Fuel For Thought
Join hosts Tracy Elizabeth and Nicole Heller on Fuel For Thought, the empowering podcast designed to help women unleash a healthier lifestyle. With their expert insights and unwavering dedication, Tracy and Nicole delve into the challenges faced by women in achieving optimal health and provide actionable strategies to overcome them. From debunking myths about nutrition to exploring the latest fitness trends, they leave no stone unturned in their quest to fuel your body, mind, and soul.
Each episode of Fuel For Thought offers a wealth of practical advice, inspiring stories, and interviews with leading experts in the health and wellness field. Tracy and Nicole bring their unique perspectives and personal journeys, making every discussion relatable and authentic. Whether you're struggling with emotional eating, searching for sustainable weight loss techniques, or seeking to boost your overall well-being, this podcast serves as your go-to resource for transformation.
Through lively conversations, evidence-based research, and practical tips, Fuel For Thought will equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to make informed decisions about your health. Uncover the secrets to maintaining a balanced diet, discover effective workout routines, and learn how to build a positive relationship with food. Fuel For Thought embraces the mantra of relentlessly overcoming obstacles to achieve your desired results.
Tune in to Fuel For Thought and join Tracy Elizabeth and Nicole Heller as they inspire, motivate, and empower women to take charge of their health, harness their inner strength, and unlock their true potential. Subscribe now to embark on a journey towards a healthier, happier you!
Fuel For Thought
Celebrating Our TOP EPISODES From Season 2
What if you could unlock the key to living a life filled with health, motivation, and personal empowerment? Join us as we celebrate the conclusion of two amazing seasons of our podcast, where we've been on a mission to empower women to lead healthier lives. In this episode, we reflect on our personal transformations and share how embracing self-worth and awakening intrinsic motivators can help overcome life's challenges. Whether you're grappling with waning motivation or striving to channel your inner strength, we promise you'll leave feeling inspired and ready to tackle any goal with determination.
Discover the truth behind our weight loss journey with Optavia, a program often misunderstood as just another meal replacement plan. We dive into the misconceptions and reveal how Optavia has become a community thriving on love, self-worth, and intrinsic motivation. It's not just about what you eat; it's about who you become. We also discuss the dynamic world of network marketing, using Optavia as a case study to show how it offers equal opportunities for personal growth and support. If you're searching for a limitless, supportive environment, this discussion will resonate with you.
Parenting teenagers doesn't come with a manual, but we share our experiences to ease the fears and anxieties of raising older children. From open communication to intentional bonding, we explore the urgency of instilling life skills before they step into independence. We also celebrate the inspiring journey of Kim, who faced cancer with unwavering resilience, and share her empowering story of self-acceptance. As we wrap up, we look forward to season three, inviting you to connect with us on Instagram and share your insights as we continue this journey together.
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Welcome to Fuel for Thought, empowering women to live healthier lifestyles. I'm Tracy Elizabeth.
Speaker 2:I'm Nicole Heller and we are here.
Speaker 1:I'm excited to be back. Why are you so excited? What's so special about today?
Speaker 2:Today is October 2nd. I was about to say 1st, 1st. I don't even know. I don't know. It's like my season. I love everything about October. It's cool out, it's Hoodie weather, hoodie weather. Maggie loves that. Hat weather, hat weather. Yes, I don't ever wear hats and like this weekend, I discovered that I kind of like wearing a hat and it also made like my dry shampoo bill go down I like so much because I don't have to worry about my hair.
Speaker 2:But, um well, I think you look beautiful in your team brave hat. Thank you very much. I love what yours says sort of sweet, sort of savage, yes, a little different than team brave, but I'll take it birthday gift from a friend. I love it. Um so I'm excited for today's episode. Today's episode, we're going to recap our top five favorite moments from season two because we are wrapping up season two I know I can't believe we did two seasons of this jazz right.
Speaker 2:I'm so proud of us. I am too. I'm so proud of us. We did it. Did you think that, you know, when we first met a million years ago that you'd ever imagine that we'd be sitting here doing something like this? Not at all. Never, ever.
Speaker 1:Never, ever Never ever, ever.
