From Emmy Awards to Empowering Women: Aurea McGarry’s Journey of Resilience & Impact

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My 210. Hi, everyone. We are live. Everyone,

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take a minute. Just take a minute to look at

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Aurea. No, Aurea. Oh, my gosh. Aurea. Rewind

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that, please. Just rewind that. OK, so Aurea,

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I don't know who she is. I mean, I know a little

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bit about Aurea because we stayed on the stages

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together. And I've heard on Chatter the new social

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app that I've talked about. I had Leah on last

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week. and Leah was telling us all about ChatterSocial

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and I love it. But this is the greatest part

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about ChatterSocial is taking us off and meeting

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Areea. And I know that Areea has had some amazing

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things and Areea is gonna share how she did 24

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hours on Chatter, which isn't crazy. So Areea,

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thank you for being brave, bold and beautiful

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and doing a live and trusting me. So I have to

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ask the question, who is Areea McGarry? Oh my

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gosh. Well, thank you so much for having me on

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your live. I love this. I love video content

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and going live. It's really, really good for

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all entrepreneurs, SEO, and for their algorithms

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to jump on live. And you're doing the right thing

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by bringing other people on with you. And so

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many people say, oh, I don't want to go live.

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I don't know what to say. Well, don't do it alone.

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This is great. This is great. Who am I? Such

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a good question. I am, well, The technical, all

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the intro stuff is I'm an Emmy Award winning

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TV show host and producer. I serve on the board

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of governors for the Emmy Awards. I'm an Emmy

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judge. I have my own television podcast show

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called Get Celebritized, helping people earn

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more, live more, and give back more. Because

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my passion is to help nonprofits using my voice

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and my platforms to give them a voice and a platform.

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I'm a cancer and domestic violence survivor.

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I should not be able to talk. They took out my

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vocal cord nerve in 1999, along with half of

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both my lungs and my thymus and all a bunch of

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other stuff. And they told me I'd never speak

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again. But I've been speaking professionally

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for a living ever since 2000, when they told

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me I'd never can. So impossible to God means

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I'm possible. So that found me in a nutshell.

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Wow. Wow. Do you mind if I ask this question?

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Do you, for being a TV host, I mean you are really

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beautiful and does that contribute I mean and

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I know I grew up with like my parents like you

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know like kind of always saying and so I like

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I have this thing about like beautiful people

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but is that part of it I was told I had a face

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for radio growing up so I'm just wondering. I

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feel like you asked that question actually because

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When I did, I used to be an actress, so I used

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to be all the things you're supposed to be. I

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used to do self -operas, always, you know, you

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can never be too thin enough. Your nose can never

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be cute enough. You really get these complexes,

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because it's not that we're not what we need

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to be as beautiful as we need to be. It's like,

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it just depends on what the casting director

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wants, right? So rejection, you always just have

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to remember they're not rejecting us. They're

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rejecting, it's not right for that particular

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part. But when I went into doing my own TV show,

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The focus was not on, look how cute Areya is.

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It was, look at these nonprofits and these people

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making the world a better place. And I'm really

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gonna give you hope right now, so lean in. When

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I did, yeah, when I did my first shows, I did

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22 episodes of Live Your Legacy TV. And some

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were on PBS, they were on the ION station, they

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were on Lifestyle, a whole bunch of different

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real television networks back in the day, 2010,

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before a lot of social media. Ladies, listen

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to me. I didn't look like this. I had just come

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out of chemo. Chemo almost killed me. The steroid

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from the chemo once I was done throwing up 18

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times a day. Once I was done with that, 30 pounds

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came on my body just like within a month. It

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was traumatic for me and I was bald and I was

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heavy and I could not have felt uglier and...

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My voice sounded like a chicken, and I'm not

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exaggerating, ladies. When I was doing my show

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in 2010, I still sounded like a chicken. Even

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somebody commented on one of my shows, this host

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sounds like a chicken. I did. My voice has gotten

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better over time because I'm a miracle. It shouldn't

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be getting better because they took out the vocal

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cord nerve. It should have been what it was.

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No improvement because there's nothing there

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to improve. So I kept doing anyway, taking the

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focus off of this isn't the Aram McGarry beauty

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passion show. There certainly wasn't at the time.

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I don't feel like I ever am. But if women are

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so caught up in what we look like, what we sound

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like, how thin we are, how tall we are, or how

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thin we're not, or how tall we're not, or how

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button nose we don't have, then we forget, why

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are you doing what you're doing? What message

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are you giving to the world? Now, if you're doing

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a beauty pageant, then yes, it matters. But everything

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else, what are you contributing to the world?

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So even to make, even to add insult to injury.

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When I went to do my first show, which was on

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Habitat for Humanity, my hair was still short.

