Podcast appearances and mentions of sandy rodriguez

Episode No. 634 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Amalia Mesa-Bains.  The Phoenix Art Museum is presenting “Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory,” the first retrospective of the pioneering Chicana artist. The exhibition includes nearly 60 works including fourteen of Mesa-Bains' major installations. It was curated by María Esther Fernández and Laura E. Pérez and is on view in Phoenix through February 25, 2024. The exhibition originated at the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. The outstanding catalogue was published by BAMPFA in association with University of California Press. Amazon and Indiebound offer it for about $50. Across a half-century, Mesa-Bains has foregrounded Chicana forms such as altares (home altars), ofrendas (offerings to the dead), descansos (roadside resting places), and capillas (home yard shrines) within contemporary art. Her work often spotlights domestic spaces and the construction of landscape in ways that highlight colonial erasure. Among the museums which have presented solo exhibitions of Mesa-Bains' work are the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. As promised on the program: Sandy Rodriguez on Episode No. 532. “New World Wunderkammer” at the Fowler Museum. For more images, see Episode No. 592.

Episode No. 592 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Amalia Mesa-Bains and curator Michael Duncan. The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is presenting "Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory," the first retrospective of the pioneering Chicana artist. The exhibition includes nearly 60 works including fourteen of Mesa-Bains' major installations. It was curated by María Esther Fernández and Laura E. Pérez and is on view through July 23. The outstanding catalogue was published by the Berkeley Art Museum in association with University of California Press. Amazon and Indiebound offer it for about $50. Across a half-century, Mesa-Bains has foregrounded Chicana forms such as altares (home altars), ofrendas (offerings to the dead), descansos (roadside resting places), and capillas (home yard shrines) into contemporary art. Her work often spotlights domestic spaces and the construction of landscape in ways that highlight colonial erasure. Among the museums which have presented solo exhibitions of Mesa-Bains' work are the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. As promised on the program: Sandy Rodriguez on Episode No. 532. On the second segment, curator Michael Duncan discusses "Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938-45," which is at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through June 19.  The exhibition presents a group of mostly northern New Mexico-based artists, including Raymond Jonson and Agnes Pelton, who built a spiritually-informed abstraction with a painterly language that included symbols and images drawn from the collective unconscious. The show's catalogue was published by the Crocker Art Museum and DelMonico Books. Amazon and Indiebound offer it for about $60.

Today I want to introduce one of my very favorite members of the Pro Organizer Bootcamp Mastermind. Sandy Rodriguez is based in Utah, near Salt Lake City. She launched her business, Mindful Organizing, in November of 2021 and just hit her 1 year anniversary! Sandy left her job in the first half of 2022 and dove into full time professional organizing. Since then she's grown a team and is rapidly scaling her business. Not to mention, she's also married with FOUR kids- this girl truly does it all! In today's live coaching call, you'll get a glimpse into what 1 year of growth can look like and see what it's like to go into full on scaling mode. This is an example of one of my private 1:1 coaching calls- at the time of this recording, each 1hr Zoom call is just $97! I love giving my fellow organizers a customized roadmap on each of these calls, with an outline of next steps in business. I work with organizers at all levels- from budding business ideas, to just getting started, to growing, scaling, and more! If you're interested in working with me 1:1 you can head to https://www.proorganizerbootcamp.com/ to learn more. ❤️ If you enjoyed this episode, please Follow or Subscribe ☑️ to keep the channel going and continue helping other #professionalorganizers around the world! Plus, you can check out the other FREE Pro Organizer Bootcamp Resources by taking a look at the links below: ► FREE GET NEW CLIENTS FAST GUIDE: https://bit.ly/getclientsfastguide ► FREE CONSULTATIONS 101 MASTERCLASS: https://bit.ly/consultations101masterclass ► FREE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/proorganizerbootcamp ► FREE COMMUNITY ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/proorganizerbootcamp

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Episode No. 565 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a summer clips episode featuring artist Sandy Rodriguez. Rodriguez is included in "Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche," which is at the Albuquerque Museum through September 4. The exhibition examines the historical and cultural legacy of the Indigenous woman at the heart of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521) known colloquially as La Malinche. The show originated at the Denver Art Museum and was curated by Victoria I. Lyall and independent curator Terezita Romo. This fall it travels to the San Antonio Museum of Art. Sandy Rodriguez's work remains on view in “Borderlands” at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif.  Rodriguez's work explores the methods and materials of painting in works that address Native and colonial histories, memory, and contemporary events. Among her exhibition credits are the recent triennial at El Museo del Barrio, LACMA, the Riverside Art Museum, Art + Practice, Los Angeles, and more.

Sandy Rodriguez is a Los Angeles-based artist and researcher. Her work investigates the methods and materials of painting across cultures and histories. Her Codex Rodriguez-Mondragón is made up of a collection of maps and paintings about the intersections of history, social memory, contemporary politics, and cultural production. She was raised in San Diego, Tijuana, and Los Angeles. Rodriguez has exhibited at a number of museums and cultural institutions, including current exhibitions at Denver Art Museum, The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Garden, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Recently she was awarded the Caltech-Huntington Art + Research Residency, Creative Capital Award and Migrations initiative from Mellon Foundation Just Futures Initiative and Global Cornell.

Sandy Rodriguez is a Los Angeles-based artist and researcher. Her Codex Rodriguez-Mondragón is made up of a collection of maps and paintings about the intersections of history, social memory, contemporary politics, and cultural production. The series pays homage to Indigenous artists and the history of migration between the Americas and raises awareness about immigration injustices. She was raised in San Diego, Tijuana, and Los Angeles. Rodriguez has exhibited at a number of museums and cultural institutions, including current exhibitions at Denver Art Museum, The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Garden, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Episode No. 532 features artist Sandy Rodriguez and curator Austen Barron Bailly. Sandy Rodriguez's history-and-the-present addressing work is featured in four ongoing museum presentations, including: "Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through June 12; "Borderlands" at the Huntington Library until fall; "Re:Visión Art in the Americas" at the Denver Art Museum through July 17; and "Sandy Rodriguez: In Isolation," a solo exhibition of 30 new works on paper that join addresses of American history to present events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and mass responses to police violence. It's on view through April 17. In addition, Rodriguez is included in the Denver Art Museum exhibition "Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche," which will open February 6 before traveling to the San Antonio Museum of Art. Rodriguez's work explores the methods and materials of painting in works that address Native and colonial histories, memory and contemporary events. Among her exhibition credits are the recent triennial at El Museo del Barrio, the Riverside Art Museum, Art + Practice, Los Angeles, and more. On the second segment, Austen Barron Bailly discusses "In American Waters: The Sea in American Painting." The exhibition, which is at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art through January 31, features assorted pictures of marine art from across 250 years of US history. Bailly co-curated the show with Daniel Finamore.

Los Angeles-based artist Sandy Rodriguez grew up on the California-Mexico border, descended from three generations of Mexican painters. For In The Studio, reporter Laura Hubber follows Sandy as she creates large-scale map paintings, which tell the story of the current political moment, while harnessing methods and materials from indigenous Mexican culture. These maps explore issues of immigration – deportations, separated migrant children and protests – against the backdrop of California's majestic desert landscape. Sandy sees her role as ‘tlacuilo', a Nahua word meaning artist, scribe and sage. This is demonstrated in her unique practice as she creates the maps by collecting clippings of local plants, grinding and boiling them to make her own pigments, and painting onto traditional amate paper – all techniques that come from indigenous Mexican teachings.

About this Episode In this episode Heather is joined by the amazing Sandy Rodriguez who opens up about her life journey and how it has shaped who she is today. She shares how living in multiple countries and often being an outsider helped her grow as a person and experience things from a more well-rounded perspective. Living in Mexico City she experienced both incredible success and devastating personal tragedy all of which help guide her to a major move and career shift. Connect with Us: Website: https://diversityonfire.com/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/diversityonfire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diversityonfire/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/diversityonfire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Diversityfire Heather: https://www.instagram.com/hppivots/ Guest/Episode Links: https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655 https://www.heartofhollywoodmagazine.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges-ebook/dp/B08HVT5PPL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Q8WC5J1RH7OL&dchild=1&keywords=choose+to+prevail+sandy+rodriguez&qid=1634907288&qsid=132-6770854-4124841&sprefix=choose+to+prevail+sandy+rodriguez%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1&sres=1098327780%2CB00949CTQQ%2CB01N52BDQ7%2CB07XNY4QFX%2CB01DTOEY6O%2CB01DTOEZLI%2CB08TCMGBM6%2CB015G0F03U%2CB01DTOEXUQ%2CB094771W4K%2CB000WZJ1X0%2CB095ZW8XQ6%2CB076FTC6FQ%2CB000GIH1MG%2CB09471YWT3%2CB01JHD9FIS Podcast: Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/diversityonfire - All Platforms Voicenote: https://anchor.fm/diversityonfire/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diversityonfire/message

Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Sandy Rodriguez is the author of award-winning self-transformation book Choose to Prevail. Find it at https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges/dp/1098327780/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  This episode is sponsored by Formatted Books. https://formattedbooks.com/?ref=38&campaign=TheRV&FormattedBooks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Sandy Rodriguez is the author of award-winning self-transformation book Choose to Prevail. Find it at https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges/dp/1098327780/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  This episode is sponsored by Formatted Books. https://formattedbooks.com/?ref=38&campaign=TheRV&FormattedBooks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucia-matuonto/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, I welcome Giovanna Salas! Giovanna likes to create, and she has dabbled in and become proficient in multiple medias, including art, literature, and film. She is the founder and owner of Heart of Hollywood Magazine and Motion Pictures, and in this episode, she shares about the importance of making opportunities more accessible for artists along with her heart and passion for helping others' succeed. (Double fun fact: the cover image for this week's episode is not only a recent cover of Giovanna's Heart of Hollywood magazine, but it also featured Sandy Rodriguez, one of our former guests!)    Get in touch with Giovanna Salas: https://www.heartofhollywoodmagazine.com/ | https://www.hohmp.com/ Enroll in Lindsey's dance and wellness courses: www.elevateart.thinkific.com  Support Artfully Told: www.paypal.me/elevateart Artfully Told links: www.facebook.com/artfullytold | www.artfullytold.podbean.com | elevateartskc@gmail.com Get a free audiobook through Audible!  http://www.audibletrial.com/ArtfullyTold Schedule your own interview as a featured guest with Artfully Told! https://calendly.com/artfullytold/podcast-interview   Episode 72 - Giovanna Salas [00:00:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Hello, and welcome to Artfully Told, where we share true stories about meaningful encounters with art. [00:00:06] Krista: I think artists help people have different perspectives on every aspect of life. [00:00:12] Roman: All I can do is put my part in to the world. [00:00:15] Elizabeth: It doesn't have to be perfect the first time. It doesn't have to be perfect ever really. I mean, as long as you, and you're enjoying doing it and you're trying your best, that can be good enough. [00:00:23] Elna: Art is something that you can experience with your senses and that you just experiences as so beautiful. [00:00:31] Lindsey Dinneen: Hi friends, whether you are just getting started or you're a seasoned professional looking to up your game, I have an exciting opportunity for you. Did you know that I am actually the creator of 10 different courses online that range from ballet, jazz, tap. They also include a mindset detox course and two Stretch and Tone courses. So if you're looking to start a new hobby or get a little bit fitter, or you're looking to do a deep dive into your mindset, really perform a true detox, I have the course for you, and I would love to help you out with that. So if you go to elevateart.thinkific.com, you will see all of the different courses I've created. [00:01:26] You don't have to step in a classroom to take your first dance class. I teach a signature 20 Moves in 20 Days course that allows you to learn 20 steps in just 20 days. It's a lot of fun. We have a great time together. And I think you're going to absolutely love the different courses. And Artfully Told listeners get a little something from me. So if you go, you'll sign up and use the promo code "artfullytold," all one word, and when you do so you'll get 15% off the purchase of any and all your favorite courses. All right, listeners, enjoy that. Again, it's elevateart.thinkific.com. See you there. [00:02:11] Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Artfully Told. I'm your host Lindsey and I am very excited to have as my guest today, Giovanna Salas. She likes to create, and she has dabbled in and become proficient in many multiple medias, including art, literature, and film. She also is the founder and owner of Heart of Hollywood Magazine and Motion Pictures. And she also has a streaming platform that is in development, I believe. And I can't wait to dive in and hear all about the different things that you are up to. So thank you so much for being here. I really look forward to our conversation today. [00:02:57] Giovanna Salas: Hi Lindsey! [00:03:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Hi! Well, I was wondering if you don't mind just starting us off by telling us maybe a little bit about your background, how you got involved in art and kind of go from there. [00:03:11] Giovanna Salas: Absolutely. Well, first of all, I want to thank you for inviting me to your podcast. It's a pleasure for me to be here and well to make a story short, I started as a painter. You know, I, I love art. I use that oil media. That's that's my favorite. And one thing take to the other, I am visual person. And so I dive into learning photography and video. And so I have an interest later on into becoming a filmmaker. And so that's how everything is. [00:03:43] Lindsey Dinneen: Wow. Yeah. Okay. And so then you decided to become a filmmaker, which is a huge endeavor and undertaking. So can you tell us about that and what led you to that interest in that passion to create even your own company? [00:03:59] Giovanna Salas: Well, I wanted to become a film director. And so once I came to Hollywood, I saw there was very difficult. It's a lot of difficulties. And in word, it was not going to be easy. And the best way was to learn the business and learn what happened behind the scenes. So I began working with a couple productions and after that, I decided it was time to open my own company because I wanted to bring opportunities for people, they just started. Artists are underground, I feel. They, also people that were foreigner. Okay. And so for everyone, I just wanted to make it a place they have a door open for everyone that they need. It. [00:04:47] Lindsey Dinneen: That's amazing. And so now with your company, and I realized that there are three sort of branches to it. Can you tell us a little bit about each one and sort of who you, you serve as a result of the different branches and, and how that all works together? [00:05:04] Giovanna Salas: Sure. So, well, the company is called Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. And from that we had three different divisions. The first division, that's how we started in post-production. So the services that we offer was like color corrections, you know, edit of scoring. We've put together different individuals working in the industry and sometimes here and there, you know, behind the scenes, maybe a project that was already done, but they needed to do something where we can help with some of those services. And also giving consultations such as like screenplays, you know, like a script doctor, I had different consultants. So sometimes I do consultations, but it's more like a producer restructure. And we have a modern consultant. So it's along, all the kind of what it takes to, to get your, your project or package in a, in a better format. I think that's, that's the first one. [00:06:01] The second one is that the vision for the Heart of Hollywood Magazine. And this has started because we want, we have members within the company and we're gonna, we want it to give more exposure to the members. Well, when we published the first magazine, everybody was very positive about and now that became three years of publications. So we are very happy of what we're going. And I believe that the magazine is like a car for everyone to share the stories, get into the car and get more exposure. But also the purpose of this magazine is for our to get inspiration and motivated. [00:06:43] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. And then the third branch is something you're still in development for, or is that also live? [00:06:51] Giovanna Salas: No, we, well, I mean, working the third is a, an a streaming platform of Heart of Hollywood Cinema, and I been working with my engineer team. And it's not easy. It's been for a couple of years, like I say, but we have tested. We created last year. We tested with production. The, I was a producer for a, the Brain 19 Fashion Films. Okay. We did it virtually during COVID and we use the streaming platform to for, for the films. So I think it would take us a little bit longer to, to make it available for all the public, but the finally will be an option for all the filmmakers. They need to put their films in other platform. It's good to have different platforms such as, you know, Amazon and Netflix and all of that other ones that we already know. But it's also good to have another option and where you can put your films as well. [00:07:52] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, that's amazing. Well, it sounds like you are making such a difference for so many different people in so many areas, so yeah. Kudos to you for doing that. That's just amazing. And, you know, you mentioned at the beginning that you personally felt like it was, and I'm sure you're not alone, that it was really difficult to to kind of get into that world. Do you mind telling us a little bit more about your own story of how, you know, some of the challenges that you faced as you were starting off in Hollywood? [00:08:27] Giovanna Salas: Well, I will say one of my first challenges was the language because my first language is not English. It's a Spanish. And so I think the not, I didn't grow in the US, like I came here and I start, you know, working here in the entertainment. And one thing that I know is, is if you don't have connections in LA or people working in the industry, it's very difficult. And a lot of those connections are not easy to build. You have to be in the right place, meet the right people that have family members sometimes. And sometimes you don't, you don't have, you know, family members, so you don't have any connection. So, and then you have the problem with an artist trying to showcase but nobody wants to listen. So I think the why, because people pay more attention. I go rather with a person that has 30 more years experience or 20 years experience, or how are they going to get the experience if they don't get the chance to showcase what they can do or what they can bring to the table? [00:09:34] And so my, I don't, I feel there is not many companies that perhaps are really seriously approaching this issue. And at the beginning of my company, my number one priority was to approach this issue, was to make an statement that this company, it was going to be for the artist that needed. Yes, we're welcoming everyone. There is very well-known, you know, celebrity or a producer, but I think that we all, as artists, we have a responsibility and especially with work in the entertainment about helping all of them, it's about bringing that talent. Otherwise, we cannot move forward. [00:10:20] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, I think that's incredible. Thank you for sharing that story. And I love what you're doing because I've not personally been in that particular world, but, you know, as an artist, as well, I certainly understand some of that initial struggle of kind of getting basically getting your, especially your first job, because that can be, you know, the most challenging and because you know, you're new and I understand that. So yeah, no, that's incredible what you all do. And so congratulations on all of your success and the fact that it just keeps growing and growing is, is huge. That's so exciting. [00:11:01] Giovanna Salas: Yes. I feel very happy about what everything that has been developing and working. And I can tell you how many times I, I thought about quitting, closing the company, not pursuing because it was so many challenges. So the beginning, I just was myself and my ideas and my beliefs, and if what's going to work or not, and my personal finances. So it was a lot of the things to take into consideration. Also to make sure the, I, I do not fit all. There are people, you know, you have family members, you have things all around there, and sometimes all those things can work against you. But if you truly have the passion and that desire to see a three-year vision and you want to pursue that. Don't give that, that don't, don't stop. You have to, to make it happen because otherwise I don't think they, eh, we can end up truly happy. And every, every morning when I wake up, I feel very happy or what I'm doing. [00:12:09] I feel happy that through the years I am developing a team, you know, a more people and I had to train them. I had to explain, and I had to, for example, with the magazine, it's a thing behind it. And then I have a graphic designer. Sometimes it's new. Sometimes I had to explain a lot of things. Sometimes I had to train a customer representative that share, you know, who we are, but in a way, not of we are selling our market. And we, I just tried to tell him, you know, we are dealing with relationships with, with people. And, and I think that, that it has to be community. And so I never taught the, I will be sending magazines in another state, so, or even in another countries. And so that to me is incredible because the first time that I decided to make the magazine, I made the first magazine and it took me seven months just to plan, to get to the first draft in order to communicate my ideas to a graphic designer. And then looking for a team is not an easy challenge. You had to see many people strive to see who sees this issue and who just wants a job for a job, you know, who really cares or not. [00:13:27] And so I would say that in my theme, everyone is not this. My magazine editor is amazing. The contributors are, you know what I can say. They have seen something in the magazine. They wanted to be part of it. We just did a cover shoot in the Netherlands with a whole production team. We have the videos behind the scenes. So you guys want to watch it on the website. Is there any, so other, other things coming along. And so I'm constantly working. I think that would be one of the first ones say I would like to get a clone. But anyway. So I think my one thing that is very important to me right now is my time. I believe the time is very precious. You have to be very careful. You have to think about who you were spending your time with, who you are given your time, and make sure that that time is viable because sometimes people think that what we have time and the truth is that we don't, what we don't have is time. [00:14:28] And so every second, and every minute and you know, doing hours. I think we should try to enjoy ourselves. We should try to do those simple things about walking outside, you know, create an art. And when I started in the entertainment, I, I quit painting pretty much. I mean, not completely. I would make a painting once in a while or once every three months and not long ago because of the COVID and everything that has happened. I was feeling, I am very positive person. I always encouraging the people to do things and helping them in the projects, giving consultations. And then not long ago, like three months ago I started feeling depressed. I started feeling, what am I doing, where my life is going, like what I need to do, you know? [00:15:21] And so I started to paint again and I started to write as well, and I felt I gained a life and this is important for me because if I'm okay, and I can be a creative person as well, and then I can be more productive for my clients, I can be more productive for the team and for the company. And so, because I'm a workaholic, so I saw marriage my time, like working all the time and, and just lately I'm also beginning to learn and understand to take some time for me for, I can be more productive for all. [00:15:57] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes. And that is such an important realization to come to. I'm so glad that you're prioritizing yourself because you're absolutely right. You can't pour into someone else's life with an empty cup, so you have to start full yourself and, and so I'm so glad that you're doing that and prioritizing. That is so, so important. And again, you are just doing such amazing things for people. And so I'm, I'm curious, do any stories in particular come to mind of maybe people that you've helped, clients that you've helped that, you know, really may not have had a different opportunity had you not been there? [00:16:39] Giovanna Salas: Yes. I, I, I feel very happy with the, with the people that I have work. So one of the, in our, my team members, I think, eh, they sometimes when people come in and work for my company and things like that, I always tell them, you know, you have other opportunities or, or, or job opportunities and they can, you can you know, at that. Yes. So let me know, you know, and some in that happen and I feel very bad, you know, but at the same time, if they can grow better, you know, I I'm happy with that. That's, that's part of the team members. I always feel very sentimental when, you know, someone goes to another company. It is like that. And the reason is perhaps because one day I will be able to have their resources for my team. Right. And sometimes so they're big, big, big companies, you know, they, they do have those resources, but that's all about timing and about we, we maintain very good communication. [00:17:35] I like to, you know, be be in contact with, with everyone that has been part of the company, because I see them as family. For, for my clients, I have helped different people, like all the way from like models, I have helped. Well, one of them that I remember, I I was working with an actress and she wanted to have a manager, and at the time I was working with, with a talent, talent and management company. So I was helping her and, but I was producing something else. And then she got curious about that. And so I trained her to be a casting director. Lately I was working with a client and when he asks for consultations, you know, kind of personal coaching and his personality is great and he can do multiple, multiple things, but sometimes when you do multiple things, it's hard to focus and one thing, right. [00:18:30] Or what it will make you some type of income or how the finances. So he found me on LinkedIn and he approached me. And I go, look, yes, I can, I will do a consultation, but I had to charge a fee because right now my time is very important. So I sent in an email is very, very professional, and oh, my! Well, I was surprised he did took the consultations. We worked for a couple months together and he organized his acting career. He, I helped him to do an structure for a podcast. I thought I helped him to do the structure of the memberships, how to, you know, get the, his packages and all of that and making company. So I'm not, I like to develop structures and business models. And so he was very happy. He's, he really just became a big supporter of my company telling all their people how they, he feels great about, about the consultation. That those were his words. Yeah. Yeah. For the magazine. Yes, this is a producer, eh, they told me that his, that his film, his documentary film, it was getting better and more publicity after he was published in our magazine. [00:19:49] So the local newspaper from his state decided to do an interview with, with him and, you know, sales are going up and things like that. So we hear a lot of good feedback from clients, eh, besides to, you know, get a publication in our magazine. And that makes me very happy because one thing that I want is also the advertisement that we put there. I always suggest, you know, make sure that whatever, even in our own articles there, the information is clear. It's focused, it's inspirational and is useful because if it is not useful, people not going to pay attention. [00:20:24] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes. Yes. Yes. Well, like you said, you have to choose how to spend your time and you have to be wise about it. I mean, like you said, until you have your clone, you're just one person. I'm so glad that you have a team to, to help support you now, though, that that's such a, what, what a relief. [00:20:42] Giovanna Salas: Oh, and that was very hard. It was very hard to find a theme and it was very hard to find the consultants. It, it just, it took me probably like a year, a year and a half to, to put that together because people comes and goes and, but if someone shares they, and they are, they are good in what they do and they want to pursue what they want to do best as a part of a team is incredible. Magic happens, things happen, and everybody is happy. Yeah. And I, I'm very trying to be very social, fun, you know, I always ask, "how do you feel, how do you feel working with me? What would you suggest? Can you brainstorm?" So I like to have that interaction with, with the thing that I have, because there is not better way to know if you are doing something proper or offering good services to the audience, your own team doesn't like it or like it, right? [00:21:46] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Well, that's, that's good. Again, I'm glad you have, you have good people to cheer you on. I am curious-- is, are there any moments that kind of stand out to you, that have an encounter with art, whether it was, you know, you experiencing someone else's art or watching somebody experience something that you've created that really kind of is a moment to remember? [00:22:15] Giovanna Salas: Yes. Yes. Well, several moments to remember. [00:22:19] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, for sure. [00:22:21] Giovanna Salas: To be honest with you, but the, I have I guess was when someone requests me to paint something for them. That's a very special moment for me because I started as a painter and, I, at that time years ago, my dream was just to become an oil painter, go to France and live like an artist. But all the things change it and I wanted to now being the entertainment and I'm doing this because I know I can do it. I know I can help others. And that's very important in, but I think that going back it, when someone see something and my artwork, that's very special to me, that means something. [00:23:12] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Well, I I'm sure that there are going to be some of our listeners who would love to reach out to you or get involved with your work or, or at least follow what you do. Is there a way for us to connect with you? [00:23:28] Giovanna Salas: They can go to the Heart of Hollywood Magazine dot com. They can go also to H O H M P, which is our productions for production. One of the, one of the things that I want to mention now that we're talking about art, it's been eight years probably that I have not make a proper, eh, exhibition, art, art exhibition. So, and I'm preparing, I'm painting new artwork is completely different from what I have painted in the past and I'm going to make an art exhibition, in Los Angeles on 2022 in March and the location, we're looking for a location and all of that. But I would like to invite everyone to go to the art show. [00:24:13] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, how exciting. That is so exciting. And you said in March is when you want to do that? [00:24:19] Giovanna Salas: Yes, I am planning to, well, you will be the first one. I'm going to send you a link for that in a yes, because this it's so much, it's so much that I'm being, I'm keeping for myself during this time. And it has been a very challenges years. And I will like to share not just my mind, but also my heart with people and with the with those ones, they have a love for. [00:24:50] Lindsey Dinneen: I love that. That's, that's really special. Good. Well, I'm excited about that too. So thank you for all of those links that we can go and check out. And I do have a couple of questions that I like to ask my guests if you're okay with that? [00:25:04] Giovanna Salas: Of course. [00:25:06] Lindsey Dinneen: Perfect. So my first question is what is a change that you would like to see happen in the art world? Whether that's, you know, about creating art or displaying art or or making it available to people or basically what's, what's one thing that you would love to change about the art world? [00:25:30] Giovanna Salas: Hmm. That's a difficult one. I think there, I would like to see more united platforms of artists where they can come together. I'm trying to, we, we added a section in our magazine for artists they will like to sell their paintings or their sculptures or some sort of art, okay, media in the magazine. And so, but I would like to know. I think it needs to be more opinions for, for artists where they can display their artwork besides being in the galleries. But through that a little bit more with respect, because sometimes when you see our work in restaurants or see artwork in coffee shops, you really don't get an appreciation for the art. Sometimes you really pay attention. But I don't think that the public is, has information. So I, I, one thing that I would change I guess, is if it is a coffee shop, if it is a place or a location where there is not the, the location is not a gallery, but you want to exhibitit artwork, I think that there is a way to do it and it can be helpful for the artist and it can be helpful for the business. [00:26:56] So I believe that that can be something that is possible and to be done, but I think that those businesses that have those artwork in the locations, they should do like kind a spotlight on the, on the artist or make it a little bit more visual for the clients to see that in half of their operation. Because I think the ones that are they so powerful, the ones that you are in that, that they are in the wall of the restaurant, the coffee shop, boutique, or anything like that, it, you think that it's just part of the wall. You think they're just part of that, because it just kind of belongs in. I don't know how to explain it. It just was meant to be there or something like that. [00:27:43] Lindsey Dinneen: Right. [00:27:44] Giovanna Salas: But it's, but it has a, so that's why another is bad. It's actually very good, but that's why I believe there needs to be more on spotlight of the artwork and say, "Hey, you know, we do have these, you know, feature or something, you know, a newsletter." Because I don't see that much. The other day I enter into a coffee shop. I saw some paintings from a local artist here in Hollywood. He was doing more like an, a street artwork. It was painting people crossing the street, Hollywood signs, things like that. But I thought it was pretty cool. And I didn't see like an expo, like of the artists in that location. And so anyway, I know it took me a while, but I was thinking I have to give you a better response. And I think that, that w that would be the one I think, I think they, the locations can do much better. [00:28:35] Lindsey Dinneen: I think that's a great response and I absolutely agree with you. Okay. And then my second question is, is there a form of art that you have personally not tried yet either just because you haven't had time or you felt intimidated or whatever reason but that you would love to explore at some point? [00:28:57] Giovanna Salas: Yes, it is one form of art that I would like to explore and that would be sculpture. And I think it would be more of that time if I had the time to do it. But that always interests me. [00:29:11] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Nice. Okay. And then my final question is at the end of your life, what is the one art related experience that you would want to experience for the last time? [00:29:25] Giovanna Salas: The smell of the art supplies, the smell of the paint. [00:29:29] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. I like that. Yeah, it's possibility, right? That's like, what's going to come out today. I love that. That's a great answer. Well, oh my goodness. This has been amazing. I'm so just so amazed by you and what you bring to the world and your, your company and how much impact it has. Thank you so much for doing what you do. I'm really excited that you're still painting and you're going to be exhibiting. I think all of that is just fantastic. So it was amazing to talk with you today. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your time. [00:30:09] Giovanna Salas: I appreciate your time because without you and you know people they have contacted also somehow, at least in about the Heart of Hollywood Magazine, all the company, without, without you Lindsey, we really cannot go far because, eh, there is so many people, so many company, entertainment companies in LA, you know, so it's it's not easy, but with your help, you know, we are letting people know about Heart of Hollywood motion pictures, Heart of Hollywood Magazine. And I'm very, very thankful they you're taking the time to interview. [00:30:46] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, of course it's been an absolute pleasure. Well, and thank you so much again to everyone who has listened to this episode. And if you're feeling as inspired as I am, I would love if you would share this with a friend or two and we will catch you next time. [00:31:04] If you have a story to share with us, we would love that so much. And I hope your day has been Artfully Told. [00:31:13] Hi friends. I wanted to share with you another podcast that I think you're going to fall in love with just as I have. It's called Harlem with a View, and it is hosted by Harlem Lennox, who was a previous guest of mine on Artfully Told and a dear friend. Just because it looks easy doesn't mean it is. There is so much that goes into the work of your creative. She wants to know how the artists got into their line of work, what inspires them, but most importantly, what keeps them going? She'd asked them about how they make it through the blood, sweat, and tears. She wants to know what it's like to live this creative life: the good, the bad, the ugly, and even the magical. So she goes behind the scenes with creatives, from different genres and she explores their history, their take on life and talks about the business of art and the dedication of making art. She has a brilliant, brilliant platform. I think you will fall in love. I highly recommend that you search for Harlem with a View. Thanks!

Sandy is completely others centered. She genuinely cares and does everything in her power to help make life better for those around her be it her family, her community, or those she touches through her work. What a wonderfully unique vantage point Sandy brings to each situation she encounters. It was the positive influence of her community in her own life that taught her who she was and grounded her. She's witnessed the benefits of it in her own life and sees the lack of it in the lives of others and desires to cultivate that deeply held value. Speaking of values, I was deeply convicted by her courage and self-reflection in re-evaluating her own value system at the onset of her work with the incarcerated. This is what makes her so good at her job. She knows who she is and who and what she represents, so somebody's actions can't change that about her. Personally, I think it was the strength, love, and inclusion of the community she grew up in that ultimately led to these life convictions that everyone is worthy of respect despite where they are in life.I really appreciated Sandy's favorite quote by Ghandi. But I also see Sandy's life being a beautiful example of something else Gandhi says, "In a gentle way you can shake the world." She certainly has with her unwavering love, education, and support of the EIT's in her care through her work with Defy Ventures. May we all find our place to shake the world as Sandy has.Favorite Quote: The true measure of any society can be measured by the way they treat their most vulnerable populationsDefy VenturesFB - @DefyVenturesIG - @defy_ventures

Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez has overcome several personal tragedies and underwent a huge life change when she decided to walk away from a successful career and move to a new country, where she would need to start over from scratch. Multifaceted Sandy, who once took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is the editor of Heart Of Hollywood Magazine, as well as a fitness enthusiast, a burgeoning artist, and an amateur winemaker. As the author of motivational book Choose to Prevail, she is a member of ISLA, the International Society of Latino Authors. Choose to Prevail is a finalist in the Best Health & Wellness Book category of the International Latino Book Awards, produced by Empowering Latino Futures, a nonprofit organization. Additionally, Sandy's book is the 2021 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Winner in the Non-Fiction - Grief/Hardship genre.  SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ (https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/) https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1098327780/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1098327780/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0) Support this podcast

Have you ever considered changing your career? Or going as far as moving to a new country for a new career? This week's guest, Sandy Rodriguez has done just that! Join us as we talk about how she moved to the US to pursue a new career becoming a court interpreter, despite having loved her previous career, journalism in Mexico. We also talk all about the process or writing and publishing her recent book, Choose to Prevail, and how that publication brought her even more career prospects. How to Find Sandy Instagram: @sandyrs1 Instagram: @choosetoprevail Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/ Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyrs1/ Choose to Prevail Book: https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges-ebook/dp/B08HVT5PPL Support the Show Share the show https://anchor.fm/career-journey --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/career-journey/support

In this episode, Project 1521 collaborators offer special performances of original writings inspired by Sandy Rodriguez's traditional, hand-processed paintings on amate paper from the series You Will Not Be Forgotten. On Wednesday, September 29th, 2021 at 6pm, we will be presenting online for San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore Reading series. You can https://citylights.com/events-category/project-1521-city-lights/ (more information here.) This episode concludes our series. We want to thank everybody who helped put this series together, and everyone who has supported our fundraising efforts.