Speaker 2:Even when we first started our health journey and started feeling like we wanted to find a voice, I never imagined actually recording it and putting it somewhere.
Speaker 1:No, ever. Well, I did, but years later. Yeah, it was like a hidden fear, but I think back to when we first met. Would this ever be?
Speaker 2:possible. No, I wonder if our listeners want to send us like a DM of what your biggest fear is and if you think you can find ways to conquer that, or link arms with a strong woman to conquer that.
Speaker 1:Or not even like. If you think about, though, like going back 12, 15 years, this wasn't a fear, because it didn't even exist as something right so what about also thinking at that top of that topic line? Wouldn't it be cool if yes, and you could just like you just randomly pick out anything that you just couldn't even imagine doing and just damning us that I like that, yeah, I like, I like that topic. Wouldn't you be cool if?
Speaker 2:yeah, that was a fun thing. That was fun. We had a little gold book. We did I still have the gold book yeah I should have looked at your page in the gold book on what you wrote. Wouldn't it be cool if?
Speaker 1:I think out of a majority of the things that I wrote, two of them has not happened yet, and one of them was paying off college loans for myself, and the second was I having a home in, like a beach house in flor or something like that.
Speaker 2:All right, we're getting there, yeah yeah, yeah. We're on the way, all right, so give me. Give me what our number five favorite moment is from season two. What do you got?
Speaker 1:All right, so now is season. Season two is actually about getting your shit together, right?
Speaker 2:So do you think it's together?
Speaker 1:Yeah, kinda, yeah you. Yeah, we're here sitting in hats and all like a hot mess. So I'm going to say kinda, all right, I'll take it. But I think that season two it was a little hard to pick the top five because we had a lot of conversations over this season. So the top five was overcoming challenges and embracing your self-worth.
Speaker 2:Okay, that was when we came back from the spa.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think we actually I think we recorded this before we went and then when we came back, we did a smaller clip on it and then we did a recap for tips on harnessing. So there's actually three episodes that correlate to self-worth. Okay, so, for this one specifically, why I liked it was because we talked about that word motivation. Right, it's a heavy word. Yeah, it's a heavy word because I think you have the choice right now. Why I liked it was because we talked about that word motivation.
Speaker 2:Right, it's a heavy word.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a heavy word, because I think you have the choice right now. You have October, november, december all the holidays to either decide to end out this year killing it and crushing it, or there's going to be that other side where people are just blowing all their tires out because they're waiting for january, first, for the new year's, when they're motivated. What?
Speaker 2:about the people in between, the people in between who want it, but they don't strategically use that intrinsic motivator, so they're hanging on the cliff, just trying to white knuckle all the way through the holidays. Like those are, like the people in between we want to help you. Like those are the ones like we want to help, like that's where we want to help. Like when we talked about motivation, like I wish that you know, the takeaway can be like just get rid of the word yeah there's no such thing, like there's no such thing as motivation it is.
Speaker 2:There's no such thing as motivation it is. There's no such thing as willpower Like there has. Those are depletable, completely depletable resources. Like they are not going to last you through any health journey, any marriage journey, any parenting journey, any hot mess mama journey Like it's not going to last. Like awakening that intrinsic motivator is the only thing we've got. So like if you're feeling like you're on that edge of the cliff and you're holding on and your knuckles are getting white and you're hoping that I'm not going to eat the halloween candy, I'm not going to eat 5 000 days of pie from thanksgiving, I'm not going to eat, I'm not going to eat all the christmas cookies or whatever. Like, stop hoping and wishing that you're going to be motivated through it and find that intrinsic self-worth. It's so important. And how do you find the intrinsic self-worth? I know we went through that. You got it. Like we're building the foundation. We're building the foundation. We're surrounding ourselves with women who are going to pour into us. We're having those conversations with each other.
Speaker 1:We're locking into something bigger than ourselves, like it's not just going to come, and we talked about just simple strategies for some people that may not be ready for community or they may not have people to lock arms with, because those people are not hanging from a cliff, but we talked about simple strategies of just waking up in the morning and just being honest with yourself and writing down maybe one goal that you want to accomplish for the day. So at the end of the day you can go to sleep saying I did it, and that could be just drinking your freaking water.