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It was like brown, and it was about this short,

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which was fine. One week before I went to film

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my first show, that ultimately at the end of

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that year won me my Emmy Award, my little girl

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dream, my hair fell out again. Here I am about

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to go on TV. All this fell out. I looked like

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an old man. And I said, oh, well, I guess I need

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to get a wig. And I couldn't find a good wig

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here in Atlanta in three, four days time. This

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was before Amazon Online. We can get anything

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in 24 hours. Me and my daughter had to run around

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trying to find a wig. There wasn't a Halloween

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wig for me. Found something. It was not great.

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It had blonde bangs and brown hair. It was not

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great. So I felt ugly. I felt fat. Now I'm bald

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again. And I went on the air. And I still sounded

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like a chicken. So I give you guys this message.

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What are you supposed to be doing? Go do it with

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all your flaws, with all your insecurities. Start

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doing whatever it is you want to do that you're

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meant to do. I knew I was meant to do this because

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God called me to do it. I wasn't going to real

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estate. That wasn't my calling. Wasn't becoming

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a CPA. I'm not my calling. This is what I've

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been trained to do. I'm a trained actress. I

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was trained for this, but I certainly did not

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look the part at that time. And I was trained

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to always look the part. So here I am, and I

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was 48 years old when I won this Emmy award.

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To women, that's over the hills. Like, oh my

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gosh, I'm over 40. My life's over. No, I didn't

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even do a TEDx until I was 60. So what you're

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seeing now is years and years of me getting over

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the chemo, getting the steroids out of my body,

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letting my hair grow back in. But I didn't wait

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for all this to, okay, look, presentable again.

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I did it at my worst and I won my best. The hope

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that gives you hope. There is no face for radio.

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Don't let anybody ever tell you that. Every face

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is beautiful. Start concentrating on your purpose

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and what you bring to this world. And we all

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know that it's not the prettiest and the cutest

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that are making the biggest difference in this

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world. They're just the ones we see all the time.

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And we know with filters and all that, half the

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stuff we see is fake anyway. Be you and come

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change the world with me. I got chills. Thank

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you. Thank you for sharing that with all of us.

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That is really important information. Obviously,

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I feel like I needed to hear that. So are you

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close enough to grab your Emmy so we can kind

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of highlight? Yeah, of course. So is this the

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Emmy that we're like familiar with? Yes, this

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is the Southeast Emmy and the Emmy is a non -profit

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organization and it's split up into three parts.

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You have your Daytime Emmy Awards, You have your

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primetime Emmy Awards, which is 7 a .m. and after,

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and you have your regionals. And regionals, they

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separate the country into like, Texas is the

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lone star because Texas is so big. We have the

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Southeast Emmys, which is six different states.

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Florida has their own because there are a lot

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of Spanish content. And it includes your PBS

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stations, your PBA. It includes documentaries.

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It includes your local newscasts, your weather.

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all of that within your segment. You know, California

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has their own. So I judge all the other ones

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except our own. They don't allow you to judge

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your own chapter because we all know each other.

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So not all of us know each other, but we are

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familiar with our own newscasters and PBSs and

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all our local documentaries. So they don't want

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you voting for your favorite people. So we judge

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others and other chapters judge us. So it's a

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wonderful family and it's a nonprofit organization,

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just like the Oscars, just like the Grammys,

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just like the Tony Awards. Whoa, you have so

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much grit and determination. Like when I'm listening

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to you, I think it would be very rare for you

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to like to spend a day in bed unless like when

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you needed to. But like, I feel like you are

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someone that just gets up every day and faces

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all your challenges. What would you advise other

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people that are in similar positions as you?

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How did you do it? Well, again, looks are deceiving.

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Don't ever think that me or anyone else that

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you see wakes up like this you know and just

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go it's another day and we just open the windows

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and the bluebirds fly in and everything is perfect

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it's like i just had like a really challenging

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two weeks uh i've had so many challenges in my

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life my dad was murdered by the mafia when i

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was 15 i escaped domestic violence in my 20s

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uh my brother had cancer my mother had cancer

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she died of cancer she was given three months

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to live i thought i was going to die I get cancer

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I almost die from chemo and then life keeps going

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it doesn't have to be that big but there's days

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that are just like uh you know people get on

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your nerves people back stab you something happens

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my dog just died my one of my favorite dogs passed

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away in my arms you know life happens So don't

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think it doesn't happen to me or any of the people

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you're looking up to as well. I think that's

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the beauty that brings us all together. We're

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all human. We all go through stuff, whether it's

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family stuff or business stuff or friendship

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stuff. That's why I started my community you

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see here. Yes, I want you to share about it But

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it's women helping women being mentors because

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there is nobody they're lying if they say yes

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I wake up like this and every day is perfect

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And I wake up and I have my my whole grain, you

