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Live with The Joy Jolt: Artemis II Get on the Joy Train · The Joy Jolt Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome live with the Joy Jolt.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm Susan Patrick.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'm Natalie Ledwell.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we are so happy to have you here as we are on the Joy Train.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're on the Joy Train.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to talk.
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  SPEAKER_00: What is the Joy Train?
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  SPEAKER_00: So really, my sister-in-law, Lauren Selman, sent me a video.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was the Artemis 2.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was a video about the crew from the Artemis 2.
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  a bunch of astronauts and it was such an inspiring video
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  natalie and i wanted to
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  jump on our live and talk a little bit about uh what we saw in
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  that video it is
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  posted below so if you haven't seen it you can feel free to to
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  hit that link and
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  please watch it's very short because i don't know about any of
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  you but if you were
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  SPEAKER_01: following any of the videos from artemis 2 it was like
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  SPEAKER_01: It just made my heart explode.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  SPEAKER_01: it was just like,
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  SPEAKER_01: oh,
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  SPEAKER_01: my God,
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  all the craziness and the things and everything that's
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  happening on the planet
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  SPEAKER_01: right now,
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  SPEAKER_01: their perspective from up that high,
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  SPEAKER_01: they were just like,
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  SPEAKER_01: oh,
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  SPEAKER_01: my God,
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  SPEAKER_01: guys,
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  SPEAKER_01: you don't understand.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're all like, we're going to be okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to be wonderful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Was it out of this world, Natalie?
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  SPEAKER_01: It was out of this world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Couldn't help it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Couldn't help it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sorry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sorry.
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  SPEAKER_00: But really important.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And,
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  SPEAKER_01: and,
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  SPEAKER_01: and everything like that was so inspiring,
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  SPEAKER_01: but I think the humanity,
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  SPEAKER_01: like,
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  SPEAKER_01: it's like,
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  SPEAKER_01: oh my God,
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  SPEAKER_01: we've forgotten.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: That this is who we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  And I,
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  so this is,
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  and I love because they,
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  they brought up a concept called the joy train.
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  And the truth was they weren't always on it,
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  but the goal was to get on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there is a momentum that's created when we focus our life on joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I just want to bring forward and just keep being a reminder to you,
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  SPEAKER_00: to me,
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  SPEAKER_00: to everyone's watching,
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  SPEAKER_00: to everyone who will watch this,
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  SPEAKER_00: that joy is a uniquely human experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joy is a uniquely human experience.
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  And I kind of think that I love the idea of the joy train
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  because joy is movement.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joy is momentum, it's energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I love just kind of the visual of that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well,
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  SPEAKER_01: and if you've noticed the logo that we've chosen for the Joy Jolt,
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  SPEAKER_01: it is the jolt or the bolt in the middle of the logo.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then there's the ripples that go out.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because, I mean, joy is contagious.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is.
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  And I think there's been so much,
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  I mean,
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  we're holding so much right now.
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  Now,
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  I think personally,
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  we have a whole ton of stuff on our plates and I know I do.
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  SPEAKER_01: But then there's the world,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I'm getting to a point where I'm like,
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  I can't even look at what's happening over there right now
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  because I'm trying to
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  SPEAKER_01: deal with everything I've got on my plate right now.
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  So,
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  but I can go days without thinking,
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  wait a minute,
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  what's bringing me joy today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because I think we're kind of in survival mode.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're just in like, we've got to get through this.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, how do I, how do I life at the moment?
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  SPEAKER_01: Life in life has been really difficult.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so what, this is what part of what we want to do.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we want to give you a little jolt, little joy injections.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: What are we doing today to bring ourselves joy?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: what I loved about watching that video is that,
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  SPEAKER_00: that,
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  that it validates the importance of this conversation from both
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  a personal level.
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  from a professional level and from a humanity,
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  kind of like a global perspective.
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  For them to be all the way up there doing what they're doing
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  and still bringing
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  SPEAKER_00: that forth,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's that sense of that's the goal.
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  And I think that sometimes it's like,
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  oh,
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  we all wanna have a happy life,
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  let's be happy.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I kind of look at joy as that joy is happiness in action.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's in the energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's that playful, fun,
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  place that we can go back to at any given moment and remind
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  ourselves of our
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  SPEAKER_00: deepest humanity is our joy and life,
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  SPEAKER_00: a life lived there.