Body Image Can Be Deceptive, Thin Doesn't Always Equate To Being Healthy With Sandy Rodriquez In today's society, we equate thin with healthy and overweight with unhealthy. There is so much more to really knowing who is healthy, but social media and other advertisers continue to propagate this lie. We shouldn't allow other people to define our health and our happiness. Let your doctor determine your health and you your happiness. About Sandy Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She is the author of a book titled Choose to Prevail, which inspired an upcoming video interview series. Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Multifaceted Sandy, who once took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artist, and amateur winemaker. Choose to Prevail Book (@choosetoprevail) • Instagram photos and videos www.feedingfatty.com Full Transcript Below Body Image Can Be Deceptive, Thin Doesn't Always Equate To Being Healthy with Sandy Rodriquez Sat, 6/26 11:21AM • 54:00 SUMMARY KEYWORDS people, eat, feel, book, healthy, sandy, weight, shape, person, life, exercise, body, mentioning, day, thinking, age, overweight, gym, friends, point SPEAKERS Terry, Sandy, Roy Barker   Roy Barker  00:00 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Feeding Fatty. I'm your host, Roy.   Terry  00:03 I'm Terry.   Roy Barker  00:11 So we are a podcast that we are chronicling our journey through health. that encompasses a lot of things. It's our diet not being on a diet, but it's our diet of what we consume, as well as exercise mindset. Trying to center ourself and meditation, all of this combined really helps to make us a better us we think. And so we're working really hard to make some changes to try to get on a better plane. A lot of times we Chronicle you know what's going on in our life this week. And we also have professionals and guests that are experts in different areas that come on to try to help us with this and be a good reference and resource for you and today is no different. Terry, I'll let you introduce Sandy.   Terry  00:57 Sandy Rodriguez is a bilingual communications expert writing on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the US and Mexico. She is the author of a book titled choose to prevail, which inspired an upcoming videos interview series, which I just finished, by the way. And Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for the Mexican newspaper reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America and has translated 10s of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. multifaceted Sandy who wants to put in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists, Sol Yun National University in South Korea currently lives in LA where she works as a certified court interpreter. She's a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artists and amateur winemakers. Sandy, welcome to the show.   Sandy  01:55 Thank you so much for having me over tyrian. Enjoy, it's wonderful to be here with you as much like yourself, I'm very interested in staying healthy and making positive health changes in my life at   Roy Barker  02:07 all times. Yeah, and it's funny, because once we started down this road, I think, you know, at the beginning, we were focused on what we ate and exercise and but I think as we've gone through this journey, it's like, we've kind of shifted the mindset because you just really have to get your mind right, in order to make changes, sustainable changes, you know, we can change for a day or two or for a meal or two, but trying to make bigger, sustainable changes that will last the rest of your life. It's difficult, very difficult. And I'm not just going to tell you I've I've had to Terry has been reporting as she's reading your book, for the last couple days, she's like, Oh, my gosh, you should hear this easier what Sandy had to say in that book. So I haven't had a chance to look at it. But Terry said that it's awesome. So thank you for sharing that with us.   Sandy  02:59 Thank you so much for I am very happy that the charity has been liking the book. One of the things that I mentioned in the book, and I think might be interesting to your audience, is that we really cannot let our body image or our own body love be defined by other people. If anything, here's the thing, I've noticed that body shapes come into vogue, and they fall out of fashion much like clothing does. So know what your body type, what's your bone structure, what your overall complexion is, like, sooner or later, it will come into fashion. I for example, struggled a lot when I was a little girl and even a teenager because my body type was not popular at the time. I'm a person with a trim upper body, a small waist and curvy or lower body. And that was not popular at all. However, it's very funny to me that now that is the body type that a lot of people are striving for. So I guess it's just a matter of weeding it out. I think it's something that's that's actually pretty funny. I even read that Benjamin Franklin's body tight was popular during his lifespan. Who would have thought so it's really a matter of just waiting it out.   Terry  04:22 Right? Yeah. And I can totally relate because, you know, parish parish shape. I have always been pear shaped. Is that what you? Is that what you considered yourself as well? I think so. I believe so. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, I just, I mean, forever. And now holy cow and people are getting implants and you know all of that. I don't I don't understand.   Sandy  04:47 Let me tell you as an author, I know and an acquaintance of mine. She is a bodybuilder and over the last couple of years, she's made a small fortune by art. training people to specifically grow their glutes. Now, to me that's like, seriously, I mean, I spent all my childhood and my early teen years trying to do the exact opposite. I clearly remember reading in a women's magazine when I was, I don't know, maybe 12, that you should sit on a hardened wooden floor, you know, with your legs crossed and rock side to side for an hour or two a day while watching TV. And that should have flattened you're behind. And that was what people were striving for. Now. Crazy, right? So you never know what's going to be popular. And I was made to feel like I was fat back in the day because of having that body type. Looking back at pictures, and just remembering what I was eating, and my actual body weight. Of course, I was not fat, I was certainly not overweight, by any, you know, by any doctor's charge or anything of the sort. But my peers and even adults made me feel fat. Because of that I even remember a couple of incidents where my friends moms would actually, you know, give me a little talking to and say, No, no, no, you need to cut back on calories. Because when you grow up, you don't want to, to look fat in an attractive and that was quite damaging, personally, what kind of an adult approaches a young child to give their two cents about the child's appearance. And secondly, now looking back, I was never overweight, it was just a body type that people didn't, let's say, understand or appreciate back in the day.   Roy Barker  06:40 It's harder for women I know, you know, to ignore the great advice people give you but also to, you know, to be that body conscious. But you know, as long as you're healthy, you got good blood pressure, your sugars are good, you know, whatever the other markers that your physician says, you know, we should be okay with that. And, you know, we just, again, it's hard. It's hard for anybody, but you know, we just have to stay in our own lane, run our own race and say, Look, I am what I am. And what is it the old saying that the people, people that people that care don't mind, and people that mind, don't care, something like that. I don't remember how that goes. But basically, it's, you know, the people that are closest to us are going to understand, and they're not going to be rude. But the people that are rude, you know, we just have to nevermind them. And the other thing, it's kind of timely, that there was an old, it was a meme that was going around not long ago, of a pattern. And this was probably in the late 50s, early 60s. But the pattern for sewing was actually called chubby girl patterns. And you know, in this day and time, I just had to step back for a minute and say, Oh, my gosh, can you imagine that somebody was actually advertising their product as chubby girl products.   Sandy  08:01 Very funny. It's really interesting. Right now, body positivity, at least, let's say publicly, it's a it's a big deal. A lot of companies are choosing to feature, you know, models that are a little bit on the chubbier side. But here's the thing, I do feel that there's a bit of a downside to that, in that I feel that a lot of companies, it's almost like they're just paying lip service to what is trendy right now that which is a pipe positivity movement. But I do feel that it doesn't really serve people well to actually believe that the world will treat you exactly the same if you're, if you're clearly out of shape, because that's not the case. And it would be very disappointing to be tremendously out of shape and go out into the world and go to beaches and Golden's to social situations and go into dating, and go into job interviews and just assume that yes, the world is very positive now, and I will be getting these fabulous reactions. My weight is a non issue. That's not really the case. And I know that to be a fact, because I'm, well, I mean, it's not only something that I can see for myself, but I experienced it up to a certain degree. I've always been a person that has been very much weight conscious and finger conscious and I've even fallen into near anorexia at certain times in my life. But when I was pregnant, I decided to just set all of those concerns aside and just eat help healthfully. But to be honest, I went a little bit overboard. I didn't really eat healthfully, I went above and beyond. I mean, certainly I ate for two but not for two normal people, but for two people with a sweet tooth and with a penchant for grilled cheese sandwiches. So in reality I did put on a lot of weight. I would say that up My my little boy was born, I still had a lot left to ship. And I knew that it was going to be something temporary, because I'm a person that knows how to, you know, lose weight when it's needed. So I knew it was a temporary thing. But I would say that over the course of maybe a year, I was really very much overweight. And in fact, you can well pregnant, because I put on so much weight, I did not look like this beautiful, lovable, pregnant woman that everybody wants to hug and help out. In fact, I would say that I looked more like an overweight lady. And the reactions I got from people, let me tell you, they were not at all body positive at all. So it was a bit of a social experiment, and that I actually got to feel and experience what life might be like if that were your permanent situation. Let me tell you, there is no real body positivity going on, as far as I can tell. So I mean, it's all well and good that companies want to, you know, open their, their brands to to more consumers and maybe offer different sizes. But it's really, I think, a little bit of wishful thinking to actually believe that you can go into the world and experience life in exactly the same way and with exactly the same opportunities at any size. Yeah, that's what I feel.   Terry  11:24 Yeah. And I mean, it'd be great. It'd be a perfect world, if we could go and just be fake. People could see us from the inside out. That would just solve everything right there.   Roy Barker  11:39 Yeah. And I think the other part of that is that, I don't know why, but it's gotten worse over the last few years. But people feel the need to comment or to be mean,   Terry  11:49 they're trying to be helpful, but they're really not right.   Roy Barker  11:52 And some people are just not, I mean, just nasty anyway, but then, you know, we also I think we suffer from the silent prejudice, that even if somebody doesn't voice that, it's always, you know, it's in their head, or, you know, they think that they think, oh, that, you know, I don't want to hire that person, because they're overweight, or the body image, you know, whatever it may be, that's not what I want.   Terry  12:19 And the same route, you know, for the reverse, even for thin people, you know, you can't automatically assume that often, then and fit looking people are actually that they may, you know, just have a great metabolism, they may, you know, they've got their, oh, it's, it's somewhere in between there would be nice. Absolutely. In fact,   Sandy  12:40 I have something to mention about that, I get the feeling that health and appearance are really unrelated. There really is very little overlap, for example, as I was mentioning, at a certain point in time, and I do think that it was caused, mostly by comments on me being overweight, which I actually was not, when I was younger, I have fallen into very restrictive eating patterns, at certain points in my life, I would say near Emirates, I mean, it's not ever a tip, because I know what that is. And I would certainly not want to claim that I have been in a situation is dire as people that have undergone that. But I have been in situations where let's say over a period of a couple of years, I have had nothing but let's say let's say back in the early 90s, maybe only three slimfast shakes throughout the day. And that was the extent of my eating. So when I've done that, and when I've done that, I've coupled it with very, very extreme exercise routines. So that can be healthy. I mean, nobody would assume that that's healthy. But when I do that, I'm normally at my lowest weight. And normally when I'm at my lowest weight people come out of the woodwork, doctors, personal trainers, and everybody says, Oh, you look fantastic. You are the picture of health. Now I know I'm not the picture of how can I be the picture of though if I'm practically starving myself maybe even treating myself to what a diet coke now and then I mean, there's no way that that So, but I look quote unquote, very healthy. Now whenever I say okay, that's I mean enough with that let's let's try to actually get a little bit healthier. And I start you know, building in adding some more vegetables and fruits into the mix, which is normally something that many personal trainers suggest passing upon. Whenever I start adding, you know, more healthful foods, healthy proteins, healthy fats. Normally I'm kind of like at the weight that I am at now, which is a normal weight. However, when I'm at this weight, people normally say oh, you really let yourself go. So I mean, it's quite bizarre and people say oh, no, no, you need to take care of your health. I remember back when you look super healthy and I think Okay, that makes zero sense. So when I actually am healthy, people are saying that I look healthy. And then it's the other way around. That really makes no sense. And I think that's in line with what we see on social media and often in fitness magazines, all these Instagram influencers that are, you know, hashtag health and hashtag healthy life and hashtag in principle, and fitful and all of that, normally, what they're doing is they're only having diuretics for several days prior to their photo shoots. So obviously, their muscles look, very cut, they look very rich, they look fantastic, but there's just no way that they're healthy. And normally, they're posing with a smoothie, or they're posing with an apple. But those are not the things that they actually consume. Of course, that's not to say that that's the case with every single Instagram influencers, certainly, some people are naturally healthy, and they look healthy, or some people are naturally thin, or some people are naturally muscular. But that's not really the case. And I'm going to tell you something that you won't believe it'll blow your mind. Okay, you know how sometimes you see fitness magazines, and you see these people that you can tell that it's actually the same person, it's surely not very photoshopped, if at all. But you see how they go from, you know, flabby to Super fit. Okay, let me tell you, there's a technique that some companies used to get these impressive pictures, which is this, they go to a gym, and they find one of the fittest people, and they offer that person money to gain weight. So for right now, they keep up before picture, then they have that person gain weight, and then they snap a second picture, and then they just use them in the opposite way. So they use the one taken in the future as the before, and the one taken out as the after. So it's not really that somebody that was flabby got all ripped, somebody that got ripped, gained a little weight.   Terry  17:08 never would have thought of that mother   Sandy  17:11 raised me. Yeah, I know. It's very crafty, because we'll see, but pictures and they think, oh, it really is the same person, oh, this product must be like fantastic. And it's really not.   Roy Barker  17:22 So it's interesting. And we and then I think it's a good time to point out that, you know, when you go out into the world to hire trainers, die nutrition counselors need to make sure of their credentials, number one, but number two, if they tell you they've got a plan that they've helped 25 people with, you need to be thinking that, you know, everybody is not the same. And so really what you want is somebody to sit down with you and say, number one, what is your health you because you need to know, you know, the blood? The things I key on blood pressure, sugar, the glucose, you know, and I'm sure there's other things that a physician could point you into, but it's like, there are these markers in your life, what are those? And what do we need to do to make that healthier? Because you know, as you've said, you can, you can work on the body and you can make your body look one way, but that doesn't always translate into being healthy. And again, I think, you know, you pointed this out is that we tend to eat, equate those that Oh, that the thinner person, they must be healthy. And that is just certainly not the case. But just take care when we hire people to make sure that they have our best interest in mind, and that they take us as individuals to try to help us, number one, do what we want. But number two, look at our situation, where we are today for what it is.   Sandy  18:52 Definitely and also understand that a lot of claims made by personal trainers might not I mean, they do have an okay, here's the thing, exercise does not have necessarily a huge impact on body shape or type. It can certainly tone it can certainly tighten Titan, but it's not really linked to weight loss. That's like a separate thing. And many things that can be promised to you such as spot reducing, or dramatically changing your body type might not even be feasible for a number of reasons. For example, let's say that you have naturally very broad shoulders or very thick animals and those are your bugs. What can you do, there's nothing you can do, it's a bone, I mean, there's no reducing the size or the width or the length of a bone. So it's there are things that cannot really, really be changed. And that's okay. Exercise is still very important overall for a number of reasons health as you were mentioning, and even the social aspect I thought it was very interesting what you were mentioning toward the beginning of our conversation about mindset. And it's really very true. I have been working out for many years now. But I normally like to do that on my own, either at home or in a gym. But normally, on my own this to me exercise. Well, my favorite type of exercise is resistance, weight training. And I think that's very private, I think it's a very private thing. And it can also be a very intellectual exercise, in that you're trying to achieve a muscle mind connection in which you're focusing on what you're doing, you might even actually be taking notes as to this week, I was able to lift this amount. So it's something to me, that's a little bit personal. But in more recent years, especially after moving here to California, I did want to get involved in the more social aspects of working out. And for example, I saw that a lot of my friends were into running or jogging, or doing some kind of group fitness activity. And I wanted to join in what I felt like, how can I How can I do that? Well, I thought it was really, you know, it came down to mindset. I just signed up for different things I snapped started signing up for five keys for 10 case for stair climb challenge. And let me tell you, the reality is that I have never trained specifically for any of these events. But I just decided to talk to myself in a very positive way. Like, I'm sure I can do it. I've been working out even if it's not that specific type of exercise, but I've been working out for for many years, and I'm sure I'll do fine. And I actually did to find sometimes I think that we hesitate to join in fitness activities, because we think we won't be able to complete them or that they sound tremendously grueling. I mean, obviously, if you have any health concerns, you should check with a doctor. But if that's not really a concern, it's more a matter of, I really won't be able to do it, that's something you should just set aside. I do think that the way we speak to ourselves and to others has a lot of impact on our fitness and our health and even our weight. And I'm not even talking about this in a mystical way or in any kind of mystical shape or form. But for example, if I tell you, Roy and Terry, oh, you know, I'm a couch potato, I like hanging out at home snacking on potato chips. Whenever you go on a whitewater rafting trip, you won't invite me because you'll figure Oh, she won't enjoy it. Whenever you go on a hike or you go on a walk, you'll certainly not tell me to join it. If you come across information about a marathon or something, you won't send it over to me saying hey, you might want to join this because you wouldn't figure that I would be interested. However, even if I'm kind of lying at first, and I say, you know Roy, and Terry, I am so into fitness. I just love working out. I'm very outdoorsy. I just love that kind of thing. Whenever you come across information that you think I might like, you'll just send it over. And that will happen with my whole network of friends and acquaintances. And all of a sudden, just by virtue of saying, Oh, I'm very athletic. I just love this. I'm very interested in keeping in shape. I just love being healthy. I will be receiving information and invitations that will be actually helpful in leading me toward my goal.   Terry  23:42 Yeah, that's, I am one of those who I do not speak. I'm not very kind to myself. I mean, I just am not. And when I was reading about that in your book, that really, I went whitewater rafting about 1517 years ago. Never I'm not a fitness buff. I don't I think it's grew. You know, I just say that to myself. I think it's but I feel great. After I do it. It's just getting there. Yeah, that trip was awesome. I and I didn't get pitched out of the raft either. And that was my goal. But it was awesome. I never, I couldn't even imagine doing a 5k or a 10k. But after reading your book, I think I might be able to modify. Absolutely. In fact,   Sandy  24:33 you can walk it you can jog, if you can just complete it any way you like, and nobody's going to be upset about that. And it's very fun. You make friends. Super fun. Yeah,   Roy Barker  24:44 I think that's the important part is, you know, first off what you said is we need to give people the information and let them make the decision because, you know, basically if I say Oh, Sandy's a couch potato, she's over eating chips. She wouldn't want to go I'm making a decision for you. Instead of letting You make that decision. But then also the it's hard. But we have to get over that, that people that other people really even care what we're doing. I mean, I, when I think if you go, if you were able, if you just signed up for any kind of a run, that's a start, and I'm you know, I'm impressed number one. But if Who cares if you run halfway and walk halfway, you're still out there making progress. And you may not run the whole one the first time. But if you do 345, you may get where you run it all. And and then you know, we can talk about that too at the gym. People don't want to go to the gym, they don't want to go to group exercise, because they're overweight and all of this, but you know, what? People usually that are working out, they understand that maybe that's your starting point. And I think, I think they would be a lot kinder to you most of the time, you know, like the gym I go to, I'm overweight, but I never get looks or flak or anything, but I don't worry about it. I'm there for me, I try to stay in my lane and not worry. Well, number one, I guess I don't think anybody else even is going to give me the time of day. It's like they got their own stuff going on. So they're not worried about you know me. But anyway, just you just have to get out there. And another great example of that, I think, is yoga. And this is what I like about yoga is, well, the lady, I've got a DVD, she always says, Look, if you can't do this, here's a modification. And she always gives you something just to keep you moving.   