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Welcome to raising

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healthy humans, a podcast

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created for busy moms where you

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can easily find info on health

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and wellness for your family.

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Join Courtney, a health coach

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movement and posture specialist

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and founder form fit and active

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and supportive community where

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she helps busy moms move more

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here on raising healthy humans

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podcast. She shares personal

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life experiences, training,

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knowledge and conversations with

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other health and wellness

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experts so you can raise healthy

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humans. Today, I'm speaking with a past

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client, Kristen of happy, happy

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everything, where she created

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some pins with cute creatures on

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them, along with her autograph

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book that can be found at a

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hotel near Disney World. He

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recently released a CD of songs

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along with YouTube videos, and a

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children's book with animations

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that she created. He is here to

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discuss with us how she created

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a vision using vision boards for

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herself and was able to use this

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to help make her dreams come

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true. I hope you enjoy our

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conversation. And now how are

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you today?

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Party doing great. How are you? Good. I'm good.

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It's so wonderful to have you

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on. So you were actually a

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client of mine a few years back.

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And now you are here to speak

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with us about happy, happy

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everything. Yes, I want to know.

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Explain. So I I know some of

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your backstory. But feel free to

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share with us as far back as you

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want to go. Depending on what

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you want to discuss about how

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you got started with happy,

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happy everything and what

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exactly it is? Oh, that's a great question.

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Okay, thank you so much. I would

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love to say, in kindergarten on

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a piece of paper, you know, says

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when I grew up I want to be and

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then you put a blank it said I

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put I want to be a Disney

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animator. So in my little brain,

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I was an artist as a kid. And I

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was like a little bit of

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everything but, and I loved

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entertainment and TV and all

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that. But I loved drawing. I

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wanted to be like Walt Disney.

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So fast forward. I went to

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school FGCU Go Eagles. I stayed

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local and they didn't have

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broadcasting at the time, I

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would have definitely gone into

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that. Art. There was not like an

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art major. It was so tiny then,

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right? I didn't have the

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competence. It was kind of like

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a little ball of everything. And

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so I got my degree in elementary

4:04

education. So I could still do

4:10

all my like, little things, my

4:10

puppets, my little characters

4:14

with the kids like everything I

4:14

loved I put into teaching but

4:19

never went into teaching. I

4:19

wanted to go explore the world.

4:24

Because in my heart like I love

4:24

kids. I love kids. But I was so

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young. You're like what 2122

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When you graduate? Yep. And I'm

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like, I have this world to

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explore. Like I wanted to, like

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just go and be and I don't know,

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my heart was not to teaching.

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You know, I really wanted to be

4:44

like, on TV. Probably

4:47

entertainment was really what

4:47

was calling me. Right, right,

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right. Well, fast forward. I met

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my my Prince Charming, which was

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my husband. I got married at

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Disney World. So I did live that

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I watched the talk. I knew as we

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married Disney. I loved it, did

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it. It was magical. I'm building

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this up. Can you tell this is my

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and weren't you? Did they video

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you? Your wedding and everything

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for Disney? Yeah, baby. Because she because

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I was like, I vision this like

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and not not like the person I

5:23

was just like, I just loved the

5:29

chapel. I really fell in love

5:29

with the Disney chapel. But but

5:32

more so than that, and maybe

5:32

some moms can relate that are

5:35

listening is that I had so many

5:35

great childhood memories going

5:40

to Disney. That'll kind of why I

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had the love of Disney in my

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heart. And so that's why I was

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like, you know if I could get

5:47

married anywhere. I'm gonna get

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married there. So the director

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loved my story. I guess she

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like, used us in their

5:55

advertising. Okay. I was like,

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Oh my gosh, like, I will go to

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Disney gown. I mean, I literally

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lived a fairy tale. I really

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lived in the coolest, coolest

6:06

experience. So then I get

6:10

married and I do everything I

6:10

wanted to do, I did TV, radio,

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and then I got pregnant. And my

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life, which is what my next

6:21

dream was, was to have a family.

6:21

And this we're happy, happy,

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everything created. I wanted to

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be a stay at home mom. Because I

6:32

got pregnant and had a beautiful

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baby boy. And then I needed to

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go work out. So Claire, do you

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ever like girl? That's

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how we met? Yes. It was amazing time in my life.

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Amazing because your new mom and

6:47

you need to get out there. You

6:47

need to get in and feel good.

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And get you know, just kind of

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back to a routine again. Right?

