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Join the Anti-Hustle Culture Club with Daisy Fuentes · I Choose Me with Jennie Garth

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Girl. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: back to I Choose Me. Okay, I'm continuing my conversation
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  Speaker 1: with the sinsational Daisy Flint does, getting to know her
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  Speaker 1: even better and soaking in all the magic she brings
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  Speaker 1: into the room. Let's jump into a few rapid fire
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  Speaker 1: bonus questions to keep our fun going. Okay, those MTV
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  Speaker 1: days or quiet mornings now.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I would choose the MTV days because they were
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  Speaker 2: so fun, because I can't have those now like it was. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and so I could choose that for another little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I would choose it again to do some things differently.
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  Speaker 2: Why was it so good? Oh, we'll never live through
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  Speaker 2: that era again. On early two thousands, We'll never live
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  Speaker 2: through that again.
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  Speaker 1: There was no cell phone, no internet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, just the music, the energy, the lack of
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  Speaker 2: documentation of the crap that we were doing.
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  Speaker 1: Of every single thing you do all day.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Just it was such a great moment in pop
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  Speaker 2: culture history. It was for me to be right in
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  Speaker 2: the middle of that were it was just so fun.
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  Speaker 2: It was just I took it a little bit for
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  Speaker 2: granted then. But if I had to choose a day
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  Speaker 2: where I could have the whole slow day or another
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  Speaker 2: day of that, I would probably choose that.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I expect you to say the exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I probably did too. I don't know why. It
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  Speaker 2: felt like that's what.
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  Speaker 1: I would choose. You know, There's something about like the
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  Speaker 1: appreciation and the recognition that.
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  Speaker 2: Like, wow, that was pretty cool, right it was? It
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  Speaker 2: was really cool.
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  Speaker 1: It was you had what everybody wanted.
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  Speaker 2: There's no version of that now, and there will never
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  Speaker 2: be again. There will be many cool things to come different,
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  Speaker 2: But I feel like everything is going so fast, Like
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  Speaker 2: the moments are going so fast that that whole era
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  Speaker 2: you know of the eighties and the nineties.
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  Speaker 1: Where things like unfolded, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Where we could see that the future was like here,
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  Speaker 2: but but we were all part of something that was
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  Speaker 2: it's so difficult to explain it was. Really, that whole
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  Speaker 2: era is difficult to It was.
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  Speaker 1: Like it was creating itself in the moment, whereas now
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  Speaker 1: it's like we're chasing.
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  Speaker 2: We were creating it, right we You and I were
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  Speaker 2: like original influencers. We were creating. We were in the
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  Speaker 2: middle of it, and people looked to us to see
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  Speaker 2: what we were doing. And it was just a really
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  Speaker 2: great moment in time. I think I think so too.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you've had several very successful entrepreneurial brands, which I
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  Speaker 1: love about you. What is your personality in business? Are
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  Speaker 1: you a bold leaper? Are you a slow builder? I
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  Speaker 1: am a slow builder. I'm a slow builder because I
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  Speaker 1: don't know a lot, so I like to listen.
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  Speaker 2: I like to learn. I like to surround myself with
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  Speaker 2: people who have done the things, and I like to
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  Speaker 2: see what the right move is. I don't know everything
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  Speaker 2: you know. And when I started branding in two thousand
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  Speaker 2: and four, well two thousand and three, it was the
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  Speaker 2: wild wild West. No one had done it.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't even called branding.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't called branding. So I really needed to take
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  Speaker 2: my time and learn. We all did, we all did.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it was just going to be like a hobby,
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  Speaker 2: and I learned. I think if I'd gone full on
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  Speaker 2: and just trusted people to just throw out a full brand,
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  Speaker 2: it wouldn't have been successful. I liked that I went
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  Speaker 2: slowly with just a sportswear line. That's how we started.
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  Speaker 2: That's all I thought I was going to have. I
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  Speaker 2: thought it was just going to be a hobby, and
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  Speaker 2: then when it made sense, we kept expanding. And so
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I had a chance to learn a
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  Speaker 2: little bit about all the categories and by branding, and
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  Speaker 2: about licensing and what it meant and retail and the
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  Speaker 2: buyers and what it means and when I should step
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  Speaker 2: back a little bit and listen to the buyers, and
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  Speaker 2: when I have to insist on my brand DNA kind
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  Speaker 2: of being and listening to the customer and what does
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  Speaker 2: that mean. It was fascinating. It took years, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: still learning because things are still changing.
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  Speaker 1: I really admire that about you because so many people,
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  Speaker 1: I think, especially now, just jump into the deep end
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  Speaker 1: and they have all these different categories and things they're
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  Speaker 1: trying to do and you know, make such an imprint
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  Speaker 1: at such a young age.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're living in a time where everything is instant gratification. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so if it doesn't happen instantly, people quit. And that's
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  Speaker 2: that's the wrong attitude, no matter what era we're living in.
