100th Episode Celebration!

We're stoked to bring you the 100th episode of "Shattering Ceilings"! In this special milestone episode, we talk about how we're creating a legacy to empower generations of women. We’re also sharing 8 killer tips on how to shatter your own ceiling.

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Transcript

SC - Episode 100
[00:00:00] Hey everyone. Welcome back to Shattering Ceilings. It's Lauren and Megan. And we have a very fucking special episode today. It is our 100th episode. It is two years of us doing the podcast and we are feeling pretty, pretty proud. We are because statistically speaking, most podcasts don't make it what, Meg, you kind of looked it up a little bit.
Yeah, so three episodes is like your average, right? At least half the podcasts that are in existence never get past that much. And then after 20 episodes, that number goes down way more. So here we are. I mean, I don't stick with much in life and I've been doing this for two fucking years. Two years. Yeah. I mean, it helps that we have each other too to keep us accountable for sure.
Right. Huge difference. And in times where life was life in, we were able to have, right. It's been, it's been a crazy two years, you know, whatever, but anyway, we've been able to, you know, bounce off of each other and, or step in as needed. And so we've been able to keep this going for. [00:01:00] Again, a hundred episodes and we've had so much feedback and, you know, we actually just got like before this earlier today, we got another positive feedback and I actually have one that I didn't post yet.
I didn't really tell Megan about this. Yeah. I got a nice text over the weekend. They listened to our episode with Ashley Acres Smith and just wanted to share how impactful that was. So it's been pretty cool over the last few years to do this. It really has. I don't know about you, but like I mean, speaking specifically to Ashley's episode, even like we've, we've talked about some great things here.
We've had some really incredible people and I think I've learned so much, you know, we're both in personal development, like in wellness and all those things. And we learn a lot on our own, but on our own, so geez, Louise never said we were great at grammar or English. Right. I've learned so much by getting to listen to people's perspectives and like [00:02:00] even practices like that.
Catch it, check it, change it. I use that so much in my life. Yeah. So much. Yeah. Yeah. It really was. And you know, I think one thing I did talk to Megan about earlier too, is, you know, I was listening to Gary V earlier today and he talked about how. Yeah. To put yourself in places, you know, we've all heard the expression.
Most of us have anyway, you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with, but, and that's true, but going beyond that, like putting yourself in spaces and around people that are really creating change and shaking shit up and just doing things differently, it really does. Impact your life in such a positive way and really grows you.
And I feel that, you know, on this podcast, we've definitely been able to do that. We've, we've been able to get people on here that have just made such a big impact on us and hopefully you guys as well. And it got us thinking like. Okay, we have been doing this for two years and as long as all the [00:03:00] streaming platforms are around till whenever like this information and our voices and the things that we share are going to be out there forever.
And it really is like creating a legacy that. Our children, our grandchildren, great grandchildren will be able to hear for again, so much time to come. Right. It's kind of crazy. Yeah. It makes me nervous sometimes. Like, are we doing it justice? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, sure. Are we doing our best? Are we doing good work?
You know, and it's, we get good feedback. We do good feedback, but we can always, which is helpful, right? And we can always, unless the reality is we know that we're always going to continue to improve. Right. For sure. We're not at our best and we never will be, you know? Right. 'cause we're just gonna keep going.
But we really wanna talk about some things that we specifically want to help impact. Again, positively, you know, future generations. Like if we had to give them advice basically based on the last two years of what we've learned, like [00:04:00] what would we share with them? You know? So me and Meg came up with a list and before I get any further and I forget, make sure you listen to the end of this because we are going to share an exciting announcement with you guys and also a giveaway.
And it's somewhat scary, I think, but also pretty exciting, right Meg? I, I, 10 do not feel prepared for it, but we are here and we're going for it. I am forcing Magda to speed up and she is not slowing me down to that as per our human design. I'm making her swerve right now. Very much. So my hands are sweating, right?
