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How Children's Books Teach Boundaries and Confidence (Why It Matters Today) · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 4:26
  Foreign.
• 4:33
  Lessons
• 4:33
  from
• 4:33
  the
• 4:34
  Future
• 4:34
  Storm
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  Empowered
• 4:35
  Empath
• 4:36
  Dina,
• 4:36
  thanks
• 4:37
  for
• 4:37
  appearing
• 4:37
  on
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  the
• 4:38
  Adventures
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  in
• 4:38
  the
• 4:39
  Power
• 4:39
  of
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  Children's
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  Book
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  Authors.
• 4:41
  Dina
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  has
• 4:42
  mentioned
• 4:42
  she's
• 4:43
  written
• 4:43
  Lessons
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  from
• 4:44
  the
• 4:45
  Future
• 4:45
  Storm
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  Empowered
• 4:47
  Empath,
• 4:48
  and
• 4:48
  I
• 4:48
  look
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  forward
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  to
• 4:49
  our
• 4:49
  conversations.
• 4:50
  Before
• 4:51
  we
• 4:51
  jump
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  into
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  the
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  details
• 4:52
  of
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  your
• 4:52
  book,
• 4:53
  Dina,
• 4:54
  if
• 4:54
  you
• 4:54
  could
• 4:55
  tell
• 4:55
  us
• 4:56
  what
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  it
• 4:56
  means
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  to
• 4:57
  you
• 4:57
  being
• 4:57
  a
• 4:58
  children's
• 4:58
  book
• 4:58
  author.
• 5:00
  When
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  I
• 5:00
  think
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  of
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  being
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  a
• 5:01
  children's
• 5:02
  book
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  author,
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  I
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  think
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  of
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  impact
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  and
• 5:05
  I
• 5:06
  think
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  about
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  the
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  motive
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  for
• 5:07
  me
• 5:07
  even
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  writing
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  a
• 5:08
  children's
• 5:09
  book.
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  That
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  was
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  my
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  goal.
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  When
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  you
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  say
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  impact,
• 5:12
  break
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  that
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  down
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  more
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  for
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  us.
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  Think
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  of
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  my
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  own
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  life
• 5:15
  experience
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  and
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  my
• 5:16
  journey.
• 5:17
  And
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  as
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  my
• 5:18
  book
• 5:18
  is
• 5:18
  basically
• 5:18
  like
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  my
• 5:19
  autobiography
• 5:20
  with
• 5:21
  a
• 5:21
  twist
• 5:21
  I
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  have
• 5:22
  learned
• 5:22
  on
• 5:22
  my
• 5:22
  journey
• 5:23
  with
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  navigating
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  emotions
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  and
• 5:26
  setting
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  boundaries,
• 5:28
  I
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  felt
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  that
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  kids
• 5:30
  needed
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  to
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  have
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  a
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  head
• 5:33
  start
• 5:33
  with
• 5:33
  that
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  because
• 5:34
  I
• 5:35
  know
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  as
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  an
• 5:35
  adult
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  these
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  type
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  of
• 5:37
  things
• 5:37
  can
• 5:37
  have
• 5:37
  physical
• 5:38
  impacts
• 5:39
  on
• 5:39
  you
• 5:39
  and
• 5:39
  emotional
• 5:40
  impacts.
• 5:41
  And
• 5:41
  I
• 5:41
  was
• 5:41
  thought
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  to
• 5:42
  myself,
• 5:42
  if
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  I
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  wrote
• 5:42
  a
• 5:43
  book,
• 5:43
  a
• 5:43
  story,
• 5:43
  I
• 5:44
  think
• 5:44
  stories
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  are
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  very
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  effective
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  in
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  teaching
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  lessons
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  for
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  me,
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  thought
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  I
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  can
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  make
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  an
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  impact
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  on
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  this
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  younger
• 5:52
  generation.
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  Thank
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  you.
• 5:54
  I've
• 5:54
  read
• 5:54
  your
• 5:54
  book
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  and
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  like
• 5:56
  you
• 5:56
  said,
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  it
• 5:57
  is
• 5:57
  almost
• 5:58
  like
• 5:58
  your
• 5:58
  autobiography.
• 6:00
  Tell
• 6:00
  us
• 6:00
  more
• 6:01
  about
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  inspiration
• 6:02
  behind
• 6:03
  your
• 6:03
  book.
• 6:04
  Growing
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  up,
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  I
• 6:05
  was
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  an
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  empath.
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  I
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  didn't
• 6:06
  realize
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  it,
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  but
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  I
• 6:07
  did
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  absorb
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  the
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  emotions
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  of
• 6:09
  people
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  around
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  me
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  and
• 6:11
  that
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  was
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  quite
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  heavy
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  at
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  times.
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  And
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  as
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  an
• 6:14
  adult,
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  same
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  thing.
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  And
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  it
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  got
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  worse.
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  And
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  so
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  I
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  had
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  pretty
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  much
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  a
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  big
• 6:19
  breakdown
• 6:20
  realizing,
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  whoa,
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  you're
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  carrying
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  too
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  much
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  and
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  none
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  of
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  it
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  is
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  yours.
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  And
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  I
• 6:25
  realized
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  I
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  needed
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  to
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  make
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  changes.
• 6:27
  I
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  needed
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  to
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  learn
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  what
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  I
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  need
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  and
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  how
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  to
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  set
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  boundaries,
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  how
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  to
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  say
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  no
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  and
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  give
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  like
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  little
• 6:32
  Dina,
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  what
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  she
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  truly
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  needs.
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  And
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  so
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  I
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  went
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  on
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  that
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  journey
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  and
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  eventually
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  I
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  feel
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  like
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  I
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  became
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  empowered
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  and
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  it
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  was
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  just
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  the
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  best
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  feeling
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  ever.
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  And
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  it
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  made
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  me
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  think,
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  oh,
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  if
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  I
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  wish
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  I
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  can
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  go
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  back
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  in
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  time
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  and
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  tell
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  my
• 6:48
  younger
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  self
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  these
• 6:49
  things,
• 6:49
  like
• 6:50
  all
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  the
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  tools
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  I
• 6:51
  have
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  now,
• 6:51
  I
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  just
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  wish
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  I
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  had
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  it
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  back
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  then
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  I
• 6:53
  could
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  tell
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  my
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  younger
• 6:54
  self.
• 6:55
  But
• 6:55
  since
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  that
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  is
• 6:56
  impossible,
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  I
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  thought
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  let
• 6:58
  me
• 6:58
  share
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  with
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  the
• 6:59
  younger
• 6:59
  generation.
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  Like
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  why
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  do
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  they
• 7:01
  have
• 7:01
  to
• 7:01
  go
• 7:01
  through
• 7:01
  the
• 7:02
  same
• 7:02
  thing
• 7:02
  as
• 7:02
  me?
• 7:02
  And
• 7:03
  in
• 7:03
  particular
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  I
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  am
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  a
• 7:04
  sign
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  language
• 7:05
  interpreter
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  and
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  I
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  pretty
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  much
• 7:07
  get
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  a
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  front
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  row
• 7:08
  seat
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  to
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  the
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  classroom.
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  I
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  see
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  everything,
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  including
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  the
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  emotional
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  stress,
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  the
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  peer
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  pressure,
• 7:15
  people
• 7:15
  giving
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  in,
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  and
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  in
• 7:17
  particular
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  I
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  work
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  with
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  a
• 7:18
  young
• 7:18
  person
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  and
• 7:20
  I
• 7:20
  noticed
• 7:21
  they
• 7:21
  have
• 7:21
  the
• 7:21
  same
• 7:22
  sensitivity
• 7:22
  as
• 7:23
  me.
• 7:23
  Absorbing
• 7:24
  emotions,
• 7:24
  neglecting
• 7:25
  yourself
• 7:25
  because
• 7:25
  of
• 7:26
  others.
• 7:26
  It
• 7:26
  just
• 7:26
  hurt
• 7:27
  me.
• 7:27
  Seeing
• 7:28
  myself
• 7:28
  and
• 7:28
  that
• 7:29
  student.
• 7:29
  I
• 7:29
  thought
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  Myself.
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  Wouldn't
• 7:31
  it
• 7:31
  be
• 7:31
  great
• 7:32
  if
• 7:32
  I
• 7:32
  can
• 7:32
  write
• 7:32
  a
• 7:33
  story
• 7:33
  incorporating
• 7:34
  my
• 7:34
  life
• 7:34
  story
• 7:35
  and
• 7:35
  share
• 7:36
  that
• 7:36
  with
• 7:37
  her
• 7:38
  and
• 7:38
  other
• 7:39
  young
• 7:39
  ones
• 7:39
  with
• 7:39
  the
• 7:40
  same
• 7:40
  sensitivities
• 7:41
  or
• 7:41
  who
• 7:41
  struggle
• 7:42
  navigating
• 7:43
  emotions?
• 7:44
  It's
• 7:44
  interesting
• 7:44
  you
• 7:45
  should
• 7:45
  say
• 7:45
  that
• 7:45
  because
• 7:45
  I've
• 7:46
  talked
• 7:47
  to
• 7:47
  almost
• 7:47
  a
• 7:48
  hundred
• 7:48
  children's
• 7:49
  book
• 7:49
  authors.
• 7:49
  I
• 7:49
  was
• 7:50
  talking
• 7:50
  to
• 7:51
  author
• 7:51
  amber
• 7:52
  Mitchell,
• 7:52
  episode
• 7:53
  32,
• 7:53
  and
• 7:53
  she
• 7:53
  wrote
• 7:54
  a
• 7:54
  book
• 7:54
  about
• 7:54
  a
• 7:54
  chickadee,
• 7:55
  and
• 7:56
  we
• 7:56
  were
• 7:57
  talking
• 7:57
  about
• 7:57
  her
• 7:57
  book
• 7:58
  and
• 7:58
  she
• 7:58
  said,
• 7:58
  you
• 7:58
  know
• 7:59
  what?
• 7:59
  Right.
• 8:00
  I
• 8:00
  asked
• 8:00
  her
• 8:01
  about
• 8:01
  what
• 8:01
  it
• 8:02
  meant
• 8:02
  to
• 8:02
  her
• 8:03
  to
• 8:03
  be
• 8:03
  a
• 8:03
  children's
• 8:04
  book
• 8:04
  author,
• 8:04
  and
• 8:05
  she
• 8:05
  said,
• 8:05
  you
• 8:05
  know
• 8:05
  what?
• 8:05
  It
• 8:06
  really
• 8:06
  helped
• 8:07
  my
• 8:07
  mental
• 8:07
  health.
• 8:08
  And
• 8:08
  she
• 8:08
  said,
• 8:08
  I
• 8:09
  wasn't
• 8:09
  even
• 8:09
  expecting
• 8:10
  that.
• 8:11
  What's
• 8:11
  interesting,
• 8:12
  the
• 8:12
  benefits
• 8:13
  that
• 8:13
  all
• 8:13
  of
• 8:14
  us
• 8:15
  can
• 8:15
  get
• 8:16
  from
• 8:16
  writing
• 8:17
  a
• 8:17
  children's
• 8:17
  book,
• 8:18
  whether
• 8:18
  it's
• 8:18
  your
• 8:19
  mental
• 8:19
  health,
• 8:20
  it
• 8:20
  could
• 8:20
  be
• 8:20
  even
• 8:21
  your
• 8:21
  physical
• 8:21
  health
• 8:22
  or
• 8:22
  your
• 8:22
  spiritual
• 8:23
  health.
• 8:23
  It's
• 8:24
  just
• 8:24
  amazing
• 8:24
  to
• 8:25
  me
• 8:25
  how
• 8:26
  you
• 8:26
  can
• 8:27
  do
• 8:27
  as
• 8:27
  you've
• 8:28
  said,
• 8:28
  Dina,
• 8:29
  release
• 8:29
  that
• 8:30
  energy
• 8:31
  and
• 8:31
  help
• 8:32
  others.
• 8:32
  Thank
• 8:32
  you
• 8:33
  for
• 8:33
  sharing
• 8:33
  that.
• 8:34
  I
• 8:34
  found
• 8:34
  it
• 8:35
  quite
• 8:35
  fascinating
• 8:36
  how
• 8:36
  you're
• 8:37
  using
• 8:37
  your
• 8:37
  children's
• 8:38
  book.
• 8:39
  Talk
• 8:39
  a
• 8:39
  bit
• 8:40
  about
• 8:40
  your
• 8:40
  children's
• 8:41
  book
• 8:41
  business
• 8:42
  and
• 8:43
  talk
• 8:43
  to
• 8:43
  us
• 8:43
  about
• 8:44
  how
• 8:44
  you
• 8:45
  planned
• 8:45
  this
• 8:45
  out
• 8:46
  so
• 8:47
  the
• 8:47
  audience
• 8:47
  understands
• 8:48
  you
• 8:48
  have
• 8:49
  curriculum
• 8:50
  on
• 8:51
  social
• 8:51
  emotional
• 8:52
  learning,
• 8:52
  how
• 8:53
  it's
• 8:53
  helping
• 8:53
  you
• 8:54
  with
• 8:54
  your
• 8:54
  business.
• 8:55
  Yeah.
• 8:56
  So
• 8:56
  the
• 8:57
  book
• 8:57
  had
• 8:58
  great
• 8:58
  lessons.
• 8:58
  In
• 8:59
  fact,
• 8:59
  it's
• 8:59
  called
• 8:59
  Lessons
• 9:00
  from
• 9:00
  the
• 9:00
  Future,
• 9:01
  and
• 9:02
  I
• 9:02
  did
• 9:03
  receive
• 9:03
  feedback
• 9:04
  from
• 9:04
  quite
• 9:04
  a
• 9:04
  few
• 9:05
  young
• 9:05
  people
• 9:05
  who
• 9:05
  really
• 9:06
  enjoyed
• 9:06
  it.
• 9:07
  But
• 9:07
  that's
• 9:07
  nice
• 9:08
  looking,
• 9:08
  going
• 9:08
  through
• 9:08
  one
• 9:09
  ear
• 9:09
  and
• 9:09
  go
• 9:09
  out
• 9:09
  the
• 9:09
  other.
• 9:10
  Eventually
• 9:10
  it's
• 9:11
  like
• 9:11
  a
• 9:11
  good
• 9:11
  read,
• 9:12
  but
• 9:12
  that's
• 9:13
  not
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  point.
• 9:13
  I
• 9:13
  wanted
• 9:14
  to
• 9:14
  make
• 9:14
  sure
• 9:14
  these
• 9:15
  lessons
• 9:15
  were
• 9:15
  reinforced.
• 9:17
  And
• 9:17
  I
• 9:17
  did
• 9:17
  create
• 9:18
  an
• 9:18
  educator's
• 9:19
  guide
• 9:19
  as
• 9:20
  well,
• 9:20
  with
• 9:20
  lesson
• 9:20
  plans
• 9:21
  that
• 9:21
  are
• 9:21
  ready
• 9:21
  to
• 9:21
  use.
• 9:22
  That
• 9:22
  way
• 9:22
  teachers
• 9:23
  can
• 9:23
  implement
• 9:24
  them
• 9:25
  in
• 9:25
  their
• 9:25
  lessons
• 9:26
  and
• 9:27
  also
• 9:27
  the
• 9:28
  student
• 9:28
  workbook,
• 9:29
  Upper
• 9:29
  Elementary,
• 9:30
  Lower
• 9:30
  elementary,
• 9:31
  so
• 9:31
  that
• 9:31
  way
• 9:31
  it
• 9:31
  would
• 9:31
  fit
• 9:32
  their
• 9:32
  level.
• 9:33
  And
• 9:34
  that
• 9:34
  way
• 9:34
  they
• 9:34
  can
• 9:34
  even
• 9:35
  reinforce
• 9:35
  it
• 9:35
  to
• 9:35
  themselves
• 9:36
  as
• 9:36
  they're
• 9:37
  working
• 9:37
  out
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  puzzles
• 9:38
  or
• 9:39
  answering
• 9:40
  questions.
• 9:40
  It's
• 9:41
  very
• 9:41
  good
• 9:41
  for
• 9:42
  reinforcement
• 9:43
  and
• 9:43
  enjoyable
• 9:43
  as
• 9:44
  well.
• 9:44
  So
• 9:44
  I
• 9:44
  always
• 9:44
  think
• 9:45
  things
• 9:45
  for
• 9:45
  kids
• 9:45
  should
• 9:45
  be
• 9:46
  enjoyable
• 9:46
  but
• 9:47
  impactful
• 9:47
  on
• 9:48
  their
• 9:48
  minds.
• 9:48
  So
• 9:49
  is
• 9:49
  that
• 9:49
  your
• 9:49
  intention
• 9:50
  all
• 9:50
  along
• 9:51
  was
• 9:51
  to
• 9:51
  write
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  children's
• 9:52
  book
• 9:53
  with
• 9:53
  the
• 9:54
  curriculum?
• 9:55
  It
• 9:55
  was
• 9:55
  not.
• 9:56
  So
• 9:57
  when
• 9:57
  I
• 9:57
  wrote
• 9:57
  this
• 9:58
  book,
• 9:58
  I
• 9:58
  got
• 9:59
  to
• 9:59
  the
• 9:59
  end
• 9:59
  and
• 10:00
  I
• 10:00
  was
• 10:00
  like,
• 10:00
  I
• 10:00
  think
• 10:01
  it
• 10:01
  needs
• 10:02
  something
• 10:03
  else.
• 10:04
  If
• 10:04
  you
• 10:04
  notice
• 10:04
  in
• 10:04
  the
• 10:05
  back,
• 10:05
  there's
• 10:05
  an
• 10:06
  educator,
• 10:07
  an
• 10:07
  adult
• 10:07
  guide,
• 10:08
  and
• 10:08
  also
• 10:08
  a
• 10:08
  little
• 10:09
  worksheet
• 10:09
  for
• 10:09
  the
• 10:09
  students.
• 10:10
  This
• 10:10
  is
• 10:11
  socially
• 10:11
  emotional.
• 10:12
  So
• 10:12
  some
• 10:13
  terms
• 10:13
  need
• 10:13
  a
• 10:13
  little
• 10:13
  bit
• 10:14
  explanation.
• 10:15
  They
• 10:15
  need
• 10:15
  guidance,
• 10:16
  they
• 10:16
  need
• 10:17
  understanding.
• 10:17
  Because
• 10:17
  even
• 10:18
  adults
• 10:18
  may
• 10:18
  not
• 10:18
  even
• 10:19
  Understand
• 10:19
  it
• 10:19
  fully.
• 10:20
  It
• 10:20
  needs
• 10:20
  something
• 10:20
  else.
• 10:21
  And
• 10:21
  so
• 10:21
  I
• 10:21
  created
• 10:21
  that.
• 10:22
  And
• 10:22
  then
• 10:23
  I
• 10:23
  was
• 10:23
  like,
• 10:23
  no,
• 10:23
  we
• 10:23
  need
• 10:24
  something
• 10:24
  bigger.
• 10:25
  This
• 10:25
  needs
• 10:25
  to
• 10:26
  be
• 10:26
  more
• 10:26
  helpful
• 10:27
  to
• 10:28
  more
• 10:28
  of
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  population,
• 10:29
  like
• 10:29
  the
• 10:29
  educational
• 10:30
  scene.
• 10:30
  And
• 10:31
  I'm
• 10:31
  a
• 10:31
  teacher
• 10:31
  as
• 10:32
  well,
• 10:32
  so
• 10:33
  I
• 10:33
  think
• 10:33
  it
• 10:34
  was
• 10:34
  natural
• 10:34
  for
• 10:34
  me.
• 10:35
  And
• 10:35
  then
• 10:36
  I
• 10:37
  realized
• 10:38
  that
• 10:38
  after
• 10:38
  Covid,
• 10:39
  Department
• 10:39
  of
• 10:40
  Education
• 10:40
  and
• 10:40
  other
• 10:41
  learning
• 10:41
  strategies,
• 10:42
  charter
• 10:42
  schools
• 10:42
  and
• 10:42
  different
• 10:43
  things
• 10:43
  have
• 10:43
  focused
• 10:44
  on
• 10:45
  social
• 10:45
  emotional
• 10:45
  learning.
• 10:46
  They
• 10:46
  pushed
• 10:46
  that
• 10:46
  to
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  forefront
• 10:48
  because
• 10:48
  of
• 10:48
  the
• 10:48
  emotional
• 10:49
  damage.
