Cultivating Creative Abundance w/ Dr. Will

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[00:00:57] All right, my beautiful souls.

[00:00:58] Well, welcome back to The Season of Self Love Podcast.

[00:01:00] I am your host, Nyomi Banks, and today we are diving into another episode in our series of Living Life Abundantly.

[00:01:07] And this month, we have been exploring how abundance can enrich every aspect of our lives.

[00:01:13] And today's episode is about cultivating creative abundance and tapping into our artistic size

[00:01:19] and using creativity to enhance our emotional and mental well-being.

[00:01:25] And I am so excited to welcome back our resident therapist today, Dr. Will Washington.

[00:01:30] Not only is he a gifted therapist, but he is also a talented musician who believes deeply in transformative power of creativity.

[00:01:41] And Dr. Will will share his journey insights and how artistic expressions can lead to more of abundance life.

[00:01:51] But before we bring Dr. Washington on, I want to remind everyone about our 10-day book challenge starting on Monday, November 11th.

[00:01:59] We'll be reading Bob Proctor's book, Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life, which aligns beautiful with our theme of abundant living.

[00:02:08] So during this challenge, we're diving into daily reflections, practical exercises, and accountability with our community page.

[00:02:15] This is a wonderful opportunity for personal growth, and I'd love for you all to join us.

[00:02:20] You can find this book on Audible or on Amazon, and I'll share the links in our show notes.

[00:02:25] But let's shift our mindset together and make a space for more abundance in our lives, all right?

[00:02:31] So let's take a quick break, and when we return, let's get deep into this topic with Dr. Will, all right?

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[00:04:10] All right, well, welcome back to the Season of Self-Love Podcast.

[00:04:13] I am your host, Naomi Banks.

[00:04:15] And today we are on this month's series of Living Life Abundantly.

[00:04:19] And today we have our resident therapist, Dr. Will Washington, joining us on this conversation.

[00:04:25] Hey, what's going on?

[00:04:26] It has been too long.

[00:04:28] I missed this spot.

[00:04:28] This is nice.

[00:04:31] It's so good to see you.

[00:04:33] It's so good to see you.

[00:04:34] Yes, you too.

[00:04:35] Well, you know, I had to welcome you back on a nice, great topic that's right in your...

[00:04:40] You really chose this one.

[00:04:42] Yeah.

[00:04:42] Yeah.

[00:04:43] This is the accumulation of everything I've worked on in my life has come into this mind

[00:04:47] and music journey.

[00:04:49] So this is like, you put me in the right position, coach.

[00:04:52] Thanks, coach.

[00:04:53] You're welcome.

[00:04:54] You're welcome.

[00:04:54] But guess what?

[00:04:55] You know what I'm about to do, right?

[00:04:57] Oh, my God.

[00:04:58] I'm about to pass you the ball because you know how we do it.

[00:04:59] You know, I know it's been a long time, right?

[00:05:02] I know I feel like that.

[00:05:03] Let me stretch.

[00:05:03] Let me stretch.

[00:05:04] Let me...

[00:05:04] Yeah, you're stretching.

[00:05:05] Stretch it.

[00:05:06] Stretch it out.

[00:05:06] Stretch it out.

[00:05:07] If you are new here to the season of Self-Love and you don't know what's about to happen,

[00:05:10] usually what we do is we do a nice little guided meditation real fast before we get

[00:05:15] into the topic of the hand.

[00:05:16] And so since we hadn't seen Dr. Will in a little while, we want him to guide us for

[00:05:21] a nice little quick guided meditation before we get into the topic, all right?

[00:05:25] So if y'all just could close your eyes and just soften your gaze a little bit while Dr.

[00:05:30] Will, you know, lead us on.

[00:05:33] Do this.

[00:05:34] So I want you to get relaxed.

[00:05:36] Take a...

[00:05:37] Just sit down.

[00:05:38] Allow yourself to just feel your body for a moment.

[00:05:41] Just imagine yourself falling into yourself.

[00:05:46] Deep breath in with your nose, out with your mouth.

[00:05:55] As you inhale, take some time to just take an inventory of your day.

[00:06:00] What you did to get here.

[00:06:03] Why you needed to be here.

[00:06:05] Why you want to be here.

[00:06:08] And what you want to become after you listen to all this.

[00:06:13] Deep breath in with your nose, out with your mouth.

[00:06:21] When you breathe in, I want you to think of the word truth.

[00:06:24] Breathe in truth.

[00:06:27] Exhale, I am.

[00:06:30] Breathe in truth.

[00:06:33] Exhale, I am.

[00:06:37] We're not worried about you being honest today.

[00:06:40] We're not worried about the lies that were around you.

[00:06:44] We're worried about you being your truth.

[00:06:47] Breathe in your truth.

[00:06:51] Exhale, I am.

[00:06:55] Understand that everything around you is a reflection or an opportunity to learn from and to let go from.

[00:07:06] Breathe in truth.

[00:07:09] Exhale, I am.

[00:07:12] And as you listen to today's podcast, give yourself the chance to open your heart.

[00:07:20] Open your ears.

[00:07:22] Open your mind.

[00:07:24] And know that you're receiving your truth for the day.

[00:07:30] Inhale, truth.

[00:07:32] Exhale, I am.

[00:07:34] Do one more breath and we'll begin.

[00:07:37] Inhale, your truth.

[00:07:41] Exhale, I am.

[00:07:46] Slowly come back.

[00:07:52] Thank you.

[00:07:52] Why, thank you.

[00:07:53] We needed that one.

[00:07:55] That felt good.

[00:07:57] I needed that for myself too.

[00:07:58] We needed that one.

[00:07:59] I had to send it real quick.

[00:08:01] Yeah.

[00:08:02] Yeah.

[00:08:03] We needed that one.

[00:08:04] It's been a minute.

[00:08:05] It's been a minute.

[00:08:06] Yeah, it's been a minute.

[00:08:08] So thank you for that one.

[00:08:10] Thank you for that one.

[00:08:11] Of course.

[00:08:11] We breathe in truth today, y'all.

[00:08:13] We breathe in truth.

[00:08:14] And again, if this is your first time listening to us here on the Season of Self Love podcast,

[00:08:19] it's something that we do every day, Monday through Fridays.

[00:08:22] We ground ourselves first before we get into the topic in hand.

[00:08:25] And today we're talking about cultivating a creative abundance, embracing your artistic

[00:08:30] side.

[00:08:31] And we have our residence therapist here, Dr. Will, with us.

[00:08:36] So let's talk about it.

[00:08:37] Let's talk about creativity and why it's such an important part of living abundantly.

[00:08:43] Embracing creativity isn't just about painting, writing, or playing music.

[00:08:47] It's about expanding our minds, opening up new possibilities, and finding joy in self-expression.

[00:08:53] So we tap in the flow of the state that nourishes our spirit and helps us to see what the world

[00:08:59] in fresh and exciting ways.

[00:09:00] So creativity can always be a powerful tool for self-discovery and emotional release, whether

[00:09:08] it's through writing, dancing.

[00:09:10] I like to do that.

[00:09:11] Crafting or any other artistic pursuits.

[00:09:15] Creating offers us a safe space to explore our feelings and express parts of ourselves that

[00:09:20] we might be able to do in words.

[00:09:23] So now I like to bring Dr. Will Washington so he can dive deeper into this topic.

[00:09:28] Now for you, Dr. Will, you know, I know you be on them horns.

[00:09:33] A little bit.

[00:09:35] Yeah, a little bit on them horns.

[00:09:37] I try.

[00:09:38] I'm trying.

[00:09:40] Could you start by sharing a bit about your journey with both the therapists and musicians,

[00:09:46] especially for those that don't really know what you do?

[00:09:49] Because we talk about your therapy a lot in a therapist.

[00:09:52] And I think we only hear about your music once.

[00:09:56] So I want them to hear both of them.

[00:09:59] Yeah.

[00:09:59] Yeah.

[00:10:00] So, you know, I'm going to tell it from a very vulnerable point of view.

[00:10:09] Music was my first love.

[00:10:12] Truly.

[00:10:14] I didn't realize this until I became a therapist, but I actually trauma bonded with my music.

[00:10:20] Not realizing it.

[00:10:21] So I grew up very, I was dyslexic.

[00:10:25] I didn't know what that meant.

[00:10:26] Back then you didn't know what that meant.

[00:10:27] I just couldn't read good.

[00:10:28] Right?

[00:10:29] So I just didn't understand.

[00:10:30] But I was always listening to teachers, listening to what they said.

[00:10:34] And I was very performative.

[00:10:35] So they never thought I had a reading issue because I was just able to repeat and I was very social.

[00:10:42] But I never could really say how I felt about things.

[00:10:46] And music was the first thing that really gave me a chance to find my identity.

[00:10:52] And one of the golden rules here is that creativity is one of the most authentic forms of self-love.

[00:10:58] Right?

[00:10:59] And so your ability to create is an act of self-love itself.

[00:11:04] And so that's why I'm so excited to be here.

[00:11:07] And my music journey, I started out on trombone.

[00:11:11] I wanted to play the saxophone.

[00:11:13] But my mom was like, we ain't got no saxophone money.

[00:11:15] So you're going to play this trombone.

[00:11:17] And so I was like, what is this?

[00:11:20] And for those of you millennials out there, I was trying to be Pork Chop from Doug Funny, the show.

[00:11:25] Because a dog could play the saxophone really good.

[00:11:27] You know, white tux.

[00:11:28] I was like, I want to be like Pork Chop.

[00:11:30] But I got trombone.

[00:11:31] So I was the awkward kid in the bus.

[00:11:34] And I completely did not like my experience.

[00:11:38] And so, but every time I was in class, I understood the music.

[00:11:43] I could play it by ear.

[00:11:44] I could learn it really quickly.

[00:11:46] It was the one thing that came natural to me.

[00:11:49] And so as I grew up, I never had the resources.

[00:11:52] But I always created the opportunity because of the gift of being able to listen to sound and become a part of that.

[00:11:57] And music never hurt me.

[00:11:59] Music opened me up to another world of feeling that I couldn't express as a little black boy in a predominantly white institution or white community.