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You know, yeah. Meet other moms routine. Feel

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good about yourself? Mm

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hmm. Yep. So I stayed home. And

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again, maybe moms can relate to

7:07

this. But I knew in my heart

7:07

right in that moment, like, I

7:10

wanted to dedicate my life to

7:10

being home with the kids. But

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what could I do as a job and

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stay home? And I thought, oh my

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gosh, I can finally be a Disney

7:20

animator. I can finally write

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children's books and cartoons.

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And then nothing was coming to

7:30

me. Like, have you ever does

7:30

this have any recording where

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you like, have a project? You're

7:33

like ready to do it? And then

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it's like, what do they call

7:37

that like a brain

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fog is almost what I think of

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with it just kind of nothing

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comes to you stagnant. And I was like, I went to Barnes

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and Noble. I tried to get all

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like, cool little pens and tools

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to get all motivated. Nothing. I

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went to the beach, I tried to

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write there. Nothing. I'm like,

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Oh my gosh. And then a life

7:58

changing moment. We're happy,

8:02

happy everything came around is

8:02

that I put the book aside

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because it was just not working.

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I'm like, okay, not my time. But

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I love my kids. But I needed. I

8:09

needed something for myself, I

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want to create products or, you

8:13

know, things that are really

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inspirational for kids. And I

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love to craft I love art. So I'm

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sitting and what changed my life

8:24

is in our house, my husband

8:28

built a small little desk, and

8:28

shelves. For me. That was it. So

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if there's any mom listening

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that needs that to say stay at

8:38

home mom wants a space, I highly

8:38

recommend a little tiny space

8:42

can change your life. Because

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for me, it gave me that

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motivation, inspiration to just

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sit there go, wow, this is my

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space. What am I going to do? Or

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what am I going to create? Oh my

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gosh, this story is so long. I'm sorry. No, that's okay. No, this is

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what this is about.

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But it wasn't that easy. Like I

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want moms to really know, like,

9:07

I had a hard time like I really,

9:07

I wanted like it was almost like

9:14

a little bit of like, you know,

9:14

postpartum depression, you know,

9:17

you kind of like, have that for

9:17

a little had that. And so I was

9:21

trying to get back on my feet.

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And and I know I love crafting.

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So I give out pens like home

9:25

lucky pens, happy pens, I always

9:29

just like to give someone a pen

9:29

and go, here's a lucky pen. So I

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thought, oh my gosh, I just

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start playing around with

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designing pens, and turn them

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into characters because it

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couldn't get it in my head and

9:40

put it on paper. But guess what,

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I can create it with a pen, or a

9:43

pencil or you know, I mean, I

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just started making all these

9:49

magical, I guess pens and

9:53

pencils, and characters. And so

9:53

in my mind, it was like that was

9:57

my way of being like Walt

9:57

Disney. So I created my company,

10:02

happy, happy everything in 2016.

10:02

And it felt amazing to feel like

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you had something that was yours

10:08

that you're touching the world.

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And that I knew was gonna grow

10:12

and grow. I just, I was so happy

10:18

and fulfilled that each thing I

10:18

made had a purpose, really

10:23

purpose like it was going to

10:23

make a child smile, or sometimes

10:27

even a mom, grandma, and you

10:27

never know that. It was all

10:31

ages. It was kind of cool. Like

10:31

I realized, Oh, cool. Like, that

10:34

lady likes puppy pens, and I

10:34

didn't know that. But you know,

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it's like, it's so rewarding.

10:38

And again, it really started

10:44

with having your own space in

10:44

the house. If you are a stay at

10:49

home mom and you're looking to

10:49

get going, you know doing

10:51

something. Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah. I mean,

10:53

you need a space and sometimes

10:56

that's where like you said you

10:56

went to the beach and that

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didn't spark creativity.

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Although many people it might

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have looked for you it was more

11:02

of a designated space that you

11:07

need it. So yeah. So now I

11:07

remember that your pencils and

11:15

your pens ended up getting into

11:15

some of the Disney resorts. Is

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that where they were? Yes, they are still there. Okay,

11:21

funny story but again another I

11:25

guess I like teachable moments.

