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Ep. 69: Finding God, music, and fresh starts with singer, performer, & creator Myranda Young · Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast

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  What's up? We are back with another episode
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  of the Adventures and Adversity podcast.
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  I am super stoked to be here yet again.
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  And I'm wearing a very special shirt.
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  There's we're gonna talk about the shirt Divini in all kinds of
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  ways. Welcome back.
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  If you're if you have been watching for a while, thank you
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  so much for tuning in again, whether you're coming through
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  YouTube, Spotify or Apple podcasts, always appreciate it.
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  If you are brand new here and you might be a friend of my
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  guests, hopefully, I'm sure a bunch of her friends are gonna
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  TuneIn, thank you so much. This is a podcast essentially
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  where real people tell true stories about how they have
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  turned any kind of adversity into their in their life into an
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  adventure. You know, we're all we're all
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  facing obstacles of different types and sizes and different
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  times. So I am honored, always honored
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  when someone agrees to sit down and talk to me.
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  So with that, I am going to introduce my next guest, Miranda
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  Young. Thank you so much for being
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  here. Thank you for having me.
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  This is so exciting. I'm honestly so excited.
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  I know we're both like grinning like, like like because I think
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  we have a really cool connection that has in the last couple
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  months has materialized from my producer and your podcast
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  producer Julian Jack, AKA Julio Iglesias.
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  Jack Efron, DJ Jack, my former student from 20 years ago when I
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  was a teacher when I, you know, I'm 400 years old, so I was 25.
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  He was in 7th grade, middle school math and science, just
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  really cool year in Arizona. And then we reconnected via
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  Facebook and here we are. Wow.
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  And let's talk about you now. So I know you because Julian
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  Jack introduced me to you and Davini.
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  Mm, hmm, yeah. So talk now.
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  Yeah, well, I know Jack. I've known him for I know him as
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  Jack. First of all, I didn't hear I.
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  Say, Julian, you're like. Who?
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  Yeah. Well, I didn't know his name was
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  Julian for like maybe a year into when we were working and he
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  like, asked me to start zelling him or something.
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  And so he's like little government name came up.
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  And his true identity. Yeah.
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  And so I was like, why didn't you ever tell me your name was
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  Julian? Like, I didn't know that was
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  never your name anyway. So I thought that was super
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  funny. And now I know if you've known
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  him for 20 plus years, that he is Julian.
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  But I call him Jack, whatever. Sometimes I call him King
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  Julian, like from Madagascar. But I met him about two years
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  ago, two years ago and some months when I was making music
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  and he was, or he is my second producer that I've ever worked
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  with. And so from the time of two
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  years ago to now, we've probably made close to like 15 to 20
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  songs together. And he's really helped me
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  develop as an artist and has given me some incredible insight
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  in the industry since he has had some experiences in the
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  industry. He honestly is one of my best
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  friends, like a brother to me. I can text him about anything.
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  He's given me some crazy advice. He's scolded me on things that I
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  do that are dumb, but he's been there with me through some of
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  the craziest moments of my life and seen me throughout these
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  last two years transform into who I am today.
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  And even when I started working for Davini.
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  So Davini, which is the shirt that he's wearing, is the Honey
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  Kombucha brand that I work with. And I came on as their social
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  media manager about six months ago.
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  I actually met the Divini boys. So the two cofounders, I met
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  them at an event that Jack had invited me to, which was like a
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  coffee shop kind of DJ by. Which I yeah, so.
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  Cool. And he had gone to support one
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  of the artists that he was working with and he invited me
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  to come out and I was like, I'm not doing anything this Saturday
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  morning. Like, sure.
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  And so we were there just chilling.
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  And this guy comes up to us and he's like, hey, like I'm trying
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  to do some interviews. Like do you know anybody that
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  would be interested in doing interviews for this brand, which
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  was called Mina Agua? And it's actually that that it's
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  a sister brand and of that soda brand, Haritos, I don't know if
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  you ever heard of it. It's like super popular.
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  It's they're in the glass bottles and they're like super
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  colorful brand. Yeah.
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  So he was, he is, I'm an ambassador.
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  I don't know if he works for their social media, but he was
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  out there doing like interviews with people.
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  And so Jack tells the guy he's like, well, this is my client.
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  Like she has a podcast. Like if you need someone to run
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  the interviews, you know, she can do it.
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  And I was like, oh, yeah, like, I'm down for it.
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  So he hands me the microphone and we just start interviewing
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  people. And it was super fun, just like
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  super random. And we were interviewing one
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  last person and the guy was like, here you can just choose
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  like whoever you want an interview.
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  And I was like, OK, cool. And so as I'm like looking
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  around the room, I see this one guy walk in and I was like, we
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  should interview him because he just like looked like swaggy.
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  I don't know, that's a horrible word, but energy, yes.
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  Like the energy was like there. And so I like walk up to him and
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  I'm like, hey, like we're doing interviews.
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  Would you like to be in an interview?
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  And he's like, OK, sure. So we walk outside and as we're
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  walking out, then his friend comes up, which turns out to be
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  his business partner. And I was like, like, well, what
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  are you guys doing out here? Like who are you?
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  And they're like, oh, we, we have a kombucha brand.
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  And I was like what? No way.
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  Like I love kombucha. And it was crazy cuz I do, I had
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  before I met them drank kombucha like every single day.
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  But my thing was that like, I didn't love the way that it
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  tasted, but I drank it for it's like health properties.
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  And so I was like, this is awesome.
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  Like I'd love to try your guys kombucha.
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  So we ended up exchanging information.
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  We met up I think like that same week I went to their house,
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  which was called like the Divini headquarters.
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  It was this insane like loft kind of, well like huge place
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  that like 5 people lived in and it was just so amazing.
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  And we tried the kombucha for the first time and I was like,
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  Oh my God, like this is insane. Like it's actually the best
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  tasting kombucha I've ever had. So I just became extremely
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  passionate about what they were doing and we became closer and a
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  couple months down the line, I was like, I, I was, you know,
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  kind of going to events with them and I was like, I'll start
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  filming Tik Toks for you guys. Like your TikTok sucks.
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  So they were like, OK, like, do whatever you want.
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  So I started filming Tik Toks for them and I would just kind
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  of send it and I like you. And I was like, if you like
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  them, you can post them. I don't care.
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  But like, I think, you know, I know TikTok pretty well.
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  So I'd love to, you know, as a friend just for you guys.
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  And so a couple months into me doing that, they like sat me
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  down one day and they were like, we want to bring you on like we
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  want. They have told me we want Divini
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  to be your top priority. Like we want to bring you on and
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  we want you to put Divini in front of everything else.
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  And I was like done, like sign the contract.
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  What a nice, I mean, not only from a business perspective, but
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  what a nice way to like, say that to somebody like we want
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  your time and attention because you're so good at it.
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  Yeah, and I, I mean, I was like, like just smiling ear to ear
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  because before that my life was like completely different.
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  So it felt like this was finally an opening into where like, I
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  felt passionate about what I was doing and like, and in a sense,
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  I felt extremely valuable as well because I hadn't felt that
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  way in a long time. So it was amazing to step into
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  this role with people that I felt valued me and cared about
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  me. So it's been great ever since.
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  That's the dream, right? Like work for a company where
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  the people value, care about you, align with you, and then
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  you believe in a product that you enjoy.
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  Absolutely benefits to help other people.
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  Yeah, it's so it's at the core, it's very, I would say it is
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  very built up by God for sure, because it is a very positive
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  thing that we're trying to do for people.