Sandy  26:38 That's fantastic. And you're absolutely right, that most people are not paying that much attention to us. Absolutely. And certainly, I mean, there are Jensen, there are gyms, obviously you need to shop around and find one where you're where you're comfortable. And even. Here's the thing, a lot of people feel very self conscious while at the gym, because they feel like they look terrible. But that's partly because they are, you know, in very unflattering clothing. But I mean, these days, there are a lot of very flattering, very attractive workout clothes, in fact that leisure is big business, in the fashion industry. And I think if you feel that you look fine. I mean, regardless of body weight, body type, just knowing you look fine. Maybe in the case of women, maybe you can add a little mascara, little lip gloss, maybe a little self tan or something to make you feel more comfortable, as a guy, maybe a nice looking tailor t shirt, something that makes you feel more confident. That goes a long way. I think the reason we don't feel comfortable is because we feel we're not at our best. And that's always a little bit difficult.   Terry  27:45 I just want to cover I mean, you just want to cover it up. I I'm one of those who I used to wear big baggy shirts and sweats and you just cover everything up because I wasn't where I wanted to be. But I don't think I've ever been where I wanted to be. But you know, a few years ago, I shed some weight. And so I started wearing clothing that fit. You know, I forgot what that felt like, because I've just been trying to cover it up.   Sandy  28:11 Exactly. And wearing baggy clothes tends to be so counterproductive. Because it doesn't hide anything. It just makes you look all the more bulky. So it's really not a flattering look on on anyone really. But I do think that the fact that you decided to move away from that is an excellent sign. Because to me, it seems that it it just shows that you had a lot more confidence. And surely you discovered that that was far more flattering. Not only because it actually and objectively is more flattering, because it's just less, it adds less volume to your to your body. But also because it's a sign of feeling confident and a lot of the way people perceive you. And the way that you actually look on a physical level has to do with your confidence level. And if you were feeling more confident, it's very clear to me that you surely look far more attractive. on a physical level. It's   Terry  29:06 very interesting. Yeah, and I just got rid, I mean, I just stopped thinking about all the noise, the outside noise, you know, and not about my ego just it is what it is. And if you don't like it go, you know, here I am. Whatever you think is not my business who say that a lot?   Roy Barker  29:25 Well, it's a you know, it translates the mindset, and we talk about this in business, as well as our personal life is that a lot of times we tend to be so hard on ourselves that we need to give ourselves a break and say look, you know, basically like you said, it is what it is. I can't change this. In the next 10 minutes. Usually, it's going to take time, but if I take those baby steps, you know they all add up is kind of like walking during the day, you know, it'd be it's, sometimes I can't go out and do 5000 steps all at one time. But if I do, like this watch, it makes me do 250. It makes me do 250 every hour. So if I stick with that, at the end of the day, you know, before I go walk, and I'm starting out with 20 503,000 steps, so we have to be moving in that right direction. And there's never a better time to start than today.   Sandy  30:23 Absolutely, no, absolutely, that's the whole thing, once you get started, that's the way that's the way it goes. There's a saying in Spanish that my grandma used to say, which would loosely translate to, when it comes to eating or scratching a niche, the first thing to do is just start. And the same would apply to fitness, whenever you want to get fit, the first thing to do is just start and you'll find that, that you will keep on going in that direction. And I think that's also very important these days for men. Because I feel that in recent years, let's say standards of perfection holding forth have been a little bit more relaxed for women, at least to a certain point. And well, I mean, sometimes you see, magazine covers these days, when you have female celebrities or female models in there, let's say average person, wait, even Victoria's Secret has decided to do away with their Victoria's Secret angels campaign, there's no longer point to be any Victoria's Secret show, we've come to know it. However, when it comes to men, I think that Well, I mean, standards have been raised dramatically, I've seen that a lot of male actors these days, they are tremendously ripped, and they're expected to be either shirtless or full on naked in their movies. And it's just crazy. A lot of male actors have actually, you know, made a career out of that type of thing. And some have, let's say, maybe strengthened or, you know, like really solidified their career upon becoming very, very, very athletic looking. And even on a more, let's say, on a level that's outside of Bollywood, for example, a lot of male CEOs, instead of having their friends join them for drinks, they have their friends join them for rock climbing, or that kind of an activity. So I feel like it's, it's this very alpha male thing these days. And I think that's also something that, I mean, I'm glad that that standards are being a little bit more relaxed for females, but I'm a little concerned that guys might experience what women used to experience these days. And it's also important for teenage boys, you go on to teenage boys Instagrams these days, and it's a bunch of shirtless kids, you know, showing off their abs and their pecs and visma I think that's not super healthy. It can't be it's, it's something that really does a number on people's mindset when you cannot live up to that expectation.   Roy Barker  33:05 Yeah. Speaking of that, I'm not gonna mention his name. But there was a singer that's pretty popular now, that was doing an interview with one of the major networks, and it was a tape so they, you know, they had they showed the clip, and it went away. And so the, the interviewer just made the comment, like, I've known this guy for years and said, I haven't seen him with a shirt on in the last six years. So yeah, there's a lot to be said for, you know, I mean, it's just not me, even if I was at my, my optimal weight and body shape and all of that I probably wouldn't do an interview on a national network shirtless. So, you know, I always feel like that there's more to that most people show up no matter. You know, some of the bigger way calm action movie stars that are ripped and buffed, they usually show up with a shirt on. So there's a little bit to kind of what you're saying there. They you know, they've got this image and I feel like it's an extra draw.   Terry  34:05 Yeah, it's very strange that they it's totally turned the tide. Now they're all eye candy. You know, that's why.   Sandy  34:14 But there's another trend that I I can see that it could be, let's say unhealthy in a certain way. But I also kind of like it for another reason. This other trend that I'm mentioning is the fact that people okay, when I was a little girl, people that reached 30 were thought to be over the hill. Oh, they were middle aged. Oh, they were so old. In this day and age, you can be 6070, late 70s 80. And you're supposed and expected to look super hot, whether you're a man or a woman. Now, again, that's I kind of don't like it because it might be unrealistic for some, but I also kind of do like it because it's just, it's Just fantastic to not limit ourselves, I wouldn't want to say, well as the years Come, I'll have no choice but to just let myself go. And I'll just be this flabby old lady in a rocking chair. No, I don't think that that would be either necessary or expected or desired. And I see now that there are plenty of role models that show that you can look extraordinarily good. No matter what your age, like, for example, going to male option stars, you have like a Robert Downey Jr. Or even a Brad Pitt. They're in their late 60s now, or people like Jay low, mid 50s. I mean, they look great. And they will continue to look great. 10 years from now, 20 years from now. And that's something that again, yes, I mean, you cannot hold yourself up to Hollywood standards. But it's good that we do see role models, so that we don't automatically assume Okay, let's think of a seven year old, okay, I'm thinking of somebody in a rocking chair, you know, like all dried up or, you know, terrible. No, when you think somebody like 6065 70, now, it can be somebody very sexy, very physically appealing from a conventional point of view, it can be somebody very vibrant, somebody's very active. And, you know, that's something that I've liked about joining in races and these kinds of challenges, that you see people that are clearly, I don't know, not teenagers anymore, or definitely not in their 20s or 30s. And they look amazing, and more importantly, their athletic performance is excellent. So that's also very interesting to watch. Yeah,   Terry  36:40 I was gonna say Helen Mirren, we can't say talk about this without mentioning her because he, oh my gosh, her in the bikini of how many, like four years ago? Oh, how old she is. She's 70. Some, maybe early 70s. I don't even know. But she looks great. He says   Roy Barker  36:59 it's a it's a good observation. Because like you when I was growing up, and you know, if you think about the age, like 6065, people were, they were they were, they were inactive in the rocking chair, you know, sitting in front of the TV and not really taking part. I think that's a, I think that's been a good part of our evolution is that we don't, we don't put those age boundaries on us anymore. We're like, um, you know, I'm of this age, I can do whatever, I may not be as fast as the next guy. But who cares, I'm out there doing my thing. And then the more people we get to join in of those ages, then the better it is, it's like, then everybody feels welcoming to do it. And because it's, that's another part of this, that I don't think we talk about enough. But it's that, you know, decisions that we make, as a younger person, lead into how we age. And that's one thing that, you know, I've kind of had a wake up about lately, you know, I've passed, he just had a birthday, I had a birthday not too long ago, that was pretty tough. And so but you know, it makes you think about, okay, well, if I'm in poor shape, I got poor eating habits. I don't exercise enough. What's that going to lead to in 20 years from now. And you know, because we don't want to be a burden on our family on our kids. We all want to live a healthy, vibrant life, you know, right up until the end. So I think these are things that you've got to take into consideration. early in life, we all think that we're 30 and bulletproof. But unfortunately, if you're lucky enough to live long enough, those things will catch up with you.   Sandy  38:39 That's absolutely true. But something that should give people a little bit of, let's say, comfort, is that in many cases, you can actually be healthier, possibly fitter, and possibly even look better from a conventional standpoint, as you age rather than when you were younger. A lot of teenagers have terrible eating habits, a lot of very young people like to say they assume they're bulletproof. So they're just feeding themselves terrible things their skin might be suffering, the consequences. They might be. Well, there's another thing when you're very young, often your confidence level is not at its peak. So oftentimes, that also plays a part in you're not looking your best. A lot of young people don't actually go to the gym or workout much. But sometimes when people get a little older, let's say late 30s 40s 50s, late 50s, and so on, they kind of have a wake up call, and they say, okay, no, no, I need to turn things around. And they actually start taking action. And all of a sudden, they look and feel amazing, way better than when they were younger. And I think we can actually think about people in our own lives or celebrities that we don't want to think about our circle of friends that look way better now than they did 20 years ago, I mean, for sure. I mean, a lot of people even, for example, Robert Downey Jr, that I mentioned, right now he's an athletic man, he is known to be an action star in his 20s. He was like a, you know, a very pale kind of golf like person. I mean, so again, I think he looks better now as a 16 year old man than he did about 20. Or even in the case of myself, I know, I was healthier, fitter, and probably in my physical prime, probably around 40. And not around 20. That's for certain at 20. I mean, I was very fit, but I was not very healthy. And I was not, I did not have much muscle tone, because that was not a thing that was popular back then. But a 40 or so I was modeling swimsuits. So I mean, it's, it's interesting that that really, age does not really played a huge role in that regard.   Roy Barker  40:58 Yeah, and we're getting rid of some of our bad habits, like, you know, the smoking and drinking to access, I think society is like, you know, we're moving away. But the, you know, the new smoking now is sitting in a chair and setting for your job, or sitting in front of a TV or sitting in front of game console. I mean, there's a lot of reasons for it. So you know, I think it's just part of the message is also just get out and get moving, you have to move every day. And the great thing about this time of life, was the period that we're in now is that, that you have so many options, we've got the gym, where you can do the weights, you can do all kinds of cardio equipment, we've got the wall, yeah, you got virtual, we got the mirror thing that leads you on it, we've got the group's you know, they have that meat out in the park, that they do different movements and yoga, we can play videos on the TV that do yo and some other you know, cardio type stuff, core work. It's just, we've got so much at our disposal that I just would encourage everybody, just find something you like you don't have to do the same thing every day, you can mix it up, but at least start exploring something that you can do and continue to do through your life because it's not only your physical health, but it's also your brain health.   Sandy  42:27 Yes, and definitely select, like you were saying a type of exercise that you enjoy personally. And also, it's a very good idea to match your workout for the day, to your mood. For example, if you're feeling tremendously stressed out and frazzled, maybe something like yoga, or Pilates, or something that might be a little bit more relaxing, might work well, if you're feeling a dip in confidence, definitely, I would say weight training is very good because you see your achievement, or you feel your achievement. If you're feeling aggressive, because you need to get rid of extra aggression, maybe you're mad at something or frustrated with something, maybe a boxing workouts something around those lines, that would be very good. And if you're just bored, and you can't come to, you can't bring yourself to actually do anything, what I would do is I would find mystery or suspense audio book, and listen to or a podcast maybe about true crime or something that's very intriguing. And I would listen to it as I was doing my workout. And I would only exclusively continue listening next time I worked out. So then obviously if I'm left with a cliffhanger, I'm going to be looking forward to working out the following day for sure. Oh, that's   Terry  43:43 a great idea.   Roy Barker  43:44 Well, you know, like, for me, taking a little walk during the day we try to we don't we're not great about consistency. But you know, going for that walk in the morning, and especially at lunch or in the evening, it's tends to clear my head and be think I have a lot of clarity of thoughts, either thinking of new things, or maybe I'm working on the problem I'm trying to solve and I just can't figure out you know, how this is all fitting together. You just be surprised at how clear your mind becomes when you just get away from things and even just take a little walk.   Terry  44:20 Yeah, and outside. You know, just go outside for a minute. Just if you just need to go and stand just look, look up to the sky, close your eyes don't look into the sun, but you know, just looking at I did that a while ago a little while ago and that just brought a lot of clarity. Believe   Sandy  44:40 fantastic. I also give a little tip in the book. It may not be for everyone, but I think that it's it can be helpful. Sometimes if you need motivation motivation to embark on a fitness program. Sometimes what you can do is put a cart before the horse in other ways you go to To your calendar or your date book, and you schedule something in the future that will require you to be in peak physical shape. It could be a 5k, it could be a bikini shoot, it could be a meeting with your former classmates, it could be whatever you personally feel will motivate you, and you put it on your calendar. And then you do a little countdown so that you know how many days you have to go. And just looking at that number will, at least it does to me, it gets me going, definitely, if I know I'm three weeks away from you have a TV show or the meeting with classmates, or whatever I do, you know, I'm there at the gym at five in the morning. And I'm not, you know, eating anything that should not be eaten. So I think it works.   Roy Barker  45:50 That's good motivate, I was thinking when you first started talking, I was thinking you were gonna say, you know, like, go out and buy your dress to dress sizes too small. So you can try them because that's a that's a motivator for me is I've got a, you know, a couple shirts that are way too small at this point. But you know, you go in there and try them on and you can see your progress. And it kind of gives you a little extra boost to get, keep going.   Sandy  46:15 I love that that's a wonderful idea. And you know, I have seen that the opposite tends to happen. So don't do the opposite. When people buy things one size too large, you actually grow you expand to fill up that garment. So don't. So that's something that you should definitely not do.   Roy Barker  46:32 Yeah, and I don't know that this happens for everybody. But you know, part of the problem with buying those baggy clothes is not only tend to fill them, but you become more comfortable. Like I don't really have any motivation to change them. But, you know, like when I put a T shirt on, that's like pretty snug. It gives me a lot more motivation to like, hey, I need to really keep on this program to make some changes. So it's not so tight because I can't wear it on public.   Terry  46:59 Yeah, or being able to breathe. Better a little too tight.   Sandy  47:05 Yes. I mean, this might sound a little bit like too obsessive. But I have heard that there are studies that show that if you eat in front of a mirror, you tend to make more healthful choices. Of course, I wouldn't necessarily recommend eating in front of a mirror because that sounds a little bit too, too obsessive. But it's, I think it maybe we wouldn't go that far. But I do think that before you make an unhealthy food choice, not only thinking in terms of what will this do to my body on a visceral level, but what will this do to my mood? And how will I feel after eating this thing. I've had the experience that sometimes I'm very tempted by say, a pizza, and I eat a pizza and my maybe a whole pizza. And my experience is that after eating it, I feel sluggish. I feel like a carb coma, I'm not comfortable. I just feel like very unhealthy and very unhappy. It's depressing overall. So sometimes what I do in order to just not eat that, is to think, think back on how I felt the last time I actually think that and I just remember, you know, it's really not worth it. It's not even that tasty. So it's just a matter of remembering how we feel when we eat things that we shouldn't be eating.   Terry  48:27 Yeah, and I feel I mean, I do feel better after I eat something that's after I eat a salad. You know, I never used to be able to get excited about salads or vegetables. I I'm a I'm a sugar, person, sugar and salt. Give me Give me some chips and chocolate, I'm good. But I just I feel a lot better after I eat something that is healthy for me and not pouring off on all the salad sweet. And, you know, caloric laced salad dressings and all of that just a little oil and vinegar, a couple of crude John's or some sunflower seeds or whatever. Just, it makes me feel a lot better. After I do that.   Roy Barker  49:06 There was a star that said something about you know, even if you eat a candy bar or ice cream, it's like you get, you know, five minutes worth of pleasure eating it. But what does it take to make that go away? You know, the effort that you have to put in or, you know, the damage that it can do to certain people if you know they have certain conditions. So we always have to think about that. That's It's good. It's hard to do for me because I'm like, oh, I'll eat it and think about it later.   Terry  49:35 The immediate pleasure that it's gonna bring Yeah, and then all   Roy Barker  49:38 we need to start thinking about what it what it is and what it does before we eat it. That'd be great. Yeah. Well, Sandy, thank you so much for being with us today. We certainly do appreciate it before we get away. What is a tool or what is a habit? Something that you do daily that you feel adds a lot of value to your life   Sandy  49:59 when it comes To fitness, I think that's something that adds value is knowing that every day, I get fitter every day I get healthier, and that allows me to enjoy and relish the passage of time, rather than fearing the passage of time. So that's something that I would recommend that our listeners engage in something that is measurable. It could be endurance wise, it could be how much weight can I lift? It can be how long can I work out? It can be how, what distance can I run? It can it could even be how much weight can I lose without obsessing, of course, but something that is measurable, will make every passing day feel good? Not like Oh, another day pass? No, it's like, oh, it's a brand new day. It's fantastic. I'm doing better than before.   Terry  50:46 I love that you you give some advice, but you also back it up with examples. And I'm, I'm a visual person. So I you know, I can see it in my head, what you're talking about. And this is how you wrote wrote your book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was an easy read not mean for me just to follow because you didn't go off on tangents or anything. It was like, to the point straight to the point. And I and I enjoyed that. And I just wanted to make sure that you knew that. Thank you so much.   Roy Barker  51:19 Yeah, I think the that's the nice thing, like the the brand of watch. Switch watches not long ago. But that's what I like about it is it gives accuse you for that smaller step, that if I take the smaller steps through the day, at the end of the day, you know, I've got decent results already without really you know, having to go out and do things. So take it that negative and let's turn it into a positive find something that you can measure. You know, we can't change what we don't measure something that's always said as well. So good advice. Yes. Well, thank you so much again, Sandy, we appreciate it. Tell us a little bit about the book where people can find it. And then you know how people could reach out if they want to connect with you.   Sandy  52:05 Absolutely. The book is called "Choose to Prevail" by Sandy Rodriguez, I actually have here with me. And it's a book that's available pretty much on any online platform, for example, Amazon or Barnes and noble.com or target.com walmart.com many different places where it can be found, probably Amazon would be the easiest. And if they click here to connect while we're on Instagram, as at choose to prevail. There's also a Facebook group called "Choose to Prevail." And I'll be more than happy to welcome anybody that cares to join us there.   Terry  52:40 And it's about reframing challenges.   Sandy  52:43 Yes, not only in fitness, but in life in general how to overcome any issue that might be tripping us up, some of us struggle with things that are big, such as, for example, the death of a loved one. Some of us struggle with something small, for example, of physical insecurity, or dealing with a difficult person. And all of these things can be managed more easily, with a shift in mindset. And that's what the book is   Roy Barker  53:08 all about. Yeah. All right. Awesome. Well, that's gonna do it for another episode of Feeding Fatty. Of course, I'm your host, Roy. I'm Terry, you can find us at www.feedingfatty.com. We're on all the major podcast platforms, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Spotify. If we're not on one that you listened to please reach out we'd be glad to add, add it to our list. And we're also on all the major social media platforms, so probably the most active on Instagram. So go check us out and check out the website for a lot of our past interviews. And go over there and you can watch and watch a video of this interview with Sandy as well as get the audio version for her share with your friends. Alright, until next time, take care of yourself and take care of your family. Terry  53:57 Thank you Choose to Prevail Book (@choosetoprevail) • Instagram photos and videos www.feedingfatty.com

