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Theo and Leona of the World Bugle (Team E-O to you) return for another scoop. (they originally appeared in Cultists Stole My Baby!) Written and produced by Julie Hoverson Cast List Theo - Henry Marks Leona - Robyn Keyes Chief - Julie Hoverson Larry - Dave Fontenot Baby Dali1 - Julie Hoverson Baby Dali2 - Risa Torres Baby Dali3 - Danar Hoverson Waitress - Sirena Raine Melody - Tanja Milojevic Harmony - Cailean Evedus Other Dalis - Marleigh Norton, Kat Pryde, Gwendolyn Gieseke-Woodard, Kimberly Gianopoulos, Kimberly Poole, Brittney Cruz Music by Josh Woodward Dali Song - Music by Reju (used under creative commons license), words by Arthur O'Shaugnessy, Sung by Julie Hoverson Editing and Sound:   Julie Hoverson Cover Design:  Julie Hoverson   "What kind of a place is it? Why it's an infamous newsroom, can't you tell?" **************************************************************************** Whatever Happened to Baby Dali? Cast: [Opening credits - Olivia] Chief Theo "Smoothie" Walsh Leona Pope Dali 1 Other Dalis Melody Harmony Waitress Larry Four Reporters OLIVIA     Did you have any trouble finding it?  What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?  Why, it's a notorious Newsroom, can't you tell?  MUSIC SCENE 1 SOUND     bullpen REPORTER 1    So your sister said - oh, not YOUR sister, a NUN named SISTER. REPORTER 2    Drinking the vinegar counteracts the toxins in the system due to-- REPORTER 3    Fourteen people just vanished?  Were you on any mind-altering substances? REPORTER 4    Yes, if you spell it backwards it certainly does make the word-- SOUND    DOOR CLOSES THEO    Chief?  I - uh-- [breaks off in horror] SOUND    RUSTLE OF TAFFETA CHIEF    Whaddaya think? THEO    [freaked out] Are you... getting married?  [squeak] In white? LEONA    [quiet] Are you really asking? THEO    Uh-- CHIEF    Nah - scared ya didn't I? THEO    Uh-- CHIEF    Don't worry.  I'm still eligible. THEO    Uh--? LEONA    Back away.  Don't take your eyes off her.  CHIEF    Whaddaya think?  It's a little tight in the gut.  Gonna have to cut some of them carbs. THEO    [trying] Yeah.  That would do it. CHIEF    At least I got the shoulders to pull off strapless.  Hey, where you going? THEO    Uh--! LEONA    Eager to get to work.  You know these young pups. CHIEF    Good attitude.  Interview room 3. THEO    Oh, good! LEONA    [side of her mouth] Quick. SCENE 2 SOUND    DOOR SHUTS THEO    what was that? LEONA    It's June. THEO    And? LEONA    Happens about this time every year. THEO    Why? LEONA    Bridal feature pull-out?  I don't know! [hissed] I don't ask!  [commanding]  Room 3. THEO    Oh, right. SOUND     DOOR OPENS LEONA    You go first. THEO    Right.  [a beat]  Holy cow!  It's her! LEONA    Chief doesn't move that fast.  Especially in a train. THEO    No, I mean - I mean - It IS you, isn't it? DALI 1    Is it safe here? THEO    Why does everyone ask that? LEONA    Who does he think you are? DALI 1    I'm - I'm Baby Dali. THEO    I knew it!  I love your music. LEONA    We don't do publicity stunts.  C'mon, Smoothie. SOUND    HUSTLES HIM OUT OF ROOM, DOOR SHUTS THEO    We don't? LEONA    Of course we do.  When we arrange them.  Part of our job - your job - is to protect the Bugle from being used for anyone ELSE's cheap publicity. THEO    Oh.  But Baby Dali's been missing for fourteen days! LEONA    Probably in rehab. THEO    No!  No one knows where she's been!  If we could break the story-- SCENE 3 LARRY    Hey!  You'll never guess who I just took a call from! THEO    Ratboy? LEONA    State mental health board? LARRY    [gloating] Baby Dali.  She's ready to come home, and called US to break the story! THEO    Wait, but she-- SOUND    SLAP LEONA    [covering] When did she call? LARRY    Just now. THEO    Where did she say she was? LARRY    Hah!  No way.  This is MY scoop!  [running away, laughing]  My ticket out of the bullpen!  [stops, turns back] Hah! THEO    That's ... sad. LEONA    Yeah.  Send a stripper.  Come on. THEO    Where are we going? LEONA    [exasperated] Room 3? THEO    Aha! SCENE 4 SOUND    DOOR OPENS LEONA    Sorry about that.  Had to do some quick fact checking. THEO    Yeah!  Make sure you're really.... [melting]  Really her. DALI 1    Precisely the problem!  Proving I'm her!  I mean me. LEONA    [muttered prompt] Oh?  THEO    [gasp] Oh? DALI 1    I'm plagued with posers! LEONA    [sigh]  Aren't the solid black sunglasses and white fright wig a bit of a giveaway? THEO    [infatuated] I knew who you were the moment I saw you. DALI 1    You have a nice face. THEO    I do? LEONA    My colleague will now take notes. SOUND    PEN, PAPER, SLAPPED DOWN THEO    Yeah.... MUSIC SCENE 5 SOUND    IN CAR THEO    Where are we going? LEONA    Following Larry. THEO    Who? LEONA    [disgusted sigh] THEO    [getting it] Oh, him!  How do we find him again? LEONA    He hasn't left yet.  THEO    How do you know? LEONA    I ordered donuts. DALI 1    Oh! LEONA    Shh.  You're not here, remember? DALI 1    [singing] I swear! THEO    Why is she hiding in the back seat under your gym bag? LEONA    One - so she won't be seen, since she won't take off that wig. DALI 1    It is my own hair! LEONA    Like hell.  I saw it shift. DALI 1    It is a wig - but it IS my own hair. LEONA    [shudder] uhhhhh. THEO    And two? LEONA    Two what? THEO    You said that was reason one.  What's two? LEONA    So you can focus, dumbass. THEO    Oh. LEONA    There he goes!  Keep your eyes on the green Camaro. THEO    Camaro? LEONA    [growl] Green car.  Coming out of the parking garage! THEO    Gotcha. MUSIC SCENE 6 AMB    PARK LARRY    [giving a code phrase] The dog flies in the springtime. DALI 2    [squeaky] Yellow is the color of my true love's eyes. LARRY    You sound... different. DALI 2    I use a voice modulator on stage. LARRY    Ah.  So.  The world is listening.  Tell me your story. DALI 2    Listening?  Aren't you from the print media? LARRY    Oh.  Yeah.  