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  SPEAKER_00: is a deeper, more human, more sacred experience, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: And so as you were talking about,
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  SPEAKER_00: you were thinking about your plate,
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  I was thinking about how full your plate is and the pressure
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  that can be on the
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  SPEAKER_00: plate and that it's like this,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: You're like, oh, everything's just squeezed in.
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  And that this journey of getting onto the joy train or jolting
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  and having joy jolts
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  SPEAKER_00: is,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you're going to hear us say this over and over again,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's the mantra of,
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  SPEAKER_00: oh,
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  SPEAKER_00: wait a minute,
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  SPEAKER_00: I need to just open myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need to take a deep breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need to open myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need to just open yourself to.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think joy as a practice,
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  SPEAKER_01: like joy as a practice is reminding ourselves that,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: we want to stop and smell the roses.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: We want to, you know, enjoy that cup of coffee.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, I've had a couple of, you know, I call them gray days.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because, you know, I have a ton happening in my life right now.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I do what I call a gratitude walk.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'm actually staying at a girlfriend's house at the moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: And she lives in a really pretty neighborhood.
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  And so I'm out in the mornings and I'm appreciating the flowers
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  in the gardens and
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  SPEAKER_01: how well everyone has manicured their lawn and the smells.
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  SPEAKER_01: And there's so many birds and things up here.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like it's just really appreciating.
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  SPEAKER_01: And, you know, it's like a mindful walk.
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  SPEAKER_01: But I call it a gratitude walk because I'm like,
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  not just noticing or acknowledging these things and dropping
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  deeply into the
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  SPEAKER_01: moment,
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  but I'm grateful that I get to experience it and I'm grateful
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  that I get to hear it
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  SPEAKER_01: and I'm grateful that I get to see it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's how I get back my energy.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's how I get back into my joyful energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well,
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  SPEAKER_00: and I think one of my practices is the,
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  SPEAKER_00: remember the importance of play to play and have fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I think as adults, we forget,
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  SPEAKER_00: what play looks like, you know, and we think, well, what is play?
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  And what I've realized is that play is giving yourself the
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  permission and space to
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  SPEAKER_00: think about what do you want?
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  SPEAKER_00: What do you want to think?
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  SPEAKER_00: What do you want to feel?
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  SPEAKER_00: What do you want to create?
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  SPEAKER_00: What do you want to generate without any explanation, right?
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  Because we kill the play and we take the joy out of life when
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  we start doing what I
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  SPEAKER_00: call balloon popping,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  And this happens in marriages and in relationship dynamics all
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  the time where you
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  have one person who I call a balloon launcher that's trying to
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  be playful and
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  SPEAKER_00: launch some ideas.
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  SPEAKER_00: They don't have to go anywhere but up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just let them go up.
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  But you inevitably have that one person in the relationship
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  that's the balloon
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  SPEAKER_00: popper that goes,
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  SPEAKER_00: well,
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  SPEAKER_00: how are you going to do that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where are you going to get the money for that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's not very realistic.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I think that as adults,
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  SPEAKER_00: and this has become a really important practice for my husband and I,
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  SPEAKER_00: is that the first Tuesday of every month,
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  SPEAKER_00: we go to breakfast and we just launch balloons.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we always say, you got to leave your darts at the door.
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  And so it's this playful practice of allowing the energy of
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  what do I want to think?
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  SPEAKER_00: What do I want to feel?
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  SPEAKER_00: What do I want to create?
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  SPEAKER_00: Looking at my future,
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  SPEAKER_00: not bound by what's happening in the past or the present,
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  SPEAKER_00: that really elicits a lot of joy for me.
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  But I have found that that is a practice that I have to hold
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  space for because as
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  SPEAKER_00: adults,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're really good at sucking the joy out of possibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the thing is when,
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  SPEAKER_01: when there's a lot of other stressful situations happening,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: you just get sucked into that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  You know,
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  and that's why for me,
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  my,
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  my joy practice is always in the morning.
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  I've got to do it in the morning because it sets up my energy
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  for the rest of the day.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, otherwise I'm good.
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  But one of the things I loved about that video was towards the
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  end of the video,
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  SPEAKER_01: as you'll see,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: I think it was,
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  SPEAKER_01: what's his name?