Sandy Rodriguez is an author, court interpreter, and former editorial coordinator for the Mexican newspaper Reforma. She landed her first writing job at age twelve and felt inspired to pursue it as a career. In addition to writing her book, Choose to Prevail: Unexpected Insights to Help You Overcome Challenges, Sandy Rodriguez has translated over twenty best-selling books by authors, including Louise Hay and Neale Donald Walsch. She also hosts videos for En Cinco and Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Here's where you can find her: Instagram Facebook For more episodes, visit ZayZoh.com. Also, here's why I podcast.  

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Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez is the author of motivational book Choose to Prevail. She is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter and offers writing and speaking services, yet still finds time to paint and make wine.

On today's July 5th, 2021 episode, you'll also hear from painter Sandy Rodriguez. Her paintings on amate, the ancient bark paper, have been central to our work. You'll hear Sandy talk about how she creates colors and dyes through ancient methods and the meanings behind how she uses colors. Also, Project 1521 writer Sara Harris is a master gardener. You'll hear some of that knowledge in this piece she read during a Project 1521 reading at the Beyond Baroque in 2020. Thank you for listening to this podcast. This episode was produced by Darren J. de Leon and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez.

Tonia and Sandy Rodriguez talk about how one can choose to prevail especially when it comes to dealing with loss and grief. In this author interview, Sandy shares two ways that we can deal with "big issues". The first is the shift perspective and the other is to take practical action. Links Sandy mentions: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/ Heart of Hollywood Magazine: https://www.heartofhollywoodmagazine.com/ More about Sandy: Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Sandy, who once took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artist, and amateur winemaker. Ways to Support and Grow with Us: Subscribe and Become a Financial SUPPORTOR: https://bit.ly/37qE8pO Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/toniatyler Coffee With T Clothing and Apparel Store: https://teespring.com/stores/coffee-with-t #ConfidentStrides #coffeewitht #toniatyler #strideflowcreate Our featured video podcast "Coffee with T" on Confident Strides is a 20-minute conversational interview on different topics ranging personal development to business strategy and entertainment to foster empowerment in others. We believe everyone has story to share. By creating this platform, people can share their wisdom and insight, gain exposure and allow their voices to be heard. At Confident Strides, we believe that if you strengthen the core of an individual, other domains to include relationships and vocation will flourish as a natural byproduct of that empowerment. Connect with COFFEE With T via Confident Strides: WEBSITE: https://confidentstrides.com/ Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Zv4jJJ Share with us: What was one of your favorite takeaways from today's show? Before we go, show some love by leaving us a review. Thanks for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confidentstrides/support