Speaker 2:And you're filling up the internal sucker thingy.
Speaker 1:The sucker thing, I forgot what we called it. Yeah, yes, okay, check out that episode because of that video.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, no, you're filling up your internal confidence, which is what we need to start doing, and every time you put your head on the pillow and you honor the commitments to yourself, you've kind of like checked that box of building that confidence for yourself.
Speaker 1:It's so important and we talked about taking that word motivation right. The first step is taking that word motivation, crossing it off, like put it on a paper and cross it off, it's over generalized. It's a daily reminder for you to not use that word motivation. But instead, now you're moving to action. So starting out with one of those daily action steps, and that one is in episode 14. So it was a chain off of this episode just to give you some simple tips on how to build self-worth, because, just like motivation, that's overgeneralized. Self-worth is overgeneralized because a lot of people are like I got self-worth Okay.
Speaker 2:And I'm one of those.
Speaker 1:I was one of those, I was one of those and even to this day, I reevaluate my self-worth in different areas of my life my personal relationships with friends or work, or you know my relationship with AJ and really look at where my self-worth falls and what am I doing to improve in that. So those, those tips and strategies are so helpful, as long as you're doing them consistently. Action, action, action, action. We want action. Oh man, I sang that song. I told you right. I sang that song when I interviewed for the movie Beaches.
Speaker 2:You did not tell me that story. Get out of here. You interviewed for the movie Beaches.
Speaker 1:Yes, for a little bit, midler, you had to, you forgot.
Speaker 2:No, I did not know that. She's got the mommy brain on. No, I did not know that. Come on, I know you love the movie.
Speaker 1:So I was in fourth grade. We're going to go off topic here. I was in fourth grade and my mom signed me up to interview for the movie in Queens it was at. I forgot where it was. I forgot where it was. I was in the newspaper. So I was a little young to interview. But they let me do it anyway because I was cute. That's me telling a story. But whatever they let me in, I have no like musical talent at all, probably because I can't hear. So I was supposed to sing Whitney Houston's we Are the Children, but I, you know.
Speaker 2:You were going to sing it I.
Speaker 1:Whoa. Okay. My mom then had so much confidence in me. So that's the song that I was supposed to sing for the interview, the audition, and I went in and when you walk in it was kind of like a room like this and there's like lots of cameras and microphones and they give you a script to read.
Speaker 1:And, mind you, mind you, in fourth grade I was taking like reading lessons in Queens. I did not feel confident at all but I was like all right, I'm gonna do this because I really did love singing and I loved acting and I was so excited to be there, thinking like what, if this could be it, you know. So I started to read this through the script and I made it through the next round. So I guess those reading lessons you know paid off. So now I get to the singing part and the cameras and everything's all over. I got so nervous and I was a cheerleader at that time, so Whitney Houston just kind of like just went out of my head and I was like action, action, we want action. And I started like cheering way to recover, I like it yeah.
Speaker 2:So, needless to say, if I did get the part. I would have had my tv show blossom, but I would have known that story if you told me that before. I would have not forgotten.
Speaker 1:I know I even posted it because on social media something came out when um blossom, something happened with her and I was like that could have been me. So that little um outfit that she had on on the boardwalk in the movie, I actually have a picture of me like in that little leotard thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, you didn't tell me that story, I would definitely remember that all right.
Speaker 1:So point of that is take action, action, action we want to.
Speaker 2:Nobody's going to forget that.
Speaker 1:I love that, don't give up on your dream. Look at see, I didn't become't become an actor, but I'm here on a podcast with a microphone, singing, singing action again. Okay, maybe if I practice singing with hearing aids it will work.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean, I didn't want to go there, but I'm just curious, since we discussed your hearing aids on the last call, like how that would have went with the singing Whitney Houston of all people. What is the name of the song?
Speaker 1:We are the children of the world, but is that the name of the song?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I think there's a song. I think that's not the title but I don't know Well hearing it was on If I didn't have a groggy voice. I would practice right now, but Okay, so let's carry on to number four. What's your?
Speaker 1:number four was our own weight loss journey, and this was specific to the real deal of Optivia. So this was one of the episodes that we actually passionately came to everybody to discuss what Optivia is all about, and it's not about the bars.
