Compassion & Legacy with Dr. Shellie Hipsky

Dr. Shellie Hipsky, President of the Global Sisterhood and Inspiring Lives International, shares her thoughts on legacy, philanthropy, and some of the outrageous compassion projects she has facilitated. Learn more about her perspective as we discuss:

• her life-changing experiences with special needs children
• stories of women making a difference in Nepal, Tanzania, and Pakistan
• the hilarious tale of the lettuce-spitting dragon
• outrageous vision and legacy building
• and... an impromptu cameo by her son!

Guest Biography
Dr. Shellie Hipsky is the CEO of Inspiring Lives International. The American Chronicle called her “A top entrepreneur in the U.S.,” and The Huffington Post categorizes her as a “Fierce Woman.” She is the president of The Global Sisterhood, a charity that guides and supports women and girls toward their dreams and goals. Dr. Shellie has earned the titles of “Entrepreneur of the Year in Inspiration and Empowerment,” the “Women of Achievement Award,” “Best Woman in Business,” and “VIP Woman of the Year.” Three of her 13 published books earned international bestseller status. This powerful entrepreneur and influencer is the founder and editor-in-chief of Inspiring Lives Magazine: the Magazine for Empowering Women which is available on the app, digitally, or at booksellers nationwide with over 5 million impressions. Dr. Shellie has been featured on over 20 magazine covers and on all the major TV networks, and she is delighted to bring the world her new book, BALL GOWNS TO YOGA PANTS: Entrepreneurial Secrets to Create Your Dream Business and Brand.

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Episode References

• Kids Food Basket

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Lady Grey is an award-winning international entertainer and educator. She has been at the helm of numerous performing arts organizations and has performed everywhere from Broadway to the Sydney Olympics. She currently serves as Artistic Director of Lady Grey's Lovelies and continues to work as a leadership mentor and empowerment coach.

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Transcript

Shellie: 0:00

I knew it was bigger. I knew that there were more people out there that needed my help and my support and just my connections because I love to make those connections for people and I love to see what happens.

Lady Grey: 0:16

Hello, you lovely. Welcome to the live outrageously with Lady gray podcast. I'm your hostess lady gray. And I have had the great honor to interview a number of super inspiring world changers about how they live

Shellie: 0:33

outrageously.

Lady Grey: 0:34

So we're going to share about how they push boundaries. They fight for change, and how they seriously shake up the status quo. Friends I'm so excited to introduce you to my guest today Dr. Shelley hips. Dr. Shelley is the CEO of inspiring lives International. The American Chronicle called her a top entrepreneur in the US and the Huffington Post categorizes her as a fierce woman. She is the president of the nonprofit the global sisterhood a charity that guides and supports women and girls toward their dreams and goals. She's earned the titles of Entrepreneur of the Year in inspiration and empowerment. The women of Achievement Award Best women in business and VIP Woman of the Year, three of her 13 published books, earned international bestseller status and she is a former tenured professor and the host of inspiring lives with Dr. Shelley on NBC this powerful entrepreneur and

Unknown: 1:30

influencer is the founder and editor in chief of inspiring lives magazine, the magazine for empowering women, and she is delighted to announce her new book, ball gowns to yoga pants entrepreneurial secrets to create your dream business and brand.

Lady Grey: 1:46

Welcome, welcome. Welcome Dr. Shelley.

Shellie: 1:50

Hello, thank you so much for having me on your podcast, Lady gray. Absolutely.

Lady Grey: 1:55

Welcome to the busiest woman other than myself that I know, the moms juggling many hats. So we're here obviously today to talk about your outrageous and very inspiring journey. So a lot of us that are listening, kind of know you for your writing and your teaching. But I wanted to kind of give you the opportunity to kick things off by talking about maybe some moments or some memories or achievements that you are most proud of.

Shellie: 2:27

So I'm most proud of the two kiddos that I brought. Being being more is the biggest best Title I ever could have imagined. I have been awarded everything from the best businesswoman award to Entrepreneur of the Year award when I was a tenured professor. So I have a lot of those titles that I've held over the years and honors. But really, it really boils down to I am a mompreneur at heart. And I love my kiddos and I want to give them the the best possible life while also monetizing my own personal passion and mission, which is to help women around the world.