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  And all three of us are very God centered as well, which is just
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  absolutely amazing. No, OK, this is funny.
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  As I say, God has a sense of humor.
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  He's like, hey. Right, right.
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  Yeah. God centered awesome kombucha
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  tea. I'm I'll be like of all the spot
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  OK, sense like I told you I was working this Yeah, OK, so so
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  many things so you that our connection.
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  I, I love that we are connected through like a cool story like
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  that and through shout out to Jack for always thinking of
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  people and making connections and saying you should talk to
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  them. You, you 2 would connect.
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  He's like a connector. That way he is a networker for.
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  Sure. Yeah.
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  And like I was able to interview his dad about.
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  His dad is awesome. And like, I'm like, oh, yeah, I
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  never met you because during that time when I was Julian's
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  teacher, you were just, you know, undercover detective
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  protecting us in Arizona. I was like, thanks for that,
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  that I, for that year. Appreciate it.
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  Like insane. Yeah, so all these connections.
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  So that is how we connected, right, Divini, which we're going
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  to kind of, I think it's going to be the connection.
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  We'll talk about Divini throughout the episode just
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  because I'm excited. I feel honored to be like an
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  ambassador for Divini. I love the concept of like the
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  storytelling that Divini features and and you've done a
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  great job on that with like the social media of telling the
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  story about Divini and how their founders went through adversity
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  with health issues, acne. This is a quality product tastes
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  good. That like has a heart LED
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  mission to help people feel better right.
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  So I love that and I love that I didn't even when I signed on,
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  you know, we were partnering and like you set this beautiful
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  shirt and all that. I didn't know all of that.
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  So it's really we're going to talk about your faith journey.
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  Didn't didn't know all of this. So it's really cool.
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  I'm glad you know now, especially being part of our
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  crew. I'm.
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  Just like, wow, it just keeps happening where I'm like, no
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  way. I didn't even mean to talk about
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  God with you guys and here we are now you brought it.
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  I'm like, wait, what? You know, so I'm gonna brag
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  about you right now, which I always and I tell my guest I
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  love doing this, having someone talk about you and how awesome
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  you are while you're on camera and you just have to kind of sit
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  there and talk about it. So Miranda Young, I'm gonna put
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  all of your info in the show notes, of course, so people can
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  follow you, get to know you, all the things.
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  So you are a singer-songwriter performer, you are doing many
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  things. You are also obviously working
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  for Divini Honey, Kombucha tea, running their social media,
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  helping shape like that vision, which is super cool.
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  Tell me. And then we're going to get to
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  the faith journey that's coming up in a few minutes.
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  Tell me about the performer side of you.
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  How did have you always known you love to sing?
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  And I listen to UFO by the way. My latest song.
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  Makeup, I was like, yeah, and I'm only protecting the service,
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  but like, I was like, hey, I can get down to this right now.
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  Yeah, Oh my God, this like one of my favorite performing is has
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  been one of my favorite things since I was a teenager.
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  I am from. So right now where I'm I'm
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  recording this podcast. I'm actually in Alabama.
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  I live in Phoenix, but this is where my family is from.
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  My dad was born here. And so I come from a very
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  talented group of people, which I love to thank like my
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  grandmother for just these these genes of like being vocally.
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  And I didn't start to discover that until I was like maybe
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  1415, like maybe between the ages of like 13 to 15 is when I
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  would, like sing. And I'd be like, do I sing good
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  like I would? I.
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  Would just like sit in my room and be like, OK, I, I feel like
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  I can kind of sing. And so I was playing softball
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  for like 7 years from like 4th grade to high school, freshman
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  year of high school. But that freshman year I had met
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  like a couple girls and they were in show choir and they
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  would like tell me about it and like what they would do.
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  And I was like, bro, that's like, that's so cool.
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  I love the sounds of that because I never really was
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  involved in anything like musical.
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  And so I was like, this is awesome.
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  Like I'm going to put you guys a show and I would check it out.
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  And like I fell in love with it. It was basically Glee.
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  Like if you've ever seen Glee, it was exactly that.
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  I. Love.
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  It no, it's like the best show ever.
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  So it was Glee in real life. And so so they were holding
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  auditions for my sophomore year. And I was like, I'm just gonna
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  try. And like, I remember I went.
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  I was shaking. Like my hands were shaking.
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  My knees were shaking. All the things.
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  Literally, and I just, I got up there and I just sang and then I
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  ended up making it on the team, which was not like, it wasn't
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  like, Oh my God, we're super elite.
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  Like, no, not everyone's gonna make.
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  It for anything to to to face that fear and like go yeah
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  anyway. Mm hmm.
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  So I did, I got on and then my sophomore year I like started
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  getting into it and I was like, Oh my God, like I really like
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  this. And that's when I started like
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  really get into singing. And it was like singing and
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  dancing. So this is, I feel like the
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  pivotal years of what kind of shaped me to be the performer
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  that I am today. Because it was like, we would
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  have to have facials and we would have to dance and sing at
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  the same time. And like, how do you manage
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  that? Like you're literally all of it.
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  And so I fell in love with it. It took me into musical theater.
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  I started doing some musical theater.
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  So I kind of now had like acting behind it as well and just like
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  the whole performance of it all. And ultimately I fell in love
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  with just entertaining and putting on a show.
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  And so I kind of built that up there.
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  I learned how to dance. I could not dance when I first
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  started. Like I was horrible at it.
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  But over the next couple years, like, because I fell in love
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  with it, I put everything into it and I became pretty good at
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  it. We had, we would go around and
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  like compete as well. So like our, our team would go
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  and we'd compete at like different competitions and
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  stuff. And like that also put a little
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  bit of pressure on us to make you want to be better because
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  it's like now we're, you know, competing for a trophy.
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  And so I, I have like this little competitiveness and like
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  this little performance aspect to me.
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  And so I ended up doing like some musicals after high school
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  when I graduated and stuff, but like, never like anything
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  Alabama. In Alabama.
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  No, in San Diego. So I was born in San Diego,
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  Yeah. And that's where I grew.
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  Up. OK, got it.
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  OK, cool. Yeah, So I ended up doing some
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  stuff like that and then after a while I would just literally
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  sing for fun, like in my room and on TikTok.
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  I would make like Tik toks of me singing.
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  I would go on TikTok live and sing and stuff.
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  And then that was like a couple years down the line, I ended up
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  meeting my first producer, started making music, wasn't
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  like super in love with what we were making, but also I was
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  super new to it. So I didn't really know like
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  anything about the music industry.
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  But something about it just wasn't clicking with me.
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  I was like, I don't love what I'm doing.
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  I don't love the shows that I'm performing at.
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  It's not really my audience or my vibe.
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  And then that's when I met Jack in like Complete 180, started
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  making the music that I like to make.
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  Started working with a songwriter that liked the music
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  that I liked so we could make music that I actually like like.
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  Really. Cream together.
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  Exactly. So it was just amazing.
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  I I always think back to just those moments when it's me, Jack
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  and Maddie are songwriter just in the studio, like feeling the
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  chemistry of the things that we're making and it's super
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  exciting. So I've done like a couple
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  performances here and there. I definitely feel like God has
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  been guiding this musical journey because I don't think my
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  talent would ever be put to waste, especially since the Lord
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  knows how much I do love it. And I mean, it's a God-given
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  talent, of course, so he'll put it to work when it needs to be
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  put to work. You know what's funny?
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  Like you say, it's I heard something that God, God, your,
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  your talent OR whatever, you know, everyone has that one
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  thing. Maybe they haven't found it yet,
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  but they're like, gosh, you're so good at that.