11:25

So you're I am doing so well

11:32

that the Four Seasons in Orlando

11:32

which the Disney Resort they I

11:38

started to get into little cute

11:38

little hair clips, magic wands,

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pens and a journal that has the

11:42

logo Happy, happy everything and

11:46

it's very, you know, fun and

11:46

very fun operations right. They

11:52

wanted to put it in all the

11:52

rooms as like an amenity. So

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like, whether it's like a

11:56

princess tents, so you know, you

12:00

could call up and let's say one

12:00

of your kids gets their

12:03

birthday, you can surprise them

12:03

with this in room amenity. And

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it was my products. And I'm

12:06

like, so I was like that girl, I

12:11

even have video capturing till

12:11

11 o'clock at night. handmaking

12:14

like a like a assembly line, you

12:14

know, like all these pens, so I

12:18

literally was so tired. I like

12:18

loved it. I loved it. I got so

12:23

much gratitude. I mean, the film

12:23

it, you know, and I was

12:26

grateful. Because I was doing

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what I love. It was a design

12:30

that people it brought

12:30

happiness. I will do and so

12:34

here's the here's the learning

12:34

curve. It got to the point where

12:39

I mean, we're talking hundreds,

12:39

like when you first tried to

12:41

train people it was you know,

12:41

didn't work out. I tried China

12:45

that didn't work out. Just

12:45

because they couldn't get the

12:49

detail. Right. It's very, it's

12:49

detailed. So I had to pivot. And

12:55

that's where I would teach

12:55

anyone listening, that you just

12:59

can't do it all you really step

12:59

back when I learned the hard way

13:04

I got like pretty rundown. And I

13:04

was like I had to write a nice,

13:09

you know, letter to myself.

13:09

Okay, Kristen, you know what?

13:13

Pens can't be can't do all the

13:13

pens right now. You can you can

13:17

manufacture the journals. And

13:17

then I have autographed books

13:20

that they asked me to make. So

13:20

now I have that liquor store a

13:24

boy and a girl. So they can take

13:24

them to Disney. So I have that

13:28

where I don't have to hand make

13:28

it. I got to show you. I'm

13:32

sorry. It's such a visual this

13:32

is we have I think it's pretty

13:36

cool. Because it's like a

13:36

prince.

13:39

Okay, yes. And then, of course, you know,

13:42

to your magic wand for girls,

13:45

but they're kind of like memory books. Uh huh.

13:49

In right, like back when we were

13:49

like eight years old, you know,

13:52

you write down what Princess you

13:52

saw on how you felt and the date

13:57

stuff like that. So it's kind of

13:57

nostalgic. So they asked me to

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create those, I made those for

14:01

them. But I did pause on the

14:06

pens, because again, I just

14:06

couldn't produce fast enough. So

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I will get back to it. But I

14:11

just want anyone listening to

14:15

know, it's okay to pause.

14:18

Well, and I think that's a great

14:18

segue or great information.

14:24

Because what I'm thinking is

14:24

this happens to us, as women

14:29

moms all the time. Yeah, we

14:29

become, we have a dream or a

14:34

vision of what something's going

14:34

to be, even just say motherhood,

14:38

and then we get it. And it may

14:38

not be quite like we expected it

14:44

or may be overwhelming, or

14:44

things like that. And then we

14:51

feel guilt. For not here we got

14:51

everything we last for. And it's

14:57

perfect. And either I don't feel

14:57

feel fulfilled, or I can't live

15:03

up to the expectation or

15:03

whatever. And now we're having

15:08

to feel like we can't do it any

15:08

longer. And the fact that you

15:13

were able to pivot or pause and

15:13

say I can't is huge, because

15:20

many people will continue on and

15:20

just get themselves rundown and

15:24

miserable and unhappy. And then

15:24

be very depressed or feel so

15:30

much guilt because here I got

15:30

everything I asked for and you

15:36

know, I can't even I can't even

15:36

do what I dreamed of happening.

15:41

And now I'm you know, then they

15:41

start to self sabotage. I feel

15:44

so bad for you know, that type

15:44

of thing.

15:48

Totally. You nailed it. The

15:48

guilt is huge, huge because

15:51

you've worked so hard, I mean

15:51

years to get to where you were,

15:55

and then you're like, oh my

15:55

gosh, this isn't working like

15:58

what what am I what am I gonna

15:58

do? I was worried and again,

16:02

this as a business owner

16:02

entrepreneur, I was like, am I

16:05

gonna lose an account? Am I gonna lose them and account at that like a dream

16:07

account?