Lady Grey: 3:09

That's wonderful. And that's part of why you're here today. So and also while we're on family, I just wanted to give my own shout out to Mr. Ken your house because he is on the front lines. Fighting COVID How long has it been since you've seen him? Oh,

Shellie: 3:29

this tent has been about two months. But there were many, many too many. I mean, you know we're in month nine now I believe. So there's been just a handful of times that I've actually been able to be with my husband in person looking into his beautiful eyes and able to chat with them. He is a cardiologist he does pacemaker surgeries. And he was needed in a different state. And so he lives at our lake house during the week and and has been really just like you said in the trenches. This weekend he was working on the COVID floor getting up at four o'clock in the morning he was out the door and and working on the COVID floor all day and then at night he's been doing food and supply deliveries to the people that are sick that he works with he a lot of the the nurses and doctors have gotten sick and office workers, Ken took it upon himself to go and do those delivery rounds and whatever minimal free time he has right now. So he's just he's an angel. He's an amazing man.

Lady Grey: 4:42

Definitely one of our heroes and and frankly, you are too for sacrificing everything for however many months so that people had access to him. So from our family to yours, thank you for that.

Shellie: 4:58

Bless you. I appreciate that. So much. Yeah, absolutely.

Lady Grey: 5:01

Do you have kids at home right now doing school?

Shellie: 5:04

I do. I've got two kids at home a girl child. My daughter Alyssa, who is you know 13 going on 32 and then I've got Jacob who is just amazing little dude. And I'm loving I there are days when I'm loving the homeschooling part of the COVID and then there are days that I'm like, Oh my god, how am I gonna run my nonprofit the global sisterhood and the company that I run inspiring lives that are national and and keep it all together with all the podcasts and the the author interviews and things like that. But it's just it's a blessing to be able to pour into my kiddos in this way a mom

Lady Grey: 5:48

printer with work life balance, and not having you know your hubby there to kind of lend a hand with your usual way of doing things. I mean, you've got sort of like a triple whammy. So

Shellie: 6:04

yeah, it's been it's a juggling act. But you know, I always looked at being a mompreneur as like a circus, a three ring circus and bagged and I've got my family in one ring. And I've got the the work that I do, and that in another ring, and then self care balance and the other ring. And, you know, sometimes as the ringleader, we have to be like, Okay, everybody set your attentions over this. Greg, don't debate over there with the clouds.

Unknown: 6:33

Right, right.

Lady Grey: 6:34

And in the midst of all of this, you've written another book, right?

Shellie: 6:40

Yes, indeed. So ballgowns, yoga pants, entrepreneurial secrets for creating your dream business and brand. And I was beyond delighted that, you know, this is my 13th book, I was able to get get some fabulous awards before it even like, hit the shelves. And then it went internationally, it went bestseller. With the number one bestseller in all of India, on Amazon, I was Mind blown by that. It's such an honor to be read by women entrepreneurs here in the States. But for it just to take on a life of its own and be able to support the the other women entrepreneurs, internationally has been a real blessing. Why do you think that this book is so important, globally to women? I think because it's relatable. And I think that they can read the story and see that my path to entrepreneurship wasn't a straight, comfortable one. It was all over the place. I had so many twists and turns in this journey. But I got to the other side. And as a former University researcher, I delved into how did all these other entrepreneurs make it from a dream to a reality and then many of them went on to make the multimillion dollar businesses. So I really sink my teeth into that research. I put my own stories and I ask a lot of inquiry based questions so that when you're done reading ballgowns do yoga pads, you have a map, an action plan, a blueprint for your business to be a success, and for your brand to be known, internationally, like mine has become

Lady Grey: 8:32

well. And I think it's really important to we're talking about women and empowerment and starting their own businesses and and maybe, you know, either leaving a nine to five job or going back into the workplace. And it seems to me like the relevance of the book is global, because there's this surge of women's empowerment happening right now.