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  Like it seems so hard for someone else and you're like,
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  how do you just do that? That God gives you that gift,
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  and then what you that's his gift to you, and then what you
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  do with it is your gift back to Him.
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  Wait, I love that. And I.
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  Was like, you're like, oh, thank you so much.
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  Well, I'm gonna here. And then he's like, oh, like
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  it's I was like, oh, and everyone's is different.
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  Yeah, yeah. You get a specific 1.
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  I feel that you do. And some people I think are
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  like, oh, but I don't have that one.
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  And it's like, well, that's not your like you.
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  Have. Yeah, yeah.
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  Oh, that's so special. I've never even thought about
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  it. Like.
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  That I was like that just figured I'm like wait someone
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  told me that in like a Bible study I'm.
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  Like, yeah. Like wait, what?
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  And he probably loves to watch us use our gifts too.
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  Well, I know he does love to watch us use our gifts.
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  Totally. So tell me, OK.
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  And God's like, hey, talk about me now.
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  You've been, that's all. So was was as you were like
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  performing, right? What did God show up early in
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  your life? And I'm gonna let you continue
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  your story, or was that sort of later on?
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  So I had been going to church as like a young kid.
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  I think I remember, I, I mean, I grew up in a Catholic Church and
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  so I was like first Holy Communion, like confirmation,
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  stuff like that. But like I just never really had
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  a connection with God in those moments because I was so young.
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  And it was also taught to me in like a very like school like.
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  It's great. Yeah, and I also grew up, so I'm
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  like Mexican and also black, and I'm mixed.
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  And so I grew up speaking Spanish.
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  And so I'd go to, like, Catholic Church and it would be in
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  Spanish. And it's like, half the time I
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  didn't even know what they were saying.
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  And so I just didn't have that connection with God.
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  And it just felt like, I'm just here like, you know, doing what
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  a kid's supposed to do. And like, that's fine.
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  And kind of later over the next couple years, once I was like in
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  3rd grade, I remember my mom started going to like a non
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  denominational Christian Church and I would go to like the youth
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  group and like I'd get along with the kids and like, you
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  know, it was fun. But like I still never really
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  had that connection with God. And it was like, I just didn't
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  understand it. Like, I, it was really hard for
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  me to like, grasp the concept of like what, who God is and like
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  at the same time related to the Bible.
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  Like I didn't really understand the Bible either.
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  I was like, what even is this thing?
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  And so for the next, you know, decade of my life until I was
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  18, I would just go to this church because my mom told me to
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  get up on Sundays and go to church.
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  And like, there was never really a connection with God.
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  It was just, this is what you're supposed to do.
• 21:27
  And so after I turned 18 and I was able to make my own
• 21:30
  decisions, I stopped going to church.
• 21:32
  And like, I just, I had this like next couple years of
• 21:36
  battling with like, who is God? Like?
• 21:39
  Is he even real? For a little bit I was like,
• 21:41
  there is no God like, or I don't know what God is.
• 21:44
  And then I got into kind of this spiritual universe type of like
• 21:50
  vibe where I was like crystals and like, yeah.
• 21:55
  Like, tell me about what's gonna happen today.
• 21:57
  Right. Like play kicks and stuff like
• 22:00
  that. And so all of that.
• 22:02
  And then so I kind of was just like a spiritual girly for a
• 22:06
  little bit. And then that kind of died down
• 22:09
  and little by little, like this was really only like a year or
• 22:13
  so ago, I like started feeling very called to like pray.
• 22:19
  Like that was the first initial thing I remember was like just
• 22:22
  feeling called to start praying more.
• 22:24
  And so I was like, OK, so I would just kind of like be like,
• 22:28
  hey, God, like, you know, I didn't know how to pray.
• 22:31
  Not that there is a right way to pray, but like I just felt
• 22:34
  called to like speak to him. And so I would, you know, just
• 22:37
  pray more. And then eventually this was
• 22:42
  about July of last year, like between the months of like March
• 22:47
  and like July and my dad ended up getting diagnosed with
• 22:52
  cancer. And so like, it was very, it was
• 22:56
  such a struggle because my dad lived over here.
• 22:59
  And so like, I just felt kind of alone during it.
• 23:03
  And so like, and I, I felt honestly helpless.
• 23:07
  And so that's when my prayer really started to like ignite
• 23:11
  because I was like, just God, please, like, please save my
• 23:15
  dad. Like please, you know, be there
• 23:18
  for my dad and. Breathing again if you can just
• 23:21
  save my dad. Exactly.
• 23:23
  Exactly. Yeah.
• 23:24
  And so he ended up having surgery.
• 23:28
  He had bladder cancer, so he had his entire bladder removed.
• 23:33
  And so that night before his surgery, I was here and I was
• 23:37
  just praying, praying, praying. And like the morning we woke up,
• 23:41
  we went to the hospital. My one of my uncles is actually
• 23:44
  a pastor. And so we all got together and
• 23:47
  we just prayed over each other and that's when it started to
• 23:50
  like click that I was feeling the Spirit of God.
• 23:53
  Like I was like, okay, God is like he's working like he's
• 23:57
  here, he's comforting us, like he's working in my life.
• 23:59
  I don't know much about him, but like, I feel his presence.
• 24:03
  And so that really changed things for me because it was
• 24:08
  like one of those moments where it was like, this is gonna
• 24:10
  change my entire life, whatever way it goes.
• 24:14
  Like, if this doesn't go the way that I hope it does, like my
• 24:17
  life is going to change. And so I really just leaned on
• 24:21
  him and I was like, you know, I just need to pray to you when I
• 24:25
  know that you're real now, you know, I can feel you.
• 24:28
  So my dad ended up getting the surgery being completely fine.
• 24:32
  He's now cancer free, which is absolutely amazing.
• 24:37
  Everything happened just in the most beautiful way that it could
• 24:42
  have. Like in this circumstance, you
• 24:45
  know, like he he's Ava. So he got his entire surgery
• 24:49
  paid for and was taken care of in the VA hospital.
• 24:52
  And now he has benefits and everything is like extremely
• 24:56
  just provided by God's provision.
• 24:59
  And so the next couple months go on and so little by little I'm
• 25:03
  like, OK, now I'm praying and like I'm feeling the Spirit of
• 25:05
  God. And I remember one day I'm on
• 25:09
  the phone with my best friend and I was like, dude, I don't
• 25:13
  know, like what's going on? But like, I've been praying more
• 25:16
  and she goes, dude, me too. And so I was like, I was like,
• 25:25
  wait, are you like, I like, I think we just kind of sat there
• 25:28
  and I was like, what was that? You're like, wait, we just,
• 25:30
  we're going, you're going through the same type of.
• 25:32
  Feeling. Yeah, exactly that.
• 25:34
  I was like, wait, so you're like feeling this too?
• 25:37
  And she's like, yeah, like I've been praying and I don't know
• 25:39
  why. And I was like, me neither.
• 25:41
  And so we then started praying together.
• 25:44
  So we would like be with each other and we'd be like, let's
• 25:47
  just pray, I guess. Like, literally in that way,
• 25:50
  like. Let's you're like, let us pray.
• 25:52
  Like capitalism. Sure.
• 25:54
  Yeah, so we would pray and then eventually she had gotten
• 25:59
  invited to a church that was that's like in Tempe, her
• 26:05
  cousin. And so her cousin was like, come
• 26:07
  to this church. Like, you know, if you want.
• 26:08
  She's like, yeah, like I'll go to this church.
