Pass the Mic

Season Finale: Reflecting on Our Journey & Looking Forward | Give Her The Mic Ep. 12

In the final episode of Season One, we dive into the journey of creating the Give Her The Mic podcast. We discuss why we started this podcast, share the overwhelming positive feedback we've received, and tackle some of the challenges we've faced along the way. Join us as we reflect on meaningful moments, emotional experiences, and the resilience we've built through this process. We also give a sneak peek into Season Two, which will feature guest interviews, fun new segments, and more engaging content. Thank you for being a part of our journey. Stay tuned for the next season!

00:00 Introduction and Reflections on Season One
00:21 Feedback and Impact of the Podcast
02:06 Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles
03:18 The Role of Faith and Support
06:15 Resilience and Personal Growth
16:28 Looking Forward to Season Two
19:07 Building a Foundation for Women
19:34 Challenges of Starting a Podcast
20:22 The Importance of Alignment and Reconciliation
21:42 The Power of Community
22:34 Mental Health Crisis
24:45 Taking Control of Your Life
28:30 The Impact of Environment on Happiness
29:50 Planning for the Future
30:23 Wrapping Up Season One

Transcript

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Welcome to episode 12. It is our last episode of this for season One. Season. Season one. Give her the mic podcast. We are so happy you're here. This is gonna be a Fanta fantastic episode because we're literally gonna walk through. Number one, like why we did this podcast. Um, I'd love to too. Maybe share, you know, some feedback that we've had from people. Yes. Because we've had a lot of feedback. We've had a lot of feedback. Um, some actually, I would say 99% of the feedback has been freaking fantastic and everybody has really. Loved every second of this podcast and we've had some women really like open up to us and be super, super honest about some struggles that they've faced. And yeah, they've told us that this has literally helped them. Yeah. And that's all that we wanted. Yeah. There's been some people who have been very upset and angry about the podcast. That's okay. And that's completely fine because we have. Carried on and pushed on. And we're here for the last episode of the first season. Yep. And I'm so happy to be here with you, sis. I know. It's been so much fun and like, you know, we were talking about this before the episode. Yes. A lot of this season was serious and heavy, hard and heavy. Um, but I really feel like I can speak for both of us when I say. We really needed to bring them into our world and to build trust with them because this isn't just something we wanna do for, you know, 12 episodes. Like this is something we really feel like is going to be built and be something really huge one day to help women and they had to trust us and know. Hard things that we've been through, so we're not just like talking to talk. But yeah, now we have the opportunity to like, yeah, like we can walk them through some of our favorite moments, we can walk them through some different things that we have coming with, give her the mic in season two, and kind of what the vision is. And I'm so excited. Yeah. I mean, but I'm literally so excited, just being very transparent. I almost did not make it through. After episode four. Yeah. We both got really hit like a ton of bricks. Yeah. And that was, yeah, re It was, it was definitely, I don't think I anticipated No, that we were going to have so much. Whatever the word is from that, like kickback and even, I mean, there's been multiple episodes that we've had a lot of kickback from. Yeah. Um, and Justin manages the YouTube too, by the way. So the comments, so he'll go through and filter things. Yeah. And, and it's also like. Yeah. When you put yourself out there, like you, you wanna have negative and positive feedback. Sure. So you wanna have both. But when you're an empath, it's hard. The negative can be really, really, really disheartening. Yeah, for sure. And it can make you feel or not want to continue on. Like, I mean, there were multiple times that I know you and I were both like. We know that we're supposed to be doing this, but like it's really hard. Yeah. And like why, you know, like, can we continue on? Like, can I get up today? Yeah. And come and record, you know, but like when God has truly put something in your path, I need to look at the camera. I'm so bad at this part. Please do. When God has truly put something in your path and he lines everything up, he's also going to give you the strength and carry you through that season and whatever that task is that he's put before you. And there's been times, obviously during this podcast that we've been doing that like we both have to have had to talk through things that most people never experience. Yeah, for sure. Shouldn't have to experience. Um, and. We talk through those things for multiple reasons, number one, because like we know that there's so much healing on the other side of it. Mm-hmm. And we want people to know that they can heal from those terrible, traumatic things that they go through. But also it was, so I know this podcast has also been very healing. For me. Oh yeah. Same. You know, same. It's so important to talk through the things that change you as a human. Yeah. And if you don't, you know, you never, you never get past'em or through them. So I know there were some things that I