If you think colors have no effect on human health or performance, think again! Dr. Laurie Buchanan is an award winning author who helps people heal and thrive through color therapy.
Her book "Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth" won the Self-Help book of the year award, and she is, in short, a fascinating and fun person.
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None of the information in this podcast should be construed as dispensing medical advice.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
If you think colors have no effect on human health or performance, think again! Dr. Laurie Buchanan is an award winning author who helps people heal and thrive through color therapy.
Her book "Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth" won the Self-Help book of the year award, and she is, in short, a fascinating and fun person.
See all episode artwork, links and notes at:
https://blog.dirobi.com
This show is for informational purposes only.
None of the information in this podcast should be construed as dispensing medical advice.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Find episode links, notes and artwork at:
https://blog.dirobi.com
This show is for informational purposes only.
None of the information in this podcast should be construed as dispensing medical advice.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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Speaker 2:Welcome to the Nairobi health show, everybody today's topic, how to use color therapy with Dr. Lori Buchanan is actually round two for us. We had technical difficulties on the first round and Dr. Buchanan was kind enough to come back and finish the episode. Dr. Buchanan, thank you so much for being on the call. Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure. Let me just read your bio so everyone gets to know you a little bit. Dr. Buchanan is a board certified holistic health practitioner, transformational life coach and award winning author. She helps people turn intention into action and described yourself as a cross between dr Doolittle, nanny McPhee, and a type a Buddhist. She's a voracious reader, award winning author, kindness enthusiast, and an unabashed optimist. What a great bio that is. But you, you gotta, you gotta do a drill a little deeper into the combo between dr doodle, nanny McPhee, and type a Buddhist. That's just too interesting to pass over.
Speaker 3:Well, I will share that with you. So this I just returned from filer Idaho. I was at a fair trade event speaking about that topic and it doesn't matter where I go, but something as far as doctor Doolittle always happens. So let me give you an example. I was walking down fifth street in filer Idaho, minding my own business, and I turned around because people were staring and there was a goose waddling along behind me two weeks before that in my very own driveway here in Boise. I do not live in the country. Mind you. Um, I felt like there were like some, like somebody was looking at me, I turned around and there was a chicken sitting in a branch, in a tree. Um, another example would be when my husband and I walked across Scotland, we walked 211 miles from the North sea to the Atlantic ocean. And it didn't matter where we were, we either had sheep, Highland cattle, um, go to reclined Ben Nevis. We had goats following us. It's just one of those things. So that's where the, the dr do little piece comes in. The nanny McPhee, it, it really doesn't matter. Um, if there are children who might be misbehaving, uh, for some reason, if I go visit a classroom or a household or whatever it might be, all of a sudden the children are prim and proper. I have no idea why. Um, but it just happened sort of like a nanny, McPhee, it, um, S atmosphere and a type a Buddhist. I, many people, um, are under the impression that that Buddhist people are very laid back and, um, mellow and many of them are. I. Dot. My I's, cross my T's, I have a very high energy, rigid schedule, that type of thing. So that's where the type a comes in. So it's a combination of those three things.
Speaker 2:Well that's outstanding. And that walk across Scotland. Sounds awesome. We, we've spent a week in Scotland and uh, felt like we did 211 miles of walking, but we actually did it.
Speaker 3:Well I has been there, you know, that there is no such thing as a no trespassing law in Scotland. So they welcome you. We, we, we followed the Caledonian canal and you win, you get to a, like a stone wall. They don't typically have fences like we might have here. They've got these ancient stone walls and you just hop over it or climb over it and, and there might be a farmer on a tractor. He stands, he or she stands up in waves. It's very welcoming here in the United States. If you trust pass on somebody's property, it's completely different.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We loved Scotland. We S we spent quite a bit of time in England and, uh, uh, Europe. We actually did a 90 day stint in 2015 and, uh, and our weekend Scotland was one of our favorite things. Just the people were so wonderful. We, we explored, uh, mostly Saint Andrew's and Edinburgh and just was fantastic. And we just felt like it was home. We, we just felt like we wanted to buy a house and just move there. It just was. So this, this feeling of welcomeness you describe was palpable?
Speaker 3:Oh, Al. You know, and again, we were following the Caledonian canal. So there were ferry boat driver people and they would wave and say, are you the Americans? Are you the Americans? And we would say, we are, they knew about us. So one time this man said, wait a minute, wait a minute, don't walk any faster. And he, he went in his little area, came back out, turned on this boombox to make us feel at home. Johnny Cash is burning ring of fire because that was his American piece of music.
