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You Can Be Sparkly And Still Be Serious · Divas That Care Network

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  SPEAKER_01: It's Divas that Care Radio.
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  SPEAKER_01: Stories, strategies, and ideas to inspire positive change.
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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Divas That Care, a network of women committed to making our world a better place for everyone.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is a global movement for women, by women engaged in a collaborative effort to create a better world for future generations.
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  SPEAKER_01: To find out more about the movement, visit divas that care.com after the show.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right now, though, stay tuned for another jolt of inspiration.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, hello everyone, and welcome back to the Divas That Care.
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  SPEAKER_02: My name is Candace Gish.
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  SPEAKER_02: If this is your very first time, a huge welcome.
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  SPEAKER_02: We've been doing this now for 16 years.
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  SPEAKER_02: We are listened to in over 34 countries around the world, and honestly, it has been a blast.
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  SPEAKER_02: What a journey this has been for me and all the people that have been a part of it.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, we've had the opportunity to meet extraordinary people from around the world and have conversations that are really truly inspiring to myself.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I think that's why I've continued to do this.
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  SPEAKER_02: Um, right now we're working on a mini-series for August.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's called Speak Up and Stand Firm.
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  SPEAKER_02: This powerful series is all about finding your voice, trusting your truth, and having the courage to stand firm in what matters most.
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  SPEAKER_02: We'll explore what it means to speak with confidence, create healthy boundaries, advocate for yourself and others, and stop allowing fear, guilt, or the opinions of others to silence you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Today I'm so excited to be welcoming back an amazing woman, an amazing guest, and an amazing diva that has been a part of our journey here.
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  SPEAKER_02: Her name is Nicole Rodriguez.
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  SPEAKER_02: Nicole, welcome back to the Divas at Care.
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  SPEAKER_00: Candace, I am so happy to be back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, you know what?
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm happy to be chatting with you.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know what?
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  SPEAKER_02: We always have some great conversations.
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  SPEAKER_02: Um, but but before we dive into today's topic, could you reintroduce yourself to our listeners today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I am Nicole Rodriguez.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm the CEO and founder of RPR Group.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I've basically been a narrative strategist and sort of like marketing PR uh guru for 26 years plus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um my firm is now 12 years old.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're headquartered in beautiful Beverly Hills, California.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, yes, it is a real place, Beverly Hills 90210.
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  SPEAKER_00: For those of you around the globe who um I get that all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like, is that place real?
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  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely, it is real.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um it's where we're headquartered.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and yeah, we um work with a lot of awesome companies helping position them, think through different thought leadership narratives for their CEOs, um, work on launches.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I get to do a lot of things with a lot of companies actually around the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, our clients are not just in the US, but we have clients all over the world who entrust us uh with helping them market and position their businesses.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we were talking um before the program here about some really cool topics because there's so much happening in the world right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I think, you know, with this mini-series, Speak Up and Stand Firm, I think we're gonna be able to really hit some topics here that are going to resonate with a lot of individuals.
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  SPEAKER_02: Uh, you had brought up something earlier, and I want to really dive into that.
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  SPEAKER_02: So would you mind starting over with that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so you know, um, it's it's really uh it I know it hit me uh yesterday with the passing of Dolly Parton.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and I know that she is a world-renowned singer, entertainer, actress.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but she was also um a very how how do I say this?
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  SPEAKER_00: She was an advocate for herself and for being a good person.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, she was spiritual, she was openly a woman of God and just a very, I don't want to just say a shining light.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was a sparkling light in this world.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was all things that glitter, including her personality and her talents.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think that with her passing, there have been a lot of I would say old interviews and things that are surfacing back up again that just made me remember why I love Dolly so much.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it wasn't just the fact that she was a great singer, but you know what, Candace, like um I like I mentioned before before we started the show, um Barbara Walters had interviewed uh Dolly Parton multiple times.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in two separate interviews that I just that saw that re-resurfaced, Barbara Walters literally, as a woman in a high position, literally came at her and was like, why all the makeup?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why the wigs?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why the the sparkly clothes?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, don't don't you think that people are making fun of you?