In today's episode, I welcome Sandy Rodriguez! Sandy's day job is as a court interpreter, but her artistic experience goes way beyond one job title. She is also a painter, author, amatuer winemaker, and more, and she shares about the power of the arts in her own life and in the lives of those she's witnessed experience art. (Fun fact: the cover image is of Sandy's award-winning acrylic pour painting, "Lavender Fields.")   Get in touch with Sandy Rodriguez: https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ Support Artfully Told: www.paypal.me/elevateart Artfully Told links: www.facebook.com/artfullytold | www.artfullytold.podbean.com | elevateartskc@gmail.com Get a free audiobook through Audible!  http://www.audibletrial.com/ArtfullyTold Schedule your own interview as a featured guest with Artfully Told! https://calendly.com/artfullytold/podcast-interview     Episode 56 - Sandy Rodriguez Lindsey Dinneen: Hello, and welcome to Artfully Told, where we share true stories about meaningful encounters with art. [00:00:06] Krista: I think artists help people have different perspectives on every aspect of life. [00:00:12]Roman:  All I can do is put my part in to the world. [00:00:15] Elizabeth: It doesn't have to be perfect the first time. It doesn't have to be perfect ever really. I mean, as long as you, and you're enjoying doing it and you're trying your best, that can be good enough. [00:00:23] Elna: Art is something that you can experience with your senses and that you just experiences as so beautiful.  [00:00:31] Lindsey Dinneen: Hello, and welcome back to Artfully Told. I'm your host Lindsey and I am so excited to have as my guest today, Sandy Rodriguez. She is a communications expert and an artist, and has a really cool story to share with us today-- probably many stories to share with us today. So thank you so very much for being here, Sandy. I really appreciate it. [00:00:54] Sandy Rodriguez: Thank you so much, Lindsey. I'm a big fan of your show and it's such an honor to be here. [00:01:01] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, thank you. Well, I would just love if you would share just maybe a little bit about your background and how you got involved with art and also, just a little bit more about you and what you're up to. [00:01:14] Sandy Rodriguez: Absolutely. Well, I think that I have always, always been very much drawn to arts. But I got into it a little bit more seriously in very recent years that was a function, I think, of having made a big career because for many years, I used to work as an editorial coordinator for one of the formal newspapers in Latin America. I was living in Mexico City at the time. And while that career is very fascinating and I was very passionate about that, it's also all consuming. You're really never off the clock. So at a certain point in time, I decided to make a shift, and I moved to Los Angeles where I currently live. And here I began working in a totally different field, which is court interpreting. [00:02:04] And although there's, you know, a very high barrier to entry and it's, it's, to be honest, a very grueling job. It is a situation where you're home by six, it's a normal eight to five job. So that gives me time to engage in other activities. So I was able to become an amateur winemaker, I would say. Well, to do a little bit more writing, I wrote a book of my own, recently published, and I got into art a little bit more seriously, and that was fabulous. It's been a very life-changing. So something that used to be a hobby somehow has become more of a-- well, without saying that I'm fully professional, that's not necessarily the case because I'm not necessarily, you know, marketing my, my paintings and such, but I'm doing it in a, in a much more-- let's say structured --way. And I'm very happy about that, Lindsey. [00:02:58] Lindsey Dinneen: That's fantastic. Yeah. And, oh my goodness, what an interesting career you've had. I mean, just both, you know, positions are so interesting and yeah, it does sound like, like you mentioned, it might be grueling at times, but again, at least it allows you to do other things on the side. And I, I love your realness with that because I think there are a lot of artists who might feel like, "Oh, I'm not legitimate or something if it's not my full-time gig." And I think, I don't think there's any truth behind that. And so I really like that you've done both! [00:03:33] Sandy Rodriguez: Absolutely. And I think there's something interesting. I do agree with what you're saying that some people feel that unless it is your, your absolute only activity, you might not be like you say "legit" in, in some way. But on the other hand, I do find that many creative people in many creative fields-- and by that, I mean, acting, music, art, all kinds of things, filmmaking-- normally they have these titles that include a lot of hyphens or slashes because people actually do... Creative people sometimes do a lot of things. For instance, I remember one of your recent guests that was a writer and a Broadway actress, and she was also a tour guide. I also remember another person you had on the show that did podcasts and they were also into acting and writing. So a lot of people do a lot of things, and I think that that is also something that, that can happen. It's not only the person that says "I only am in school, so we need to devote myself to this." There's this other style of person that is interested in a lot of things. And they have, we have, our hands up in a lot of different projects and fields. [00:04:44] And I think that is on the one hand-- it's, it's very interesting people that are into many fields. Some that do many things. Firstly, they have more places or sources to draw from when they actually do engage in a creative process, by which I mean maybe if you're a painter, but you're also a doctor and you're also a dancer, you might have more sources of inspiration than if you're not. So that's, it's interesting like that. And also the thing is that creative people bring their creativity into whatever line of work they're in, no matter what it is, even if you think well, "That doesn't really make sense. It doesn't sound, you know, within the realm of art or creativity to me." Maybe the person is, I don't know-- well, for instance, a tour guide-- maybe you might say, "Well, that's something that you need to, you know, base yourself on, on history. And there's not much margin for creativity." But you know, they're kind of fazed because a person might have a, a gift for storytelling or it's interesting, I think that, that you have both types of personality in the art community: the one, the person that wants to be  only focused on art, and the person that is, that spreads their creativity across a number of different fields. So there's a little bit of both, I think. [00:06:02] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, I absolutely agree. And I think you're absolutely right. Sort of I've noticed that creativity seems to beget creativity, in a way. So when you are exercising that muscle, then it, it becomes stronger and might go into many different avenues, like you were saying, instead of necessarily --you know, I think there are times when it's important to focus on one path, you know, and really go after that one thing, hone those skills-- but like you said, it's so much fun because you can dabble in all sorts of things and learn the joy from each one, you know? So I love that. Yeah. Well, okay. Something you said earlier totally caught my attention and I was like, "Wait a second. We can't just skim over that." Okay. So you make wine? [00:06:48] Sandy Rodriguez: Yeah. Well, I think that's also a creative thing. Yes. So a couple of years ago, I started making wine and let's say in a serious matter, although it's an amateur only, I made a good Merlot, and then I made an excellent Zinfandel deal the following year. And when I say excellent, I'm not even making it up. I actually won a bronze medal for, for the Zinfandel, which I made alongside of a former boyfriend. We got into that and it was fantastic. I bought grapes from vineyard in the Paso Robles region. And we just went for it and we, we made a very, very good wine. It's also a very interesting field for, for creative people and just in general. So it's a hobby that very few people might engage in because you might think, "Oh, you need to own your own vineyard. Or it might be extremely expensive or very difficult." And, well, that's not really the case. I mean, you can actually source the grapes from existing vineyards. You don't really need to own one. [00:07:49]And as for the process, interestingly enough, the winemaking community is very welcoming, even to newcomers or people that are just hobbyists, they're, they're very nice people overall, and they're very open to giving you tips and, and their secret techniques. So it's a lot of fun. And in more recent months, I've been trying to do something that I don't know if you could even call it wine. But I've been using wine-making techniques, not with grapes, but with just random fruit juices. I've tried it with a cherry juice, cranberry, apple. And the result is, well, I don't know if you could call it wine per se, but it's, it's just a very fun activity. And once you're, you're done, I don't have a commercial permit, but I can give samples out to friends or I can drink it myself. So it's, it's just very fun. Very, very fun. [00:08:42] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, that is so cool. Well, and I love the fact that you were talking about how sometimes it might seem like something, an activity, that has some barriers to it, but-- and I would have thought the same thing honestly, it would never have crossed my mind to, to try it-- but now I'm kinda like, "Ooh, maybe I will." [00:08:59] Sandy Rodriguez: I think you should! And well, let me tell you, here's the thing-- it's very hard to scale up, but it's very easy to just start small. For example, the smallest you can go is making wine from a kit, which is still wine. I mean, it's not really like making brownies from a brownie mix. It's more like, like making a meal from a meal kit. You really do have to put in some labor and it's, it's interesting. And you can buy a kit from many wine-making sources online or in person, and you can make maybe like, five bottles of wine. I think that's the smallest amount that you can make. Now, if you want to scale up a little, the next possible step is what I did with the Zinfandel. You can purchase at least a hundred pounds of grapes from existing vineyards and that will yield about 30 bottles of wine. So it's a big leap and I wouldn't necessarily recommend scaling up once you've done that, because then you would probably need to go commercial and invest way more time and money into, you know, getting a license and such. But I think the 100 pound amount is, is great. I mean, that's, that's impressive enough to dazzle your friends.  It's just very fun. I would recommend that to anybody that's interested in, in an unusual hobby. [00:10:22] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, how fun and also, oh my goodness, congratulations on the bronze metal or a bronze award. How cool is that? Did you submit it to like a... I don't even know how that process works. That's so cool. [00:10:36]Sandy Rodriguez:  It was actually a little surprise for me. I was-- so most of the bottles from that particular batch, my ex-boyfriend kept them and he kindly entered the, the wine into this contest, but I wasn't even aware until we won. So that was a very pleasant surprise. Yeah. But I wasn't really all that surprised because I mean, modesty aside, it was really great quality and that's not only because-- I mean, the technique we followed was, was fantastic-- but because the grapes themselves lend themselves to making a wonderful wine. Wine, for the most part, is dependent on, on the grapes you select initially. And these were great. So, I mean, it was, it was surely going to come out very well in the end. [00:11:21]Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, that's so cool. Okay. Well, I know you've recently written a book, and I would love to hear more about the process of that, because I know that's an undertaking, but also just maybe more about what it's about and, and that's a whole art form in itself. [00:11:37] Sandy Rodriguez: Absolutely. Well, this is a book that is described by many as a conversation between the reader and the very supportive friend, and the conversation leads to the reader feeling more at peace and more confident. So it's a book that really has those two goals in mind. It's a book that is meant to leave the reader feeling more at peace and more confident in many ways, self confident and confident in the fact that things will always turn out alright. And this is a book that I wrote, it's called "Choose to Prevail," subtitle is "Unexpected Insights to Help You Overcome Challenges," and it's meant to help the reader overcome challenges big and small. When I say big, I mean, things such as, for instance, the death of a loved one, for example, or smaller things, which could be a difficulty when expressing oneself in public or maybe physical insecurities, that kind of thing. [00:12:35] And in fact, it's a book that has been it's being gifted to people that join this company called Heart of Hollywood as members. This is a company that encompasses actors, dancers, models, et cetera. And the CEO and owner felt that the book offered value to people in the creative fields, in an entertainment, because I mean, this is a field where rejection is, you know, it's part of the very nature. So people do need to develop more confidence, rock-solid confidence, more faith in the fact that things can and will turn out fine. So it was very flattering for me to see that this company that deals with people in entertainment and the arts is now kindly giving its, its members this school. So that was, that was something that was very, very nice for me. And also I think that the  book allowed me to express myself in, in ways that go beyond writing. [00:13:39]I was mentioning to you that recently I got a little bit more serious into, into arts. Let me backtrack a little. When I was a little girl, I had a tremendous passion for drawing, sketching. I would always have scrap paper at the ready and the pen or pencils or colored pencils or anything, markers, anything, because it was a tremendous compulsion that I had. So much so, Lindsey, that there was a time that I broke my right arm-- and I'm right-handed-- and instead of saying, "Okay, I'll just wait until I heal so that I can continue." No, I trained myself to draw with my left hand because I simply could not go a day without drawing or sketching. It was just a passion for me. I simply could not stop. So strangely, even though I was so, so passionate about this, I think when I became like maybe a, an older teenager and then a young adult, that kind of stopped being as interesting or important to me. I don't know why. [00:14:41] I don't think that there was a specific incident. Maybe I just got too busy with life. I don't know, but it was something that I kind of stopped doing. And then in recent years, I would say maybe three years ago, I kind of got back into it, but this time around, it was not only drawing that I was interested in, but I wanted to explore painting. My mom is an architect and also an artist, much more serious and rigorous than me. And I think seeing her recent paintings was really something that inspired me. So I started experimenting with acrylics and I started painting, and the same compulsion that, that I had felt-- this little girl-- when it came to drawing, I felt the same thing. I had to go out and buy just a bunch of canvases and paintbrushes and paint and everything had to be ready because maybe I was in bed, and I was like, "Nope, I need to get up. I need to paint this thing that I'm thinking of." And that's, that's something that happened to me recently. [00:15:41] And because it was kind of new to me, I was not used to acrylics or painting per se, drawing and painting are not-- not at least in my mind-- not quite the same thing. They don't even use the same part of the brain, is what I feel. But the compulsion was very similar and I did want to experiment as much as I could. And I also discovered this technique or style called acrylic pouring, which is a fluid, fluid style of painting that has its roots in something called "accidental painting" or "fluid arch" that was developed by a Mexican muralist by the name of David Alfaro Siqueiros who actually taught and also influenced Jackson Pollock at some point. Now modern day, acrylic  pouring is mostly considered a craft rather than art, because there are very specific techniques that people can pick up on, on YouTube and whatnot. Not to say that that doesn't have value because it does. I mean, of course, it's interesting that people can, can just start off their journey through tutorials, of course. But I wanted to, to explore that technique in ways that were not like accidental but rather more planned, and I also wanted to do it in ways that were not in line with existing techniques, but rather just experiment. And I did, and one of my acrylic pours actually ended up being the cover for the book, so that it was very cool. [00:17:13] Lindsey Dinneen: Wow. Yeah. Well, and I love the fact that this was such a passion for you that-- oh, well, first of all, that you taught yourself to do that with your left hand, I mean, that is so impressive, I can't even draw with my right hand.  I mean, I can, but I can't do what you do. It's not like a fine art thing. I can, you know, play around. But anyway, so that is super impressive. But also I just love that you've picked it back up, and it was fun to hear you talk about how you just want to be at the ready so that, you know, when inspiration strikes per se, you can respond. And that's so cool. Well, I, you know, I have a little bit of an advantage here at knowing you had mentioned before, about a specific thing that happened where you entered a contest as a kid. Do you want to tell that story? [00:18:06] Sandy Rodriguez: Absolutely. Yes. So when I was little, I mean, it was an obsession. I would say that maybe it was a little bit crazy, but I also like to, to draw not only things that came from my imagination or for watching the world around me. But I also like to draw or try to replicate characters. Like for instance, I would like to read, say Archie comics and I would draw the Archie characters or people that looked vaguely like the Archie characters, but in different situations with different clothing, different storylines. I made my own comments. And I think that that's also something that maybe some parents will say, "No, I don't want my kids to, to be reading comic books and let alone, you know, copying things that they might see elsewhere," because that doesn't sound glamorous or, or, you know. But in reality, it's a, it's a good segue. I think it doesn't matter what the entry way into art or reading is, I mean, I think that's, it also has value. [00:19:06] In any case, I was very used to doing that and I heard about this contest that was going to be sponsored by Kellogg's where you had to draw you know, the Kellogg's characters doing different things for different situations. And I submitted a couple of, of drawings of Tony the Tiger and Snap, Crackle, and Pop making cereal or, you know, just doing the things of that, of that sort. And I actually won this gigantic adult sized 10 speed bicycle. So that was fantastic. That was so, so cool. And I do love entering contests. In fact, last year I also entered an acrylic paint pouring contest. This was online. And I also won a first place. This was not something that was selected by judges, but rather through votes. And a lot of people voted for it, for my painting. It was something called "Lavender Fields" where I tried to use a cooling techniques to replicate a lavender field in France that I had once visited. So it's, it's really very interesting. I would encourage people of all ages to enter contests because it's just very motivating. It's fun. It's a fun activity. I think it's, it's, it's something that-- I mean, if you don't win, that's fine-- but if you do win, it's just like a fun story. [00:20:23] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, it is. Well, congratulations for both of those things, because that's so fun. [00:20:30] Sandy Rodriguez: Thank you. [00:20:30] Lindsey Dinneen: And I'll definitely have to see a picture of that painting as it sounds gorgeous. [00:20:36] Sandy Rodriguez: Well, thank you so much. Well, it's actually interesting because again, as I was telling you, acrylic pouring normally as taught in tutorials or in classes is really very techniquey, but I didn't want to go with things that everybody does, and everybody knows how to do, when everybody knows how, how to replicate. I wanted to do something that was more-- not, not a hundred percent accidental, but rather with a certain degree of planning. So I thought, "Okay, what do I need to do? How do I need to tilt the canvas?" The way this is done is pretty interesting. You use acrylic paints that are either pre-liquified or that you yourself make more liquid by the use of something called the pouring medium. So you have these-- let's say sort of liquid acrylic paints that you place on a canvas, and you tilt the canvas to and fro to the sides, et cetera, in order to make the paint move, and you can achieve very specific effects. It can look like marble. It can look abstract. You can look like a seascape depending on the color zone and the way you're moving the canvas or how you're tilting it, or certain other factors you might add to the paint. [00:21:48] But I wanted to do something a little bit different. So I really gave it a lot of thought, like, "What would happen if I do this? If I do that?" And I ended up using a liquid acrylic paint. And even though the technique I used was that tilting the canvas, moving the canvas, I was able to guide the painting into looking the way that I had previously planned it to go. So it was, it was pretty fun. It was, it was an interesting experiment and I'm really glad that people liked it. I also think that this pouring technique is very satisfying. I mean, it feels so relaxing when you're doing that. And that's also something that I mentioned in the book. I mentioned how art can truly modify your moods in, in very dramatic ways. [00:22:36] For example, if you're feeling a dip in your self-confidence or you're feeling a lack of energy, I can certainly say, and I've proven it myself, bring out your canvas and you provide yourself with paints in reds and burgundies and all of these exciting colors. And you turn up, you know, very intense music and you start painting. I mean, you feel very replenished and very confident by the time you're done. And by the same token, if you're feeling a little bit stressed or frazzled, and that happened to many people during the beginnings of COVID, and actually when COVID started, I went out and I got myself all the supplies that I needed. I started painting seascapes, another very tranquility- inducing landscapes, and blues and teals and grays. And, and it really is very soothing. I mean, just the type of brushstroke soft and it's, it's very therapeutic, I think. [00:23:33] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Well, that is really inspiring. And I, I love the fact that you have taken this opportunity, you know, taking something that is a challenging time, but used it for creativity and as an outlet. And I couldn't agree with you more about how art has the power to really impact your mood in a great way, and your outlook on life, and like you said, even self-confidence through it. So it's a powerful thing. And yeah, I, yes. I always encourage everyone, I know everyone has creativity in them and it's just a matter of finding the type of art that speaks to you, you know? Well, I would love, I'm sure you have probably many of these thoughts, but is there any particular memories that sort of stand out as moments that matter when either you watched somebody experience your art, or you experienced somebody else's art, and you just thought, "I've got to remember this moment." [00:24:36] Sandy Rodriguez: I think there are several. I mean, as I was telling you, my mom is, is an artist, far more accomplished than, than myself. And sometimes I see things that she has made, or I see things during the process of them being completed. And it's just very exciting. I mean, it's, you know how  Tom Sawyer, when he's white washing a fence and all of his friends think, "Oh, that looks super fun!" And it's really not. But the friends think that, well, in this case, I feel it's the same compulsion. You see somebody wielding a paintbrush and you say, "Oh, I want to do that." Luckily, unlike in the Tom Sawyer story, it really is fun. It's not unpleasant. It's really fascinating. But that's the thing. Just seeing somebody as they're painting, at least to me, it feels like I want to do that myself. It's just very tempting. It's one of those things that, that really speak to me. So I think whenever I see her or other artists in front of their easel or doing the things that they're doing when they're in the middle of adding a little tree or painting a, an eye or adding something to the sky, you know, I really want to do it myself. [00:25:45] It's just something that's, that's very tempting to me. And also, as to the other situation, moments that I feel that I've remembered very clearly where people have liked what I've done. Yeah. Like for instance, I started painting this series of wine bottles recently, I guess also inspired by my wine taking things. But I, I think that wine bottles are very fun to paint because firstly, depending on the colors you choose on the placement, they can look very festive or very depressing, and both are interesting things to express. You can, you can express despair and anguish through a wine bottle, an empty wine bottle or half full one. And likewise, you can express a feeling of celebration. So they're, they're interesting. It's the same object, but it can give off two very different vibes depending on how you choose to paint them. And I made that series. And surprisingly, I think it's one, one of the series that I've made that people respond to the most. [00:26:47]I've sold a few, and a lot of people have reached out in regards to those. I think that's interesting. I think that's something that, for whatever reason, spoke to people, so that was nice. And also there was another thing that, that happened.  So during COVID, the very first day that I heard the expression, "social distancing," I thought, "That is so interesting." And that very day, I came home. Because of my type of work, I really didn't have, you know, much time to, to spend at home. I was not in lockdown myself for, I mean, maybe just a couple of months, but not, not throughout the year, like many other people. But those months, the very first day that I was, let's say "sent home" and that I also heard the expression, "social distancing," I thought that would make a fascinating painting or drawing. So what I did is I made a set. It was two separate small illustrations. One of them showed a woman seen from behind at home. She's reading. And she's just in her home. She has a little dog, and it's like a scene where she's home basically. [00:27:57] And then there's a separate illustration where there's a guy also seen from behind. And he's also you know, at home, also kind of doing his own thing, but he's thinking. There's a thought bubble where he's thinking about the woman, and what the thought bubble shows is the exact same image that you see in painting number one. So this set is called "Social Distancing" because I felt that that was a good reflection of what was going on, that people were going to have to be separate, each one in their own homes, but they might be missing or longing for being with somebody else, being with the other person that they were missing-- a partner or a girlfriend or a friend, maybe a sister. So I thought that that was an interesting thing. And what I found fantastic was that the Los Angeles Public Library agreed that it was interesting. And now those two paintings are part of its digital collection as part of the COVID archive. [00:28:54]Lindsey Dinneen: Sandy, you are so amazing. You've done so many cool things. I love that. Congratulations for that too. Oh, that's yeah, just, that is really cool. And I love the fact that you were able to express that so beautifully through art and, and capture a moment in time that does matter. That's really neat. So yeah. Kudos to you. Well, I'm sure that there are listeners who would love to connect with you, maybe see some of your artwork if it's available online, just maybe purchase your book, follow you in your future endeavors. Is there a way for them to? [00:29:33] Sandy Rodriguez: Yes, absolutely. I have an Instagram that is at @chooseprevail. That is an Instagram through which I share my, my journey as a writer. And occasionally I also share art, new things that I've been painting, new things that I'm doing. It's more focused on the book than on the art part, but you do find a little bit of both, and I think that's the easiest way to, to connect. If anybody cares to send me a direct message, that's also possible through Instagram, and as for the book, it's available pretty much everywhere. It's on Amazon. That might be the easiest venue, but it's also on personable.com, target.com, or Walmart e-books. I've even seen it on E-bay Australia. So I think that if somebody cares to get the book, they should be able to get the book. And I would be very happy if they did. [00:30:26] Lindsey Dinneen: Of course. Perfect. Well, fantastic. I have three questions that I always like to ask my guests if you're okay with that. [00:30:35] Sandy Rodriguez: Absolutely. [00:30:37]Lindsey Dinneen:  Okay, good. So first of all, how do you personally define art or what is art to you? [00:30:43] Sandy Rodriguez: Well, I think that the dictionary definition would be simply something like, "the expression of human creativity and imagination to something such as a painting or a sculpture." Normally it's in visual form, but, personally, I think that it doesn't necessarily have to be in visual form. I think, for example, poetry can be a form of art. Certainly music can be a form of art as well. So I think it goes beyond, it goes beyond the visual. It's basically the application of creativity and imagination into something that speaks to others. I believe that would be the definition. [00:31:23] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Okay. And then what do you think is the most important role of an artist? [00:31:30] Sandy Rodriguez: I think that they're --okay-- it has two types of importance. One would be important for oneself. I think that as an artist, the importance of art to yourself would be allowing you to express feelings and modify them, so it's something that is both a source of expression and also a source of comfort to yourself as an artist, I think. But as to society or more as a whole, I think that, firstly, it can make society better by adding more beauty to everyday lives, but it can also shine a light on things that might be social ills or social problems. So it's simply another way of communicating. As a journalist, as a former newspaper editor, I would say that the role of art is not entirely different from the role of any other form of media. You can either shine a light on problems or spread the word on something that is beautiful, spread the word about something that is fascinating, bring more beauty to the world. [00:32:37] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. That's fantastic. Okay. And then my final question, and I'll define my terms a little bit, but do you think that art should be inclusive or exclusive? And inclusive referring to an artist who puts their work out into the world and include some context behind that, whether it's a title or program notes or the inspiration, versus exclusive referring to an artist who puts their work out but doesn't include context behind it. So it's kind of left entirely up to the viewer to interpret it the way that they will? [00:33:12] Sandy Rodriguez: Ah, that's a very intriguing question. And I will always question that. Myself, for example, when going to museums that are not art museums, but rather museums of history. Sometimes you see artifacts from cultures that are long gone and you see the interpretation of modern day historians like saying, "Okay, this was a ceremonial goblet." How do we know it was a ceremonial goblet? Maybe it was somebody's everyday coffee mug. I mean, you don't know for sure. And it's kind of difficult also when it comes to, to arts, because I think for my fun and entertainment, I might choose not to give an explanation and just see how people respond to it, seeing what it triggers in other people, what a piece that I've made my may, you know, inspire or trigger within the viewer. [00:34:04] But in reality, I think I'm more of a person that doesn't like to give explanations. So normally when I, when I create something, I do normally either give it a title or give a little backstory. I like to do that. I personally, I see value in both. In the way I do it, obviously the value is that there's no misinterpreting first for sure. But I think that the other style would have a lot of value and I would be curious to try it someday, see what happens if I give no explanation and just wait and see what people might say. So that's a fascinating question. I hadn't thought about that, but yes, definitely. I do the explaining part, but I'm going to try not doing these explanations, and see what, what what happens. [00:34:51] Lindsey Dinneen: Perfect. "Do I like that?" It'll be an interesting social experiment. [00:34:57]Sandy Rodriguez: Absolutely. [00:34:57]Lindsey Dinneen: Well, that's fantastic. Well, Sandy, I have enjoyed our conversation so much. You are so multitalented and I love how much you like to dabble in all sorts of different things, and still enter contests, and are actively creating. Thank you for sharing your art with the world and with me this morning, I just really appreciate it. So, thank you. [00:35:21] Sandy Rodriguez: Thank you, Lindsey. I had so much fun. You're wonderful. [00:35:25] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, you're so sweet. Well, and thank you so much to everyone who has listened to this episode. I would highly encourage you to connect with Sandy on Instagram and follow her journey because obviously she is continuing to make incredible things, and that is her trajectory and it will just continue and it's going to be exciting. So go ahead and, and follow her. And we will catch you next time. [00:35:50] If you have a story to share with us, we would love that so much. And I hope your day has been Artfully Told.

