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Women Leading Change in Mental Health
In this episode of Palm Harbor Local, host Donnie Hathaway sits down with Mona McGregor and Deanna Breeze, licensed mental health counselors and co-owners of Ideal Life Counseling. Together, they share their journey of building a successful private practice, how they navigated the challenges of COVID, and their mission to foster a supportive community for mental health professionals.
Learn about their unique networking group, Cocktails with Counselors, and how they connect with other healers to provide better care for their clients. Plus, get the inside scoop on their upcoming International Women's Day event at the Fenway Hotel on March 8th, featuring keynote speaker Fawn Germer.
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- How Mona and Deanna built a strong partnership and business
- The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and therapy practices
- The importance of networking and collaboration in the counseling field
- Self-care practices for mental health professionals and clients alike
- Details on the International Women's Day event and how you can get involved
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Welcome to Palm Harbor Local, where we bring you inspiring stories from the heart of our community. I'm your host, donnie Hathaway, and today we are joined by Mona McGregor and Deanna Breeze, who are owners and licensed mental health counselors at Ideal Life Counseling. Now our show is all about those who put in the sweat, overcome the hurdles and still find time to give back to the community. If you want to be inspired by how they got started, what keeps them going and what they're doing today to make Palm Harbor even more awesome, you're in the right place Now. In today's episode, you will learn how these two became partners in business, how COVID impacted the mental health of so many people around us and their upcoming event for International Women's Day on March 8th at the Fenway Hotel, and why you should go Now. Be sure to follow us on Instagram at palmharborlocal for behind the scenes content and join our weekly newsletter at palmharborlocalcom. Let's jump into it, mona and Deanna. Welcome to the podcast.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much for having us yeah so I'm excited to chat with you guys and this is our first conversation, so this will be fun. I haven't learned any of your background and story and that sort of stuff, so let's start there. What do you guys do? How did you get into it?
Speaker 3:So we are both mental health counselors, licensed mental health counselors. We own Ideal Life Counseling. I've been in practice since 1998, so you can tell how old I am probably by that. Do you want to know a little bit?
Speaker 1:about what my practice, what I specialize in. Yeah Well, so 1998, what got you into it in the first place? Is that something you've always done in your career?
Speaker 3:So my dad was one of the first child and adolescent psychiatrists in the country back in the 1950s, and my mom was a psychologist.
Speaker 1:So I guess that kind of probably answers yeah.
Speaker 3:I think I just grew up in a family of healers.
Speaker 1:Cool, and so at an early age you knew this is what you wanted to do.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so from the time I was in high school, my nickname was dr d, that's what my friends called me. Nice, everybody came to me with their problems and I would try to fix them. Wow, and what?
Speaker 2:about you so, uh, originally I was a special education teacher and as time went on, I realized that my biggest interest, and where my students needed the most help, was sort of with mental health and emotional health, and so I became a school counselor. I was a school counselor for many, many years and then, when I became licensed, I specialized in clinical sex therapy, which is a big departure from working with little kids in clinical sex therapy, which is a big departure from working with little kids. But that's part of what makes our two practices a little bit different, and so I'm working right now on a PhD in clinical sexology. So that's kind of my interest there, and so we have a diverse. We do a lot of things that are similar. We have some diversity in our practice.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and so your practice is ideal life counseling.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:And when did you guys start that?
Speaker 3:So we've actually been together.
Speaker 2:This is my longest relationship. I have to tell you that I'm very proud of this relationship. It's my longest relationship. Yeah, I know I'm excited.
Speaker 1:That's right.
Speaker 3:So we were actually renting office space in a group practice about 20 years ago and I decided I was going to leave that practice and just rent my own office space in a psychiatrist's office and we just kind of hit it off.
Speaker 2:I invited myself along.