still definitely needed to talk through, you know, I did it. To the public. But it's such a great way for us to do that. Just did it to the public. But also I'm so thankful that I did it because I truly, through this podcast, have healed from some very hard things that I walked through and I'm so thankful. Yeah. I really am. That we did this, you know? Yeah. I'm thankful for us and that we, you know, I mean,'cause we pretty much locked arms from the jump. Amen. And we were like, this is what we're doing. We got each other's backs and. You know, you, it, it always lined up to so crappy where you would like, like you worked the past two days. So like every time we'd record you'd be working back to back. Yeah. Or you'd feel guilty'cause you'd feel behind on like coordinating an outfit or doing this this a hundred percent or Yeah. You know, but we really were able to. Just not just make it work, but I feel like God lined it up. He did. Even with, you know, our producer Josh, he's amazing. He's the one recording all these episodes. Like we love him. Um, and it's, you know, to have a male producer. Um, when we walked in and we met Josh. We could feel that God put him Oh yeah. Here for a reason. Oh yeah. Because we knew that we were gonna have to talk through some really hard, vulnerable moments. And to have a man, clearly that's like a family man and someone that we can trust was huge. Yeah. So, you know, when God, you know, put something in your path and really truly wants to use you in a way, he is going to line every single thing up to a T. And it is, and even when it's hard, like it's still magical and beautiful. Yeah. And you just have to keep. Going. Yeah. Just have to keep showing up. It's so true though, because after episode four, it was really hard to keep up momentum. Yeah. And I think that's such a perfect way to explain life, like when hard things happen. Because now we look back and it's, there's still some hard things you're going through. Yeah. But yeah, right now, but we look back and we're like, man, like you're never gonna regret. Giving up. No. Or not giving up. I mean, you're never gonna up, you're never gonna regret not giving up. Regret not giving up. And I would regret so much, number one to all the viewers who would've missed the healing. Yeah. And the comfort that we could give them. Yes. And being relatable. Yes. I feel like me and you were very extremely relatable people because we're very real. We're very honest. Yeah. And you know, that's something that people would've missed. Yeah. And that's why, and God put. Us here to do this. Yeah. Like us for a purpose and for a reason because of our stories and because of what we've been through and our healing and everything. Like he put us here on purpose. Yeah. And they haven't even even met our friends yet that we're, we're gonna have on season two and they're not ready. You know, not just our friends, but also just like women that we, real women heard. Stories of these women. Y'all like it is, we're we're gonna find them. We're gonna find y'all. We're gonna find every single one of you guys out there. I already, we already have people too reaching out who are like, get us on season two. Get us on season two. Because, you know, we've been through so much, but so many other women have as well, and they have so much insight too, and through more, and I so much more, so more. And you know, like. It takes a village to gain wisdom on everything. Yeah, it really does. Yeah. It's not just us. You've gotta look at too, you know, that's why I have Justin manage the comments because I wanted us to be protected, especially from YouTube and emotionally women saying stuff. There were, there was just stuff, yeah. That was being commented. Not a lot, but some stuff that was just ugly. Yeah. Whether it be about your sexual abuse or about my abortions. There was just, and the interesting part is it was all women, women. Women, which is so gross, y'all, we gotta do better for each other. Um, women, we should not be tearing each other down. Especially like, I had a couple people reach out to me from high school and they were very upset with me. Oh, I remember. They were very upset with me for portraying my high school in the way that I did, but number one, they never were like. They knew the person who had done what he did to me. It, I'm sorry. You got raped. Yeah. Like how about you? Number one, tell me that you feel bad that you were around me during that season. You had no idea I had gone through that. Right. Number two, my opinion and what I have to say, y'all, freedom of speech is a thing. Okay. I can say whatever I want to say about whatever. I know there's certain legal things you're not supposed to say, but at the end of the day, like freedom of speech, I'm gonna say exactly how I feel about something. And that was my view of my high school. That is what I remember. And that is my truth. And no one is allowed to take your truth away from you, period. No, they cannot. No, because that's yours. No. So, and everybody deserves to take up space. Yes. And I think that's something too, that I've threw. This podcast and through just therapy healing, all that, I've had to learn to really look at every perspective. Yeah. Which is hard. It is like, but it's been so cool because now I'm like, I can look at a ton of different perspectives and you know, hear different opinions and every single. Every woman specifically.'cause this is a women based podcast, let's just say