Yeah, not for a life. So yeah. Legacy. Legacy. First thing on that list. And I think what we're doing right now is not playing it small. Yes. Doing the things that we're scared of committing to things before we feel ready, which I, you guys will hear this coming up in the next couple of weeks on an interview we just did.
Yeah. Yeah. The [00:05:00] interview, he was talking about how she used to sit on decisions and question her decisions and it came down to worth like, I was dying inside as she was talking about that. I'm like, are you just talking about my life? And that's how I feel right now. Not prepared. Earth signs need to have you like fully grounded in your decision before you make one.
The roots run too deep. Right. Yeah. So big announcement, leaving Legacy. Let's get back on. I'm that uncomfortable right now that I'm having trouble staying focused and we're going to leave this in because that's real life. I think that right now, the second tip is to be authentic. Yeah. Don't play small.
That was the first tip. Don't play small. The second one is authenticity, right? I think, I think that one's huge. And I think as we get older, we dive into that a little more. I mean, hopefully, right? Like I think it's normal for normal or common for You know, as you growing up, you're trying to do the things that kind of like fit in.
And sometimes those things don't feel authentic, but we go along with it because our friends say, so our families say, so whatever it's right. It's learning [00:06:00] how to be in the world too. You know, like you don't, you have to. Experiment and test the different things. And I think as we get older, you find more and more what is for you.
And hopefully we have comfortability enough with ourself and being vulnerable and trying scary things to step into those, you know, and not just keep repeating the same habits or patterns because it's normal or, you know, status quo, whatever. You have to be your authentic self to find your, your people, you know, like that's, I loved again, a couple of weeks ago when Daniel McCleary said, like, you are either attracting your people to you or you're repelling.
And like, that is why you need to be yourself. And you need to show up as yourself. Cause you need to figure that out, you know? Yeah. You're not for everybody and that's okay. Right. And the image that we, you know, especially in the world of curation and Instagram and it's really easy to create an image and then get stuck in the habit of like, well, this is who I am [00:07:00] because this is how I've always shown up on the internet.
And then maybe the people flip it. Yeah. Yeah. Or not even knowing where to start, you know, maybe it's not even the fear. It's just like, well, wait, how, where, where do I go from here? You know, I saw this thing over the weekend and I thought, oh God, that was me. Like. I used to judge other people that were really like putting themselves out there.
And, and this could be as simple as like wearing a thong to the freaking beach guys. Like, and I'm like, wow, look at her. Like, who does she think she is? And really like that judgment came from like me, not being comfortable, like in my own skin. Right. That, like, that was an insecurity of me or something that I felt like I could never do.
Right. And so again, it's like the older I get, the more I recognize like, oh no, I, I don't think that person's like wrong for doing that. I'm actually a good for her for being confident enough to do it. Exactly. They're being their authentic self. And I think that's something to be celebrated, you know? Mm hmm.
I agree. Yeah. So be [00:08:00] authentic. Be authentic. Number three. This is amazing. I hope we're giving a good example of that. Like us being here doing this. Oh yeah. Like this is us. This is us. Living into art. We love to talk. We want to share. I want to give you all the advice, whether you ask for it or not. Right, right.
Well, your strategy is to respond. So I guess that makes sense, right? Doing it on a public platform is scary. It is. Right. It is scary, but you're letting people see your big opinions. And I mean, for you, Laura, too, like talking about things that are a little more woo woo. When we first started this, I think there was so much more apprehension around like, whoa, Well, yeah, just in general, like what we talked about, how would that be perceived, you know, professionally, personally.
And now I just really like I, going back to Instagram or whatever, I don't know. I made a real this weekend and it was like, it was all my like stories like meshed into like one. And it was like, I'm Instagram. Oh, the network marketing. Yes. No, not the network marketing mom, [00:09:00] just like that mom whose stories go from like, I'm with my children doing wholesome things to at the club on the, on the stage to at the beach, then back to like, I don't know, doing my full moon rituals and pulling my tarot cards.