Speaker 2:What's it about?
Speaker 1:It's about love, Love.
Speaker 2:I can hear you, it's about love. I love it.
Speaker 1:No, seriously it is truly about what, even what we talked about in overcoming challenges with self-worth. It's about really activating that intrinsic motivator, intrinsic why, like what's inside of you and how to find it and how do you find that throughout the year you have a coach, you have a community and you have a beautiful life book. So three out of the four components of the program is what we really focused on, as well as the people that would say are you gonna eat the bars forever?
Speaker 2:yeah, well, I mean, I have so much passion behind this topic. I don't even want to start yelling about it all over again, but I think that when we talk about optivia and this health journey, you know 145 pounds, three years strong, 165 pounds, three years, four years, three years three or whatever you lose count.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, of course becomes life. I know, um, I think that for me, till this day, one of the biggest misconceptions is you eat the food forever. If you don't, you gain the way back. You know, I feel like if you could just please take a step back and look at the people, that if you look for the people that are successful, you will find the people that are successful. If you continue to look for the people who are treating it like a diet, you're going to continue to find the people that are treating it like a diet. Ask the questions, be open and curious and also being a coach. Like people ask us all the time, like why do you do that? Like oh, or, or. They don't say anything because they're secretly judging you.
Speaker 2:Because you're a coach, because they're like you're part of that multi-level marketing thing, that pyramid that you do actually and I'm like, yeah, I am right, why don't we? Talk about.
Speaker 1:I think we should talk about it a little bit just because I just actually did a post on a video, a live video on it, yesterday.
Speaker 2:Next month is six years for me so I did a little post yesterday about um, just, you know network marketing and at this stage in 2024, if you are not part of a network market, like you're missing out. Like like everybody is doing something that creates purpose, everybody that's well, they're not everybody, but they should be. And like we talk about, like somebody has said to me and it was an open, beautiful dialogue conversation, it was a beautiful person, a friend, and she was like but like you're part of a pyramid and I'm like, let's talk about the pyramid for a second. So like, if you think about the concept of like the actual pyramid right, like if you flip it upside down, that's Optivia. So like everybody starts at the bottom, everybody and everybody has the opportunity to go where they want to go.
Speaker 2:There is nobody at the top telling me that I can't do whatever I want growing and growth wise you know what I'm saying to income potential or whatever I want to do Like there's nobody there. But, however, if you're working in an office, if you're in corporate America, there's a CEO there. You can't do what the CEO does. You can't grow to what the CEO is doing. If you're a manager or you're whatever. Like you can't do that.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So who's sitting he's like this is mine Right. So who's sitting in the pyramid? Me or you?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So, like the whole concept of the pyramid scheme, I like I can't even make sense of it because, like it's actually a flip pyramid, it's upside down. We all start the same. Yeah, like, which is so beautiful? And if you're not involved in something that literally you have endless possibilities, get involved in something that you have endless possibilities. Like I think that that's a beautiful thing. There is a network market for so many things.
Speaker 2:Maybe it's not up to me, I feel you that's fine, but like it is a beautiful thing to be part of a team, it's a beautiful thing to be part of people lifting you up. Like I talked a little bit about Beachbody yesterday, just because they had just went affiliate market. I had just read the article about it and like I'm sure there are a lot of Beachbody coaches, my heart goes out to you that you know income was affected and I hear that. But like, for me, the first thing I thought about was, like those are your people, like that's your community, like that's the best part and that's what was taken away from you. And like if you're not part of men and women lifting each other up, creating a team, wearing hats together, having matching swag, like, like doing those things together, you're missing out, like that's what you know.
Speaker 2:The biggest misconceptions, honestly, I feel like for for Optivia is like in the coaching part, not the health. I mean there's a million misconception on the health part, but on the coaching part is like I'm not trying to like railroad you about. Like running a business, like I do what I do, I would do it for free. Like I do it because, like it's my anchor to my health journey, it's my community, it's my people, it's it's what drives me. But like, at the same time, if you are handed a gift that you can, as hard as you work is where you're going, it's on you. Yeah, like that doesn't happen in corporate America. You could break your ass in corporate America and never do what the CEO is doing ever so, like the money, never make the money have the power.