Speaker 2:Oh, what a great story. And, and really is a great example too of uh, just how wonderful, uh, people can be, especially, uh, in Scotland. Um, and men now you've got me really intrigued. I'd love to spend a lot more time talking about your, your walk, but we probably will have to save that for another episode, seeing as we've promised people to talk to them about color therapy. But I still have a couple other things to get into before that. And, uh, first of all, I want you to just back up and help us know a little bit more about who you are and your personal health journey. What brought you to where you are now?
Speaker 3:The thing that brought me to, to become a holistic health practitioner in HHP is my mom, when she was 40, one, was diagnosed with breast cancer. And that journey that she had, she did die when she was 53. That was after chemotherapy, radical mastectomy and all of the different, u m, things that traditional Western medicine and there are so many lovely, wonderful things about traditional Western medicine and u h, another handful that aren't and the handful that aren't, are the things that, that u h, i t w some of the experiences I watched my mom go through and other people on the oncology floor, not just my mom. I thought, my goodness t here has, there has to be something else. So I, I became a holistic health practitioner and just so that your audience listeners know, u m, u h, as an HHP I do not practice alternative medicine. Alternative medicine means do this instead of in lieu of, I practice integrative medicine. So I work hand in hand with MDs, medical doctors, medical doctors. I'm prescribed medicine, I'm board certified with the American association of drug l ists practitioners, t he ADP. So we w ere, we work very well together. So I, but I want to say I would never tell one of my clients, Oh, stop doing what your doctor says and do only what I say. We work hand in glove and it works beautifully together. So w e they get the best of both worlds.
Speaker 2:I love that concept. I think it makes so much sense. And uh, what a, what a great idea. I'm sure you've had a lot of uh, fulfillment going down that path. One more comment though before we jump into the topic. Your first book, note to self, a seven step guide to gratitude and growth. One the self help book of the year award. Talk to us about that.
Speaker 3:I love that book if I do say so myself. Um, that book came about as a result of a nine month program that I created for my clients. It was called life harmony and uh, it takes a human gen gestation period for a human is nine months. And so I took that concept of becoming a new, you and I created this curriculum for my clients. And every single one without fail at the end said, this must be a book. You have to make this a book, this has to be a book, that type of thing. And so I, I did turn that curriculum which you know curriculum when you even hear the word it can sound dry and scratchy so it is not dry and scratchy at all. It became a book with, with all kinds of examples and the chapters then are divided by color and that's what we're going to talk a lot about today. Um, most people are under the impression that when we arrive here, when we're born, there's just one of us and there's actually seven parts to us, seven cells. So self preservation is associated with the color red self gratification is associated with the color orange self definition is associated with the color yellow self-acceptance is associated with the color green self expression is associated with the color blue. The lighter blue self reflection is with the darker, like the Indigo blue in South knowledges with the violence and purples, the, the, each one of those cells has the tendency unfortunately to acquire baggage along the way. And there's four types of baggage that each one of those selves can tend to acquire. It can be physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. And I want to take just a moment to, to differentiate between mental and emotional. We all know physical, we all know spiritual. A lot of people say body, mind, spirit, and in the word mind there they're talking about two things. Mental and emotional. So mental is how we think emotional is how we feel. And the last time you and I talked, uh, we're both dog owners. I shared with you that as we both know, dogs experience life through their nose. There's no doubt about it. Humans experience life through our feelings. So this is a real important part of us. There's four aspects to us. They're equally important, but I don't want anybody to just to think it's body, mind, mental alone. It's bodied. Mu, you know, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Okay. So let's dive into some of these definitions here. First of all, can you tell us a little bit about the history of color therapy? Who discovered this and and formulated into a practical therapy? Actually, scientists, many of them did. They were looking at wavelength frequency, vibration. So you and I, when we're, let's say that we go to an art museum and we're appreciating the art, the way that we can tell pink from blue, from green, from purple, from black, from white, is the speed at which those colors hit the rods and cones in our eyes. So red is a very low, slow frequency. Purple is a very high, fast frequency. And then within the color red or any color, there are different shades. And that's how we know the difference. When when my son was a little boy and we were teaching him colors, you know, I'd hold up a banana and say this is yellow, I'd hold up the tomato and say this is red, that type of thing. And