I was speaking figuratively. DALI 2    I see.  Anyway...  I have a really big story, but I have to be certain it will see print! LARRY    Of course! SOUND    FOOTSTEPS STORM UP DALI 1    Imposter! DALI 2    Imposter! LEONA    [off, whispered] I thought you were watching her! THEO    [vague] Uh-huh. LEONA    Go get the story dumbass.  THEO    But you? LEONA    I can take photos from here. THEO    [vague] Okay. SOUND    SLAP LEONA    Did I mention I'm not giving warnings any more? LARRY    [angry] You?  No way!  The tale of two Dalis is all mine! THEO    I - we - brought one of them. LARRY     Then dance with the Dali you came with!  It's only fair! DALI 1    She's a fake! DALI 2    She's a fake! THEO    Waitaminute.  You don't even sound like-- BOTH DALIS    Autotune!! DALI 3    [chiming in] Autotune. THEO    Oh. Huh?  Three? MUSIC SCENE 7 WAITRESS    All, righty then - that will be 3 orders of waffles, three fruit cups- ALL DALIS    It's the only thing vegan on the menu. WAITRESS    And two pots of coffee.  Comin right up! SOUND    DOOR OPENS SOUND    DINER NOISES SOUND    DOOR SHUTS, CUTTING OUT THE SOUND LEONA    [prompting]  Ok, this isn't going to last forever - someone will say something, eventually, and then these three won't be an exclusive any more! LARRY    Exclusive to all three of us.  I get my credit, too. THEO    Of course!  Fair is fair. LEONA    [muttered] I got your credit right here. DALI 1    Can we get on with this? DALI 2    I have a recording session in two hours. DALI 3    No, I do. DALI 1    How can they be so much like me? LEONA    Ask them some questions - figure out which is the real one. THEO    Right.  Ok.  Which of you is the real Baby Dali? ALL DALIS    I am. DALI 3    Or should I say [singing] I am me and no one else is. LARRY    Sounds convincing to me.  LEONA    I think that one's a guy. THEO    That doesn't help... there's been "speculation" about Dali. LEONA    [disgusted noise] Ugh!  At least let me get some snaps while you think. SOUND    TAKING PHOTOS THEO    Gee, they even pose alike. LARRY    I guess it will all come down to DNA. THEO    I don't think so.  Dali is a notorious germophobe, and a compulsive clean freak.  [nervously over explaining] According to her official web page, which I only browsed for informational newspaper business reasons. LARRY    Yeah, me too, but I didn't read much.  Those costumes are pretty skimpy. THEO    Don't be so creepy, not right in front of her - uh, them. SCENE 8 SOUND    DOOR KICKED IN THEO    Whoa!  LARRY    [faints] Uhhh... LEONA    I'll be in the... uh...  Corner. THEO    Stop right there! MELODY    You're not giving orders here! HARMONY    Yeah.  Get those hands up where we can see them. LEONA    Keep them talking, this is great.  THEO    Talking? LEONA    Find out what they want. THEO    They're dressed like ninjas.  MELODY    What did you say? THEO    Nothing!  MELODY    I heard you, and I have perfect pitch. THEO    oh.  Nothing ... uh... uncomplimentary. MELODY    [getting closer]  Do you know who we are? LEONA    Say no. THEO    Uh, no?  and - and I don't want to, because that way I can never identify you or even report you for robbing a waffle house! MELODY    [scoffing] Waffle house! HARMONY    We care nothing for your waffles.  THEO    Uh, ok. ALL DALIS    We're having the fruit cup. MELODY    No.  No fruit cup today.  You are coming with us.  Just you three. LEONA    You can't just leave us here.  We might-- [prompting] might--? THEO    Uh, what?  LEONA    We might [prompting] do something?  Ugh! THEO    We might tell [heavy import] THEM. MELODY    [horrified] How do you know about THEM? LEONA    I'm actually impressed. THEO    oh...  Everyone knows about THEM.  But only a select few know how to reach THEM. LEONA    Smoothie. MELODY    [grim]  right.  You will come with us as well.  HARMONY    What about the sleeping one?  Does he know THEM? LEONA    Oh, him?  He doesn't know anyone. MUSIC SCENE 9 SOUND    WALKING, ECHOEY MELODY    Stop! THEO    Can we take off the blindfolds now? MELODY    Harmony!  Take off the blindfolds.  And search them.  We don't want any messages getting to THEM. SOUND    RUSTLING ALL DALIS    [general interjections of annoyance like Hey!  Stop!  Ouch!  Ooh!] HARMONY    Give me your phone.  LEONA    Here. SOUND     ZIP HARMONY    What's this, in your bag?  [confused, examining a camera] It has a lens like a phone, but it's awfully big.  And it doesn't even have a keypad. LEONA    Hmph.  It's an antique.  Keepsake.  I keep meaning to have it mounted on a keychain. HARMONY    It's big for a keychain. LEONA    [exasperated]  I'll never lose my keys.  Besides, I still use the flash... uh - flashlight function sometimes.  See? SOUND    CAMERA SNAPS HARMONY    Oh.  Ok then.  And you. THEO    Be gentle. LEONA    [sarcastic aside] Be careful.  At least she left on the ninja mask.  [up, to Theo] find out what's going on. THEO    Harmony, is it?  A codename, I'm sure, since you and your partner there are clearly too smart to use your real names in front of your victims - I mean in front of civilians. HARMONY    [noncommittal grunt]  Hmph. THEO    All right.  I'm not asking for me, but what do you plan to do with the Baby Dalis?  I worry that something bad is going to happen. HARMONY    Nothing bad.  To them. THEO    That's a lower case "them," right?  Not a THEM them? MELODY    Enough chit-chat!  You probably know why we brought you here-- LEONA    Not a clue. THEO    No. MELODY    We are the Secret Protectorate Aligned to Reduce or Control Leaching of Entertainers. THEO    Leaching? Huh? MELODY    We needed an "L". LEONA    Sparcle? [snort of almost laughter] THEO    Tell me more.  I'm a good listener. MELODY    You don't know it, friend, but there's a celebrity crisis happening every 20 minutes, and no one else is trying to help! THEO    No?  Really? MELODY    That - those three - are proof of the latest perfidy the government has in the works. ALL DALIS    We are? MELODY    [definite] Cloning. THEO    Wow. ALL DALIS    Uh...  