Speaker 3:She did. Yeah, I did, and I've been so happy ever since I know Because we've traveled around to different offices on our own for the past 20 years. We're currently in Oldsmar, in downtown Oldsmar.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, it's always been a great fit. And you know one of the things as time went on and I left the school system and we had more and more time together, we realized we wanted what we were doing to grow because, honestly, being a therapist can be quite isolating you go into a room with your client and the session ends and you go home. But as we spent more time together, we had dreams of opening a holistic practice where different healers were coming together in one place and we would get clients that had different needs than we were trained or that we were specialized in, and we we didn't really know how to reach out and connect because our our first, our first, what's most important for us, is the healing of our clients and so getting them maybe someone that specialized in a different area, whether it was a different therapist or psychiatrist or psychologist or acupuncturist or something like that. So we wanted to create opportunities to expand our own knowledge, connect with other people and also to be in support of other healers.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think only counselors or healers really understand, like the stress and what we go through every day and what that's like seeing you know six, seven, eight clients a day. And so, from there, we decided we wanted to start a networking group. Decided we wanted to start a networking group and we did back in like 2019, we started our networking group and it's called Cocktails with Calphers, because we are not stuffy, boring therapists.
Speaker 2:We belong to some groups not naming any of those groups but we wanted something because what we do is heavy and so we wanted, if we had a chance to connect with other healers, something a bit light and playful and fun. And we threw that name together and it happens to be a very popular name, and so our events when we get together about four times a year with our group, there's a happy hour, there's lots of opportunities to connect, and then we will feature a different private practice or a different healer so they get a chance to talk about the work that they're doing, so other therapists can learn more about them and really, built an incredible network of counselors.
Speaker 3:I think we have about 450 members, yeah, and so like. Mona was saying we don't specialize in everything. So I think we have about 450 members, Um, and so, like Mona was saying, we don't specialize in everything. So now that we have these connections, we know who to refer our clients to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Is it typical for counselors to to like have their own practice? Or or partner with each other.
Speaker 3:Like how does that?
Speaker 1:typically work.
Speaker 3:I think there are are multiple ways um counselors can have their practices. Some are in group practices, some of our um the people in our group own pretty big group practices where they have multiple counselors that they're managing and all different specialties yeah and then you have just your counselor, like I was for a long time just on my own, until I met mona, and then we were just the two of I was for a long time just on my own, until I met Mona, and then we were just the two of us, so we're still a small practice.
Speaker 3:We have a couple of other clinicians who rent office space from us, but they're their own business Business. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:You guys have hopes or dreams of expanding and having like more.
Speaker 3:I think at this age I think we're kind of on the downhill with our career. But what I love about our group is all of the young counselors and I always feel like the dinosaur of the group, but the young counselors, speak for yourself, but anyway, no, I'm just kidding. And all of the just really amazing and exciting things that they're doing.
Speaker 2:And you know, I don't know, we we do a terrible job of marketing ourselves. That's the one thing. But we love to connect and when people reply to referrals they're recommending friends and other therapists. It's not a self-centered group at all and we're just so proud of again what's come out of that Lots of young interns that are coming in, that are just getting started, and lots of support that they have from supervisors, and that's just beautiful to watch something grow.
Speaker 1:So I would traditionally think, like you know, you're networking with a bunch of people that are your competition, right?
Speaker 2:And we never look at it that way.
Speaker 1:Is that something that other counselors are concerned about? I?
Speaker 3:don't think the counselors that we have attracted in our group, like Mona was saying, most of the time. So on our Facebook page it's a private Facebook page so clinicians can go in and ask. For you know, I'm looking for a counselor who specializes in this and I would say 90% of the time it's clinicians referring to other clinicians or recommending other clinicians. So I don't see a competitive nature.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't think that I think.
Speaker 1:I think that they wouldn't align to what we're doing because, because I think there's just, there's more of a flow going out than people even expecting to receive something. So estate too it's been, I would say, in the past. We've become more collaborative and working together and stuff, which is the way I believe it should be, and then certain certain corporations or companies are more collaborative than other companies and stuff. So I think every business and every professional should collaborate and work together, because it just brings out the best in those individuals.
Speaker 2:Well, and it perpetuates abundance for everybody, right, and the whole idea is for the good of all. How can we, how can we create something for the good of all?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love that. What do you guys love about what you do?
Speaker 2:I really love my. I really love my clients. I really do. I've learned so much from my clients. You know we've had I don't know if this makes us terrible therapists a lot.