he learned to differentiate the fruits and the colors. But it was what was really happening was the speed at which these frequencies hit the rods and cones. In our eyes, we all use black and white. We use those terms as color. Lack is actually the absence of light. White is the presence of light that we, but we call them color. And so for the sake of our conversation today, we'll continue to use the terms black and white also as colors black, having this low as low as frequency there is white having the highest, fastest frequency and each one of us as a human being has our own energy signature. We have our own frequency. So just like zebra is, they can look at each other and know that that's Hank, Sarah, you know, Julie and Joe by the patterns on their, on their coats. And we can tell people by, you know, uh, the, the uh, law enforcement system knows S apart by our fingerprints. Um, we, we each also have an energy signature. It's just not something we can see with our eyes. Color therapy is actually very simply, it is energy made visible and the use of color, we can use the color to inhibit or stimulate the functioning of different parts of our body. We've got these meridians in our body that, that go up, you know, from the top of our head to the bottoms of our feet. There are seven lines on the left side of our bodies, seven of them on the right side. And these, these are are very high in energy, but each of us is different. And at the base, like in our tailbone, what is remarkable is that each of us has a slow low frequency there. And at the top of our head, it's high and fast, but we're all different. So my energy signature is going to be yours is going to be different from the next door neighbor is going to be different. But the object of the game is to keep that frequency healthy. And how do you use colors to do that? So color will, um, we can manipulate the, the frequency by stimulating or inhibiting what's going on. So let's say that we've got somebody who has digestive issues, we know right away that that falls well as a holistic health practitioner. I know right away that that falls physically into the category of yellow. Now, what I need to find out in, in working with that person, I wouldn't just say, Oh, you need more yellow. It might be that they need less yellow. So, and it might in the the, the baggage that comes along, it's not just physical. So we have to look member. This is, I'm a holistic health practitioner, different from an MD who is a medical doctor who's primarily looking at the physical package. We reside in a holistic health practitioners looking at the whole shooting match, mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. So we have to decide what is going on. We, we don't just go want to go in and say, Oh, I've got a stomach ache. Here are some Rolaids or you know, prescription X, Y, Z. It might be something else. It might it at the source. It might be emotional, it might be spiritual. It could be how we feel, how we think. So we need to get down to the nitty gritty and then I know, Oh gosh, do we need to use, do we need to apply some yellow or do we need to go across the color wheel? So if you think in terms of a color wheel, it's a circle and there's always something across from every single color. So across from yellow is violet. And it is that, that might be what I use to inhibit something. So it depends on, on what's on what's going on. The last time we had the opportunity to speak, I told you I had gone out to your website and seen a picture of you and in that photograph on your website you're wearing blue. And I said, wow, that that fits you hand in glove, you're a communicator. And that that color blue, that particular shade of blue is all about voicing our choice about speaking. And I said to you, Hey, I bet this isn't always accurate, but I bet maybe you, if you, if there's a color you don't like, it's the one that's across the color wheel, which was orange. And in your case that wasn't, that wasn't so, um, and that had been a marketing strategy and, and that's a wonderful, you know, when we use the, um, in marketing the opposite side, it balances. So when we're looking at it as a potential customer, potential client, the rods and cones in our eyes are bringing in the, that perfect balance that, that blue and that orange right away. And we're feeling that sense of balance. So a lot of, uh, color therapy if you will, goes into play in marketing. I will give you an example with fast food. Um, we've all heard the term supersize it w neither of us can name a single fast food restaurant that doesn't incorporate the color red. Think in terms of McDonald's, McDonald's, KFC, taco bell, Wendy's, F, w. when we look at that, all of a sudden in our mind it, we S we think supersize it back in the day it used to be legal. It is no longer legal. Um, it used to be legal. When we went to a movie theater, there was subliminal messaging in, remember the previews back in the day, we'd all sit, we'd have our popcorn or whatever. And we'd see back in the days when they're renews reels, I'm 62 years old, so I'm talking back in the day, but there would be this flash you, it was happened so fast, none of us noticed it. But with subliminal messaging, having us go back out to the concession stands, that's no longer legal. But what companies marketing can do is use color. There's nothing illegal about color. So smartly companies, uh, incorporate with their logos, colors that are appropriate for, for, you know, getting more of whatever it is they're selling more sales and in the food industry that is food and that means supersize it.