16:12

But instead, they were as nice

16:12

as could be, but it was the

16:16

hardest. I mean, intentional, I

16:16

had to, like spend so much time

16:20

on that email just really being

16:20

intentional. Honest, and that

16:26

that, hey, it's not the end, but

16:26

it's just right now I have to

16:31

pause, you know. And it led me

16:31

to open other doors, which is

16:36

like, how companies shift and

16:36

grow. But as a I'm really right

16:41

now a one man band. So any any

16:41

entrepreneurs that are one man

16:46

bands right now no, like, things

16:46

will shift and grow. But I look

16:50

at it now. The pain and the

16:50

pleasure. It's like, wow, like,

16:55

sometimes we have to go through

16:55

that. To get to where we are,

16:59

you know, and I would never have

16:59

my music or grow as much as I

17:04

have if I hadn't paused on

17:04

making hundreds of pens a month.

17:09

Oh, and my choice, my choice.

17:09

Like, everyone, I did try to

17:13

train people, but I just want

17:13

you know, like I did enjoy it.

17:17

But I wasn't also you're stuck,

17:17

you know, right. Right. You're.

17:24

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And if you're

17:24

not able to, you're not able to

17:28

train people to do it the way

17:28

you did it. And, you know, then

17:32

there's no opportunity for

17:32

growth, either.

17:36

Yeah. So it was a great learning

17:36

experience. And then it just

17:40

opened. So here's the beautiful

17:40

ending story back to like,

17:45

kindergarten. So because I

17:45

paused, and I had some breathing

17:50

time. I wrote a children's book

17:50

like that. Like, like, like it

17:55

like, it came so effortlessly.

17:55

And when I say effortlessly,

18:01

it's like who I am. But it was

18:01

like, I wasn't trying. I was

18:05

like, Oh my gosh. And I was I

18:05

was like at my house looking up

18:09

in the clouds. And I haven't I

18:09

haven't published it yet. But

18:13

the fact that it's so what's

18:13

called Happy clouds.

18:18

Cute. That's so cute.

18:21

All positive affirmations for

18:21

kids like everything I would

18:25

would have wished for. But guess

18:25

what, 10 years ago, eight years

18:29

ago, I wasn't ready. You know, I

18:29

had to go through my own things

18:32

in my life, to be able to teach

18:32

this now to kids, like how I

18:37

deal with things I can teach

18:37

through books, and products and

18:42

songs. And I have the time. So

18:42

it's neat how things open up and

18:48

your creativity may open up when

18:48

you pivot.

18:52

Yeah. Now you have a CD as well.

19:00

Oh, yeah, it sounds old school.

19:00

But CD I, the album, my

19:07

copyright artist said to she

19:07

encouraged me and anyone else

19:10

who does. So make something

19:10

tangible. People can hold

19:15

characters and they can open it

19:15

up. And they can see all the

19:19

songs, the titles. And of

19:19

course, you know, the artists,

19:22

she said it even like Adele

19:22

still does this. I said this is

19:26

for like I had to go noble and

19:26

see if they really sold CDs

19:31

anymore. They do. But they do. Yeah. And

19:34

they're even going back and

19:37

records. Like there's a second

19:37

life of records to coming. Oh,

19:42

good. Thank you for that. I didn't know that. But it's

19:45

really, really cool. Because I'm

19:50

really proud that my kids are on

19:50

the album. A lot of these songs

19:54

like they go hand in hand with

19:54

like, my characters, the book,

19:59

my message, positive

19:59

affirmations, believing in

20:03

yourself. Some are just once

20:03

great for kamin he noted on how

20:10

teaching, breathing telling

20:10

children it's going to be it's

20:13

going to be okay. Some songs are

20:13

just to get you move in and

20:17

groovin and you know, it's like

20:17

a blend but I really again,

20:22

being an animator, I wanted it

20:22

on YouTube, so that not only do

20:28

you can you hear it on like

20:28

Spotify and Amazon music or a

20:33

CD, but you go to my YouTube

20:33

channel and every single song is

20:39

animated and you can sing along

20:39

with it. So

20:42

there's the animated it. Yeah,

20:42

yeah. Awesome.

20:47

Then I forgot this part. I mean,

20:47

I mean, I think I told you if I

20:49

don't know if I told you or not,

20:49

but these little characters were

20:52

all ones pens that I so I bought

20:52

I turned every single one.

20:57

That's how I got my cartoons to

20:57

cute, like full circle, and now

21:04

I see them like animated and

21:04

singing along and it's been

21:09

about a month so I'm very,

21:12

very excited about it. Yeah,

21:12

yeah. Well, and I saw that you

21:16

even had pens that had like

21:16

little dogs and kitties. Yeah,

21:21

they were really cute. You're

21:21

here.