Speaker 2:We've had a lot of we've had a lot of clients for many years. Like, sometimes people will come in maybe a few years ago we saw them because they went through a divorce and now they're in a new marriage and they're working on things or occasionally, you know, they'll refer a relative. So we, we tend to know about each other's worlds and I think a lot of our clients know about our world. You know, just in terms of their, their very I mean my clients are really flexible and supportive. You know, if we need to go from an in session to a telehealth session, um, I love the clients that show up that are really ready for change, you know, and are open to doing the work, and it's so exciting to watch their transformation. Yeah, and and to I always say I'm here to ride shotgun. You know, I'm here to help you get from point A to point B. So I, I love, I love watching people make the choice to work on themselves and create that transformation, you know, and to build that. So we see a lot of beautiful things.
Speaker 3:What we do is just so incredibly rewarding. Because we do, we're more of a guide for people Right. So we don't fix them like I thought I was supposed to do in high school. But when they come in, we guide them and we just kind of help them achieve their ideal life, their ideal relationships.
Speaker 2:And I hope, too, that we can shine a light on areas of their life that they haven't been able to see. That will help empower them to make the change and have the courage. And I think the other thing that is so beautiful about the therapeutic process is, in this world that we live in, many people don't listen to what other people have to say, and so when you can be that person for someone, when you can hold space and it's just all about them for 50 minutes, oh, that's transformative. I mean when I've seen counselors or coaches before, having that time and attention, and research has shown that it's the rapport that you have with your clients that can help create the most change. It's that connection, feeling seen and heard. Yes, it's more important than necessarily the methodology that's used.
Speaker 1:Yeah, is more important than necessarily the methodology that's used. Yeah, is that hard for you guys? Or is that something that comes natural to both of you, just being able to connect with your clients? Like, has there ever been any difficulty, like early in your career, as you've, you know, progressed and learned and grown?
Speaker 2:Well, I think that we are not. We're probably not an ideal fit for every different person. I mean, and so, and you know, I'll tell clients. I'm sort of I shoot from the hip, I'm straight up. I'm going to call it like it is. I think Dionne is a little more gentle than I am. I think you'd be surprised. No, I'm not.
Speaker 3:I actually am a very I'm not afraid of confrontation in a healthy way, yeah, and I think that's why probably our clients like us that we're not just what would be the word, we're not just there holding their hand.
Speaker 2:We're challenging and encouraging.
Speaker 3:We're actually trying to promote growth, and you can't promote growth if you don't confront the things that need to be confronted. And you can't promote growth if you don't confront the things that need to be confronted.
Speaker 2:But I think maybe along the lines of what you're saying, if I were to feel as though I was not a good fit, I would easily say you know what I love working with you, but I really think that this person or another person or this type of therapy was really going to help you get where you're going. I mean, that's ethical and caring and so definitely we would refer out and we do a lot of referring to each other. I might see somebody for individual counseling and she might see them for couples counseling. So that's been something that's worked well, because we really refer to people that we trust and that we know are going to hold space and be the healthiest connection for our clients.
Speaker 1:Is it when people come to you? Are most of them like ready for change, or there is some?
Speaker 3:work. So because we are in private practice, I would say all of our clients, with the exception of maybe some teenagers we see, but the majority of our clients are there because they're wanting something different in their life yeah, and so I think that also helps with the reward that we get. They're there to work, they're there, they're, they're paying us, they're investing their time and so they're very motivated.
Speaker 1:Has any has that always been the case for your career or? Oh gosh, or is that an excuse that created what you have now, like you're attracting the right people?
Speaker 3:Well, so prior to 1998, I worked in hospitals and I worked in community mental health. So that is quite a different environment because some of those people are there involuntarily or they're court ordered for counseling, so it makes a big difference. But that shift from community mental health slash inpatient hospitalization to private practice was huge because everybody's there voluntarily.
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Speaker 2:I think one thing that comes to mind for me is what took place post-COVID, you know, when no one knew what was going to happen next, and watching what happened with our clients, college students, because they missed so many of these beautiful life transitions. It was just they were robbed of it and seeing, oh gosh, seeing people grieve over what they couldn't experience or, you know, their loved ones, and things like that, and what it did is we weren't sure what it was going to do. I mean, we all went from in office to telehealth. Are we going to have jobs?