DALI 3    [panicked] I need to use the bathroom.  MUSIC SCENE 10  [Whispered conversation] DALI 1    Yes, my disappearance was a publicity stunt, and yes I am the real Baby Dali. LEONA    Heh heh - just like To Tell The Truth. DALI 2    What? LEONA    God I feel old. THEO    And the other two - you and ... her? DALI 2    Professional Dali impersonator.  I was just taking advantage of the vacuum left by her-- SOUND    DOOR OPENS, FEET ENTER DALI 3    [crying and running in] MELODY    Do not worry, Baby Dalis, we are only here to liberate you and facilitate your re-entry into society. LEONA    Like a celebrity dogpound. THEO    Wait! MELODY    What? THEO    Uh-- LEONA    Better make it truly, monumentally good. DALI 2    Way to take the pressure off. THEO    Uh, what if I were to tell you I'm a reporter for the Weekly World Bugle? MELODY    I would be forced to kill you. HARMONY    We're not yet ready to reveal our manifesto to the world. THEO    Ah.  Good thing that would have been a ruse, then, eh? LEONA    We're gonna die. THEO    But you have to ask yourself, then, how DO I know about THEM? Moment of silence MELODY    [cold] I don't have to ask anything. HARMONY    [shocked] Melody!  You know that we can't do that! [cut off] MELODY    Shh!!!  How do I even know that you know about THEM, eh? LEONA    I do not want to die at the hands of bimbos named after the bugaloos. THEO    [ominous but vague]  Do you know about the government connection? MELODY    [shocked] You know? THEO    But it's not who you think it is.  They want us to believe it's this department, or that [hinting] bureau, when ultimately... [trails off suggestively] HARMONY    He does know! THEO    The officials in question might just find themselves a little less able to sleep at night, if they knew that you knew that I know that THEY know just what's behind it all.  MELODY    Do you know the countersign? THEO    Like that incident last month.  [breaking his train] The what? LEONA    [muttered] Bugaloos. THEO    What? MELODY    [suspicious] It almost sounds like you're one of us.  Do you know the countersign? LEONA    [muttered] Benita Bizarre? THEO    Uh... Josie and the Pussycats? LEONA    [exasperated] Damn! MELODY    Welcome brother! LEONA    [impressed] Damn! MUSIC SCENE 11 AMB    DIFFERENT ROOM SOUND    STEPS MELODY    Don't speak yet. SOUND    MUSIC TURNED ON MELODY    It jams any listening device. THEO    I love this song. MELODY    It seemed fitting.  [suddenly brisk]  So.  What do you know about the cloning project? THEO    Uh... nothing specific.  We've had our eye on suspicious activity for quite some time. MELODY    Damn.  I was hoping. THEO    But-- MELODY    What? THEO    Well...  I don't think they can be actual "clones".  Don't they take years to grow?  And Baby Dali only really got famous with her song "Treehouse victim" last year. MELODY    You underestimate the cloning process.  The technology is there. THEO    Oh.  But they're not... perfect copies...? MELODY    That is the trickiest part.  They are clearly mixing DNA. THEO    Clearly? MELODY    Yes.  The squeaky one is probably mixed with that creepy chick from Poultergeist. THEO    Ri-i-ight.  And the other? MELODY    [definite] Morgan Freeman. THEO    Uh, yeah. SOUND    DOOR FLUNG OPEN HARMONY    (breathless) We've found more!  There must have been a breach at the Baby Dali containment center! THEO    Containment Center? MELODY    They had to breed them some place. THEO    Tell me, do you guys see a lot of Elvises? MELODY    How many? THEO    Thousands. MELODY    No, I mean how many Babys have we found? HARMONY    Four more, and another 8 possible sightings. THEO    That's a lot of Dalis. MUSIC SCENE 12 SOUND    DOOR OPENS, SCUFFLE SUDDENLY STOPS SOUND    FEET, DOOR SHUTS THEO    What are you doing? DALI 2    I want to take this all off and get them to let me go!  But they won't let me! LEONA    Naked?  That'll be a photo op. DALI 2    Just the makeup and wig! DALI 1    Never tarnish the illusion. THEO    Don't!  Their belief in this clone thing might be the only thing keeping us all alive. DALI 3    Besides, I can't take it off - I've had surgery. THEO    [creeped out] Oh? DALI 3    For my FACE.  Not down there.  That's probably what started all the rumors. DALI 1    I love the rumors. DALI 3    [starstruck] You do?  Really?  LEONA    Shh! SOUND    SILENCE, DOOR OPENS HARMONY    Get in there! SOUND    SEVERAL PAIRS OF FEET LEONA    More? THEO    Oh, yeah. They've been finding more of them. SOUND    DOOR SLAMS, LOCKS DALI 4    They took me right off the stage! DALI 5     I was on a date. DALI 7    Busking in the subway. DALI 8    [bad asian accent] I Baby Dorry. DALI 6    I was working a party. THEO    And no one tried to stop them from taking you? DALI 6    What could 6-year olds do? THEO    Oh. [gets it] Ohhh. DALI 9    I like your glasses.  Are those Couture? DALI 10    Knockoffs, but they're good aren't they?  I'll give you the url. LEONA    Even if one of them does get naked, I don't think it will stop them.  [up] Haven't you - no I mean you - already done that on stage?  ALL DALIS    I am a SPECTACLE! LEONA    She's done just about everything on stage except light her farts. THEO     That's it! ALL DALIS    We're vegan.  LEONA    Don't look at me. THEO    I don't mean [hinting] lighting gas... LEONA    You lost me. THEO    Have you ever seen the movie Gaslight? MUSIC SCENE 13 THEO    Hey!  You better get in here! SOUND    LOCK UNLOCKING LEONA    One more shot. SOUND    SNAPSHOT SOUND    DOOR OPENS HARMONY    [horrified] What happened?  Where's their hair? MELODY    Is she - uh, that one - dead? THEO    [strange voice] She is dying of captivity. ALL DALIS    [chanting together]  We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams. MELODY    But she's still talking. THEO    Mechanical convictions. HARMONY    I love that song. MELODY    Brother Theo, what happened? THEO    There is more at work here than you can comprehend.  