[00:12:07] And so a lot of times I was always finding myself through art.

[00:12:13] And so I realized that art, it wasn't just a thing I did.

[00:12:17] It was a part of who I am.

[00:12:18] And, you know, 10, 20 years down the road, you know, it was amazing that I was able to have beautiful opportunities of traveling and touring the world and then learning from some of the greatest artists of all time.

[00:12:30] And also learning about black culture in this way.

[00:12:36] Right.

[00:12:37] Playing music that, you know, my elders were playing as ancestral and realizing that I was made for this.

[00:12:44] And through my music, I found my healing.

[00:12:46] And so if it wasn't for me touring and playing, I would never found therapy because I also found from another musician.

[00:12:52] They said, you should be a therapist.

[00:12:54] You'd be really good at that.

[00:12:55] And I was like, no, I'm trying to be performing every day, making money.

[00:12:58] And, you know, and it changed my life.

[00:13:01] And I'm currently on a journey of actually decolonizing my ears.

[00:13:06] And so I'm learning how to decolonize the way that I understand music because I listen like a European person or I learn in a way that is a certain frequency.

[00:13:17] And so I'm learning to undo what I've actually learned to get through and actually learning the power of frequency, understanding chords and structures and harmonies.

[00:13:25] And what do these things actually mean in my body?

[00:13:28] What does it mean to my DNA?

[00:13:29] What does it mean to my mental health?

[00:13:31] And so I'm creating this new spiritual relationship with music and sound, right?

[00:13:38] And learning how to respect the God that that is and respect what has been created.

[00:13:44] And so it's been a unique journey after learning one instrument.

[00:13:48] Now I know nine.

[00:13:50] Wow.

[00:13:51] You know, and so there's instruments that I do show people and there's some instruments that I don't show people.

[00:13:56] Because each instrument is a expression of a part of me.

[00:14:01] And so some I only do for ritual.

[00:14:03] Some I do for performative.

[00:14:05] And some I do for relational.

[00:14:07] And so I've learned to create this holistic aspect to music.

[00:14:12] And art has been the reflection of my own healing.

[00:14:16] And so that's why when things are really going on in the world and like are really difficult in the world, I always look at what artists are doing.

[00:14:25] So it's really important to always watch artists because they are usually showing you what's happening in the world internally, not externally.

[00:14:34] So that's why artists are so important in being creative is a way how you contribute to the healing of our world.

[00:14:41] Wow, that's powerful.

[00:14:43] That's powerful.

[00:14:43] Before I ask you this question, I know before you had said that you went to an Andre 3000 concert.

[00:14:50] How was that?

[00:14:52] Because now, you know, he's now not left rap, but he went over to, you know, playing his instrument.

[00:14:59] Yeah, he transformed.

[00:15:00] Yeah.

[00:15:01] Yeah, he transformed into something else.

[00:15:02] How was that experience being in that element with him?

[00:15:07] It's a new element.

[00:15:08] How was that?

[00:15:10] So it's a very funny story because I was there genuinely just to see him in this new element because we actually have some of the same flutes from the same flute family.

[00:15:22] And so I actually brought my flutes with me so they could receive the energy from that show.

[00:15:27] I could have a part of that.

[00:15:28] And I was also under spiritual warfare at that time and didn't even realize it.

[00:15:35] So I was dealing with spiritual warfare.

[00:15:38] It was actively literally across the street, like across the room.

[00:15:41] And I'm sitting here focusing on this and the confirmation.

[00:15:49] And I realized that I received in that moment about my truth, about my heart, about my mind.

[00:15:56] And I realized that it was what warfare there was wasn't my war.

[00:16:01] That was a war within themselves.

[00:16:03] And they needed my help to be a part of that.

[00:16:05] And I just could not.

[00:16:06] That's just not me.

[00:16:07] That's not my heart.

[00:16:08] And it was amazing to see him standing and bending over, doing different instruments, just kind of going all around.

[00:16:18] And at one point, he even started speaking his own language.

[00:16:25] And I didn't know what he was saying, but it felt like it was for me.

[00:16:32] And it felt like it's time to do your thing.

[00:16:35] It's time to be confident about being yourself.

[00:16:38] It's time to accept what you've already done.

[00:16:40] You can learn more instruments, but you still have the same purpose.

[00:16:44] There are degrees you can learn.

[00:16:46] There are certificates you can learn.

[00:16:47] But you've already had the knowledge you need to share.

[00:16:50] People are waiting for you.

[00:16:52] And so it taught me to be still in chaos.

[00:16:57] It taught me to be still in someone else's distraction.

[00:16:59] It taught me to trust the person that I love.

[00:17:02] It taught me to trust the vulnerability that I see in myself.

[00:17:06] And it was one of the most experiential moments.

[00:17:09] And I have a thing about live performances.

[00:17:11] And I felt like I was in another universe in that moment.

[00:17:15] And I was sharing my truth, my satnam, with people that I'm in love with.

[00:17:22] And I think that is the fact that I could go back in my own timeline and be in love through every timeline.

[00:17:28] Yeah.

[00:17:30] Yeah.

[00:17:30] It was my piece.

[00:17:33] It was my release.

[00:17:34] So I really appreciate Andre for helping me understand the power of my own release by accepting my own creativity.

[00:17:41] That's beautiful.

[00:17:42] Thank you for sharing that.

[00:17:43] Thank you.

[00:17:44] I just wanted to feel that energy.

[00:17:46] You know, like, how was that?

[00:17:48] When you asked?

[00:17:49] But we was in deep in another conversation.

[00:17:50] I just wanted to ask that.

[00:17:52] You know, for that.

[00:17:53] But what you were talking about before, I got a question for you.

[00:17:55] Now, do you have any experience or stories that illustrate your transformative power of music or creativity in your practice?

[00:18:05] Yes.

[00:18:06] Yes.

[00:18:06] So my brand is understanding that healing is my art.

[00:18:12] Healing is my art.

[00:18:13] And so for me, I see healing like music, like sound.

[00:18:17] So for me, you know, I created my own model based upon artistic development and medical oppression.

[00:18:28] Right.

[00:18:28] And so a lot of times, a lot of physicians or veterans, right, you know, they're actually extremely creative people.

[00:18:37] But they've created a discipline for the bigger picture.

[00:18:41] But then once they're, you know, civilians again or once they do get out of medical practice, they usually go into something that's completely different than anything else.

[00:18:51] You know, or engineers.

[00:18:53] They're highly musical and very expressive people.

[00:18:56] But you would never think that.

[00:18:58] And so for me, the work that I do is a reflection of how I see every single person as a song.

[00:19:05] Every single person has their own song if you're listening enough.

[00:19:09] And so for me, I think like, oh, I got eight clients today.

[00:19:12] That means I got to listen to eight tracks today.

[00:19:14] You know, and then also repeat their song back to them to see if they know their song that they're singing.

[00:19:21] Right.

[00:19:22] And so I try to look at it from that type of grace and acceptance.

[00:19:25] Because one thing about music is that once you press play, you're ingesting that.

[00:19:32] Yeah.

[00:19:33] Right.

[00:19:33] And so I want to make sure that I'm playing back out how they can see themselves.

[00:19:38] So I hope that I'm being a reflection of their higher self.

[00:19:42] Right.

[00:19:42] So I'm very intentional about how I listen to people and also how I share myself with people as well.

[00:19:49] You know, I love the way that you put that.

[00:19:51] I do.

[00:19:51] I love the way that you put that.

[00:19:53] As you were talking, I was like, I'm about to be funny with this one.

[00:20:00] What's my music?

[00:20:01] What does my soundtrack sound like to you?

[00:20:07] I got two.

[00:20:07] I got two.

[00:20:08] I got two.

[00:20:09] I got two.

[00:20:10] I was like, I can't give you one.

[00:20:11] I got to give you at least two.

[00:20:14] I feel like you're an OST or you're African polyrhythm.

[00:20:18] So you're OST.

[00:20:20] You're either you're an original soundtrack.

[00:20:22] Okay.

[00:20:22] You're original soundtrack, which means that it's a thematic build.

[00:20:26] Right.

[00:20:26] So it's like someone has to compose it to make it happen.

[00:20:30] I can't just press play.

[00:20:31] It has to be composed.

[00:20:33] Or you are polyrhythms.

[00:20:35] So that means that you can be African polyrhythms, Caribbean polyrhythms, Polynesian polyrhythms.

[00:20:41] But it's always a polyrhythm.

[00:20:42] It's always something that's going.

[00:20:44] It's always a drum that's going.

[00:20:45] It's always a time.

[00:20:46] It's always a rhythm that you have to be with.

[00:20:49] And so if you can't be on rhythm, you're going to get out.

[00:20:53] And if you understand that it's a creation that's actually happening, you got to get out.

[00:20:58] I just can't press play.

[00:20:59] I can go.

[00:21:01] The song could be 15 minutes long.

[00:21:03] The song could be three minutes long.

[00:21:04] It don't matter where you end up because it's always going to be playing.

[00:21:06] There's always going to be something going on.

[00:21:08] So, yeah, official soundtrack quality or are you polyrhythms all day?

[00:21:14] Yeah.

[00:21:15] 100%.

[00:21:16] 100%.

[00:21:17] Yeah.

[00:21:18] Like, I don't even know how to take that.

[00:21:22] Go Spotify some stuff.

[00:21:24] Go look at some stuff.

[00:21:25] Go look at some stuff.

[00:21:27] I love it.

[00:21:28] I guess I'm kind of glad you didn't say house music, huh?

[00:21:33] No.

[00:21:33] But see, house music, that would be great, though, because house music has so many polyrhythms in it, though.

[00:21:39] Without the polyrhythms, you can't have house music.

[00:21:41] It wouldn't even make sense.

[00:21:43] That's why I said I had to give you foundational genres.

[00:21:46] I had to give you foundational genres.

[00:21:47] I couldn't just pick one.

[00:21:49] Yeah.

[00:21:49] Mm-mm.

[00:21:50] Not going to put me in that.

[00:21:51] No.

[00:21:52] I couldn't put me in that.

[00:21:54] That was nice.

[00:21:55] All right.

