• 31:06
  thank
• 31:06
  you
• 31:06
  so
• 31:06
  much
• 31:07
  again.
• 31:07
  I
• 31:07
  appreciate
• 31:08
  you
• 31:08
  coming.
• 31:09
  And
• 31:10
  for
• 31:10
  everybody
• 31:10
  else
• 31:11
  out
• 31:11
  there
• 31:11
  listening.
• 31:11
  You
• 31:12
  heard
• 31:12
  her.
• 31:12
  Just
• 31:12
  be
• 31:13
  yourself.
• 31:13
  You
• 31:13
  can
• 31:14
  never,
• 31:14
  never,
• 31:14
  never
• 31:15
  go
• 31:15
  wrong
• 31:15
  when
• 31:15
  you're
• 31:15
  just
• 31:16
  yourself
• 31:16
  as
• 31:16
  long
• 31:16
  as
• 31:17
  you're
• 31:17
  being
• 31:17
  kind.
• 31:18
  So
• 31:18
  you
• 31:19
  all
• 31:19
  have
• 31:19
  a
• 31:19
  blessed
• 31:20
  day,
• 31:20
  and
• 31:20
  we
• 31:20
  will
• 31:20
  see
• 31:20
  you
• 31:20
  back
• 31:21
  next
• 31:21
  week.
• 31:22
  Thank
• 31:22
  you,
• 31:23
  Tammy,
• 31:24
  Love
• 31:24
  your
• 31:24
  ending.