https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges-ebook/dp/B08HVT5PPL   Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez, author of motivational book Choose to Prevail, writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Multifaceted Sandy, who once took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artist, and amateur winemaker.   #newseditor #courtinterpreter #winemaker #artpainter #freetimefreespill --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freetimefreespill/support

Welcome to Episode 319 of the Yeukai Business Show.  In this episode, Sandy Rodriguez and Trevor discuss how to boost your self-confidence and have an optimistic outlook in life. So, if you want to increase your self-esteem, overcome challenges life throws at you, and feel the sense of inner peace so you can be authentic with your personality and embody your business culture, tune in now! In this episode, you'll discover: How to deal with some common problems of moving to another country.Habits to cultivate a positive mindset and outlook.Changing your life perspective on negative situations.What makes a book "Choose to Prevail" worth reading?Things you can do to boost self-confidence. About Sandy Sandy Rodriguez is an expert in fitness enthusiast and expert whose accomplishments include: Bilingual communications expertAuthor of "Choose to Prevail"Host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures.Former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin AmericaShe has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses.She took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, where she works as a certified court interpreter.She is a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artist, and amateur winemaker. More Information Learn more about how you can improve your results with fitness enthusiast and bilingual communications expert, Sandy Rodriguez:  https://www.heartofhollywoodmagazine.com/books https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/ https://twitter.com/sandyrs https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyrs1/ Fitness Enthusiast And Bilingual Communications Expert Links & Mentions From This Episode: Choose To Prevail  Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode on how to boost your self-confidence and have an optimistic outlook in life and in business, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Yeukai Business Show!" And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get.  Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening!

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From Journalist to Author of Choose To Prevail and Court Interpreter, Sandy has had a very diverse life.We had fun speaking to the differences between court reporters and interpreters, and the language skills required when doing interpretation.  The "sayings" differ from language to language, hence when translating, it is a challenge to find the right words.In her book, she tells us she write about prevailing over griefs on several levels.To find Sandy on social media search @choosetoprevail.Enjoy this episode!More about Sandy and her book:Communications expert Sandy Rodriguez, author of a truly unconventional motivational book titled Choose to Prevail, is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America. She has also translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch.Multifaceted Sandy made a huge career shift and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, artist, and amateur winemaker.Sandy also writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures, and is currently preparing a video series based on her book. ABOUT THE BOOKPrepare to feel an increase in your self-confidence and your sense of inner peace as you leaf through Choose to Prevail. If you are plagued by worries, insecurities, or problems in general, here you will find ways to prevail over whatever is causing you grief. Communications expert Sandy Rodriguez suggests reframing challenges, while taking practical measures to support your goals. This is not your average motivational book. The author's viewpoints come from the heart and are often out of the ordinary. She offers ideas that are different from what you will find elsewhere.#entrepreneurmind #succeeding #entrepreneurspirit #successminded #inspiration #change #education #lifelessons #buzzsprout #podcast #podcasting #Spotify #GooglePodcast #TuneIn #stitcher #ApplePodcast #iHeartRadio #Pandora #PodcastAddict #Podchaser #Deezer #Listennotes #Overcast #Pocketcast #Castro #CastPost #iamthatgal #liftyourstory #liftyourstorypodcast #thatgalwiththatguy #choosetoprevailSupport the show (https://paypal.me/iamthatgal)Free Book with any $20+ Podcast Support Make Up Not Required - How to Brand the TRUE You by LaurieAnn & Contribution by Roy MillerBE A GUEST/FIND A GUEST Start for Free! PODMATCH is innovative, provides easy communication and dashboard scheduling! My pick of the month!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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All right, we've got with us today, Sandy Rodriguez. Sandy has been a translator. She's been a journalist for different both US and Mexico publications. She's lifestyle website and cinco multimedia company heart of Hollywood motion pictures. So she's done a lot in the industry. I'm gonna let her kind of give you a little bit of her background and why she became who she is.Sandy Rodriguez 0:49  dThank you so much. Sorry. It's wonderful to be joining you today. I love your show. Well, after that beautiful introduction, let me tell you, yes, you're right that I have been doing many different things. For a very long time. I was involved very directly in journalism. I was one of the editorial coordinators for one of the foremost newspapers in Latin America. That was a newspaper called reformer, which has been around for decades, and it's very, very successful. And that was something that I was very passionate about journalism and my career specifically, I can't say enough good things about about the time that I spent at reforma. But eventually, after about a decade and a half a little bit more than that, I had a personal non professional reasons to decide to move to Los Angeles. So I had to move from Mexico City to Los Angeles, which made sense on a personal level for specific reasons that I will later expound upon. But professionally speaking, it might not have been the wisest of choices, because I was walking away from a successful career at the very height of my career, and moving to a new town, where I knew very few people. And more to the point I This was at a particular point in history, where, you know, the blogosphere, if we can call it that was booming, and a lot of people were creating free content. Now, of course, you cannot say that there was a quality standard across the board. But some people were coming out with extraordinary content, very high quality content for free. So that would certainly did not motivate new employers to say, Hey, welcome, new person to the fold. Welcome. We have plenty of money for you. No, of course not. People were doing that more for fun or to voice opinions at the time. So there really was, it was a little bit challenging finding projects to collaborate on, I did find several, several interesting projects, several interesting companies and people to work with. But this was mostly, let's say, for fun, because it was not one called gainful employment, I was happy to do so. But I did need to find something else, which is when I felt a totally new venue, which, as you mentioned, had to do with translations. I translated a number of books, maybe 10s of books, all kinds of business books, self improvement, medical novels, a number of books of different of different kinds, all of them bestsellers from major publishing houses. And I also eventually fell into a totally new career, that was chord interpreting. And to be honest story, I adore it, it was a wonderful fight. And, as you said, I'm doing a lot of things. But most of them have something in common, which is language communication, they all center around that, that that specific field. And I consider myself a bilingual communications expert. Because of that. I'm very well versed in different forms of communication. And I just love to connect with people such as yourself.Ari Gronich 4:15  That's, that's pretty awesome. So we kind of talked a little bit before the show. And one of the questions that I wanted to talk to you about is translating different languages in my eyes is a completely different mindset. Yet, you know, you get into the culture and the mindset of the language that you're learning or the language that you're translating. So, how does that work for you? Because obviously, your main other language is Spanish and so, you know, to me, there's a very distinct culture in the Spanish language and as well as as a culture at whole. So how does the language influence The mindset and the culture.Sandy Rodriguez 5:04  I think it's very interesting. I think that that can be answered in two different ways. Sorry. For example, if you are, say a bilingual or trilingual individual, or you personally know a number of languages, it might be that you learn one at a specific point in your life and the other one at a different point in your life. So your personality can actually vary, depending on the language you're using. Let me give you an example. Let's say that, as a teenager, you exclusively spoke German. Okay. And then you started learning, say English as an accomplished adult. I believe that when you personally spoke German, your whole attitude might be more useful, and more playful and more teenage like, then when speaking in English, for a number of reasons, not only because it would remind you of a particular point in your life, but also, because of the fact that you will have the vocabulary that is in line with that type of stage in life.Ari Gronich 6:09  Absolutely. You know, it's funny to me, because I look at things like the Bible, and the Torah, and the translation, the things that get lost in translation between old Aramaic, and then Hebrew, and then Latin. And then English, let's say that that's the the only few languages that you know came in between. And then I think of things like the game telephone, that we used to play, where a kid where you whisper in somebody's ear a phrase, and it goes around the room, and then you find out what it has become, when when you get to the, you know, the other side, and what gets lost in translation. It's not just the words that get lost, it's the tone and the emphasis of word and the place where you would put a comma, you know, in languages where there may not be a comma or a separation of, of those words, right, or, like in Hebrew, there's no vowels and Aramaic, there's no vowels. And so you have to interpret what the word is, and the sound and the Val, and you know, before you can get it. So what gets lost in translation between cultures is really prevalent right now, in our society, we don't we have many different cultures that do not speak the same language, even within the English language. And I think that if if we began to try to translate the languages and understand what's actually being said, we may have a different interpretation of the culture that it came from. Do you find that that might be the case as well?Sandy Rodriguez 8:04  I think you're completely right. I think that's completely accurate. In many cases, the issue lies in the fact that there are no words to say what needs to be said. For instance, in English, you might say, I saw somebody screaming and shouting and yelling, okay, in Spanish, there's just one word to describe all three things. So if you were to write a paragraph, that included all of those three things, your Spanish translator might be at a loss, because they simply could not, you know, maybe used all three words in a sentence for emphasis, it would be very difficult for a Spanish interpreter to work around that, for instance, and I've had the experience, you're mentioning the Bible specifically. But I've had the experience of translating many books of many different styles. All of them have been bestsellers for one specific reason. So recently, publishing houses only request translations of best selling material. YouAri Gronich 9:03  know, it's funny that the reason I always bring up the Bible when it comes to translations is just a minor one. But there's, you know, that saying about Jesus having walked on the water, well, that that word on wasn't in the language it was, I so didn't walk on the water walked by the water. And if you I mean, just those two words alone, change the meanings so drastically, of what's being said. And so therefore, the misinterpretation that gets misinterpreted over and over and over again, throughout, you know, history and telling stories, becomes something so much larger than maybe it was, and, you know, I look at how does that conflate up and then how can I relate that to you? current society of oven which language has become? So interestingly separative, you know, there was there's there's each borough, for instance of New York City has a different accent. I guess, the tell if somebody was from the Bronx, from the Queen from Queens from Brooklyn from Manhattan, I could tell just by their accent, where they were from, and then you go, let's say to the south in Tennessee versus Louisiana versus Texas, very, you know, different, or Atlanta, very different accents, very different wording, and inflections and so on, and how much misinterpretation of things get said, right? And then how is it that we are separate as a society so much and so divided and divisive? And would it behoove us to shift so that we all have kind of one language? Or is it better to really understand the language that the person is speaking? You know, what, where? Where do we find that balance so that we can kind of come together as a society. And I'll just take it one last step further, because I know you've done medical books. So I believe that alternative healthcare and Western healthcare have a language issue. They don't speak the same language, because they weren't trained in the same things. And so the language that one speaks is completely different. And if we learn to speak to the language of the person that we're trying to influence, we'll get better outcomes, because we'll have more understanding. So I'm going to leave it there. But that's just kind of like the process in my mind of one of the issues that maybe has a solution so that we can bring ourselves back together versus divided. So separately.Sandy Rodriguez 12:09  I think right, that that's a very interesting point that you're touching upon about how language can cause a rift. And I agree that that's something that that should be addressed. I also think Ari, that even within one same language, people can have many different interpretations of one specific sentence, I remember reading about a situation in which an armed officer heard somebody tell an armed person, give it to him. Now that the officer assumed that the person that was being told to give it to him was also armed. In reality, that other person didn't have a gun, they had a wallet. And when their friend said, Give it to him, the officer assumed that the person had a gun and give it to him meant shoot the police officer. So obviously, the officer had that understanding, when in reality, the friend was saying, Give it to him, like, give them on your wallet, show him it's a wallet. So it was one same sentence that can be interpreted, like,Ari Gronich 13:24  give it to them, like kill him, or give it to him had him your wallet, that is one same sentence that can be interpreted or taken in two different ways. One of the things that I heard you say is that the attention span has gone down so much. And this has been something that I've heard repeated over and over and over and over and over again. And my question, is it the attention span? Or is it the expectation because I know, I watch my kids, and they'll get on to YouTube and watch hours of training and a thing that they're interested in, whether it's, you know, finances or politics, I mean, they'll they'll consume a mass amount of information. And they seem to have extremely long attention spans. And so I hear a say, well, the attention span has dropped it's seven seconds. Now the attention span is so we're almost lower than a goldfish. I mean, we have no attention. Is this just an expectation that they're trying to feed us because I've never experienced having a seven second attention span. I you know, my attention span is however long I'm interested in a subject if I'm interested in something I can look at it for hours and hours and hours and hours, and time disappears completely. And if I'm not interest Did I probably I'm going to be off subject, you know, pretty quickly. But typically, it's not seven seconds. And so I think that that might be something the media is feeding me instead of something that's actually real. So can we address that a little bit? Because you repeated it. So obviously, it's something you've heard of. But I disagree completely. I think that they're pandering.Sandy Rodriguez 15:27  I think you have a very valid point, airy. And I think that both things can be simultaneously true in the sense, I think, what is meant, or at least the way I perceive it, or the way I mean, it is in the sense, that when making a selection, the attention span, is indeed at least in my experience, very limited, because there are almost unlimited options. And you only have limited time.Ari Gronich 15:56  Is there anything else that you really like to talk about, we've had a very great conversation, I think that the audience has gotten a lot out of this. And you know, always at the end of any conversation, I'll ask you to give two or three actionable tips and tricks that somebody can do to improve their life create a new tomorrow today, and activate their vision for a better world. And and based on this conversation, what are some things that you would suggest to the audience that they can do in order to get more information and less opinion, more facts and less reactionary response to, to programming?Sandy Rodriguez 16:44  I think that the very last one of the very last things that we discussed was a very good tip in general, which is to understand what that whatever person or situation is being described, it's never all terrible, are all wonderful. And if a piece of news is telling you No, no, no, this was all terrible, all terrible. There's something wrong there. Or if it's something that's saying what you're reading, or this thing, or this person, or this candidate, or this policy is all wonderful, that's also not to be trusted, anything that is being described as 100%. Awful, or 100%. Excellent, is surely misleading. And a little bit more research needs to be done into that is what I think.Ari Gronich 17:28  Awesome. Anything else?Sandy Rodriguez 17:31  Well, the other thing is to apply that also to your personal life, like in, in normal situations, when encountering new friends, meeting new people starting a new job, any situation you may find yourself in, you might find people that that you at first, you might not enjoy meeting, you might say, oh, that seems like a difficult person, give them time, everybody has something good about them. Everybody has something that you might find pleasing, everybody can become a friend, eventually, I think it's just a matter of waiting it out or digging a little deeper. But absolutely.Ari Gronich 18:05  Yeah, you know, it's interesting, once you strive to understand somebody, it's hard not to like that person, you know, even if you don't agree with their position, or their, their, their thoughts, at least you understand where they're coming from. And typically, most people are coming from the same place that we are with the same wants and needs and desires in life. And, and it's hard to not like those people just because they might think a little differently or believe a little differently than you. So you have a book, why don't you give the topic of your book and a little bit about it so that the audience can get an idea and sense of who you are. And if they want to, to work with you or take a look at that book. How can they get ahold of you?Sandy Rodriguez 18:57  Absolutely. So the book I wrote was titled choose to prevail. And in fact, I have it right here. This is a book that is meant to help the reader find insights that might help them overcome challenges, be they big or small. When I say big challenges, I'm referring to maybe the loss of a loved one, or any situation that is causing them great grief. And when I say minor challenges, I might mean something as minor really as encountering a lot of traffic or perhaps feeling a little bit uncomfortable speaking in public, which is something many people struggle with. So many different types of struggles are addressed in the book. The way the book touches upon that is by suggesting ways to shift your perspective in regard to what is causing you grief, and also suggesting a few actionable steps. And in fact, there is one chapter that touches upon the fact that all of us have something in common, something's in common. So no matter who we may meet, even though they might seem tremendously different, There was always some common ground to be found. So that's something that we should keep in mind, no matter what it is that we're encountering. And if anybody cares to buy the book, it's available on all platforms, Amazon, Barnes and Noble Target. com, wherever they might enjoy buying their, their books. AndAri Gronich 20:20  thank you so much. Absolutely. It was a wonderful conversation. I like beating up the media, no offense to you, because I just believe that, that the media in general has a lot of soul searching that they need to do, and, and return to an integritas kind of way of doing their business so that we as the citizens who are are trying to learn about what's going on in our country can have a an actual sense of what that is, instead of this theoretical conceptual polarized step. So I appreciate you coming on. And I hope you didn't take any of that as personally beating you up. ButSandy Rodriguez 21:12  oh, no, I tried a conversation so much. And I agree so much with much of what you said. Absolutely.Ari Gronich 21:18  Well, thank you so much, and I appreciate that. So this has been another episode of create a new tomorrow, I am your host, Ari Gronich. Remember to like subscribe, rate review comments below so that we can start this conversation and really move along forward our society so that we could create a new tomorrow today and activate our vision for a better world. Thank you so much for being here, and I look forward to the next time.Sandy Rodriguez 21:45  Thank you.