Speaker 1:No, people want to see you and it's, I think, a lot of times it's fear, right, people? When you look at people afraid to go to a car dealership they're gonna harass you, they're gonna suck you in, they're gonna do this, and it's like, oh, you're going to a jewelry store. It's the same concept that you have a um, uh, what is it? A person coming over and say, may I help you in that right away? No, no, no, I'm okay. Like they're afraid to even have a conversation with the salesperson. And I remember selling jewelry when I was younger, at 18, and my manager would say get on that lease line and it was like this line right outside the door just to greet people. And I was so intimidated by that because people would shut you down right away. Meanwhile they are looking for an engagement ring or they're looking for something.
Speaker 1:But at that age I was scared because I already had the experience of people shutting me down and I've been thinking a lot about that because of what we do right now with health, like here. I am all this way down but outside of that, experiencing so many other amazing things in my life and doing so many amazing things with my son because I've lost weight, because I found Opti-V, I found this community that I'm sitting and thinking these people are missing out and it's no different from me missing out on an opportunity of helping somebody buy a ring and they're too afraid. Like, just have a conversation with me, just come in, like I'm inviting you in and have a conversation, and they're so scared. But I think it's also scared because they're afraid to change.
Speaker 2:Right. Well, I think that people also need to understand that just because you're having a conversation with me or you or any, you know I don't want to speak for all Opsvia coaches, but for me, or you or any, you know I don't want to speak for all optivia coaches, but for me or you like I'm not trying to convince you of anything. Like I'm here to love and support you. Like, just because you're having a conversation with me doesn't mean like it doesn't mean I'm like you have to do this, you have to do that, you should do this. Like I want to meet you where you are. Like, don't be afraid to have a conversation. Trust me, I don't want to work with you if you don't want to work with me, I'm not trying to convince you nothing.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean. Like, like, this is a mutual relationship. I don't want to force anyone to do anything. Like I'm here to have a conversation and I think that people need to drop the fear, the misconceptions, ask the questions. Like, if you have a question for me or you about Octavia, just ask it. Just ask it. I'll be honest with you. Like I'll be open and honest about the whole thing, whether it's a business side or a health side or whatever like.
Speaker 1:But I think, at the end of the day, if you're feeling isolated and you're feeling alone, you need to go find a team of something yeah, I thought about those people when I texted you yesterday about it and I was sad for those coaches, because I know a few that have been doing it for a really long time and some of them were doing it for the same reasons. We're here and we're doing it accountability and therefore yes yeah, for their own health, because they actually enjoy the program and they enjoy whatever else they have.
Speaker 1:You know that they're they're using for their own health and they're helping other people. But then I sat there and thought about the same thing. Like that, that feeling of yes, it sucks, like I'm a single parent. If, if I lose my income, that sucks. But that sucks because I'm losing everything that I have in my life with the people that I'm doing life with 100%. And where am I going to go? Like into somewhere else with miserable people?
Speaker 2:I'm sure and that was part of my message yesterday is like I'm not here to say, hey, beach body people, I'm here, come, come, do this with me. Like that's not my message at all well, I think it's weird.
Speaker 1:It is open, it is open.
Speaker 2:But my message is my message is don't give up on that dream. Yeah, don't give up on the hope that beach body gave you. Don't give up on that community feeling of wanting community. Don't give up on that feeling of wanting community. Don't give up on that feeling of wanting to be part of a team. Don't give up that love that you have inside you. Like, don't stop. Go, find something that's going to give that to you. Maybe it's up to be a great. I love that. But if it's not, that is not my message. My message is don't give up on that dream.
Speaker 2:If you would have told me years ago that network marketing was going to be part of my life, I would have been like what are you crazy? Like, yeah, I did that Pampered Chef thing once just to get the free pan, whatever. Like that's not it. Like I didn't understand that this is not about that. This is about being part of something that gives you the opportunity of endless possibilities, that gives you an opportunity to create that feeling of community for yourself. You know that's what network marketing is. It's and and being like it's everywhere.
Speaker 1:And that can be for a paper chip person.
Speaker 2:Of course.