• 26:11
  And so she went. I was actually out of town.
• 26:13
  I think it was literally over Thanksgiving break.
• 26:16
  And so like a year from. Last year.
• 26:19
  Yeah, wow. So she went to the church and
• 26:22
  then she called me and she was like, dude, when you come back,
• 26:25
  like we have to go to this church.
• 26:27
  And I was like, OK, so I got back.
• 26:29
  I went to the church with her and I was like, Oh my God, like
• 26:32
  I love this church. Like it was filled with people
• 26:35
  our age. It was so welcoming.
• 26:39
  It didn't feel like I was being pressured into a religion.
• 26:42
  It more so just felt like being able to dwell with the Lord in
• 26:46
  this space with people that also want to dwell with him.
• 26:49
  The warship was like so beautiful.
• 26:51
  I remember the first couple months that I would go to
• 26:53
  church, I would just bawl like every time we would worship
• 26:58
  because I just, and come to find out it was just the Holy Spirit,
• 27:04
  you know, at work in our lives and healing us from the inside
• 27:07
  and just being within us. And so we would go to church
• 27:12
  every Sunday. We started to fall in love with
• 27:14
  it. We started doing Bible study and
• 27:17
  we really just became extremely consumed by like our faith and
• 27:22
  getting to know Jesus. And so a couple months later,
• 27:25
  we're sitting in the service and then they announced that they're
• 27:28
  going to do baptisms on in like February.
• 27:32
  So this was literally only like 2 months later.
• 27:34
  And so we sat there and we like kind of looked at each other and
• 27:38
  we left the service and I was like, I think I want to get
• 27:41
  baptized. And she was like, I want to get
• 27:43
  baptized, too. And so we're like, OK, amazing.
• 27:47
  So then the baptisms come, and we got baptized together.
• 27:51
  And like, that day was just, we were standing on the side, you
• 27:54
  know, waiting for our turn. And it was just the whole line
• 27:58
  of people. It was all people in their 20s,
• 28:00
  which I think was so special in itself because it's like this
• 28:04
  revolution of young people turning to Jesus is so powerful
• 28:09
  right now and God is doing something people with people in
• 28:13
  our generation. And so it was just all people in
• 28:15
  their 20s and we're all lined up against the wall waiting for
• 28:18
  returns. And we're just looking back at
• 28:20
  each other and everybody's just sobbing, crying, like just
• 28:23
  sobbing, crying, like so excited.
• 28:25
  And you'd go up in there in the in the tub or whatever, and they
• 28:29
  would baptize you and the whole audience would just be cheering
• 28:33
  for every single person. And like, it was so extremely
• 28:36
  magical and so holy and so beautiful.
• 28:40
  And so ever since then, like, it has been a very beautiful
• 28:45
  journey with God. I can't say that and we
• 28:49
  everybody that is a Christian hopefully knows this like you
• 28:53
  turn to God. It doesn't mean your life is
• 28:55
  going to be easy like you think that maybe as a new Christian.
• 29:01
  Like in baptized. Sounds good, right?
• 29:03
  Like we're done. Yeah, you're like, everything's
• 29:04
  going to be great now. Everything's awesome.
• 29:06
  And it's like you are tested more than you've ever thought to
• 29:10
  be tested could have been tested.
• 29:11
  And like, you know, you start to fall into sin.
• 29:15
  You fall into temptation, you feel guilt, you feel shame.
• 29:17
  But then you turn back to the Lord and his grace and his glory
• 29:20
  is so redeeming that it is all worth it in the end.
• 29:25
  And like I always try to remind myself, we are all fallen.
• 29:29
  We were all born sinners. And it's like, you know, we're
• 29:32
  not perfect, but in the eyes of the Lord, you know, he has so
• 29:36
  much grace and glory for us. And so this past year has just
• 29:39
  been getting to know him and his grace and his glory.
• 29:43
  And also important to me has been becoming more biblically
• 29:47
  literate, just getting to know his word and like, you know,
• 29:51
  being able to connect with him on that level of like, who are
• 29:55
  you? Like, what happened?
• 29:56
  Why are we here in this way? And so, yeah, now every day,
• 30:01
  every Sunday, we go to church, every Thursday we do Bible
• 30:04
  study. And over these last couple
• 30:07
  months, it's like I've met more and more people that are just
• 30:10
  following Christ. And like I, I just am so, so
• 30:15
  grateful that he is revealing himself at this time to people
• 30:20
  because I didn't feel that way when we were 15 years old.
• 30:23
  So I know something is is working and something is
• 30:27
  happening and I'm just so blessed to be able to be a part
• 30:31
  of it. You can feel like the way you
• 30:34
  talk about it too, like you light up when you talk about it.
• 30:38
  And it's so thank you for sharing everything so candidly
• 30:42
  too, because I feel like I was raised Catholic too.
• 30:46
  And I just did an episode about how, you know, I have reverence
• 30:49
  for all religions, like all like, you know, you do you type
• 30:54
  of thing. And Catholicism is the
• 30:56
  foundation of like what I learned.
• 30:58
  But I'm telling you, there's something about that.
• 31:04
  You walk into a holy space like that and you can't the music.
• 31:09
  I'm like, what is happening here?
• 31:11
  Yeah, yeah. I don't even know what I'm
• 31:14
  feeling, but when you find the right church that you connect
• 31:18
  with, wow, these people are so nice.
• 31:22
  Yeah, and still. Genuine care.
• 31:24
  Yeah, absolutely. That's exactly what we feel in
• 31:27
  our church. And like, I, I'm, I love them.
• 31:30
  Like they're really my family, which is amazing.
• 31:34
  Well, and like you said, it's funny, we have a very similar
• 31:37
  timeline because I got baptized. You got baptized in February.
• 31:42
  Congratulations. I know I'm saying Congrats
• 31:45
  because I was just congratulated 3 weeks ago.
• 31:48
  I'm three weeks. Really.
• 31:51
  Yeah. God, Congrats.
• 31:54
  Wait, that's so amazing. Three weeks.
• 31:57
  Wow 3. Weeks ago, like, I had like
• 31:59
  epiphanies on this retreat in April.
• 32:02
  And then I was like, wait, I'm, I'm Catholic.
• 32:05
  I don't need to. I, I had this thing where I was
• 32:06
  like, I, I, I don't need to go to like a new church.
• 32:08
  Like I'm not, I don't fit in with that.
• 32:10
  Yeah. And then I went to like, you
• 32:13
  guys are the nicest people I've ever met in my entire life.
• 32:16
  I'll sure I'll go to your church.
• 32:17
  And I'm like, oh, look, more nice people.
• 32:21
  Oh. And like, everybody's open about
• 32:22
  all these things people are going through.
• 32:24
  And nothing is like, oh, did you hear?
• 32:26
  They're just like, oh, so and so is going through this before.
• 32:28
  Oh, they'll be back next week. Oh, great.
• 32:31
  Like, no gossipy weird, you know, open.
• 32:38
  Yeah. So I'm so happy for for like you
• 32:44
  sharing your journey openly because I feel like especially
• 32:47
  being raised Catholic, I remember I felt, did you feel
• 32:50
  like you felt? I felt the same thing where I
• 32:54
  felt compelled to be baptized. And I was like, wait, I was
• 32:56
  baptized already. But yeah, I want to like,
• 33:00
  there's something different. It's my choice.
• 33:02
  Yeah, exactly that. It felt like it was my choice.
• 33:06
  It felt like it was on my own terms.
