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DA CREW PODCAST SEASON 1_ EPISODE #178_ HOST NATALIE HARVEY · DA CREW Podcast

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Podcast three two. What is going to My story? You don't forget about
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the little girl you want? You don't matter what you're going through. Let's
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still some moments even inside you. Hello, Hello, Hello, back,
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Welcome to a special Christmas Eve edition of a Lut's Chat with Nat. I
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am your host, Natalie Harvey. It is so good to be back with
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you guys after a long hiatus, so to speak. As most of you
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know, I was on my journey with my health, going through chemotherapy.
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But I am glad to be back, Glad to be in front of the
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screen, glad to talk with all of you. I missed you all tremendously.
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I did a little pop up back in I think it was October.
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But I'm back and we're back in action. We're ready to rip and run.
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We're here. How have you guys been? How has how's life been?
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Has life been life in? Because life has been lifing for me.
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So if life has been lifing for me, I am I'm quite sure it
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has been lifing for you as well. I just want to give a big
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shout out and a big thank you to my crew podcast family for holding it
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down for me while I was going through my process. You guys are amazing.
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You guys are awesome. It's great to work with people that are like
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minded and that support you. In anything that you have going on, that's
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willing to pray with you, pray for you. You know, twenty twenty
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three was a weird year. It started off great, great opportunities came and
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then it just went a little weird and chaotic. But nevertheless, we're here
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and we're getting ready to enter into twenty twenty four and next week. So
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you know, I'm glad to be here, glad to be with you guys,
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and we're just gonna talk a little bit about what does the holidays mean.
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You know, for so many people, the holiday time can be an
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exciting time for them, or it can be a sad time. It could
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be a time of reflection. It could be a time where you know,
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you just if you have kids, you know you have to go and do
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the Christmas shopping and the hustle and bustle and waiting. Or some people start
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their Christmas shopping rural early. Some people don't, you know. I remember
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for me, when my kids were little, I waited till like that ninety
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ninth hour to go and Christmas shop. But as you get older and as
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you go through things in life, you realize is much more than just buying
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things. It's much more than cooking a big meal or going to see like
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your favorite attraction or whatever it may be. The holiday times have a sentimental
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and a sentimental, a spiritual, and just a time for you to understand
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what that gift of Christmas is. You know, so many of us,
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whether you're religious or not, we've heard of the Christmas story. We know
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about the baby Jesus being born in the manger and the wise men coming to
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see him. But you have to also understand that it is not It's something
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that you have to understand and appreciate for yourself. You know, just hearing
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it is not just enough, but sitting down and understanding what really took place
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in that time, it gives you a sense of well, if my heavenly
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Father or whoever you may worship, or you identify as your creative if they
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can give me this kind of love, how about I give that kind of
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love back to those that's around me. You know, we go through so
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much on a daily basis. Every day, if we're going to work,
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we have to be kind to the people we work with, even if we
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don't want to be kind to them, we have to be kind. You
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know, we have our family members sometimes you may not always get along,
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but you have to be able to understand what it means to give that unconditional
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love and show that unconditional love. And that's part of what Christmas means.
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Unconditional love, giving of yourself, giving when you don't want to or you
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don't know how to give, but giving in that way that somehow and sometimes
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is just mind blowing and you don't know how to you know, that's what
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Christmas means. Well for me at least, that's what Christmas means. You
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know, this Christmas is a little different. It's a little bit more sentimental
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for me because this of everything that I've dealt with. But it also took
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me back to times when I was a child, and I remember, you
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know, growing up with my grandparents, just we getting up during the holiday
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times, especially Christmas time. I remember being the house with my grandmother and
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my grandfather, and my grandmother she loved this little bell that was in her
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china cabinet, and I will always go and open the china cabinet and take
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the little bell out. And once I start ringing that little bell, you
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know, everybody, you know, it's time to come together and open the
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Christmas presents, and we did that because my grandmother used to go to work
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after we opened the presence and then she'll come home late in the evening and
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we did not eat Christmas dinner until she got home. And you know,
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just stuff like that. As you get older and you go through things,
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you remember those times and you remember how it impacted you, and you want
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to then create your own sentimental and monumental things that the next generation can carry
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on. For me, ringing that little bell symbolized a lot for me.
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And like I said, many of you know, I just completed my chemotherapy,
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and it's ironic. I ended up finishing my chemotherapy the first of December,
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and if you know, December is a wonderful month for me because I'm
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born in the month of December, and I actually rang my bell all week
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before my birthday. But as I thought about it, it brought me back
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to when I was that little girl and bring that bell on Christmas morning.