Shellie: 8:59

I keep doing these interviews. So many of them had said said, How did you know what do you wrote ballgowns, to yoga pants? How did you know we were all going to be like going from getting glammed up and then getting into our yoga pants and doing interviews and our yoga, just having to do this whole mindset shift where you don't have to be in a power suit with COVID so many of us are now working from home, or we're wanting to be able to work from home. And we want to be able to wear what we want to wear and do what we want to do and and make a difference in the world and many of my readers and people that I work with as VIP one on ones through my empower you master class. They are really heart centered entrepreneurs, people that really have huge hearts for giving back and and pouring into other people with their knowledge and their gifts. And so I think that people are just gravitating towards How do I do it. You know, we all got that. Why and many of us have identified what our Why is for creating a business. This bog as yoga pants really gets to that how? And that's the question on everybody's mind, how am I going to make money doing what I'm

Lady Grey: 10:14

also struck by the fact that unless you've gone to school, for business, there are a few tools out there that really are accessible, like this book, that you can sit and read in your yoga pants at home, right? ends with some kind of quantifiable plan for your own business or your brand, or whatever it is that you're looking to start. So I really appreciate that. And I also appreciate the heart centered focus that you have, I really am struck by the work that you do with global sisterhood. And that's originally how we met at the gala. So talk to me a little bit more, I guess about some of the global work that you're doing, or what you're seeing right now, you know, I don't know how it's shifted with the pandemic, and what the needs are around the world that you're seeing,

Shellie: 11:07

oh, my goodness, there's so many needs. But it's been such a blessing to lead the global sisterhood through this time period there any time period in history that I have been able to help the global sisterhood has been wonderful. But right now, there's just such extreme need from our sisters from Pakistan to have Rica and we've been able to step up to that challenge and be able to help them and these women come to us and say, you know, I have a very specific need. We identify that need and kind of vet them to make sure that it's, you know, something that we can pour into with either time energy funds. And there's been so many of those that have popped up during our COVID experience. Throughout it. We've been able to do all kinds of things from our mental health awareness day, which helped with women that are experiencing homelessness, women that are experiencing domestic violence. The domestic violence was really surging during the beginning of COVID. And john Diaz of mulago. Stay worldwide has been a longtime charity partnership with the global sisterhood. And she came to us with with a need for getting funds to help with bringing all the therapeutic aspects and training for these women that were potentially entrapped during lockdown with their person who was an abuser. So we were able to provide that for our sisters in Africa. We have a whole business and entrepreneurial ship school there in Tanzania. And we were able to get them the amount of funds to make over 1000 masks to get clean water in the area that they're in there. Because hygiene is upmost importance right now. And with Nepal, we were able to create a global sr, a tea house in Nepal with Dr. Mina Dr. Meena left her senior research position at Harvard University. And she went to Nepal and was able to teach over 80,000 women how to read and write and we sent funds so they could do a tea house and some entrepreneurial ventures. They're in Nepal, this tea house is set up so that they can come and read now that they know how to read and write they can commune with their other sisters just have a cup of tea like we're both having tea right now I just that that being able to be a part of a sisterhood and be part of something that's bigger than yourself and be able to support each other has just been such a incredible blood. That's

Lady Grey: 13:52

really incredible work that you're doing thing. I didn't understand the scope.

Shellie: 13:58

Thank you for sharing that because I do think there are a lot of people that would really love to get plugged into something like this, that want to either just personally be a part of it or have their business work together in conjunction to also leverage for resources that they have to improve these projects or push them forward or absolutely once. One of the women is in Zambia, and she came to us saying that her son Ivan was stuck at home during the COVID like so many of us are. But he is a nonverbal, autistic child. And so I quickly set them up with the women here from the autism caring center, namely, Catherine Hughes and Kelly Kane. And we were able to procure the funds for an iPad for him with all of the curriculum and apps that he needed. All the way in Zambia from our people. Here in Pittsburgh recommending what what he needed the board of directors for the global sisterhood all just stepped up and they were like, We don't even need to do a fundraiser. Let's just pull some money and let's get this kid what he needs to learn and be able to communicate. And for me as a former special ed professor and teacher that was just profound is one of my turning points and memories can tell a little story. Are you okay with that? really go

Lady Grey: 15:26

for it.