• 10:49
  Basically
• 10:50
  that
• 10:50
  came
• 10:50
  after
• 10:51
  Covid
• 10:51
  are
• 10:52
  young.
• 10:52
  Yeah.
• 10:52
  And
• 10:53
  so
• 10:53
  social
• 10:53
  emotional
• 10:54
  learning
• 10:54
  is
• 10:55
  huge.
• 10:55
  It's
• 10:55
  called
• 10:56
  cell,
• 10:57
  and
• 10:57
  they
• 10:58
  are
• 10:58
  always
• 10:58
  trying
• 10:59
  to
• 10:59
  incorporate
• 11:00
  different
• 11:00
  programs
• 11:00
  to
• 11:01
  help
• 11:01
  the
• 11:01
  young
• 11:01
  ones.
• 11:02
  And
• 11:02
  so
• 11:02
  I
• 11:02
  thought
• 11:02
  this
• 11:03
  could
• 11:03
  be
• 11:03
  something
• 11:04
  that
• 11:04
  they
• 11:04
  can
• 11:05
  use
• 11:05
  as
• 11:05
  well.
• 11:05
  And
• 11:06
  I
• 11:06
  worked
• 11:06
  on
• 11:07
  the
• 11:07
  whole
• 11:07
  curriculum
• 11:08
  and
• 11:08
  a
• 11:08
  website.
• 11:09
  That
• 11:09
  way
• 11:09
  they
• 11:09
  can
• 11:09
  get
• 11:09
  the
• 11:10
  information
• 11:10
  and
• 11:11
  hopefully
• 11:11
  incorporate
• 11:12
  it.
• 11:12
  That's
• 11:13
  terrific.
• 11:13
  When
• 11:14
  did
• 11:14
  this
• 11:14
  all
• 11:15
  come
• 11:15
  together?
• 11:16
  When
• 11:16
  you
• 11:17
  made
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  supporting
• 11:18
  curriculum
• 11:19
  available.
• 11:20
  And
• 11:21
  talk
• 11:21
  to
• 11:21
  us
• 11:21
  how
• 11:22
  that's
• 11:22
  been
• 11:23
  developing
• 11:23
  for
• 11:24
  you.
• 11:24
  And
• 11:25
  has
• 11:25
  it
• 11:25
  also
• 11:26
  been
• 11:26
  selling
• 11:27
  more
• 11:27
  books
• 11:28
  for
• 11:28
  you?
• 11:29
  This
• 11:29
  is
• 11:29
  all
• 11:29
  pretty
• 11:30
  new.
• 11:30
  I
• 11:30
  released
• 11:30
  a
• 11:31
  book
• 11:31
  in
• 11:31
  November,
• 11:31
  and
• 11:32
  then
• 11:32
  all
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  ideas
• 11:32
  just
• 11:33
  started
• 11:33
  coming.
• 11:34
  And
• 11:34
  I'm
• 11:35
  very
• 11:35
  close
• 11:35
  friends
• 11:35
  with
• 11:36
  people
• 11:36
  in
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  Department
• 11:36
  of
• 11:37
  Education
• 11:37
  and
• 11:37
  the
• 11:38
  chancellor's
• 11:38
  office,
• 11:38
  and
• 11:39
  that
• 11:39
  gave
• 11:40
  me
• 11:40
  a
• 11:40
  chance
• 11:40
  to
• 11:40
  run
• 11:40
  my
• 11:41
  ideas
• 11:41
  by
• 11:41
  them.
• 11:42
  And,
• 11:42
  hey,
• 11:43
  what
• 11:43
  do
• 11:43
  you
• 11:43
  think
• 11:43
  about
• 11:43
  this?
• 11:44
  Do
• 11:44
  you
• 11:45
  think
• 11:45
  it
• 11:45
  matches
• 11:45
  the
• 11:46
  level?
• 11:46
  Do
• 11:46
  you
• 11:46
  think
• 11:46
  this
• 11:47
  is
• 11:47
  something
• 11:47
  that
• 11:48
  they
• 11:48
  would
• 11:48
  be
• 11:49
  interested
• 11:49
  in,
• 11:49
  that
• 11:50
  students
• 11:50
  will
• 11:50
  benefit
• 11:51
  from?
• 11:51
  And
• 11:51
  so
• 11:51
  it
• 11:51
  was
• 11:51
  nice
• 11:52
  getting
• 11:52
  feedback
• 11:53
  from
• 11:53
  actual
• 11:54
  very
• 11:54
  experienced
• 11:55
  teachers.
• 11:55
  I
• 11:56
  altered
• 11:56
  it
• 11:56
  based
• 11:57
  on
• 11:57
  their
• 11:57
  feedback.
• 11:58
  And
• 11:59
  right
• 11:59
  now
• 12:00
  I've
• 12:00
  been
• 12:00
  working
• 12:00
  on
• 12:01
  two
• 12:01
  things.
• 12:01
  One
• 12:02
  for
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  kids,
• 12:02
  which
• 12:02
  is
• 12:03
  the
• 12:03
  book
• 12:03
  and
• 12:03
  the
• 12:03
  curriculum.
• 12:04
  And
• 12:05
  that's
• 12:05
  basically
• 12:06
  nervous
• 12:06
  system
• 12:06
  regulation
• 12:07
  in
• 12:07
  disguise.
• 12:08
  Okay.
• 12:08
  I
• 12:09
  know
• 12:09
  you
• 12:09
  read
• 12:09
  the
• 12:09
  book
• 12:09
  a
• 12:10
  few
• 12:10
  times,
• 12:10
  so
• 12:10
  you
• 12:10
  can
• 12:11
  absolutely
• 12:12
  help.
• 12:12
  And
• 12:13
  then
• 12:13
  I
• 12:13
  also
• 12:13
  have
• 12:13
  something
• 12:14
  I'm
• 12:14
  doing
• 12:14
  for
• 12:14
  adults
• 12:15
  with
• 12:15
  nervous
• 12:15
  system
• 12:15
  regulation,
• 12:16
  which
• 12:16
  is
• 12:16
  kind
• 12:16
  of
• 12:17
  recovery,
• 12:17
  because
• 12:18
  we're
• 12:18
  past
• 12:18
  that
• 12:19
  prevention
• 12:19
  stage.
• 12:20
  I've
• 12:20
  been
• 12:20
  working
• 12:21
  on
• 12:21
  both.
• 12:22
  I've
• 12:22
  interviewed
• 12:23
  children's
• 12:23
  book
• 12:24
  authors,
• 12:24
  and
• 12:24
  one
• 12:25
  of
• 12:25
  the
• 12:25
  things
• 12:25
  that's
• 12:26
  always
• 12:26
  surprising,
• 12:27
  and
• 12:27
  I
• 12:27
  love
• 12:27
  how
• 12:28
  you've
• 12:28
  embraced
• 12:29
  also
• 12:29
  the
• 12:30
  adults
• 12:31
  in
• 12:31
  what
• 12:31
  you're
• 12:32
  doing,
• 12:32
  because
• 12:33
  a
• 12:33
  lot
• 12:33
  of
• 12:34
  children's
• 12:34
  book
• 12:34
  authors
• 12:35
  I've
• 12:35
  interviewed
• 12:35
  have
• 12:36
  said
• 12:36
  to
• 12:36
  me,
• 12:37
  you
• 12:37
  know
• 12:37
  what,
• 12:37
  Rick?
• 12:37
  The
• 12:37
  most
• 12:38
  surprising
• 12:38
  thing
• 12:39
  is
• 12:39
  when
• 12:39
  I
• 12:39
  do
• 12:39
  a
• 12:39
  reading
• 12:40
  in
• 12:41
  public
• 12:41
  where
• 12:41
  there's
• 12:42
  also
• 12:42
  adults
• 12:43
  in
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  room
• 12:44
  at
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  end
• 12:45
  of
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  reading,
• 12:46
  I
• 12:46
  have
• 12:46
  a
• 12:46
  lot
• 12:46
  of
• 12:47
  adults
• 12:47
  come
• 12:47
  up
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  me
• 12:48
  and
• 12:48
  say,
• 12:48
  you
• 12:48
  know
• 12:49
  what?
• 12:49
  That's
• 12:50
  me.
• 12:50
  That's
• 12:50
  me
• 12:51
  in
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  book.
• 12:51
  Even
• 12:51
  though
• 12:52
  it's
• 12:52
  a
• 12:52
  children's
• 12:52
  book,
• 12:53
  they
• 12:53
  can
• 12:53
  think
• 12:54
  back
• 12:54
  to
• 12:54
  their
• 12:55
  childhood
• 12:56
  and
• 12:56
  they
• 12:57
  can
• 12:57
  reference
• 12:58
  themselves
• 12:59
  as
• 12:59
  that
• 13:00
  person
• 13:00
  in
• 13:00
  the
• 13:00
  book.
• 13:01
  And
• 13:01
  I'm
• 13:02
  sure
• 13:02
  that's
• 13:02
  going
• 13:02
  to
• 13:02
  happen
• 13:03
  to
• 13:03
  you
• 13:03
  too,
• 13:04
  Dina.
• 13:05
  I'm
• 13:05
  pausing.
• 13:06
  Oh,
• 13:07
  is
• 13:07
  it
• 13:07
  already
• 13:07
  happening?
• 13:08
  Oh,
• 13:08
  yeah.
• 13:09
  Okay.
• 13:09
  So,
• 13:10
  yeah.
• 13:10
  Isn't
• 13:11
  it
• 13:11
  fantastic
• 13:12
  when
• 13:12
  someone,
• 13:14
  an
• 13:14
  adult,
• 13:14
  comes
• 13:15
  up
• 13:15
  to
• 13:15
  you
• 13:15
  and
• 13:15
  says,
• 13:16
  dina,
• 13:16
  that's
• 13:17
  me.
• 13:18
  And
• 13:18
  you
• 13:18
  go,
• 13:18
  oh,
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  thought
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  was
• 13:19
  the
• 13:20
  only
• 13:20
  one.
• 13:21
  And
• 13:21
  I'm
• 13:21
  not.
• 13:22
  Talk
• 13:22
  to
• 13:22
  us
• 13:22
  more
• 13:23
  about
• 13:23
  your
• 13:24
  educator's
• 13:25
  guide.
• 13:25
  With
• 13:26
  the
• 13:26
  Educator's
• 13:27
  Guide,
• 13:27
  I
• 13:27
  made
• 13:28
  it
• 13:28
  short
• 13:28
  two
• 13:29
  lessons
• 13:29
  that
• 13:29
  they
• 13:30
  can
• 13:30
  implement
• 13:30
  in
• 13:30
  the
• 13:31
  classroom.
• 13:31
  I
• 13:31
  know
• 13:32
  a
• 13:32
  lot
• 13:33
  of
• 13:33
  the
• 13:33
  schools
• 13:33
  teach
• 13:33
  to
• 13:34
  regents
• 13:34
  or
• 13:35
  state
• 13:35
  tests,
• 13:36
  so
• 13:36
  I
• 13:36
  thought,
• 13:36
  let's
• 13:36
  make
• 13:36
  it
• 13:37
  simple
• 13:37
  but
• 13:38
  impactful.
• 13:39
  Within
• 13:39
  that
• 13:39
  guide,
• 13:40
  there's
• 13:41
  a
• 13:41
  lot
• 13:41
  of
• 13:41
  reference
• 13:42
  to
• 13:42
  the
• 13:42
  story
• 13:43
  and
• 13:43
  a
• 13:43
  lot
• 13:43
  of
• 13:43
  questions
• 13:44
  and
• 13:44
  handouts
• 13:45
  that
• 13:45
  they
• 13:45
  can
• 13:46
  use.
• 13:46
  Vocabulary
• 13:47
  that
• 13:48
  needs
• 13:48
  to
• 13:48
  be
• 13:48
  discussed
• 13:49
  as
• 13:49
  well.
• 13:49
  And
• 13:50
  I
• 13:50
  think
• 13:50
  one
• 13:51
  of
• 13:51
  my
• 13:51
  favorite
• 13:51
  parts
• 13:52
  of
• 13:52
  it
• 13:53
  is
• 13:53
  the
• 13:54
  role
• 13:54
  play,
• 13:55
  because
• 13:55
  I
• 13:55
  know
• 13:56
  in
• 13:56
  the
• 13:56
  book
• 13:56
  you'll
• 13:57
  see
• 13:57
  it
• 13:57
  says
• 13:58
  she's
• 13:58
  teaching
• 13:58
  her
• 13:59
  younger
• 13:59
  self
• 13:59
  to
• 13:59
  say
• 14:00
  no.
• 14:01
  Yeah,
• 14:01
  that's
• 14:01
  a
• 14:01
  lesson.
• 14:02
  But
• 14:02
  how
• 14:02
  easy
• 14:02
  is
• 14:03
  that
• 14:03
  to
• 14:03
  do?
• 14:04
  Especially
• 14:04
  as
• 14:05
  a
• 14:05
  young
• 14:05
  person,
• 14:05
  you're
• 14:05
  very
• 14:06
  impressionable.
• 14:06
  You
• 14:06
  want
• 14:06
  your
• 14:07
  friends
• 14:07
  to
• 14:07
  like
• 14:07
  you.
• 14:08
  There's
• 14:08
  actually
• 14:08
  role
• 14:09
  play.
• 14:09
  There's
• 14:10
  phrases
• 14:10
  that
• 14:11
  you
• 14:11
  can
• 14:11
  use
• 14:12
  and
• 14:12
  situations.
• 14:13
  So
• 14:13
  you
• 14:13
  have
• 14:13
  the
• 14:14
  scenarios
• 14:14
  and
• 14:14
  the
• 14:14
  situations
• 14:15
  and
• 14:16
  different
• 14:16
  phrases
• 14:17
  that
• 14:17
  you
• 14:17
  can
• 14:17
  use
• 14:18
  to
• 14:18
  say
• 14:18
  no
• 14:19
  without
• 14:19
  just
• 14:19
  saying
• 14:19
  no
• 14:19
  directly,
• 14:20
  oh,
• 14:20
  that's
• 14:21
  not
• 14:21
  going
• 14:21
  to
• 14:21
  work
• 14:21
  for
• 14:21
  me
• 14:21
  right
• 14:22
  now.
• 14:22
  Or
• 14:22
  something
• 14:23
  that
• 14:23
  matches
• 14:23
  a
• 14:24
  kid.
• 14:24
  But
• 14:25
  that
• 14:25
  won't
• 14:25
  make
• 14:25
  them
• 14:25
  feel
• 14:26
  like,
• 14:26
  oh,
• 14:26
  no,
• 14:26
  I'm
• 14:26
  being
• 14:27
  mean,
• 14:27
  I'm
• 14:27
  being
• 14:27
  a
• 14:28
  bad
• 14:28
  friend.
• 14:29
  So
• 14:29
  they
• 14:29
  can
• 14:29
  feel
• 14:30
  confident
• 14:30
  and
• 14:30
  have
• 14:31
  permission
• 14:31
  to
• 14:32
  say
• 14:32
  these
• 14:33
  things
• 14:33
  and
• 14:33
  protect
• 14:33
  their
• 14:34
  own
• 14:34
  energy.
• 14:35
  How
• 14:35
  active
• 14:35
  have
• 14:36
  you
• 14:36
  been
• 14:36
  so
• 14:36
  far
• 14:37
  with
• 14:37
  your
• 14:37
  whole
• 14:38
  curriculum
• 14:39
  and
• 14:39
  educators
• 14:40
  guide?
• 14:40
  I
• 14:41
  did
• 14:41
  do
• 14:41
  some
• 14:42
  promote
• 14:42
  reaching
• 14:43
  out
• 14:43
  to
• 14:43
  different
• 14:43
  schools,
• 14:44
  especially
• 14:44
  in
• 14:44
  my
• 14:45
  home
• 14:45
  neighborhood.
• 14:45
  I
• 14:46
  started
• 14:46
  there
• 14:46
  first
• 14:47
  and
• 14:47
  to
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  Department
• 14:48
  of
• 14:49
  Education
• 14:49
  and
• 14:50
  some
• 14:50
  other
• 14:51
  states
• 14:52
  and
• 14:52
  I
• 14:52
  was
• 14:52
  directed
• 14:53
  to
• 14:53
  the
• 14:53
  social
• 14:54
  emotional
• 14:54
  department.
• 14:55
  I
• 14:56
  am
• 14:56
  going
• 14:56
  to
• 14:56
  go
• 14:56
  a
• 14:56
  little
• 14:56
  bit
• 14:57
  harder
• 14:57
  with
• 14:57
  that
• 14:58
  very
• 14:58
  soon.
• 14:58
  I
• 14:59
  was
• 14:59
  just
• 14:59
  working
• 14:59
  on
• 14:59
  the
• 14:59
  adult
• 15:00
  part
• 15:00
  of
• 15:00
  it,
• 15:01
  and
• 15:01
  so
• 15:01
  now
• 15:02
  that
• 15:02
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• 15:02
  complete,
• 15:02
  I'm
• 15:02
  like,
• 15:03
  okay,
• 15:03
  let's
• 15:03
  go.
• 15:03
  I
• 15:03
  am
• 15:03
  a
• 15:04
  vision
• 15:04
  board
• 15:04
  person,
• 15:04
  so
• 15:05
  I
• 15:05
  follow
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  vision
• 15:05
  board.
• 15:06
  I'm
• 15:06
  like,
• 15:06
  okay,
• 15:06
  step
• 15:07
  by
• 15:07
  step.
• 15:08
  Talk
• 15:08
  to
• 15:08
  us
• 15:08
  about
• 15:09
  your
• 15:09
  book
• 15:09
  formats,
• 15:10
  because
• 15:10
  I
• 15:10
  know
• 15:10
  you're
• 15:11
  on
• 15:11
  Amazon,
• 15:11
  you've
• 15:12
  got
• 15:12
  an
• 15:12
  ebook
• 15:13
  and
• 15:13
  you've
• 15:13
  got
• 15:13
  a
• 15:13
  soft
• 15:14
  cover
• 15:14
  book.
• 15:15
  Do
• 15:15
  you
• 15:16
  have
• 15:17
  it
• 15:17
  as
• 15:17
  a
• 15:17
  package?
• 15:18
  When
• 15:18
  it
• 15:19
  comes
• 15:19
  to
• 15:21
  having
• 15:21
  a
• 15:21
  package,
• 15:23
  are
• 15:23
  you
• 15:23
  putting
• 15:23
  a
• 15:24
  package
• 15:24
  together
• 15:24
  of
• 15:25
  your
• 15:25
  workbooks
• 15:26
  and
• 15:26
  your
• 15:26
  book
• 15:27
  to
• 15:27
  take
• 15:27
  it
• 15:28
  out
• 15:28
  to
• 15:28
  the
• 15:28
  schools?
• 15:29
  I
• 15:30
  have
• 15:30
  a
• 15:30
  website
• 15:30
  that
• 15:31
  I
• 15:31
  developed
• 15:32
  lessonsfromthefuture.org
• 15:34
  and
• 15:34
  on
• 15:34
  that
• 15:35
  website
• 15:35
  I
• 15:35
  created
• 15:35
  a
• 15:36
  package
• 15:36
  for
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  whole
• 15:38
  curriculum
• 15:38
  basically
• 15:39
  that
• 15:39
  they
• 15:39
  can
• 15:39
  purchase
• 15:40
  out
• 15:41
  and
• 15:41
  all
• 15:41
  the
• 15:41
  books
• 15:42
  and
• 15:42
  the
• 15:42
  whole
• 15:42
  curriculum
• 15:43
  is
• 15:43
  available
• 15:44
  in
• 15:44
  both
• 15:45
  PDF
• 15:45
  form
• 15:46
  and
• 15:47
  they
• 15:47
  can
• 15:47
  buy
• 15:47
  the
• 15:48
  softcover
• 15:48
  as
• 15:49
  well.
• 15:49
  I'm
• 15:49
  going
• 15:50
  to
• 15:50
  mention
• 15:50
  that
• 15:50
  something
• 15:51
  I
• 15:51
  did
• 15:51
  very
• 15:51
  intentionally
• 15:52
  was
• 15:53
  I
• 15:53
  self
• 15:53
  published
• 15:54
  this
• 15:54
  book
• 15:54
  and
• 15:54
  self
• 15:55
  published
• 15:55
  everything
• 15:56
  because
• 15:57
  I
• 15:57
  wanted
• 15:57
  it
• 15:57
  to
• 15:58
  reach
• 15:58
  the
• 15:58
  schools.