Right. Like, just like, cause I, that was one thing I worried about, right. It was appearing flaky or appearing like whatever and like pivoting, just whatever. You know, just being me sometimes, you know what I mean? And I think over the years, I've really just been like, you know what? Like, it doesn't matter if I understand that it doesn't matter if I look like I'm all over the place because I'm happy doing what I'm doing, you know?
Right. And I think that's really, really want to get when it comes to being authentic. I think that's true. Yes. Letting people see like your whole dynamic self, not just a little. Part of it. Peace. Exactly. So number three, your favorite, I think, right? Probably. [00:10:00] Having hard conversations. Yeah. Having hard conversations.
Yeah. Have the conversations that are uncomfortable. Right? Ask the person the question that maybe you don't understand their culture or their religious background or whatever. Like, I don't know. It adds so much more flavor to life, I think, when you can be open to diving into the topics that are a little more uncomfortable.
I think it's asking good questions too. I think you're really good at that. You know, like asking you are, you're welcome. You know, how, how did that go? How did that make you feel? You know, what did you learn from that? I mean, you literally asked me that last night and I was like, I saw it. I'm like, it is nine o'clock here.
I am not going into what I learned right now. I'm going to talk to her tomorrow, you know what I mean? But like, I would expect nothing less, you know what I mean? I know. I'm just curious. It's such a big curiosity of mine to know like what is going through somebody else's mind. And I, I don't know if everybody feels that way, but like, have you ever not been surprised by somebody's [00:11:00] response?
I feel like I always am, even if I think I have an idea of what it'll be or that I understand the flavor of it. Like, yeah, I'm always, sometimes, I mean, I don't know if I'm always shocked, I don't I guess it depends. You know, but there are, I guess it's more surprising when they say something that you weren't expecting.
Yeah, but if it happens more than I didn't help. Yeah. You know, I don't know. I think found to say, you know what I mean? And then you're like, yeah, like, everybody has such innate wisdom. Right? Like, I think we can, it's really easy to look up towards these, like, influencers or spiritual leaders or people that are just incredibly articulate and that's their life's work, right?
Is to share life through words or art or whatever. But then you could have a fucking conversation with somebody in line at Walmart that just says something that hits so deep and you're like, man, I Well, I really think that those kind of conversations are like divine, you know, and sure they were ordained to be that way and sure, but they don't [00:12:00] happen unless you're willing to have them.
Right. And even like with your children right like I think that there's a lot of wisdom that comes from having conversations with them and hearing their perspective and their take on things. Actually, I just got. I don't know if you guys saw my story. I just bought this journal for me and Wyatt and I think it's called just between me and you or something like that.
I can reshare it. But I'm so excited for it because it's like asking a question and it's like my response and his response. And I thought that he would be a lot more excited for it. I mean, he was like, yeah, As I'm like, this is my way of like our time, you know, right. But it's also scary. Like now, no, is there expectation that he shares a certain, you know, like everybody's perspective of it is different.
I saw that too. And I was like, Oh my God, I love this. I want one for me and my kids. Yeah. I mean, so eventually I'll do it with her, you know, but I heard actually my friend Jill, who she's been on before she and her mom had a journal. She may have even said that on the podcast. I think she did. [00:13:00] Yeah.
We're, you know what I mean? I think that's such a great idea to open up for those hard conversations. Sometimes it's hard to have it in person. You know what I mean? And having it through texts, I think is, it's not my favorite way either, but sending, it does help sometimes though. It does though. Open at least open.
Aaron and I do that all the time. Really? Yeah, like we're, we're both super passionate, especially when it comes to like, like justice and, you know, whatever. When we, when we get into an argument, we can get very hard on our like hills that we're ready to die on. Right? Yeah. So, you can think it out for it, right?