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know oatmeal and I have my protein shake Then

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I have a wonderful lunch of lettuce and string

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bean. I mean, come on I'm very, I live every

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day as it comes. I try to plan for the best,

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but I'm ready for the worst. What gets me through,

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and here's the secret to what gets me through,

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because I believe we're always about to start

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an obstacle in the middle of an obstacle or coming

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out of an obstacle, especially if we're moms,

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especially if we're just in this world, we're

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always nurturing and helping other people. If

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I'm not going through something, maybe my best

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friend is, maybe my daughter is. There's so many,

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hopefully, people in your life. So there's never

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a perfect day. There's great days, but they're

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not. Perfect. So what gets me through everything,

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what got me through all of that and this your

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normal crappy day is my faith. You know, just

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now that whatever I'm going through today, I

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can get through it and I'm a problem solver.

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I'm not a whiner. I don't sit and revel in, oh

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my gosh, I can't believe this is happening to

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me now. I've already, you know, why me? Why me?

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I never do that. It's why not me? It's happening

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to me. How can I get through it? But on that

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note, There's times when I'll cry, times you

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need to grieve, times you just could fall apart.

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But please, I hope you have friends and family,

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even one, that you can cry on their shoulders.

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If you don't, you can join my legacy living by

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design. We are balcony friends to each other.

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It's all women over 40 that are there so we can

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cry on each other's shoulders, so we can help

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each other through divorce, death, obstacles,

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starting new businesses, whatever. And so we

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try that because we can't do this life alone.

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So there is no perfect life. There's no perfect

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balance. But we want to help each other have

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more good days than bad days. But if you're having

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a bad day, we all know mental health is a thing.

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You have to check on your strongest friends.

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So those who look like they got it all together,

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have it all together on the surface because they're

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good at hiding it. They're good at saying, I'm

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not going to bother the world with my problems.

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I need to show up today. But then when cameras

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are off and everything's down. That's when they

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could be lonely. They could be sad. They could

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be going through something, but they won't bother

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people with it. I'm that way. So that's how I

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know that. I don't bother anybody with anything.

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But there's times when I need my balcony friends.

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So we need to have them. So we have to stop thinking

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and watching our social media feed and just,

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oh, wow, perfect. I wish I had her like, wow,

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they look so happy. Everybody's got problems.

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Everybody. It's just. how you get through them,

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and having a great support system, having good

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friends, even one good friend will make a difference.

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So like, so I remember, again, everyone, I met

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Aria, I heard her on stage, heard her speak,

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and my ears perked up. And then Aria was doing

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a 24 hour, am I correct? I remember a 24 hours,

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like she did like. That's crazy. On ChatterSocial,

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who is just a founder and CEO, is Nelson Apega.

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And we all want to support him. And I remember

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thinking, I went in a little bit to like here

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and I was like, oh my God, this Araya is amazing.

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So Araya, could you share a little bit more about

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your group and how, like, what would that look

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like if I get involved? Do I go in and fill out

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an application? What do I do? Yeah, absolutely.

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We just need to be a female because this one

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is the legacy living by design. is for women

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only because women need that safe space to have

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balcony friends. We need a safe space where we're

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not always talking business. We might be talking

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about being a mother, might be talking about

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a wayward teenager or a bad divorce. It's just

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girlfriends together. But all walks of life,

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there's no qualifications set. It's mostly 40

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and over, although we have a dynamic like 32

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year old in there who fits right in. So basically,

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if you're ready to create your wildest dreams.

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you're a fit for us. So we don't card you at

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the door. I don't care about age as much as just

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you're ready to make it happen. And you love

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to be around otherwise women because where I

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am strong, you might be weak and where you're

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strong, I might be weak. So we come together

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and we help solve problems. We help you get to

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the next level. We help you move the needle.

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It's only $27 a month for this because yeah,

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because people, I don't think we need to break

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the bank to have mentorship. And what we're gonna

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do, let's say I'm thinking about hiring this

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coach or trying out this program. I think it's

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gonna be great. I would put it out to my balcony

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friends in the legacy group and say, what do

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you think? Has anybody taken this course? Does

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anybody know anything about this person? And

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they would give me feedback. And if we didn't

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know, we would find out because how many times

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have we... bought into a program, bought into

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a coach, bought into something higher. Say, gosh,

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that wasn't what I needed, or that was terrible,

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or I really should have done this first before

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I took that on. But we don't know. We're just

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throwing out money thinking, that's the next

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best step. And it might not be. So we help give

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advice to you and say, oh, yes, I took that course.