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  SPEAKER_00: And to me, I still think about how, you know, that interview, both of those interviews, she touched on the similar things.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's almost like she did it twice.
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  SPEAKER_00: And again, I understand respectfully being a journalist and and uh interviewer and trying to ask some tough questions, but when you do it multiple times and you're poking at an entertainer for the way they look, dress, and do things to stand out, to me, it felt like a little bit of bullying.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so it reminded me of, you know, us women, we have it hard enough with men who don't understand our journey and and God bless them.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I don't expect them to, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think that we should both on on all sides, no matter what uh you know gender you uh identify with, um, should try to have empathy and appreciation for the other side.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, when you have someone who's on, I would say, your side of the fence, and they are picking at something that you already know that you likely in the back of your head already struggle with, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: What Dolly had said was I like who I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: I wear the makeup, I put on the wigs.
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  SPEAKER_00: I yes, it's silly, but it's me, and that's who I am, and I'm comfortable with who I am enough to wear.
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  SPEAKER_00: Guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm sometimes the butt of my own jokes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, yes, people are going to make fun of me, and people are gonna say things about my appearance, but I am comfortable in who I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh Candace, let's think about all the women who are not and how hard it is already to be in a position where you're not fully comfortable in who you are for whatever reason, and then you have other women so so so we can start with that, but you know, rest in peace, Dolly Parton was an absolute inspiration in all of the ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and I just love how she carried herself, and she did it for who she was for and that's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you know what, you brought up a point because that's how I started the Divas I care 16 years ago, and it's funny because I'm just gonna read what I had wrote because I've been thinking about this lots, but yeah, I wanted a place for people to share stories and to be authentic, and this is what the diva stands for for us.
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  SPEAKER_02: It says a woman who is determined to reach her goals, individuals who celebrate their uniqueness, those who are victorious in conquering their fears, someone who is always ready to speak out about things that are important to them, and someone who others are able to rely on.
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  SPEAKER_02: So when you're talking about Dolly Parton and just women in general, like we want to be able to celebrate each other for our uniqueness.
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  SPEAKER_02: We are amazing individuals.
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  SPEAKER_02: And why do we want to push each other down?
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  SPEAKER_02: We want to be authentic and lift each other up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I always go back to, you know, it's it's funny because my my other half, who I absolutely just adore to no end, he and I have been, you know, before we even dated, we were friends for a very long time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so we're very comfortable with knowing who the other person is and all of that fun stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes, you know, I poke at him and I'm like, okay, Grinchy, what are we gonna talk about today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because it's like, you know, there's one of us who's like, well, this looks shiny and awesome.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he's like, well, I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think blah, blah, blah.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, we have that yin and yang, and I kind of giggle about it, but I'm like, well, babe, you know, hurt people, hurt people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you know, whenever he's he wants to, you know, I like I call him, you know, I'm like, okay, Grinchy, like it's our little insight joke.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because he's a wonderful human.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_00: Don't get me wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is he can be very, very sweet.
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  SPEAKER_00: But like when that side, and we all have a little bit of that, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: That comes out, but he's more like he'll look at me like, babe, why are you so happy right now?
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm like, why not?
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  SPEAKER_00: But I love that that's really what it comes down to, too, though.
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  SPEAKER_00: You think about it, you know, if if we all started to just come from this place of not feeling bad for ourselves or sorry for ourselves or rooted in our pain and our hurt, so much more uplifting could be done across the board.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you don't have to hurt people or put people down.
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  SPEAKER_00: And again, women, you don't have to put another woman down who has her hair that looks nice or has her makeup looking good for you to also be pretty, or because there's always, no matter there's always gonna be someone prettier, there's always gonna be someone more fit, there is always gonna be someone who has more, you know, money or other resources.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we stopped looking at people like that and just really tried to help everyone get to that better place in their lives, what a what a beautiful world we'd live in.
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  SPEAKER_02: Wouldn't it?
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  SPEAKER_02: We're not competition, you know, we are working on ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_02: I had a mentor years ago tell me, you know, to focus on being 1% better every day.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, if we taught women that they could be 1% better every day, can you imagine the impact that would have?