• 33:08
  That was my full intention when I went back to church and
• 33:12
  started getting to know God was this is on my terms, like this
• 33:15
  is my relationship with God. And I'm not, I don't even really
• 33:19
  necessarily feel like I'm a part of a religion or like I'm like,
• 33:24
  you know, I'm, I'm labeled in some sort of religion.
• 33:27
  It's just I believe in God. And that's when I felt like I
• 33:32
  wanted to get baptized was because I fully believe in
• 33:35
  Christ and I have no doubt about that.
• 33:39
  And so I was like, I'm going to give my life to you because I
• 33:42
  know that you were real and you were working and this just
• 33:45
  solidifies it. And now with being baptized, you
• 33:49
  know you are made new as like a believer of Christ and fully
• 33:54
  just convicted that He is working in our lives and He is
• 33:59
  our sovereign Lord. Yeah, so interesting that you,
• 34:04
  when you said you went through a spiritual phase, I did the same
• 34:07
  where then I was like, I'm not really sure if there's anything
• 34:10
  but like, you know, I'll be nice to people and cool, but like, I
• 34:12
  don't know, like I don't know, things seem kind of shitty.
• 34:15
  Like I'm not really sure about any of that stuff anyway.
• 34:18
  And then if, like you said, if you told me 20 years ago that
• 34:23
  I'd be like, no, you're not hosting a podcast where you're
• 34:27
  talking about God like 2 episodes in a row and like your
• 34:29
  faith journey, I'd be like, that's probably not you, but
• 34:32
  like maybe someone else like that's just not like.
• 34:36
  Your thing? Yeah.
• 34:37
  Right and. Right No, the same much as we
• 34:44
  Yeah, I mean, it's insane. Go ahead.
• 34:48
  I know I'm I'm you a little blurry, but I'm like, you're
• 34:51
  still there. But yeah, I mean, I feel the
• 34:55
  same way. We had started our podcast back
• 34:58
  in January and so that whole I think we took our hiatus like
• 35:04
  sometime in August or something. So that whole 8 months it was
• 35:08
  literally us documenting like we were party girls and like we
• 35:12
  would go out and we would do crazy things.
• 35:14
  And then, you know, we started to get to know the Lord.
• 35:17
  And so then you would start to see that within our episodes.
• 35:21
  And literally some of our last episodes is like us bringing
• 35:24
  people on talking about God and like navigating how we were
• 35:28
  going to start talking about God in our podcast when before we
• 35:32
  would talk about getting blackout drunk on our podcast.
• 35:34
  And so it just felt very interesting, but at the same
• 35:39
  time, I've never wanted to erase my past because that's how I
• 35:45
  became to be saved. And so it was like that was
• 35:49
  always part of me. The last thing I heard that you
• 35:52
  said was you kind of went on this journey like we both got
• 35:56
  baptized saying how you took a hiatus from your podcast.
• 36:01
  Yes. So we had started our podcast in
• 36:06
  December of 2024 and so that that was really when we had
• 36:11
  started just getting back in or getting into our faith.
• 36:14
  And so these next couple months, it was like we were, you know,
• 36:20
  recording how we were going through this faith And it was
• 36:23
  like interesting because we were having episodes of us getting
• 36:27
  like blackout drunk. And then we would go and you
• 36:30
  know, 6 months later, it was like, we go to church every
• 36:33
  Sunday and we work out now. And like, it was just being able
• 36:37
  to see like what the Lord had been doing in our lives.
• 36:41
  Like we, our whole habits and lifestyles had changed.
• 36:45
  And it was not only just we're, you know, religious now, we're,
• 36:49
  we're Christian now and we go to church.
• 36:51
  It was like we work out, we eat better, we want to do better for
• 36:55
  our bodies, like, and it was just such a amazing change
• 36:59
  because now ultimately I feel like the healthiest, best
• 37:04
  version of myself. And although, you know, it's
• 37:07
  like I go to church and this and that, but it's like God has
• 37:10
  worked in my life in so many aspects.
• 37:13
  And if you can relate it back to like what happened with my dad
• 37:17
  and having cancer and stuff like that, it's like now I can really
• 37:20
  see that I want to be the healthiest version of myself for
• 37:23
  my family and for my future children.
• 37:26
  And, you know, whatever that looks like for me.
• 37:29
  So it's like God has just worked wonders in our lives.
• 37:33
  And I, I genuinely could not be more grateful, especially with
• 37:37
  tomorrow being Thanksgiving. I definitely want to give thanks
• 37:41
  to God. Well, and that's a beautiful and
• 37:45
  I love that you're being candid about how if anyone is
• 37:48
  listening, it's OK to change. 100% I'm an advocate for that
• 37:54
  and it's. OK, and it's not like, and I, I
• 37:58
  can totally relate to that because I used to be, Oh gosh, I
• 38:02
  was like such a partier like like black out this and like
• 38:07
  just like, ah, and then I'm like looking at it now, what I've
• 38:11
  learned about God, It's not like a shame thing.
• 38:14
  It's like a hey, like that's not good for you.
• 38:17
  I don't want you to treat yourself that way, right?
• 38:20
  Right then. Shame spiraling after I made
• 38:24
  this body. It's like a God wants you to
• 38:27
  treat yourself better. It's not like a what are you
• 38:30
  doing? Like stop.
• 38:31
  Yeah. It's like, that's not good for
• 38:34
  you. It's not safe for you.
• 38:35
  It's not like he also, I feel like he understands and won't
• 38:40
  condemn you. He'll be like, thank you for
• 38:42
  coming to me. Like how can I help you with
• 38:44
  this? Yeah, and a very graceful,
• 38:46
  glorious how can. I help.
• 38:48
  You. Not shame you into like feeling
• 38:50
  bad about that or like he always said, hey, well you're here now
• 38:54
  so how can I help you moving forward?
• 38:56
  Exactly, exactly. And I feel the same way I I was
• 39:00
  saying before we got cut off like I will never be ashamed of
• 39:05
  my past because at some point he was going to have to save me or
• 39:10
  he wanted to save me and he always had this plan for me.
• 39:16
  It's not like he just one day was like at 26 years old, we're
• 39:20
  going to save Miranda. And it's like, no, like he knew
• 39:24
  at 26 he was going to save me, but I had to go through all of
• 39:26
  this birth to 26 years old. And it's like I'm not ashamed of
• 39:32
  that. I don't ever want to erase my
• 39:34
  past. I also don't want to erase the
• 39:35
  mistakes that I make in the future because that's what makes
• 39:38
  me human and that's what makes my child bored.
• 39:41
  But I think with the conviction that I know that God is real, I
• 39:46
  can always turn to him, repent and just, you know, my mistakes
• 39:50
  and move on. Not saying that I want to
• 39:51
  intentionally be sinning, but like.
• 39:54
  Oh, but we're going to. Human exactly so it's very it is
• 39:58
  candid and I encourage people who are listening to this like
• 40:02
  don't be afraid to like be human, you know in the midst of
• 40:06
  your faith journey like. Yeah, that's why God's grace is
• 40:09
  so forgiving and so glorious, because we are going to make
• 40:13
  those mistakes. And he knows that.
• 40:15
  But the greatest thing about him is he doesn't worry about it.
• 40:17
  He's not sitting there like there's the mistake she made.
• 40:20
  It's like, come here, come back to me, and we'll get you right.
• 40:25
  Yes. And oh, by the way, here's this
• 40:28
  manual called the Bible to guide you.
• 40:31
  Oh, and I can't really be there physically, so I'm going to send
• 40:35
  this Holy Spirit and you're going to feel it overtake you by
• 40:40
  the time where you're like, what was that?