• 15:59
  So
• 15:59
  you
• 15:59
  must
• 16:00
  be
• 16:00
  using
• 16:00
  some
• 16:00
  of
• 16:01
  your
• 16:01
  empathic
• 16:02
  powers
• 16:03
  because
• 16:03
  that
• 16:03
  was
• 16:04
  my
• 16:04
  next
• 16:04
  question.
• 16:05
  Let's
• 16:05
  talk
• 16:06
  about
• 16:06
  your
• 16:06
  publishing
• 16:07
  journey.
• 16:08
  When
• 16:08
  you
• 16:08
  say
• 16:08
  self
• 16:09
  publish,
• 16:10
  did
• 16:10
  you
• 16:11
  have
• 16:11
  a
• 16:12
  company
• 16:12
  help
• 16:12
  you
• 16:13
  or
• 16:13
  did
• 16:13
  you
• 16:14
  do
• 16:14
  it
• 16:14
  all
• 16:14
  on
• 16:14
  your
• 16:15
  own?
• 16:16
  Oh,
• 16:16
  I
• 16:16
  did
• 16:16
  it
• 16:16
  on
• 16:17
  my
• 16:17
  own.
• 16:17
  You're
• 16:18
  more
• 16:18
  like
• 16:18
  an
• 16:18
  independent
• 16:19
  publisher.
• 16:20
  With
• 16:20
  self
• 16:20
  publishing,
• 16:21
  generally
• 16:22
  people
• 16:22
  attach
• 16:23
  it
• 16:23
  to
• 16:24
  using
• 16:24
  a
• 16:24
  hybrid
• 16:25
  publisher.
• 16:26
  But
• 16:26
  in
• 16:26
  your
• 16:26
  case,
• 16:27
  you
• 16:27
  did
• 16:27
  everything
• 16:28
  on
• 16:28
  your
• 16:28
  own.
• 16:29
  Yes,
• 16:29
  I
• 16:30
  did.
• 16:30
  I
• 16:30
  know
• 16:31
  you
• 16:31
  like
• 16:31
  people
• 16:31
  who
• 16:32
  want
• 16:32
  to
• 16:32
  write
• 16:32
  books
• 16:33
  and
• 16:33
  be
• 16:33
  authors.
• 16:34
  They
• 16:34
  want
• 16:35
  advice.
• 16:35
  If
• 16:35
  you
• 16:35
  want,
• 16:36
  I
• 16:36
  can
• 16:36
  share
• 16:36
  my
• 16:37
  journey.
• 16:37
  Absolutely,
• 16:38
  because
• 16:39
  that's
• 16:39
  part
• 16:40
  of
• 16:40
  it
• 16:40
  is
• 16:40
  sharing
• 16:41
  that
• 16:41
  knowledge
• 16:42
  that
• 16:42
  you
• 16:42
  bring.
• 16:42
  Talk
• 16:43
  to
• 16:43
  us
• 16:43
  about
• 16:44
  your
• 16:44
  publishing
• 16:45
  approach
• 16:46
  and
• 16:47
  your
• 16:47
  journey
• 16:48
  on
• 16:48
  bringing
• 16:48
  your
• 16:49
  children's
• 16:49
  book
• 16:49
  to
• 16:50
  market.
• 16:50
  When
• 16:51
  it
• 16:51
  came
• 16:51
  to
• 16:52
  trying
• 16:53
  to
• 16:53
  get
• 16:53
  it
• 16:54
  out
• 16:54
  there,
• 16:54
  and
• 16:54
  once
• 16:55
  I
• 16:55
  decided
• 16:55
  that
• 16:55
  I
• 16:55
  wanted
• 16:56
  to
• 16:56
  get
• 16:56
  into
• 16:56
  the
• 16:56
  schools,
• 16:57
  I
• 16:57
  spoke
• 16:58
  with
• 16:58
  ChatGPT.
• 16:59
  I
• 16:59
  typed
• 16:59
  it
• 16:59
  in,
• 17:00
  I
• 17:00
  said,
• 17:00
  how
• 17:01
  can
• 17:01
  I
• 17:01
  do
• 17:01
  this?
• 17:02
  Is
• 17:02
  it
• 17:02
  okay
• 17:03
  for
• 17:03
  me
• 17:03
  to
• 17:03
  use
• 17:03
  the
• 17:03
  ISBN
• 17:04
  number
• 17:04
  from
• 17:05
  Amazon?
• 17:05
  Will
• 17:05
  the
• 17:05
  schools
• 17:06
  accept
• 17:06
  that?
• 17:07
  And
• 17:07
  I
• 17:07
  was
• 17:07
  informed
• 17:08
  that's
• 17:08
  not
• 17:08
  something
• 17:09
  they
• 17:09
  do.
• 17:10
  It's
• 17:10
  better
• 17:10
  to
• 17:10
  self
• 17:11
  publish
• 17:11
  because
• 17:11
  then
• 17:12
  it's
• 17:12
  across
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  board.
• 17:13
  You
• 17:13
  have
• 17:13
  one
• 17:14
  ISBN
• 17:14
  number,
• 17:14
  it's
• 17:15
  yours
• 17:15
  no
• 17:15
  matter
• 17:15
  where
• 17:16
  you
• 17:16
  sell
• 17:16
  it.
• 17:16
  And
• 17:17
  that's
• 17:17
  something
• 17:17
  they're
• 17:17
  more
• 17:18
  prone
• 17:18
  to
• 17:19
  purchase
• 17:19
  in
• 17:20
  bulk
• 17:20
  orders
• 17:20
  and
• 17:20
  things
• 17:21
  of
• 17:21
  that
• 17:21
  nature.
• 17:22
  It
• 17:22
  opens
• 17:22
  up
• 17:23
  the
• 17:23
  doors
• 17:23
  for
• 17:24
  you
• 17:24
  because
• 17:25
  then
• 17:25
  you
• 17:25
  can
• 17:26
  go
• 17:26
  to
• 17:26
  other
• 17:26
  retailers
• 17:27
  or
• 17:27
  online
• 17:28
  retailers
• 17:29
  rather
• 17:29
  than
• 17:30
  be
• 17:30
  locked
• 17:30
  into
• 17:30
  just
• 17:31
  ISBN
• 17:32
  through
• 17:33
  Amazon.
• 17:34
  Yeah,
• 17:34
  exactly.
• 17:35
  Good
• 17:36
  for
• 17:36
  you.
• 17:36
  I
• 17:36
  did
• 17:37
  write
• 17:37
  down
• 17:37
  the,
• 17:37
  like,
• 17:38
  where
• 17:38
  did
• 17:38
  I
• 17:38
  put
• 17:38
  it?
• 17:39
  There
• 17:39
  we
• 17:39
  go.
• 17:39
  The
• 17:40
  website
• 17:40
  that
• 17:40
  I
• 17:40
  use.
• 17:41
  Decide
• 17:42
  to
• 17:42
  become
• 17:43
  like
• 17:43
  self
• 17:43
  published
• 17:44
  to
• 17:44
  get
• 17:44
  your
• 17:44
  own
• 17:44
  ISBN
• 17:45
  numbers.
• 17:45
  Terrific.
• 17:46
  Absolutely.
• 17:47
  Share
• 17:47
  that.
• 17:47
  It'll
• 17:48
  go
• 17:48
  on
• 17:48
  the
• 17:48
  show
• 17:48
  notes.
• 17:49
  So
• 17:49
  you
• 17:49
  set
• 17:49
  up
• 17:49
  the
• 17:50
  name
• 17:50
  of
• 17:50
  your
• 17:50
  publishing
• 17:51
  company
• 17:51
  and
• 17:52
  I
• 17:52
  think
• 17:52
  when
• 17:52
  we
• 17:52
  tell
• 17:53
  everybody
• 17:53
  what
• 17:53
  the
• 17:53
  name
• 17:54
  of
• 17:54
  it
• 17:54
  is,
• 17:54
  they'll
• 17:55
  understand.
• 17:56
  It's
• 17:57
  Storm
• 17:57
  Rice
• 17:58
  Publishing.
• 17:59
  Which
• 17:59
  is
• 17:59
  your
• 18:00
  own
• 18:00
  publishing
• 18:01
  company.
• 18:01
  Yes.
• 18:02
  When
• 18:02
  you
• 18:03
  got
• 18:03
  into
• 18:04
  publishing,
• 18:05
  tell
• 18:05
  us
• 18:05
  about
• 18:06
  your
• 18:07
  biggest
• 18:07
  challenge
• 18:08
  or
• 18:08
  frustration
• 18:09
  when
• 18:09
  you
• 18:10
  decided
• 18:10
  to
• 18:11
  take
• 18:11
  on
• 18:11
  the
• 18:11
  publishing
• 18:12
  part
• 18:13
  when
• 18:13
  it
• 18:14
  came
• 18:14
  to
• 18:14
  bringing
• 18:14
  your
• 18:14
  book
• 18:15
  to
• 18:15
  life.
• 18:16
  You
• 18:16
  mean
• 18:16
  like
• 18:16
  formatting
• 18:17
  things
• 18:17
  like
• 18:17
  that
• 18:18
  or
• 18:18
  just
• 18:18
  the
• 18:18
  publishing?
• 18:19
  Yeah,
• 18:19
  anything
• 18:19
  in
• 18:20
  the
• 18:20
  publishing
• 18:21
  realm
• 18:22
  is
• 18:22
  fine.
• 18:23
  So
• 18:23
  what
• 18:23
  Was
• 18:23
  your
• 18:24
  biggest
• 18:24
  challenge
• 18:24
  or
• 18:25
  frustration?
• 18:27
  Yes,
• 18:27
  I
• 18:27
  would
• 18:27
  have
• 18:28
  to
• 18:28
  say
• 18:28
  that
• 18:28
  my
• 18:28
  biggest
• 18:29
  challenge
• 18:29
  and
• 18:30
  frustration
• 18:31
  was
• 18:32
  the
• 18:32
  formatter.
• 18:34
  Getting
• 18:34
  the
• 18:34
  right
• 18:35
  formatter,
• 18:36
  even
• 18:36
  if
• 18:36
  you
• 18:36
  have
• 18:37
  something
• 18:37
  so
• 18:37
  powerful
• 18:38
  and
• 18:38
  impactful
• 18:39
  to
• 18:39
  say,
• 18:40
  if
• 18:40
  it's
• 18:40
  not
• 18:40
  presented
• 18:41
  well,
• 18:42
  no
• 18:42
  one's
• 18:43
  going
• 18:43
  to
• 18:43
  want
• 18:43
  to
• 18:43
  purchase
• 18:44
  it,
• 18:44
  no
• 18:44
  one's
• 18:44
  going
• 18:44
  to
• 18:44
  be
• 18:44
  interested.
• 18:45
  And
• 18:45
  so
• 18:46
  I
• 18:46
  feel
• 18:46
  like
• 18:46
  the
• 18:46
  formatter
• 18:47
  is
• 18:47
  very
• 18:48
  important
• 18:48
  in
• 18:49
  this
• 18:49
  process.
• 18:49
  Dina,
• 18:50
  did
• 18:50
  you
• 18:50
  hire
• 18:51
  a
• 18:51
  book
• 18:51
  formatter?
• 18:52
  I
• 18:52
  did.
• 18:53
  I
• 18:53
  hired
• 18:53
  a
• 18:53
  book
• 18:54
  formatter
• 18:54
  and
• 18:54
  I
• 18:55
  thought
• 18:55
  they
• 18:56
  were
• 18:56
  great
• 18:57
  based
• 18:57
  on
• 18:58
  looking
• 18:58
  at
• 18:59
  their
• 18:59
  previous
• 18:59
  work,
• 19:00
  and
• 19:01
  it
• 19:02
  ended
• 19:02
  up
• 19:02
  being
• 19:03
  just
• 19:03
  terrible.
• 19:04
  I
• 19:05
  couldn't
• 19:05
  believe
• 19:05
  it.
• 19:06
  Yeah,
• 19:07
  it
• 19:07
  is
• 19:07
  amazing
• 19:08
  because
• 19:08
  I've
• 19:09
  talked
• 19:09
  to
• 19:10
  children's
• 19:11
  book
• 19:11
  authors
• 19:12
  who
• 19:12
  have
• 19:13
  hired
• 19:13
  book
• 19:13
  formatters,
• 19:14
  and
• 19:15
  as
• 19:16
  a
• 19:16
  children's
• 19:16
  book
• 19:16
  author,
• 19:17
  I've
• 19:18
  done
• 19:18
  the
• 19:18
  same
• 19:18
  thing.
• 19:19
  I
• 19:20
  was
• 19:20
  very
• 19:20
  fortunate
• 19:21
  because
• 19:22
  when
• 19:22
  I
• 19:22
  hired
• 19:23
  our
• 19:23
  book
• 19:23
  formatter,
• 19:24
  he
• 19:25
  had
• 19:25
  the
• 19:25
  skills
• 19:26
  to
• 19:26
  do
• 19:26
  a
• 19:27
  soft
• 19:27
  cover,
• 19:28
  an
• 19:28
  ebook,
• 19:29
  and
• 19:29
  a
• 19:29
  hardcover
• 19:30
  book,
• 19:31
  and
• 19:31
  he
• 19:31
  did
• 19:32
  an
• 19:32
  incredible
• 19:32
  job.
• 19:33
  Conlavoryrevilledesign
• 19:34
  ca
• 19:35
  however,
• 19:36
  like
• 19:36
  you're
• 19:36
  talking
• 19:37
  about,
• 19:37
  I'm
• 19:38
  glad
• 19:38
  you
• 19:38
  shared
• 19:38
  that
• 19:39
  you
• 19:39
  need
• 19:39
  to
• 19:39
  do
• 19:40
  your
• 19:40
  homework
• 19:41
  because
• 19:41
  I
• 19:41
  got
• 19:41
  lucky
• 19:42
  when
• 19:43
  I
• 19:43
  talked
• 19:43
  to
• 19:43
  others
• 19:44
  because
• 19:45
  we
• 19:45
  had
• 19:45
  a
• 19:46
  great
• 19:46
  experience.
• 19:47
  But
• 19:47
  in
• 19:47
  your
• 19:48
  case.
• 19:48
  So
• 19:49
  talk
• 19:49
  us
• 19:50
  through
• 19:50
  that.
• 19:50
  Did
• 19:50
  you
• 19:51
  have
• 19:51
  to
• 19:51
  go
• 19:51
  out
• 19:51
  and
• 19:51
  hire
• 19:52
  a
• 19:53
  different
• 19:53
  book
• 19:53
  formatter?
• 19:55
  I
• 19:55
  did.
• 19:56
  I
• 19:56
  actually
• 19:56
  gave
• 19:56
  my
• 19:57
  book
• 19:57
  to
• 19:57
  the
• 19:58
  book
• 19:59
  formatter.
• 19:59
  I
• 19:59
  would
• 20:00
  say
• 20:00
  early
• 20:00
  July,
• 20:01
  and
• 20:02
  by
• 20:03
  November,
• 20:04
  I
• 20:05
  still
• 20:05
  didn't
• 20:05
  receive
• 20:06
  the
• 20:06
  finished
• 20:07
  product,
• 20:07
  and
• 20:07
  it
• 20:07
  just
• 20:08
  looked
• 20:08
  really
• 20:09
  terrible.
• 20:09
  Nothing
• 20:10
  that
• 20:10
  I
• 20:10
  would
• 20:10
  want
• 20:10
  to
• 20:10
  present
• 20:11
  to
• 20:11
  anyone.
• 20:12
  And
• 20:12
  I
• 20:13
  kept
• 20:13
  making
• 20:13
  corrections,
• 20:14
  and
• 20:14
  it
• 20:15
  was
• 20:15
  just
• 20:15
  a
• 20:15
  long
• 20:15
  wait
• 20:16
  for
• 20:16
  each
• 20:16
  correction.
• 20:17
  And
• 20:17
  you
• 20:18
  can
• 20:18
  tell
• 20:18
  they
• 20:18
  probably
• 20:18
  took
• 20:19
  on
• 20:19
  more
• 20:19
  than
• 20:19
  they
• 20:19
  could
• 20:19
  choose.
• 20:20
  How
• 20:20
  did
• 20:20
  you
• 20:20
  find
• 20:20
  that
• 20:21
  person?
• 20:21
  And
• 20:22
  how
• 20:22
  did
• 20:22
  you
• 20:22
  find
• 20:23
  a
• 20:23
  book
• 20:23
  formatter
• 20:24
  that
• 20:25
  you
• 20:25
  wish
• 20:25
  you
• 20:25
  would
• 20:25
  have
• 20:25
  had
• 20:26
  in
• 20:26
  the
• 20:26
  first
• 20:26
  place?
• 20:26
  I
• 20:27
  have
• 20:27
  a
• 20:27
  really
• 20:28
  good
• 20:28
  friend
• 20:28
  who
• 20:28
  wrote
• 20:29
  a
• 20:29
  children's
• 20:29
  book
• 20:29
  as
• 20:29
  well,
• 20:30
  and
• 20:31
  she
• 20:32
  showed
• 20:32
  me
• 20:32
  her
• 20:32
  illustrator.
• 20:33
  She
• 20:33
  told
• 20:33
  me
• 20:34
  about
• 20:34
  her
• 20:34
  illustrator,
• 20:35
  and
• 20:35
  I
• 20:36
  was
• 20:36
  like,
• 20:36
  oh,
• 20:36
  let
• 20:36
  me
• 20:37
  get
• 20:37
  her
• 20:37
  information.
• 20:37
  That
• 20:38
  was
• 20:38
  later
• 20:38
  when
• 20:38
  I
• 20:39
  realized,
• 20:39
  oh,
• 20:39
  I
• 20:39
  have
• 20:39
  something
• 20:40
  to
• 20:40
  say.
• 20:40
  I
• 20:40
  want
• 20:40
  to
• 20:41
  write
• 20:41
  something
• 20:41
  again.
• 20:42
  That
• 20:42
  was
• 20:42
  amazing.
• 20:43
  A
• 20:43
  wonderful
• 20:44
  illustrator
• 20:44
  out
• 20:45
  of
• 20:45
  Italy,
• 20:45
  and
• 20:46
  I
• 20:46
  couldn't
• 20:46
  believe
• 20:47
  how
• 20:47
  great
• 20:48
  that
• 20:48
  worked
• 20:48
  out.
• 20:49
  So
• 20:49
  then
• 20:49
  when
• 20:50
  she
• 20:50
  found
• 20:50
  a
• 20:50
  book
• 20:51
  format,
• 20:51
  I
• 20:52
  said,
• 20:52
  I
• 20:52
  trust
• 20:52
  you,
• 20:53
  and,
• 20:54
  oh,
• 20:54
  boy.
• 20:55
  Yeah.
• 20:55
  So
• 20:55
  that
• 20:56
  made
• 20:56
  me
• 20:56
  trust
• 20:57
  this
• 20:58
  particular
• 20:58
  company,
• 20:59
  and
• 20:59
  it
• 21:00
  just
• 21:00
  didn't
• 21:00
  work
• 21:00
  out.
• 21:00
  And
• 21:01
  I
• 21:01
  realized
• 21:02
  this
• 21:02
  is
• 21:02
  way
• 21:02
  too
• 21:02
  much
• 21:03
  time.
• 21:03
  And
• 21:04
  I
• 21:04
  researched
• 21:05
  different
• 21:06
  outsourcing
• 21:07
  companies
• 21:07
  that
• 21:08
  I
• 21:08
  could
• 21:08
  use.
• 21:08
  I
• 21:09
  came
• 21:09
  across
• 21:10
  upwork.