Speaker 3:We were going to have a practice.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but it blew up no-transcript to have support for mental health during such an international crisis, one that we were collectively experiencing, which was so different for us as mental health counselors. Normally we're not experiencing the same traumas or the same situations that they're facing, but during that time it was a collective experience. So not only were we trying to help them cope with this pandemic, we were trying to process it all ourselves, same with the hurricanes that just happened Again here in Florida. That collective experience that we were all going through, even if we weren't impacted personally, we were impacted by everything that was going on around us.
Speaker 2:But I think it's definitely raised a great deal of awareness toward having more difficult conversations about our mental health, because everyone's mental health was affected. No matter what you did, you were affected by it or somebody you loved was affected. So I think it got people to start taking a look at how to take better care of themselves mentally and emotionally, which was good to see, and more talk about it and more support.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so, speaking of like, how to do that, what are some, some best practices, tips for someone who is like, okay, I want to start, you know, being a better version of myself, mentally, physically.
Speaker 3:I think that we have to. I know self-care is kind of a big buzzword, but I think that it's so important to look at all aspects of that. So, whether that's personally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, taking care of all of those aspects and really paying attention to them, and I think maybe even during COVID I hate to keep going back to that, but I do think we look at like pre-COVID-covid that was a big transition, yeah yeah, it was, and the importance of doing all of those things, and along with personal care, was social like how are we doing that?
Speaker 3:people were longing and craving connection, especially our young folks that we see, yeah what are you guys doing to to take care of yourselves mentally, like?
Speaker 1:what are some of your best practices?
Speaker 3:well, we are both very uh, physically active we act.
Speaker 2:I think we, we exercise every day, which is really, really important. I mean, it's good to feel fit and feel good in my body, but I think for me that's huge mental health, um, and I think yeah um, for and this was something that I had to learn was setting appropriate boundaries for myself.
Speaker 3:I remember one time one of my neighbors bought me a magnet so my kids were little at the time bought me a magnet and it said stop me before I volunteer again. Gosh, this is how she sees me Like. I run a private practice, I'm room mom, I'm helping with the baseball team. I'm, you know, doing all of this and I thought, gosh, I don't want to be seen like that. I want to be able to set healthy boundaries, so I worked very hard on that.
Speaker 2:So I remember buying I can't remember if I was gifted this or bought it a tea towel that said, I give great advice, I don't follow, and I used to think that was so funny and then I realized how very unfunny that was for a therapist to have that in her home. So I strive to do more of that. I teach restorative yoga and hypnosis and so I try to meditate as often as I can. And we have a beautiful community. Now, I think, another thing that's come out we have so many more opportunities to practice meditation and yoga and other energy work within our community and beyond, and a lot of therapists have merged those businesses and so there's more opportunities to attend things like that, and that's really important to me. If I can get my legs up the wall and restorative yoga, or I can go meditate at OM or do yoga at Savage Yoga Studio here in Palm Harbor, I do it and I get on the mat and I thank myself for showing up because I know it makes a huge difference. So those are some of the things.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think that is cool, like the it's. It does seem like there's a lot. There are many more opportunities to be fit, like to, to build a community, to find these different things for meditation, um, fitness. I feel like more gyms have opened up and stuff you know. So different styles right, there's a bunch of different styles of fitness, like whatever works for you. And obviously being afforded, like the ability to get outside.
Speaker 3:As often as possible.
Speaker 2:I think anything we can do that feeds our souls like we have to look for those things and that's different, with every different, every, every person, and really being in touch with what that is, and I think too, along with that is for me it's connection to be with people, to be with like-minded people, so you can have those conversations, whether it's conversations about your own personal growth or theirs, or to hear what their practices for self-care, self-nurturing or their own mental health. So that's one thing I try to do. I have a beautiful group of friends where we're like-minded and we encourage and we support and we nudge, and whether it's our cocktails with counselors or just within my own social circle really important.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love it. So you guys have an event coming up International Women's Day.