[00:21:55] So let's talk about overcoming creative blocks, all right?

[00:21:59] So we know that creativity is beneficial, right?

[00:22:03] So yet many of us, we struggle with those creative blocks.

[00:22:06] I know I have.

[00:22:07] I know I've had it.

[00:22:08] But we've had that self-doubt, perfectionism, all of those things.

[00:22:13] So for you, Dr. Washington, what are some of our common barriers for creativity, and how can we overcome them?

[00:22:22] Yes.

[00:22:23] So let's start from the outside in three things.

[00:22:25] The first thing is that a lot of times we externalize our life way too much.

[00:22:29] We are always out trying to get something, get something, get something, get something.

[00:22:34] We're looking for the next thing, right?

[00:22:36] Not realizing that, number two, we are the next thing, right?

[00:22:41] And so are you okay with your story right now?

[00:22:44] Because creativity is based upon your story.

[00:22:47] And a lot of times artists feel out of place because they're externalizing so much that they don't actually know their own story or what they're going through.

[00:22:55] Or the internal part is there's either doubt or they're afraid to actually reach deeper in because a lot of times, this is going to sound weird, but we have the reverse effect of this.

[00:23:08] Where some artists are so stuck in their past creating music that they actually don't evolve, which is why I love some of the artists like Bruno Mars, right?

[00:23:19] Created himself over four to five different times.

[00:23:22] And they all smack in their own era, you know?

[00:23:26] And why did that happen, right?

[00:23:28] Because you understand the power of evolution.

[00:23:32] He understands the power of evolution.

[00:23:34] And a lot of times artists feel limited because they didn't get their green light.

[00:23:38] A lot of times artists are waiting for their green light or their first yes to become something else.

[00:23:43] And you cannot wait for somebody else's applause.

[00:23:48] Not wait for someone to applaud for you.

[00:23:50] You have to be your first fan.

[00:23:52] And a lot of us are afraid to do that because we're looking for something that's outside of us.

[00:23:57] We don't believe it's within us or we don't want to address what never was within us.

[00:24:01] Yeah.

[00:24:02] And so a lot of my artists, especially my Grammy award winning artists that I work with, once they start healing, their sound changes, their albums changes, their work changes.

[00:24:11] You know?

[00:24:11] And different instruments sound different to them because there's a different connection to sound.

[00:24:16] Yeah.

[00:24:16] Right?

[00:24:17] So frequencies are also emotions.

[00:24:19] So if their emotions change, their frequency changes, it means they're listening to different types of music now.

[00:24:25] So that's why I love seeing like trap artists that are like using samples and learning what samples they're using because what was the history of that sample?

[00:24:33] What was during that time?

[00:24:35] What was during that era?

[00:24:35] What made you go back there and bring it back and make it yours?

[00:24:38] I love that creative flow because it's honoring a past, present, and future sound at the same time.

[00:24:44] Yeah.

[00:24:45] You know, just recently, you know, Quincy Jones just passed away a few days ago.

[00:24:51] And yeah, that was a hit.

[00:24:53] But you know, what I didn't realize is that how many hip hop artists had sampled his music.

[00:25:01] A lot of music that I didn't even know that he had did.

[00:25:04] And I'm like, oh, he did that?

[00:25:06] Oh, he did that?

[00:25:07] You know, because really, even though we know that he did things way before Michael Jackson, but I just didn't know some of the things that he did before Michael Jackson.

[00:25:20] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:25:21] Like, I did not know.

[00:25:22] And I'm like, oh, my God.

[00:25:24] Like, I didn't know that he had did that.

[00:25:26] I have so much to say about Quincy, but to know the 70 years of work, the amount of genres, the amount of political, racial, social climates that he crossed in the name of music.

[00:25:45] And being able to be so translatable, he broke the code of music and understood sound and understood humanity.

[00:25:54] This is someone that went beyond music and understood humanity.

[00:25:58] And that's what makes him timeless.

[00:26:00] We will not get another Quincy Jones again, especially with what he culturally went through.

[00:26:06] Right.

[00:26:07] And I just my love for him is is amazing.

[00:26:13] It's just it's so phenomenal for him.

[00:26:15] And I have friends that have direct connection and I've worked with him before.

[00:26:19] And they all have talked about the humanity of him, not even about his music.

[00:26:23] It was just about the humanity that he could create amongst people.

[00:26:28] And I just I love the stories I hear from him.

[00:26:32] But, yeah, yeah, my heart just like I'm not I'm actually not as sad as I'm actually not as sad as I could be because I'm like this man just defied humanity like human life, like completely just soared in his own way.

[00:26:45] He lived like 90, 91, 91, 92, 91.

[00:26:49] Yes.

[00:26:50] So he's lived a great life.

[00:26:52] I'm proud of him.

[00:26:53] I'm like many amazing things.

[00:26:55] Yes.

[00:26:56] Yes.

[00:26:56] He deserves his rest.

[00:26:57] Yes.

[00:26:58] He opened so much for everybody.

[00:27:02] I mean, everybody, everybody.

[00:27:05] Literally.

[00:27:06] Yes.

[00:27:07] There will be no Michael Jackson.

[00:27:09] Like literally like he off the wall.

[00:27:12] Come on, that.

[00:27:13] That kicked it off.

[00:27:16] What Michael Jackson.

[00:27:19] Well, even the song would like even like even the even the like the violins, I think was rock with you.

[00:27:25] Right.

[00:27:25] And it was just like, like.

[00:27:27] Oh, don't stop till you get enough.

[00:27:29] Right.

[00:27:29] Right.

[00:27:30] Right.

[00:27:30] And it's just like the argument that they had about.

[00:27:33] I don't want.

[00:27:34] Michael didn't want the strings.

[00:27:35] He was like, no, you got to put the strings in there.

[00:27:37] And they had an argument about it, you know, and had a whole fight about it.

[00:27:40] And then the strings are in there.

[00:27:41] And that's one of the most iconic beginnings of music.

[00:27:44] Right.

[00:27:44] And it's just like, you know, it's like knowing how to stand in your truth.

[00:27:50] Yes.

[00:27:51] I do this because I believe this and I'm not going to budge.

[00:27:54] I don't care who you are.

[00:27:55] This is what I believe in.

[00:27:56] And that type of they tell Michael no like that, knowing that you have a.

[00:28:01] That's how you know that you're living your truth when it doesn't matter what the name is.

[00:28:05] This is what I believe in.

[00:28:06] That's a level of truth that.

[00:28:10] That's that that creativity is that is beautiful.

[00:28:14] Yeah.

[00:28:14] Truly divine.

[00:28:15] Yeah.

[00:28:16] You know, as we sitting here recording today, you know, so many transformational things that's happened this week.

[00:28:21] You know, we are on the post of the election, you know, and I know before we sat down, before we sat down and started recording, we had a conversation on the aftermath of it.

[00:28:38] And it would be wrong for us to sit here and talk about talk and not, you know, bring it up, especially when we're talking about abundance.

[00:28:45] And we're talking about creativity, artistic in this form like here, especially when we talk about self-love.

[00:28:54] And my middle baby, she was, you know, very anxious, you know, yesterday, as well as I was because I do have three girls.

[00:29:03] And, you know, and it was very this is probably the most political that I've ever been, you know, because of so many things that was out there.

[00:29:12] The misinformation, information or whatever that was going on, that.

[00:29:18] It made me feel like there was going to be the end of the world.

[00:29:22] And as you and I spoke is about it felt like that we have been mentally, emotionally abused for the past year, especially with the past 10 weeks.

[00:29:35] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:29:37] And so it made us feel so unsure of things.

[00:29:43] And now we are here in this next day in the aftermath.

[00:29:48] And one of my girlfriends text me and she was saying that.

[00:29:53] My boss just texted me and she's not doing well.

[00:29:59] And she said she's just crying.

[00:30:01] And then one of my good girlfriends text me and said, since I ain't doing well.

[00:30:07] I'm trying to process this.

[00:30:11] And I'm going to be honest with my listeners.

[00:30:13] I ain't been asleep, but I'm doing good.

[00:30:17] I'm good as hell because I process it.

[00:30:20] You know, this is my thing is I put on my headphones about 10 o'clock at night.

[00:30:27] I would not watch the whole thing.

[00:30:29] I just couldn't.

[00:30:31] I couldn't watch it.

[00:30:33] So I just had on my headphones.

[00:30:35] And the very first song that came up for me was a gospel song called I'm In My Winning Season.

[00:30:43] I'm In My Winning Season.

[00:30:47] Man, you might have to get that playlist out to people.

[00:30:49] Whatever playlist you got, you might have to have a Naomi's playlist.

[00:30:53] That might be a thing.

[00:30:55] Yeah.

[00:30:55] Right.

[00:30:56] And that's not even my first song.

[00:30:57] I just, you know, put, you know, you push your playlist and you put Scramble and it came up.

[00:31:01] I'm In My Winning Season.

[00:31:03] You know.

[00:31:04] And I was like, wow.

[00:31:06] And it kept repeating itself.

[00:31:08] So let me tell you about this repeating, repetitive.

[00:31:12] I'm reading the book, Change Your Paradigm.

[00:31:15] Change Your Life.

[00:31:16] And it's something that Bob Proctor says about being repetitive and repeating things over and over again.

[00:31:22] So it can stick in your mind.

[00:31:23] You repeat it over and over again.

[00:31:25] So you can change your mindset and it'll be of second nature.

[00:31:29] So this, that song just kept coming in my head and my mind.

[00:31:33] It kept repeating that you are in your winning season.

[00:31:35] That everything that you touch is winning.

[00:31:38] Everything that you attach to is won.

[00:31:42] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:31:43] So as it continued to keep saying that in my mind, now I've risen.

[00:31:47] Now I'm up.

[00:31:48] I'm up.

[00:31:50] I'm in my little muumuu.

[00:31:51] I'm up downstairs now deep cleaning.

[00:31:55] Now as I'm deep cleaning, the next song comes on.

[00:31:58] It's a Patti LaBelle song called It's a New Day.

[00:32:04] The timing of it all.

[00:32:07] The timing of it all.

[00:32:09] So at this moment of this time, it's telling me, look, that election is over with.