Speaker 2:Yeah. For those people listening, I just want to share a story and then dr[inaudible] and have you just comment on it because I've learned from myself scientifically how much color affects human behavior. And years ago we had a website and we had about a hundred thousand visitors a month to this website and we were selling our, our weight loss product, pounds and inches. And I learned about colors and how they affect behavior. And we knew that we had a pretty good mix between men and women. We knew that the average age of most of our buyers was between about the age of 30 and 55 so we had this demographic information and I learned about colors and how they've affected behavior. And we decided to do some testing and we got software where we could change the experience of every other visitor. We call it a split testing software where one person comes to the site and it looks one way and another person comes and it looks another way and you can see how they behave. And after you get enough statistical data, you what works best. And so we wanted a site and a look that was kind of gender neutral that would appeal to both men and women. So we didn't want it to be too feminine or too masculine. And we, I'd learned some basics of, you know, the psychology of colors, you know, nothing like what you do, but just some simple stuff from the people that had this split testing software. And we experiment with colors. We tried all the various different colors. Um, we broke it down into the basic color of the website with the secondary color and then complimentary colors. And it was one of the most amazing things I've ever done in my life. It was shocking what we discovered. Uh, for example, when we changed the background color from a red to a blue, the behavior changed dramatically. Uh, things like the call to action button. We had these debates on our team. Some people said, well, we shouldn't use red for the buy now button because red means stop every stop sign and stop light as red. And that means stop. Green means go. And so we did some of the simple intuitive analysis. So we tried by now and, and we do a red button, then we'd show other people a green button. And then we tried different colors like orange. And you would not believe the difference in behavior based on the color of the website. It was amazing. We're talking about differences of thousands of dollars of product sales in a month. And, and in a typical e-commerce website, about 1% of visitors will buy something. But we found that with the right color combination, we could get as much as 3% of people to make a purchase by just having the right colors on the websites. For those of you listening who are skeptical about the influence of color in your lives, let me just assure you that I have done extensive statistical analysis on how people behave based on the colors on a website. And it's absolutely mind blowing.
Speaker 3:It's, it's huge. And, and you have had an up close and personal, so you know this experientially, you know this and so hopefully your listeners. So w one of the uh, main reasons that somebody might contact me as a, as a life coach would be to help them lose weight. One of the first things I have them do is paint their kitchen green, do something green in your kitchen, have green dishes, have green, green suppresses the appetite green. It's the opposite. It's across the color wheel from red. And it's it, that alone, that step alone is huge. And then when we start thinking we can incorporate different things, you know, we wear clothing. Okay, well we can select certain color clothes, we jewelry, we can have different gemstones, we have throw pillows, we have headbands, we have the color car. We drive, you know, there it is. It has, I drive a little fire engine red a Fiat 500, statistically speaking, now I have yet to be pulled over. But policemen are more likely to pull over a red car than they are as a white car or a black car as silver car or one of those like kind of a champagney, uh, goldish color car. They're just more likely to, because immediately in their mind they're thinking, speeding, speeding, speeding. So it's this amazing thing. Now I'm lucky I don't get pulled over cause I drive like a grandma. But you know, it's, it's, it is absolutely factual. That color, um, makes a huge difference in our lives in our children when they're growing up in their nursery, in our schools. Um, I used to, when I was in San Diego, I used to go to the, the jail down there and they had the, and I would sing, I would, I would go there. And there was a women's prison at, well I guess I should say jail. It was a, uh, not a prison, but it was a jail. But the walls in most jail type facilities where someone is being incarcerated are typically green. It woes them down. Think about that. In the hospital too. Most of us have been into a hospital and there's typically some type of green on the walls. They do that on purpose. It woes them down. If you've ever been to a lockdown mental facility, it is no doubt about it. Green, um, not just subtle, subtle, it's, it's green. Um, and