Speaker 3:This is our labor of love. Yes, yes.
Speaker 1:How long have you guys put? How many years have you done this event?
Speaker 3:We were trying to count that.
Speaker 2:Over nine or ten years I started very. It was something, so it's a huge celebration in Europe and, um, as though they celebrate mother's day. It's got that that level of importance, and I always loved the idea behind it. Nobody was ever doing anything in the Tampa Bay area, so I think my first event was like a small dinner party with my girlfriends.
Speaker 3:And then, I think, in in about 2019, mona mentioned it to me and I had never heard of International Women's Day and I think, like she said, having traveled so much in Europe, she was more familiar with it, and so I got on board with her and our very first International Women's Day was at a very kind of small venue in downtown Dunedin. We could not believe how many people showed up. We are not event planners and so we are literally knocking on doors asking for free food, free drinks donations few speakers that came and it was just the energy in the room was so electric and just so amazing.
Speaker 3:And then the next year, 2020, we did it at the Fenway in Dunedin. So we're circling back around to that. This year it was March, probably March 8th or around there 2020. And so we weren't sure we were going to have an event At that time. Everything was closing down and I think we were probably one of the last events that could take place that had a hundred people like before everything went closed.
Speaker 3:Yeah, wow yeah, so it's kind of. It's kind of fun to come back to that event, this, that venue, so it's the first time back at the family. So you've had a different locations over the over the years you know one year, uh, yoga and that venue.
Speaker 1:So this is the first time back at the family. This is the first time back at the family, so you've had a different locations over the years.
Speaker 2:You know, one year, yoga and mimosas you know that was kind of like I we had masks on, it was still COVID, was still sort of like happening. So we were careful, but we've just whether we did something. And a few years ago we did something just for cocktails with counselors and brought the healers together. But this year we wanted to really create something even more spectacular. So we hired a coach, sharon Fechety, our beautiful friend Sharon Fechety, who is because we are not event planners.
Speaker 3:We are not good at she has leveled us up in every way. I am not an event planner. I'm an only event planner for these two ladies.
Speaker 2:It is so true, and she is. You know, she's a therapy pusher, so she was when she saw that what we were doing with Cocktails, with Counselors and within our community, she's just always encouraging us to be bigger and more badass at what we're doing, so we appreciate that.
Speaker 3:Actually, Sharon was at our event in 2020 at the Fenway. She was a guest of Dr Lara, who's one of our sponsors, and we called her up on stage.
Speaker 2:She had no idea we were doing this to talk about a group that she was involved with, and we've been friends with her ever since and and having um a bigger vision has been fantastic to help this grow, because the more it grows, the more we can be in support of women. Um, in our community, the more we can bring together our healers, the more people know about what we're doing as healers and mental health counselors and more we can get that message out there. Um, it's exciting.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's really beautiful so this is the first like really big event that you guys have put on for this, or?
Speaker 3:this will be, hopefully, the biggest yeah, the then when we did the Fenway event in 2020, it was a pretty big event. And then last year we had about 100 people at last year's event. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what does International Women's Day mean to you?
Speaker 2:Oh boy, you know when you. Well, first of all, none of us would be here right now if it weren't for a woman, would we? So in celebration of that? But the opportunity to support a charitable cause and our charitable cause this year is raising relief, so partial proceeds will be going to support women and families that have been affected by our hurricanes. So we keep everything, whatever we do, very grassroots within our community. We want to know where that money is going. We want to know directly who it's going to affect. So that's one part, yeah.
Speaker 3:I think, just the opportunity to celebrate women and all of the accomplishments. Celebrate women and all of the accomplishments. We have so many amazing women right here in our community. We have our. We are just so lucky to have Fawn Germer our keynote speaker. She is local here to Dunedin. She is a four-time Pulitzer nominee Author. How many books has she written? I don't know how many.
Speaker 2:Nine or 10 books.
Speaker 3:Yes, one of her books was an Oprah book. She is a keynote speaker to a lot of Fortune 500 companies. She is just absolutely amazing. Luckily, mona had a connection with her and she was so excited to do something here in her own community. So, and all of our vendors, our sponsors we have 13 so far amazing sponsors and I think more coming in. Our vendors are almost all local, women-owned businesses. So we love just supporting the women in our community.