what it is. Yeah. Every single female deserves to take up space and share their story. Yeah. And share their story in a space to where, which is why I bring up that there were mean comments. There were ugly things that, some things I showed you, some things I didn't show you. Yeah. And how Justin delete, but. It's like, I feel sorry for those people because I remember 10 years ago if I would've seen something like this and been triggered, I would've said something ugly like that. Yeah, probably I wouldn't have written it on social media, but you know, I remember reading one comment a few weeks ago and somebody was like, you couldn't pay me to watch that shit. And I was like, thinking of myself. Why even comment that Exactly. You know? And so yeah, just keep your, keep your thoughts to yourself. But it also make, but also I'm like, I'm happy that we've walked through, through season one so much hard. Yeah. Because it's built resilience in us big time. And women need resilience and we learn to thrive. Yes. You have. You. No, I feel like women need resilience more than almost. I mean, God, number one. Yeah. But resilience. Because like you said in the last episode, like life is going to happen always. And if you're not resilient, you are. I mean, you, you, no. Mm-hmm. And you're also gonna stop in your tracks and not do what God has put forth for you to do. Like resiliency comes from God as well. Right. You know? And it's also gonna let you, like resiliency helps you walk through things gracefully. Yes. Instead of, it's almost like you glide better. Yes. When you're resilient, as opposed to. Feeling locked up, trying to make it work. Just like, yeah. And my natural self, I would lock up. Yeah. I would lock up. Oh yeah. And just freeze and just panic and internalize and be like a recluse. Yeah. But now it's like, you know, I know that if we can, if we can get through this and. Remain.'cause there was a point where we got really tested, even in our own relationship, big time by people intentionally big time trying to break up our friendship. Yes. And the devil worked very hard during this podcast to make us I was super concern. Was concerned about that. Yes. Yeah, he did. But we, we didn't let him, we got through it. Yeah. Even stronger and realize, wait a minute. Yeah. This is happening because. Like it's you and me. Yeah. It's us. Yeah. We're here for a purpose. We're here for a reason. All this outside noise and outside factors, like that's not God. Yeah. It's not, and I think it's so easy when all that stuff comes in to truly just like falter and like not have conversations and not do what you need to do. But I'm so thankful and grateful that like we didn't let any of that stop us. Yeah. From like truly. Like living in God's purpose for ourselves. Yeah. Really though, because this has been, like you said, one of the hardest things I've ever done in my entire life. Mm-hmm. For sure. But it's also the hard things are what change you. They're what grow you. And they're also what, what? Help other people as heals. It heals people, you know? Like this is what we have to do. Yeah. And even, and I am, I do wanna say too, I'm so proud of you and me for, because this has been very emotionally exhausting. Like we've had to walk through some really, really hard things. And I know after we film, we're usually very tired. Mm-hmm. Because it is a very emotional process, but we've been so cautious and. Um, what's the word? Like, just we've made sure that we have taken care of ourselves. Yeah. Through this podcast. Oh, yeah. Like big time. Oh yeah. Like we've been very calculated about. Taking care of ourselves and our mental health. And our emotional health and all those things. So, yeah. Because it's so important. Yeah. Because I mean, if you look at our lives now, as opposed to when we started filming a couple months ago, like there's so many cool changes. Yes. Where God, look at what God did. You know? And like you're at a new church. Yes. Like I have a lot of new changes that's gonna be coming up. Like there's, you're in an amazing relationship. Yeah. Like, you know, there's just. So many things too. Like even with situations you've recently walked through yourself that I can see your resilience and I can see you being like, I'm gonna do things differently with this situation. I'm not going to, I'm not gonna sit back and just let somebody walk all over me, like I'm not gonna do it. No, I feel like, especially as emphasis two and feelers, we do a lot to try to keep the peace. Peace. Mm-hmm. And sometimes. Peace is not what you're supposed to do. Yeah. Like sometimes you just literally have to stick up for yourself and be like, I'm not doing that this time. Like I'm not, I'm not choosing peace. I'm gonna choose to fight. Yeah. And sometimes you gotta create some um, oh my gosh, some friction. That's what I was gonna say, like you've gotta create friction to see what is gonna happen with the relationship or create friction to. Make, try to make that situation better. Yeah. Or to try to see, okay, well I do have a different opinion, or I do think differently. And like I said, it's really, this podcast has really made me think so differently. Like I have such a, I just have such a respect for the woman in general. Me too. Now. Like wild man. And just like you said, the messages we've gotten. Yeah. So many messages about. Women that have gone through sexual abuse or difficult friendships that where I've literally had people message