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We'd perfect for you. Are you here, here, and

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here? Well, you're not. And I wouldn't take that

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yet. Get this in order, then invest $10 ,000

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in that. you know or oh my gosh don't that person's

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a ripoff you won't get i mean women will tell

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you the real deal we'll tell you they love somebody

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don't like somebody and we'll tell you why so

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it's that where you have that support system

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to really make a difference live your best legacy

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move that needle without constantly going broke

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by investing and spending money and spending

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money when you just wish you had somebody to

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talk to and it's not our family and friends for

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that it's people that have wisdom and knowledge

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in what you're trying to do with your business

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or your dream or your non -profit You need to

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ask people that are where you want to be. You

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know, your friends and family all mean well.

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They might say, don't, don't, don't do that out

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of trying to protect you. When a mentor would

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say, no, that is the next best step. I absolutely

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take that. If this is your goal and you're here,

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that'd be a great place. And I know of this person,

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they're fantastic. You know, so it's educated

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mentors that'll help you through whatever you

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need. We don't move that needle. So it can't

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be for $26 a month and it'll go up later. I just

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started over the summer. I've got about 30. women

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in there now, women can change the world. You

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get with five powerful women, you can change

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the world and change your destiny for sure. So

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we have a lot of fun. We're dedicated to each

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other. And it's like an insurance program. You

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don't have to be there every week. You don't

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have to show up every week. It's for twenty seven

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dollars a month. You could call me at any time.

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Oh, my gosh. I have this decision to make. Great.

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Let's talk about it. Oh, I know somebody you

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need to know. No extra charge. You know, it's

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just it's just great. It's just the way it's

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my kind of give back to the world as I turn.

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over 60 this year and I need to give back where

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it's not always here but $5 ,000 let me help

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you. There's a time and place for that but on

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every question you have she costs $5 ,000 to

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answer. That's just me. I love I'm going to join

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and I'm 62. I know I look like in my 20s. No

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I'm kidding. I love what you're doing. And I

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was, it's funny, I was a score mentor for eight

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years doing business mentoring. I love score

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too, but I just, it was time for me to go. And

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this feels like a great way to be able to give

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back. I'm a guardian ad litem too. Actually talking

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about your, like passions. I want to hear about

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your nonprofit. Like, so you, so share that.

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Cause I feel like there's a nonprofit part of

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this. Yeah. I don't have a nonprofit Mike. My

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passion when I, when they took everything out

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of me from cancer, everything, God was very clear.

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I was going to help nonprofits with the voice

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that I don't have. So I turned my life around

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from being the actress, doing everything, getting

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parts, wanting to get higher, to taking my talent

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and being the voice for nonprofits and helping

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them get the notoriety they need using my talents

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of being an extrovert, loving the stage, loving

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the limelight. I don't like when the limelight

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on me, I love giving the limelight to others.

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So that was a calling I got. So I just want to

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help as many nonprofits as I can, you know, before

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I take my last breath. And I've met so many amazing

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ones. I did Olivia Legacy Summit, did 12 of them.

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Tori Johnson from Good Morning America helped

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me produce my very first one and make it, you

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know, all sustainable, profitable, valuable,

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so great. And I brought together business owners.

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sponsors and nonprofits all into the same room.

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And magic happened. It was the most amazing thing.

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Only reason we stopped was 2020 gang and we couldn't

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do it. And I haven't gone back to it yet, but

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the time will come. So now I do it with my podcast.

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I do it, get celebrities. I'll have on business

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people, successful people like Tony Robinson,

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J. Eric Robbins, or Justin Greeny from American

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Idol or Jillian Michaels. Or, and I have entrepreneurs

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who've never heard of that. Great stories. and

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I have non -profits on to give them the microphone

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that I promised God I would give them to help

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them promote their good cause. Because most non

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-profits, I say probably 99 .9 % non -profits,

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are there doing something that's important to

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them, not because they're great at marketing

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or great at business. And so they need support.

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They need help without breaking the bank. Amazing,

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amazing. So another thing, so I want to flip

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for a second. And so if, so do you coach for

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TED Talks? Like, on your business side of it?

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I don't coach TED Talks. It comes out in a lot

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of my programs, like I'm about to do another

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workshop, how to... how to create your own TV

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podcast to attract affluent clients, your ideal

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clients. So I'll do another workshop on that.

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Inside that, I have some tips on TEDx, but I

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have great resources for TEDx. So if people come

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into my legacy community that want to be a TEDx

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speaker, I've got people they need to know. I

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know people that host them. I know people that

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host them here in Atlanta. I know how to get

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them into the fold. And then my biggest piece

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of advice to anybody listening, this will be

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free, is if you want to be a TEDx speaker, the

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best thing to do is to invest in a TEDx script

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writer. Because you will have a great idea that

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they may love, but still get that script writer.