Right. You can think about it. You're not in the presence of the other person who's also heated. That's like staring at you like a smoking fucking dragon. Right? Like, yeah. And then it opens up the conversation. You've had time to think you see the other person's perspective without feeling the need to respond immediately.
Sure. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's definitely, yes, good things that can come out through text. Sometimes you can hide behind it also, but I mean, [00:14:00] you know, there's definitely been times where I've written letters cause that's easier, you know, whether it's my spouse or even my mom, when she was here, you know what I mean?
It's a good way to practice too. Like with your kid, I did that with beta this morning, something happened and like she, she needs to apologize. Right. She needs to take responsibility for what she's done. And it felt really hard. So I was like, let's write a letter. Right. You can give it to dad when he gets home and then he can read it when you feel ready.
You can go talk to him about it. It's soft and simple. Same thing with the journal. Right? Yeah. It's way easier to write something down and then close it and not look at it then to have to say it to your mom in the face. Yeah. 100%. But we do, we need to have hard conversations and it's learning the skills to then be able to like react or respond appropriately.
You know, that we really need to work on. Yes. Golly. That's, that's the truth. You know, and so that goes into our fourth, which is not to shy away from like topics that are [00:15:00] maybe counterculture or taboo or, you know. Again, uncomfortable, you know, like, I think that that's just our way of like understanding each other better and learning so that we can have like, again, just a better grasp on things and what's going on in someone's life or the world or just all different kinds of things.
You know, like, absolutely. I think that's true with anything. And I think too, like when it comes to stigma, like we, you know, we had a guest on earlier and she talked a little bit about this and I know I've talked about this before too. If we never talk about those taboo things, it's almost like you're keeping that stigma alive.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, like, in order to break down the stigma, you have to be able to talk about it. Absolutely. Well, okay. So this is getting, maybe this sounds so boxy or I'm saying something too harsh, but like, most of those things are taboo because we don't fucking talk about them. Yeah. Like, and it leads to ignorance.
Mm hmm. Ignorance is a huge issue in our society because there's this pressure, and I'm fucking pointing to myself here because I find myself in this [00:16:00] position a lot, like, say even in your own area of expertise, like, there's stuff that you don't know. You can be the best teacher in the world, and there's still stuff that you don't know.
And we feel this pressure to always have the answer, right? So we find ourselves speaking to things, laying judgment on things, that we don't necessarily have any information or fact to back up. So having those hard conversations rather than just throwing out a blanket opinion. You now have experience and conversation and, like, weight to back up what you're saying, and it might even change your opinion to something.
Mm hmm. Right? We have to, but we have to be willing to get uncomfortable. We have to be willing to get into a conversation and know, like, they may say something that I don't like. Right. Right? How am I gonna not Act a fool. Right. By letting my own art field triggered and then say something, you know, whatever.
Like, how do we open the conversation for that change, for that peace? Like, I don't, I feel like at this point we're all looking for the same thing. Everybody wants peace. [00:17:00] Everybody wants ease, connection, like, none of that's ever changed as long as humans have been here. We have more space for it now, but we're too fucking scared to talk about stuff, right?
And I think it's that fear of the judgment, you know what I mean? And, or looking like you don't know something or that you're wrong or stupid looking judge somehow. And you know, what's interesting is one of my friends said to me like recently too, she's, she said, you know, a lot of times the people that are doing the judging often feel judged.
And I was like, wow, like I never really thought of it that way going back to number five, actually, we're going to get a number five. And again, going back to Gary V what he said this morning that I listened to, you know, put yourself in rooms or situations where you don't necessarily feel qualified.
Like guys starting this podcast. We were not qualified to start. We had no idea what we were doing. We've never, I mean, fuck it. I mean, listen, I'm not going to say we're [00:18:00] not qualified, but what I'm saying is like we were beginners. Right. And I would still say we're in our infancy of learning how to be podcasters.