21:26

They're my buddies, you know, we

21:26

can hang out.

21:31

Well, you also create vision

21:31

boards. So did you kind of as

21:39

you were doing this, or I mean,

21:39

you help people create vision

21:43

boards, I shouldn't say you

21:43

create them because everybody

21:45

has their own vision. But when

21:45

you are going through all these

21:48

different things, were you

21:48

always a vision board cratered

21:53

as well. Were you always doing

21:53

those?

21:56

That's a great question. Yes,

21:56

this is what chokes me up,

21:59

because I was gonna try not to

21:59

get choked up, but I'm sorry.

22:05

It's a great question. Because

22:05

it it's been ever since I got

22:09

married after I got married. I

22:09

started my first one. I don't

22:12

even I heard it probably

22:12

somewhere like probably Oprah.

22:15

Or somewhere, you know. And I

22:15

just got a cork board. And I

22:18

started really putting my goals

22:18

up on literally with like a

22:23

pushpin on a cork board. Since

22:23

2009. I'm such a dreamer. But

22:29

for me, it just helped me to

22:29

look at it daily. Wish it dream

22:35

it do it. Right. And some of

22:35

them, so out there. But then it

22:41

was like, holy cow, it came

22:41

true. Like when I had this, me

22:45

and a Cinderella dress or

22:45

whatever, you know, me being my

22:48

it came true. Like, okay, great.

22:48

And then I would take it off the

22:52

board and you add something. And

22:52

so the latest and greatest was I

22:59

did wandering COVID, just for

22:59

COVID. Just to get me through

23:02

COVID. Separate my main one is

23:02

still intact, but like the COVID

23:09

one, I was looking at it. And in

23:09

the center, I always like to

23:12

tell people to put what you're

23:12

really focusing on most or need

23:17

to hear most put right in the

23:17

center of the board. And my word

23:23

was I can do anything. Oh, do

23:23

you have a board?

23:26

I do. I do. What's in the

23:26

center? It's vibe center. And I

23:33

didn't even think about it, but

23:33

it says you are what you

23:35

manifest your man. That's amazing. That's amazing.

23:37

I mean, you are the podcast you

23:44

knew did it. Yeah. Awesome.

23:44

Yeah. Wow. That's really cool.

23:50

That's really cool. So whatever

23:50

you're gonna manifest Next,

23:54

we'll be up. But the one that I

23:54

my 2009 board that has never

24:02

been changes, I will be the next

24:02

Jim Henson slash Walt Disney. I

24:08

will create magical characters

24:08

and bring them to life for kids

24:11

and make them smile. Never let

24:11

that one go. I've never let it

24:15

go. So like, here we are. 2008

24:15

What 23 And I brought out my

24:21

first I just got a professional

24:21

puppet made. Oh, how cute

24:25

is that? And it's like your

24:25

pins. Like, yeah, yes.

24:32

That's coming to town one day.

24:32

And then you know, it's this

24:35

whole brand. It's like, it's a

24:35

sticker. But it's not just a

24:39

sticker. It says I can do this.

24:39

I got this. You mean, we all

24:45

could use not? I mean, really is

24:45

any age. I mean, us big kids can

24:49

use those words. Right? I

24:49

really, I really, really love

24:54

the little ones because starting

24:54

them young with just positive.

25:00

Anything, just just love them.

25:00

So just to truly fill their cup

25:04

because why not?

25:07

Right. Let me ask you, do you

25:07

because you're so as you're into

25:13

vision boards and creating this

25:13

like movement for yourself? Do

25:20

you have your children do them

25:20

as well?

25:24

I have they there's got lost in

25:24

the hurricane. But but thank you

25:31

because now that I have a new

25:31

space they're definitely going

25:34

to do I even thought about doing

25:34

workshops again, you know,

25:37

picking up? Well yeah, for do

25:39

a workshop, let me know because

25:39

I'd love to participate and then

25:43

share with the moms as well, to

25:43

have them participate as well.

25:47

So let us know for sure. I'd be happy to it can be so

25:49

simple to you don't have to make

25:52

it complex. It could be just, it

25:52

is hard to do. That's why you

25:56

have to almost sign up for

25:56

things. It's almost like working

25:58

out. It's right. You sign up for

25:58

something you you'll do it

26:02

otherwise. I could think of 10

26:02

other things besides sitting

26:06

down and spending time on myself

26:06

and making a vision board you

26:10

know, it's like like, yeah, so I

26:10

love love workshops. Yeah. keeps

26:15

you accountable. That's a good

26:15

word. Right? Because yes,

26:18

yes, yeah, they do. So you've

26:18

had a lot of things going on.