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  SPEAKER_02: And our world would be so much better and we'd have so many more people with more confidence.
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  SPEAKER_02: I I just think that so many positive things would happen because of that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Calling all divas, you've heard her here today.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we all accepted that 1% challenge, and it can be across so many areas of our life, you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today I'm gonna wake up and work on being 1% better health-wise.
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  SPEAKER_00: What am I gonna cut out of my diet that I am just gonna commit to not putting in my body because I know it is not good for me?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or 1% better at just keeping things tidy around the house.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, for me, it's like organizing those junk drawers and keeping them that way.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we really all just did that, that sense of accomplishment, that sense of bettering ourselves, we could give that to other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh I'm I'm with you on that.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've never heard that.
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  SPEAKER_00: I and I love it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm like, you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna, I'm gonna do that between now and the end of the year, and I'll report in on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each day on being 1% better in a certain area, and you know, and maybe this week it's 1% I don't know, like, yeah, 1% on the the fit.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're gonna challenge the women out there to listen to that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I love it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And keep us posted.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: They should all report into you on your social channels.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like today, I woke up and I feel like I am becoming I have become one percent better in organizing my inbox.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're awesome.
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  SPEAKER_00: It could be something.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's do it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, let's do that.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna be challenging all of you guys out there.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna be doing some social media posts, and we're gonna challenge the divas of the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, we're gonna have to check in at the end of the at the end of the year in December.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: It is the end of August.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've got, you know, December, and then who knows?
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  SPEAKER_00: We can take it into there, but at least, you know, let's see how that how that goes.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm in.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm in, Candace.
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  SPEAKER_02: Perfect.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is gonna be so much fun.
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  SPEAKER_02: So, Nicole, let's talk about some other things here that are important to you.
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  SPEAKER_02: I know that I've been very fortunate you have recommended us to interview some amazing individuals.
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  SPEAKER_02: So, tell us about some people out there that you would like to share a little bit about their story so our listeners can be empowered by them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: And I believe you're gonna be interviewing soon a woman by the name of Blair Golden.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is the CEO and founder of an app called Pear Love.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what Pear Love is, she'll tell you more about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I met Blair, she's also in Los Angeles.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, so you know, our paths crossed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, she'd actually found me in a search that she was even doing on Chat GPT, kind of like verifying um, you know, good PR folks in the Beverly Hills area, and uh how funny that that our paths crossed, that I popped up in that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but she um also, you know, in the same age range as me, you know, in our 40s, um, divorced, found herself in a similar situation to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I had divorced almost 20 years ago uh to my the the father of my my daughter, my my ex-husband.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but you know, when you are someone who isn't out there dating a ton, which I was not, and she certainly um clearly was not, um, she found that like once you're thrown into this dating pool, it is a whole different world.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a different person when you pop out of a, you know, a divorce or even long-term relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so even for me, you know, with my ex-husband, I had only had a high school boyfriend, you know, maybe little tiny boyfriends before that, but like where we would hold hands, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: But like my ex-husband, my first like long-term relationship, and then popping out of that, it was like, uh, what are the rules?
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so now you're in this world of dating apps, and I, you know, that this was even before my time, but she popped out in the world of dating apps and was like, well, how do I know that this person is good or sane?
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  SPEAKER_00: And what dating apps do is they just match you up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, what she and her son actually created was almost like this app that's like a perfect companion to the dating apps where it's like a real AI person who, you know, at two o'clock in the morning when your therapist and best friend are not available, you can say, hey, this guy just texted me and, you know, instead of going out to dinner, asked me to come over to his house and watch a movie.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, is that a thing?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is that something?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is that a red flag?
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  SPEAKER_00: So there has like an and red flag analyzer and all of this.
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  SPEAKER_00: And from her place of confusion and pain, she created this very helpful for vote, both men and women, always on 24-7, almost like best in your pocket.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that if you're out there dating and it's a wild, wild world out there, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Thankfully, I'm, you know, thankful now that I have my amazing other half.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but there are still a lot of people out there who are still struggling to find that person in their life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes you just need that help.