Shellie: 15:26

Okay, so one of one of my biggest turning points was when I was very young. So when I was 12 years old, I went and I volunteered I saw this little girl Becky, and she was just making the the most to me soothing noises like grunting kind of strange noise and spinning, sort of sing songy noise. And she was fascinating to me. And I said to the teacher that I was volunteering with, can I try to teach Becky how to talk and she this woman Oh my god, she was she was so burnt out. She was like, Don't worry, kind of kid they'll take they'll make you drink. Like they that's how she was like, Okay, fine. I you can have this little coat closet. And you could set it up as a little mini classroom for her. And you can you can work with her on there. So I did. And every day when I would come in I was I was volunteering like eight hours a day, five days a week during the summer at 12 years old. I was a little bonkers, but I love these kids. So I'm sitting there with her. And we went back and forth. And as you know, I'm also a singer. So I all that I could tap into after I tried everything else that I knew in my little 12 year old brain how to, to work with that was using vocal techniques. So I took my hand in front of my face, and I made us out I would like and then I put my hand up to her mouth, and she go, and we would go back and forth. And this went on for days and weeks and weeks and weeks. And I thought, Oh my gosh, I'm never gonna get through to her to really utter that word. And then one day, I walked in, I sat down in our little makeshift classroom, and I went, and I said the noise and then she went, ha, lo, oh. bringing him in amazing. Like I cried, she cried. But and then and then we went on and just give me two more seconds for this because the most amazing turning point for me, really relates back to how I am as a mother and a teacher. And I was able to be there when she said hello to her mother for the first time. Oh, so that was a beautiful, beautiful blessing. So that that's where we're it all, all began for me with the giving back and the loving to help people achieve their dreams even if it is just to be able to say hello.

Lady Grey: 18:00

Well, that is such a special story. Thank you so much and and as a special needs mom myself, I really am so grateful for people like you who look at our children and love them. They just I really am appreciative. You know, you're telling this story about you being 12? When did your life kind of start to become outrageous? And was there a point at which you kind of had a light bulb go on other than this moment of caring for someone when you're 12 and kind of realizing that your passion was helping people or teaching people is there any other moment that you can put your finger on where you feel like you really shifted

Shellie: 18:47

from the inspiring last doctor show a television show to the empowering radio show that was syndicated 120 radio stations across the world to inspiring lives magazine, O Corps, and my books, just being able to go out and and meet the people that are truly making a difference in the world has been profound for me. I remember going in meeting Mary Kay Hood Hood and interviewing her for my book, ordinary people extraordinary planet. And she was just mind blowing to me. She was a woman who had a friend who was a principal of schools. And the principal caught these kids rummaging through a dumpster and she said what are you doing and they said that they were looking for dinner and Mary Kay just decided that at that moment that she was going to find a way to feed all the kids and this was in Detroit, Michigan after the the car plants closed down. And she created this whole warehouse and kids food basket and our prize that feeds 1000s of kids a day and the Detroit school district now would be enough for like most people, you'd be like, Oh my God, that's incredible. She's amazing. But the reason that Obama gave her an incredible award in front of the world was that she does it all from her wheelchair because she is a quadriplegic, she was in a bad car accident. Even though her body doesn't work the same way as as we do. She was able to use that incredible brain and ability to rally other people around a mission. And when I was there in Michigan, interviewing her in the warehouse wide watching everybody, from Little kids to elderly people putting together these lunch bags, and they're all decorated. They have beautiful children's drawings on each and every lunch bag that goes out. It was amazing to be able to be a part about

Lady Grey: 20:48

living outrageously, my gosh, you know, I feel like we have no spoons for anyone that just gives you perspective.

Shellie: 20:58

It really, really does. It really does. And she'll she'll say that to you. She'll say, look, if I could do everyone does wheelchair you could do.

Lady Grey: 21:12

Oh my gosh. And you know, there are so many heroes like that, and so many inspirational people. I have like a huge long list of people that I consider inspirational to me and frankly, you are on that list for me. I love I love looking at the work that you do. And I think we have a lot in common also, because we both are entertainers. We love getting glammed up and we love photoshoots. And we love you know, talking to people and interacting and helping people network and all of that. But so I would love to know, obviously you just mentioned Mary Kay, but are there any other mentors or outrageous influences that you have that you still continue to look to?