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  Speaker 1: Did you ever like yourself to like, I do this
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  Speaker 1: with me and my brand, the little engine that could
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  Speaker 1: the bunchuck. Yeah, you know, like it's not like an
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  Speaker 1: elevator to the top of the mountain. It's me growing
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  Speaker 1: and climbing and clawing.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes you're like, you're fighting for your you're fighting for
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  Speaker 2: your business right because you want it to do well
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  Speaker 2: and you always want to be growing it and.
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  Speaker 1: You want to you wanted to have a certain integrity
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  Speaker 1: and authenticity to who you are, not just throwing it
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  Speaker 1: all against the wall.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Yeah, it's a balance. It's a balance because
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  Speaker 2: like any other business, there's so many things that you
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  Speaker 2: have to take into consideration, and there's so many compromises. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you have to put that in the back
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  Speaker 2: a little bit to be able to get some head
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  Speaker 2: to make some headway, you know, in order to get
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  Speaker 2: this thing, maybe you have to give up a couple
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  Speaker 2: of things. But eventually you're going to get what you want.
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  Speaker 2: The end result is going to be something that you're
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  Speaker 2: proud of. But there's a lot of give and take
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  Speaker 2: because it's not just you and your your designs. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's your customers, it's your buyers, it's the platform that.
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  Speaker 1: You're in, and it's a lot of the economy.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's a lot of things that you really have
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  Speaker 2: to take into consideration, and sometimes you have to give
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  Speaker 2: up something and so it's a really delicate balance. It's
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  Speaker 2: hard to give up things like it's hard.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard for me to to be at that point
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  Speaker 1: where I'm like, oh, I guess I have to kind
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  Speaker 1: of go with what they.
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  Speaker 2: Want because because it's their customer as well, it's their
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  Speaker 2: customer too, so you know, we share customers and they
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  Speaker 2: know their business better than I do. I know my
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  Speaker 2: customer too, and sometimes it's a give and take, and
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  Speaker 2: that's I think part of the secret of success. There
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  Speaker 2: are many people who who whose ego won't let them
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  Speaker 2: do that. It's important.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's very important. Good advice for all the entrepreneurs
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  Speaker 1: out there. Okay, glam night out or cozy night in,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna I don't feel like I know you right now,
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  Speaker 1: You're really you're left to night. I feel like I
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  Speaker 1: know what you would we're gonna say, but then you
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  Speaker 1: threw me with the I.
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  Speaker 2: Know the days. I'm gonna throw you again because I
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  Speaker 2: love a cozy night in. You're gonna stop the night.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go out. Come on, girl, I'm like, put the
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  Speaker 2: heels on, let's go, really do but yes, you do,
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  Speaker 2: let's go. Okay, yes, daisy, you.
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  Speaker 1: Have my phone number right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we'll come in and sit and watch a movie
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow in sweatpants. But let's go.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, Oh my god, I love your energy. What is
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  Speaker 3: your dream date night these days?
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  Speaker 2: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: What does it look like?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? It depends. Well, I think I have to start
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  Speaker 2: with him not asking me what do you want to
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  Speaker 2: do tonight? Oh my god, I hate that question, Like
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  Speaker 2: just stop, like, just tell me what I want to
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  Speaker 2: do tonight? Like I just told you, like, just put
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  Speaker 2: your heels on, let's go. Yeah, Like, isn't that great?
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  Speaker 2: You don't have to think about it. You're like, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know that, but yeah, okay, let's go. Yes, just
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  Speaker 2: book the restaurant. Tell me if it's dress to your casual,
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  Speaker 2: tell me what time I have to be ready, and
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  Speaker 2: just and go outside and open the door, froom and
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  Speaker 2: pick me up like we were having an actual day
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  Speaker 2: on the door. Do the thing. Don't make me think
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  Speaker 2: that sounds good.
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  Speaker 1: What does a cozy night in look like?
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  Speaker 2: Though? Oh? Cozy night in looks like I'm either cooking
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  Speaker 2: something or we're doing takeout. We have music playing, a
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  Speaker 2: cocktail going, the fire going, we're talking. Sometimes I'll pull
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  Speaker 2: up questions that ignite great conversation.
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  Speaker 1: And wait, wait, wait, what's one of those questions?
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  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Like, oh, what was it last good one? Let me
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  Speaker 2: think for a second, the last good one that we
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  Speaker 2: asked each other. Oh, there are deep questions that really
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  Speaker 2: start good conversations, like what's one thing I do that
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  Speaker 2: you really appreciate that you've never mentioned? Or if we
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  Speaker 2: could go back and relive one day that we had together,
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  Speaker 2: what would it be and why? And then we end
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  Speaker 2: up talking about that day and why don't we do
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  Speaker 2: something like that again? Or what was special about it?
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  Speaker 2: Just questions like just existential kind of life thought provoking question.
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  Speaker 1: It's nice because you can kind of get in your
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  Speaker 1: partner's mind a little bit more than you normally would.