Right. Absolutely. You know, like But it didn't stop us. And we listened to many and we still do listen to many podcasts and we put ourselves in conversations and with people that I don't, you know, Megan's introducing to people. I have no fucking idea. Sometimes they're talking about, or it's a completely new concept to me, you know, but I learn and.
You know, even like interviewing certain or asking to interview certain people. And we're like, Oh shit, like, Oh, what's this person going to say? You know, but you just do it because you want to be in their presence and learn from them and have you guys learn from them. I think that's, that's key to building an amazing, fulfilling life is to put yourself in situations or in rooms of people where you're not the biggest fish in the room, you know, right.
You have to [00:19:00] go and have conversations with people. I think that's the best way and the easiest way to learn to. Like I told my son that I said, listen, we're having a conversation in the car. And my grandma was saying like, Oh, well, if you want to have your own business someday, like maybe you should go to take some like courses at college or go to college for business.
I was like, Hey, You know, an easier way hire a mentor that does really well at what you wanna do, and I promise you, you'll learn everything . You know, I think that's play. It's true. Mm-Hmm, . It's true. There's a lot of people, you know that have, especially in higher education, and I hate to say this because that, you know, it's what Erin does, but they teach you information out of.
Yeah. But don't necessarily ever have the experience in what they're teaching. Mm hmm. Right? Like, they learned it from the book. They never put it into practice. Right. So, what you get from being with somebody and allowing yourself to be mentored by somebody, that's actually put it into practice. They're like, hey, I've already done all these things that the book said, and here, let me tell you how they worked out.
[00:20:00] Yeah. Right. And I think that's like a big thing to also, I know this is not on our list, but that's okay. Back off this. Like, listen, you want to learn from people that are doing what you want to do, the trenches with you, right. That are like, not just talking the talk, but walking the walk. I think that's super important.
Whenever you're a mentor, a coach, a course, whatever, like you want to learn from those people. Right. Yeah. No, not just anybody, but somebody who's been like, where you want to go specific. Like, okay, so the next thing on our list is do it with self doubt and I feel like that's come up just to dive into that because it's come up several times in this conversation already.
Right. That's part of the discomfort of trying something new of, of growing and we know that there has to be discomfort. Y'all have heard me talk about it through the lens of Chinese medicine so many times now. There has to be some sort of discomfort to shake shit up so that change happens because as long as we're comfortable like [00:21:00] the water is steady, we're not going anywhere.
And I think everything. That we've talked about on this episode today really comes down to just that, like being okay with getting uncomfortable, end of story, whether it's uncomfortable conversations, being in an uncomfortable space, trying something new, being willing to look at your feelings, your triggers, your responses, your, all your things, having the heart, it's all comes down to being okay with doing something and being like physically, emotionally, whatever, uncomfortable through the experience of it.
It's the only way you're going to grow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Like the only way. Yes. You know? Yeah. Absolutely. And I mean, something that I feel like we've talked about on here all the time is mindfulness, right? Being easy with yourself through, that's what it's all for. Because Life keeps lifeing. Mm-Hmm.
Whether you stay where it's comfortable, you're gonna be uncomfortable anyways. Right? Yeah. Maybe the discomfort is not having the income you want or your health [00:22:00] not being where you want it to be at, or feeling disconnected from your friends and family. Not having solid relationship choose right. Mm-Hmm.
choose your heart. Right. I hate that saying, but it is true. Yeah. Why do hate that saying? Probably because it's become so cliche. Yeah, I feel, I feel like things lose its, lose their weight sometimes when we say them over and over again. And I hear myself saying it, I'm like, Oh, you're gross, but it is true though.
There's a reason why it becomes cliche because it's true across the board. It is. You know? So number seven, this is a good one and it's kind of tied to number eight too. You know, we talked about this on one of our interviews about, and we've talked about this before too, about personal versus like private, you know, and growing up in a family where things were private, you weren't supposed to talk about X, Y, and Z.
