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Happy Holidays! · I Choose Me with Jennie Garth

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Garland. Hello, everyone,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to I Choose Me. This podcast is all about
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  Speaker 1: the choices we make and where they lead us. We're
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  Speaker 1: rolling into the holidays, it's happening this week. I just
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  Speaker 1: wanted to take some time to chat with you all.
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  Speaker 1: I know the holidays can be a mixed bag of
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  Speaker 1: feelings for a lot of people, and this time of
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  Speaker 1: year is also a great time to reflect on what
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  Speaker 1: a year twenty twenty four has been. Maybe try one
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  Speaker 1: of my new favorite things I learned from Liz Moody.
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  Speaker 1: Look at the past year specifically and pinpoint those times
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  Speaker 1: where you were challenged and look at the progress you
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  Speaker 1: have made. That practice always makes me feel so good.
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  Speaker 1: My favorite thing about this time of year is quiet,
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  Speaker 1: albeit only lasts for a week, but my world really
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  Speaker 1: slows down. The industry slows down, the decision making slows down,
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  Speaker 1: the emails flow down, and I can just exist and
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  Speaker 1: experience all the moments of those few precious days. It's
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  Speaker 1: been a year full of feelings, that is for sure.
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  Speaker 1: And as we've talked about, feelings aren't forever. They come
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  Speaker 1: and go, and sometimes they need to be listened to,
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  Speaker 1: and sometimes they don't. But look back on the year,
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  Speaker 1: I do think it's a good idea to take stock
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  Speaker 1: of your emotional roadmap and where you've been and where
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  Speaker 1: you are now and give yourself a pat on the back,
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  Speaker 1: give yourself some credit, give yourself some grace. You're doing great.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing great. We're all doing great. If I kind
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  Speaker 1: of look back on my last year, there's been a
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  Speaker 1: lot of excitement and a lot of feeling like curiosity
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  Speaker 1: of the unknown ahead of me. I've had feelings of fear,
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  Speaker 1: for sure, I think we all have. But I've replaced
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  Speaker 1: those fearful feelings, those what ifs and oh no's, with
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  Speaker 1: this we'll see. Instead of labeling any feeling good or bad,
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  Speaker 1: I try to replace them with this one phrase. We'll see.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see how this opportunity flourishes the way I hope
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  Speaker 1: it will. We'll see if this new friendship is going
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  Speaker 1: to be mutually beneficial and feel good. We'll see if
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  Speaker 1: this new relationship is going to work out and become
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  Speaker 1: significant in my life. Saying we'll see doesn't mean we
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  Speaker 1: just throw our hands up and don't work at things.
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  Speaker 1: It just means I'm going to give this my best effort,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll see how it works out. There's a certain
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  Speaker 1: freedom in that thing that allows things to sort of
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  Speaker 1: unfold naturally instead of trying to force anything into anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: I think this time of year is always a good
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  Speaker 1: idea to get prepped, get ready for twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to try harder to be more present. I
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  Speaker 1: feel like I'm pretty present. I try so hard to
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  Speaker 1: be present, but I'm going to try even harder to
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  Speaker 1: keep my work out of my family room, off of
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  Speaker 1: my couch. Basically, we can be watching movies and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: I will go to my computer and start working in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of a movie. It is so annoying. And
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  Speaker 1: would I get annoyed with somebody else in my family
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  Speaker 1: sitting on that couch with me doing that? Yeah, So
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  Speaker 1: I need to work on those double standards. First of all,
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  Speaker 1: I've had so many favorite moments on this podcast that
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  Speaker 1: I've laughed, I've cried. I've been really able to listen
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  Speaker 1: to the people that we've had on learn so much
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  Speaker 1: about them, but not just that, learn so much about
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  Speaker 1: myself and about this journey that I am on. And
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  Speaker 1: I've loved hearing where other people have triumphed. I've loved
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  Speaker 1: hearing other people's challenges because it has made me feel
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  Speaker 1: like I'm not alone. I've had some really great guests
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  Speaker 1: on that I thought, Wow, their life is so awesome
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  Speaker 1: and amazing, and I'm sure you probably think that too.
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  Speaker 1: But having them on the podcast and finding out that
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  Speaker 1: they are dealing with the same challenges that we're dealing
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  Speaker 1: with that I'm dealing with has given me solace. I
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  Speaker 1: think I never thought I would come to such a
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  Speaker 1: peaceful place with my ex husband. This podcast really opened
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  Speaker 1: the door for a new relationship for us, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: so grateful for that. And oh my gosh, the experts
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  Speaker 1: we've had on and getting to have my daughter for
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  Speaker 1: one on the podcast talking about launching our brand together
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  Speaker 1: this year was such a pinch me moment because this
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  Speaker 1: is a girl who is very shy. She's always been shy.
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  Speaker 1: She's always hidden behind my skirt. And just seeing her
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  Speaker 1: sort of open up and come into her own and
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  Speaker 1: be able to speak into a microphone eloquently and express
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  Speaker 1: herself and be in rooms full of people and feel
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  Speaker 1: like she belongs, I don't know. It's given me the
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  Speaker 1: greatest gift as a mom to see her unfold in
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  Speaker 1: this way. I've gotten to have my husband Dave on
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  Speaker 1: the podcast, and it's always a good time when I
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  Speaker 1: sit down with him and we have those discussions about
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  Speaker 1: connection and about fears, and we just really open up
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  Speaker 1: and get vulnerable with each other and with all of you.