Speaker 2:And our community supports us.
Speaker 1:You know um they, they love to be a part of helping this grow, which has been, which has been great yeah, the people have have dug into more is the community aspect and being involved in in whatever way they possibly can, whether it's a business or whether it's just people like coming out to support an event, because you know it's a way to bring the community together. That seems like it's really grown since COVID too.
Speaker 3:Going back to how I think we realized how important connection was when we couldn't have it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I think, as individuals there's so much. What can I do? I'm just one person. Well, so much if you decide to come together and be in support of a project or an initiative, and so I think that's what you can do, by showing up, by getting a ticket, by letting other people know about it no-transcript why we're on this planet Really All of us, I hope that's how I feel Is to be of service, and so this is just another way to make that happen.
Speaker 1:So someone who's going to be attending the event, what can they expect?
Speaker 3:So we are having, I think, about 16 vendors Like I said, mostly women-owned businesses. We have a fabulous brunch.
Speaker 2:Beautiful brunch. It's the Fenway, it's so. Everything is chic at the Fenway. Everything is beautiful and chic and well done.
Speaker 3:He doesn't want to spend a Saturday afternoon in downtown Dunedin.
Speaker 2:Oh, we have a mimosa bar, a beautiful mimosa bar.
Speaker 3:Yes, yeah, and a mocktails and a mocktails bar will be set up as well, and then we have fun speaking.
Speaker 2:Our keynote speaker.
Speaker 3:And then, of course, shopping.
Speaker 2:Shopping yes, that's right, and we have shopping on a Saturday morning. And our emcee, natasha Pierre, is going to be there doing our job this year, so we get to actually. We get to actually participate and enjoy our attendees and enjoy what's happening and observe, because usually it's a little frenetic for us, and so this time it's so wonderful to have that support so that we can we can enjoy the reactions of the people around us.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's awesome. It's, it's um, it should be good turnout. And how can people? If people want to buy tickets, what's the best way?
Speaker 3:Um, there is an event bright link. They can, probably the easiest way if they want to follow our Facebook page. It's ideal life counseling on Facebook and we're, and we also have an Instagram. We have a new Instagram.
Speaker 3:That's how old we are, I should say me, you've always had it uh, yeah, thank you, sharon again um and then they can follow all of the um event updates on that page, on our ideal life counseling page, and then they're the event right tickets yep, and if you're listening to the podcast, you can just click the link below in the description and we'll we'll link it to it.
Speaker 1:So if people want to learn more about what you guys do, I see your website, obviously, but how can they get in touch with you and so our website is ideallifecounselingcom, and then we have our pages that talk about our different specialties, and our phone numbers are on there as well.
Speaker 3:Yeah, perfect, and the theme of International Women's Day this year is Accelerate.
Speaker 2:Action and we're definitely embracing diversity and inclusion, and you will see that you will not just hear about that from the background in a podcast.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah. So can you elaborate on that a little bit, like what is that? When you think of that theme? What does that mean to you guys? Accelerate action.
Speaker 3:I think that, like we've been talking about, the more we can do within our own communities is part of accelerating that action. Mona was saying that we often think that I'm just one person, I don't really have a voice, I can't really make change, but one of the things that we really promote is mental health awareness and we're just two little mental health counselors here in Palm Harbor, florida, right now and I think just having that voice and sharing that message is so important. So, any way you can accelerate action, whatever you are passionate about, whatever is meaningful to you.
Speaker 2:Whether it's building your community, supporting other groups that need that additional voice right, and that's what the importance of the diversity. How can we celebrate that? How can we help raise each other up?
Speaker 1:Yeah, even if you are just one person, that's right. Yeah, cool. Well, thank you guys for being here.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for having us. That's great. It's just such an honor. We appreciate that. Thank you so much for sharing our message about International Women's Day and the importance of mental health. We're grateful for that.
Speaker 1:Yes, sherry, and I have talked quite a bit about that, so it's. I'm glad it's, you know, become more of a discussion. You know so cool, great, thank you.