It was only this house, you know, and that for me brought [00:23:00] in a lot of like shame, you know, and not like carrying things. That I didn't have to carry alone, but I did because I felt shame around it. Like nobody, I don't want to tell anybody that like, I don't want to admit to that. I don't want people to know, you know, and yeah, like silence, I think carries shame.
You know, it does. And it perpetuates this idea that we're, we're all on our own here. Yeah. You know, like the fact that depression is such a massive thing that really a epidemic if you, you know, like at this point and it comes down to that feeling of isolation for a lot of the time. I don't want to speak for everybody, but like that's a huge theme in, in.
Feeling depressed is that you're isolated. People don't understand what you're going through. You can't talk to anybody about it, right? Like, but who said you can't, you know? Right. I think that's something that we have been, you know, conditioned [00:24:00] and I'm hoping that, you know, our generation and the generations coming are like breaking that cycle and teaching our, our youth that that doesn't have to be that way, you know, that we don't need to keep Ourselves, our problems, our issues, silent, you know, that we have help and we can ask for help.
And I think that's another thing that goes into that too, is like asking for help, you know? Yeah, I think you're right. It's, it's, that can be one of those scary things, right? Asking for help and then accepting the help and not feeling like you need to bend over backwards to repay the or just feeling like, Oh, am I being needy?
Am I being weak? Right. Am I the one that's the burdensome person? Is it even? Am I giving as much as I'm taking? Like, I think those are all conversations that can really hold us back from seeking the help that we need. Yeah. I would love to see that just gone, you know, like that whole same, you know, right.
There's the, we, It takes the village, right? But then we don't actually let ourselves be [00:25:00] part of the village, like, everybody thinks that they need to be like the village, like, leader and wise woman and medicine woman and the one that is the hunter gatherer and the one that weaves all the baskets and the one that raises all the children, like, why are we isolate ourselves and feeling like we need to do all of the things?
And when it comes down to it, like, I mean, okay, besides just being okay with getting uncomfortable, I think if there's one other thing I personally would love people to get out of this podcast from us is that there are literally no fucking rules. Yeah. There's no rules. You make your own. Yeah. Like the only reason why we live a certain way is because we have been so well trained to follow rules, right?
Like from the time you were born, there are rules. There has to be bedtimes. We have to sleep train. We have to eat this thing. We are. And it just follows us through life until we finally figure out that there are no fucking rules. I like that one. That's a good one. I mean, there's not [00:26:00] more that needs to be said about that, right?
Do what you want to do. As long as you're not harming yourself or somebody else, if it is for the betterment of your life and your family and the people around you, like, do it. Lastly, we have for number eight, vulnerability. And this one is huge, you know, and I think again, this goes back with it's kind of tied to, again, the personal, not private kind of thing, because again, it's hard to get vulnerable with people because you're.
Sometimes feel like you're showing all your cards, you know, all of your emotions are on the table. You're, you know, you're telling the story that makes you feel uncomfortable and squirm in your seat and all the things, but it really is the only way I think to connection. I don't think there's any other way, you know, besides being vulnerable.
I think that Sure. There's a time and a place like, especially when we're talking about leadership and like say children and things like that, when you can be vulnerable as a parent or as an authority, that kind of but at the same time, I think that. It's what allows us to see each other as human [00:27:00] and that there are commonalities and you bleed red.
I bleed red. You know what I mean? Like, right. It's, it's what connects us and makes us understand to that kind of like, you're just saying like, we're not alone in these things that we're going through, but if we don't share these things with each other, You know, like we're not going to know, right? It's like we're existing in these tiny little bubbles just floating around each other, but never actually getting to experience each other fully.
And that's where. That's where the, I feel like that true connection, that love, that overwhelming, like filling your cup kind of feeling comes from is like when you've been able to be vulnerable with someone and express yourself in like your truest, most authentic way. And they can also like, there's nothing better than that.