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Because it has to, what we call in social media,

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you have to land the plane. You have to start

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it out, get to the climax, and then close it

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out in a TEDx way. So I did get a scriptwriter

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for mine, but I am not a scriptwriter. So I have

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all the resources and help and advice for it,

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but my forte isn't bringing them in, making them

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good, getting the scriptwriter. It's just, here's

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what you need to do and you should do that. And

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then I'll give them resources to point them in

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the right direction. Amazing, amazing. So you're

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giving, giving, giving. How are you receiving?

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Oh gosh. When you give enough, you get back.

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The people that I work with, if they need, if

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their dream is to start a TV show and think,

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this is what I want to do, I have the Limelight

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Network. So there's ways where I can paint. If

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that's now their decision, I'm their next best

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step, then yes, they can buy into me and invest

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in me as their coach. But I don't take on everybody

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as a coach. client because I'm not the next best

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step for them like I said if they want to if

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they need to get their their customer journey

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put together they need the landing pages the

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email sequences all that I'm not going to do

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that for them I'm gonna let them know they need

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to have that before they have their show they

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need to funnel them somewhere in order to make

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good money without having to depend on sponsors

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so if I see that I'm ready for that then I will

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refer them to some people that I know that do

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that at a very you know affordable cost very

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well. Then when they're ready to get celebrities,

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when they're ready that they can handle 100 new

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clients this week or 10 new clients this week,

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then I'm the person for them if their goal and

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while the stream is to have their own show or

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to be a better guest on other people's show and

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get great ROI. And then they can come into my

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coaching, you know, world. But I don't advertise

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that it's like a hand select people that I want

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to work with that are ready to be worked with.

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And let's go back to the 24 hours, because I

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think that was the coolest thing that you had

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that idea, and then you did it. And I have to

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ask this. Were you on Clubhouse? Or are you on

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Clubhouse? Oh, I'm an OG on Clubhouse. I still

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do my Breakfast of Champions segment Fridays

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at 10 AM Eastern. So yeah. They started, but

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when did we start? I started like three or four

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months after Clubhouse, maybe five months after

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Clubhouse. I'm an OG with Chatter, of course,

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like I was there on the third day, but I love

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audio apps. I think it's great. I love Clubhouse,

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but I'm on Chatter a whole lot more now. Chatter's

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the place to be because it's got so many more

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bells and whistles. But when I jump in, I'm the

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type of person, this isn't for everybody, but

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when I do something, I love to blitz. When I

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did direct sales, I love to blitz. I love to

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have like a 24 hour sale -a -thon because you

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can get so much more done when you do a whole

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bunch in a small amount of time. It just kind

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of jump starts things. It kicks things off. So

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when we got on Chatter, I wanted to kind of kick

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things off. I have my legacy living by design

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club, um, um, what do you call it? That chapter

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channel, channel. Thank you. Oh, a channel there.

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And so I'm going to kind of kickstart it. I wanted

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to be there. I can meet a whole bunch of people.

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And I remember when we did this on clubhouse,

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the 24 hour rooms, I used to meet the coolest

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people at two o 'clock in the morning, you know,

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the coolest people were on. And I'll tell you,

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I did it, and it wasn't me that made it great.

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It was the people that flowed in, flowed out,

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that taught their brilliance for 20 minutes,

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started a Q &A for it. By the time they were

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done, somebody else would come in and they would

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say, it flowed like you knew it was of God. It

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was so much fun. I didn't take a break. I thought...

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For sure, somebody's gonna need to take over

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for me at three or four in the morning. I'm gonna

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need to sleep. I'm not as young as I used to

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be. But three, four, five in the morning, I'm

00:23:31.809 --> 00:23:34.009
going strong. I'm still moderating. We're having

00:23:34.009 --> 00:23:37.750
a good time. And I went actually 25 hours, because

00:23:37.750 --> 00:23:40.369
the very last hour Credit Ninja comes on, and

00:23:40.369 --> 00:23:42.690
you can't close the room on Credit Ninja. She

00:23:42.690 --> 00:23:44.349
went on for an hour, and it was phenomenal. Gave

00:23:44.349 --> 00:23:47.690
me a second win, third, fourth, sixth win, and

00:23:47.690 --> 00:23:49.890
it was so much fun. But I love doing them. It's

00:23:49.890 --> 00:23:52.420
not for everybody. But it's a great way. If you

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:54.599
want to do anything with your business or nonprofit

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:57.700
to do something big like all at once, a big blitz,

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a big something fun. Yeah, if you're a nonprofit,

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:03.519
do I do a real fun, you know, donors, you know,

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:06.380
match for match, get a sponsor to match all donations

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:08.700
done the next 24 hours. Have some fun with it.

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:11.200
People like something fresh, new, exciting. Think

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:13.720
of it like Black Friday. We shop all year long,

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but why is Black Friday so exciting? Well, now

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it's like Black November. Everybody was coming.

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It starts early and earlier. and earlier now.