26:28

And we were talking before we

26:28

began about how, you know, a lot

26:33

of people have a lot of things

26:33

going on. And you as well, how,

26:38

how do you handle all of these

26:38

things that occur that can be

26:43

devastating? And how do you stay

26:43

so positive about it?

26:49

That's a great question. Okay.

26:49

So, for me personally, I work on

26:56

it every single day. I am not

26:56

like if someone's like, Oh,

27:00

you're so happy, like, No, I

27:00

won't actually work on it. I

27:03

really do. Like I, I want to

27:03

exude, I want kids to have these

27:08

really fun, whimsical products.

27:08

But like, I'm human, we have bad

27:13

days, or we have, you know,

27:13

months, whatever it is. And so

27:18

the things that I do, I mean,

27:18

and I bill really believe in

27:23

exercise, really believe in it,

27:23

even if it's just a walk, but I

27:28

know it's hard for people to get

27:28

motivated. And so my biggest

27:32

thing is to try to find a

27:32

workout buddy, or a trick to get

27:38

that to get us something

27:38

scheduled on the calendar so you

27:41

can get moving. It is personally

27:41

for me, it's so hard to get

27:45

motivated on my own. So I need

27:45

I've twice put out on Facebook,

27:50

anyone looking for a workout,

27:50

buddy. I've literally done that

27:54

because I just need someone to

27:54

make it fun, you know, to lace

28:01

it up and and then maybe if I

28:01

got into routine, then you get

28:05

into a routine. So for mental

28:05

health, I think sweating fresh

28:10

air, just feeling like a little

28:10

strong. You know, I think that

28:14

is is a way to get through the

28:14

tough times. I love counseling.

28:20

I think a counselor is very

28:20

healthy if you need it. I mean

28:25

doesn't have to be like every

28:25

day but I just mean like when

28:27

you need to go talk to someone I

28:27

would say go for it. Find

28:32

someone you connect with that

28:32

feels like you can share you

28:38

know if there's something really

28:38

tough that you're going through

28:40

I believe in that. I personally

28:40

like the lavender smell of like

28:46

any any kind of like

28:46

aromatherapy. Don't like

28:50

lavender doors. Use something

28:50

you like do not if it some

28:54

people are allergic to it or you do like no, it lavender is not my

28:56

favorite smell. I prefer citrus

29:02

to kind of energize me and make

29:02

me feel like ready to go. Yeah,

29:07

lavender. It's okay. It's just

29:07

it's a it's a little you know,

29:12

it creates that that slight

29:12

headache for me?

29:15

Oh, yes, yes, I'm talking about

29:15

it's not. It's, it makes you

29:21

nauseous just thinking about it.

29:21

Don't use it. Unless you like

29:25

it, use a citrus. And I would

29:25

recommend I personally I make

29:29

like these calm like balls and

29:29

you just put anything that's

29:33

soothing and you just rub it but

29:33

I spray so I'll do a little

29:37

spray cake. You know, essential

29:37

oils are real popular too. So

29:41

any kind of people like

29:41

peppermint once I did it, oh peb

29:46

when I love peppermint to have

29:46

them it might be nice for you.

29:49

Yeah, you've all shaved don't

29:49

like get a headache. And then

29:53

you mallet and you just kind of

29:53

like squeeze it. It's very, very

29:57

calming. So that helps me tough

29:57

times.

30:01

This is another one of your

30:01

little characters. Yes,

30:04

this is Chloe the cloud. She's

30:04

so cute.

30:09

So that's almost like a one of

30:09

those. Like, I'm thinking stress

30:15

balls, those types of things.

30:15

Yeah, like Yeah,

30:19

yeah. Kids like my kids. Bring

30:19

them to the doctor's office

30:23

because they hate shots. So I

30:23

they hold this they hold

30:27

clothing I've Charlie and then

30:27

literally when they go to I

30:32

wrote a song just to get you

30:32

through the doctor's office the

30:35

shots or if you're getting your

30:35

blood drawn. I have a song that

30:39

literally I have it down to like

30:39

the second so that you're

30:42

distracted singing it and then

30:42

they do it and you're done.