Speaker 1:Actually I love that and create their own.
Speaker 2:Of course.
Speaker 1:Of loving people, and I think it's just so shout out to those beach body coaches.
Speaker 2:It's an unfortunate. Don't give up on the dream.
Speaker 1:But this episode really talks about the power of Octavia.
Speaker 2:I on the dream, but this episode really talked about the power of after via.
Speaker 1:I love the power of, so check that one out. And number three was teaching inner strength. So this was about a parenting journey yeah, man so we talked a lot about that life.
Speaker 1:No, joke, yeah, I. So I think there was a couple of layers to this. One was um, what happens when you embrace your discomfort? So we have both started to enter teenage discomfort yeah, yeah, yeah, so much discomfort you more so me because she has three and I just have one. So much four. I have four, but well we oh yeah, I forgot maggie's like is she a teenager?
Speaker 2:yet she's 13.
Speaker 1:She's a teenager, little Maggie Rose.
Speaker 2:She's not a teenager in my book. Yet she is such a teenager. There's so much discomfort in parenting teens and I think that you know, actually, what we started talking about when we first got here today was, you know, the fear of God. I don't want to fuck it up. You know, and like I don't want to fuck it up, yeah, you know.
Speaker 2:And like I don't want to mess my child right, and I think the fear started for me early on, when they were little of. I never wanted to be too late, like I don't want to turn around and they're 18, 19 years old and it's too late. Like I didn't build the relationship, I didn't teach them something, I didn't show them something, I didn't instill, instill this or whatever. Like I was always afraid it was going to be too late. So now that I'm looking at teenagers and some of the things that they're saying and they're doing I'm so proud of because I feel like, oh gosh, I didn't miss that boat. But some days I'm like, oh, I guess it's too late, you know.
Speaker 2:So I think that you know there's a lot of mamas out there that are feeling weary and I think that they need to know that they're seen. You know it's not an easy journey and I think that is more. My only advice, even for myself, is that communication is so key. Like there's times that I'm tired, like I'm really tired and I'm going to bed. She's looking at me like I'm really really tired.
Speaker 2:But like, if my teenager is coming to sit next to me on the couch, even to ask a question, I'm not moving, I'm stopping and I'm just being in that moment. For as long as they want to talk to me, I'm talking to them.
Speaker 1:Do you?
Speaker 2:know what I mean, and that's not something. Usually I'd be doing 500 things like, all right, give me the shirt, I'm going to iron it. But now, if they're asking me to give me the shirt, I need to iron it like I'm holding it with them and just like allowing them to keep talking because, like I don't, I feel like it's going so fast. Yeah, and I'm taking every opportunity, like sometimes I find myself like waiting in the kitchen because I know someone's coming down to eat something, and like I'm waiting there and I'm like okay, like we're gonna have a quick conversation, you know. So just trying to capitalize on those moments for myself as a parent.
Speaker 1:It's hard, I think. Do you find yourself sometimes with those conversations? Maybe, like the old, no cold, those conversations would annoy the crap out of you.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't know. It's like I was shot, I would shut the kid down, like I'd be like, not, not, not. When I talk about that, you know, like, because I didn't have the patience, I didn't have the, I Don't know I got, I don't know I didn't have the patience, I didn't have the, I don't know, like, I don't know, I don't know what's changed for that Like I just honestly, what's changed most is that I feel such a sense of urgency to connect because I feel like it's leaving. Do you know that feeling Like? I feel like it's fleeting, so I feel like I want to stop. Listen to everything that you're willing to say, which I never did, um, like ever um. But at the same time, now I'm thinking that that concept of it is is it going to be too late? Now?
Speaker 2:I'm thinking about them as parents yes and like is it going to be too late for them to want to call me when the baby's, their baby's sick? Is it? Is it too late that they don't? Like we didn't build that relationship enough where I'm going to be that mom, that they come here every sunday like is it too late? Like is it too late, so like I, I, I guess I'm just praying on it no, I, no, I.