You know, when you don't have to filter yourself, when you don't have to, you don't have to be afraid to say or do whatever it is that you want to do, you know, those are the friendships that [00:28:00] are like amazing. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Yeah. Or relationships in general. Yeah. Of course. Right. Any relationship.
But I think friendships are, I couldn't even hear what you were saying. I just had to parent for a moment, guys. So getting back on track, it's the last week of summer at my house. I know you all know how that fucking goes. We're all ready for everybody to be back in school, as much as it's been a great summer.
We're running out of things to do over here. Vulnerability. Being able to connect, getting my brain back on track for a second. It's not just friendships, but it's relationships. Yeah, it's all relationships. And we can exist in these relationships that we feel like we are fully ourselves in. Right. And even find out, I can say right now we've been in my relationship for 13 years and they're still places where the places where Aaron and I butt heads are the places where we hold the stuff closest to our chest.
Yep. A hundred percent. Right. Because I can't empathize with him if I don't understand his. His [00:29:00] experience and vice versa. And so having those difficult conversations, getting vulnerable and being willing to say the things right allows us to see each other. Like Lauren said, our, our humanness, right? Our imperfections, our struggles, our burdens, whatever you want to call it.
Like, and when you can see that in somebody, you have way more empathy. Yeah. And just like you have way more patient understanding, you know, we hold things close to our chest or we have that wall up or whatever. And we think that we're protecting ourselves from experiencing hurt. But what we don't realize is we're literally like repelling the love and understanding compassion that we could possibly feel.
Right. And like, that is definitely worth the risk of feeling uncomfortable in the moment of vulnerability. Yes. And you, I, this is something that you've said a lot over the, like, the course of us having this podcast and I didn't fully understand it. But this idea of like, you're not only taking that opportunity away from [00:30:00] yourself to be loved and cared for and seen and understood, which we're all looking for, right.
But also all we want, right. We're stealing that opportunity from the people that want nothing more than to love us the way that they, that we love them. Mm hmm. Right? If you go out and you're, you pride yourself on being the caregiver, the one that shows everybody love and is always there for everybody else, but then you never let anybody be there for you.
Like that takes their opportunity to love you the way that you've shown love to them. And it's so sad if you think about it that way, like the joy that think about the joy you feel when you're caring and loving for other people, right? Like we steal that from other people, not letting them be there for us.
I don't know. I know. That's a big one. Probably that was my favorite. Yeah. That one definitely hits different now, two years later than it did the first time I heard you say it. Yeah. Well, I think lots of, there's a lot of topics I think that we've talked about maybe a couple of times over the last two years and they've only [00:31:00] gotten deeper or just more developed, you know what I mean?
As we've gone on. And that's the thing, like, let's be honest, like we're, we talk about probably 10, I'm just throwing a number out there, 10 main things all the time. It's just different ways that we've experienced it or we're understanding it or whatever. You know what I mean? Yes. Yeah. And that's just in everything in life.
It's true. Right. It's, it's that cycle of like, you know, nothing. Then you feel like, you know, everything. And then you learn something new and you're like, well, what, what, we're back to zero. Yeah, exactly. So thanks for being here for two years of us going through that cycle and learning. We appreciate you.
And we've appreciated all the feedback. I'm actually gonna make two announcements. Megan's probably going to shit her pants. So ready? No, not, but let's go. Number one, number one, we are introducing a new. Engagement piece with you guys. So, you know, we want to show up and hear from you more. And we do [00:32:00] encourage you guys to reach out to us.
And some of you do, and we love that, but we want to hear more input about maybe questions you may have topics you want to talk about. So we are going to once a week. Did we pick a day? No, we didn't. Do you want to right now? Okay. Can you see how I like fly by the seat of my pants and Megan's like slow the fuck down.