• 40:42
  Yeah, and. That's how you're going to know.
• 40:45
  And then you're going to have all these experiences that seem
• 40:48
  like not logical, but you're like, I know that happened and
• 40:51
  you won't be able to rationalize it, baby.
• 40:55
  Like something shifted in the room.
• 40:57
  Did you feel that? And they're like, I felt it.
• 40:59
  You're like, OK, just got chills.
• 41:01
  What's going on? Like, that's yeah.
• 41:04
  So you mentioned your journey in your past.
• 41:07
  And I saw, I think it was a when I was doing my research before,
• 41:16
  you've had mentioned a Reel. And I think you're performing.
• 41:18
  I think it was an Instagram Reel where it was like, imagine that,
• 41:22
  that one high school bully. Look at me now, sort of.
• 41:26
  And I literally was like, I can so relate to that.
• 41:30
  And I immediately thought of somebody.
• 41:31
  And I'm like, yeah, it's funny how I think.
• 41:35
  And so tell me, was that that seems like a form of adversity
• 41:38
  you might have gone through? Yeah, that's actually a really
• 41:42
  interesting story. So when I was auditioning for
• 41:47
  choir my sophomore year, I was like I was saying, playing
• 41:50
  softball. So that church that I had gone
• 41:55
  to when I was a kid and my mom would just force me to go one
• 42:00
  second. Sorry someone.
• 42:02
  Was calling. Me.
• 42:03
  That's OK. We'll probably throw loud.
• 42:05
  Just say one second, I'll call you.
• 42:07
  Yeah, take me, say my boss. You know, tell him that I'm
• 42:11
  wearing the shirt and we're. Working right now, we're on the
• 42:15
  club. Screen and we're not done yet.
• 42:18
  But anyways, yeah, so that church that I had gone to, the
• 42:23
  pastor of the church was actually my softball coach.
• 42:27
  So I would go to church on Sundays, but I would have
• 42:31
  softball games on Saturdays and my password would be my coach.
• 42:37
  And so it was very interesting for me because I would see my
• 42:41
  pastor on the softball field yelling at me on Saturday
• 42:46
  mornings, and then I'd go to church Sunday morning and he'd
• 42:49
  be like, peace be with you, Miranda.
• 42:50
  And it's like, that was like really confusing to me because
• 42:54
  he would get like, very, like, you know, competitive coach,
• 42:59
  like on Saturdays. But like, I didn't really know
• 43:01
  how to identify, like, these different types of emotions from
• 43:07
  him. So then I'd go to church and I'd
• 43:08
  be like, you're acting totally different.
• 43:11
  So it felt very fake to me. Yeah, yeah.
• 43:13
  Like I was just confused like as a kid with no like frontal lobe
• 43:18
  development of like, what, you know, like this is so weird.
• 43:22
  Like I'll you yell at me on Saturdays and then I go and then
• 43:25
  Sundays you're like totally like God.
• 43:28
  And so I'm like, Oh my God. So that was like super confusing
• 43:31
  for me, which is also one of the reasons why I felt like I was a
• 43:35
  little deterred from like religion because that's that was
• 43:38
  my foundation of what religion. And so that my pastor, he had a
• 43:46
  daughter and the daughter was on our softball team.
• 43:48
  And so her and I were like relatively close because we
• 43:51
  would like see each other on Saturdays and go to church on
• 43:53
  Sundays. And we went to high school
• 43:54
  together. And so we would see each other.
• 43:57
  And so the day that I had gone to audition for show choir, I
• 44:03
  had to leave or I had to get to softball practice later because
• 44:07
  I like went to the audition and then I was like, OK, let me run
• 44:10
  to practice afterwards. So I went and auditioned, ran to
• 44:12
  practice, practice, and I got there late.
• 44:14
  Everybody was already practicing and stuff.
• 44:16
  And so I like go and I get there and everyone's like, what were
• 44:20
  you late for? Like it was very like high
• 44:22
  school cliquey. And I was like, oh, like I was
• 44:26
  auditioning for choir and they're like, Oh my God.
• 44:29
  And so they were just literally like laughing in my face.
• 44:32
  And so then they started like mocking me specifically, like
• 44:35
  the pastor's daughter was like mocking me to my face, like
• 44:39
  singing like, you know, horribly like in my face.
• 44:42
  And then I'd go to practice and then she would always just like
• 44:45
  be like singing in my face, like mocking me and stuff like that.
• 44:49
  And that was ultimately the reason why I quit softball cuz
• 44:53
  I, I feel like I probably could have done both, but like, it was
• 44:56
  very clicky and like, I felt, I felt bullied by her cuz I was
• 45:01
  like, you're making fun of me for something that like I want
• 45:04
  to do Like that's so weird. And so then after that, I was
• 45:09
  just, I never really like gave it much thought.
• 45:12
  I was just like, whatever, she's just a bitch.
• 45:16
  We all got one. Yeah, but it just felt really
• 45:22
  weird to me because I was like, this is the pastors daughter,
• 45:25
  she's supposed to be a good girl that's so mean and whatever.
• 45:30
  And so I just thought it was crazy.
• 45:33
  Over the next couple years I started to become really good at
• 45:36
  singing and then, you know, now I make music of my own and stuff
• 45:39
  and it's like she'll like my stuff, like she'll like my
• 45:42
  story, she'll like my post. And not too long ago she was
• 45:46
  like DM me and. I look mad right now.
• 45:49
  Sorry. I'm like, sorry God, I'm trying,
• 45:52
  but I'm a little irritated. Yeah, but I.
• 45:54
  Don't have like any bad blood towards her cuz I at the end of
• 45:59
  it she was also just a kid like what did she know?
• 46:02
  And then you are Christ. That's like a, that's a Jesus.
• 46:07
  That's a Jesus vibe right there. Jesus thing, yeah, I can't
• 46:11
  imagine what it was like also for her to grow up as a pastor's
• 46:15
  kid. So I can give her some grace in
• 46:17
  that sense as well. But, and I think it just built
• 46:22
  me up to if let's say things do work out and I make it to where
• 46:28
  I wanna make it Ariana Grande level, whatever, I'm gonna have
• 46:32
  so many pastors daughters doing that to me.
• 46:35
  And so it's like, it almost felt like it was just preparation.
• 46:39
  Not everybody's going to be happy for you.
• 46:42
  Not everybody's maybe they're jealous of you.
• 46:44
  That could be a form of jealousy that you're going to do what you
• 46:47
  want to do and she's can't because she's, you know,
• 46:51
  following what her parents want her to do or whatever it may be.
• 46:54
  So I've learned to like come to peace with it.
• 46:57
  I think for a little bit I like harbored it inside and didn't
• 47:01
  realize that like it was a problem.
• 47:02
  And then now that I'm like making shows and making music,
• 47:07
  I'm like, dude, yeah, like I, I did it.
• 47:10
  Like I, I can honestly be happy just with what we've done so far
• 47:15
  because it's like people recognize me as an artist.
• 47:17
  People recognize me as like a public figure.
• 47:21
  And so it's like, I did it, bro. I was like a.
• 47:26
  Vision in your mind, like I can see you in your room being like,
• 47:29
  huh, let me like, yeah. And then and then to look back
• 47:34
  on your journey. And then obviously people are a
• 47:38
  form of adversity like their, their, their negativity.
• 47:42
  But what I love about that story is that you'd spun it into like
• 47:47
  the God's grace thing because you're like, but if I'm
• 47:53
  following the teachings of God, like I have to.