Shellie: 22:02

Oh my god, I have so many people that are rather VA. I mean, you met Eileen gruba at the global Gala. I just I find her to be amazing. You know what she's she's been able to do in Hollywood, not letting her disability limit her abilities in any way. My my mother, my mother's frigging amazing. Think She's incredible. She ran the local theater when I was growing up. And she's a writer and just a very artistic, beautiful, intelligent soul. And she's always just taught me to be myself and do it up proud and loud. I'm just thinking back to one of the amazing cabaret galas that I did to raise money for the homeless children's education fund. We did all these huge big production Broadway numbers. And we did he had a comment from Chicago. And so my mom, the the ultimate director that helped us with our roles, as you know, these like sassy carry. Right? Exactly. She's always just been in my corner. And I just pray that I can be as good a mom as she is because she's amazing. And she has just lived her legacy out loud, which is what I'm always trying to do as well and just do it while I'm still alive. That's that's a huge role model for me in my life. And I mean, I literally like I'm like looking at my common threads trilogy. And like, there's 100 women in there. And there's over 1000 women in the global sisterhood. There's so many women, I could talk about sister's death and Pakistan. I think she's absolutely amazing what she's been able to do teaching. Originally, she was teaching on a dirt floor with 10s made out of old sheets with holes in them in her courtyard of her home, because inspired women in the global sisterhood were able to step up with funding, they now have a beautiful brick and mortar school. And she was able to sort of Skype in for our global gala so that everybody could meet her. It just, there's so many incredible women out there that are just doing it, just making it happen and lifting up their community and the global community, to the beautiful, beautiful thing

Lady Grey: 24:20

that is beautiful. And talking about your mom a second ago, you're talking about legacy, and like living legacy out loud. And, you know, I find maybe it's my age.

Shellie: 24:34

You're young, you

Lady Grey: 24:36

know, straight up in the last couple of years. I mean, I've fought cancer twice, and we've had a pandemic, right. So, so it puts things in perspective really, really quickly hold myself thinking a lot about not just my why, I guess. But what do I want to leave behind? How do I want the world to be different when I'm done with it? You know, when I've left a little mark, and for me, I feel like it is so much this idea that I want women to find freedom in so many different ways, whether that's to explore and pursue their dreams or to live authentically and not in somebody's box that's been created for them to be accepted and to experience fairness and society. You know, there are so many different components to it. And so, I've been spending a lot of time with vision, you know, you have your fingers in so many different pies and are making such a huge difference. I'd love to know what Dr. Shelley's outrageous vision is, and on the spot, I guess, but I'm just curious, is there a big passion project or outrageous dream or something that you're really hoping is kind of your legacy?

Shellie: 25:56

Well, I think the global sisterhood is my legacy. I think that inspiring lives magazine is my legacy. I think that the connections that I've made with so many women around the world, and gravity, water just connected with me, they make water cleaned by using gravity, and these huge tubs and he's now going to connect up with Dr. Mina, who I was telling you about Nepal, who was just telling me that she's got issues with water there, and these kiddos are going to sleep without having any water. Throughout the day, I'm making constant connections, so that it's not just me having to run around the world trying to make things happen. It's the people that I can connect with their own visions and missions. And then they go off, and it's like a tree like I could be part of the roots, but then that it branches off and then all the leaves then so many people around the globe are being helped through my legacy right now. And I can only imagine what will happen down the road. And I think that's why when I had my classroom, I loved having my classroom. But I thought bigger. I knew it was bigger. I knew that there were more people out there that needed my help of my support, and just my connections because I love to make those connections for people. And I love to see what happens. You were there at the global gala, one of the global galas and I think that you witnessed so many incredible connections being made and those who have forged many, many, many, many nonprofits and businesses and lifelong friendships. So my legacy is in all the women that are out there doing for their communities. And that just fills my heart with blessings and joy. That's fantastic. And and

Lady Grey: 27:46

yes, I can attest to that. I have friends that I made that I'm still in touch with that. We sat together at dinner that night. Yeah, we I believe that we were in the line of fire for the lettuce that came from the dragon. The entertainments

Shellie: 28:04

guy is living outrageously having a daddy's dragon spit lettuce at you during a gala while you're in a bug out that is that is living. Really. It was you know,

Lady Grey: 28:19

it was pushing us right to the very edge of outrageous, outrageous. No, it was hilarious. We kind of bonded over that. And the gala was it was such a huge testimony to your networking, and and just the the beauty of the sisterhood. So I would love at this point to talk a little bit about how, obviously people can get plugged into the sisterhood, right? I mean, that's something that they can do. And we'll put all that information in the show notes. A lot of people can can go and click through and everything. But what about what is happening in these micro communities? Right. So right now, it's kind of such a strange time because we're all isolated in a lot of ways from each other. And and our communities have gotten smaller, just because of that, you know that we were much more in tune with who's in our local neighborhood versus a bigger, grander scale. And I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on how we can support each other and make change locally, even right now? Is there something that you think that people can do from their homes? Is there something that you would do if you had a smaller if you didn't have all the hats? were wearing a new we're focused more locally, you know, what would you tell people to try?