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  Speaker 1: I love having Adele on. Oh my gosh, our resident
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  Speaker 1: in house therapist, Adele House has been in the house,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm so glad to be able to share her
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  Speaker 1: just valuable information and just her insights. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: always have said she's one of the best people I know,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm so happy that you all get to know
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  Speaker 1: her too. And of course, mister Showbiz, my longtime manager Randy.
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  Speaker 1: Having him by my side through all of this and
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  Speaker 1: be there to support me and encourage me and throw
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  Speaker 1: ideas back and forth has been just such a gift.
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  Speaker 1: And I love this feeling of connection with you all,
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  Speaker 1: this community that we are building here. It feels so
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  Speaker 1: good in my heart. I know it's right. I know
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  Speaker 1: this is good, and I'm just getting so much out
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  Speaker 1: of it, and I really hope you are too. I
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  Speaker 1: feel like, please don't get me anything for Christmas. This
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  Speaker 1: podcast has been the biggest gift. Ever, for me, there's
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  Speaker 1: so much information thrown at us all the time, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's from our favorite podcasts or from books that we read,
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  Speaker 1: or the Internet or the Instagram or the TikTok or
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  Speaker 1: the Facebook. There's so much messaging out there. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like it's all syncing in for all of us all
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  Speaker 1: of the time, and we're as we grow and as
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  Speaker 1: we evolve, all those good important lessons and messages that
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  Speaker 1: are circling around they land. And one of those instances
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  Speaker 1: for me was not that long ago, actually, for Thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 1: Adele was on the podcast with me and we were
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  Speaker 1: talking about how to really just enjoy the moment and
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  Speaker 1: make that like my priority at Thanksgiving break to take
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  Speaker 1: time to really just enjoy the moment. And I was
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  Speaker 1: able to do that at Thanksgiving, and as I was
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  Speaker 1: doing it, I thought of her, and I thought of
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  Speaker 1: that moment when she was telling us that, And I
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  Speaker 1: want you to know that that's possible for you too.
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  Speaker 1: So all the things that you're listening to and all
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  Speaker 1: the things that are coming into your universe are coming
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  Speaker 1: to you for the right reasons. And don't be scared
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  Speaker 1: that you're not going to be able to impart them
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  Speaker 1: into your life because it will. It will happen if
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  Speaker 1: you just stay open. Here's what I'm going to leave
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. I'm going to leave my feelings
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  Speaker 1: of self doubt because they're doing me no good. Thinking
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  Speaker 1: to myself, I'm not good enough, or other people are
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  Speaker 1: better at this than me, or other people are already
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  Speaker 1: doing this, that or the other, so I don't need
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  Speaker 1: to be doing it. That's all just fear. That's all
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  Speaker 1: just those internal fearful messages trying to hold me back,
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  Speaker 1: keep me in a safe place instead of encouraging myself
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  Speaker 1: to step out into the world and try new things.
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  Speaker 1: And even if I am a little afraid or I
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  Speaker 1: feel overwhelmed, it's okay, it will all work out. And
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  Speaker 1: just knowing that if I'm going in a direction, it's
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  Speaker 1: the right direction. If it feels good, it's the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: And I hope for you, my beautiful listeners, this holiday season,
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  Speaker 1: I hope you have peace. Just let things unfold without
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  Speaker 1: forcing or working ourselves into the ground to get the
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  Speaker 1: results we think we want. Have goals for sure, have
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  Speaker 1: your dreams thought through and visualize them happening, and then
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  Speaker 1: let it go. Oh and get quiet and let peace
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  Speaker 1: lead to you. So with that said, I just want
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  Speaker 1: to wish everybody the merriest of Christmas, the happiest of holidays,
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  Speaker 1: the best New Year. I'm so excited for your twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. I'm so excited for my twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Let that excitement fuel you, let it fill you up,
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  Speaker 1: and let yourself believe it. Believe in yourself. We can
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  Speaker 1: do this. And you know what, twenty twenty five is
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  Speaker 1: going to be good. It's going to be huge for
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  Speaker 1: you and one of the coolest ways we can start
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  Speaker 1: choosing ourselves. Maybe start twenty twenty five off right by
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  Speaker 1: coming to my I Choose Me Live event. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be so much fun. We're going to talk, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to hang out, We're going to learn from one another.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to inspire us all to love ourselves just
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. More. Tickets are on sale. Well now,
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  Speaker 1: they make great holiday gifts. I'm telling you, if you
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  Speaker 1: buy a ticket for this and you stick it in
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  Speaker 1: your loved ones stalking, they are going to be like,
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  Speaker 1: what is this And when they go and have this experience,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be so grateful. All the info is
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  Speaker 1: in our show notes, so be sure to check it out.
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  Speaker 1: I hope that I see you there, or maybe I
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  Speaker 1: see one of your loved ones there. Thanks for choosing
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  Speaker 1: to listen to I Choose Me all this year. It's
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  Speaker 1: been such an amazing ride. Merry Christmas everybody, I love you,
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  Speaker 1: I will see you next year. Happy New Year,