Speaker 1:I think when I think of that, I'm not saying my head, I'm not saying is it too late, I'm saying am equipping you Like that's kind of like where I go to, because when I go back to this episode and think about like that mom got and I think about that, stop shooting and showing like all these years before health, before you and I even met, I was so concerned about decisions that needed to be made because I didn't want to mess him up Like I was so scared. That's where that piece comes in. What you're talking about Now, I feel like because there's more of a groove and more of awareness of what needs to be done in the short period of time before he leaves. I want to make sure I'm equipping him.
Speaker 1:So, it's like am I doing this, Am I talking about this? So those conversations that I'm stopping to have with him, I'm thinking and listening to him saying okay, is there something I should be saying here to equip him and the other times, not other times, which is laughing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, or I'm screaming at something. I think that the moral of this episode was if you're weary, we see you keep praying for your kiddos and trust your mom gut. Yes, trust your mom gut, all right. Number two this was a hot topic.
Speaker 1:This was good. This was good.
Speaker 2:If it's not a fuck, yes, it's a hell, no. How many people listen to this episode and made decisions in their life that if it was not all in, let's do it fuck. Yes, it is a not gonna happen, yeah. Like. How many people made that decision to just go into this movement with like a heavy heart?
Speaker 1:it's happening we had a lot of people and a lot of people like I want that shirt. I want the finish of the shirt.
Speaker 2:Yes, so I think that you know, we did get a lot of feedback on this episode, Just people really making the decision that if they're not feeling, if they're feeling uneasy, if they're feeling whatever like they're feeling, not really sure out.
Speaker 2:So it's not bringing me joy. It it's not bringing me cash. I'm out, like I'm done, like that was the 2024 vibe. So like this is, this is a big one. This is like a movement for people to really understand. Like you got to go all in, you got, you got to feel it, or you got to trust your gut, you got to be out yeah, get your priorities in check priorities.
Speaker 2:Priority is such a powerful word. It's a very important word. Nobody has their priorities straight. I got some straight. I got a little yeah, I got.
Speaker 1:Nobody has their priorities straight.
Speaker 2:I got some straight. I got a little. Yeah, I got a few of them straight.
Speaker 1:But like you got to get your priorities right, Like and then I identify your priorities first, and I think that that's important in order to be able to look at this and say If it's not a fuck, yes, it's a hell, no. You got to know what your priorities are, right. Yeah, you got it.
Speaker 2:You gotta have something identify, so, like the whole concept of, of the movement, of this is like when you see something, if you are automatically drawn to it, like you're, you're in.
Speaker 2:Like you're drawn to it and there's no question about it you're, you're there yeah if you look at something and you're a little uneasy and you're like, well, maybe I'll say yes, just because that person really wants me to be there, then it's a hell, no, go run. Like, no, don't do it. Like, don't do it. So like how many times have you said yes to something that you were like, oh man, I don't really want to go, but I'm going to say yes?
Speaker 1:Nope, it's a no. It's a no, I did that today, did you? I did. I like that. We're moving on to number one is my favorite is so this was our episode with Nicole's best friend, kim. I love her and actually today is a day that she threw up some posts and said she didn't give a about getting blocked by anybody, but her message is out there that you need to get your boobies checked.
Speaker 2:That's right. Today is one year that she went for her mammogram and was told to come back because they saw something. And in one year I watched a woman rise, I watched her go through surgery, I watched her go through complications, I watched her go through chemo earlyopause a journey of a year.
Speaker 2:What has what she has accomplished in the mountain of life this year is just fucking incredible yeah and she's here today on the other well, she's not here today, but she's standing today on the other side of all of that and on social media, inspiring other women exactly on social media telling people go get your freaking mammogram, go get your sonogram ask questions. Yes, if there's anybody listening to this today, please know that we want to share her message. Go and get checked yes, that was season two, episode four yes, so go listen to kim's journey, because she came in the very beginning of her journey in her early diagnosis to share with us and share her message.
Speaker 2:And now here we are, one year later and she's here telling the tale. I watched that woman rock the whole thing and talk about community.
Speaker 1:They were in the hospital wearing hats and shirts, bracelets yeah, we had matching shirts that said what did the shirt say?
Speaker 2:The shirt said I think it was cancer fucked with the wrong bitch, or something like that.