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  SPEAKER_00: So shout out to Blair for, you know, to be honest, not only is she a ray of sunshine, but like we can all relate to that place of confusion in our lives where we're just not sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And instead of staying unsure, she and, you know, like I said, it was her son that was had this great idea because he's a little bit of a, I think she she calls him like a genius when it comes to technology, developed this idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think that people are really going to love her story because she's a woman who is in this new phase in her life where she's a mother, she's got grown children, but is still exploring who she is and and open to sort of really locking in who that is and being a lot more picky about her partner now because of that.
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_00: And I think people are really gonna gravitate towards that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So really excited for you to um talk to her and interview her because she's just she's just awesome.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_02: You know what?
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm really looking forward to that also.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, I love those conversations.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love it when you know people, you know, develop that confidence too, and they're able to share that with others because I think that's what all it's all about is I think when we we think as women that we're all by ourselves, we don't realize that there's others out there.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_02: And I always wanted to be a part of that connection period, like connecting people that needed to be together.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_02: And I think over the years, that's what I've really been able to do is find the individuals that needed that help from somebody else.
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_02: And it's been great.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you sharing that and having that amazing woman that's gonna come onto our program actually soon here.
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  SPEAKER_02: I think she's gonna support other people because as interesting that is, you know, there's so many people that come to me and they're like, Have you heard about this?
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, I've I have never been a part of a dating app or anything like that, so I don't know about it, but I I look and I hear their stories and it's scary.
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  SPEAKER_02: I can't even imagine going through that at this stage in my life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: And having somebody like that that has another platform that can assist them to help them navigate through those struggles because I think there's a lot of women that are transitioning right now and they're trying to figure out who they are.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_02: And if they don't have that support, they're gonna be lost and then they get depressed and everything else that comes with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Totally.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_00: And that's that's the beauty, right?
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_00: Like this app does not pair you with anyone.
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  SPEAKER_00: What it does is it gives you that safe place to share everything and anything that might be of concern in this wild world of dating today.
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_00: Oh my.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's like, hey, this is coming up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Am I overthinking it, or is this a red flag?
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, this person said this to me.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_00: Am I overthinking that I haven't heard from them three days, or is this more normal than I thought?
• 19:03
  SPEAKER_00: Whereas, you know, again, God bless our friends.
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes our friends could, you know, be very protective and a little bit more judgmental on us and like, what do you mean, girl?
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: Get your head out of the clouds.
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_00: That's a total red flag, right?
• 19:17
  SPEAKER_00: You have a safe place where someone will give this to you in terms of, I don't know, in a and you could actually choose the type of advice that you give.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_00: I'm I can't wait for you for Blair to tell you all about this, but like, hey, I want someone who's gonna give it to me straight, or I want someone who's gonna give this advice to me in a little softer way so that I can just really absorb it and still feel good about my insecurities around dating or whatever it is, right?
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_00: Like you can actually choose at what level and voice that these people give you the feedback, if you will.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_00: So again, just brilliant.
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  SPEAKER_00: A place of pain and confusion led her to starting a new company and taking control of her life and her future destiny, and just saying, if there's nothing nothing out there inside of a dating app that also helps me kind of identify these red flags, well, then we're gonna go ahead and build it so that people have like that that yin and the yang.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you have downloaded Tinder, don't forget you should also download Pearlove because, you know, again, without it, you're just banking on, you know, just your friends' advice, your family's advice, and you know, the availability of your therapist, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: And all of those have limitations.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_00: So they do.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I just think I think it's gonna be fun.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_00: And I really just think that um, again, Blair is gonna be a huge inspiration to to the audience.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_00: And I think if more of us took places of pain, confusion, and and lack, if you will, rack, like lack of knowledge, lack of experience, right?
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_00: And we made that more of a point of strength.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, right?
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: Like, hey, where I see a gap, I am going to fill it.
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  SPEAKER_00: What a place this would be.
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  SPEAKER_02: And you know what this is gonna be doing, and we'll be able to talk more about this with Blair, but it is creating that healthy boundary, it's advocating for ourselves, it's allowing us not to feel guilty.
• 21:31
  SPEAKER_02: You know, that's what it's all about about speaking up and stand firm.