[00:32:15] There is nothing that you can do.

[00:32:18] Nothing.

[00:32:19] You are still in your winning season.

[00:32:21] You have to stay focused.

[00:32:23] You have to stay focused.

[00:32:26] In the midst of all of this chaos, there is a light that you have to keep staying focused on.

[00:32:32] You have to stay in your light.

[00:32:34] You have to stay in your light.

[00:32:35] You have to stay in your light.

[00:32:37] Even through all of this chaos, you still have abundance.

[00:32:41] Do y'all hear me?

[00:32:43] Even through all of this chaos, you still have an abundance of light.

[00:32:50] Yes.

[00:32:51] And we can't deny ourselves also the dark.

[00:32:56] Right?

[00:32:57] The dark is meant for us to learn, to slow down, to gather, to resource.

[00:33:02] Yes.

[00:33:03] That when we're in the light, we know what we're giving.

[00:33:05] Right?

[00:33:06] We have a lot of people that have pure intentions, but the impact is not always the same.

[00:33:10] And then we have to learn how to ground.

[00:33:12] Right?

[00:33:12] You can't control the impact, but you can control your intentions and you can always relearn how to ground.

[00:33:17] Yeah.

[00:33:18] And so people that are also in their dark, like this is a moment for you to relearn, to recreate, to refocus, to recenter, to recollect some things.

[00:33:27] Because it's so important to value your dark as much as your light.

[00:33:31] You have to balance.

[00:33:32] Yes.

[00:33:33] You have to balance.

[00:33:34] You have to balance.

[00:33:35] You have to balance.

[00:33:36] The next song that came on was by Earth, Wind & Fire.

[00:33:41] Ooh.

[00:33:41] What was it?

[00:33:42] What was it?

[00:33:44] Listen.

[00:33:45] On this.

[00:33:45] This is one of my favorite songs.

[00:33:46] This is my dad's song.

[00:33:48] And it's On Your Face.

[00:33:51] Ooh.

[00:33:52] That's a cut.

[00:33:54] Ooh.

[00:33:55] That's a cut.

[00:33:56] See, those are real fans.

[00:33:58] Those are real fans.

[00:33:59] They're a little bit tired.

[00:34:00] Yes.

[00:34:01] Yes.

[00:34:01] And with that song, I did a show speaking about this song because this song right here, it says, no matter what's on your face, you get the power from within.

[00:34:16] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:34:18] You get the power from within.

[00:34:21] In this book, in this book, in this change of the paradigm, Change Your Life.

[00:34:28] He talks about this song by Nat King Cole about pretending.

[00:34:37] And it's an amazing song.

[00:34:39] And the song talks about even though life is not real, you got to pretend and you got to act like you are in this moment.

[00:34:47] So it's like when you're manifesting, when you're writing down your affirmations, when you're doing all of those things, you write it as it's happening right now.

[00:34:57] You write those things like they're happening right now.

[00:35:03] That's where you tap into your creativity right now.

[00:35:07] So even in that moment, I'm listening to all these songs.

[00:35:10] I'm cleaning.

[00:35:11] And guess what I'm doing?

[00:35:12] I'm dancing.

[00:35:13] That's a part of my creativity.

[00:35:16] I'm tapping into that.

[00:35:17] So I'm doing so many different things at one time.

[00:35:20] And my vibration is just my frequency is just rising.

[00:35:25] It's just out the door.

[00:35:27] I'm tapped in.

[00:35:28] I was tapped in.

[00:35:31] I ain't gonna sleep.

[00:35:35] I'm gonna drink it.

[00:35:36] I'm gonna feel it.

[00:35:37] See, I like that though because...

[00:35:41] Well, I like that though because...

[00:35:43] Well, let me ask you.

[00:35:44] Like, at some point, you're hitting a frequency.

[00:35:50] Where time isn't really time anymore.

[00:35:52] Right?

[00:35:53] Time is a moment of obligation.

[00:35:55] Right?

[00:35:55] You're entering a whole nother energy and frequency where it's not even about time.

[00:36:00] It's about who you are.

[00:36:02] If you know who you are, you're not worried about what time it is.

[00:36:04] There's a reason why Prince didn't have a clock in his practice room, in his creation room.

[00:36:08] There were no clocks.

[00:36:09] So you know what time it was.

[00:36:11] It was a time to create.

[00:36:12] It was time to be.

[00:36:13] And when you're done, you're done.

[00:36:15] When you're ready, you're ready.

[00:36:16] And I think that you unlocking that is something that many people are afraid to jump into because

[00:36:22] they don't know the consequence of when they come back what's gonna happen to them.

[00:36:26] Yeah.

[00:36:27] Right?

[00:36:27] Right?

[00:36:28] So like, how did you know to unlock that though?

[00:36:33] That's what I wanted.

[00:36:33] Like, what made you be like, it's time?

[00:36:36] Like, what was it for you that was like, I want me?

[00:36:40] I want me.

[00:36:41] So let me tell you, I'm gonna take you back a little bit.

[00:36:44] I'm gonna take you back a little bit.

[00:36:47] About a week.

[00:36:49] About a week ago.

[00:36:50] I'm about to take you back a little bit.

[00:36:51] About a week ago.

[00:36:51] About a week ago.

[00:36:53] And it was a test of me truly wanting to change.

[00:37:01] It's truly a test of me wanting to change.

[00:37:04] I've been set down.

[00:37:06] I was recently just set down.

[00:37:08] Me having vertigo.

[00:37:10] Me, these migraines coming back really hard.

[00:37:13] Like, it set me the fuck down, Dr. Will.

[00:37:16] Like, it set me down.

[00:37:17] Like, I'm thinking like, I'm doing everything right.

[00:37:20] Yeah.

[00:37:21] You know that text I sent you?

[00:37:22] Like, look, I got up in the driver's seat.

[00:37:24] I had to get up out that driver's seat.

[00:37:26] Oh, I read that.

[00:37:27] I was like, oh, it's that kind of day.

[00:37:29] I was like.

[00:37:30] Yes.

[00:37:30] Yeah.

[00:37:31] You know, and I'm trying to figure out like, what's going on?

[00:37:33] Like, I'm ahead of schedule with everything.

[00:37:35] I got all of my guests.

[00:37:37] I've got my interviews.

[00:37:38] I got my e-books done.

[00:37:39] I got courses.

[00:37:40] I got everything.

[00:37:40] I got everything.

[00:37:41] And bam.

[00:37:44] Everything just kind of shut down.

[00:37:45] Well, I could not do anything.

[00:37:49] Wow.

[00:37:50] And I'm like, wait.

[00:37:53] Wait.

[00:37:54] Did I misread something?

[00:37:55] Did I mishear something?

[00:37:57] Am I moving too fast?

[00:37:59] And I got frustrated.

[00:38:00] So in that frustration that I got, my cry of prayer was, well, show me.

[00:38:07] What am I supposed to do?

[00:38:10] Send me somebody.

[00:38:11] And then the next thing I know, my sister calls me.

[00:38:15] She tell me, here.

[00:38:16] She sends me this book.

[00:38:17] I got into the Friday to get it for free.

[00:38:23] I already had a membership, but I said I went and got it.

[00:38:26] Listen to it.

[00:38:28] I was stuck.

[00:38:29] I was like.

[00:38:34] And then I committed to it.

[00:38:36] Then I committed to it.

[00:38:38] Got my sister.

[00:38:38] I said, okay, we're going to be accountability partners for the next 60 days.

[00:38:43] 30 minutes every morning.

[00:38:45] We're going to listen to it.

[00:38:47] We're going to text each other what we got from it.

[00:38:49] We're going to keep listening to it every day.

[00:38:52] Every day.

[00:38:52] I've listened to it right now.

[00:38:54] I'm probably at 13, 14 times.

[00:38:59] Wow.

[00:39:00] 13, 14 times.

[00:39:02] So as I'm going, this is the thing.

[00:39:04] Every month I've been having an e-book.

[00:39:05] My e-book for this is already written.

[00:39:08] I just got to put it in format.

[00:39:10] Oh, wow.

[00:39:10] Every time I sit at the computer, I couldn't put it in format.

[00:39:15] I couldn't even put it in format.

[00:39:17] My head would start hurting.

[00:39:20] I couldn't put it in format.

[00:39:22] Oh, wow.

[00:39:23] And what I learned from that book, it was like, if it becomes difficult for you to do,

[00:39:28] that means that you're forcing something that you shouldn't be doing at that moment.

[00:39:35] Oh, that happened to me this whole month.

[00:39:38] Because I was turning in my model.

[00:39:40] I was like, here's my model.

[00:39:42] I was going to start teaching people.

[00:39:44] But I had to change the name.

[00:39:46] I had to change everything I was doing with it.

[00:39:48] And I was like, I can't think of a name.

[00:39:50] If it's not real, I got to fix it all.

[00:39:52] And I'm like, I'm not going to fix on this until I get them.

[00:39:54] And Lily, the name came after my 40-day devotion.

[00:39:58] And it was Lily.

[00:40:00] Two days after that devotion, it came together.

[00:40:02] And I was like, for days, I just kept trying to figure it out.

[00:40:06] And I was trying to type stuff.

[00:40:08] And it just was not coming together.

[00:40:10] I had to let go.

[00:40:11] I had to let go until it was time.

[00:40:13] And I did not realize what that was.

[00:40:15] That's exactly what happened for me, too.

[00:40:17] Yeah.

[00:40:17] Wow.

[00:40:18] Yeah.

[00:40:19] Wow.

[00:40:19] But even in the book.

[00:40:20] So let me share this.

[00:40:21] In a book, he's saying,

[00:40:24] you got to walk what you talk.

[00:40:28] So you can't be talking about living in abundance

[00:40:30] when your mind's still of scarcity.

[00:40:33] Yeah.

[00:40:34] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:40:35] You can't be, if you still worried about,

[00:40:37] you say you love what you do,

[00:40:39] but you worry about how you can make money off of this.

[00:40:42] Do you really love what you do?

[00:40:45] Do you really love what you do?

[00:40:48] I love what I do.

[00:40:51] Yeah.