30:48

Somebody will never fall in the

30:48

doctor's office but I do so I

30:54

bought a copy but But truly, I

30:54

work at you know, I love

31:03

personally quotes so like I feel

31:03

I need them because I'm hard on

31:08

myself internally, right You

31:08

know that self talk in your head

31:14

can be negative. So that's why I

31:14

like absorb with Instagram

31:19

followers that I like, I like

31:19

Mel Robbins. I like Jay Shetty.

31:25

I like Courtney. You know, so

31:25

you just you surround yourself

31:30

with that. And that really helps

31:30

me a lot. Yeah. So I'm if I'm

31:37

missing one I'll text you. Okay.

31:37

But I do survive my death what I

31:43

work on exercise calming things,

31:43

and a counselor and then the

31:49

positivity the daily. It's could

31:49

be a book. But I love the

31:54

affirmations that I get online

31:54

on Instagram.

31:58

Yeah. And is that the same with

31:58

your children? Are you working

32:02

to help them? Like if they're

32:02

dealing with anxiety? or

32:07

stressful situations? Or? Or are

32:07

these the things that you're

32:13

having them do as well teaching

32:13

them to do?

32:16

Absolutely 100% I like want them

32:16

to have the skills that they

32:23

have out there. Like such a

32:23

perfect example. We're going to

32:26

the dentist in two days, okay.

32:26

So they're going to be nervous.

32:31

So we're going to, we're going

32:31

to we're going to be, you know,

32:34

we're gonna like picture. Okay,

32:34

we did on the way up there. What

32:38

are you fearing the most? Let's

32:38

just like get it out there. So

32:40

we talk about it. All right. Now

32:40

let's picture it being a good

32:45

thing and what would make you

32:45

feel good, okay, you create a

32:48

hole, Chloe, you're going to

32:48

talk and you're, you know, we do

32:51

that because we did the last

32:51

dentist appointment. It worked.

32:55

We sang songs in the car would

32:55

do sing, my son wrote, he

32:59

actually wrote the song breathe.

32:59

So it's like his song. He's 10.

33:03

But about breathing in and out.

33:03

So we do breathing exercises.

33:11

Every single day, this is become

33:11

a tradition. I am not perfect. I

33:16

don't want anyone to think

33:16

everyday is Disneyland. But this

33:19

is something because it's my

33:19

product. Like who I am. But we

33:26

sing this song called the

33:26

morning song on the way to

33:29

school, and it's on my seat. And

33:29

the kids put their hands on

33:32

their heart and I'm like, okay,

33:32

feel it. And basically, the

33:36

words are, it's gonna be a

33:36

great, great day. Because I want

33:39

them to like, start their day,

33:39

manifesting, hey, it's gonna be

33:45

a great, great day. And as soon

33:45

as we end, they go into whatever

33:51

I am, and whatever they want to

33:51

say whatever word for the day.

33:56

Okay. So today, my daughter

33:56

said, I am confident. And my son

34:01

said, I am happy. And that was

34:01

it. And we were, you know, and

34:06

it was like, is it working? But

34:06

I have fun because there's, you

34:12

know, kids naturally get

34:12

nervous. And they naturally. I

34:16

don't know about you, when my

34:16

kids get hard on themselves. One

34:18

of them does, and I just want to

34:18

build them up. So yes, I try

34:23

hard to teach them these things. Yeah. That's

34:25

awesome. Do you? Well, let

34:30

everyone know where they can

34:30

find you. Oh, please find

34:35

me. Okay. Okay. So happy, happy.

34:35

everything.com is very easy,

34:41

because it's just my website.

34:41

And from there on the very main

34:45

page, you can click and it says

34:45

listen to YouTube here. That's a

34:49

great like, direct way or if you

34:49

are savvy, you can go straight

34:55

to YouTube. And it's

34:55

youtube.com/the apt but happy

35:02

happy everything is the channel.

35:02

Yeah. Same. My same name for

35:09

Facebook, Instagram. And my

35:09

store. I have a I'm at the shops

35:16

at dockside. I just opened.

35:16

Well, a soft opening. I'm still

35:21

working on it. But you have your own storefront.

35:22

Yes. Oh, some. Thank you. Thank

35:27

you. So it's it's a work in progress. But

35:28

yes, definitely. You can call me

35:33

i I'm happy to do I'm hoping to

35:33

do workshops. Okay. Sure. Things

35:38

like that for kids, adults. Any

35:38

age. We're all kids.