• 21:10
  And
• 21:11
  the
• 21:11
  reason
• 21:11
  I
• 21:11
  bring
• 21:12
  that
• 21:12
  up
• 21:12
  is
• 21:13
  that
• 21:13
  one
• 21:14
  thing
• 21:14
  I
• 21:14
  found
• 21:15
  is
• 21:15
  the
• 21:16
  children's
• 21:17
  book
• 21:17
  authorship
• 21:18
  community
• 21:19
  is
• 21:19
  very
• 21:20
  giving
• 21:21
  so
• 21:21
  if
• 21:21
  you're
• 21:22
  an
• 21:22
  aspiring
• 21:23
  children's
• 21:23
  book
• 21:23
  author
• 21:24
  and
• 21:24
  you're
• 21:24
  wondering,
• 21:25
  oh,
• 21:25
  my
• 21:25
  goodness,
• 21:25
  I
• 21:25
  don't
• 21:26
  want
• 21:26
  to
• 21:26
  go,
• 21:26
  what
• 21:26
  Dina
• 21:27
  went
• 21:27
  through
• 21:27
  with
• 21:28
  the
• 21:28
  first
• 21:28
  book
• 21:29
  formatter.
• 21:30
  Honest
• 21:31
  folks
• 21:31
  reach
• 21:32
  out
• 21:32
  to
• 21:33
  anyone
• 21:33
  that
• 21:34
  you
• 21:34
  know
• 21:34
  who
• 21:35
  is
• 21:35
  a
• 21:35
  published
• 21:36
  children's
• 21:36
  book
• 21:36
  author
• 21:37
  and
• 21:37
  ask
• 21:37
  them
• 21:37
  the
• 21:38
  simple
• 21:38
  question,
• 21:39
  and
• 21:40
  nine
• 21:40
  times
• 21:41
  out
• 21:41
  of
• 21:41
  10,
• 21:41
  you're
• 21:41
  going
• 21:42
  to
• 21:42
  get
• 21:42
  a
• 21:42
  good
• 21:44
  recommendation
• 21:45
  on
• 21:46
  someone
• 21:46
  who's
• 21:46
  a
• 21:47
  book
• 21:47
  formatter.
• 21:47
  So
• 21:48
  thank
• 21:48
  you
• 21:48
  for
• 21:48
  sharing
• 21:49
  your
• 21:49
  story,
• 21:50
  because
• 21:50
  I
• 21:50
  know
• 21:50
  sometimes
• 21:51
  it's
• 21:51
  difficult
• 21:52
  to
• 21:52
  say,
• 21:53
  oh,
• 21:53
  do
• 21:54
  I
• 21:54
  really
• 21:54
  want
• 21:54
  to
• 21:54
  share
• 21:55
  my
• 21:55
  mistakes?
• 21:56
  I
• 21:56
  really
• 21:57
  appreciate
• 21:57
  you
• 21:58
  sharing
• 21:58
  that
• 21:59
  so
• 21:59
  that
• 21:59
  people
• 21:59
  can
• 22:00
  learn
• 22:00
  from
• 22:00
  it.
• 22:01
  Honestly,
• 22:01
  I
• 22:01
  did
• 22:02
  find
• 22:02
  a
• 22:02
  great
• 22:02
  formatter,
• 22:03
  and
• 22:03
  my
• 22:03
  book
• 22:04
  was
• 22:04
  complete,
• 22:04
  like
• 22:04
  the
• 22:04
  next
• 22:05
  day.
• 22:05
  And
• 22:05
  the
• 22:05
  other
• 22:06
  thing
• 22:06
  I
• 22:06
  want
• 22:06
  to
• 22:07
  mention
• 22:07
  about
• 22:07
  book
• 22:08
  formatting
• 22:08
  is
• 22:09
  that
• 22:09
  I
• 22:09
  always
• 22:10
  encourage
• 22:10
  people
• 22:11
  to
• 22:11
  know
• 22:11
  done
• 22:12
  is
• 22:12
  better
• 22:13
  than
• 22:13
  perfect.
• 22:14
  Because
• 22:14
  as
• 22:15
  an
• 22:15
  independent
• 22:16
  children's
• 22:16
  book
• 22:16
  author,
• 22:17
  you
• 22:18
  can
• 22:18
  go
• 22:18
  in
• 22:18
  and
• 22:19
  revise
• 22:19
  your
• 22:19
  book
• 22:20
  at
• 22:20
  any
• 22:20
  moment.
• 22:21
  And
• 22:22
  then
• 22:22
  if
• 22:22
  you
• 22:22
  have
• 22:22
  a
• 22:23
  good
• 22:23
  book
• 22:23
  formatter,
• 22:24
  if
• 22:24
  you've
• 22:25
  noticed
• 22:25
  things
• 22:25
  that
• 22:25
  you
• 22:26
  want
• 22:26
  to
• 22:26
  change
• 22:26
  or
• 22:27
  add
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  your
• 22:27
  book,
• 22:28
  save
• 22:29
  it
• 22:29
  up
• 22:29
  a
• 22:29
  little
• 22:29
  bit
• 22:30
  before
• 22:30
  you
• 22:30
  go
• 22:30
  to
• 22:31
  your
• 22:31
  book
• 22:31
  formatter,
• 22:32
  but
• 22:32
  then
• 22:32
  have
• 22:32
  them
• 22:33
  make
• 22:33
  the
• 22:33
  changes,
• 22:34
  and
• 22:34
  all
• 22:34
  they
• 22:34
  do
• 22:34
  is
• 22:35
  they
• 22:35
  update
• 22:36
  the
• 22:36
  files
• 22:36
  and
• 22:37
  then
• 22:37
  you
• 22:37
  just
• 22:37
  reload
• 22:38
  them
• 22:38
  onto
• 22:40
  Amazon
• 22:41
  or
• 22:41
  any
• 22:41
  other
• 22:42
  online
• 22:42
  book
• 22:43
  publisher.
• 22:44
  Because
• 22:45
  in
• 22:46
  your
• 22:46
  case,
• 22:46
  you're
• 22:46
  using
• 22:47
  print
• 22:47
  on
• 22:48
  demand.
• 22:48
  Dina,
• 22:49
  you've
• 22:49
  got
• 22:49
  something
• 22:50
  that
• 22:51
  is
• 22:51
  incredible
• 22:52
  because
• 22:53
  you've
• 22:53
  turned
• 22:53
  it
• 22:54
  into
• 22:54
  an
• 22:55
  educating
• 22:55
  guide.
• 22:56
  You've
• 22:56
  got
• 22:56
  a
• 22:56
  curriculum,
• 22:58
  and
• 22:58
  as
• 22:58
  it
• 22:59
  goes
• 22:59
  out
• 22:59
  into
• 22:59
  the
• 23:00
  marketplace,
• 23:01
  people
• 23:01
  are
• 23:01
  going
• 23:01
  to
• 23:01
  come
• 23:02
  back
• 23:02
  and
• 23:02
  probably
• 23:02
  say,
• 23:03
  you
• 23:03
  know
• 23:03
  what,
• 23:03
  Dina?
• 23:04
  Could
• 23:04
  you
• 23:04
  make
• 23:04
  a
• 23:05
  small
• 23:05
  tweak
• 23:05
  here
• 23:06
  or
• 23:06
  a
• 23:06
  small
• 23:06
  tweak
• 23:07
  there?
• 23:08
  And
• 23:08
  the
• 23:08
  beautiful
• 23:09
  thing
• 23:09
  about
• 23:09
  it
• 23:09
  is
• 23:10
  that
• 23:10
  if
• 23:10
  you
• 23:10
  don't
• 23:10
  print
• 23:11
  thousands
• 23:11
  of
• 23:11
  copies
• 23:12
  and
• 23:12
  you
• 23:13
  think
• 23:13
  it's
• 23:13
  a
• 23:13
  very
• 23:13
  valid
• 23:14
  idea,
• 23:15
  what
• 23:15
  they're
• 23:15
  recommending,
• 23:16
  you
• 23:16
  can
• 23:17
  make
• 23:17
  that
• 23:17
  change,
• 23:18
  and
• 23:18
  away
• 23:19
  you
• 23:19
  go.
• 23:20
  Did
• 23:20
  you
• 23:20
  find
• 23:20
  the
• 23:21
  illustrator
• 23:21
  before
• 23:22
  your
• 23:22
  book
• 23:22
  formatter?
• 23:23
  When
• 23:24
  I
• 23:24
  decided
• 23:24
  to
• 23:24
  write
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  book,
• 23:25
  I
• 23:26
  remembered
• 23:26
  my
• 23:27
  friend
• 23:27
  showing
• 23:27
  me
• 23:28
  drafts
• 23:28
  of
• 23:28
  the
• 23:29
  different
• 23:29
  illustrations
• 23:29
  she
• 23:30
  was
• 23:30
  using,
• 23:31
  and
• 23:31
  I
• 23:31
  was
• 23:32
  like,
• 23:32
  wow,
• 23:32
  this
• 23:32
  is
• 23:32
  great.
• 23:33
  Let's
• 23:33
  see
• 23:33
  if
• 23:33
  she
• 23:33
  can
• 23:33
  make
• 23:34
  my
• 23:34
  vision
• 23:34
  come
• 23:34
  alive
• 23:35
  as
• 23:35
  well.
• 23:36
  So
• 23:36
  she
• 23:36
  gave
• 23:36
  me
• 23:36
  her
• 23:37
  email
• 23:37
  address
• 23:38
  and
• 23:38
  I
• 23:39
  gave
• 23:39
  her
• 23:39
  the
• 23:39
  concepts
• 23:40
  that
• 23:40
  I
• 23:40
  wanted,
• 23:41
  and
• 23:41
  she
• 23:42
  matched
• 23:43
  everything.
• 23:43
  I
• 23:43
  would
• 23:44
  send
• 23:44
  over
• 23:45
  an
• 23:45
  idea,
• 23:45
  like
• 23:46
  a
• 23:46
  picture
• 23:46
  idea
• 23:46
  of
• 23:47
  what
• 23:47
  I
• 23:47
  wanted
• 23:47
  in
• 23:47
  a
• 23:48
  big
• 23:48
  description
• 23:48
  so
• 23:49
  she
• 23:49
  can
• 23:49
  understand,
• 23:49
  and
• 23:50
  she
• 23:50
  would
• 23:50
  just
• 23:51
  match
• 23:51
  it.
• 23:51
  And
• 23:51
  anything
• 23:52
  that
• 23:52
  I
• 23:52
  needed
• 23:52
  to
• 23:52
  be
• 23:52
  changed
• 23:53
  just
• 23:53
  a
• 23:53
  little
• 23:53
  bit,
• 23:54
  she
• 23:55
  changed
• 23:55
  it.
• 23:55
  And
• 23:55
  it
• 23:55
  was
• 23:56
  just
• 23:56
  perfect.
• 23:57
  It
• 23:57
  really
• 23:57
  matched
• 23:58
  everything
• 23:58
  I
• 23:58
  wanted,
• 23:59
  my
• 23:59
  heart
• 23:59
  wanted.
• 24:00
  That's
• 24:00
  the
• 24:00
  beautiful
• 24:01
  thing
• 24:01
  about
• 24:01
  an
• 24:02
  illustrator
• 24:03
  is.
• 24:03
  I'm
• 24:03
  finding
• 24:04
  in
• 24:05
  most
• 24:05
  cases,
• 24:05
  when
• 24:06
  a
• 24:06
  children's
• 24:06
  book
• 24:06
  author
• 24:07
  finds
• 24:08
  an
• 24:08
  illustrator
• 24:09
  they
• 24:09
  can
• 24:09
  work
• 24:09
  with,
• 24:10
  nine
• 24:10
  times
• 24:10
  out
• 24:10
  of
• 24:11
  10,
• 24:11
  they're
• 24:11
  staying
• 24:11
  with
• 24:12
  that
• 24:12
  illustrator
• 24:13
  because
• 24:14
  of
• 24:14
  the
• 24:14
  positive
• 24:15
  experience
• 24:15
  that
• 24:16
  they've
• 24:16
  enjoyed.
• 24:17
  Thank
• 24:17
  you
• 24:17
  for
• 24:18
  sharing
• 24:18
  that.
• 24:18
  And
• 24:18
  your
• 24:19
  illustrator.
• 24:19
  You
• 24:19
  said
• 24:20
  that
• 24:20
  in
• 24:20
  Italy.
• 24:21
  Yes.
• 24:22
  Now,
• 24:22
  I
• 24:22
  would
• 24:23
  love
• 24:23
  to
• 24:23
  talk
• 24:23
  to
• 24:23
  you
• 24:23
  about
• 24:24
  your
• 24:24
  website
• 24:24
  because
• 24:25
  you've
• 24:25
  got
• 24:25
  a
• 24:25
  great
• 24:26
  website.
• 24:26
  Tell
• 24:27
  everybody
• 24:27
  the
• 24:27
  name
• 24:27
  of
• 24:28
  your
• 24:28
  website
• 24:28
  again.
• 24:30
  Lessonsfromthefuture.org
• 24:33
  thank
• 24:34
  you.
• 24:34
  We'll
• 24:34
  put
• 24:34
  that
• 24:35
  in
• 24:35
  the
• 24:35
  show
• 24:35
  notes.
• 24:36
  When
• 24:36
  you
• 24:36
  started
• 24:36
  developing
• 24:37
  your
• 24:37
  website,
• 24:38
  did
• 24:38
  you
• 24:38
  do
• 24:39
  it
• 24:39
  in
• 24:39
  tandem
• 24:41
  with
• 24:41
  your
• 24:41
  book?
• 24:42
  Did
• 24:42
  your
• 24:42
  website
• 24:43
  come
• 24:43
  first
• 24:44
  or
• 24:44
  your
• 24:44
  book
• 24:45
  come
• 24:45
  first?
• 24:45
  The
• 24:46
  book
• 24:46
  definitely
• 24:46
  came
• 24:47
  first.
• 24:47
  And
• 24:48
  as
• 24:48
  I
• 24:48
  started
• 24:49
  thinking
• 24:49
  that,
• 24:50
  hey,
• 24:50
  I
• 24:50
  want
• 24:50
  to
• 24:50
  create
• 24:51
  this
• 24:51
  curriculum,
• 24:52
  how
• 24:53
  will
• 24:53
  I
• 24:53
  get
• 24:54
  one
• 24:54
  place
• 24:55
  where
• 24:55
  people
• 24:55
  can
• 24:55
  actually
• 24:56
  go
• 24:56
  and
• 24:56
  buy
• 24:56
  in
• 24:57
  bulk?
• 24:57
  If
• 24:57
  I'm
• 24:57
  trying
• 24:57
  to
• 24:58
  reach
• 24:58
  the
• 24:58
  schools
• 24:58
  or
• 24:58
  different
• 24:59
  organizations
• 24:59
  who
• 25:00
  might
• 25:00
  want
• 25:00
  to
• 25:01
  support
• 25:01
  children
• 25:01
  in
• 25:02
  that
• 25:02
  way,
• 25:03
  that's
• 25:03
  the
• 25:03
  direction
• 25:04
  my
• 25:04
  brain
• 25:04
  went.
• 25:04
  I'm
• 25:05
  like,
• 25:05
  I
• 25:05
  need
• 25:05
  the
• 25:05
  one
• 25:05
  place
• 25:05
  where
• 25:06
  they
• 25:06
  can
• 25:06
  come
• 25:06
  and
• 25:06
  get
• 25:07
  something.
• 25:07
  So
• 25:08
  I
• 25:08
  connected
• 25:09
  with
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  On
• 25:09
  Demand
• 25:10
  printing
• 25:10
  company
• 25:11
  out
• 25:11
  of
• 25:11
  the
• 25:12
  UK
• 25:13
  and
• 25:13
  I
• 25:14
  figured
• 25:14
  out
• 25:14
  how
• 25:14
  to
• 25:15
  use
• 25:15
  payhip.
• 25:16
  My
• 25:17
  website
• 25:17
  is
• 25:17
  payhip
• 25:18
  based.
• 25:18
  I
• 25:18
  wanted
• 25:19
  something
• 25:19
  that
• 25:19
  would
• 25:19
  be
• 25:19
  easy
• 25:20
  for
• 25:20
  people,
• 25:20
  like,
• 25:21
  easy
• 25:21
  for
• 25:21
  me
• 25:21
  to
• 25:22
  create
• 25:22
  and
• 25:22
  easy
• 25:22
  for
• 25:22
  people
• 25:23
  to
• 25:23
  just
• 25:23
  access
• 25:24
  the
• 25:24
  books
• 25:25
  as
• 25:25
  well.
• 25:26
  I
• 25:26
  noticed
• 25:27
  when
• 25:27
  you
• 25:27
  go
• 25:27
  to
• 25:28
  your
• 25:28
  website,
• 25:28
  the
• 25:28
  first
• 25:29
  thing
• 25:29
  is
• 25:29
  you
• 25:29
  have
• 25:29
  an
• 25:29
  audio
• 25:30
  video
• 25:30
  clip.
• 25:31
  Talk
• 25:32
  to
• 25:32
  us
• 25:32
  a
• 25:32
  little
• 25:32
  bit
• 25:32
  about
• 25:33
  that.
• 25:34
  I
• 25:34
  know
• 25:35
  everyone
• 25:37
  writes
• 25:37
  books
• 25:38
  and
• 25:38
  they
• 25:38
  can
• 25:39
  look
• 25:39
  at
• 25:39
  the
• 25:39
  website.
• 25:39
  Okay,
• 25:40
  what
• 25:40
  is
• 25:40
  it
• 25:41
  about?
• 25:41
  I
• 25:41
  thought
• 25:41
  the
• 25:41
  video
• 25:42
  was
• 25:42
  a
• 25:42
  nice
• 25:42
  little
• 25:43
  summary,
• 25:44
  explaining
• 25:44
  the
• 25:44
  gist
• 25:45
  of
• 25:46
  what
• 25:46
  you
• 25:46
  would
• 25:46
  get
• 25:46
  out
• 25:47
  of
• 25:47
  it,
• 25:47
  like
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  heart
• 25:48
  of
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  matter
• 25:49
  in
• 25:49
  a
• 25:49
  very
• 25:50
  short,
• 25:50
  just
• 25:50
  a
• 25:50
  little
• 25:51
  short
• 25:51
  clip.
• 25:51
  It's
• 25:52
  a
• 25:52
  great
• 25:52
  idea,
• 25:53
  a
• 25:53
  great
• 25:54
  way
• 25:54
  to
• 25:54
  introduce
• 25:55
  everything
• 25:55
  that
• 25:56
  you're
• 25:56
  doing.
• 25:57
  Talk
• 25:57
  to
• 25:57
  us
• 25:58
  about
• 25:58
  how
• 25:58
  you're
• 25:58
  using
• 25:59
  social
• 25:59
  media
• 26:01
  to
• 26:01
  promote
• 26:01
  your
• 26:01
  book.
• 26:03
  What
• 26:03
  I
• 26:03
  did
• 26:03
  was
• 26:04
  before
• 26:04
  I
• 26:05
  even
• 26:05
  released
• 26:06
  the
• 26:06
  book,
• 26:06
  I
• 26:07
  had
• 26:07
  a
• 26:07
  series
• 26:08
  of
• 26:08
  posts
• 26:09
  explaining
• 26:10
  the
• 26:11
  setting,
• 26:12
  explaining,
• 26:13
  hey,
• 26:14
  you
• 26:14
  just
• 26:14
  saw
• 26:14
  the
• 26:14
  first
• 26:15
  character.
• 26:15
  I'll
• 26:15
  let
• 26:15
  you
• 26:16
  know
• 26:16
  more
• 26:16
  in
• 26:16
  the
• 26:16
  next
• 26:16
  post
• 26:17
  about
• 26:17
  this
• 26:17
  character.
• 26:18
  And
• 26:18
  then
• 26:19
  explaining,
• 26:20
  like,
• 26:20
  every
• 26:20
  character
• 26:21
  in
• 26:21
  the
• 26:21
  book
• 26:21
  and,
• 26:21
  hey,
• 26:22
  finally,
• 26:22
  this
• 26:22
  is
• 26:23
  my
• 26:23
  last
• 26:23
  character.
• 26:24
  I
• 26:24
  just
• 26:24
  wanted
• 26:24
  to
• 26:24
  build
• 26:25
  up
• 26:25
  anticipation
• 26:27
  and
• 26:27
  help
• 26:27
  them
• 26:27
  to
• 26:27
  see
• 26:28
  what
• 26:28
  it
• 26:29
  really
• 26:29
  was
• 26:29
  about.