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You know, it showed me how we have these these even as adults,
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we still have these childlike tendencies that we get excited for such important things and
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things that sometimes we just think don't mean that much, but they really do
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and sometimes you just have to sit back and just just taking the moment,
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let it be, let it soak in and give you those memories and those
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warm thoughts or invoke those memories or those warm thoughts of who you were when
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you were that child, like that child on Christmas Morning or even Christmas Eve.
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You know, another big thing for us was baking, cooking, And
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now that I am an adult, I took on a lot of those traditions
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of baking, cooking and doing things that I used to do with my grandmothers
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or with other family members. But they mean so much. But that also
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goes back to giving unconditionally, loving unconditionally, you know, taking on what
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the truth meaning of Christmas is, giving of yourself giving. God gave us
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the birth of baby Jesus, you know, he gave us a savior.
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Unto us, a child was born. So therefore, whatever whatever it is
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that you want to give, do it, but do it from a place
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of a childlike imagination. Do it from a place of just wanting to show
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and be grateful for what you who you are, and who's around you.
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In this season, another thing that I've realized in going through this transition of
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twenty twenty three and even giving when it comes down to who we deal with
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in terms of relationships, romantic relationship, getting to know somebody's We meet somebody
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and we get all excited about the person or the situation, but we tend
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to want to give ourselves really quickly, and sometimes we have to sit down
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and pay and see where it's gonna go and then see if that person is
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worthy of the gift of us or if we're worthy of the gift of them.
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You know, it all depends. You have to be able to understand
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that not everyone is who they say they are. Not everyone demonstrates or shows
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you who they are in the beginning. We always get are representative first before
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we see the actual person that we tend to then realize who that person is.
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So, you know, twenty twenty three has shown us, It's shown
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me, rather, it has shown me a lot in dealing with people,
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dealing with relationships, knowing myself, understanding where I need to be to be
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the person that I'm supposed to be, sometimes not the person that I want
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to be, but the person that I am supposed to be. You know,
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sometimes we get in our own way, and we can't always do that.
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Because sometimes when we get in our own way, we hinder ourselves from
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getting what we want and from obtaining things that we truly need to be that
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person that we're destined to be. So we're gonna take a little break,
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and then we're gonna come right back and to again about the Christmas mean,
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the meaning of Christmas, and what has twenty twenty three been for us as
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individual? All right, so we will be right back. Turn off the
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a little little activity that I want you guys to do over the holiday weekend,
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and that's basically as you get ready to go into twenty twenty three.
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And this is not so much like a New Year's resolution, so to speak.
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I want you to think back on from the beginning of twenty twenty three.
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I mean, sorry, going into twenty twenty four, but I want
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you to think back of when January first, twenty twenty three, came in,
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and up until now or up until next week, whatever, when we
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get ready to go in New Year's and just think about the things that you
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accomplish, think about the things that you had a little bit of difficulty with,
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the things that maybe you are just so excited about, and see how
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it really impacted you or impacted those around you this year. And then look
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at that and see if there are things that you can take with you into
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twenty twenty four, or if there's stuff that you want to improve on,
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stuff that you think you don't want to take into twenty twenty four, but
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there's something else that instead you may want to scratch off that list and add
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it on. Just think about those things and see how you can be a
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better you. You were the best you that you could be in twenty twenty
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three. But now as you go into twenty twenty four, who is the
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you that you want to be in twenty twenty four. And one of the
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things that I encourage everybody to do is to be you authentically. Do not
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be who this person says that you should be, or you go you pretend
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to be somebody else that you're not. Be you and be you authentically.
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That is the only way that you are going to be able to understand yourself.
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That is the only way that people are going to be able to understand
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that, yes, you are a force to be working with. You know,
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there are things in life that we all go through, but don't let
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that stop you from becoming who you want to be. You know, I
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tend to look at myself and recently, even while I was going through chemo,
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I decided that I was going to go back to school. And at
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first I thought about it and I'm like, well, maybe I should wait
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until afterwards. I don't know how this is going to work with me doing
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the treatments and if I'm not feeling well. But I wanted to tell you
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that was one of the best decisions that I made was to press through because
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there were there where I really did not want to be bothered. But going
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back to school helped me to press through and really see that, you know
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what, the only person that's stopping me is me. And when I got
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that out of my my thinking, my thought process, I said, Okay,
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this is what my schedule is gonna be. This is how I'm gonna
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work it. I'm gonna work smarter, not harder. I'm gonna work to
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the best of my ability, and I'm gonna work in a way where if
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I am not feeling good, I'm not gonna let that deter me from saying,
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Okay, I can't go through with this. I'm gonna go through with
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this. And by doing that, I'm proud to say that I made a
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four point oh gpa, I'm on the President's list. And I did all
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of this while being on chemotherapy, and it was in you know, most
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of you know. This is my second journey with cancer. The first time
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was to breeze. This time because again I'm older, you know, your
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body changes. This time was not so easy. But what I did was
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I said to myself, I am not going to let this deter me.