I like you. LEONA    Straight from Gaslight to Star Trek.  Smooth. MELODY    What? THEO    But I hate you. HARMONY    You're mean! SOUND    SHE GOES RUNNING OFF, CRYING ALL DALIS    [CHANTING ALONG] World-losers and world forsakers, on who the pale moon gleams. THEO    Oh!  Uh-- LEONA    Don't back off. THEO    Right.  [trying to match the Dali tone] We are the Music Makers and We are the Dreamers of Dreams. LEONA    You do realize she didn't write that, don't you? MELODY    [confused] Why are you just speaking it like that, why aren't you singing? THEO    [creepy whisper] Because - we have no melody! MELODY    [disturbed] But-but I'm Melody! THEO    Are you?  Are you even here? MELODY    I - I am!  And I still have the gun - uh... [horrified] My gun?! LEONA    Plan B. SOUND    GUN COCKS LEONA    [commanding] Time to go.  THEO    Ok, we-- LEONA    Quick, before they decide on an encore. MUSIC SCENE 14 CHIEF    Good thing you got them all moving.  LEONA    We got pictures of them both with and without the wigs, and of them leaving to get on a special charter bus. THEO    They painted the name on the side really fast. LEONA    No, that's actually a company that only gives tours to Dali impersonators. THEO    Go figure.  Do they have an Elvis bus too? LEONA    Yeah.  But they get fewer drag performers. CHIEF    [reminiscent] Yeah.  They serve deep fried bananas, and spin a wheel to see which color outfit gets to sit shotgun.  [breaking out] Uh, uh - I mean, I hear they do. LEONA    [quick, changing the subject] Right.  We've got at least four stories out of this. THEO    And something for Larry. LEONA    [annoyed and horrified] What? THEO    He was in on it, too.  [sheepish] at the beginning. CHIEF    Larry?  Larry who? LEONA    From the switchboard. CHIEF    Look kid.  Being nice ain't how news gets made.  It's just a fact o' life. THEO    Well...  If we don't give him something, he might take what he DOES have and go to another paper. LEONA    You want to give him a story? THEO    [weakly] He could have the waffle house kidnapping. LEONA    [long suffering sigh] I guess.  As long as he leaves our names out of it.  You just volunteered to edit it. THEO    Okay. CHIEF    So what else do you have for me? THEO    Mass migration of dalis. LEONA    [snickering] SPARCLE. THEO    The sublimation of and abrogation of self in the gestalt identity of celebrity. LEONA    Seriously? THEO    I can spin it. CHIEF    Nice.  Big words make people believe crap like that.  Whatever it is. THEO    I meant an article on how people try and be like famous people. CHIEF    Keep the big words.  It sounds better. THEO    I'll find some experts. LEONA    [another idea] There's also that thing about whether she is a he.  Theo found out-- THEO    Uh, no. CHIEF    What do you mean? THEO    The real one wouldn't confirm or deny.  LEONA    Even when she kissed you? THEO    Yeah, well... [shrugs]  A Dali is a Dali. CHIEF    You could do something with that, you know.  On the puzzles page.  Get three of them and one fake impersonator.  LEONA    [chuckles] CHIEF    Put pictures of them all in a four box grid and stick some clues in as to which is which.  Run a little contest.  Think about it.  [commanding] In your office.  I have to call someone about flowers. THEO    [thinking back to the wedding thing] Flowers?  For? CHIEF    Truman at the Guardian when he drops dead seeing our headlines. THEO    Ohhh.  Good. LEONA    Come on. CHIEF    Eh.  Maybe I should just send that stripper. SOUND    DOOR SHUTS SOUND    THEY LEAVE - THIS FADES ACROSS THE BULLPEN LEONA    I like the puzzle idea, though we should make it 9-up, like the brady bunch. THEO    Who? LEONA    [angry growl]  Nostalgia.  Look it up. THEO    Who will be the fake impersonator? LEONA    She did say you have a nice face. THEO    NO way! LEONA    I have to take the picture. REPORTER 4    We actually already have all the Dalis we can use. REPORTER 3    No, thanks, but if you have an MJ sighting?  No? REPORTER 2    Anything else?  Photo of the prez stepping into a spaceship? REPORTER 1    Yes, yes I'll ask - can we use anything from Ringo Starr?  He's on the line and-- ALL REPORTERS    Naaaaaaaah. FADE TO END

The boys sit down with Melody You, BU grad and the creator of @albumreceipts, a quarantine art project that has now hit 113k followers on IG. Melody talks getting harassed by Taylor Swift fans, breaking down deals with record labels, and getting noticed by her favorite artists.

Oh this is such a great interview with my friend Dr Devin Vrana and this conversation totally epitomizes everything about the Heal Grow Lead podcast. We chat about her journey as a successful Chiropractor and how what led her on her entrepreneurial path to helping others. We also talk about what it is like to be a leader in our own homes, how to set family mission statements and incorporate family spiritual practices into everyday life. This is more than just being a Mom and Chiropractor and we know you’ll love this interview. Enjoy. xo Melody You can connect with Dr Devin Vrana online using the below links: Website: https://www.devinvrana.com/meet-dr-devin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/devin.mobleyvrana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdevinvrana/

We just rolled in from Austin! But before we start unpacking our stuff or workout, we want to unpack a little information for you guys! There was a LOT going on at KetoCon and this was our very first time to go. We plan to make it a yearly habit. This community is so special and amazing. You can only imagine what happens when you get a huge group of people together who are firing on all cylinders because they're eating a nutrient dense, species appropriate, fat fueled, real food diet! What an incredible weekend with massive crowd of happy and energetic people. Now come on...Let's Go Chew the Fat! EAt fat and prosper Steve and Melody You can check out more on our Instagram!