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But the key is the same. You know, it's that

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:26.200
special that you want to do with that Black Friday

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:29.720
for you. That's so cool. I didn't even think

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:31.839
about that because I actually worked for Muscular

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:34.819
Dystrophy Association for over 12 years. I did

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:39.319
their telethons and produced them. Jerry Lewis

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:42.240
telethons. Oh, I met Jerry a couple times too.

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.430
He's a funny guy. Love him. Love him. And see

00:24:45.430 --> 00:24:47.609
how we could donate to a little bit all year

00:24:47.609 --> 00:24:49.890
long and all the average. But when you do the

00:24:49.890 --> 00:24:52.130
Jerry Lewis telethon, it was that we all knew

00:24:52.130 --> 00:24:54.650
it was on that weekend and the donations came

00:24:54.650 --> 00:24:57.329
in. The celebrities came in. It was a big blitz.

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:59.539
Try to think about how you can do that for your

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:02.319
business, for your sales, for your nonprofit,

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:05.640
because it does work. It builds excitement. It

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:08.240
builds today only. This is fun. Be part of the

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.519
community. Get your name up on the ticker tape.

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:13.539
You know, it's just a lot of fun. That's why

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:15.240
I did a 24 -hour room, and I will do another

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.619
one. I just have to find the right spot, but

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:19.359
definitely over the holidays, because I love

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:21.579
the holidays. I love doing crazy things. So we'll

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:25.690
do some kind of holiday room for 24 hours. You

00:25:25.690 --> 00:25:28.289
guys, if you're out there listening, I have to

00:25:28.289 --> 00:25:30.450
say, do a deep dive on Aurea, because I'm going

00:25:30.450 --> 00:25:32.950
to do it. I'm going down the rabbit hole of Aurea.

00:25:32.970 --> 00:25:35.269
Aurea, who named you? Was it your mom naming

00:25:35.269 --> 00:25:39.470
you? My dad was Greek. My mom was Irish. So Aurea

00:25:39.470 --> 00:25:42.930
is the Greek name for beautiful. My mom is Irish.

00:25:43.029 --> 00:25:45.769
So my middle name is Colleen, which means beautiful

00:25:45.769 --> 00:25:49.329
in Irish. So it's beautiful girl from my mom

00:25:49.329 --> 00:25:51.890
and dad. I love that. When you introduce yourself,

00:25:51.890 --> 00:25:54.069
you say Aurea, then you said Aurea of sunshine.

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:56.579
Because I remember hearing that or maybe I my

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:58.759
mind told me a ray of sunshine. I don't know.

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:01.859
Is it you? Yeah That's why because most people

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:04.359
can't pronounce it. They'll say Aria or something

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:07.220
and and in Latin it means gold It's like it's

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.980
it's pronounced like Aria in in Latin, which

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.740
is gold So to help people pronounce it correctly

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.799
to say a rail like a ray of sunshine or a ray

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:19.039
of hope I love it. Thank you for sharing. I really,

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.799
really, really appreciate your time and your

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:25.420
energy. Now I can say I have an Emmy award -winning

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:31.759
actress and podcast host. I had Nick Nanton.

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:34.980
Do you know Nick Nanton? Nick, yes. Yes, yes.

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:38.279
I had him on the interview two years ago during

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.880
COVID, and that's when he got a call that he

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:45.230
won the Emmy. That's awesome. And I'm like, sorry,

00:26:45.410 --> 00:26:47.789
Nick. So we ended that early, because I'm so

00:26:47.789 --> 00:26:49.710
excited for him to have that. Yeah, I've been

00:26:49.710 --> 00:26:52.190
following him and loving to. I just love following

00:26:52.190 --> 00:26:55.329
people and watching their growth. So I am so

00:26:55.329 --> 00:26:57.690
excited to deep dive on you and to learn more.

00:26:57.970 --> 00:26:59.789
And this is going to be turned into a podcast.

00:26:59.809 --> 00:27:02.130
So we're live now. And then I'll get the show

00:27:02.130 --> 00:27:04.150
notes and have this out. Yes, go to the website.

00:27:04.430 --> 00:27:08.359
I'm joining. 62, very excited to see what I can

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:11.380
help. I grew up in a family business, and my

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:13.099
parents really did a lot of philanthropy. Actually,

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:15.019
when I miss my parents, I Google them. It's the

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.759
weirdest thing ever, because there's so many

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:19.920
articles on them. That's cool. And they left

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:23.059
a toy museum in Connecticut. 80 ,000 Toys is

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:25.539
their legacy for the state of Connecticut people

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:29.259
visit from all over. Oh my gosh, I love that.

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:33.500
My mom would have loved you. Oh, she would have

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:36.400
been talking to you for hours. I love that. Is

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:38.880
there anything that you wish I asked you that

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:41.539
you would like to share, any upcoming promotions,

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:44.579
how we can help you? Oh, I love that. So great.