• 26:29
  And
• 26:29
  I
• 26:30
  know
• 26:30
  a
• 26:30
  lot
• 26:30
  of
• 26:30
  people
• 26:30
  relate
• 26:31
  to
• 26:31
  things
• 26:31
  such
• 26:31
  as
• 26:31
  boundaries
• 26:32
  and,
• 26:33
  yeah,
• 26:33
  all
• 26:33
  that
• 26:33
  social,
• 26:34
  emotional
• 26:34
  stuff.
• 26:34
  People
• 26:35
  are
• 26:35
  starting
• 26:35
  to
• 26:35
  really
• 26:36
  connect
• 26:36
  with
• 26:36
  that.
• 26:36
  So
• 26:37
  I
• 26:37
  wanted
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  put
• 26:38
  it
• 26:38
  out
• 26:38
  there
• 26:38
  in
• 26:38
  a
• 26:39
  kind
• 26:39
  of
• 26:39
  make
• 26:40
  them
• 26:40
  anticipate
• 26:40
  it
• 26:41
  all.
• 26:41
  I
• 26:42
  know
• 26:42
  we
• 26:42
  talked
• 26:42
  about
• 26:43
  your
• 26:43
  audio
• 26:43
  video
• 26:44
  clip.
• 26:45
  Talk
• 26:45
  to
• 26:45
  us
• 26:45
  more
• 26:46
  about
• 26:47
  how
• 26:47
  you
• 26:47
  envision
• 26:48
  your
• 26:48
  website
• 26:49
  helping
• 26:50
  you
• 26:50
  to
• 26:50
  promote
• 26:51
  your
• 26:51
  book?
• 26:51
  Yes.
• 26:51
  So
• 26:52
  with
• 26:52
  my
• 26:52
  website,
• 26:53
  I
• 26:54
  tried
• 26:54
  to
• 26:55
  make
• 26:55
  sure,
• 26:55
  because
• 26:56
  it's
• 26:57
  targeted
• 26:57
  for
• 26:57
  educators
• 26:58
  and
• 26:59
  businesses,
• 26:59
  things
• 26:59
  of
• 26:59
  that
• 27:00
  nature.
• 27:00
  So
• 27:00
  I
• 27:00
  wanted
• 27:00
  to
• 27:00
  make
• 27:01
  sure
• 27:02
  they
• 27:02
  understood
• 27:03
  what
• 27:03
  it
• 27:04
  was
• 27:04
  about.
• 27:04
  Basically,
• 27:05
  they
• 27:05
  can
• 27:05
  click,
• 27:06
  hey,
• 27:06
  this
• 27:07
  talks
• 27:07
  about
• 27:07
  triggers
• 27:08
  for
• 27:08
  kids.
• 27:08
  This
• 27:09
  talks
• 27:09
  about
• 27:09
  social,
• 27:10
  emotional
• 27:10
  learning,
• 27:10
  like,
• 27:11
  how
• 27:11
  is
• 27:12
  it
• 27:12
  that
• 27:12
  their
• 27:12
  kids
• 27:12
  are
• 27:13
  going
• 27:13
  to
• 27:13
  benefit?
• 27:14
  That's
• 27:14
  what
• 27:14
  I
• 27:14
  had
• 27:14
  to
• 27:14
  keep
• 27:15
  thinking.
• 27:15
  And
• 27:15
  when
• 27:15
  I
• 27:16
  was
• 27:16
  creating
• 27:16
  it,
• 27:17
  that's
• 27:17
  how
• 27:18
  I
• 27:18
  went
• 27:18
  about
• 27:19
  creating
• 27:19
  the
• 27:19
  whole
• 27:19
  thing
• 27:19
  and
• 27:20
  trying
• 27:20
  to
• 27:20
  make
• 27:20
  sure
• 27:20
  it
• 27:20
  was
• 27:21
  easy
• 27:21
  to
• 27:21
  look
• 27:21
  at,
• 27:22
  not
• 27:22
  all
• 27:22
  jumbled
• 27:23
  up.
• 27:23
  I
• 27:23
  just
• 27:23
  thought
• 27:23
  of
• 27:24
  everything.
• 27:24
  I'm
• 27:24
  like,
• 27:24
  what
• 27:24
  would
• 27:25
  make
• 27:25
  this
• 27:25
  the
• 27:25
  easiest
• 27:26
  possible
• 27:27
  experience
• 27:27
  for
• 27:28
  people
• 27:28
  who
• 27:29
  go
• 27:29
  on
• 27:29
  it?
• 27:29
  And
• 27:29
  thank
• 27:30
  you
• 27:30
  for
• 27:30
  sharing
• 27:30
  that.
• 27:30
  When
• 27:31
  I'm
• 27:31
  talking
• 27:31
  to
• 27:32
  other
• 27:33
  children's
• 27:33
  book
• 27:33
  authors,
• 27:35
  it's
• 27:35
  interesting
• 27:36
  because
• 27:36
  we'd
• 27:37
  all
• 27:37
  love
• 27:38
  thousands
• 27:38
  and
• 27:39
  thousands
• 27:39
  of
• 27:39
  sales
• 27:40
  of
• 27:41
  our
• 27:41
  books.
• 27:42
  How
• 27:42
  do
• 27:42
  you
• 27:42
  build
• 27:43
  a
• 27:44
  business
• 27:44
  so
• 27:44
  that
• 27:45
  you
• 27:45
  have
• 27:45
  some
• 27:45
  revenue
• 27:46
  coming
• 27:46
  in
• 27:47
  and
• 27:47
  generally
• 27:47
  a
• 27:48
  single
• 27:48
  source
• 27:49
  children's
• 27:49
  book?
• 27:50
  You're
• 27:50
  not
• 27:50
  going
• 27:50
  to
• 27:51
  make
• 27:51
  a
• 27:51
  living
• 27:51
  from
• 27:52
  that.
• 27:52
  And
• 27:53
  in
• 27:53
  a
• 27:53
  lot
• 27:53
  of
• 27:53
  cases,
• 27:54
  you're
• 27:54
  probably
• 27:54
  not
• 27:54
  even
• 27:55
  going
• 27:55
  to
• 27:55
  make
• 27:55
  enough
• 27:56
  money
• 27:56
  to
• 27:57
  pay
• 27:57
  for
• 27:57
  your
• 27:57
  original
• 27:58
  investment.
• 27:59
  When
• 27:59
  you
• 27:59
  can
• 27:59
  supplement
• 28:00
  your
• 28:00
  book
• 28:01
  like
• 28:02
  you've
• 28:02
  done
• 28:03
  with
• 28:03
  a
• 28:03
  curriculum
• 28:04
  and
• 28:04
  educators
• 28:05
  guide.
• 28:06
  And
• 28:06
  offering
• 28:07
  all
• 28:07
  that
• 28:07
  is
• 28:08
  such
• 28:08
  great
• 28:09
  value,
• 28:10
  but
• 28:10
  it
• 28:10
  also
• 28:11
  helps
• 28:11
  you,
• 28:12
  as
• 28:12
  a
• 28:12
  children's
• 28:13
  book
• 28:13
  authority,
• 28:14
  to
• 28:14
  build
• 28:15
  another
• 28:16
  revenue
• 28:16
  source.
• 28:17
  I
• 28:17
  would
• 28:18
  encourage
• 28:18
  the
• 28:18
  listeners
• 28:19
  to
• 28:19
  go
• 28:20
  to
• 28:20
  your
• 28:20
  website
• 28:20
  and
• 28:21
  see
• 28:21
  exactly,
• 28:22
  Dina,
• 28:22
  what
• 28:23
  you've
• 28:23
  done,
• 28:24
  because
• 28:25
  hopefully
• 28:25
  that'll
• 28:26
  inspire
• 28:26
  them
• 28:27
  to
• 28:27
  think
• 28:27
  about
• 28:28
  maybe
• 28:28
  creating
• 28:29
  their
• 28:29
  own
• 28:29
  curriculum.
• 28:30
  Because
• 28:31
  a
• 28:31
  lot
• 28:32
  of
• 28:32
  our
• 28:32
  guests
• 28:33
  come
• 28:33
  from
• 28:33
  a
• 28:33
  teaching
• 28:34
  background.
• 28:35
  The
• 28:35
  last
• 28:36
  couple
• 28:36
  of
• 28:36
  months
• 28:36
  now,
• 28:37
  a
• 28:38
  lot
• 28:38
  of
• 28:38
  our
• 28:38
  guests
• 28:38
  have
• 28:39
  been
• 28:39
  coming
• 28:39
  on
• 28:39
  and
• 28:40
  talking
• 28:40
  about
• 28:40
  how
• 28:41
  they're
• 28:41
  creating
• 28:42
  curriculum
• 28:42
  to
• 28:43
  support
• 28:43
  their
• 28:43
  books
• 28:44
  so
• 28:44
  that
• 28:44
  they're
• 28:44
  not
• 28:45
  just
• 28:45
  going
• 28:45
  into
• 28:45
  the
• 28:46
  school
• 28:46
  to
• 28:47
  do
• 28:47
  book
• 28:47
  reading.
• 28:48
  It's
• 28:49
  more
• 28:49
  value
• 28:49
  added
• 28:50
  and
• 28:51
  a
• 28:51
  way
• 28:51
  to
• 28:52
  generate
• 28:52
  some
• 28:52
  revenue.
• 28:54
  Very
• 28:54
  cool.
• 28:55
  Was
• 28:55
  that
• 28:56
  your
• 28:56
  intention
• 28:56
  right
• 28:57
  from
• 28:57
  the
• 28:57
  start?
• 28:58
  Not
• 28:58
  at
• 28:58
  all.
• 28:59
  Like
• 28:59
  I
• 28:59
  said,
• 28:59
  once
• 29:00
  I
• 29:00
  was
• 29:00
  done
• 29:01
  with
• 29:01
  the
• 29:01
  book,
• 29:01
  I
• 29:01
  just
• 29:02
  felt
• 29:02
  a
• 29:03
  gut
• 29:03
  feeling,
• 29:03
  no,
• 29:04
  this
• 29:04
  has
• 29:04
  to
• 29:04
  be
• 29:04
  more.
• 29:05
  And
• 29:06
  no,
• 29:06
  it's
• 29:06
  important.
• 29:07
  And
• 29:07
  that's
• 29:08
  the
• 29:08
  beautiful
• 29:08
  thing.
• 29:08
  Once
• 29:09
  you
• 29:09
  start
• 29:09
  down
• 29:10
  this
• 29:10
  road,
• 29:11
  your
• 29:11
  opportunities
• 29:12
  to
• 29:12
  do
• 29:12
  different
• 29:13
  things
• 29:13
  with
• 29:13
  it
• 29:14
  are
• 29:15
  absolutely
• 29:15
  incredible.
• 29:16
  Just
• 29:16
  because
• 29:17
  you've
• 29:17
  written
• 29:18
  what
• 29:18
  you
• 29:18
  think
• 29:19
  is
• 29:19
  a
• 29:19
  finite
• 29:20
  children's
• 29:21
  book
• 29:21
  today,
• 29:22
  with
• 29:22
  children's
• 29:23
  books,
• 29:23
  there's
• 29:23
  so
• 29:24
  many
• 29:24
  different
• 29:24
  avenues
• 29:25
  that
• 29:25
  you
• 29:26
  can
• 29:26
  take
• 29:26
  it.
• 29:26
  We
• 29:27
  talked
• 29:27
  about
• 29:28
  your
• 29:29
  book
• 29:29
  being
• 29:29
  like
• 29:30
  an
• 29:30
  autobiography,
• 29:31
  but
• 29:32
  I'm
• 29:32
  curious
• 29:32
  about
• 29:33
  your
• 29:33
  motivation.
• 29:35
  Was
• 29:36
  there
• 29:36
  a
• 29:36
  person
• 29:37
  or
• 29:37
  an
• 29:37
  event
• 29:38
  that
• 29:38
  triggered
• 29:39
  your
• 29:40
  motivation
• 29:40
  to
• 29:41
  actually
• 29:41
  write
• 29:42
  your
• 29:42
  children's
• 29:43
  Book?
• 29:43
  Yes.
• 29:45
  So
• 29:46
  I
• 29:46
  was
• 29:46
  sitting
• 29:47
  at
• 29:48
  lunch
• 29:48
  at
• 29:48
  work,
• 29:49
  and
• 29:49
  my
• 29:49
  friend
• 29:49
  sent
• 29:50
  me
• 29:50
  a
• 29:50
  YouTube
• 29:50
  video
• 29:51
  of
• 29:52
  a
• 29:52
  woman
• 29:52
  discussing
• 29:53
  an
• 29:53
  empath.
• 29:54
  And
• 29:54
  afterwards,
• 29:55
  she's,
• 29:55
  hey,
• 29:56
  I
• 29:56
  have
• 29:56
  a
• 29:56
  workshop.
• 29:56
  And
• 29:57
  I
• 29:57
  was
• 29:57
  like,
• 29:57
  you
• 29:58
  know
• 29:58
  what?
• 29:58
  Everyone's
• 29:59
  teaching
• 30:00
  something
• 30:00
  that
• 30:01
  they're
• 30:01
  passionate
• 30:02
  about.
• 30:02
  And
• 30:02
  what
• 30:02
  are
• 30:02
  you
• 30:03
  passionate
• 30:03
  about?
• 30:03
  I
• 30:03
  asked
• 30:04
  myself
• 30:04
  that,
• 30:04
  and
• 30:05
  I
• 30:05
  said,
• 30:05
  you.
• 30:05
  You
• 30:05
  are
• 30:05
  an
• 30:06
  empath.
• 30:06
  You
• 30:07
  are
• 30:07
  empowered.
• 30:07
  You
• 30:08
  are
• 30:08
  passionate
• 30:08
  about
• 30:08
  this
• 30:09
  topic
• 30:09
  and
• 30:10
  about
• 30:10
  the
• 30:10
  topic
• 30:11
  of
• 30:11
  boundaries
• 30:11
  and
• 30:12
  just
• 30:12
  emotions
• 30:13
  in
• 30:13
  general.
• 30:13
  I
• 30:13
  notice
• 30:14
  any
• 30:14
  opportunity
• 30:15
  I
• 30:15
  get,
• 30:15
  I'm
• 30:16
  going
• 30:16
  to
• 30:16
  talk
• 30:16
  about
• 30:16
  it.
• 30:16
  I
• 30:16
  don't
• 30:17
  want
• 30:17
  people
• 30:17
  to,
• 30:17
  like,
• 30:18
  feel
• 30:18
  heavy,
• 30:18
  and
• 30:19
  so
• 30:19
  I'm
• 30:19
  always
• 30:19
  doing
• 30:20
  that.
• 30:20
  But
• 30:20
  I'm
• 30:20
  like,
• 30:21
  what
• 30:21
  really
• 30:21
  hurts
• 30:21
  you
• 30:22
  is
• 30:22
  when
• 30:22
  I
• 30:23
  see
• 30:23
  the
• 30:23
  students
• 30:23
  right
• 30:23
  in
• 30:24
  front
• 30:24
  of
• 30:24
  me.
• 30:24
  Like
• 30:24
  I
• 30:25
  said,
• 30:25
  interpreters
• 30:26
  sit
• 30:27
  right
• 30:27
  in
• 30:27
  front
• 30:27
  of
• 30:27
  the
• 30:27
  class.
• 30:28
  And
• 30:28
  you
• 30:28
  see
• 30:29
  everything,
• 30:29
  especially
• 30:30
  as
• 30:30
  an
• 30:30
  empath.
• 30:30
  I'm
• 30:31
  just
• 30:31
  absorbing
• 30:31
  all
• 30:31
  the
• 30:32
  emotions.
• 30:32
  And
• 30:32
  I'm
• 30:32
  like,
• 30:32
  oh,
• 30:33
  my
• 30:33
  goodness.
• 30:33
  After
• 30:34
  that
• 30:34
  video,
• 30:34
  I
• 30:34
  said,
• 30:35
  you
• 30:35
  know
• 30:35
  what?
• 30:35
  I.
• 30:36
  I'm
• 30:36
  passionate
• 30:36
  about
• 30:36
  being
• 30:37
  an
• 30:37
  empath
• 30:37
  and
• 30:37
  setting
• 30:38
  boundaries
• 30:38
  and
• 30:39
  the
• 30:39
  whole.
• 30:40
  All
• 30:40
  of
• 30:41
  the
• 30:41
  things.
• 30:41
  Right?
• 30:41
  And
• 30:41
  then.
• 30:42
  But
• 30:42
  I'm
• 30:42
  also
• 30:43
  passionate
• 30:43
  about
• 30:43
  helping
• 30:44
  young
• 30:44
  ones.
• 30:45
  Not
• 30:45
  going
• 30:45
  to
• 30:45
  the.
• 30:45
  How
• 30:46
  long
• 30:46
  ago
• 30:46
  was
• 30:46
  that?
• 30:47
  And
• 30:48
  then
• 30:48
  how
• 30:48
  long
• 30:48
  did
• 30:48
  it
• 30:49
  take
• 30:49
  you
• 30:49
  to
• 30:49
  say,
• 30:50
  I'm
• 30:50
  going
• 30:50
  to
• 30:50
  write
• 30:50
  a
• 30:51
  children's
• 30:51
  book?
• 30:52
  I
• 30:52
  wrote
• 30:52
  it
• 30:53
  right
• 30:53
  away
• 30:53
  at
• 30:53
  lunchtime.
• 30:54
  That
• 30:54
  same
• 30:55
  for
• 30:55
  you.
• 30:56
  Good
• 30:56
  for
• 30:56
  you.
• 30:57
  The
• 30:58
  ideas
• 30:58
  were
• 30:58
  just
• 30:58
  coming.
• 30:59
  I
• 30:59
  love
• 30:59
  it
• 30:59
  because
• 31:00
  I
• 31:00
  always
• 31:00
  look
• 31:01
  at
• 31:01
  myself
• 31:01
  and
• 31:01
  I
• 31:02
  say,
• 31:02
  you
• 31:02
  know
• 31:02
  what?
• 31:03
  I've
• 31:03
  got
• 31:03
  a
• 31:03
  good
• 31:03
  memory.
• 31:04
  It's
• 31:04
  just
• 31:04
  short.
• 31:05
  And
• 31:05
  that's.
• 31:05
  I'm
• 31:06
  glad
• 31:06
  you
• 31:06
  mentioned
• 31:07
  that,
• 31:07
  Dina,
• 31:07
  because
• 31:08
  it's
• 31:09
  important
• 31:09
  for
• 31:09
  people
• 31:09
  to
• 31:10
  realize,
• 31:10
  if
• 31:10
  you
• 31:11
  have
• 31:11
  an
• 31:12
  idea,
• 31:13
  write
• 31:13
  it
• 31:13
  down
• 31:14
  immediately
• 31:15
  or
• 31:15
  record
• 31:16
  it
• 31:16
  immediately,
• 31:17
  or
• 31:17
  draw
• 31:17
  a
• 31:18
  picture,
• 31:18
  a
• 31:19
  stick
• 31:19
  picture
• 31:19
  or
• 31:20
  whatever,
• 31:20
  immediately.
• 31:22
  Don't
• 31:22
  let
• 31:22
  it
• 31:23
  go
• 31:23
  running
• 31:23
  away
• 31:24
  on
• 31:24
  you.
• 31:24
  I've
• 31:25
  talked
• 31:25
  to
• 31:25
  so
• 31:25
  many
• 31:26
  children's
• 31:26
  book
• 31:26
  authors
• 31:27
  who
• 31:27
  have
• 31:27
  woken
• 31:28
  up
• 31:28
  in
• 31:28
  the
• 31:28
  middle
• 31:29
  of
• 31:29
  the
• 31:29
  night
• 31:29
  and.
• 31:29
  And
• 31:30
  they
• 31:30
  recorded
• 31:31
  a
• 31:31
  story,
• 31:31
  and
• 31:32
  then
• 31:32
  their
• 31:32
  spouse
• 31:32
  wakes
• 31:33
  up
• 31:33
  and
• 31:33
  says,
• 31:33
  what
• 31:34
  did
• 31:34
  you
• 31:34
  just
• 31:34
  do?
• 31:35
  And
• 31:35
  they
• 31:35
  said,
• 31:35
  I
• 31:36
  recorded
• 31:36
  a
• 31:36
  children's
• 31:37
  book
• 31:37
  story.