Ready to Positioning Your Business to Profit? Go to-->>> http://positioningtoprofit.com/Patty: Melody Miller thank you so much for being on Her Legacy Podcast. It is an honor and a joy and I just love how our roads continue to cross.Melody: Yes they do. I don't know Patty for some odd reason when we first met. Right. Years ago at Kraft Foods.Patty: Yeah.Melody: For some reason I just kind of figured you know what this might actually be one of those life time relationships.Patty: I think so. And it started when I will never forget. I was watching OK so here's to paint a picture of when we both came from corporate. We have the scars to prove it.Melody: Yes we do.Patty: Back in our Fortune 50 days and one of the, So Ms. Melody Miller she my stakeholders she was my internal customer. And so it was my first time meeting her. She is head of global tech design technology.Really really fancy title and the home line I was like OK who's this Melody. Miller so naturally I went on Linked In and it was scoping you out and trying to figure out your background. And it's funny because I've found that the latter part of my career in corporate the more it let any potential guard down. And I was just being authentic.The better the relationships I was able to forge and so when I saw the first thing that popped in my head is oh my god you have the best eyebrows ever. Do you remember that?Melody: I remember that it's like. Can I just say something? Your eyebrows are like perfect.Patty: I know. And My boss was like OK that's an opener and She even recall them with miss in and I am I am who I am and so are you Melody.Thank you so much for being on the show and I want to get a little braggy like I always start my shows and I want to ask you to get braggy to what is your superpower.Melody: So my superpower and I was actually just just talking about this with with one of my clients literally 30 minutes ago. Is my confidence. My. And that's one reason I named my company the confidence trifecta right. That is my superpower.My confidence. I actually did a poll as you know when I was trying to figure out what the name my company on what my next step was. I sent out a survey to all of my friends and family former colleagues you know former business partners everybody and I said OK if Melody had a superpower what would it be.I'm telling you ninety nine point nine percent of the responders said hey your competence precedes you into a room. You know you are the most confident person I have ever met. So that's my superpower.Patty: I agree. I agree. And it's really interesting because the genesis of the confidence trifecta. I was there when when we were doing the whole super thing and it was at that retreat. And I just said it was so amazing because it was so natural. And we were talking about how when you ask your tribe you asked your folks because we're so innate we don't see the strengths in ourselves.You do. But I think that really cemented it for you that that was something to really leverage is the confidence trifecta because beyond the things that people do underlying they just want to get permission or receive permission to step into their power and confidence is such a big part of that. And you have that you always have had that.And this just comes. It comes from a place of joy. Is the way I see you you all have a very joyful spirit about you. And it's really natural. And it's really fun and it's really authentic. So....Melody: Well Thanks Patty. And speaking authenticity you know that was one reason as you know that I had to emancipate myself from America. I pray that.Patty: Tell us about the background because I will never forget. There was a holy emancipation year after Melody Miller quit her big corporate job and it was a very very big title very high accolade in the whole line. So take us through that trajectory because here's the thing.This conversation is going to not only be about your emancipation but how you have turned your philanthropy your love of giving. It's giving you a bigger version of yourself that you're stepping into. I want to get to that point but I want the background so people can see just how we've come to this point.Melody: Yes so. So yeah I I tell people you know I am a recovering corporate executive. I spent almost 30 years in corporate America working for Fortune 50 companies and as you as you alluded to my last position was pretty big. I was the director of design operations for the company that owns Oreo cookies. Trident Gum. Ritz crackers Cadbury chocolate.I was actually the person responsible for the printing the graphics and the printing and all of their packaging globally worldwide. So that was my last corporate position. But the thing is I've found out. Close close to turning 50 that I was not going to be able to survive it. I was not going to be able to retire. In corporate America because literally although I loved my job what I did. I found that I could not be my authentic self. I spent years.Trying to. Fit that corporate mold talk like them dressed like them you know do my hair like them you know "them". And I literally was too Melody. I was the corporate Melody. And then I was the at home around my friends when everybody else Melody. And I realized I could live like that but more importantly I realized I didn't have to live like that. So. I developed a plan and. And I've always been frugal with my money. So I developed a plan of emancipation as I as I coined it. So first I had emancipated my daughter. I have a daughter Marisa.So I knew once I could I emancipated her meaning after her college years then I could exit corporate America. So I put a plan in place. It took me about. Four and a half years to work that plan. And literally. Three months after my daughter graduated from college. I exited corporate America. And. Then decided to be still literally for six months I did nothing. And trying to figure out what's my next step. But I this is what I do know and is important for your listeners to know this. You. Really have a purpose.We all have a purpose. And that purpose. The reason we're here on this earth. It really is tied into who you are. Your story. What brings you joy. And if you really figure that thing out. Then you really can come to a realization of why you're here. And then you can. Plan a life around that. So so that's what I did. And yet I founded a lifestyle strategy company which I call the confidence trifecta. Which is mindfulness money management? And manifesting your magnificence. But basically I get up every day. Oh happy to help people. I help people turn their ifs into what is and to Patty's point. I I've always been a giver. And always have felt that if I am of service you know every day. Patty my main objective. Is to be of service.And. It's not really to make money. Yeah don't get me wrong I'm a I'm an entrepreneur. I want to make money. I do. I got bills to pay too. I got a mortgage. I've got to eat. But that's not my main objective. My main objective is to serve. In the capacity that I was put here to do and I know I know for sure that the money is going to find me. I'm a money magnet.Patty: Right. And the cool thing is I mean we've talked back in the day when we were in corporate about how you know how you manifest things you manifested your Jaguar and you've always been so physically responsible and just to everything that you do it's very calculated.So the one thing that I was not surprised of is when you left corporate you were taking it easy for six months you know enjoying and just being being in the emancipation campaign that you had going.Melody: Oh yes I remember.Patty: And then after that you really settled in and thought about. Now you're an author you're a coach you're a philanthropist. You've always been a philanthropist.Tell me what are you excited about because we were talking when the mike was off and I love what you're doing and it's just so brilliant how you have married both your career and your philanthropy together.Melody: Yeah it's really exciting and I'm so glad they were able to talk about it on so while I'm while I'm out here serving and you know getting clients and helping people live their best lives. Me and some friends. Well namely Nicole Robinson she's currently the vice president of community involvement for the Chicago Food Depository.She was on the board of the Chicago Foundation for Women. And they have what they call these circles these giving circles. And Nicole approached me one day and said you know. They they don't have a circle for the South Side of Chicago. And do you. There are so many grassroots organizations and nonprofits that are affecting the lives of black women and girls. But