We're going to pick a day to do Q& A. So we're going to have it on our stories. We'll post the little question box up there. AMA, ask me anything, and we're going to take your questions and we are going to do an episode, you know, every few weeks with some of the questions that we get from you guys.
Maybe if they're super intriguing and super in depth, we may even do a whole episode on them. I don't know. Which that will be very fun. Please send us some juicy ones. Yeah. So we're going to do Mondays since Mondays are our big. It's perfect. It's the beginning [00:33:00] of the week. It's when we do a lot of work on the, on the podcast anyway.
And now guys, we don't ask for much on here, or at least I feel like we try not to. This requires participation to work. We really would love to expand the people that we are like able to reach with this. And part of us doing this is engagement, right? So ask the questions. If you're listening to this now and there's something random that's popping up, ask the Go ahead and send it to us.
Send it to our DMs. It doesn't matter what it is, how big, how small, how stupid, whatever. It doesn't have to be on the topic of anything that we've covered here. Could be opinion. What's your opinion on X, Y, and Z? Yeah. Like, anything. If it's taboo, extra credit. Hell yeah. You know what I mean? So. If you can surprise us with something that we haven't covered.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Get us, make us get uncomfortable. I would love that. Yeah. So that's announcement. Number one, [00:34:00] Monday nights or just Mondays. I don't know. Whatever. Monday. True. True. The other thing, the second announcement is you may have heard me and Meg talk about, we are in the process of a course from one of our favorites, Danielle McCleary.
And we are getting certified in one of our. Favorite topics, which is human design. And we are almost finished. And that means that again, we will be certified to read your human design chart and tell you more about how that impacts your life. Maybe give you the validation that you need of why you feel a certain way or act a certain way or think a certain way helps you navigate through life when it comes to decision making.
Okay. And even like. There's, there's different ways to utilize your chart to incorporate things or switch up the way that you're currently doing things to bring more ease into your life. Like my goal with this is for it to be functional for you, right? I don't, we don't want to just hand you [00:35:00] a piece of a packet of information, have a conversation with you and send you on your way.
We want you to leave feeling like empowered of like, okay, here's how I can start to do this experiment to see how it affects my life. Right. Right. So we're really excited about this. So we are going to give away a reading, okay, and how you're going to enter. That giveaway is when this airs, you are going to leave a review on whatever platform you use to listen, and you're going to share it on your, your Instagram.
And you have to tag us. You can tag us personally, but you definitely need a tag at Shattering Ceilings Pod, which is our Instagram. That's where people can find us. And obviously the idea here is we want to expand. You know, our impact so that we can help other people. And if this episode, this, this podcast in general has impacted you in a positive [00:36:00] way and really helped you again, the best compliment you can give us is to help us help other people, right?
So please. Please, please give us a five star review. Give us a review on whatever platform it is, and then share this episode. And then we are going to pick a winner. So we will give you details in the notes about when we will pick that winner. But I'm excited and I'm excited to help you guys understand yourself better.
Because that's really what this is about to you, like personal growth, self development is to develop yourself more, but also understand yourself more so that you can like, when you know better, you do better. Right. And so this is just one more tool that you'll be able to utilize to do better. Right. Mm hmm.
That's what we're here for. Help us to extend this conversation even further. Yeah. So happy 100th episode, guys. We are so grateful for you. I'm grateful for my partner, Meg, [00:37:00] keeping me on track and, and growing together, doing some cool shit together. Yeah. It's been great. It's going to continue to be great.
Yeah. Oh, we didn't even get there guys. We were going to talk about what's to come with us. Just expect more excitement, I think more of that unhinged energy that we've been trying to serve. A lot of great interviews coming up guys from some powerhouses and some really vulnerable stories, amazing stories and more to come about human design and all the things that we will be able to share with you.
Yeah. And as always, if you ever want to be on the podcast, if you have a topic you want to cover a story that you want to tell, let us know. We'd love to have you on. All right, guys. See you next time! Adios!