• 47:57
  We're called to forgive. Yeah.
• 48:00
  As hard as it is sometimes, and then you start to like see the
• 48:03
  humanity in everyone. And if I sin, you sin at
• 48:08
  different ages, then we learn and really everything that it
• 48:13
  seems like when people project onto you that negativity, it's
• 48:17
  because and it triggers something in them that is really
• 48:21
  healed and you actually go, oh man, you're that's unhealed for
• 48:24
  you. I'm sorry like.
• 48:25
  Right. Like it was never about me like.
• 48:28
  It was never about you. It was.
• 48:30
  Never about me, but I just happened to be the target and
• 48:33
  the victim of it. But thank God that, you know, I
• 48:37
  was given the strength to just be able to see it for what it
• 48:39
  was. I mean, it, it's all of those
• 48:43
  things. It's literally adventures and
• 48:45
  adversity. Like it makes you be and come
• 48:48
  out to be who you were always meant to be and only be grateful
• 48:52
  for those instances. And it's like it could have been
• 48:55
  so much worse, but it's like it was just a girl mocking her, the
• 49:00
  fun of it all. And it's like those girls that
• 49:03
  were on that softball team now look up to me and I'm like, I
• 49:09
  can only laugh about it for real.
• 49:10
  And you're like, good thing I'm nice cuz yeah.
• 49:13
  You guys are lucky. You guys are really.
• 49:17
  Lucky, I also played softball too.
• 49:19
  What was? What position were you?
• 49:21
  I was outfield and then at the end of my seasons I was playing
• 49:27
  capture. Hard.
• 49:29
  So hard. It's hard and honestly, I didn't
• 49:32
  even really love softball that much.
• 49:33
  Like, I'm not like the ball. And you're like, listen, like I
• 49:38
  do so many things that I'm gonna sing that I I was first base
• 49:43
  first. And there OK, I would I.
• 49:45
  Played a little 1st and 3rd here.
• 49:47
  In that, yeah. But what's funny is like, loved
• 49:50
  softball, but like since I was younger, kind of always had this
• 49:54
  dream of like broadcasting newsy.
• 49:57
  Something little did I know is going to be like, you're going
• 49:59
  to start your own podcast when you're 42 and after you like go
• 50:03
  through adversity and then like find God halfway through and
• 50:06
  then it's going to change. But you don't know that yet
• 50:11
  because you have to go through some stuff.
• 50:13
  It's. Going to hurt, but it's actually
• 50:15
  going to really ultimately shape.
• 50:18
  Like I get it now. Yeah, yeah.
• 50:20
  And and I I love that testimony in itself of like I'm 42 and I
• 50:26
  get it now and it's like some I'm 27 and I'm like, when am I
• 50:30
  going to get it? And it's like it could be
• 50:31
  another 20 something years. Like literally took and and it's
• 50:36
  so interesting how different people come to God at different
• 50:38
  times. Yeah, absolutely.
• 50:41
  And they all have a story, some story where you're like, and
• 50:45
  it's always interesting because it's always interesting where
• 50:49
  you and some people like, I don't know if you have an
• 50:51
  experience where you like some people hear something, some
• 50:54
  people literally. And again, people can take this
• 50:57
  or leave it, but I have friends that my friend's husband sees
• 51:01
  angels And I'm like, first I was like, what are you talking
• 51:06
  about? Like hold on.
• 51:08
  I'm like, no, now I believe you. I believe you because I know
• 51:13
  them. And I'm like, I'm, I'm like, Oh
• 51:16
  my gosh, it that, that's really amazing.
• 51:20
  Yeah, that's. I can't see that.
• 51:22
  I feel God through like downloads and like feelings.
• 51:25
  Yeah, yeah. And like, but anyway, I'm just
• 51:29
  babbling about God, love God. And I know we're I'm, I'm
• 51:34
  keeping an eye on the time because I was Babble with my
• 51:36
  guests and I, I know we've touched on and again, this is
• 51:41
  not the only adversity you've been through some bullying,
• 51:44
  right? I think a lot of people, parents
• 51:46
  listening, people listening, aunts, uncles, grandmas
• 51:50
  listening, know someone or they had themselves have been or are
• 51:54
  being bullied in some way by maybe a friend of me, a Co
• 52:00
  worker, who knows. Do you have any?
• 52:03
  If you could go back, you got through it obviously, but if you
• 52:06
  could spend one hour with your 16 year old self or 15 year old
• 52:10
  self right after that happened, what would you tell yourself and
• 52:16
  take your time? Like if you just had like quick
• 52:19
  coffee break with your 16 year old self.
• 52:23
  I honestly I would just say like it gets better.
• 52:29
  Like. It's going to get better.
• 52:31
  And I think in more ways unimaginable than you could have
• 52:36
  ever even predicted, imagined. Just keep going.
• 52:41
  Don't stop. I would give her a hug and I
• 52:46
  would just tell her like you are loved, like you are worthy, you
• 52:50
  are loved and just follow your dreams.
• 52:53
  Just do the things that you want to do.
• 52:56
  I have a little sister, she's 13 and she there was a situation
• 53:02
  where she was getting bullied by a little girl and I was like,
• 53:06
  I'm not, Nope. I don't stand for it.
• 53:09
  So you're like inner child and older sister reawakened here I
• 53:12
  was. Like I'm not here for it.
• 53:15
  And so I actually had a conversation with a little girl
• 53:18
  and I was like, you don't do that.
• 53:20
  Like you don't do that. I was like, if you don't want
• 53:22
  people to talk to you like that, you don't talk to people like
• 53:25
  that. And like I it almost felt like I
• 53:28
  was like talking to like my bully.
• 53:32
  Oh, I guarantee during it you're like, wow, this is a moment
• 53:35
  right now. Yeah, and like my stepmom had to
• 53:37
  be like you were a little. And it's like, but I know like I
• 53:41
  wasn't because it's like. That is not Yeah, they need it.
• 53:45
  And a lot of the times. They're not getting it.
• 53:49
  Coming from like, you know, troubled homes or like troubled
• 53:52
  situations or they just don't get the things that they need as
• 53:56
  like kids, which is why they take it out on other kids.
• 53:58
  Of course, sad. But it's like the kids that are
• 54:02
  getting it don't deserve it. And so unless your parent is
• 54:05
  going to tell you that that's not OK, like somebody needs to,
• 54:08
  yes. And I just think anybody that
• 54:11
  goes through any type of bullying or like whether you
• 54:14
  are, you know, a young kid, an adult, cuz it happens literally.
• 54:19
  Anytime. In life, it's just like, it's
• 54:22
  not like I think that's, that's the phrase of it all is like
• 54:25
  it's never about you. Like it's.
• 54:27
  Never about you, it's always about what they're going
• 54:30
  through. And all you can do is just give
• 54:31
  them grace and pray on it and just ask that God heals whatever
• 54:36
  is causing them to, you know, act this way.
• 54:40
  Because it ain't God that's making them act that way.
• 54:43
  Whoa, it's never from God if it's confusing, condemning,
• 54:48
  manipulative, you know, up and down.
• 54:51
  Like when you're saying like when someone's one way and they
• 54:53
  act another, I'm like, that's like God telling.
• 54:55
  It's just you got to use that discernment, right?
• 54:59
  But no, like I always feel too like kids need to know.
• 55:03
  And if someone's not telling them, like, hey, I'll be a I'll,
• 55:06
  I'll let you know. Yeah.