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:47.500
Well, you know, follow me on social media. I

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:50.140
find me under my name. You know, if you go to

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:52.759
this bit .ly link, you'll see my women's community.

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.880
You can find me, Ray McGarry on YouTube. There's

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:58.220
my show. There's all the videos. Connect with

00:27:58.220 --> 00:28:01.299
me. But a great question to ask me is, what's

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:03.779
my wildest dream? Because my little girl dream

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.740
was my Emmy award. And I did that. And I've won

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:08.619
all the Tellys and Davies. I've loved TV, podcasting,

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:11.099
radio, whole new arts. I love that. But I have

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:15.319
a new wildest dream that I got about two years

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.480
ago, the other side of me besides loving TV,

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:22.369
entertainment. is I absolutely love animals.

00:28:22.569 --> 00:28:24.910
Even if you look up my Facebook, go to Ray McGarry

00:28:24.910 --> 00:28:27.829
for my personal page. And there's always like,

00:28:27.829 --> 00:28:30.130
there was a raccoon at my house last the other

00:28:30.130 --> 00:28:32.509
night. I feed possums every night. I used to

00:28:32.509 --> 00:28:35.170
have a pet kangaroo. My daughter rode a horse.

00:28:35.289 --> 00:28:39.289
Yeah, I love animals. So my next dream as I go

00:28:39.289 --> 00:28:41.069
into, I don't want to say retirement years, but

00:28:41.069 --> 00:28:43.569
my golden years, I don't know. I would love,

00:28:43.950 --> 00:28:45.490
and this is what your mom reminded me of this,

00:28:45.569 --> 00:28:47.630
because I know I would have loved your mom. is,

00:28:47.630 --> 00:28:51.029
I would love to have a reindeer farm, a petting

00:28:51.029 --> 00:28:53.670
zoo where every Christmas I could be Mrs. Claus,

00:28:54.170 --> 00:28:56.569
bring the kids out, have the reindeers, have

00:28:56.569 --> 00:28:59.470
the hot cocoa, pet all sorts of animals, not

00:28:59.470 --> 00:29:01.599
just the goats that everybody has. but you know

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:05.200
kangaroos and lemurs and just all sorts of cool

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:07.460
animals that kids can play with I can play with

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:10.140
and have an excuse and write off but I would

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.779
love to have the reindeer farm because I love

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:14.680
Christmas love reindeers love animals love kids

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:17.859
and the whole family dynamic to come out and

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:20.880
petting animals is a known fact to be de -stressing

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:24.480
and good for your health so you know I have three

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:27.619
dogs had four two cats I have Two sugar gliders,

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:30.779
I have one now, one passed away. I have two bunnies.

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:34.359
And I used to have a chinchilla. And there's

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:36.099
always animals in my house. And there's days,

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:38.400
you're talking about those days. There's days

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:40.420
where I'll get up and I'll just, I'm always petting

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:42.619
my dog. My dogs sleep with me, of course. But

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:44.380
I'll go into my bunny room. They have their own

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.099
room. And I'll go and I'll pick up the bunnies

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:48.440
and I'll pet them. And you know, it makes you

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:51.619
feel better. And it's just so de -stressing.

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:54.319
That's why there's animal therapy nonprofits

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:57.180
all over the world. It really does something

00:29:57.180 --> 00:30:00.359
for you. And it's a proven fact. If you pet horses,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:04.099
if you get close to a horse, their big hearts

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:07.619
beat slow. And if you get your heart up next

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:11.240
to a horse, your heart rate will... slow down,

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:14.519
it'll start mimicking the slowness of the horse's

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.819
heartbeat, which is why you have therapy horse

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:20.099
farms that help de -stress and are good for any

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:22.339
of the different types of disabilities that you

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:24.819
may have or kids may have, they're very de -stressing.

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.859
I mean, God put it all together for a reason.

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:29.559
So that's my wildest crazy dream, brand new farm.

00:30:30.029 --> 00:30:33.829
Can anybody help me? There you go. You are so

00:30:33.829 --> 00:30:37.029
you like when I look at you and besides the beauty

00:30:37.029 --> 00:30:39.890
I see like a big red heart. I see someone that

00:30:39.890 --> 00:30:42.670
just has so much empathy that it must be exhausting

00:30:42.670 --> 00:30:46.390
for you sometimes to just. you know, feel love

00:30:46.390 --> 00:30:48.670
for everything and for the world and just want

00:30:48.670 --> 00:30:51.869
to help everyone. I love you. I think that you

00:30:51.869 --> 00:30:54.589
are, oh, there's something so special about you.