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  SPEAKER_02: Oh, I'm excited.
• 21:36
  SPEAKER_02: And you know, I always believe that things happen for a reason, and I think she came into your life for a reason, and I think she's gonna come into the Diva Zet Care for a reason because now we're gonna support other people out there.
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  SPEAKER_02: So thank you so much for that.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_02: Um, Nicole, I want to ask you too is there anything that's gonna be happening in the future here?
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_02: I know we only have a few minutes left, but is there anything else that you want to kind of quickly chat with our listeners about?
• 21:58
  SPEAKER_02: Things that are you might want To share.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, I think for me, um uh gosh, you know, we're getting into the holidays, and I think it's the time that I rem I remind my team members.
• 22:11
  SPEAKER_00: So for all of you who also own businesses or your your moms or you are sisters, friends, whatever, for all of you divas who absolutely care, I can't emphasize more that we are getting into a season of sometimes you know, people experience loneliness, loss.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_00: The holiday season brings up a lot for people.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_00: And so I want to remind people, not just within my company or whatever, um, that in this end of the year phase where you know you're dealing with, you know, different holidays or whatever, um, you know, I lost a lot of family members in 2022, one right after the other.
• 22:57
  SPEAKER_00: And it had has led me to remind myself that once September, October hits, um, there are a lot of people in my life that I miss.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_00: My sister-in-law's favorite holiday was always Halloween.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_00: My godmother, who I considered a mom to me, um, her birthday's in December.
• 23:20
  SPEAKER_00: And she used to always laugh at us like, hey, you know, you better consider Christmas and my birthday separate, right?
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_00: And it's also around New Year's.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_00: So it's a it's a triple whammy.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_00: So not just what's coming up and you know, for me for work, but for all of you divas, please remember we are all going through something.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_00: And as we're entering the holiday season, just remember to be easy on yourself and others.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: And please find the time to just, you know, enjoy any moments of pause or quietness, right?
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_00: So be an advocate for other women to spend that time that you need to cry, journal, write it out so that you can, like Dolly was to so many of us, be the light in the world.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um, because especially around this time, people fall into, you know, that depression and and things like that.
• 24:18
  SPEAKER_00: So um this is that time of year now, ever since 2022, that I make it a huge point in my life to remind people of that because I know I'm gonna be one of those.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_00: I am not ashamed to say it, that it is gonna be hard.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_00: These months never I just I feel like they they never seem to be easy, but you find those moments of of pause to just remember the beautiful times in in your life where those people were around.
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, I love that.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_02: And it goes by so quickly.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you don't realize it how quickly it goes.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_02: I love that.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_02: Um, Nicole, can you give us your social media where our listeners can get a hold of you?
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_00: Um, at nrprgroup is our handle across the board, whether it's Instagram, um, TikTok, Snapchat, you name it NRPR Group, and to find our website, www.nrprgroup.com.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, come looking for us.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_00: We're we're around and uh yeah.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_02: And you know, to all of our listeners, you're gonna have to go check her out.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_02: She's absolutely extraordinary.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_02: You're gonna love everything she does.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_02: And there's a lot of people that tune into us that are actually looking for somebody to promote them to share that stuff.
• 25:33
  SPEAKER_02: So I I think it's really important for you guys to go check her out.
• 25:35
  SPEAKER_02: Cole, thank you so much for being my amazing guest again.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_02: We appreciate you more than we can words can say, you know.
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_02: So thank you.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_02: And we hope that you come back on one of our next perhaps uh miniseries.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 25:47
  SPEAKER_00: And you know, thank you, Candace, for for having me.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_00: And uh let's keep up on that 1%.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: I look forward to staying in touch on that.
• 25:55
  SPEAKER_02: Me too.
• 25:56
  SPEAKER_02: And as I said, listeners, thank you so much.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_02: Make sure that you check out Nicole's information and please share it with your friends and family.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_02: And I also want to remind everybody to do something kind today.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_02: You know, we do speak up and stand firm, but it's about kindness, it's about helping the people around you because you don't know who's going to require that smile today.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_02: All right, until next time, everyone, have a fantastic day.
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_01: Thanks for listening.
• 26:20
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