• 31:38
  Or
• 31:38
  they
• 31:39
  dropped
• 31:39
  their
• 31:39
  kids
• 31:39
  off
• 31:39
  at
• 31:40
  school
• 31:40
  and
• 31:40
  they
• 31:40
  pull
• 31:41
  over
• 31:41
  at
• 31:41
  the
• 31:41
  side
• 31:42
  of
• 31:42
  the
• 31:42
  road
• 31:42
  and
• 31:42
  they
• 31:42
  write
• 31:43
  a
• 31:43
  children's
• 31:43
  book.
• 31:44
  Whatever
• 31:45
  it
• 31:45
  is.
• 31:45
  I
• 31:46
  just
• 31:46
  encourage
• 31:47
  aspiring
• 31:48
  children's
• 31:48
  book
• 31:48
  authors.
• 31:49
  When
• 31:49
  you
• 31:49
  have
• 31:49
  an
• 31:49
  idea,
• 31:50
  do
• 31:50
  like
• 31:50
  Dina
• 31:51
  did.
• 31:51
  Just
• 31:52
  get
• 31:52
  it
• 31:52
  out
• 31:53
  and
• 31:53
  release
• 31:54
  it
• 31:54
  to
• 31:54
  the
• 31:54
  world.
• 31:55
  It's
• 31:55
  interesting,
• 31:56
  my
• 31:57
  youngest
• 31:57
  granddaughter,
• 31:58
  because
• 31:58
  you
• 31:58
  got
• 31:58
  me
• 31:59
  thinking
• 31:59
  about
• 32:00
  through
• 32:00
  Covid
• 32:01
  and
• 32:01
  this
• 32:01
  whole
• 32:02
  social,
• 32:02
  emotional
• 32:03
  thing.
• 32:03
  And
• 32:04
  during
• 32:04
  COVID
• 32:05
  of
• 32:05
  course,
• 32:06
  you
• 32:06
  no
• 32:06
  longer
• 32:07
  had
• 32:07
  the
• 32:07
  interaction
• 32:08
  to
• 32:09
  go
• 32:09
  to
• 32:09
  school
• 32:09
  and
• 32:10
  be
• 32:10
  with
• 32:10
  your
• 32:10
  school
• 32:11
  friends.
• 32:11
  You
• 32:12
  were
• 32:12
  isolated
• 32:13
  and
• 32:14
  I
• 32:14
  had
• 32:15
  my
• 32:15
  youngest
• 32:16
  granddaughter
• 32:16
  come
• 32:16
  over
• 32:17
  and
• 32:18
  we.
• 32:18
  I
• 32:18
  did
• 32:18
  a
• 32:19
  podcast
• 32:19
  interview
• 32:20
  with
• 32:20
  her
• 32:21
  because
• 32:23
  I
• 32:23
  could
• 32:23
  tell
• 32:23
  she
• 32:24
  needed
• 32:24
  to
• 32:25
  release
• 32:26
  all
• 32:26
  her
• 32:26
  frustration.
• 32:27
  She's
• 32:28
  very
• 32:28
  energetic.
• 32:29
  She
• 32:29
  was
• 32:29
  brutally
• 32:30
  honest
• 32:31
  about
• 32:32
  how
• 32:32
  she
• 32:33
  saw
• 32:34
  this
• 32:34
  whole
• 32:35
  thing
• 32:35
  unfolding,
• 32:36
  including
• 32:37
  how
• 32:38
  school
• 32:38
  was.
• 32:39
  And
• 32:39
  she
• 32:39
  just
• 32:40
  found
• 32:40
  that
• 32:41
  going
• 32:41
  to
• 32:41
  school
• 32:41
  online,
• 32:42
  she
• 32:42
  said
• 32:43
  this
• 32:43
  is
• 32:43
  almost
• 32:44
  her
• 32:44
  words.
• 32:45
  She
• 32:45
  said
• 32:45
  too
• 32:45
  many
• 32:46
  students
• 32:46
  slacked
• 32:47
  off,
• 32:48
  they
• 32:48
  didn't
• 32:48
  take
• 32:48
  it
• 32:49
  seriously.
• 32:50
  And
• 32:50
  that's
• 32:50
  what
• 32:51
  she
• 32:51
  missed.
• 32:51
  She
• 32:51
  missed
• 32:52
  that
• 32:52
  more
• 32:53
  structured
• 32:54
  classroom
• 32:56
  style.
• 32:56
  You've
• 32:57
  given
• 32:57
  us
• 32:57
  some
• 32:57
  insight
• 32:58
  into.
• 32:59
  There's
• 32:59
  a
• 32:59
  character
• 33:00
  that
• 33:00
  is
• 33:01
  the
• 33:01
  younger
• 33:02
  you
• 33:03
  and
• 33:03
  the
• 33:03
  older
• 33:04
  you.
• 33:05
  Talk
• 33:05
  to
• 33:05
  us
• 33:05
  about
• 33:07
  Marley
• 33:08
  and
• 33:08
  Storm
• 33:09
  and
• 33:10
  just
• 33:10
  give
• 33:11
  us
• 33:11
  a
• 33:11
  little
• 33:11
  bit
• 33:11
  of
• 33:11
  background
• 33:12
  on
• 33:12
  how
• 33:13
  you
• 33:13
  came
• 33:13
  up
• 33:13
  with
• 33:13
  that
• 33:15
  character
• 33:15
  development
• 33:16
  and
• 33:16
  your
• 33:16
  whole
• 33:17
  thought
• 33:17
  process
• 33:18
  into
• 33:18
  developing
• 33:19
  the
• 33:19
  two
• 33:19
  characters.
• 33:21
  Like
• 33:21
  I
• 33:21
  said,
• 33:21
  they're
• 33:21
  both
• 33:22
  me,
• 33:22
  so
• 33:22
  that
• 33:22
  wasn't
• 33:23
  too
• 33:23
  difficult.
• 33:23
  And
• 33:24
  basically
• 33:25
  describe
• 33:26
  myself.
• 33:27
  Marlee
• 33:27
  is
• 33:27
  a
• 33:28
  light
• 33:28
  hearted
• 33:28
  fifth
• 33:29
  grader.
• 33:30
  People
• 33:30
  feel
• 33:30
  really
• 33:31
  good
• 33:31
  around
• 33:32
  her.
• 33:32
  She
• 33:32
  plays
• 33:33
  double
• 33:33
  Dutch,
• 33:33
  which
• 33:33
  I
• 33:33
  am
• 33:34
  a
• 33:34
  double
• 33:34
  Dutch
• 33:34
  aerobics
• 33:35
  instructor.
• 33:35
  I've
• 33:36
  been
• 33:36
  doing
• 33:36
  this
• 33:36
  since
• 33:36
  I
• 33:37
  was
• 33:37
  a
• 33:37
  little
• 33:37
  girl.
• 33:37
  Like
• 33:37
  her,
• 33:38
  like,
• 33:38
  it
• 33:38
  literally
• 33:38
  is
• 33:38
  me.
• 33:39
  And
• 33:40
  she
• 33:41
  is
• 33:41
  this
• 33:42
  great
• 33:42
  kid
• 33:42
  that
• 33:42
  people
• 33:43
  feel
• 33:43
  so
• 33:43
  drawn
• 33:43
  to.
• 33:44
  But
• 33:44
  she
• 33:44
  has
• 33:44
  a
• 33:44
  secret,
• 33:45
  a
• 33:45
  big
• 33:46
  secret,
• 33:46
  and
• 33:46
  that's
• 33:47
  the
• 33:47
  emotions
• 33:47
  of
• 33:48
  others
• 33:48
  overwhelm
• 33:49
  her.
• 33:50
  And
• 33:50
  that's
• 33:50
  something
• 33:50
  that
• 33:51
  people
• 33:51
  don't
• 33:51
  realize,
• 33:52
  but
• 33:52
  it's
• 33:52
  definitely
• 33:53
  internalized.
• 33:54
  And
• 33:55
  she
• 33:55
  doesn't
• 33:55
  want
• 33:56
  to
• 33:56
  tell
• 33:56
  anyone
• 33:56
  because
• 33:57
  she
• 33:57
  doesn't
• 33:57
  want
• 33:58
  to
• 33:58
  be
• 33:58
  a
• 33:59
  burden
• 33:59
  to
• 33:59
  anyone.
• 34:00
  But
• 34:00
  it's
• 34:00
  okay
• 34:01
  for
• 34:01
  everyone
• 34:01
  to
• 34:01
  put
• 34:02
  on
• 34:02
  her.
• 34:02
  And
• 34:02
  that's
• 34:03
  basically
• 34:04
  how
• 34:04
  it
• 34:04
  goes.
• 34:04
  And
• 34:05
  that
• 34:05
  was
• 34:05
  my
• 34:05
  life
• 34:05
  as
• 34:06
  well.
• 34:06
  If
• 34:06
  you
• 34:06
  watch
• 34:07
  a
• 34:07
  lot
• 34:07
  of
• 34:08
  interviews
• 34:08
  that
• 34:08
  on
• 34:09
  television,
• 34:10
  they
• 34:10
  always
• 34:10
  get
• 34:10
  this
• 34:11
  one
• 34:11
  question
• 34:12
  and
• 34:12
  they
• 34:12
  say,
• 34:13
  if
• 34:13
  you
• 34:14
  could
• 34:14
  talk
• 34:15
  to
• 34:15
  your
• 34:15
  younger
• 34:16
  self,
• 34:16
  what
• 34:17
  would
• 34:17
  you
• 34:17
  say
• 34:18
  through
• 34:18
  your
• 34:19
  children's
• 34:19
  book?
• 34:19
  That's
• 34:20
  exactly
• 34:20
  what
• 34:21
  you
• 34:21
  did.
• 34:22
  Sorry
• 34:22
  to
• 34:22
  steal
• 34:23
  part
• 34:23
  of
• 34:23
  the
• 34:23
  thunder.
• 34:24
  Your
• 34:24
  older
• 34:24
  self
• 34:25
  gets
• 34:25
  introduced
• 34:26
  later
• 34:27
  in
• 34:27
  the
• 34:27
  book.
• 34:28
  Talk
• 34:28
  to
• 34:28
  us
• 34:28
  about
• 34:28
  that
• 34:29
  technique
• 34:29
  and
• 34:30
  the
• 34:30
  timing
• 34:30
  of
• 34:31
  it.
• 34:31
  We
• 34:31
  go
• 34:32
  on
• 34:32
  this
• 34:32
  journey
• 34:33
  with
• 34:33
  Marley
• 34:34
  and
• 34:34
  the
• 34:34
  frustrations
• 34:35
  and
• 34:35
  all
• 34:35
  the
• 34:36
  weight
• 34:36
  on
• 34:36
  her
• 34:36
  shoulders.
• 34:37
  And
• 34:38
  then
• 34:38
  you
• 34:38
  introduce
• 34:39
  Storm.
• 34:40
  Yes.
• 34:40
  I
• 34:41
  definitely
• 34:41
  wanted
• 34:41
  to
• 34:42
  take
• 34:42
  everyone
• 34:43
  through
• 34:43
  Marlee's
• 34:44
  character
• 34:44
  and
• 34:45
  some
• 34:45
  of
• 34:45
  her
• 34:45
  struggles.
• 34:46
  And
• 34:46
  then
• 34:47
  right
• 34:48
  then,
• 34:48
  when
• 34:49
  she's
• 34:49
  still
• 34:49
  struggling,
• 34:51
  I
• 34:51
  introduced
• 34:52
  Storm,
• 34:53
  which
• 34:53
  is
• 34:53
  my
• 34:53
  older
• 34:54
  self.
• 34:55
  And
• 34:56
  I
• 34:56
  wanted
• 34:56
  it
• 34:56
  to
• 34:56
  be
• 34:57
  like
• 34:57
  a
• 34:57
  sci
• 34:57
  fi,
• 34:57
  to
• 34:58
  make
• 34:58
  it
• 34:58
  interesting
• 34:58
  for
• 34:59
  kids
• 34:59
  and
• 34:59
  to
• 34:59
  keep
• 35:00
  their
• 35:00
  attention.
• 35:01
  So
• 35:01
  I
• 35:01
  was
• 35:01
  like,
• 35:02
  back
• 35:02
  to
• 35:02
  the
• 35:02
  future.
• 35:03
  You
• 35:03
  know
• 35:03
  how
• 35:03
  you
• 35:04
  have
• 35:04
  that?
• 35:05
  Yes.
• 35:06
  I'm
• 35:06
  like,
• 35:06
  yeah,
• 35:07
  she
• 35:07
  went
• 35:07
  back
• 35:08
  in
• 35:08
  time
• 35:08
  and
• 35:09
  she
• 35:09
  met
• 35:09
  her
• 35:10
  and
• 35:11
  gave
• 35:11
  that
• 35:12
  feeling
• 35:12
  of,
• 35:12
  wow,
• 35:12
  this
• 35:13
  person
• 35:13
  feels
• 35:13
  familiar.
• 35:14
  I
• 35:14
  don't
• 35:14
  know
• 35:14
  Why
• 35:14
  I
• 35:15
  feel
• 35:15
  so
• 35:15
  comfortable
• 35:15
  with
• 35:16
  this
• 35:16
  stranger,
• 35:17
  that
• 35:17
  type
• 35:17
  of
• 35:18
  interaction.
• 35:18
  And
• 35:19
  she
• 35:20
  gently
• 35:20
  just
• 35:20
  starts
• 35:21
  to
• 35:21
  guide
• 35:21
  her
• 35:22
  and
• 35:22
  ask
• 35:22
  her
• 35:23
  questions
• 35:23
  and
• 35:23
  give
• 35:24
  her
• 35:24
  the
• 35:25
  tools
• 35:25
  that
• 35:25
  she
• 35:25
  needs
• 35:26
  to
• 35:26
  first
• 35:26
  of
• 35:27
  all
• 35:27
  understand
• 35:27
  then
• 35:28
  the
• 35:28
  emotions.
• 35:29
  Because
• 35:29
  a
• 35:29
  lot
• 35:29
  of
• 35:30
  people
• 35:30
  have
• 35:30
  emotions,
• 35:31
  but
• 35:31
  they
• 35:31
  don't
• 35:31
  have
• 35:31
  names
• 35:32
  for
• 35:32
  them.
• 35:32
  They
• 35:32
  don't
• 35:33
  understand
• 35:33
  what's
• 35:33
  truly
• 35:33
  going
• 35:34
  on
• 35:34
  until
• 35:34
  someone
• 35:35
  says,
• 35:35
  this
• 35:35
  is
• 35:35
  what's
• 35:36
  happening.
• 35:36
  That's
• 35:36
  what
• 35:36
  I've
• 35:37
  been
• 35:37
  feeling.
• 35:38
  So
• 35:38
  that's
• 35:39
  a
• 35:39
  big
• 35:39
  part
• 35:39
  of
• 35:39
  my
• 35:40
  book.
• 35:40
  I
• 35:40
  want
• 35:40
  people
• 35:41
  to
• 35:41
  have
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  knowledge
• 35:42
  and
• 35:42
  then
• 35:43
  the
• 35:43
  tool
• 35:44
  to
• 35:44
  implement
• 35:45
  and
• 35:45
  just
• 35:46
  to
• 35:46
  try
• 35:46
  to
• 35:46
  incorporate
• 35:47
  them
• 35:47
  in
• 35:47
  their
• 35:48
  life
• 35:48
  so
• 35:48
  they
• 35:48
  can
• 35:48
  make
• 35:49
  changes
• 35:49
  over
• 35:50
  time
• 35:50
  because
• 35:50
  it
• 35:50
  doesn't
• 35:50
  happen
• 35:51
  right
• 35:51
  away.
• 35:51
  And
• 35:51
  I
• 35:51
  love
• 35:52
  how
• 35:52
  you've
• 35:52
  created
• 35:52
  this
• 35:53
  unique
• 35:53
  relationship
• 35:54
  with
• 35:54
  your
• 35:55
  younger
• 35:55
  self
• 35:55
  and
• 35:56
  your
• 35:56
  older
• 35:56
  self.
• 35:57
  Quite
• 35:57
  a
• 35:58
  unique
• 35:58
  technique.
• 35:59
  What's
• 35:59
  the
• 35:59
  central
• 35:59
  theme?
• 36:00
  Empowerment.
• 36:01
  That's
• 36:02
  my.
• 36:03
  Would
• 36:03
  that
• 36:03
  be
• 36:04
  personal
• 36:04
  empowerment?
• 36:05
  Personal
• 36:06
  empowerment
• 36:06
  or
• 36:07
  you
• 36:07
  have
• 36:08
  permission?
• 36:09
  That
• 36:09
  type
• 36:09
  of
• 36:10
  thing?
• 36:10
  Yeah,
• 36:11
  I
• 36:11
  definitely
• 36:11
  think
• 36:11
  it's
• 36:12
  personal
• 36:12
  empowerment.
• 36:13
  And
• 36:13
  when
• 36:14
  people
• 36:14
  read
• 36:14
  it,
• 36:14
  I
• 36:15
  think
• 36:15
  they
• 36:15
  feel
• 36:15
  that
• 36:15
  way.
• 36:16
  They
• 36:16
  feel
• 36:17
  empowered.
• 36:17
  Oh,
• 36:18
  I
• 36:18
  need
• 36:18
  to
• 36:18
  do
• 36:18
  this.
• 36:19
  Yes.
• 36:19
  And
• 36:20
  I
• 36:20
  love
• 36:20
  how
• 36:20
  you
• 36:21
  introduced,
• 36:22
  in
• 36:22
  a
• 36:22
  positive
• 36:23
  manner,
• 36:24
  the
• 36:25
  ability
• 36:25
  to
• 36:26
  say
• 36:26
  no.
• 36:27
  I
• 36:27
  think
• 36:27
  that
• 36:27
  was,
• 36:28
  to
• 36:28
  me,
• 36:29
  was.
• 36:30
  Had
• 36:30
  a
• 36:30
  lot
• 36:30
  of
• 36:30
  impact.
• 36:31
  Sometimes
• 36:32
  I
• 36:32
  can
• 36:32
  be
• 36:33
  like
• 36:33
  Marley,
• 36:34
  have
• 36:35
  difficulty
• 36:36
  saying
• 36:36
  no
• 36:36
  to
• 36:36
  all
• 36:37
  the
• 36:37
  things
• 36:37
  that
• 36:37
  come
• 36:38
  across.
• 36:39
  I
• 36:39
  think
• 36:39
  all
• 36:39
  of
• 36:39
  us
• 36:40
  are
• 36:40
  a
• 36:40
  work
• 36:40
  in
• 36:40
  progress.
• 36:41
  Absolutely.
• 36:42
  The
• 36:43
  activity
• 36:44
  pages
• 36:44
  in
• 36:44
  your
• 36:45
  book,
• 36:45
  they
• 36:45
  really
• 36:46
  add
• 36:47
  value.
• 36:47
  Talk
• 36:48
  to
• 36:48
  us
• 36:48
  more
• 36:48
  about
• 36:49
  what
• 36:50
  those
• 36:50
  activity
• 36:51
  pages
• 36:51
  are
• 36:52
  and
• 36:52
  the
• 36:53
  meaning
• 36:53
  behind
• 36:54
  them
• 36:54
  or
• 36:54
  the
• 36:55
  lessons
• 36:55
  behind
• 36:55
  them.
• 36:56
  Yeah.
• 36:56
  So
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  first
• 36:57
  page
• 36:57
  is
• 36:57
  a
• 36:57
  one
• 36:58
  page
• 36:58
  worksheet.
• 36:59
  And
• 36:59
  you
• 37:00
  notice
• 37:00
  it
• 37:00
  says,
• 37:00
  breathe
• 37:01
  deeply,
• 37:01
  like,
• 37:01
  how
• 37:02
  do
• 37:02
  I
• 37:02
  fill
• 37:02
  up
• 37:02
  my
• 37:02
  oxygen
• 37:03
  tank?
• 37:03
  And
• 37:04
  that's
• 37:04
  big.
• 37:04
  In
• 37:05
  fact,
• 37:05
  that's
• 37:05
  like
• 37:05
  the
• 37:06
  biggest
• 37:06
  illustration
• 37:07
  in
• 37:07
  the
• 37:07
  book
• 37:08
  for
• 37:08
  me
• 37:08
  that
• 37:08
  helped
• 37:09
  me
• 37:09
  on
• 37:09
  my
• 37:09
  journey.