Shellie: 29:54

I think reaching out and figuring out who is in need right now. I think people are feeling very nice. did a lot of them used to have jobs and don't have them anymore, one of our hashtag pop up giving projects was to help support Jackie Paige, who has a solo cafe here in mckees rocks. And we did a big donation to her. And she has been able to feed hundreds. And I think yesterday she fed 650 children whose parents lost their jobs due to COVID. And don't don't have a way of bringing in the money and putting food on the table. And I can only imagine what that must feel like to not be able to put food on the table for my children. So I think looking around you and seeing who could really just use that extra platter of food that you have made for your family. And you could just drop it off with a little card and just say, you know, thinking about you, you're not alone. I mean, I look at Mr. Ken, which is what we call my husband. And I'm just amazed that he's he's able to continue to give back even after working these incredibly long days, and some of them on the COVID floor and and he's figuring out who needs the help and making it happen. And he doesn't so quietly, like my parents and my husband are like the ultimate sneaky philanthropist. They feel like you would never know how much they're giving and doing if I didn't have such a big mouth. You know, and that's, that's great. Like, there are people that do it that way I am allowed proud about it. Because I tend to be able to bring other people into how to make it happen. And of course, like if you are giving to the global sisterhood financially, that is going to help us with our pop up giving projects. And we have been able to support everybody from sister's place to a woman who was homeless in downtown Pittsburgh and slipped and fell on the ice, and she was actually pregnant. And within 24 hours, we had created a whole pop up giving baby shower. We went over there with everything from a baby shower cake to all the supplies that she needed to take care of her baby. And then we found her the resources that she needed within Pittsburgh to be able to not only survive, but to thrive. I think that if you're looking for an organization that has a proven track record for helping those locally and globally, when there is a true need, then I would suggest looking into giving to the global sisterhood and donating to the global sisterhood so that we can continue to meet those needs when they

Lady Grey: 32:44

pop ank you for that. And I think one of the most beautiful things about the global sisterhood and we keep singing its praises, because there. But I just had a conversation yesterday with one of my best friends about this concept of what you call the sneaky philanthropy. And we were talking about the merit of actually being public about it. And you know, I think, you know, for those of us that were raised in the church, and you know, the message, yes, you know, the right hand versus the left hand and them not knowing what the other ones doing and cetera, et cetera, you know, you get that being public about giving is taboo, right, like it's not a good thing. And so we had a whole conversation about the beautiful benefits of people being able to witness what service looks like, I think for some people who, you know, aren't actively plugged into a faith community or something like that, that there's great opportunity to model for other people, what it looks like to care for another human being, and what it looks like to support projects and things like that. And the global sisterhood and the work that you're doing seem to me like a beautiful model of compassion and how we can act as human beings and treat each other as allies and with respect and elevating everybody from you know, a special needs child to a homeless woman, you have a whole wide variety of projects that the global sisterhood touches.

Shellie: 34:28

Absolutely. And particularly during this time, there's so much need. And we've been really blessed that we haven't had to turn away many people when they have these needs. Just because we have such incredibly empowered wonderful leaders around the world that are able to kind of pick up the call and take it and run with that. I mean, then people know that we're going to tap into their get we do with you being an entertainer that you have no idea of you got to end up being one of the stars of the show. We're always tapping into those things that people are good at and what they bring to the table and being able to really spotlight that. And I think it is important to spotlight it. Not everybody's comfortable with that I have gotten so many years full over the years. For, you know, being the one that's out there, you know, tooting the horn, have we raised $100,000 for homeless Jones Education Fund, which is amazing. But then there are people that are like, shouldn't you have done that quietly. And I'm like, if I did it quietly, I wouldn't have raised that much money. Because people wouldn't have gotten on board with me and brought their gifts and talents and their funds to the table because they wouldn't have known about it, you can write a billion books. But if nobody knows about it, then they're not reading it. And it's not helping anybody's life. So for me, I have to be not.