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  SPEAKER_01: Reed Wiseman.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Reed Wiseman's the captain.
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  He got the other three astronauts up and they all kind of had
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  their arms around each other.
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  SPEAKER_01: And he said,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: I know that you've been seeing,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: like humanity and everything in us.
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  He goes,
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  but I want you to know that what you see in us is a reflection
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  of who you are as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as human beings, we desire that reflection of joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: We,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's like,
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  I always say like people don't need to learn how to be in
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  dysfunctional situations.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know how to do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's, it's about how do we have higher functioning, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: How do we have more happiness, more joy, more connection, more love?
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  And that was what they ended on was was really it was the
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  through line is is being
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  that loving reflection for yourself and that loving reflection
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  for the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's what we want to see more of.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So our question to you is what is your joy practice?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, what is your joy practice?
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  SPEAKER_01: And we would love for you to leave a comment for us.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let us know what it is that you do.
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  You know,
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  in the joy job community,
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  we want all of us to be able to rise up.
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  SPEAKER_01: We want to be the ripples,
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  SPEAKER_01: not just for ourselves and not just for you,
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  SPEAKER_01: but all the people that you love in your life as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, how do you practice your joy?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  And if you have any suggestions or anything that you do,
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  we would love to hear from you.
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  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_01: For you to contribute to this conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  And we're super excited to say we broke 600 subscribers,
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  which is super exciting.
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  SPEAKER_00: We just joined Substack a few weeks ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're already at 600 subscribers.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we really look at all of our subscribers as jolters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because this is that ripple effect.
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  And a lot of people are choosing to come on board as a paid
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  subscriber so that they
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  can hear more information from Nat and I and just be a part of
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  this conversation in
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  SPEAKER_00: an even deeper way.
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  SPEAKER_00: in an even more playful way.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you feel called to join the community that way,
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  SPEAKER_00: please,
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  SPEAKER_00: we'd love to have you come on as a paid member.
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  And we'd also love for you to share this information with
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  people in your lives who
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  SPEAKER_00: could just be reminded of the importance of being in this conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do people need a joy jolt?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like, send someone a joy jolt.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joy jolt!
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  SPEAKER_00: Joy jolt!
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, a joy jolt!
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you're listening to us on a platform that is not Substack,
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  yes we want you to invite you over to the party on Substack yeah
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  we purposely chose
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  this platform because there is no ads there's no animosity it
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  is just great thought
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  leaders it's a really awesome place for your nervous system to
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  come so come and
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  subscribe to our channel and we would love to host you here in
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  a place that i think
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  really helps to spread joy as well and we're super excited we
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  wanted to come online
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  SPEAKER_00: and share about what's happening next week
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to actually,
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  why don't you tell everyone about the amazing guests that we're
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  going to have on
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  SPEAKER_00: next week?
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  SPEAKER_00: So we have our friend Rachel Lang joining us.
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  SPEAKER_01: She's an astrologer.
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  SPEAKER_01: She also works in government as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: So she's like a really interesting mix.
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  But there is a lot of things happening on the planet,
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  energies that are at play today.
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  that astrologically she can explain for us so it'll be great to
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  understand what's
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  happening how we can prepare what we can anticipate so we'll be
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  going deep diving
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  into that and helping to explain some of the events that are
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  happening in the world
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  right now and maybe why you are feeling a certain way it'll
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  help to explain all of
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  SPEAKER_01: that so we can put your mind at ease and get you back into a place of joy
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  SPEAKER_00: I love it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get back to that place of joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's just open ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's regulate our nervous system.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's just really practice feeling good.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're really good at feeling tense.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're really good at feeling stressed,
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  but you can be just as good at regulating that nervous system
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  and feeling what is
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  SPEAKER_00: your birthright.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's joy, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to bring more of that back into the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: So super excited that you're joining us on this live today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Any other thoughts that you want to share before we close out, Nat?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so to find us on Substack, just look for natandsue.substack.com.
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  SPEAKER_01: You'll be able to find us there.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we'll be coming in with Rachel on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we look forward to sharing that conversation with you as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And, of course, you can always find us at thejoyjolt.com, thejoyjolt.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: So please share a jolt with a friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Once again, my name is Susan Patrick.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm Natalie Ledwell, and we will see you next week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joy-tool!