they need funding. And the foundation does not have of a circle for this outside. What do you think? Not you know what? Let's do this thing and that's a good thing. So we started out by having meetings at our different homes and inviting women like minded women like us.That they wanted to help that affect the lives of black women and girls on the South Side of Chicago. And we were very particular about who we fund. So when we fund nonprofits and grassroots organizations around three main focus issues. Economic security. Freedom from violence and access to health services and information. So as you've said I've always been a giver. Always. Given. But what's what's really exciting and important for me in the south side given circle.We've named ourselves the queen makers. And I can tell you about that too. But what's exciting about this is that I am hands on. We are hands on with these organizations when we fund these organizations we could see the impact. Of where exactly where our money is going how it's affecting these black women and girls and that is just so satisfying for me to see exactly how a little bit. Can go a long way. So and that is part of who I am. So to be able to marry that with my career and my coaching. And mentoring. Consulting it's just it's just makes me even more of of who I am. Being Melody.Patty: Yeah that's so great. Tell us where you've married everything and It sounds like there's opportunities that are coming as a result of this work that you're doing and the exposure they are getting in the media that you're getting in so what's there to happen is that you're really honoring what motivates you.What inspired you being in service being in contribution and really making a difference. And the cool thing about it is that all these other opportunities are happening for you right.Melody: Yeah absolutely. So right. I'm so I'm like LA LA LA LA. I'm part of this or that it is just a great feeling internally and everywhere and everything but to your point it's like the more PR that we get the more events that we have are the opportunities are just coming out of the woodwork. You know I'm I'm talking to people that want to sign contracts with me or my company. For coaching or mentoring of in their organizations.I've written a book to your point on. Getting back to wonderful. Wisdom and inspiration for the peaks and valleys and Melody M. Miller you can find that on Amazon but from the philanthropy work then you know I have people that are asking me about my book.They want me to come and do book signings. And so that all came out of the philanthropy part of my work. So yeah it's been awesome. It's been a pleasant. Surprise was surprise because that's how the universe works.Patty: Right. And then it's so cool because. Can you say OK so let's go back to the point of when you first quit your job? Six months. You were just taking it easy. You know catching up on some R and R. Did you feel any fear or worry or was it an easy transition to do.What kind of hurdles did you get to? Because it's not like you had the entire plan laid out. So you're just one step at a time. What was your approach defining where you are right now.Melody: I did not know I did not have the plan. And that was part of those six months of of of stillness. I just knew I had to exit corporate America that I knew.The other thing I knew for sure was whatever it was that I had that was going to be my next step. It had to allow me to be my authentic self. First be of service to others. Second and third make a living.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Right. So that's what I knew for sure. But other than that. I didn't know what I was going to be doing. I didn't know what that would look like as far as they vocation and that was part of that six months of being still and really trying to tap into the universe really getting to know myself. Right.Who are who I am and more importantly who do I want to be who do I want to be in the second half of my life. So it was those questions that I was seeking answers to in those in those six months and then I looked out for the signs because you're the person who's going to give you signs. So.Patty: Can you tell more and more about the signs so say for example there's a listener out there that is in the shoes that we were once upon a time like to listen. If I have to hear. One more year of these corporate meetings where I have to do my year in review and get my 2 percent. I would literally went to jump up that window.Melody: Right.Patty: And that person is thinking of leaving. What would you say like I mean we all go through our own version of it? I know for me I thought I had it all together and then I quit I was like well I just do you know me like it was crazy.Melody: And we do know this is what we know and this is what I want to talk to your listeners about. We were both there. Right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: I was Terrified. When I first thought about leaving are you kidding? I was terrified. I thought I can't you even talk to me a few times... Ella by you has the talent to go. You don't need this place like no I need this place because I let the fear paralyze me. Right. Out. So this is this was the thing. This is what's important. And I talk about this in my book as well. FEAR is false evidence appearing rear wheel real.Don't let the fear stop you. It's not real. You. You can do it. Listen I'm now convinced I can do anything. The fear was designed to stop us. So what do you do? You take it along with you. You know some people try to wait for the fear to subside. You know I'm going to be able to do this when I'm not so scared. Well guess what. Fears never going to go away. You got to take it with you. You. Literally put it on your backpack.Patty: Exactly and it's like that. Anyway.Melody: You got to do it anyway.Patty: Yes.Melody: You got to put the put their own like a backpack. So that's going to be heavier than others. But keep moving do it anyway. Get your plan. You know as you know I'm a planner so I'm not telling anybody quit your job tomorrow. You don't stop on the fear. Quit your job tomorrow and just figure it out. No no no. No that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying.Take the fear with you. Put a plan in place. Anything is possible because the only thing you have to do. Is keep living I tell people everything is possible. Only thing you have to do is keep living. Put your plan in place and work the plan you. And you know and we're laughing because it's so simple.Patty: It really is.Melody: It is. But is this the fear that stops people. Yeah. Because the other thing I know for sure I've found in my practice Patty. Is that people having difficulties? Difficulty imagining and fantasizing about all the good that's going to come. From them making this decision to walk to the fear because we are conditioned and designed to only think about the negative and the bad parts. Oh my god I'm not going to feed my child.Oh my God I'm going to I no going to be independent mortgage. I'm not going to be able to get a car payment because you know you do know is usually about money. I know it was about money with me. And I had money and I was still fearful about leaving corporate America. The people have to understand put the plan in place worked the plan. Anything. Is. Possible. I need you to actually visualize and imagine. All good things though it will come from you doing that thing that you were afraid to do it might not be leaving you're the job that you hate it might be something else that you're just really afraid to do.Figure out what that great thing looks like after you've done it. Then make the leap. Don't think about all of the bad things that could happen because I'll tell you this Patty in my life term. What I've found. Is that life rewards change. That's that's why people say depending on who you ask. I'm just the opposite of being risk averse. I might take any risk. Because I convinced myself that life rewards strange and a bigger risk that I'm going to walk through that fear and do. The bigger the reward. The bigger the reward. So I move over that thing.Patty: Yeah well and then it becomes an adventure. You you're leaning into it and then so I just have a couple of thoughts that came to mind when we were talking about that. I mean you know one of my mentors for me helped me to understand the reframe is you are where your attention is so if you're worried about can't pay my bills, can't pay my mortgage, can't pay my this can't pay my that and that the head games that we play it's all within our own control.That's the thing the inner world we're always reflect your outer world. So