me specifically and be like, I have a friend that I'm walking through this with and I'm gonna go talk to them. I've had that happen like probably four or five times. Yeah. And I'm like, that's it. Yeah. Like, and we always used to say, um, in our direct sales business, like for the one. Yeah. And that's what this is about. Yeah. It's not about the people that. Don't wanna listen or they wanna mock our hashtag or they wanna mock us. Like go sit down then and go, go watch Nick Jr. Yeah. Like our, our show is not for you, then Yeah, go watch something else. Like, yeah, and that's fine. And that's totally fine. We're not here for them. No. Like our show is for the women that we know in our heart and soul have experienced some of these things because we wouldn't have been getting hit so hard. If it wasn't valuable, you know, it's just Exactly. We talk about things that people don't wanna talk about. Yeah. Which is so cool. And so, yeah. Yeah, let's kind of, you wanna like bring it into what they can kind of expect in season two and like what we're kind of thanking. So it's gonna be so fun. Make sure my mic's on here. Yep. Think it's, we are so excited for season two. I mean, we. We have definitely gone through the heavy with season one. With season two we are gonna bring guests and other people into the mix. Yeah. We want it to make it more like a talk show feel and not so much like a podcast. We want it to be more interactive. Um, we want to hear other people's stories. It's time to pass the mic on everyone because stories are what heal other people. Yeah. So we're really excited. Season two I think is gonna be a lot lighter. I think it's gonna be a lot more like a different kind of energy. Yeah. Like still fun, which is kind of fun now. I mean, it is fun, but like it's gonna be more of a fun, uplifting energy. And I also think that we need to like maybe like bring products on board and things like that too. You know, like things that we use that we love because let's be honest, we are wild about our skin. Like if I go to bed and you could light a match around me, then I haven't put enough. Stuff on my face. So glassy, so has, has to be glassy. So we are excited for season. I definitely am. I'm ready for like, you know, this was, like I said, one of the hardest but most beautiful things I've ever done. But I think season two is gonna be like a completely different vibe and I'm so excited and there's so many women that we know personally that have incredible bandwidth. They're very intelligent. Yes. A lot of these women. That you and I are, are friends with. Um, I wanna get our moms on here. Yeah. Like your mom and my stepmom. Yeah. I wanna get, you know, a lot of our friends on here. Yeah. And, um, have you guys step into our world of what these women look like and who they are, and. You know, it's, it's gonna be really cool. I mean, like super intelligent people Yes. Are gonna be on this show and Yeah, it's going to, it's gonna be fun. It's gonna be airy, it's gonna be, yeah. Like we really want, like, it sounds really crazy, but I know for a fact we're gonna look back on this in 10 years and, and something amazing is gonna grow. Hundred percent. And we're gonna, we're gonna go, wow. Like we, we said we were gonna do a talk show in season two, and now we're in season, you know, six. 78. Yeah. Oh wow. And we have studio. I like Studio 78. Yes. You know, like, I really see, yeah. This being super impactful. I see a foundation for women being built out of this. Yeah. Um, I see, you know, just beautiful, beautiful things happening. And there's literally nobody else I would rather do it with than you. You know, there's, there's nobody else that, that would even like remotely come close to, you know, being able to. Talk about this stuff. Yeah. And I just, it's just been so cool. It's been so, like you said, it's been so hard and that sounds so cliche. It's been really hard. I feel like people think when you wanna start a podcast, it's like, oh cool, start a podcast. And it's like, but let's also walk through the worst trauma we've ever experienced in our entire lives and tell the entire public nation about our trauma that we've experienced. No, really, we did it to ourselves. You know, we literally did it to ourselves, but it's, you know, we pray before every recording we do. We ask God to speak through us and we talk about the things that he wants us to talk about. Yeah. And it's been hard, but like I, I would not take this back for the world. I would do this 50, 50,000 more times and I can't wait for season two because I feel like God is just literally gonna keep doing and doing and doing as long as we stay aligned with him. And I think that that aligned with him and aligned with each other. Yes. Yes, align with him and align with each other, and also like making sure that you do not like reconciliation is so big and making sure that there's not anything that needs to, not like the things that are left unsaid. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like that's, I feel like doing something like this, and I know there's probably other women on here that are watching this, that have like a business with your best friend or something like that. And you really need to make sure like you align with each other. Yeah. And that your vision's the same and that you respect each other and that you trust each other, and that you also can have really hard conversations with each other because, you know, starting something like this isn't easy, but you also, you know, like it's completely possible and we've done it. And using the strengths of each other too. Yes. You know, that's the cool thing when you're in a. A friendship with somebody and you look, you start looking at their differences as their strengths. Yes. That's when you truly can build something with them. And I think coming from a direct sales background, I was already used to working with women and I knew, I was like, if we do something like this, like why would I wanna do this alone? Like yeah, I could. I could start a brand alone. You could start a brand alone. We could do whatever. Yeah. Who wants to do that? No. Life was meant to be in communion and community with others. Hundred percent. A hundred percent. And you know, I know for a fact if we were doing this on our own, we would've given up a long time ago. Yeah. Like episode four, we would've have been like, oh, we care about what they think. But there's, you know what I mean? Yeah. We were both like, no. We need to stay focused. It's okay. We knew this would happen. We knew this would happen. We did. Yeah. You know what I mean? And so I, I've just really loved this space. For us, I feel like it's just a space where, you know, even, even whether it's one listener or whether it's 500 listeners or grows from there, whatever it may be, it's so much more, you know what I mean, than this is a very safe space. It's sucks. Very sacred space, very like. I mean, the fact that people are literally listening to us talk about things like this, like it has to be. Yeah. You know what I mean? And I mean, we've talked about mental health, we've talked about trauma, sexual abuse, you know, abortions, mom issues. Mom issues, yeah. Partner issues, like mental health issues. And you know, since 2020, if you look, if you look at any statistics, you could pull it up right now. Like mental health is like. Quadrupled since 2020 like people are, COVID accentuated it because everybody was stuck. They were stuck in their houses, isolated. They were isolated. People fear and isolation. Listen to ruin you. So I actually, this nurse, he I think was from Nigeria, I can't remember, he told me this a couple weeks ago. He said, he said, um, people in this country don't struggle with mental health like we do. And the reason is because when you wake up in the morning. You walk like to the market or somewhere on the way you see people and you stop. You go into their home and you talk to them. It's community. Yeah. And then you go down the street and you talk to somebody more here in America, like, we don't do that. Mm-hmm. Isolating yourself and not having community and communion is how people struggle with mental health because you do feel alone. Yeah. So. Yeah. And it's, it's you at that point, you don't even need somebody to take you out. You're taking yourself out. Exactly. You know, you're taking yourself out. Yeah. And I, and I truly believe that is. The worst like epidemic of all right now. Yeah. Is the mental health crisis. Yeah. And how women are just going day to day. Like I told you, when I was at the doctor the other day, he, we were talking about like medications for me. Yeah. And like just very open about it. Yeah. And. I've never had a doctor like care that much about my mental health. Yeah. You know what I mean? Which is sad, but it's like it's terrible's true. I literally saw a TikTok girl the other day that just committed suicide. She was this beautiful redhead girl and it literally like, and it was because of all the bullies on TikTok, her husband even said it. And it's just, it's horrible and it's just like. You know, it is, we have to do better for each other and we have to do better for ourselves. Yeah, and if this podcast season one showed them anything, it's like if you're not happy, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually. Then you have the pen, which is really cool. Like you have the opportunity to go, okay, I don't know how to fix it yet, but I know that I don't wanna be here, so how do I start that journey? Yeah. And that's where I think so many women get tied up is they don't know how to start the journey and it's like. And you know me like I am very much naturally introverted. Like naturally, like, I don't need nobody. And you're like, no, Chloe, but you do. Yeah. You know, and I'm like, I'm good. But it's like, no, we, none of us were meant to do life alone. No. We were meant to do it with people. And that's what give her the mic Does like her Give her the mic. Yeah. Like give it to her. Like let her speak, let her share. Even if her opinion is completely different. That's what we want because. You can, we should be able to be in community with people that all have different opinions. Opinions, yes, a hundred percent. Whether it's political or spiritual, you know what I mean? I will talk to an atheist or an agnostic the same way I will talk to a pastor. It does not matter to me. It doesn't matter at all, and it's. Actually, my heart is for the agnostic. Yeah. Because that person that's preaching on stage, they probably have way more problems than that agnostic person does. Yeah. But they're covering it up and putting Jesus on it when that agnostic person needs to be the one the pastor's talking to. Yeah. And so when we think about what Jesus is doing, that's why I really feel like we do feel comfortable in this space because. Jesus was always after the troubled ones. And we've said so many times, we've always felt different like we didn't belong, like, um, like we don't fit in. Yeah. Like, you know, like so many different things. Yeah. And you know, it's quite the opposite though. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like I feel like we've both felt like that most of our lives, but I think it's because of who we are, right. Truthfully, right? Like we are different. But God made us this way for a reason and I'm so thankful that we are so different. Yeah. And it's like, you know, when you get so stuck in a job that you don't like, so like a career you don't like or in relationships you don't like, or um, friendships that you don't like, you start to think that this is the way life should be. And I used to think that. For so long. Yeah. I used to just be like, this is my life. And now I look back and I'm like, how dare I even say that about, about my life? Because life never, it could be so much, much better. It never has to be that way. No. Like you can change it in an instant. Yeah. It's better for you. It's better for the people around you. Like you really can change your life that quick. You really can. You can go. I don't wanna do this anymore. And you can do it without beating yourself up. Without yourself. Well, people saying them misery and then they make everybody else around them miserable. Yeah. Literally. Like, it is exhausting. And if you're one of those people and you're just like always miserable, I always, um, say it's like eor, you know, like walking around like da da me. And you cannot deal with those kinds of people. I would go out of my ever loving minds. Like, and I'm being honest right now, if you're an people don't like it, like you. People like joy, people like people who smile. They like energetic. And if you're an ior, I mean, honestly, you probably might know that you are. You gotta figure out why. Why are you angry? Like why are you snappy with people all the time? Like why are you in your feels all the time? Like, I know I don't wanna be around people like that. I truly don't. I will, because I love people for two seconds. But after that, they will suck the life out of you, the energy out of you.'cause they're just downers. Yeah. But there's a reason for that. And they have to figure it out. Yeah. You can't do it for'em. They have to figure it out on their own, you know? Yeah. And the cool part is, is they can change it. Yeah. Anybody can change. The direction they're going in at any point. Yeah. You can change your mood. You can change your mindset. Mm-hmm. You can change your activities. You can change your environment. Your environment. Yeah. You can change your environment. Some of y'all are in jobs that you hate. And you're acting like you can't get out of them and you can go work at Target, you could go work somewhere else. You can move floors like you did. Yeah. When you weren't happy a few months ago. You can separate yourself from that situation. You can change it. Yeah. You truly can. There you can actually change your life free. That's just so wonderful. About Free. You don't gotta stay free Will and America and everything else in between. Like we can do anything y'all. You can work at, go work for UPS serious for a couple months and make a ton. Moneys makes great money. You make great money. Yeah. You don't get air conditioning, but you're gonna get benefits and$35 hour. But people just wanna sit in their fields and complain about like where they're at in their life and everything else in between, and make everybody else feel miserable. But just like you said, you have the pin. If you don't like it, change it. Yeah. If you're not happy, move. Yeah. If you're not happy. And you're saying you can't ever travel, save your money and go to Italy. Go travel, go explore, go. Like, I've been seeing so many memes come up that say like, um, you know, like traveling five times a year, boost mental health. I totally believe that. And it's, well, you also have to have something to look forward to. Right. Which I think is why traveling is so important and planning things is we, me and you were, we've gotta do more of that. We've not done a very good job. We haven't, but we were doing really good for a little bit. We were, and then the podcast. Came and we've been kinda busy among other things, but we really like to plan things because. You have to have things to look forward to in life. That's how you get through your week. Yeah. That's how I get through my week. I like to look forward to things, you know? Yeah. A lot of people don't have anything to look forward to'cause they haven't planned anything. Yeah. Well and then they think like, you know, they don't deserve it. Yes. Or you know, they have too much going on, they're too busy, blah blah, blah. But like you have to do that. You have to stop. And I think that's like such a great way to wrap it up before we kinda ask them. To tell us what they want on season two, but you know, if y'all are not happy with the way you're moving or where your life is, change it. Change it. Just change it. That's it. I think that's the key. Dude, you're not happy. Change it if you're not married. And you don't have kids. Move, move quickly. Go move somewhere. Go abroad, go. Go see other cultures. Go to Spain, go to Italy, go to Greece. Oh my gosh. If I did not have children and all the things Go kids to, yeah. Oh, I would do that most second. You know, hot. Those Tour guide are are our like woman tour guide was. Beautiful. I bet she