[00:40:51] So what you worry about the money?

[00:40:54] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:40:55] Like, you can't sit there and talk about living in abundance

[00:40:59] and not know, you know what I'm saying,

[00:41:01] and speak to these people about it

[00:41:02] because now you're not doing it.

[00:41:04] Exactly.

[00:41:05] Exactly.

[00:41:05] And the mentality behind that, right,

[00:41:08] the psychology behind that is,

[00:41:10] it's not about what I can give.

[00:41:12] It's what I have to offer.

[00:41:14] Offer.

[00:41:14] Yes.

[00:41:14] You can give anything you want.

[00:41:17] What I have to offer is very specific,

[00:41:19] it's very resourceful,

[00:41:20] and it's very strategic,

[00:41:22] and it's very intentional.

[00:41:23] I give every single day.

[00:41:26] But what I offer people is hope,

[00:41:29] change,

[00:41:30] and healing.

[00:41:31] Yes.

[00:41:32] Right?

[00:41:33] Even in my music,

[00:41:35] I give hope,

[00:41:36] healing,

[00:41:36] and change.

[00:41:38] Yeah.

[00:41:38] These are things,

[00:41:39] but I'm not worried about what I'm giving anymore.

[00:41:41] This is what I can offer you.

[00:41:43] Mm-hmm.

[00:41:44] Because I hate to say it,

[00:41:45] but when it comes to people pleasing,

[00:41:46] they love to give.

[00:41:48] They love to give.

[00:41:49] People love to give.

[00:41:59] Mm-hmm.

[00:42:00] And they realize that,

[00:42:01] and that creates a whole other spiral.

[00:42:03] Yeah.

[00:42:03] That abundance mindset of just knowing what I have to offer,

[00:42:07] really understanding what you have to offer,

[00:42:09] how you live within abundance.

[00:42:11] Mm-hmm.

[00:42:11] That's so,

[00:42:12] that story is amazing.

[00:42:14] Yeah.

[00:42:14] That story is amazing.

[00:42:15] Yeah.

[00:42:16] And so it was like,

[00:42:17] I couldn't get it together,

[00:42:18] and then something said,

[00:42:19] you know what?

[00:42:20] Share the book.

[00:42:21] Share the book.

[00:42:22] Do a,

[00:42:22] so you know I always do a challenge.

[00:42:25] Mm-hmm.

[00:42:25] Challenge wouldn't even come through.

[00:42:27] Do a 10-day challenge.

[00:42:29] Open up a whole new community.

[00:42:31] Do a 10-day challenge.

[00:42:34] Mm-hmm.

[00:42:34] Find something new.

[00:42:36] Go in there.

[00:42:37] The same thing you do with your sister,

[00:42:39] do it with a group of people.

[00:42:41] Wow.

[00:42:41] You gotta listen to it for 30 minutes

[00:42:43] or whatever like that.

[00:42:44] Open up a Discord specifically for that.

[00:42:47] So you made your offer.

[00:42:49] Yeah.

[00:42:54] An offer they can't refuse

[00:42:56] because they know once they do it,

[00:42:57] they're gonna change.

[00:43:02] Offers are very intentional.

[00:43:04] Yeah.

[00:43:05] And you gave that.

[00:43:06] Wow.

[00:43:09] Mm.

[00:43:09] So,

[00:43:11] all that creativity came from where?

[00:43:17] It came from a prayer.

[00:43:20] Mm.

[00:43:21] It came from a prayer.

[00:43:23] It came from a prayer of,

[00:43:34] so let me see,

[00:43:35] because I can answer it two ways,

[00:43:36] and let me tell you why.

[00:43:38] Because now I understand what that,

[00:43:39] what the feeling was.

[00:43:42] Because it wasn't totally mine.

[00:43:45] Does that make sense?

[00:43:46] Uh-huh.

[00:43:47] Because it wasn't totally mine.

[00:43:50] Right.

[00:43:50] Because I am,

[00:43:55] I love my family.

[00:43:57] So when I feel stress

[00:43:59] from my family member,

[00:44:01] my partner,

[00:44:02] my lover,

[00:44:02] and I feel the stress from him

[00:44:04] because we're partners,

[00:44:05] and I know he's taking the grunt of mine

[00:44:08] because now he's,

[00:44:10] you know,

[00:44:10] he got my back.

[00:44:11] He's like,

[00:44:11] baby,

[00:44:11] go do this.

[00:44:12] I got this.

[00:44:13] But I see him struggling

[00:44:16] where I was that.

[00:44:17] We was,

[00:44:18] you know,

[00:44:18] we was body class.

[00:44:19] We was living a life,

[00:44:20] and now I see him doing.

[00:44:21] So now it's like,

[00:44:22] oh, wait,

[00:44:23] hold on.

[00:44:24] I'm dropping the ball

[00:44:25] in this way.

[00:44:27] Mm-hmm.

[00:44:28] Hold on.

[00:44:29] And he,

[00:44:29] you know,

[00:44:30] so,

[00:44:31] but he like,

[00:44:31] no,

[00:44:31] I got this.

[00:44:32] And I'm thinking,

[00:44:33] wait,

[00:44:33] hold on.

[00:44:34] I still don't want you,

[00:44:35] you know,

[00:44:36] but that's me.

[00:44:42] Mm-hmm.

[00:44:43] And allow that to happen

[00:44:45] and continue to do what I'm doing.

[00:44:48] Does that make sense?

[00:44:50] Yeah.

[00:44:51] Yeah.

[00:44:51] Ooh,

[00:44:52] that level of faith,

[00:44:53] that level of faith,

[00:44:55] right?

[00:44:55] But also you're trusting his abundance.

[00:44:58] Yeah.

[00:45:00] Yeah.

[00:45:01] Yeah.

[00:45:02] Yeah.

[00:45:03] And that's,

[00:45:03] and that's beautiful

[00:45:04] when you can recognize

[00:45:04] the abundance in somebody else.

[00:45:07] Yeah.

[00:45:07] And you realize what they're giving you

[00:45:08] versus what they're offering you.

[00:45:10] Yeah.

[00:45:10] And it's offering you the chance

[00:45:11] to live your dream

[00:45:12] and do your thing.

[00:45:13] It's like,

[00:45:14] that's,

[00:45:15] that's the offer.

[00:45:16] It's like,

[00:45:16] you have to keep living your thing.

[00:45:18] If not,

[00:45:18] then your thing is not going to happen

[00:45:19] if you don't respect my abundance.

[00:45:21] Yeah.

[00:45:22] Yeah.

[00:45:23] You know,

[00:45:23] this is the thing.

[00:45:24] And I remember

[00:45:26] having this conversation with myself.

[00:45:29] I remember I said,

[00:45:31] this,

[00:45:31] this man was chosen for you.

[00:45:33] So do you understand this man?

[00:45:35] You,

[00:45:35] you both were chosen for each other,

[00:45:38] you know,

[00:45:39] and you have to understand

[00:45:41] understand why

[00:45:42] there was no one

[00:45:44] that could be able

[00:45:45] to treat your heart

[00:45:48] the way that he can treat your heart

[00:45:50] as well as you treat his heart

[00:45:53] the way there's no one

[00:45:54] that can do that.

[00:45:56] The way that you too,

[00:45:57] that your life,

[00:45:58] you are true,

[00:45:59] Bonnie and Clyde.

[00:46:00] Can't nobody do that,

[00:46:01] but you too.

[00:46:02] And I chose and picked you

[00:46:04] for those,

[00:46:04] that reason.

[00:46:06] You know what I'm saying?

[00:46:07] So in that,

[00:46:08] in that,

[00:46:09] you have to sit back

[00:46:09] and look like

[00:46:10] I am so wealthy.

[00:46:12] I am so wealthy

[00:46:14] and that I have everything

[00:46:15] and right here,

[00:46:18] all of this,

[00:46:20] I am wealthy.

[00:46:23] Yes.

[00:46:24] It just takes me

[00:46:25] to get out of my way

[00:46:26] and understand

[00:46:27] that you have to use

[00:46:29] the abundance

[00:46:30] that you have

[00:46:31] right here

[00:46:31] and right now.

[00:46:32] I think I talked about this

[00:46:34] earlier this week

[00:46:35] about using what you got.

[00:46:37] and that's what we don't do.

[00:46:39] We don't use what we got.

[00:46:40] We're always trying to figure out

[00:46:41] what can we get more of.

[00:46:43] Use what we got right here

[00:46:44] and now we'll open up

[00:46:46] more doors

[00:46:47] for what we got.

[00:46:48] Be gracious

[00:46:48] for what we got.

[00:46:51] Be gracious for that

[00:46:52] and then more stuff will come.

[00:46:54] We got to take care

[00:46:54] of what we got.

[00:46:55] Yeah.

[00:46:56] Yeah.

[00:46:57] I'm so glad you said that

[00:46:58] because

[00:46:59] to hold abundance

[00:47:00] is knowing

[00:47:01] what you have

[00:47:02] in resource.

[00:47:03] Yes.

[00:47:03] And a lot of us

[00:47:04] we are so forced

[00:47:05] to once again

[00:47:05] you externalize so much

[00:47:07] that you create

[00:47:08] that self-doubt

[00:47:09] and then you live

[00:47:10] in past cycles

[00:47:11] and you forget

[00:47:12] the entire abundance

[00:47:13] of why you're even there

[00:47:13] in the first place.

[00:47:15] Yeah.

[00:47:16] Yeah.

[00:47:17] Wow.

[00:47:18] Mm-hmm.

[00:47:19] That's so beautiful.

[00:47:20] Yeah.

[00:47:21] I don't think people realize

[00:47:22] how wealthy they are

[00:47:23] and that's what makes them

[00:47:25] always worried

[00:47:26] about being rich.

[00:47:27] Yeah.

[00:47:28] Yeah.

[00:47:31] Yeah.

[00:47:32] So even just

[00:47:33] and I think

[00:47:35] that is why

[00:47:37] that is how

[00:47:37] I was able

[00:47:39] to truly

[00:47:40] tap in

[00:47:42] because I've been

[00:47:42] listening

[00:47:43] to that

[00:47:45] to that book.