that helps people calm down. Whoa down. So color is used and we are, um, we are, uh, manipulated, I guess I should say, buy it regularly. So start looking for it. It's amazing. Now, I haven't had a television since 1980 so I, I don't see commercials, but I'm quite confident that, um, commercials, employee, the use of color to help us do, to, to get us to do what they want us to do. It's, it's in same in magazines. Absolutely. Same in magazines. It's, it's incredible. And it, and it works. And we can use this not just to manipulate people for the, you know, the point of, of purchasing something, but for health purposes and it's, it's a wonderful, wonderful thing to do. So help me understand the difference between colors that we were versus colors that we surround ourselves with. Like the color of my office versus the color of the shirt. Sorry, go ahead. No, they, they both work the same. So let's say, so for instance, I'm sitting in my office right now and um, I have, I guess you'd call them like a mustard colored walls, but every single thing else is blue and they work pretty much, they're not exactly across the color wheel from each other, but it's a very nice balance. So what I do for a living, I speak regularly, whether I'm speaking with my clients or I'm writing, I write, I write books, I write articles and that helps. Um, turbo boost inspiration and creativity. And the, the yellow aspect is all about you. ADI, the joy, the joy of life. So it works for me very well. Now on my body that's actually touching me that that color is, is touching me and that's even more impactful. Um, it's not going into the rods and cones of my eyes to help me differentiate the colors. It's actually my body is absorbing it. So when you stop to think about, um, people can wear patches for pain medication, they can wear patches to stop smoking, they can wear patches for birth control, they can wear patches for all sorts of things. And the reason patches work is because our skin absorbs whatever it is that's in the patch and it goes into our bloodstream. Well, when we're wearing clothing, our body is absorbing that frequency. So we want to be really certain about what we're putting on. So I'm wearing blue jeans right now. I have on denim. And my, my top has, uh, like Oh eight different shades of blue in it. So after you and I get off our phone to a phone call today I'm going to be writing, writing, writing. I've been gone for four days and I have a deadline and I need to get, get this article out of my head and onto paper. So the, the frequency of the walls, while it is certainly impactful, it's, you know, it's the frequency is coming at me. So it's good. The, the ones that are touching me are even, um, more profoundly impactful. Did that make sense? Yeah, absolutely. And, uh, and so how does a person go about showing their house to have the right colors surrounding them? I know, well, let me tell you how to make sure that you have something green going on in your kitchen, in your dining room. If you are, um, concerned about your weight, if you're concerned that you're eating too much, but we can think things way is actually a little bit different. They, they use a water, metal, wood and then you know, North, South, East, West and have lines going. But color is important too. But you want something very restful. When you're, when you're sleeping, you want something that's in the, the, the purples, the violence, that family. You want something restful. Let's say that you have, um, little people at home. You've got children, um, their rooms. What do you want to have, take place in the room. If you have a play room in your house, you might want that to be orange and red and yellow in their rooms. If you want them to be, you know, a little bit more gentle and quiet. Think in terms of those, that blue and blue violet colors. Um, so we can, uh, you know, let's say you have a music room at home that you definitely want to have that, that color that is inspiring and creative. Again, that's the blues. We go back to the blues there, um, for studying. Oh my gosh. You know, if you're a student and you need to, uh, retain information, that's the blue, green, blue, blue, violet. That's all appear from our throat up to like our eyebrows. That's the, about the area physically in our body and that just feeds that. It feeds retention of information.
Speaker 2:There are style and fashion experts in color. They have swaths of various colors from the color wheel and they'll come in and sit you in front of a mirror and, and put them across your chest and see how it highlights your eyes and what you look best in. And that of course is a little bit different than this. Uh, in terms of, there seems to be certain colors that, that really make a person pop in their eyes sparkle or what not sparkle. But you know what I mean? It makes them look their best. Is it similar to that? Did you find that, that, that type of work and the colors that tend to look best or feel best to the person and the expert would also probably be complimentary to what you're doing or is that a different world?