was. She'll like a Greek goddess. I bet she loves. And she lives there half the year. And then when it gets cold, she goes to another island, literally. And then guess what? The government there pays them to not work in the off months because they've gotta still make money. It's if they, if you guys are not happy, change your environment. If you're not happy in your marriage, leave it. If you're not happy in your job, yeah, leave it if you're. If you don't like the partner you're with or have been with, don't settle. Like you never, you did not settle this whole past year and a half. No, you did not settle and you went on some shitty dates. The worst dates ever. These Greenville men. Oh my God. Could never girl like, and so Rocky, Rocky, rocky, rocky time. For sure. You know, it's, it's just, no, they just, when you don't like something, you have to change it. When you get, just change it. My life is. Completely different than it was even a year ago. Minus almost seven years. Yes. Completely different. Completely different. But it's because we made a choice and we were like, we're not doing this anymore. Like we're gonna do things differently. You have to choose for yourself differently. And that's why I say all the time now, like I choose for myself so different than I used to because I am the most important person in my life. Right? Me. Right. We are the most important, and then our kids are looking at us. Yes. So we're our. How we feel is going to project onto them. Yes. If you're overly stressed in your job, look at what you're doing and slow down for a minute and maybe take your wife on a date or your, you know, partner on a date, number one. Number two, make sure like, spend some time with your kids. You know? Now it's like I'll sit and play board games with my kids. Mm-hmm. We'll just do random things. Yeah. We'll go sit, sit in the room, talk with them, like, yeah, that's what I do. Yeah. Just go to, but that, you know, I feel like so many people are just so stressed and busy. They're just worried about the wrong things. Yeah. And it's like if you're not happy, guys like change it. Yeah. So, yeah. So you have that option. Season two. Y'all let us know what y'all want. I know we really need to know for season two, like feedback. Is there anything specific topics wise? That anyone wants discussed? Um. You know, we obviously can come up with everything in between, but we also want to really make sure that we're covering things that you guys need. Yeah. So if there's anything specific, please comment, please message us, let us know, um, what you want, and so we can bring people. You know, we can bring people on the right kind of people on that are gonna help you. And also that are gonna be, we, like we said, we want more breathability on season two. Yeah, more we want, you know, more laughs. But also we're always gonna be raw, real, and transparent. That's just what you guys are gonna get from us because we made a promise. To ourselves that we were not gonna change. So you're gonna hear the real, the raw that. But yeah, tell us, like Kristen said in the comments, what you're wanting to hear in season two. Um, we haven't even started thinking about filming for that yet. And so we wanna take your feedback and we wanna build. The, the season a hundred percent off of your, off of your feedback because there's no other reason to do it unless you want the guys on here. We'll get a guy. I don't know how they're gonna feel about it, but, we'll, you know what I mean. We'll get, we can get some boys, we'll get, we'll get I would love to interview some boys. That would be hilarious actually. I mean, you know, we can, we can do a whole thing. Yeah, we sure can. So, um, it would be really cute too, to have like. Like CE or like little girls and just ask them specific questions. Right. They would love that. So, right. Let them answer. We have all kinds of ideas. Yeah. So I, I do wanna say like, thank you guys so much. Season one was, um, it was hard. It was definitely heavy. It was a lot. But your feedback and like everything in between is why we're still here and why we've kept going, you know, like you guys and God truly and each other. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. And like thank you too to like, obviously like our producer Josh, who records all these episodes, love Josh and then and Dana and for being a photographer, Dana, for being all photographer. And my husband has done, oh gosh, every single social media, um, posts for us and has helped upload everything and has gotten the episodes out. And so, you know, we love you Justin. We love, we love guys. We have them producing the podcast. We do. We, we, we don't hate men. We know their gifts. We do not hate men. We know their men at all. We know their gifts, so we are partnering with them. But, um, just thank you guys for giving us space. Thank you guys. Um, if you didn't like an episode, thank you for choosing to listen to another one. Yeah. Because I'm sure there was some where Yeah. It, it made you feel some kind of way. I understand that. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I listened to some back. I'm like, man, we really gave it. But thank you for giving us space and knowing that, um, you know, every episode is gonna be for a different person. And so we love you guys. Yeah. We'll see you next season and we'll see you on, I almost said episode two. Season. Episode 13. Season 13, baby. Bye. Until next time. Yes. Woo. That's a wrap.