if you have the stress and anxiety and the uncertainty is because that's what you're focused on and that's the simplicity of it. But at the end of the day it's so complicated because we humans make it complicated. And what you're saying is just trust that things unfold the way that they're supposed to like you. You know first leaving your job and then you're like OK now what do I want to do for my encore career. Because you had been in the game for 30 years and that's a long time and so we become ingrained with our habits and the things that we do in the day in the day out but you.And it's very scary for those people that are here I me it's for some people it's very scary but that's scary don't allow it to extend to a year in two years and keep your frozen and miserable. It's like feel let walk through it. I almost envision like a wall of fire just walk through it and then literally things will unfold and you'll look back and be like I was just my comfort zone that was trying to extend right because we are within our boxes and that's what happens.Melody: Absolutely. Absolutely. And I tell people to and I know a lot of your readers are going to be able to relate to this because oftentimes we wonder why are people willing to stay. In places that are. That is difficult. Why are people willing to stay in spaces that are too small for them?Why are people willing to continue to do things that they're not happy with that don't make them bring them joy. The reason why partially. Is because that's what they're familiar with. So hey I'm familiar with this even though it's causing me stress and I hate it and this could be abusive. But I'm familiar with it's the idea of going through something unfamiliar and unknown. That takes getting used to.Melody: Right.Melody: So were comfortable to that. Yes. That's why people are willing as you just said. go Another year another year and then another year because of course OK. Because I'm used to being as I'm used to taking this abuse. At least I know what I'm going to get to put up with. As opposed to. You know what. Let me create. A new reality.Patty: Yes. Yeah.Melody: It takes for me-too Move with some actions to my new reality right that I've created. So that's true. And that's what I helped my clients do. It's like you got to create the new reality first than most to jump off a cliff into darkness and not know where where you're going to land. And isn't that a thrill.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Sure we. Sure we. And let me let me back up a little bit. We both jumped off a cliff. Right. We did. We we jumped into an abyss. Sure we did. But we but we had an idea of where that soft landing was going to be right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Because we created it.Patty: Right in its trial. It's trial and error and here's the other side of it it's like. I at this point because I've gone through the ebbs and flows I left. I worked one day in January of 2013 to get my bonus. Oh it is now. I mean it's been six years and I Literally.Melody: I'm so proud of you.Patty: Thank you. And it's really interesting because there are times when it's the ebbs and flows. You know what I mean like things get you know like OK by me. Let me get refocused let me breathe through it. I'm really big on the breath work like just calm myself and ground my energy and just create what I want to create because I just have to create my reality right. So.Melody: Right.Patty: I could never and this has come up more than one occasion where my mom will say to me why don't you just find a good job. I said Mom I can't. I literally can't I mean my core values say it all my primary core value is freedom. I just want to do what I want where I want whenever I want.How I want. I just could never go back because I know too much now and I'm intellectually know too much less at it is I know too much of what it's like to live on the other side in freedom that the thought of somebody telling me where are you been I'm like or can I go on vacation are you kidding me. I can't even comprehend that anymore.So that's why I'm not willing to sacrifice my freedom my freedom is my core value and my other my other ones are contribution and prosperity. I know just like you. When I'm of service when I give first and then it just is going to common prosperity is because it's our birthright. But is not about the money. It's about the prosperity that's our birthright that we all deserve.Melody: Right.Patty: Because God didn't put us on here to struggle.Melody: That's exactly right. And that prosperity for all of us that you talk about it's already ours.Patty: Yes. Yes.Melody: You just have to claim it.Patty: We just negated what we are with our head garbage.Melody: Absolutely. OK let's face it Patty condition. C'mon where condition to go to School get a degree and get a good job and work until 65. Oh and by the way put off though.Put off your your joy your happiness your freedom OK because freedom is the first First is you go get a week vacation. Day and two weeks. And then eventually after so many years maybe you might get 4 weeks of vacation. You're only supposed to really live during the week the vacation for the people that actually take one.Patty: Right.Melody: C'mon Now. That's how we live and how long it took us to figure it out.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Make it better anniversaries. I'm coming up on my 3rd for my 3 year anniversary.Patty: OK.Melody: on the 26th of this month is my 3 year anniversary of emancipation.Patty: Phenomenal.Melody: And like you I will never go back.Patty: I can't.Melody: You know what I tell people first of all I have a job because I've been told the same thing. You know few of my low points I've been asked you taken my big cup you look for a job you know what my response that has always been I have a job. How dare you. I have a job.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Home asks me if I need to make some adjustments or come up with some new streams of income. But don't dare ever say to me I need to go look for a job. I have a job.Patty: Yeah. Yeah. It's my Purpose.Melody: Yes. Purpose because they have that mentality right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: I'll tell people I've got too much stuff I could sail. For I go back to corporate America.Patty: Yeah.Melody: You know my lifestyle.Patty: Yeah.Melody: I got way too step back and I can sail.Patty: Yes.Melody: That will get me over any kind of rough financial patch which I'm not expecting. Who knows? Girl I've sell this stuff so quick. That's what it is. Stuff...Patty: You're so funny, well here's the thing. And it is very true. It's just a different mindset and I'm literally two years ago .because it is it's like you realize how much you don't need because my peace and my happiness. Is worth more than anything else. Trust me I like to believe a ton's Chill.I want a Prada purse. Let me see I've seen your shoes. Right because you diploma you're given a lot for peace of mind and happiness and the simplicity of it it's like to me the joy that I get to work with the clients that I get to work with because they're making their impact their leaving their legacy that is so soul fulfilling to me.Fulfilling that I'm not willing to trade that for anything. So we're both on the same page as we're talking about how our contribution and the significance that we that we get out of it not from our own accolades but just how meaningful the work is.Melody: Yes.Patty: That's something that brings you joy. That's the happiness that's the peace. And when you talk to the money like you you're going to create them only because you know you can't. And you have such a strong mindset about manifesting whatever you want.Melody: Yes. And would talk and talk about manifesting it. And that was something else. We talked I talked about what my client earlier today. The moment that I realized and this was this was years ago years ago when I knew manifesting works. The moment.That I realized. Deep down into the marrow my bones. And in the very deep part of my being. When I realized. That I can have. Anything I want... Literally. People you listen to a woman that feels like she can have. Anything she wants. Anything. Right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Guess what. All of a sudden I don't want so damn much.Patty: Exactly that's my point you really realize how much you really do. Oh my god that's so key.Melody: Yep it's like hell I bucking' have anything. Well guess what. I don't even want that much. Because that's back when we talked about a prosperity mentality right.Patty: Yes.Melody: So that's part of that's