• 37:09
  That
• 37:10
  was
• 37:10
  the
• 37:10
  biggest
• 37:10
  thing
• 37:11
  because
• 37:11
  I
• 37:12
  would
• 37:12
  always
• 37:13
  just
• 37:13
  do
• 37:13
  and
• 37:13
  do.
• 37:13
  Sure,
• 37:14
  no
• 37:14
  problem
• 37:14
  yet.
• 37:15
  And
• 37:15
  my
• 37:16
  body
• 37:16
  was
• 37:16
  like,
• 37:16
  what
• 37:16
  are
• 37:16
  you
• 37:17
  doing
• 37:17
  to
• 37:17
  me?
• 37:17
  And
• 37:18
  so
• 37:18
  after
• 37:18
  I
• 37:19
  learned
• 37:19
  that
• 37:19
  phrase,
• 37:20
  I
• 37:20
  was
• 37:20
  able
• 37:20
  to
• 37:20
  literally,
• 37:21
  I
• 37:21
  had
• 37:21
  to
• 37:21
  intentionally
• 37:22
  stop
• 37:22
  myself
• 37:23
  and
• 37:23
  say,
• 37:23
  hey,
• 37:24
  Dina,
• 37:24
  do
• 37:24
  you
• 37:24
  have
• 37:25
  it
• 37:25
  to
• 37:25
  give?
• 37:26
  And
• 37:27
  so
• 37:27
  I
• 37:28
  want
• 37:28
  children
• 37:28
  to
• 37:28
  have
• 37:28
  that
• 37:29
  as
• 37:29
  well.
• 37:29
  Hey,
• 37:29
  is
• 37:29
  my
• 37:29
  oxygen
• 37:30
  tank
• 37:30
  okay?
• 37:31
  Of
• 37:31
  course.
• 37:32
  That's
• 37:32
  one
• 37:32
  of
• 37:32
  the
• 37:32
  tools
• 37:32
  that's
• 37:33
  taught
• 37:33
  in
• 37:33
  the
• 37:33
  book,
• 37:34
  one
• 37:34
  of
• 37:34
  the
• 37:34
  lessons.
• 37:35
  And
• 37:36
  so
• 37:36
  with
• 37:36
  the
• 37:36
  worksheet,
• 37:37
  it's
• 37:37
  like,
• 37:38
  how
• 37:38
  do
• 37:38
  you
• 37:38
  fill
• 37:38
  up
• 37:38
  your
• 37:38
  oxygen
• 37:39
  tank?
• 37:40
  And
• 37:40
  one
• 37:40
  thing
• 37:41
  that
• 37:41
  I.
• 37:42
  Breathing
• 37:42
  techniques.
• 37:43
  A
• 37:43
  lot
• 37:43
  of
• 37:43
  people
• 37:44
  are
• 37:44
  starting
• 37:44
  to
• 37:44
  get
• 37:44
  into
• 37:45
  that
• 37:45
  understanding
• 37:46
  that
• 37:46
  breath
• 37:46
  work
• 37:47
  is
• 37:47
  very
• 37:47
  important
• 37:48
  for
• 37:48
  a
• 37:48
  calm
• 37:49
  nervous
• 37:49
  system
• 37:49
  and
• 37:50
  to
• 37:50
  help
• 37:50
  you.
• 37:50
  Yeah.
• 37:51
  Just
• 37:51
  get
• 37:51
  into
• 37:51
  a
• 37:51
  different
• 37:51
  space.
• 37:52
  That's
• 37:53
  huge
• 37:53
  now.
• 37:54
  And
• 37:54
  I
• 37:54
  think
• 37:54
  kids
• 37:55
  should
• 37:55
  have
• 37:55
  that
• 37:55
  as
• 37:56
  well.
• 37:56
  A
• 37:56
  lot
• 37:56
  of
• 37:56
  adults
• 37:57
  are
• 37:57
  like,
• 37:57
  box
• 37:57
  breathing
• 37:58
  things
• 37:58
  of
• 37:58
  that
• 37:58
  nature.
• 37:59
  I'm
• 37:59
  like,
• 37:59
  let's
• 38:00
  give
• 38:00
  it
• 38:00
  to
• 38:00
  the
• 38:00
  kids
• 38:00
  in
• 38:01
  something
• 38:01
  in
• 38:01
  a
• 38:01
  way
• 38:01
  that
• 38:02
  they
• 38:02
  can
• 38:02
  digest
• 38:02
  it.
• 38:03
  Last
• 38:03
  night,
• 38:04
  I
• 38:04
  was
• 38:04
  watching
• 38:04
  a
• 38:05
  TV
• 38:05
  show,
• 38:06
  and
• 38:06
  even
• 38:07
  the
• 38:07
  breathing,
• 38:08
  there
• 38:08
  was
• 38:09
  two
• 38:09
  characters,
• 38:09
  and
• 38:10
  one
• 38:10
  character
• 38:10
  was
• 38:11
  really
• 38:11
  rattled,
• 38:12
  and
• 38:13
  the
• 38:13
  other
• 38:14
  character
• 38:14
  went
• 38:15
  up
• 38:15
  to
• 38:15
  him
• 38:15
  and
• 38:16
  looked
• 38:16
  him
• 38:16
  in
• 38:16
  the
• 38:16
  face
• 38:17
  and
• 38:18
  just
• 38:18
  slowed
• 38:19
  him
• 38:19
  down
• 38:19
  with
• 38:19
  his
• 38:20
  breathing.
• 38:21
  And
• 38:21
  they
• 38:21
  did
• 38:21
  an
• 38:21
  eight
• 38:22
  count
• 38:22
  together.
• 38:23
  I
• 38:23
  was
• 38:23
  thinking,
• 38:24
  this
• 38:24
  is
• 38:25
  a
• 38:25
  TV
• 38:25
  show.
• 38:26
  It's
• 38:26
  a
• 38:26
  drama,
• 38:27
  and
• 38:27
  someone's
• 38:28
  teaching.
• 38:29
  It
• 38:29
  was
• 38:30
  subtle
• 38:30
  enough
• 38:31
  that
• 38:31
  somebody
• 38:32
  might
• 38:32
  say,
• 38:32
  oh,
• 38:33
  if
• 38:33
  I
• 38:33
  get
• 38:33
  into
• 38:34
  that
• 38:34
  circumstance
• 38:35
  with
• 38:35
  a
• 38:35
  friend,
• 38:36
  maybe
• 38:36
  that's
• 38:36
  something
• 38:37
  I
• 38:37
  could
• 38:37
  use.
• 38:38
  The
• 38:38
  writing
• 38:39
  process
• 38:39
  with
• 38:40
  you
• 38:40
  building
• 38:40
  out
• 38:41
  this
• 38:41
  curriculum
• 38:42
  and
• 38:43
  your
• 38:43
  educator's
• 38:44
  guide
• 38:45
  and
• 38:45
  all
• 38:45
  that,
• 38:45
  I'm
• 38:45
  quite
• 38:46
  interested
• 38:46
  in
• 38:46
  you
• 38:47
  telling
• 38:47
  us
• 38:48
  about
• 38:49
  your
• 38:49
  writing
• 38:50
  development
• 38:50
  and
• 38:51
  your
• 38:51
  writing
• 38:51
  process.
• 38:53
  You've
• 38:53
  got
• 38:53
  a
• 38:53
  children's
• 38:54
  book,
• 38:54
  and
• 38:54
  now
• 38:54
  you've
• 38:55
  got
• 38:55
  supporting.
• 38:56
  Supporting
• 38:57
  writing
• 38:57
  or
• 38:58
  curriculum
• 38:58
  that
• 38:59
  you've
• 38:59
  developed
• 39:00
  your
• 39:00
  process
• 39:00
  to
• 39:01
  do
• 39:01
  that.
• 39:02
  Okay.
• 39:02
  For
• 39:02
  the
• 39:03
  book
• 39:03
  or
• 39:03
  the
• 39:03
  curriculum
• 39:04
  in
• 39:04
  particular,
• 39:04
  Take
• 39:05
  us
• 39:05
  from
• 39:05
  the
• 39:06
  book.
• 39:06
  And
• 39:06
  then.
• 39:07
  Because
• 39:07
  the
• 39:08
  curriculum
• 39:08
  came
• 39:09
  from
• 39:09
  the
• 39:10
  book,
• 39:10
  in
• 39:10
  essence.
• 39:11
  Right.
• 39:11
  The
• 39:11
  book
• 39:12
  created
• 39:12
  a
• 39:13
  life
• 39:13
  of
• 39:13
  its
• 39:13
  own
• 39:14
  through
• 39:14
  your
• 39:15
  curriculum,
• 39:16
  how
• 39:16
  your
• 39:17
  mind
• 39:17
  worked
• 39:17
  in
• 39:18
  terms
• 39:18
  of
• 39:18
  the
• 39:18
  writing
• 39:18
  process
• 39:19
  to
• 39:19
  come
• 39:19
  up
• 39:19
  with
• 39:20
  that.
• 39:20
  Like
• 39:20
  I
• 39:20
  said,
• 39:21
  I
• 39:21
  wrote
• 39:21
  it
• 39:21
  at
• 39:21
  lunchtime,
• 39:22
  and
• 39:23
  I
• 39:23
  have
• 39:23
  a
• 39:23
  very
• 39:23
  good
• 39:24
  friend
• 39:24
  who
• 39:24
  is
• 39:24
  a
• 39:25
  publicist,
• 39:25
  and
• 39:25
  I
• 39:26
  sent
• 39:26
  it
• 39:26
  over.
• 39:26
  I
• 39:26
  was
• 39:26
  like,
• 39:26
  what
• 39:27
  do
• 39:27
  you
• 39:27
  think
• 39:27
  about
• 39:27
  this?
• 39:28
  And
• 39:29
  she
• 39:29
  was
• 39:29
  just
• 39:29
  like,
• 39:30
  this
• 39:30
  is
• 39:30
  amazing.
• 39:31
  And
• 39:32
  I
• 39:32
  was
• 39:32
  like,
• 39:33
  so
• 39:33
  she's.
• 39:34
  Oh,
• 39:34
  but
• 39:34
  you
• 39:34
  know
• 39:34
  what?
• 39:35
  You
• 39:36
  can
• 39:36
  put
• 39:36
  more
• 39:36
  of
• 39:37
  yourself
• 39:37
  in
• 39:37
  as
• 39:38
  well,
• 39:38
  because
• 39:39
  it's
• 39:39
  about
• 39:39
  you.
• 39:39
  Let's
• 39:40
  show
• 39:40
  some
• 39:40
  more
• 39:40
  of
• 39:41
  Dina.
• 39:41
  And
• 39:42
  I
• 39:42
  started
• 39:42
  just
• 39:43
  incorporating
• 39:44
  all
• 39:44
  those
• 39:45
  different
• 39:45
  things
• 39:45
  about
• 39:46
  me,
• 39:46
  like
• 39:46
  double
• 39:46
  Dutch
• 39:47
  and.
• 39:47
  Yeah,
• 39:47
  you
• 39:48
  drew
• 39:48
  on
• 39:48
  your
• 39:48
  own
• 39:49
  personal
• 39:49
  experience.
• 39:50
  Oh,
• 39:50
  yeah.
• 39:51
  And
• 39:51
  slots
• 39:52
  are
• 39:52
  so
• 39:52
  calming
• 39:53
  and
• 39:53
  peaceful.
• 39:54
  Well,
• 39:54
  that's
• 39:54
  my
• 39:54
  favorite
• 39:54
  animal,
• 39:55
  so
• 39:55
  I
• 39:55
  wanted
• 39:55
  it
• 39:55
  to
• 39:55
  be
• 39:56
  a
• 39:56
  character
• 39:56
  in
• 39:56
  the
• 39:56
  story
• 39:57
  as
• 39:57
  well.
• 39:57
  So
• 39:57
  it
• 39:57
  was
• 39:57
  just
• 39:58
  a
• 39:58
  lot
• 39:58
  about
• 39:58
  me,
• 39:59
  but
• 40:00
  also
• 40:00
  I
• 40:01
  had
• 40:01
  the
• 40:01
  lessons
• 40:01
  in
• 40:02
  the
• 40:02
  book.
• 40:03
  And
• 40:03
  it
• 40:03
  was
• 40:04
  really
• 40:04
  nice
• 40:04
  having
• 40:04
  my
• 40:05
  publicist,
• 40:05
  because
• 40:05
  she's.
• 40:06
  But
• 40:06
  let's
• 40:06
  number
• 40:06
  them.
• 40:07
  Let's
• 40:07
  make
• 40:07
  sure
• 40:07
  it's
• 40:08
  clear.
• 40:08
  And
• 40:09
  so
• 40:09
  it's
• 40:09
  really
• 40:09
  nice
• 40:09
  having
• 40:10
  that
• 40:10
  kind
• 40:10
  of
• 40:10
  support
• 40:10
  to
• 40:11
  guide
• 40:11
  you
• 40:11
  through.
• 40:11
  You
• 40:11
  want
• 40:12
  to
• 40:12
  make
• 40:12
  sure
• 40:12
  when
• 40:12
  people
• 40:12
  are
• 40:13
  reading,
• 40:13
  they
• 40:14
  are
• 40:14
  able
• 40:15
  to
• 40:15
  follow
• 40:15
  clearly
• 40:16
  and
• 40:16
  understand
• 40:17
  your
• 40:17
  points.
• 40:17
  And
• 40:18
  so
• 40:18
  that
• 40:18
  was
• 40:19
  great.
• 40:20
  It's
• 40:20
  nice
• 40:20
  to
• 40:20
  have
• 40:21
  friends
• 40:21
  that
• 40:21
  can
• 40:21
  give
• 40:21
  you
• 40:22
  that
• 40:22
  type
• 40:22
  of
• 40:22
  guidance.
• 40:23
  Now
• 40:23
  that
• 40:23
  you've
• 40:23
  had
• 40:24
  your
• 40:24
  book
• 40:24
  out
• 40:24
  for
• 40:24
  a
• 40:25
  little
• 40:25
  while,
• 40:25
  I
• 40:26
  want
• 40:26
  to
• 40:26
  talk
• 40:26
  to
• 40:26
  you
• 40:27
  about
• 40:28
  success
• 40:28
  measurement,
• 40:29
  how
• 40:29
  I
• 40:30
  want
• 40:30
  to
• 40:30
  come
• 40:30
  at
• 40:30
  it
• 40:30
  is
• 40:31
  two
• 40:31
  different
• 40:31
  ways.
• 40:32
  One
• 40:33
  is
• 40:33
  what
• 40:34
  you
• 40:34
  envision
• 40:35
  the
• 40:35
  success
• 40:36
  of
• 40:36
  your
• 40:36
  book
• 40:37
  before
• 40:37
  you
• 40:38
  actually
• 40:38
  published
• 40:39
  it.
• 40:40
  So
• 40:40
  what
• 40:40
  you
• 40:41
  were
• 40:41
  dreaming
• 40:41
  about
• 40:42
  and
• 40:43
  what
• 40:43
  the
• 40:43
  success
• 40:44
  really
• 40:44
  looks
• 40:45
  like
• 40:45
  now
• 40:46
  that
• 40:46
  you
• 40:46
  have
• 40:46
  published
• 40:47
  it.
• 40:47
  For
• 40:47
  me,
• 40:47
  I
• 40:47
  tend
• 40:48
  to
• 40:48
  be
• 40:48
  very
• 40:48
  realistic,
• 40:50
  especially
• 40:50
  when
• 40:50
  it
• 40:50
  comes
• 40:50
  to
• 40:51
  goals.
• 40:51
  I
• 40:52
  didn't
• 40:52
  have
• 40:52
  any
• 40:52
  big
• 40:53
  vision
• 40:53
  of,
• 40:53
  oh,
• 40:53
  this
• 40:54
  is
• 40:54
  going
• 40:54
  to
• 40:54
  be
• 40:55
  a
• 40:55
  great
• 40:56
  success
• 40:57
  and
• 40:57
  everyone's
• 40:57
  just
• 40:58
  going
• 40:58
  to
• 40:58
  buy
• 40:58
  it.
• 40:58
  For
• 40:59
  me,
• 40:59
  the
• 40:59
  success
• 41:00
  was
• 41:00
  completing
• 41:00
  it.
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  set
• 41:01
  out
• 41:01
  to
• 41:02
  do
• 41:02
  it.
• 41:02
  I
• 41:02
  said
• 41:02
  I
• 41:02
  would
• 41:03
  and
• 41:03
  I
• 41:04
  did
• 41:04
  it.
• 41:04
  And
• 41:05
  I
• 41:05
  was
• 41:05
  able
• 41:05
  to
• 41:06
  share
• 41:06
  with
• 41:06
  my
• 41:06
  friends
• 41:06
  and
• 41:07
  families
• 41:07
  and
• 41:07
  so
• 41:08
  much
• 41:08
  more.
• 41:08
  And
• 41:09
  just
• 41:09
  even
• 41:09
  hearing
• 41:10
  the
• 41:10
  feedback
• 41:10
  about
• 41:11
  it,
• 41:11
  it
• 41:12
  really
• 41:12
  touched
• 41:12
  me
• 41:13
  because
• 41:14
  it's
• 41:14
  something
• 41:14
  that
• 41:14
  I've
• 41:15
  always
• 41:15
  wanted
• 41:15
  to
• 41:15
  share,
• 41:15
  like
• 41:16
  these
• 41:16
  lessons
• 41:17
  that
• 41:17
  I
• 41:17
  have
• 41:17
  learned
• 41:18
  along
• 41:18
  with
• 41:19
  my
• 41:19
  own
• 41:19
  journey.
• 41:19
  And
• 41:20
  so
• 41:20
  that,
• 41:20
  to
• 41:20
  me,
• 41:20
  was
• 41:21
  already
• 41:21
  success.
• 41:22
  But
• 41:23
  what
• 41:23
  it
• 41:24
  looks
• 41:24
  like
• 41:24
  now,
• 41:24
  like,
• 41:25
  I.
• 41:25
  The
• 41:25
  first
• 41:26
  few
• 41:26
  months,
• 41:26
  you're
• 41:26
  like,
• 41:27
  okay,
• 41:27
  it's
• 41:27
  selling,
• 41:27
  it's
• 41:28
  doing
• 41:28
  well,
• 41:28
  and
• 41:28
  then
• 41:28
  it
• 41:28
  dies
• 41:29
  down.
• 41:29
  I'm
• 41:29
  a
• 41:29
  vision
• 41:30
  board
• 41:30
  person.
• 41:31
  I
• 41:31
  have
• 41:31
  a
• 41:31
  vision.
• 41:32
  And
• 41:32
  so
• 41:33
  it's
• 41:33
  not
• 41:33
  over
• 41:34
  yet.
• 41:34
  There's
• 41:35
  so
• 41:35
  much
• 41:35
  more.
• 41:35
  That's
• 41:35
  what
• 41:36
  I
• 41:36
  loved
• 41:36
  about
• 41:36
  what
• 41:37
  you've
• 41:37
  done,
• 41:37
  is
• 41:38
  you've
• 41:38
  kicked
• 41:38
  it
• 41:38
  up
• 41:38
  a
• 41:39
  notch.
• 41:39
  You
• 41:39
  looked
• 41:40
  at
• 41:40
  it
• 41:40
  and
• 41:40
  said,
• 41:41
  wow,
• 41:42
  how
• 41:42
  do
• 41:42
  I
• 41:42
  make
• 41:42
  this
• 41:43
  even
• 41:43
  more
• 41:43
  special?
• 41:44
  Congratulations
• 41:45
  on
• 41:45
  doing
• 41:46
  that.
• 41:46
  Thank
• 41:46
  you.
• 41:47
  I
• 41:47
  can
• 41:47
  see
• 41:48
  how
• 41:48
  this
• 41:48
  can
• 41:49
  grow
• 41:49
  for
• 41:49
  you
• 41:49
  now
• 41:50
  that
• 41:50
  you're
• 41:51
  a
• 41:52
  children's
• 41:52
  book
• 41:52
  author.