Speaker 3:It's a little bit different, but I know exactly what you're talking about. Each one of us, whether we're male or female, regardless of our gender disposition. Um, there's winter, spring, summer, fall, and each of those has, uh, uh, a family of colors. And when you hold it up so they, they hide your hair color because our hair color changes. Or in some cases people lose their hair. So when they're doing that, they, they, they put like a, like a nylon stocking almost over your hair. So you're just looking at your, your, what's being seen is your skin, your skin alone. And some people have blue undertones and some people have Rose undertones. So that plays a huge part. And then when they start laying fabrics across, they'll that person who's your consultant will say, okay, you've got the Rose undertone so we're not even going to bother with, with these two seasons, or you've got the blue undertone, so we're not even going to bother with these two seasons. And then they start holding up fabrics. There's a light on you and you get to see what, what that does. And you're right, it pop. And that's a great word that you use. It does make your eyes pop your, the, the it, it brings up the color in your face instead of makes it sallow. Um, but that is um, uh, different then that's aesthetically pleasing. And so let's pretend for a moment that they decide, I'm just making this up, that you are a fault which has a lot of oranges and Browns and so forth that may not be so and makes you look really, really good. But that may not be what you need internally. You may not need, um, the, the oranges. You, you may not have urinary problems or concerns with reproductive organs. You may not mentally, um, be dealing with blame or the power hungry. I mean, I'm looking at my, my, my sheet here for what, what you might use orange to stimulate or inhibit. So some of the, remember we talked about there's four kinds of baggage, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. So within, that's that self associated with orange is self-gratification. So emotionally that encompasses fear, guilt, selfishness, emotional disconnect and destructive behaviors. And so you may be looking really good, but that may not be exactly what you need in terms of using colors. I'm going to use the term medicinally. So that's aesthetics and that's wonderful. But color therapy is for medicinal purposes.
Speaker 2:Okay, well this is fascinating stuff and I can already tell that of course in a podcast, uh, no one's going to be able to develop any expertise out of this. This is really very introductory to the topic, but for those people that this is really resonating with that go well, Jesus is really interesting. And so now how do I learn? How do I figure out what colors I'd be wearing or what color to have in my kitchen? As you already mentioned a couple of examples, so how does a person go from here to developing the expertise to implement this into their lives? What are the resources?
Speaker 3:I would, there's so many. You can go to the library and go to the the color therapy section and if you don't know where that is in your library, just go to the information librarian. They'll take you right there. There are books and books on that you can go right online and just type in your search bar color therapy. You will have more returns on this subject than you can shake a stick at. You can get note to self, a seven step path to gratitude and growth. That is my first book. And like you were kind enough to mention, um, it did win the self help book of the year. So it is um, really easy to understand and practical to put in use. But you, whether you are at the library getting a book or online, you, you will find and you can, it's very, it's not hard. This is easy to implement. This isn't like, okay, now you have to run 10 miles a day. Um, this is something you can start implementing the minute you start reading it.
Speaker 2:That's terrific. And for those people that would just love to contact you and work with you directly, what's the best way for them to reach out to you?
Speaker 3:It through my website and it's Tuesdays with lori.com and Lori is L a U R I E and L P. repeat that again? Somewhat like the book Tuesdays with Morrie, it's Tuesdays with Laurie,L a U R I E. dot com. And in there on there there's a contact page and you can contact me through there.[ inaudible]
Speaker 2:you also do a lot of speaking engagements. I mean, just since I've tried to get this in interview with you, you did a women's conference at a university. You're traveling all over the place. Is your speaking schedule on your website?
Speaker 3:Um, it, it as I eliminate an event that comes off, but yes, it's under the events page and I take, uh, at that filer where I was just at filer Idaho was my last speaking engagement for the year. I do take November and December off as far as speaking goes. And then I hit the ground running hard again in January. So January through October I am, um, I'm asked to speak different places, uh, not only in the United States, but, uh, around the globe. So if, if somebody's looking for somebody for a retreat or a conference, please think of me.
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Speaker 2:fantastic. And this has been great. Like I said, uh, it'd be unrealistic to really, you know, get the whole story here. You've given us an excellent introduction, a lot of good examples, and for those that are interested, the right resources to jump out there and, and, uh, start to implement this. Is there any closing thoughts or anything though that you'd like to add to what you've already said?
Speaker 3:My, my words for this year, at the beginning of every year I have focus words, and this, it's usually a single word, but this year was you D B meaning joy of life, French for joy of life. And we, we, regardless of the color that we're using, I would hope that anybody listening would a joy is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Happiness is something that is external. It's based on, you know, people, places, things, events and opportunities that are go up and down in our life. Joy is internal and it's something that we can cultivate and nurture. And I hope that everybody who's listening will stick their stake in the ground and choose to cultivate joy. Wow.
Speaker 2:What a crate closing argument. That's really not the best words. I suppose with great closing thoughts. Thank you so much. This has been inspirational and fun and I really appreciate you taking the time. I know you're super busy. Thanks so much for doing this. Thank you for having me. It's been my pleasure. Thanks again for those of you listening. This is Dave Sherwin wishing you health and success.
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