part of prosperity thinking that you already know everything that you ever want are yours. So then you really don't want. Much a problem mentality says that. None of what I ever want is going to be mine. So now I'm going to script and scraping. No barely pay a bill but I going to buy Louis. Because of that. Look you know because of that projection of who I want to be. Yeah probably right profiling right.Because that that's probably mentality says just the opposite. I'm never going to have. What I Want. So. In that case I'm a spend every dime you know getting these things that I think I want. Right. So in essence quickly and I know we kind our diagraph. A prosperity Mindset is just the opposite. You just imagine imagine think through that thing that you actually are already have any and everything. You ever wanted or have access to get it. So then think about then what is it that you really want that all of. That will make your Joy persist because you know what. That's my life purpose. Yeah your life persists.Patty: I love that and it's so true and it's just really. This is really fascinating because the more I can remember I saw this video on YouTube and if I remember I'll post it on the show note but it was about these two speakers were in front of a big crowd and they're like OK what humans want. And they're like oh they want big car but why, oh I want to live a town because why are I wanted this. I want to travel. Why. The root.Of why you want to do that is because you want to be happy. So what will it look like if at the core of what you do as a career as your calling is being in service and bringing yourself to all the happiness that you want? You realize how all that other shit that you felt you needed is was going to make you happy.That doesn't make you happy that maybe gives you that that serotonin hit because you bought that bad ass pair of shoes or something like that and that was cool. But it does. It's not a joy that persists like you're talking about. And the joy that persist is best is because of what you're doing right now in your career. And then you realize that everything else that's in the external doesn't even matter because you already have all the joy.Melody: That's right.Patty: Isn't that right.Melody: That's right. Patty you articulated. It's so WOWPatty: Yeah I like this because I've come to that realization I've been hearing other people and it's just like why do you want that well because I want Well why do you want that car because it's cool. But why do you want it. I don't know because I look good well why so to make me happy. That's why. Right. That's how.I've been really really just exploring the the deeper meanings behind why people do what they do. And at the core whether you are living in Kuwait Sri Lanka you know Oklahoma whether it's like we just all want to be happy.Melody: We all just want to be happy.Patty: So it's her job. So I love the happiness and the the joy that persists in your life with these with your service and the contribution that you are focused on. So tell me what is your definition of success. You've kind of answered it as we're wrapping up.Melody: OK. My definition of success. Is. To. Be able to live. Each day. In service to others. And. ensuring that my joy persists.Patty: I love that. It's as simple as that.Melody: Simple as that.Patty: I love it. OK. And then the last question after all is said and done. What do you want your legacy to be?Melody: I'd like my legacy to be one where. I left. I left a trail. Of I left a trail of. Accomplishment. I'd like my legacy to be that I left a trail of accomplishment. That allow. Others. To. Live their best lives. That's my legacy to be.Patty: That's Beautiful and they have that with Melody Miller So Melody how people get a hold of you. All of that's given assurance but tell people how they can get in touch with you.Melody: So you can get in touch with me via my Web site which is. melodymmiller.com. Literally my name a melodymmiller.com My website and you'll see when you go on the site that you can contact me and all different types of ways you can click on the link to send me an email you can click on a link to actually schedule some time with me.So that's the best way to contact me but I'm also on social media. I am positively Melody on Instagram. Wonder why.Patty: Exactly.Melody: Now I'm on Instagram I'm positively Melody on Facebook. I have a group. Your. Virtual life coach.Patty: So your virtual life coach melodymmiller.com People can. It will also connect your book which is called getting back to wonderful wisdom and inspiration for the peaks and valleys which is available on paperback in Kindle. All that information on how to get a hold of melody will be included in the show notes for this episode.Thank you Melody for being on the show. As always I absolutely adore you. It is such fun to always catch up with you and hear what's cooking. So thank you for being on her legacy podcast.Melody: Thank you Patty.Here's the link were you can get hold of Ms. Melody Miller:Melody M. Miller (millermelody3@gmail.com),Website: www.melodymmiller.com,Book signing & Vision Board Workshop 3/2/2019 - N.C.,Social Media Handles: Melody M. 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Melody Warnick, freelance journalist and author of This is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live, wrote the book on falling in love with where you live. Moving is something that Melody has ample firsthand experience with. She's moved from Ames, Iowa to St. George, UT to Silver Spring, MD to Austin, TX to her current (and hopefully more permanent) home, Blacksburg, VA. As she planned her last trek with her husband and two children, she began thinking that she might be addicted to moving. A curious journalist, she began researching, and discovered that 12% of Americans move each year and the average American can expect to move 11.7 times throughout their life. All of this shifting has resulted in 28% of us not knowing our neighbors by name. Melanie's research led to her the concept of "placemaking," the practice of making your community more livable. In our discussion, Melanie shares some of the placemaking projects she's pursued since moving to Blacksburg. Some of these involved her children, some she's done herself, and some with others in the community. The result is that she became comfortable in her new environment much more quickly than she ever has in the past, she knows her neighbors and many others in the community, she's learned a great deal about her town, and at least one of her projects has been adopted by others...a sure sign of success! And, when her husband recognized that his job with Virginia Tech was not a long-term fit, rather than deciding to move, he sought out, and found, a more desirable job close by. Melody's family is now looking for a house to purchase in the Virginia Tech area! Listen to our discussion to learn about: The process of moving and how to put down roots more quickly Mindfulness and appreciating the things around you Writing her first book, This is Where You Belong Place attachment, bonding with the place that you live How to be happy where you are Having control of where you live Calling it quits in a town before you really try to make it a home - a very bad habit! Bringing your baggage with you when you move “Love where you live” experiments including putting up signs without permission, creating a chalk event, walking rather than taking the car. Placemaker Meg Daly and her idea that resulted in the creation of the 10 mile Miami Underline Choosing to get involved in building your city The more you love your town, the more it loves you back Melody's 11 "Love Where You Live Principles" including: Our towns are what we think they are When you invest, you feel invested Every town is good at something. Do what your town is good at.   Quotes from Melody: “You may not have ultimate control over where you live or how long you’re there, but you can put down roots while you’re there and really love it and find joy.” “As Americans we have a problem with restlessness.” “Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” “I think there’s a true movement toward average citizens doing ground up things in their town to make cool things happen….Average people, residents want to get involved. They want to have a hand in shaping where they live.” “That’s what happens when you invest in your town. You certainly feel that sense of community and that sense of pride because you, perhaps created something that wasn’t there before.”     Contact Melody: melodywarnick.com Twitter: @melodywarnick Linkedin: Melody Warnick   Send Lisa an email: Lisa@EverBetterU.com