[00:47:46] I've been listening

[00:47:47] to that book

[00:47:48] in this mouse.

[00:47:49] I got a mice

[00:47:50] in my house.

[00:47:51] I have been

[00:47:52] definitely afraid

[00:47:53] of a mice.

[00:47:55] So this is where

[00:47:56] I'm going back

[00:47:56] to that.

[00:47:57] I'm definitely

[00:47:58] afraid of

[00:47:58] Spiritually

[00:47:59] what does the mouse

[00:48:00] mean though?

[00:48:00] Because mice

[00:48:01] means something.

[00:48:03] I looked at it.

[00:48:04] Spirituality of mice?

[00:48:06] I saw it was two

[00:48:08] but it was a mice

[00:48:09] but it said

[00:48:10] it was a new

[00:48:11] new

[00:48:13] I'm going to go

[00:48:14] look it up.

[00:48:15] Are you looking it up?

[00:48:17] Yeah.

[00:48:17] I looked it up.

[00:48:18] So

[00:48:19] yeah,

[00:48:19] I got you.

[00:48:20] So mice symbolize

[00:48:21] cunning,

[00:48:22] resourcefulness,

[00:48:22] adaptability,

[00:48:23] and quick-wittedness.

[00:48:26] They're associated

[00:48:27] with fertility,

[00:48:28] abundance,

[00:48:28] and new beginnings.

[00:48:29] things.

[00:48:31] And so

[00:48:31] they're able

[00:48:32] to do great

[00:48:33] things despite

[00:48:33] the size.

[00:48:35] That's what

[00:48:36] they're known for.

[00:48:37] So let me tell you

[00:48:38] something.

[00:48:39] When I saw it,

[00:48:40] I'm going to tell

[00:48:41] this story again.

[00:48:41] I just told it

[00:48:42] on the Monday.

[00:48:43] I told it on

[00:48:44] the first

[00:48:45] coming back.

[00:48:46] and I saw it.

[00:48:48] I had went

[00:48:48] to go visit

[00:48:49] my daughters.

[00:48:50] We had a nice

[00:48:50] little weekend

[00:48:51] and I came back

[00:48:52] and I don't know

[00:48:52] how he got in here.

[00:48:54] I either got

[00:48:55] when I pulled up

[00:48:56] the carpet

[00:48:56] because we get

[00:48:57] ready to redo

[00:48:57] the stairs

[00:48:58] or I left

[00:48:59] the door open

[00:49:00] or something

[00:49:01] but he got

[00:49:02] his little

[00:49:02] but in here.

[00:49:03] You know how

[00:49:03] you're doing stuff

[00:49:04] and he kind of

[00:49:05] like,

[00:49:06] I just

[00:49:06] I ain't see nothing.

[00:49:07] Maybe that was

[00:49:08] Zara.

[00:49:08] Maybe that was

[00:49:09] not.

[00:49:10] I just know

[00:49:10] I see nothing.

[00:49:17] I get up

[00:49:18] and I'm

[00:49:20] walking to the

[00:49:21] bathroom.

[00:49:21] I get out

[00:49:22] of the bed

[00:49:22] and I'm walking

[00:49:23] to the bathroom

[00:49:24] because I'm getting

[00:49:24] ready to

[00:49:26] really clean up.

[00:49:27] I'm getting ready

[00:49:27] to,

[00:49:29] as I call,

[00:49:30] simplify my life.

[00:49:32] I'm getting ready

[00:49:32] to take the stuff

[00:49:33] that's in my closet

[00:49:34] and I'm getting

[00:49:35] ready to give it away.

[00:49:36] I'm really getting

[00:49:37] ready to do

[00:49:39] minimalist living

[00:49:40] like a lot

[00:49:41] of stuff

[00:49:41] that I don't

[00:49:42] need.

[00:49:43] I'm getting

[00:49:43] ready to give

[00:49:43] it away,

[00:49:44] you know?

[00:49:45] And so I'm

[00:49:46] like,

[00:49:46] yes,

[00:49:46] talking to my

[00:49:47] sister,

[00:49:47] like,

[00:49:48] yes,

[00:49:48] text her,

[00:49:48] yes,

[00:49:49] we get ready

[00:49:49] to do this,

[00:49:50] we get ready

[00:49:50] to chase this

[00:49:51] here.

[00:49:53] I walk,

[00:49:54] I take the

[00:49:54] bathroom

[00:49:54] and this little

[00:49:55] thing like

[00:49:55] go,

[00:49:57] I must have

[00:49:58] screamed so

[00:49:59] loud,

[00:50:00] I jumped

[00:50:01] from there

[00:50:01] onto my

[00:50:02] bed.

[00:50:08] My mother

[00:50:09] runs out

[00:50:10] the room

[00:50:10] with a broom.

[00:50:12] Oh,

[00:50:14] now she

[00:50:15] got activated

[00:50:15] too.

[00:50:16] She got

[00:50:17] activated?

[00:50:18] She runs

[00:50:19] out of it

[00:50:19] with the

[00:50:19] room.

[00:50:20] I'm already

[00:50:22] on the

[00:50:22] phone.

[00:50:25] Now you

[00:50:25] call me.

[00:50:27] Oh my

[00:50:28] God.

[00:50:30] You didn't

[00:50:30] get down,

[00:50:30] the mice didn't

[00:50:31] get downstairs

[00:50:31] yet and you

[00:50:32] already called

[00:50:32] the phone.

[00:50:36] He was

[00:50:36] talking about

[00:50:37] to get you

[00:50:37] a hotel

[00:50:38] room.

[00:50:41] It was

[00:50:41] probably a

[00:50:42] little thing

[00:50:42] too.

[00:50:43] It was

[00:50:43] probably a

[00:50:43] little time

[00:50:44] but I

[00:50:44] didn't care.

[00:50:45] At that

[00:50:46] moment,

[00:50:46] I did

[00:50:47] not care.

[00:50:49] I'm on

[00:50:49] a bed and

[00:50:50] I am

[00:50:51] stuck.

[00:50:51] I am

[00:50:52] so stuck.

[00:50:54] He was

[00:50:55] like,

[00:50:55] I'm like,

[00:50:56] I got to

[00:50:56] do stuff.

[00:50:56] I got to

[00:50:57] work.

[00:50:57] My whole

[00:50:58] idea was

[00:50:58] I needed

[00:50:59] to do

[00:51:01] some

[00:51:02] episodes.

[00:51:03] I was

[00:51:03] really

[00:51:04] on my

[00:51:04] work thing.

[00:51:05] I was

[00:51:05] getting ready

[00:51:06] to do

[00:51:06] something.

[00:51:06] my mom

[00:51:06] was

[00:51:07] standing

[00:51:07] at the

[00:51:07] door

[00:51:07] with

[00:51:07] the

[00:51:08] broom.

[00:51:09] I said,

[00:51:10] I saw

[00:51:11] her mouth.

[00:51:11] She said,

[00:51:12] oh,

[00:51:12] you're so

[00:51:12] chicken.

[00:51:13] Now she

[00:51:13] calling me

[00:51:14] a chicken.

[00:51:17] That's

[00:51:19] so good.

[00:51:21] I said,

[00:51:22] but you're

[00:51:23] my mama.

[00:51:23] You're

[00:51:24] supposed to

[00:51:24] come in

[00:51:25] here.

[00:51:25] This is

[00:51:25] what you

[00:51:26] do.

[00:51:26] This is

[00:51:26] what your

[00:51:27] job is

[00:51:27] to do

[00:51:28] to come

[00:51:28] and protect

[00:51:29] me

[00:51:29] from

[00:51:29] this

[00:51:30] mouth.

[00:51:30] I'm

[00:51:31] about

[00:51:31] to play

[00:51:31] your

[00:51:31] game.

[00:51:36] Love

[00:51:36] a

[00:51:36] broom

[00:51:36] though.

[00:51:37] It's

[00:51:37] crazy.

[00:51:37] She

[00:51:38] got

[00:51:38] a

[00:51:38] broom

[00:51:38] wild.

[00:51:39] She

[00:51:39] come

[00:51:40] in

[00:51:40] and

[00:51:40] do

[00:51:41] her

[00:51:42] little

[00:51:42] thing.

[00:51:43] I'm

[00:51:44] on

[00:51:44] a

[00:51:44] bed

[00:51:44] stuck.

[00:51:46] As I'm

[00:51:46] sitting

[00:51:46] there

[00:51:46] and I'm

[00:51:47] talking

[00:51:47] to him

[00:51:48] on the

[00:51:48] phone,

[00:51:48] I'm

[00:51:48] texting

[00:51:49] my

[00:51:49] sister,

[00:51:50] girl,

[00:51:50] it is

[00:51:51] a

[00:51:51] mouse

[00:51:51] in

[00:51:51] this

[00:51:52] room.

[00:51:52] She

[00:51:53] texts

[00:51:53] me

[00:51:53] back,

[00:51:53] I know

[00:51:54] you

[00:51:54] downstairs

[00:51:55] ready

[00:51:55] to

[00:51:55] go.

[00:51:56] I

[00:51:56] know

[00:51:56] you

[00:51:56] downstairs

[00:51:57] packed

[00:51:57] and

[00:51:57] ready

[00:51:57] to

[00:51:58] go.

[00:51:58] Everyone

[00:51:58] know

[00:51:59] I

[00:52:06] said

[00:52:07] see

[00:52:08] if

[00:52:08] baby

[00:52:09] girl

[00:52:09] she

[00:52:10] can

[00:52:10] help

[00:52:10] you

[00:52:10] to

[00:52:10] get

[00:52:11] your

[00:52:11] stuff

[00:52:11] and

[00:52:13] go

[00:52:13] ahead

[00:52:14] and

[00:52:14] I

[00:52:18] was

[00:52:19] stuck

[00:52:19] on

[00:52:20] that

[00:52:21] bed

[00:52:21] and

[00:52:22] I

[00:52:22] took

[00:52:23] some

[00:52:23] deep

[00:52:24] breath

[00:52:24] in

[00:52:24] and

[00:52:24] I

[00:52:24] was

[00:52:25] like

[00:52:25] hold

[00:52:26] on.