Lady Grey: 35:55

And there's nothing wrong. There's nothing wrong. Right? I mean, if truly, and for some people, it's very personal. It's like almost a spiritual act of giving. And, and for other people. It's, let's do this. You know, come on, gang. That's enough.

Unknown: 36:15

All right. Well, so

Lady Grey: 36:16

let's segue. I always ask everybody to give me what I call Dr. Shelley's outrageous advice.

Unknown: 36:25

So

Lady Grey: 36:26

what I like to find out is, you know, what's one outrageous thing that you've tried in your life that you think that other people could also try to live more outrageously day to day?

Shellie: 36:42

To live more outrageously day to day? I think that they just need to, oh, man, my brain is going 4 billion differently. All right.

Lady Grey: 36:55

Let's throw some things out. Like what you got.

Shellie: 36:59

Oh, my God, like so my brain is going everywhere from the my Broadway belt or side. You know, there was a time when my kid was in kindergarten. And she told the teacher when I was doing one of these galas, she told the teacher, she was like, my mom really has to dress in very little clothes. And she dances to help her homeless.

Lady Grey: 37:30

Outrageous, that's outrageous.

Shellie: 37:36

But meanwhile, she had been going to you know, the rehearsals and watching mommy do do her cabaret act that was raking in the dough to help the homeless ones education fun. So I think that you just kind of have to just go with it. I think you need to find out whatever your gift and talent is, and just belt it out. So yes, I think I think that whatever your passion is, you just need to tap into it. And just do it bigger than life and let the world see it, do it authentically, be real. And just have fun with that. I mean life we've only got one you might as well have some fun with it and do what is your true passion. And for me it's always been about raising the money and helping the people and educating and being my over the top overly everything kind of person. Whatever that means to you. I think you should do it and live outrageously

Lady Grey: 38:43

alright one more thing so I want to give you the opportunity to tell us or give a shout out to your most outrageous supporters or fans or whoever that might be friends and just give you the opportunity to say hey to them

Shellie: 38:59

oh my goodness. Okay, well I list really really crazy long list um I would just say you know my my global sisterhood board right now with you know Valerie lurches my VP and we've got some newer board members coming on and those people that kind of had my back during the tricky times of pulling all this together. I have big picture and big big over the top news and then I need people that get the intricacies in the details and can put that together so I want to thank all of those people that are out there that do that for me and and keep me sane and my son is right now dancing in front of me. I'm on a podcast love to give a shout out to the Jake man. Hi buddy.

Unknown: 39:53

It is me Jacob back to Hello son dr.

Shellie: 39:58

oz. Hello needed tell you to live outrageously fabulous. Thank you, Jay. A little impromptu. Jake, man. Live outrageously plug.

Lady Grey: 40:14

Thank you so much.

Shellie: 40:16

I said thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Lady Grey: 40:20

All right, so so let's wrap it up. But uh, How can any new supporters or followers or fans connect with you find out more about your book or the global sisterhood or just follow your glamorous pictures?

Shellie: 40:36

on Instagram, I'm Dr. Shelley. If you want to find all of the above you go to Shelly hipscs.com. It has links to global sisterhood online.org. It has links to my empower you master class information, inspiring Life magazine book, you know, speaking all the things that's

Lady Grey: 40:57

perfect, thank you so much. It has been a huge honor to have you here today.

Shellie: 41:01

Wonderful. It's been a blessing for me to be able to chat with you. And I'm so so proud of you for everything that you've been able to conquer in the last few years. And I know it hasn't been easy, and you just keep living outrageously. I'm proud of you.

Lady Grey: 41:16

Well, you are always welcome. Anytime you want to come back on the show. Thank you so much. And thank you for teaching us to live a little more outrageously. Well, outrageous friends. It has been my honor and my pleasure to have you here today. I hope that you took away some outrageous ideas for your own life. If you enjoyed yourself, make sure that you are subscribed to live outrageously with Lady gray on whatever your podcast app is. You can also connect with me personally on facebook@facebook.com slash outrageous lady grey or on Instagram at lady dot gray. Also be sure to check out our podcast website at www dot live outrageously.com. Once again, this is lady gray, encouraging you to go out and live

Unknown: 42:10

outrageously.