• 55:12
  So I, there's been a, a theme of you facing things that that
• 55:19
  while you were shaking, you did the audition while you were like
• 55:24
  facing adversity, like, you know, bullies in school, I
• 55:28
  think. And it seems like now you're
• 55:31
  going through something that I've am also going through this
• 55:34
  like identity shift of like I feel called to lead everything I
• 55:40
  do, whether it's my software job, podcast, parenting, dog
• 55:46
  sitting like through the lens of God.
• 55:48
  And what does that look like? And like, whoa, I don't really
• 55:53
  want to do that anymore. But like I'm not shaming myself
• 55:56
  for it but like changing. Yeah, yeah.
• 56:01
  So it's beautiful. It's just like a beautiful
• 56:03
  message. I think that like God can come
• 56:06
  at any time. And I, I do want to tie this
• 56:10
  whole thing to what you're doing now, which is tell us about what
• 56:15
  you're excited about in your performance singing career, in
• 56:19
  your career with Davini, in your role as like somebody talking
• 56:25
  about God, Like, tell me what you're excited about.
• 56:28
  Honestly, I am and have been for these last couple weeks.
• 56:33
  I am excited to just be totally surrendered to God's plan.
• 56:39
  I don't know. And I think I've, this has been
• 56:42
  my issue is I've tried to hold so much pressure for like what
• 56:46
  the future is going to look like.
• 56:47
  But at this point in time, right now, I've really given myself to
• 56:52
  God's plan because I quit a job that was paying me close to six
• 56:58
  figures, a yeah, 6 figures a year to now work for this
• 57:02
  company that's a startup that there is no really no security.
• 57:08
  Yeah, it's an adventure. It really is, but I fully
• 57:12
  believe in it. And I've really had to trust
• 57:15
  God's provision because now I'm like, you know, I'm doing
• 57:18
  something that I really care about.
• 57:20
  And that very much feels like you put me here to be a leader
• 57:27
  and to show, you know, these guys also like who God is.
• 57:31
  And like before I started working for Divini, we were, or
• 57:34
  when I first started working for Divini, we were never having
• 57:38
  conversations about God. And then couple months in one of
• 57:41
  them, you know, Mason would start to ask about God.
• 57:44
  And then most recently Cameron, which is the other founder, had
• 57:48
  started coming to church with us.
• 57:50
  And it's like now we all kind of sit here and we'll like pray
• 57:53
  before, like big investor meetings and like we'll pray
• 57:57
  over just like the things that are happening.
• 57:59
  And so I feel like God is using me and I would rather him use me
• 58:06
  and put me through, you know, I would rather have just as much
• 58:10
  money I need in my bank account to pay bills and get groceries
• 58:13
  then have 6 figures a year to, you know, be used by him in
• 58:18
  order to show people who God is. And I think that's always been
• 58:23
  the purpose for me. And I think with my music as
• 58:26
  well, like I'm not actively working on my music, but like I
• 58:31
  had mentioned before, God is not just going to let my talent go
• 58:34
  to waste. He loves when I use my talent.
• 58:37
  And I think that he is just, he has it all in a plan and I'm
• 58:41
  just, I'm ready for it. Whenever you want to make
• 58:44
  something happen. I my, my mind is blown again
• 58:48
  right now. I just can't believe that I
• 58:50
  didn't know that the founders and you guys and like I just
• 58:53
  love. I love that that like.
• 58:57
  I mean, it was, well, it's all been part of his.
• 58:59
  Plan. It's like I'm going to introduce
• 59:00
  him, but I'm not going to tell him at first.
• 59:02
  Yeah, I know. I was like, hey, you want to be
• 59:05
  an ambassador, like. Yeah, He's like, I'm going to,
• 59:08
  I'm not going to tell her that they love to talk about God.
• 59:11
  I'm going to tell her about a month in, I'm going to come on
• 59:14
  and they're going to have like this moment and like, and I'm
• 59:17
  like, got me, Got me, you know, it's fun.
• 59:21
  Like, yeah, well, I just, I feel like that is a great way to like
• 59:28
  to put a pause on our beginning of our many conversations.
• 59:32
  I think both as partners with Divini, with as friends, as I
• 59:37
  love to say this now, as like sisters in Christ.
• 59:39
  You know, I love that. I love that we're all brothers
• 59:42
  and sisters and like we can all, like, I just love the community
• 59:48
  of believers that you connect with all over the world.
• 59:52
  It's cool. It's really cool.
• 59:54
  It's divine it. Really, right.
• 59:56
  It's divine. It's divine.
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  It's so good. I'm getting all the chills
• 1:00:02
  whenever I'm getting so many chills and it's like not cold in
• 1:00:04
  here. I'm like.
• 1:00:06
  I don't know I've I've gotten chills a lot during.
• 1:00:09
  This. I know this was all just this.
• 1:00:12
  This was finally planned. Right before Thanksgiving, I am
• 1:00:15
  so thankful to have you. I'm so thankful.
• 1:00:19
  Julian, Jack, Julio, Iglesias, Julio, I call them all the
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  Like I love to support products that or just trying to make
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  people in the world feel better, like physically, mentally,
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  spiritually, right? I agree, Miranda, you're
• 1:01:45
  amazing. I can't wait to listen to more
• 1:01:47
  of your music. I can't wait one day when my
• 1:01:51
  dream is have 100 episode party and have a mix of Jack DJ ING
• 1:01:58
  and singers like you. I would love for you to perform
• 1:02:02
  at the 100. Party, I'm up there.
• 1:02:05
  I've already had the party in my head, like I can see it all.
• 1:02:09
  And this will be episode 69 on Sunday, so we're 31 away.
• 1:02:15
  OK, I'll be there. Yeah, I'm already booked.
• 1:02:18
  I'm in thinking about what you'd like to sing if you're available
• 1:02:21
  for hire, I'll check with your agents and we're.
• 1:02:24
  Making a set list now. OK, amazing.
• 1:02:27
  And I'm not going to put you on the spot and ask you to sing.
• 1:02:32
  I'm going to ask because I mean, if you want to, you can sing us
• 1:02:36
  out, but if you don't, we can ascend.
• 1:02:38
  We need to make you a Jingle. We need to make you a Jingle.
• 1:02:42
  Yes. We can be like adventures in
• 1:02:45
  adversity or something like. That, and the Jingle was born.
• 1:02:51
  To Jack, take that and and make it into something.
• 1:02:55
  So you sing it really well. Then I go he, he.
• 1:03:00
  It's perfect. It's born.
• 1:03:01
  I'm, I'm not that everyone can sing, right?
• 1:03:06
  I'm not, you know, a recording artist.
• 1:03:09
  Let's just put it that way. So Jack can help.
• 1:03:12
  He can help. He can help.
• 1:03:13
  Well, Miranda, happy Thanksgiving.
• 1:03:15
  A day early and sending love to Alabama.
• 1:03:18
  My husband's from Tennessee. I love Southern people.
• 1:03:21
  Yeah, y'all are, y'all are fixing.
• 1:03:24
  Y'all are good people you know. Amazing.
• 1:03:26
  Oh well thank you for having me. This has been such a tree.
• 1:03:29
  I'm like just feeling so full right now.
• 1:03:31
  So it's been the best pre Thanksgiving little
• 1:03:34
  conversation. Hey, thank you.
• 1:03:37
  And TuneIn, I see I'm working on my closing here.
• 1:03:43
  Juliano's like work on it. Oh my gosh.
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  Remember to like subscribe, comment, visit to Vinny, get
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  Let's all just hang out. How about that?
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  Lots of closer right there.