[00:52:27] I

[00:52:27] said

[00:52:27] no

[00:52:28] I

[00:52:28] can't

[00:52:28] do

[00:52:28] that.

[00:52:29] I

[00:52:29] said

[00:52:29] I

[00:52:29] got

[00:52:30] a

[00:52:30] mission.

[00:52:31] I

[00:52:31] said

[00:52:31] I

[00:52:36] I

[00:52:36] said

[00:52:36] I

[00:52:37] put

[00:52:40] on

[00:52:40] these

[00:52:41] to

[00:52:43] this

[00:52:43] book

[00:52:43] and

[00:52:44] I'm

[00:52:44] about

[00:52:44] to

[00:52:44] get

[00:52:45] it

[00:52:45] going.

[00:52:46] I

[00:52:47] said

[00:52:47] no

[00:52:47] I'm

[00:52:47] about

[00:52:47] to

[00:52:48] get

[00:52:48] it

[00:52:48] going.

[00:52:48] So

[00:52:49] I

[00:52:49] got

[00:52:49] off

[00:52:49] the

[00:52:50] phone

[00:52:50] with

[00:52:50] him

[00:52:50] and

[00:52:50] put

[00:52:50] on

[00:52:50] my

[00:52:51] headphones

[00:52:51] and

[00:52:52] it

[00:52:54] down

[00:52:56] moving

[00:52:56] stuff.

[00:52:57] Then

[00:52:58] my

[00:53:06] I said what I was going to say to the mouth.

[00:53:08] I gave the mouse a name, Jerry.

[00:53:13] Your cousin, my cousin, Jerry.

[00:53:15] I gave the mouse a name, Jerry.

[00:53:17] When I see Jerry, we're going to have a conversation.

[00:53:19] Jerry and I are going to have a conversation.

[00:53:21] It was just all of that, right?

[00:53:23] I love how you humanized your fear, right?

[00:53:28] Exactly.

[00:53:29] I did.

[00:53:29] You humanized it.

[00:53:30] And so my sister was like, girl, because you know I would have been downstate.

[00:53:33] It's the same sister.

[00:53:34] We're doing accountability.

[00:53:35] We're trying to get out of this paradigm together and just trying to feed on to my head.

[00:53:44] You're going to shift your paradigm like this.

[00:53:46] Right.

[00:53:46] And so I'm talking to her.

[00:53:49] And I said, no, no.

[00:53:50] I said, we got this.

[00:53:50] I said, I'm going to get a little box.

[00:53:52] Now I'm visualized.

[00:53:54] I'm doing a visualization with her.

[00:53:55] I said, I'm doing a box.

[00:53:57] I said, I got a little box.

[00:53:58] I said, mama going to kind of run it in.

[00:54:01] I said, I got the box.

[00:54:02] I'm going to open it.

[00:54:03] And then he's going to run into the box.

[00:54:04] Then I'm going to close the box.

[00:54:06] I said, what you going to do with the box?

[00:54:08] He had to go.

[00:54:08] Then I'm going to take the box.

[00:54:09] And I'm going to take it.

[00:54:10] I'm going to run down and stand.

[00:54:11] And then all of a sudden, I felt a box shake.

[00:54:17] Well, there was no box in my hand.

[00:54:19] But I felt the box shake in my hand.

[00:54:21] And I screamed.

[00:54:23] That is how strong that visualization was.

[00:54:44] I said, I said, no.

[00:54:46] I said, no.

[00:54:49] Wow.

[00:54:50] Yes.

[00:54:50] Yeah.

[00:54:51] So it was so many things that was happening that I said, OK.

[00:54:55] I said, mm-mm.

[00:54:57] I said, no.

[00:54:59] This mouse was supposed to be here for a reason to show me,

[00:55:03] to tap into my powers more.

[00:55:05] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:55:07] Yeah.

[00:55:07] So I was like, OK.

[00:55:08] No.

[00:55:09] All right, Jerry.

[00:55:10] I ain't seen Jerry.

[00:55:11] I haven't seen him in a minute.

[00:55:15] So I don't know where Jerry's at.

[00:55:20] OK.

[00:55:20] I'll come back to check in and see what you learned.

[00:55:24] Let's see what you learned today.

[00:55:26] You know, I don't know where Jerry's at.

[00:55:28] But I've just been working and cleaning and working and cleaning.

[00:55:31] And that's it.

[00:55:33] And if I see Jerry, I say, I'm not going to kill Jerry.

[00:55:35] I'm not going to kill Jerry.

[00:55:37] I'm going to put him in a box.

[00:55:37] And I'm going to take him way, way, way.

[00:55:41] And go for a walk.

[00:55:42] Down the street.

[00:55:44] About 10 blocks over.

[00:55:47] And went with his other cousins.

[00:55:49] Right.

[00:55:49] I'm going to have a man take him about 10 blocks over.

[00:55:52] Right.

[00:55:52] Right.

[00:55:53] Exactly.

[00:55:54] You want to take a walk with Jerry?

[00:55:55] You want to take a walk with Jerry?

[00:55:56] You may like that.

[00:55:58] Jerry may like that.

[00:56:01] That's a wild story.

[00:56:03] Yeah, but that's how I tap into it.

[00:56:03] But it's a great story of manifestation, though.

[00:56:06] Huh?

[00:56:06] Yeah.

[00:56:07] That is a great story of manifestation.

[00:56:08] But that is like, whoo.

[00:56:12] Yeah.

[00:56:13] And you haven't heard from Jerry since?

[00:56:17] Actually, I did.

[00:56:19] So wait.

[00:56:22] I heard.

[00:56:23] I didn't see.

[00:56:24] I heard from him, but I didn't see.

[00:56:27] So he had like this little trap.

[00:56:29] They don't even make traps like they used to back in the day.

[00:56:31] So it was a little trap.

[00:56:33] And I'm coming upstairs with my plate because now I'm working.

[00:56:36] Like I'm now working in my room office.

[00:56:38] You know, I didn't come down to the studio.

[00:56:40] I'm working in my room office.

[00:56:41] And as I'm walking up the stairs, I hear.

[00:56:45] I'm like, oh, he got caught.

[00:56:48] So I'm texting like, oh, he got caught.

[00:56:53] Yeah.

[00:56:53] And I'm, you know, I'm tiptoeing in.

[00:56:58] What?

[00:57:03] There's no point.

[00:57:05] Okay.

[00:57:05] Go ahead.

[00:57:06] Look.

[00:57:08] The mouse is probably like this big.

[00:57:10] I'm tipping my mom.

[00:57:11] I'm like, oh, she said what?

[00:57:14] How what?

[00:57:15] Yeah.

[00:57:15] You know, she don't forget with the hair while I'm talking.

[00:57:17] Right.

[00:57:18] There's a mouse.

[00:57:19] There's a mouse on the other side.

[00:57:21] What was I talking about?

[00:57:22] Oh, yeah.

[00:57:23] I go.

[00:57:23] Oh, shit.

[00:57:24] I forgot.

[00:57:24] She forgot.

[00:57:28] Let me get my broom again.

[00:57:32] Oh, God.

[00:57:33] No, I go.

[00:57:34] And she comes right behind me.

[00:57:35] Tiptoe.

[00:57:36] Got the broom.

[00:57:36] She got the broom.

[00:57:42] And we look.

[00:57:43] And she said, well, wait a sec.

[00:57:45] And then I'm looking.

[00:57:46] And I said, I think over there.

[00:57:48] So I'm pointing.

[00:57:49] Look, I'm so.

[00:57:50] I'm sitting there.

[00:57:51] This real lady in there.

[00:57:53] With the hitches over there.

[00:58:03] She don't know no better.

[00:58:07] I think it's flipped over.

[00:58:09] She said, girl, ain't nothing here.

[00:58:10] She said, but he ate the peanut butter.

[00:58:15] Well, now Jerry's going to stay because you feed him.

[00:58:18] And Jerry's going to be like, I like it here.

[00:58:20] But he was struggling for a minute.

[00:58:22] And I was like, well, maybe he ain't got no back.

[00:58:24] But you know, he got the sticky things.

[00:58:26] Right.

[00:58:27] Right.

[00:58:27] Right.

[00:58:28] Now you get Jerry a cape.

[00:58:30] You get Jerry a cape.

[00:58:33] Now you're going to fly and rat.

[00:58:35] See this.

[00:58:38] Oh, that's rough.

[00:58:39] Because now.

[00:58:40] Now you got.

[00:58:41] Okay.

[00:58:42] Yeah.

[00:58:42] You need a better trap.

[00:58:43] That's first and foremost.

[00:58:45] You need a better trap.

[00:58:45] That's the first step.

[00:58:47] The meaning behind it is.

[00:58:50] This is.

[00:58:51] This is a relationship now.

[00:58:52] It's no longer an enemy thing.

[00:58:54] This is a relationship now you have with Jerry.

[00:58:56] It is.

[00:58:57] You know, and that's what.

[00:58:58] That's what I'm looking at it as.

[00:59:00] Yeah.

[00:59:00] For me to truly embrace my fears.

[00:59:04] Not.

[00:59:04] You know what I'm saying?

[00:59:05] Not make my fear an enemy.

[00:59:07] To embrace my fears.

[00:59:08] Because a lot of times our fears are our protectors.

[00:59:11] Protect us.

[00:59:12] Yes.

[00:59:12] At times.

[00:59:13] You understand what I'm saying?

[00:59:14] They sometimes give us alerts.

[00:59:16] You know.

[00:59:17] And so.

[00:59:18] In this moment.

[00:59:19] That is where.

[00:59:20] You know.

[00:59:20] Like you said.

[00:59:21] You humanized it.

[00:59:23] You've given it a name.

[00:59:24] You're.

[00:59:25] Doing it.

[00:59:26] So right now.

[00:59:27] I am actually.

[00:59:28] Giving myself tools.

[00:59:30] For other things down the line.

[00:59:31] That might be.

[00:59:32] You know.

[00:59:34] Yeah.

[00:59:34] Yeah.

[00:59:35] Yeah.

[00:59:36] And.

[00:59:36] And that's literally like.

[00:59:38] Like.