00:30:54.730 --> 00:30:57.230
Okay, so everyone, I will have the link for Breakfast

00:30:57.230 --> 00:30:59.710
with Champions on, did you say Fridays at 10

00:30:59.710 --> 00:31:01.549
a .m.? Fridays, 10 a .m., Breakfast with Champions.

00:31:01.710 --> 00:31:04.829
It's on Clubhouse. Beautiful. Clubhouse is amazing.

00:31:05.029 --> 00:31:09.509
Mary Lynn, she's another one. I do chatter. I've

00:31:09.509 --> 00:31:11.769
been doing chatter Monday and Friday at 11 a

00:31:11.769 --> 00:31:14.049
.m. but I got off that just the last two weeks

00:31:14.049 --> 00:31:16.509
because I had some some conflicts but you can

00:31:16.509 --> 00:31:18.930
find me on chatter too and we'll go back to doing

00:31:18.930 --> 00:31:22.190
the the Mondays and Fridays at 11 a .m. and and

00:31:22.190 --> 00:31:24.869
just before I let you go what are we like what's

00:31:24.869 --> 00:31:27.170
your 2025 any conferences that you're going to

00:31:27.170 --> 00:31:29.329
that we can oh yeah I've got a new one we're

00:31:29.329 --> 00:31:32.009
just doing here in Atlanta a John Maxwell event

00:31:32.009 --> 00:31:35.309
I'm gonna be a speaker at um learned love live

00:31:35.309 --> 00:31:38.309
to lead lead to live and there'll be all sorts

00:31:38.309 --> 00:31:40.069
of information coming out on my social media

00:31:40.069 --> 00:31:41.690
about it It's going to be big. It's going to

00:31:41.690 --> 00:31:44.349
be virtual and in person here in Atlanta. John

00:31:44.349 --> 00:31:46.690
Maxwell. And it's going to be great. It's really

00:31:46.690 --> 00:31:49.450
going to give you guys passion to live and lead

00:31:49.450 --> 00:31:51.849
your legacy. It's going to be wonderful. So I

00:31:51.849 --> 00:31:53.450
just got the phone with the conference for that.

00:31:53.609 --> 00:31:55.569
Just got invited to be on their stage. So I'll

00:31:55.569 --> 00:31:57.569
be coming up. Yeah, a lot of stuff. But definitely

00:31:57.569 --> 00:31:59.109
stay in the audio apps because the audio apps,

00:31:59.309 --> 00:32:01.470
we teach every day. Now you don't have to wait

00:32:01.470 --> 00:32:04.150
for big events anymore to be inspired and learn

00:32:04.150 --> 00:32:06.150
because most of us that are leaders and speakers

00:32:06.150 --> 00:32:09.009
are speaking for free on audio apps. LinkedIn

00:32:09.009 --> 00:32:11.890
audio. I do LinkedIn audio every Wednesday at

00:32:11.890 --> 00:32:13.970
10 a .m. Eastern with my friends Rachel and Wendy.

00:32:14.490 --> 00:32:16.470
So this is my week to teach. I'm going to be

00:32:16.470 --> 00:32:19.329
teaching this Wednesday 10 a .m. Eastern LinkedIn

00:32:19.329 --> 00:32:22.829
audio room on frightening great sales for your

00:32:22.829 --> 00:32:27.619
business for Halloween. I'll get this all written

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:31.079
down. This is beautiful. And I'm so grateful

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:34.559
again to Nelson for Chatter Social because I

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:39.519
actually, I do Thursdays at 7 .30 on the Breakfast

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.980
with Champions. So I got a spot. Thursday at

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:45.400
7 .30 a .m.? Yes, I got a spot only because of

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:48.640
Chatter. What? I only got a spot because of chatter,

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:51.039
because I met Mary Lynn, and then she heard me

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:54.099
speak, and then I did a couple guest spots, and

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:57.799
then they gave me a spot. So one thing I do have

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:59.900
to say, and I can tell with you, is that we say

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:02.380
yes to opportunity and figure it out later. And

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:06.779
I think that helps. As you should. Thank you

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:11.380
so much for your time. Look at me. I got a Rhea.

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:15.109
I got a Rhea. Thank you so much. And I love seeing

00:33:15.109 --> 00:33:17.329
your Emmy too. Thank you. Have the great rest

00:33:17.329 --> 00:33:19.849
of the day. This will turn into a podcast. I'll

00:33:19.849 --> 00:33:22.529
share it out. And just, you are, look at everyone.

00:33:22.730 --> 00:33:24.829
There's inspiration right there in front with

00:33:24.829 --> 00:33:28.410
a big heart. Thank you, Aurelia. Love you so

00:33:28.410 --> 00:33:34.910
much. Great job. Keep it up. Thank you. Oh, you

00:33:34.910 --> 00:33:35.630
are so.