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I'm going to get the most out of my situation. I'm going to make
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the most out of my situation. I'm going to do what I want to
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do for me and not for anybody else. Not because this one says,
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oh, you really need if you want to do this, you need that.
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No. I said, I'm not doing that. I'm going to do
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this. And I sat down and I said, Lord, if this is
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for me, help me anything that you do. Again, some people believe
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in in Jesus and God. Some people don't. Some people believe in the
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higher power. Whoever you believe. If there is something that you want to
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do and you are passionate about doing it, first thing, always sit down
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and write it out, write out your dreams like I just staated earlier,
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but also pray about it, meditate about it, talk to that higher being
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you that you connect with, and get guidance on it, because when you
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do that, it helps you to go on the path that you want to
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go on. When I thought about writing my book this time last year,
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I thought, and I sat down and I said, I'm going to I'm
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going to write my book and I'm going to publish it January of twenty twenty
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three, and exactly that. And when I tell you a year ago,
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I sat down and I thought about that, my book was already halfway written.
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All I need now was to decide how was I going to publish it.
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Was I going to go through a traditional publisher or was I going to
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self publish it myself. Now, I we'll never forget. It was a
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Christmas eve, Christmas Eve into the day after Christmas, and I sat down
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and I took my time, and I wrote out my plan and I decided
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this is what I was going to do. And by January first, not
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January first, by January eighth, twenty twenty three, my book was published.
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Be determined, be motivated, Be focused on where you want to go
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and what you want to do, and block out all of the outside noise
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because when that outside noise start to come in, that's when distractions come in.
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And to tie it back into the topic of tonight, with the gift
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of Christmas, give yourself that as a gift. Give yourself the gift of
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self determination. Give yourself the gift of knowing that you are going to follow
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your dreams and do whatever it is that you want to do. Because at
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the end of the day. Nobody else is going to do it for you,
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but you. Nobody's gonna sit down and write that book. Nobody's gonna
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sit down and draw that sketch, nobody's gonna sit down and write that piece
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of music that's in your mind, in your heart, but you. So.
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If it is anything that you have taken from tonight's show, again,
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what I want you to remember is the gift of Christmas, the gift of
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unconditional love, unconditional life, love for yourself, unconditional love for your family,
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your friends, whoever it may be that is around you. Be unapologetically.
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You block out the noise. Do what you have to do for yourself,
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because when you do it for yourself, then those around you will be
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able to see that, Okay, she did this, then I can do
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this. Be that positive light. But always be true to you. I
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don't know if you can see in my logo in the back says be true
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to you, and that is something that I stand on, something that I
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believe and that within my heart. If I'm not true to me, then
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I can't be true to anybody else. I have to be the best Natalie
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that I can be before I can be Natalie to anybody, that's my children,
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whoever I am in a relationship with my family, whatever, I have
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to be true to me. So I want you this holiday season going into
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next year, to be true to you. As we wind down again,
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I just want to say thank you. Thank you for your prayers, thank
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you for all your thoughts and well wishes while I was away. Thank you
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to the crew, you guys, thank you for being part of my village
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and my back moone while I was going through this journey. Tonight's show I
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want to dedicate to a couple of people that I have lost during this time
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of transition. Life is precious, and this is something that I want everybody
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to remember. Life is precious, Life is golden. You think, if
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someone pops up in your thoughts and you think, okay, I have to
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call that person, don't wait. Go ahead and call that person because you
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never know when that person, or maybe even your last day is gonna come.
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Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today. This year has
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been. This year has had its ups and downs, especially for a lot
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of people within the last few months, last few weeks, last few days.
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But just hold on, trust me. It is going to get better.
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It may not get better today, but it will get better down the
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line. It will get better eventually. And just love on those that you
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cherish, love on the people that bring you joy, love on your yourself
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especially. Just enjoy the holiday, enjoy your Christmas, Enjoy your New Year's
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I will see you in twenty twenty four. In twenty twenty four, we're
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gonna come with a whole lot of different things. We got kind of shut
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down a little bit for twenty twenty three, but don't worry. We're gonna
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be back and we're gonna be big, bigger than ever, and we're gonna
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do it up all right. So thank you for supporting Let's Chat with Nat.
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Thank you for supporting the Crew podcast. We love you, I love
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you, and I will see you in twenty twenty four. All right,
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take care, good night, bye bye,