• 41:53
  What
• 41:53
  the
• 41:54
  role
• 41:54
  of
• 41:54
  being
• 41:55
  a
• 41:55
  children's
• 41:56
  book
• 41:56
  author
• 41:56
  means
• 41:57
  to
• 41:57
  you
• 41:57
  now?
• 41:57
  What's
• 41:58
  the
• 41:58
  role
• 41:58
  of
• 41:58
  being
• 41:59
  a
• 41:59
  children's
• 41:59
  book
• 42:00
  author
• 42:01
  mean
• 42:01
  in
• 42:02
  the
• 42:02
  grand
• 42:02
  scheme
• 42:02
  of
• 42:03
  things
• 42:03
  to
• 42:03
  Deana
• 42:03
  now?
• 42:04
  For
• 42:05
  one
• 42:05
  thing,
• 42:06
  I
• 42:06
  feel
• 42:07
  like
• 42:07
  what
• 42:07
  we're
• 42:07
  doing
• 42:07
  now
• 42:08
  is
• 42:08
  a
• 42:08
  part
• 42:08
  of
• 42:08
  my
• 42:08
  role,
• 42:09
  like
• 42:09
  sharing.
• 42:10
  When
• 42:10
  I
• 42:11
  started
• 42:11
  writing
• 42:12
  this
• 42:12
  book
• 42:12
  and
• 42:12
  I
• 42:12
  mentioned
• 42:13
  to,
• 42:13
  like,
• 42:13
  close
• 42:13
  friends
• 42:13
  I'm
• 42:14
  doing
• 42:14
  this,
• 42:15
  I
• 42:15
  started
• 42:16
  to
• 42:16
  find
• 42:16
  out
• 42:16
  that
• 42:17
  many
• 42:17
  people
• 42:17
  have
• 42:18
  amazing
• 42:18
  stories
• 42:19
  and
• 42:19
  they
• 42:19
  want
• 42:20
  to
• 42:20
  develop
• 42:20
  it
• 42:20
  into
• 42:21
  a
• 42:21
  children's
• 42:21
  book
• 42:22
  as
• 42:22
  well.
• 42:22
  So
• 42:22
  I
• 42:23
  felt
• 42:23
  like
• 42:23
  my
• 42:23
  role
• 42:24
  became
• 42:25
  someone
• 42:25
  to
• 42:25
  share
• 42:26
  or
• 42:26
  like
• 42:27
  a
• 42:27
  pioneer.
• 42:27
  Right?
• 42:28
  You
• 42:28
  go
• 42:29
  through
• 42:29
  all
• 42:29
  the
• 42:29
  struggles
• 42:30
  and
• 42:30
  then
• 42:30
  you
• 42:30
  set
• 42:30
  the
• 42:31
  example
• 42:31
  for
• 42:31
  others
• 42:31
  so
• 42:32
  they
• 42:32
  don't
• 42:32
  have
• 42:32
  to
• 42:32
  go
• 42:33
  through
• 42:33
  that.
• 42:33
  So
• 42:34
  that's
• 42:34
  definitely
• 42:34
  one
• 42:34
  role
• 42:35
  that
• 42:35
  I've
• 42:35
  happily
• 42:36
  taken
• 42:36
  on.
• 42:37
  Also,
• 42:37
  it
• 42:38
  gives
• 42:38
  me
• 42:38
  more
• 42:39
  of
• 42:39
  a.
• 42:40
  People
• 42:40
  come
• 42:40
  to
• 42:41
  me
• 42:41
  and
• 42:41
  they're
• 42:41
  open.
• 42:41
  They
• 42:42
  openly
• 42:42
  talk
• 42:42
  to
• 42:43
  me
• 42:43
  about
• 42:43
  this
• 42:43
  subject
• 42:43
  because
• 42:44
  it
• 42:44
  is
• 42:44
  quite
• 42:45
  a
• 42:45
  heavy
• 42:45
  subject
• 42:45
  and
• 42:46
  it's
• 42:46
  not
• 42:46
  just
• 42:46
  for
• 42:46
  kids,
• 42:46
  like
• 42:47
  you
• 42:47
  mentioned,
• 42:47
  like
• 42:48
  adults.
• 42:48
  Everyone
• 42:49
  is
• 42:49
  saying,
• 42:49
  this
• 42:50
  is
• 42:50
  me,
• 42:50
  this
• 42:50
  is.
• 42:50
  I
• 42:51
  relate
• 42:51
  to
• 42:51
  this.
• 42:52
  And
• 42:52
  so
• 42:52
  they
• 42:53
  more
• 42:53
  freely
• 42:53
  talk
• 42:54
  to
• 42:54
  me
• 42:54
  about
• 42:54
  it.
• 42:54
  And
• 42:54
  I'm
• 42:54
  able
• 42:55
  to
• 42:55
  give
• 42:55
  them
• 42:56
  advice
• 42:56
  as
• 42:57
  well.
• 42:57
  So
• 42:58
  those
• 42:58
  are
• 42:58
  the
• 42:58
  two
• 42:58
  new
• 42:59
  roles
• 42:59
  that
• 42:59
  I've
• 42:59
  taken
• 42:59
  on.
• 43:00
  I
• 43:00
  would
• 43:01
  love
• 43:01
  to
• 43:01
  talk
• 43:01
  to
• 43:01
  you
• 43:02
  about
• 43:02
  advice
• 43:03
  for
• 43:03
  aspiring
• 43:05
  authors.
• 43:06
  Talk
• 43:06
  to
• 43:06
  us
• 43:07
  about
• 43:07
  what
• 43:07
  kind
• 43:07
  of
• 43:08
  advice
• 43:08
  you
• 43:08
  would
• 43:08
  give
• 43:08
  to
• 43:09
  someone
• 43:09
  who's
• 43:10
  an
• 43:10
  aspiring
• 43:11
  author
• 43:11
  and
• 43:11
  just
• 43:12
  doesn't
• 43:12
  know
• 43:12
  how
• 43:12
  to
• 43:13
  get
• 43:13
  started.
• 43:13
  One
• 43:14
  thing
• 43:14
  I
• 43:14
  would
• 43:14
  say
• 43:14
  is
• 43:15
  what
• 43:15
  you
• 43:15
  mentioned
• 43:15
  earlier,
• 43:16
  just
• 43:16
  do
• 43:16
  it.
• 43:17
  Write
• 43:17
  your
• 43:17
  ideas
• 43:18
  down.
• 43:19
  A
• 43:19
  lot
• 43:19
  of
• 43:19
  people
• 43:19
  who
• 43:20
  have
• 43:20
  been
• 43:20
  mentioning
• 43:21
  to
• 43:21
  me
• 43:21
  that,
• 43:21
  hey,
• 43:21
  I've
• 43:21
  been
• 43:22
  wanting
• 43:22
  to
• 43:22
  do
• 43:22
  that,
• 43:23
  if
• 43:23
  the
• 43:24
  ideas
• 43:24
  are
• 43:24
  in
• 43:24
  their
• 43:24
  head,
• 43:25
  it's
• 43:26
  not
• 43:26
  on
• 43:26
  paper.
• 43:26
  And
• 43:27
  I
• 43:27
  think
• 43:27
  if
• 43:27
  you
• 43:28
  put
• 43:28
  it
• 43:28
  on
• 43:28
  paper,
• 43:28
  it
• 43:29
  makes
• 43:29
  it
• 43:29
  more
• 43:29
  real.
• 43:31
  Even
• 43:31
  if
• 43:31
  it's
• 43:31
  digital.
• 43:33
  Yeah,
• 43:33
  yeah.
• 43:34
  That's
• 43:34
  the
• 43:34
  beautiful
• 43:34
  thing
• 43:35
  about
• 43:35
  today's
• 43:35
  world,
• 43:36
  right?
• 43:36
  You
• 43:36
  can
• 43:37
  write
• 43:37
  it
• 43:38
  the
• 43:38
  old
• 43:38
  fashioned
• 43:39
  way.
• 43:39
  You
• 43:40
  can
• 43:40
  type
• 43:40
  it
• 43:41
  into
• 43:41
  your
• 43:41
  smartphone,
• 43:42
  you
• 43:42
  can
• 43:42
  record
• 43:43
  it
• 43:43
  into
• 43:43
  your
• 43:43
  smartphone.
• 43:44
  If
• 43:45
  you
• 43:45
  like
• 43:45
  to
• 43:45
  doodle,
• 43:46
  draw,
• 43:47
  you
• 43:47
  can
• 43:47
  just
• 43:47
  maybe
• 43:48
  sketch
• 43:49
  it
• 43:49
  out.
• 43:49
  A
• 43:49
  couple
• 43:50
  ideas
• 43:50
  like
• 43:51
  you
• 43:51
  said
• 43:51
  about
• 43:51
  what
• 43:52
  you
• 43:52
  did
• 43:52
  with
• 43:52
  the
• 43:52
  illustrator.
• 43:53
  You
• 43:53
  sketch
• 43:54
  out
• 43:54
  a
• 43:54
  few
• 43:55
  things
• 43:55
  and
• 43:55
  sent
• 43:55
  it
• 43:56
  and
• 43:56
  said,
• 43:56
  this
• 43:56
  is
• 43:56
  my
• 43:57
  idea.
• 43:58
  And
• 43:58
  then
• 43:58
  they
• 43:58
  turned
• 43:59
  it
• 43:59
  into
• 43:59
  reality.
• 44:00
  So
• 44:01
  it's
• 44:02
  incredible.
• 44:02
  So
• 44:03
  thank
• 44:03
  you
• 44:03
  for
• 44:03
  sharing
• 44:04
  that.
• 44:05
  What
• 44:05
  keeps
• 44:06
  you
• 44:06
  going
• 44:07
  now
• 44:07
  as
• 44:07
  a
• 44:07
  children's
• 44:08
  book
• 44:08
  author?
• 44:09
  For
• 44:09
  me,
• 44:09
  like
• 44:10
  I
• 44:10
  mentioned,
• 44:10
  I
• 44:11
  have
• 44:11
  a
• 44:11
  vision
• 44:12
  board
• 44:13
  and
• 44:14
  it's
• 44:14
  still
• 44:15
  incomplete.
• 44:15
  I'm
• 44:16
  still
• 44:16
  in
• 44:16
  the
• 44:16
  process
• 44:17
  of
• 44:17
  going
• 44:18
  through
• 44:18
  the
• 44:18
  steps
• 44:18
  of
• 44:19
  what
• 44:19
  I'm
• 44:19
  trying
• 44:19
  to
• 44:19
  accomplish
• 44:20
  and
• 44:21
  so
• 44:21
  I'm
• 44:21
  not
• 44:21
  in
• 44:21
  any
• 44:22
  rush,
• 44:22
  but
• 44:23
  I'm
• 44:23
  steadily
• 44:24
  accomplishing
• 44:25
  these
• 44:25
  steps
• 44:25
  and
• 44:26
  I'm
• 44:26
  just
• 44:27
  looking
• 44:27
  forward
• 44:27
  to
• 44:28
  that
• 44:28
  end
• 44:28
  goal
• 44:29
  of
• 44:29
  to
• 44:30
  see
• 44:30
  where
• 44:30
  it
• 44:30
  gets
• 44:30
  me
• 44:31
  with
• 44:31
  this
• 44:31
  book
• 44:31
  and
• 44:32
  curriculum
• 44:32
  and
• 44:33
  yeah,
• 44:33
  my
• 44:33
  whole
• 44:34
  brand
• 44:34
  basically.
• 44:35
  Really
• 44:35
  excited
• 44:36
  encouragement
• 44:37
  for
• 44:38
  readers.
• 44:38
  Take
• 44:38
  us
• 44:39
  through
• 44:39
  the
• 44:40
  acronym
• 44:41
  STORM
• 44:41
  before
• 44:42
  we
• 44:42
  move
• 44:43
  on
• 44:43
  because
• 44:44
  I
• 44:44
  find
• 44:44
  that
• 44:44
  to
• 44:45
  be
• 44:45
  just
• 44:45
  such
• 44:46
  a
• 44:46
  great
• 44:46
  thing.
• 44:47
  I'm
• 44:47
  sure
• 44:47
  that
• 44:47
  will
• 44:48
  encourage
• 44:48
  some
• 44:48
  people.
• 44:49
  Take
• 44:49
  us
• 44:49
  through
• 44:49
  the
• 44:50
  acronym
• 44:50
  of
• 44:50
  storm.
• 44:51
  Is
• 44:51
  it
• 44:52
  okay
• 44:52
  if
• 44:52
  I
• 44:52
  read
• 44:53
  it
• 44:53
  from
• 44:53
  the
• 44:53
  back?
• 44:54
  Oh,
• 44:54
  absolutely.
• 44:55
  I
• 44:55
  love
• 44:55
  people
• 44:56
  to
• 44:56
  know.
• 44:57
  Okay.
• 44:58
  Basically,
• 44:58
  STORM
• 44:59
  is
• 44:59
  drawing
• 45:00
  her
• 45:01
  name
• 45:01
  in
• 45:01
  the
• 45:01
  dirt
• 45:01
  and
• 45:02
  explaining
• 45:02
  each
• 45:02
  letter.
• 45:03
  And
• 45:03
  so.
• 45:04
  S
• 45:04
  stands
• 45:05
  for
• 45:05
  space.
• 45:06
  It's
• 45:07
  okay
• 45:07
  to
• 45:07
  take
• 45:07
  space
• 45:08
  when
• 45:08
  you
• 45:08
  need
• 45:08
  it.
• 45:09
  To
• 45:09
  breathe,
• 45:10
  to
• 45:10
  step
• 45:11
  back,
• 45:11
  to
• 45:11
  rest.
• 45:13
  T
• 45:13
  stands
• 45:14
  for
• 45:14
  tune
• 45:14
  in
• 45:15
  before
• 45:15
  you
• 45:16
  help
• 45:16
  others.
• 45:17
  Tune
• 45:17
  in
• 45:18
  or
• 45:18
  check
• 45:18
  in
• 45:18
  with
• 45:18
  yourself.
• 45:20
  How
• 45:20
  are
• 45:20
  you
• 45:20
  feeling?
• 45:22
  O
• 45:22
  stands
• 45:23
  for
• 45:23
  oxygen.
• 45:23
  First
• 45:24
  you
• 45:24
  remember
• 45:25
  this
• 45:25
  one.
• 45:26
  You
• 45:26
  can't
• 45:27
  help
• 45:27
  if
• 45:28
  you're
• 45:28
  out
• 45:28
  of
• 45:28
  air.
• 45:30
  R
• 45:31
  stands
• 45:31
  for
• 45:31
  reflect.
• 45:33
  Take
• 45:33
  a
• 45:33
  pause.
• 45:34
  You
• 45:35
  don't
• 45:35
  have
• 45:35
  to
• 45:35
  absorb
• 45:36
  everything.
• 45:37
  Ask
• 45:37
  yourself,
• 45:38
  is
• 45:39
  this
• 45:39
  mine
• 45:40
  or
• 45:41
  someone
• 45:41
  else's?
• 45:42
  An
• 45:42
  M
• 45:43
  stands
• 45:44
  for
• 45:44
  move
• 45:44
  gently
• 45:45
  with
• 45:46
  others.
• 45:46
  Yes,
• 45:47
  but
• 45:47
  also
• 45:47
  with
• 45:48
  yourself.
• 45:49
  That
• 45:49
  means
• 45:50
  not
• 45:50
  pushing
• 45:50
  yourself
• 45:51
  too
• 45:51
  hard
• 45:52
  or
• 45:52
  expecting
• 45:53
  perfection.
• 45:54
  So
• 45:54
  that's
• 45:55
  the
• 45:55
  acronym.
• 45:56
  And
• 45:56
  Those
• 45:56
  are
• 45:56
  some
• 45:57
  of
• 45:57
  the
• 45:57
  lessons.
• 45:57
  Thank
• 45:58
  you
• 45:58
  for
• 45:58
  sharing
• 45:59
  that
• 45:59
  because
• 46:00
  we're
• 46:00
  talking
• 46:00
  about
• 46:01
  encouragement
• 46:02
  for
• 46:02
  readers
• 46:02
  and
• 46:03
  I
• 46:03
  want
• 46:03
  people
• 46:04
  to
• 46:04
  understand
• 46:05
  the
• 46:06
  premise
• 46:06
  and
• 46:06
  the
• 46:07
  value
• 46:07
  that
• 46:07
  you're
• 46:07
  offering
• 46:08
  through
• 46:09
  through
• 46:09
  your
• 46:09
  children's
• 46:10
  books.
• 46:10
  Tell
• 46:11
  us
• 46:11
  where
• 46:11
  your
• 46:12
  books
• 46:12
  can
• 46:12
  be
• 46:12
  purchased
• 46:13
  again.
• 46:14
  Okay.
• 46:15
  You
• 46:15
  can
• 46:15
  purchase
• 46:15
  it
• 46:16
  on
• 46:16
  Amazon.com
• 46:18
  or
• 46:18
  you
• 46:18
  can
• 46:19
  go
• 46:19
  to
• 46:19
  lessonsfromthefuture.org
• 46:21
  Final
• 46:22
  Thoughts
• 46:22
  Dina,
• 46:23
  is
• 46:23
  there
• 46:24
  something
• 46:25
  that
• 46:25
  you'd
• 46:25
  like
• 46:25
  to
• 46:26
  share
• 46:26
  that
• 46:26
  you
• 46:27
  might
• 46:27
  say,
• 46:27
  geez,
• 46:27
  I
• 46:27
  wish
• 46:28
  Rick
• 46:28
  would
• 46:28
  have
• 46:28
  asked
• 46:28
  me
• 46:29
  that
• 46:29
  question.
• 46:30
  Is
• 46:30
  there
• 46:30
  something
• 46:30
  you'd
• 46:31
  like
• 46:31
  to
• 46:31
  share?
• 46:32
  Oh,
• 46:33
  let's
• 46:33
  see.
• 46:35
  I
• 46:35
  went,
• 46:35
  I
• 46:35
  feel
• 46:35
  like
• 46:36
  I
• 46:36
  did
• 46:36
  have
• 46:36
  one
• 46:36
  and
• 46:37
  then
• 46:37
  it's
• 46:37
  gone.
• 46:37
  But
• 46:38
  as
• 46:38
  soon
• 46:39
  as
• 46:39
  we
• 46:39
  sign
• 46:39
  off,
• 46:39
  it's
• 46:40
  going
• 46:40
  to
• 46:40
  be
• 46:40
  right,
• 46:42
  no
• 46:43
  problem.
• 46:45
  And
• 46:46
  if
• 46:46
  you
• 46:46
  think
• 46:46
  of
• 46:46
  it,
• 46:46
  just
• 46:47
  send
• 46:47
  it
• 46:47
  to
• 46:47
  me.
• 46:47
  I'll
• 46:48
  add
• 46:48
  it
• 46:48
  in
• 46:48
  the
• 46:48
  show
• 46:48
  notes
• 46:49
  for
• 46:49
  sure.
• 46:52
  Dina,
• 46:52
  thank
• 46:52
  you
• 46:53
  so
• 46:53
  much
• 46:53
  for
• 46:53
  being
• 46:53
  a
• 46:54
  guest
• 46:54
  on
• 46:54
  the
• 46:54
  Adventures
• 46:55
  in
• 46:55
  the
• 46:55
  Heart
• 46:55
  of
• 46:56
  Children's
• 46:56
  Book
• 46:56
  Authors
• 46:57
  Podcast.
• 46:57
  Your
• 46:58
  generosity
• 46:58
  of
• 46:59
  time
• 46:59
  and
• 47:00
  insights
• 47:01
  will
• 47:01
  significantly
• 47:02
  benefit
• 47:02
  aspiring
• 47:03
  books,
• 47:03
  children's
• 47:04
  book
• 47:04
  authors,
• 47:05
  and
• 47:05
  educators
• 47:06
  and
• 47:07
  readers.
• 47:07
  We
• 47:08
  promise
• 47:08
  to
• 47:08
  provide
• 47:09
  the
• 47:09
  our
• 47:09
  audience
• 47:10
  with
• 47:10
  links
• 47:11
  to
• 47:11
  Deana's
• 47:12
  website,
• 47:12
  which
• 47:13
  is
• 47:13
  phenomenal,
• 47:14
  and
• 47:14
  I'd
• 47:14
  encourage
• 47:15
  any
• 47:15
  educator
• 47:16
  listening
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