Speaker 2:And we had like cancer bracelets, the whole nine. But like you know, what we did talk a little bit about actually a lot about is, while we were there in the in the chemo area, you know, for infusions, we were talking about that. It needed a little bit more upbeat and positivity. You know we needed like color, we needed a little music, like put some biggie in here, like let's get these women like moving, like it needed a little something. It did create a little stirring in me that I, you know I could see myself down the line, kind of like lending something there, just because I felt like like we needed a little something, something like I get that there's some people there that are not feeling well and like of course they're not having to be, you know, wrapping a biggie with me, but like I do think that mindset and positivity and all of that is so needed. So if there are any, you know, oncology nurses out there, don't be afraid to bring a little funk to the infusion ward if they're open to it.
Speaker 1:You think about how much we spend so many hours here talking about community and talking about friendships and relationships. This is a person to you that's so special to you, and you are each other's rock. But she came in on this episode at the very beginning, right? You are each other's rock, but she came in on this episode at the very beginning, right, and she was starting to feel that little bit of pull but saying no, no, no, no, God put me here.
Speaker 1:God God is telling me that I got to face this and he's not going to give me something that I can't handle. And that was one of the things that she said on this podcast at the very beginning, and you watched her more closely do exactly that, and there were days that she was not feeling so great and she still pushed through.
Speaker 2:She wrote the story she. She did not allow anyone to write the story for her. She wrote the story she. She lived life when she felt good. She took her time. When she didn't, she prioritized her family, her daughters, her husband. She prioritized herself. She literally went into. It was this is what I need to do. I'm gonna do it yep and that's gonna be that.
Speaker 2:and I was in awe for an entire year of just and and I'll share a quick moment with you I don't even know if I shared this with her, to be honest with you is the day she called me to tell me that she was losing her hair, which happened really, really early on in her journey. And I had gotten off the phone with her and she was so strong, oh my god, she was so strong and she was, you know, gonna go and and you know, get her a really cool wig. We were excited about it, you know. And I got off the phone and I felt like for her, I was like like it was like a gut punch for me, and I was sitting at the table and I was crying and my daughters actually came over to me and they know, and Kim, of course, is going through all this and we were talking about it, and she said, well, is Aunt Kim okay? And I said she is okay.
Speaker 2:She's like like why are you so upset? And I said, when you love someone so much, like you feel and you hurt for them and like I wanted to stay so strong for her, but I, that was one moment that I couldn't handle because I just envisioned her, you know, standing there, um, but you know what? That girl badass. She went right to get her hair. She went right to the, to the hairdresser. She had her whole head shaved Like she was badass and she was in the car like this with the picture.
Speaker 1:That's right.
Speaker 2:And she looked absolutely freaking beautiful. She did yes, and I will tell you. She went and she bought this bougie wig. It looked so freaking beautiful on her that girl didn't even wear it because she looked so beautiful and so strong and so freaking amazing and she rocked this year. Her story is so powerful. I'm gonna get her to write a book. I'm gonna get her to do it. Um, she declared it, it's happening it's happening, kim.
Speaker 2:Sorry, but like her strength in literally the book should be like 365 days of badass, like it has been one year to the day and she's on the other side of this and she's gonna come back declaring it today.
Speaker 2:I'm doing it. Um, she's gonna come back. We're gonna call her and tell her to come back and share the other side of this year with everyone. But moral of the story, number one of our top five season two favorite moments is congratulations, you're on the other side of this 365. I love that. It's beautiful. I love everything about it.
Speaker 1:All right guys. Well, we are so thankful that you joined us for another season and we are looking to come back to view for the season three. Season three, season three. That's wild. I'm very excited, All right guys. So be sure to check us out on Instagram.
Speaker 2:Yeah, feel free to DM us out on instagram. Yeah, feel free to dm us. Tell us what you want to hear. Tell us what you're looking forward in season three. Tell us what you're taking away from season two. Go back and listen to season one. Tell us what. Tell us what you think the difference for for our growth is between season one and season two tracy's not yelling in the microphone.
Speaker 2:That's true. Hearing aids season two. I love that. I love everything. All right, well, thank you guys for sharing all these moments with us. We are so excited to come back to you in season three. There's such amazing things ahead. There we go. See you guys later. Bye, guys.