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  Speaker 2: And it's not really about the question. It's really about
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  Speaker 2: what it sparks, the conversation that comes out.
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  Speaker 1: Of it, and it reignites that probably. Yeah, that's good,
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  Speaker 1: that's good. Okay, speaking up immediately or thinking before you speak.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thinking before you speak very important. Oh it's so hard. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Oh it's hard.
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  Speaker 1: It's so easy to react.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god, I love to react. It's fun. I
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  Speaker 2: love to just say shit I'm not supposed to say
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  Speaker 2: and be like direct and then go okay, okay, here's
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  Speaker 2: what I meant. So now it's a practice. Now, I
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  Speaker 2: just I want to be more thoughtful and I want
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  Speaker 2: to be more controlled, and every now and then it
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  Speaker 2: just comes out.
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  Speaker 1: I know, give me one of your favorite vegan comfort
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  Speaker 1: food recipes.
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  Speaker 2: Oh m, there's a lot.
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  Speaker 1: How long have you been a vegan?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Ten years? And to be honest with you, we're
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  Speaker 2: more vegetarian now than vegan. I think at home, I'm
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  Speaker 2: more vegan. And when we travel it's hard. We lighten
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  Speaker 2: up a little bit and we do a little dairy,
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  Speaker 2: like we'll bring eggs into breakfast because otherwise we never
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  Speaker 2: get the right nutrients. So, you know, when you're traveling
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  Speaker 2: all over the world, I think you have to be
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  Speaker 2: a little bit flexible. No, I will never, you know,
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  Speaker 2: eat meat again. I'll never eat animals again. But every
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  Speaker 2: now and then we will have a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: dairy because that's just really difficult. But at home, I
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  Speaker 2: love I love making like a tariaki glazed spicy tariaci
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  Speaker 2: glazed tofu with rice and some vegetables, like a great salad,
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  Speaker 2: like a loaded salad. I love making salads.
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  Speaker 1: I love making salads too.
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  Speaker 2: It's an art and my own salad dressing. For years now,
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  Speaker 2: I've been making my own salad dressings and there's several
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  Speaker 2: ones that I that are my go to, but I
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  Speaker 2: enjoy that a lot.
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  Speaker 1: There's no comparison. Oh god, No, why did you become
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  Speaker 1: a vegan? Initially? Was it ethical animals?
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  Speaker 2: It was for the animals. Initially it was for the animals.
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  Speaker 2: I just I saw too much and I it hit me,
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  Speaker 2: you know, once I knew better, I just felt I
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  Speaker 2: had to do better when I saw things that I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't see. Yeah, and it just got to the point
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  Speaker 2: like it was just one day. It was literally overnight.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, I can't do this anymore. And I
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  Speaker 2: remember watching this documentary and I was in tears. I
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  Speaker 2: was like bawling my eyes out, and I was like,
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  Speaker 2: why doesn't everyone know about this? Why doesn't everyone react
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  Speaker 2: like this? How do people not know that? Why did
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  Speaker 2: I not know this?
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  Speaker 1: But then there's also the letting go of like judgment,
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  Speaker 1: judgment of other people that don't think the way you do.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: I don't feel that judgment anymore. I'm like you do you?
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  Speaker 2: But this vegan?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for the animals, for the animals then and.
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  Speaker 2: Then you realize for myself. Then you realize it's such
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  Speaker 2: an I choose me moment, It really is. It's just
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  Speaker 2: with you. Because I remember seeing Forks over Knives, which
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  Speaker 2: was really more about medicine, using food as medicine, and
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  Speaker 2: how when people get really sick, and there are all
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  Speaker 2: these chronic illnesses that we all that are so common
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  Speaker 2: because we all eat the same way, we all have
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  Speaker 2: the kind of lifestyle. And then they were using they
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  Speaker 2: would change their diet to heal and to become healthier.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought, why am I going to wait to
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  Speaker 2: get sick for something to happen to change. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to start now.
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  Speaker 1: Prevention, Yeah is the best.
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  Speaker 2: It's the best.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I think I know this. Music blasting or peaceful
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  Speaker 1: silence doing, not blasting, not blasting, not blasting, but music
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  Speaker 1: too loud, too loud.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, music is ambiance. Music always music, always music.
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  Speaker 1: Nature escape or city energy.
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  Speaker 2: Oh nature nature. I am not a city girl me either.
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  Speaker 2: No oh no, give me the nature and the birds
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  Speaker 2: and a tree to hug and some grass to put
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  Speaker 2: my bare feet on, or sand and ocean, you know, water,
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  Speaker 2: the elements, just the nature elements, always.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, yep, I know this one. Choosing wholeness or choosing hustle.
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  Speaker 2: Oh anti hustle, baby's where it is?
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, you know what I think. I'm obsessed
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  Speaker 1: with you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh I'm obsessed with you. It's happened, Oh my god,
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  Speaker 2: so much.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, so love for being on this show, and
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  Speaker 1: I know everybody's gonna love hearing from you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, Daisy