35:44

Yeah, hopefully that's, I think

35:44

that's one of those things that

35:48

we as parents can struggle with

35:48

is we lose sight myself. Very

35:54

much so lose sight of the child

35:54

inside of me. And sometimes,

36:01

being able to bring that out is

36:01

a good thing. Yes, yeah. Yeah,

36:06

go have fun when we're that way.

36:06

Oh, you're a lot of fun though.

36:14

You are a lot of fun. Wow.

36:25

Okay, there was one other thing

36:25

I was going to ask you, as you

36:29

were speaking about, Oh, can we

36:29

find you on Spotify as well? Do

36:35

we just look up? Happy, happy

36:35

everything on Spotify? Yes,

36:39

great question. Thank you so much. You can download

36:39

the whole album. Is it Spotify?

36:45

Amazon, music, Pandora? All

36:45

those channels? Yeah, they're

36:51

all They're all available. Yeah,

36:51

perfect. I apologize. I didn't

36:55

say the name. Here's the cover,

36:55

but it is happy, happy

36:59

children's songs. That, so you

36:59

would just type that into

37:05

Spotify and, and they can all

37:05

download there. And I would tell

37:09

parents, I mean, if you're

37:09

looking for like a really,

37:14

there's one song called, I can

37:14

do anything. And I really, I

37:18

mean, I love all of them. I

37:18

really do. I really do. But

37:21

that's great for kids that just

37:21

to get those words that I am

37:25

loved. I'm special, unkind, you

37:25

know, or, I got this is my

37:30

absolute favorite, because it's

37:30

all about the power inside of

37:33

you, kids, you anything, you

37:33

know, but they're all really,

37:39

really fun. And like I said, if

37:39

you hear kids on the album, it's

37:43

my children's singing, and the

37:43

rest. There's one word There's

37:48

three of us are singing. And

37:48

then the rest, I hire some a

37:52

good friend of mine who has a

37:52

beautiful voice. So yeah,

37:58

if you could leave our listeners

37:58

with one thing that they could

38:01

do this week to kind of help

38:01

either themselves or their

38:06

children. Get into that

38:06

positive, happy mindset. What

38:12

would you recommend? Great question. I if you can, if

38:14

you can muster up the energy

38:19

because I know it's hard. I

38:19

know. It's like a long day

38:22

you're working all day, you're

38:22

tired, you made dinner, you did

38:25

this, you did that. You could

38:25

just take a moment in your

38:29

living room, or wherever you

38:29

have space. Turn on a really

38:34

like probably your favorite

38:34

song. And I would say to the

38:37

moms, pick your favorite song.

38:37

go old school if you have to

38:41

pick anything. And just get

38:41

dancing with your kids in the

38:46

living room, do a dance and be

38:46

funny, and be silly and let it

38:51

go. And I don't know what it is.

38:51

But it's just letting yourself

38:56

kind of just be free to dance it

38:56

off. And you might even get a

39:00

little winded. But that's good.

39:00

No meaning like it's just

39:05

something to do with the kids.

39:05

You know, but it doesn't take

39:08

too long. It's like two minutes.

39:08

A song is like two minutes. And

39:11

you did something you're like,

39:11

Okay, kids, let's do something

39:13

really silly. You know, that's,

39:13

that's what comes to mind right

39:18

away. Yeah, yeah. No, that's great. I've now

39:19

my kids, you know, they're

39:25

older. So they when I do that,

39:25

they just look at me strange.

39:29

There's like Ma, yeah. Are they now that what are

39:31

you doing? How old are they?

39:38

1715 and 12. Okay, so

39:42

I might have to adjust my song

39:42

thing. For you, it would be

39:50

doing like a bowling alley. Fake

39:50

bowling alley. You know, it has

39:56

to be a competition with the kids. Right? Okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

39:59

You make something up in your

39:59

living room where you like roll

40:02

the ball and whoever gets like

40:02

the water bottles, you know,

40:04

knocks. Yeah, when we do basketball

40:06

sometimes as well.

40:10

Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Yeah. A

40:10

little more competition. No

40:16

wiggle jiggle song. Oh, that's

40:16

buddy.

40:20

Like, Mom, you're putting the

40:20

booty music on? What is your?

40:24

Yeah, that I get it. That's

40:24

funny. All right. Well, thank

40:29

you so much for joining me

40:29

today. It was so great to be

40:32

able to connect with you. And

40:32

I'm excited about happy, happy

40:36

everything and I'm wishing you

40:36

the best. Thank you so much for

40:40

having me. I loved it. Loved it. Loved it.

40:41

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