[00:59:38] The symbolism is being able to do great things.

[00:59:40] Despite its size.

[00:59:41] That's literally the symbolism of a mouse.

[00:59:43] Mouse can do so much.

[00:59:44] Despite their size.

[00:59:46] Yeah.

[00:59:46] And what you're preparing yourself for.

[00:59:48] Is exactly this next journey in your life.

[00:59:50] Yeah.

[00:59:50] That's hilarious.

[00:59:51] Yeah.

[00:59:51] But I am going to miss Jerry though.

[00:59:58] I hope you get a picture of it.

[01:00:00] I hope.

[01:00:00] I hope you get a picture of it.

[01:00:01] And you send it to me.

[01:00:02] I hope you do.

[01:00:03] And I'm like.

[01:00:04] Why Jerry?

[01:00:05] I said like.

[01:00:06] Tom and Jerry.

[01:00:07] Yeah.

[01:00:08] I just love that cartoon.

[01:00:09] Tom and Jerry.

[01:00:10] And Jerry.

[01:00:11] But you know the rule.

[01:00:12] The thing is.

[01:00:13] You may have.

[01:00:14] You may want to change the name.

[01:00:15] Because in the show.

[01:00:16] Jerry never got caught.

[01:00:19] Now see.

[01:00:22] You named.

[01:00:23] You named it.

[01:00:23] So you already told the whole story.

[01:00:25] So I'm just saying.

[01:00:26] Jerry never got caught.

[01:00:28] Till this day.

[01:00:29] Till this day.

[01:00:31] So.

[01:00:32] You might have to have his name.

[01:00:33] Jerry don't have no babies then.

[01:00:35] All right.

[01:00:36] You know.

[01:00:39] Where there's one.

[01:00:40] There's usually two.

[01:00:42] Don't say that.

[01:00:43] Don't say that.

[01:00:44] But it's okay.

[01:00:45] But it's okay.

[01:00:46] We.

[01:00:46] You're in a good space.

[01:00:48] You have a good relationship.

[01:00:49] So you just.

[01:00:50] Continue to.

[01:00:51] Yeah.

[01:00:52] Not with Judy.

[01:00:55] No Judy.

[01:00:56] Just Jerry.

[01:00:57] No Judy.

[01:00:59] You might be a fire.

[01:01:00] Judy might not like me.

[01:01:02] Well no.

[01:01:03] This might.

[01:01:03] This might be a ratatouille situation.

[01:01:05] You don't even know.

[01:01:06] We don't know yet.

[01:01:07] He already likes me.

[01:01:08] He's like peanut butter.

[01:01:09] Get some more greedy.

[01:01:12] We might have the wrong mouse.

[01:01:14] So he'll know yet.

[01:01:15] Really.

[01:01:18] You know what.

[01:01:18] We always get a little sad.

[01:01:20] Try to go down a little rabbit hole.

[01:01:21] But it.

[01:01:22] It makes so much sense.

[01:01:23] For you know.

[01:01:24] With the creativity.

[01:01:25] Creativity.

[01:01:25] That is how I tapped in.

[01:01:27] That is how.

[01:01:28] I was able to.

[01:01:30] Tap in.

[01:01:30] I believe that's.

[01:01:31] I know.

[01:01:32] That's how.

[01:01:33] It is.

[01:01:34] I'm still.

[01:01:34] Creativity can overcome so many.

[01:01:35] Creativity overcomes so many fears.

[01:01:37] And that's why.

[01:01:38] That's why artists.

[01:01:39] Create so much.

[01:01:40] Because.

[01:01:40] They understand what the world's going through.

[01:01:42] And they create.

[01:01:42] And it makes it more digestible.

[01:01:45] So many artists have so many stories.

[01:01:46] Of pain.

[01:01:47] Trauma.

[01:01:48] Hurt.

[01:01:48] And they put it in ways.

[01:01:49] That make us feel good.

[01:01:50] About ourselves.

[01:01:51] That's.

[01:01:52] That's.

[01:01:53] That's the beauty of creativity.

[01:01:55] The abundance of it all.

[01:01:57] So yeah.

[01:02:00] Well thank you.

[01:02:01] Thank you.

[01:02:02] As always.

[01:02:03] It's always good.

[01:02:05] It's always good.

[01:02:06] Dr. Will.

[01:02:06] It's always positive.

[01:02:07] It's always positive.

[01:02:08] Yeah.

[01:02:09] It is.

[01:02:10] It is.

[01:02:11] All right.

[01:02:11] My beautiful people.

[01:02:12] All right.

[01:02:13] My beautiful people.

[01:02:14] Remember.

[01:02:14] Starting on Monday.

[01:02:16] We are starting the 10 day.

[01:02:19] Book challenge.

[01:02:20] Reading.

[01:02:21] We're reading.

[01:02:22] The change your paradigm.

[01:02:24] Change your life.

[01:02:25] By Bob Proctor.

[01:02:26] Which is a fantastic resource.

[01:02:27] Of shifting your mindset.

[01:02:29] And embracing abundance.

[01:02:30] You just heard what the book has been doing for me.

[01:02:32] And when I tell you.

[01:02:34] I am so ready.

[01:02:37] Let me tell y'all something.

[01:02:38] And I shared it earlier this week.

[01:02:40] I said by the end of this year.

[01:02:42] When I begin 2025.

[01:02:45] It's a rebirth for me.

[01:02:46] All of 2025.

[01:02:48] That whole is called rebirth.

[01:02:50] The year of the rebirth.

[01:02:52] This is what it's all about.

[01:02:55] And I understand right now.

[01:02:56] What's happening with me.

[01:02:59] That this needed to happen.

[01:03:00] That even with my mic.

[01:03:02] Even with.

[01:03:03] You know.

[01:03:03] My vertigo.

[01:03:04] Imagine my vertigo.

[01:03:06] Happening.

[01:03:07] In October.

[01:03:09] The month of balancing.

[01:03:11] The month of balancing.

[01:03:12] You understand?

[01:03:12] You understand how all that shit was going up?

[01:03:14] And the crazy thing is.

[01:03:16] I couldn't get a doctor's appointment.

[01:03:17] No time before then.

[01:03:19] But as soon as that happened.

[01:03:21] Doctor's appointment.

[01:03:22] Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

[01:03:23] Lined up.

[01:03:24] Wow.

[01:03:27] That's amazing.

[01:03:29] Yeah.

[01:03:30] Yeah.

[01:03:31] It's your time.

[01:03:32] Yeah.

[01:03:34] Yeah.

[01:03:34] And I'm being obedient.

[01:03:37] I'm understanding.

[01:03:39] I'm understanding everything.

[01:03:43] Yeah.

[01:03:44] I'm more aware now than ever.

[01:03:46] I'm more aware now than ever.

[01:03:50] And I am learning to listen more.

[01:04:00] Speak less.

[01:04:02] Yeah.

[01:04:03] I'm so glad you said that.

[01:04:05] Because during my spiritual warfare.

[01:04:06] During that concert.

[01:04:08] All the things that were said.

[01:04:10] And done.

[01:04:11] I didn't reply back to anything.

[01:04:13] Because.

[01:04:14] I never wanted to say.

[01:04:16] Do.

[01:04:17] Or treat somebody.

[01:04:19] In a way that I may regret.

[01:04:20] When I'm in my next stage in life.

[01:04:22] When I'm proud of myself.

[01:04:23] Yeah.

[01:04:24] I wanted to make sure my success was genuinely.

[01:04:27] Pure.

[01:04:28] And my intentions were pure.

[01:04:29] Yeah.

[01:04:30] You know.

[01:04:31] That's the beauty of it.

[01:04:33] Yeah.

[01:04:35] Yeah.

[01:04:36] You know.

[01:04:36] It's one prayer that I always do.

[01:04:38] Especially when there is conflict amongst.

[01:04:41] In situations and stuff like that.

[01:04:43] I always say.

[01:04:47] If this moment or this relationship is no longer aligned.

[01:04:52] In what.

[01:04:52] Who and what I am is today.

[01:04:54] And in the future.

[01:04:56] I ask that you remove it in peace.

[01:04:59] Yes.

[01:05:01] Yeah.

[01:05:03] Yes.

[01:05:04] Always.

[01:05:05] Because I want to make sure that.

[01:05:08] There is never any ill will.

[01:05:11] Because there is always love.

[01:05:13] There is always love coming from me.

[01:05:16] And I would want that love return.

[01:05:18] Back.

[01:05:18] Because even though we might not be good.

[01:05:21] In this season anymore.

[01:05:24] I never know.

[01:05:25] I might see you some seasons down the line.

[01:05:27] You understand what I'm saying?

[01:05:29] You know.

[01:05:29] And I don't want to.

[01:05:31] You know.

[01:05:32] And I know a lot of people say.

[01:05:33] Once you cross that bridge.

[01:05:34] You don't want to cross that bridge again.

[01:05:35] But we might be on a whole nother bridge.

[01:05:38] That's way down the road somewhere.

[01:05:41] I might not be going back down that one bridge right there.

[01:05:43] I'm going up the street.

[01:05:45] Not back.

[01:05:46] Exactly.

[01:05:46] Yeah.

[01:05:48] Yeah.

[01:05:48] You know.

[01:05:49] So.

[01:05:51] Yeah.

[01:05:52] Wow.

[01:05:53] Yeah.

[01:05:54] You get any more.

[01:05:54] Any last words Dr. Will?

[01:05:56] Yeah.

[01:05:57] Make sure you are kind to yourself.

[01:06:00] And heal always.

[01:06:01] And I will say one more thing.

[01:06:03] Create something this week.

[01:06:05] Whether it's a drawing.

[01:06:07] A painting.

[01:06:08] A sculpture.

[01:06:09] Create something.

[01:06:11] Just create something.

[01:06:12] And say it's for you.

[01:06:14] Create something for yourself this week.

[01:06:17] Beautiful.

[01:06:18] Beautiful.

[01:06:19] All right.

[01:06:19] Thank you.

[01:06:20] Thank you.

[01:06:21] Again.

[01:06:21] Thank you Dr. Will.

[01:06:22] It's so good to have you back.

[01:06:24] So good to have you back.

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