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She's been a journalist for different both US and Mexico publications. She's lifestyle website and cinco multimedia company heart of Hollywood motion pictures. So she's done a lot in the industry. I'm going to let her kind of give you a little bit of her background and why she became who she is.1:47  Thank you so much, Ari, it's wonderful to be joining you today. I love your show. Well, after that beautiful introduction. Let me tell you, yes, you're right that I have been doing many different things. For a very long time. I was involved very directly in journalism. I was one of the editorial coordinators for one of the foremost newspapers in Latin America. That was a newspaper called reformer, which has been around for decades, and it's very, very successful. And that was something that I was very passionate about journalism and my career specifically, I can't say enough good things about about the time that I spent at reforma. But eventually, after about a decade and a half a little bit more than that, I had a personal non professional reasons to decide to move to Los Angeles. So I had to move from Mexico City to Los Angeles, which made sense on a personal level for specific reasons that I will later expound upon. But professionally speaking, it might not have been the wisest of choices, because I was walking away from a successful career at the very height of my career, and moving to a new town, where I knew very few people. And more to the point I This was at a particular point in history, where, you know, the blogosphere, if we can call it that it was booming, and a lot of people were creating free content. Now, of course, you cannot say that there was a quality standard across the board. But some people were coming out with extraordinary content, very high quality content for free. So that would certainly did not motivate new employers to say, Hey, welcome, new person to the fold. Welcome. We have plenty of money for you. No, of course not. People were doing that more for fun or to voice opinions at the time. So there really was, it was a little bit challenging finding projects to collaborate on. I did find several, several interesting projects, several interesting companies and people to work with. But this was mostly, let's say, for fun because it was not one called gainful employment, I was happy to do so. But I did need to find something else, which is when I felt a totally new venue, which as you mentioned, had to do with translations. I translated a number of books, maybe 10s of books, all kinds of business books, self improvement, medical novels, a number of books of different of different kinds, all of them bestsellers from major publishing houses. And I also eventually fell into a totally new career. That was chord interpreting. And to be honest story, I adore it. It was a wonderful fight. And as you said, I'm doing a lot of things, but most of them have something in common, which is language communication. They all center around That, that that specific field. And I consider myself a bilingual communications expert because of that, I'm very well versed in different forms of communication. And I just love to connect with people such as yourself.5:14  That's, that's pretty awesome. So we kind of talked a little bit before the show. And one of the questions that I wanted to talk to you about is translating different languages, in my eyes is a completely different mindset. Yet, you know, you get into the culture and the mindset of the language that you're learning or the language that you're translating. So how does that work for you? Because obviously, your main other language is Spanish. And so, you know, to me, there's a very distinct culture in the Spanish language and as well as a culture at whole. So how does the language influence the mindset and the culture?6:02  I think it's very interesting. I think that that can be answered in two different ways. Sorry. For example, if you are, say, a bilingual or trilingual individual, or you personally know a number of languages, it might be that you learn one at a specific point in your life and the other one at a different point in your life. So your personality can actually vary, depending on the language you're using. Let me give you an example. Let's say that, as a teenager, you exclusively spoke German. Okay. And then you started learning, say English as an accomplished adult. I believe that when you personally spoke German, your whole attitude might be more useful, and more playful and more teenage like, than when speaking in English for a number of reasons, not only because it would remind you of a particular point in your life, but also, because of the fact that he would have the vocabulary that is in line with that type of stage in life. I actually know a person once. And this is quite fascinating. That had two distinct personalities. It was so strange. When you heard this person speaking Spanish. This was a woman that was originally I believe, from California. So when she was speaking Spanish, which was her second language, she was very polite, very proper, a sweetheart. And when speaking English, I would say that she was quite the opposite. Now, I think that that might have been, because her Spanish was still not entirely fluent. So normally, when you're learning a language, your teachers will teach you the most polite phrases. How do you do good morning to you, sir, etc. So normally, that is what you would learn. And maybe that is not aligned with your personality at all. So definitely, that would be something that would be within one individual. So that would be one way to answer the question. Now, on a more general level, on a more culture wide level, it's also quite interesting, because, of course, I don't know, an extreme amount of languages. But it is true that some languages have more of, let's say, a feel, or the possibility the linguistic possibilities to discuss you as an individual or USA as part of a collective whole. So the words and the language that is spoken, might be slightly different, there might not be direct translations for something very specific, because some languages might be more focused on the individual than others. Specifically, I'm to show you a distinction that has to do with cultural differences from Spanish to English. In English, a construction similar to9:02  let's say, things were set up, things happened, people arrived, that kind of construction is relatively common, that is not a natural construct in Spanish. Normally, in Spanish, it's a little bit more descriptive, so that let's say you cannot be as vague or ambiguous in many cases as you might like to be without sounding very unnatural. That would be an example. But beyond the words themselves, I think that the way language sounds is also quite fascinating are because, as I was mentioning, I currently work as a court interpreter in the court system. And something that I feel should be addressed is the fact that some languages sound very sweet and very charming really, and some their natural sound, at least to our Western ears, or our English speaking ears sound very good. Reading are violent or rough, or, in some ways even menacing, when that's not the intention at all. So I think that it could happen that, let's say, if you're on a jury, and somebody a witness, for instance, is speaking a language that sounds like that, that sounds violent, maybe you might assume, oh, this person is clearly a super aggressive individual. And that might not be the case at all. He might be saying something super sweet, like, I was not there that they are, you know, something that is in no way menacing. But it might be perceived as something a little bit more violent. I actually had a similar experience. Not in recent years, some languages, for instance, certain Eastern European languages, and certainly German and some languages of that nature from those parts of the world. Sounds a little bit aggressive to us, both English speakers and Spanish speakers, and certainly people that might speak Italian or French, or some of the sweeter sounding, Latin, derived languages. So um, I met this man, a neighbor, and I thought, Oh, my goodness, he must be in a bad mood, because he was speaking in what I perceive to be tremendously aggressive. He was speaking English, yes. But in a way that was, to me, rather Curt. But then I learned I heard him speak his native tongue. And I thought, No, it's just that he has an accent and his natural tone. Sounds very, you know, like he's cutting you off. Like he's being a little bit aggressive. That's the thing. He's not being mean, he's not being rude. It's just the way his accent sounds. So that's something very important to keep in mind. And it works. The other way around. somebody with a sweeter sounding natural accent, might be saying the most horrifying of things. And you wouldn't really get that, right. It's just a situation where the sound is very different.12:04  Absolutely. You know, it's funny to me, because I look at things like the Bible, and the Torah, and the translation, the things that get lost in translation between old Aramaic, and then Hebrew, and then Latin. And then English, let's say that that's the the only few languages that you know came in between. And then I think of things like the game telephone, that we used to play, we were a kid where you whisper in somebody's ear a phrase, and it goes around the room, and then you find out what it has become, when when you get to the, you know, the other side, and what gets lost in translation. It's not just the words that get lost, it's the tone and the emphasis of word. And the place where you would put a comma, you know, in languages where there may not be a comma or a separation of, of those words, right, or, like in Hebrew, there's no vowels and Aramaic, there's no vowels. And so you have to interpret what the word is, and the sound and the Val and you know, before you can get it. So what gets lost in translation between cultures is really prevalent right now, in our society. We don't we have many different cultures that do not speak the same language, even within the English language. And I think that if if we began to try to translate the languages and understand what's actually being said, we may have a different interpretation of the culture that it came from. Do you find that that might be the case as well?13:59  I think you're completely right. I think that's completely accurate. In many cases, the issue lies in the fact that there are no words to say what needs to be said. For instance, in English, you might say, I saw somebody screaming and shouting and yelling, okay, in Spanish, there's just one word to describe all three things. So if you were to write a paragraph, that included all of those three things, your Spanish translator might be at a loss, because they simply could not, you know, maybe use all three words in a sentence for emphasis. It would be very difficult for a Spanish interpreter to work around that, for instance, and I've had the experience, you're mentioning the Bible specifically. But I've had the experience of translating many books of many different styles. All of them have been bestsellers for one specific reason. So recently, publishing houses only request translations of best selling material. That's the only thing because of financial constraints, that's the only way that it can be done. So it's very, it's a very high level of responsibility for a translator, they need to do a very good job because this is a book that is known to be a bestseller. And it will, it must become a bestseller in the language you're translating it into. But it becomes difficult in this sense, there, it's not so much a language thing, but more of a tradition of writing or a writing style that is used in different cultures. In general, I would say that writing in English be a business correspondence, a book, or even something as as extremely detailed as the Bible, I would say that overall, it's a very straightforward language, if that's the way that it that it's used, it's it's the writing tradition, that's the way it's simply it's done. Whereas in Spanish, things tend to be very roundabout. That is especially true in business correspondence, but it's also very true in literature. So if somebody were to do an exact translation of a document, or contract a book, from Spanish to English, it might appear to be that it's poorly done. If you were to go like literal, if you were to do this very literally, because the the English reader would say, well, that does not sound natural. Certainly that must be wrong, this person was not very experienced. So that is what would happen if you were to translate precisely what is being said. That is also why when interpreting we are trained to translate not so much word by word, because that would tend to happen, it would sound very choppy and strange, but rather to go by ideas or by meanings, so it might be, let's say, a saying such as I'm thinking, the early bird catches the worm or something of that nature, that is not the way you would say to Spanish, it would sound very strange, and the other way around as well. So you will find an equivalent saying something that has the same meaning. And use that instead. Because if you purify to go word by word, it becomes very complicated. And specifically what you were mentioning, in the case of, of the Bible cow, it can become like a game of telephone. Well, in the case of the Bible, certainly because there are many translations. But even if we were to go on a smaller scale, let's say that you gave me something to translate to Spanish and I did that. But then you told me, Hey, you know, I want you to do it, to give it back to me in English again, because now I want it back in English, and I had lost your original copy. Okay, I would have to do it again from scratch. And it might not be identical to your first your original text, because of the simple reason that there are so many ways to express the same thing synonyms, that it might not be identical, it would be the same meaning, but the specific words might be different. And in a case, as important as the Bible, that causes problems because the Bible much like say, a contract has I mean, every individual word is scrutinized. And people might assign a very specific meaning to the choice of words. So even something as minor as a comma as minor as a semi column as minor as a preposition might actually change the meaning dramatically. And that's why our translation involves a huge degree of responsibility. Certainly,18:36  yeah. You know, it's funny that the reason I always bring up the Bible when it comes to translations is just a minor one. But there's, you know, that saying about Jesus having walked on the water, well, that that word on wasn't in the language it was, I so didn't walk on the water walked by the water. And if you I mean, just those two words alone, change the meaning so drastically, of what's being said. And so therefore, the misinterpretation that gets misinterpreted over and over and over again, throughout, you know, history and telling stories, becomes something so much larger than maybe it was, and, you know, I look at how does that conflate up and then how can I relate that to current society of oven which language has become so interestingly separative You know, there was there's there's each borough, for instance of New York City has a different accent. I guess the tell if somebody was from the Bronx from the Queen from Queens from Brooklyn from Manhattan, I can tell just by their accent, where they were from, and then you go, let's say to the south in Tennessee versus Louisiana versus Texas, very, you know, different, or Atlanta, very different accents, very different wording, and inflections and so on, and how much misinterpretation of things get said, right? And then how is it that we are separate as a society so much and so divided and divisive? And would it behoove us to shift so that we all have kind of one language? Or is it better to really understand the language that the person is speaking? You know, what, where? Where do we find that balance so that we can kind of come together as a society. And I'll just take it one last step further, because I know you've done medical books. So I believe that alternative healthcare and Western healthcare have a language issue. They don't speak the same language, because they weren't trained in the same things. And so the language that one speaks is completely different. And if we learn to speak to the language of the person that we're trying to influence, we'll get better outcomes, because we'll have more understanding. So I'm going to leave it there. But that's just kind of like the process in my mind of one of the issues that maybe has a solution, so that we can bring ourselves back together versus divided. So separately.21:44  I think that that's a very interesting point that you're touching upon about how language can cause a rift. And I agree that that's something that that should be addressed. I also think that even within one same language, people can have many different interpretations of one specific sentence, I remember reading about a situation in which an armed officer heard somebody tell an armed person, give it to him. Now that the officer assumed that the person that was being told to give it to him was also armed. In reality, that other person didn't have a gun, they had a wallet. And when their friend said, Give it to him, the officer assumed that that the person had a gun and give it to him meant shoot the police officer. So obviously, the officer had that understanding. When in reality, the friend was saying, Give it to him, like give the man your wallet, show him it's a wallet. So it was one same sentence that can be interpreted, like give it to them, like kill him, or give it to him had him your wallet, that is one same sentence that can be interpreted or taken in two different ways. I've, I've had that happen in, in court situations, for instance, in domestic violence situations in Spanish, one same sentence might mean, he broke up with me, or he Well, he said he was going to break up with me, or he said he was going to finish me off, which as you can see, has a tremendously different connotation. So yes, certainly, it's very important to go a little bit beyond even if you say, I heard this with my very own ears, you need to understand that you might not be understanding what the person meant. We need to give people the benefit of the doubt, I think, certainly I'm discussing situations where you may or might not have time to give people the benefit of the doubt. But let's say in everyday circumstances, it's very important to, to take things, break them down a little, maybe we hear something or we feel that we are being told something that might be insulting or disparaging or something that we might not want to hear. But that might not be what the person meant at all. And it can certainly cause tremendous risks. It's quite interesting that sometimes you were talking about how, how many divisions can be formed, especially now that that people have very extreme opinions about things. I had this experience to people might listen to one specific political speech or one specific speech from say, a businessman. And everybody hears what they want to hear. They might kind of pick up on the one sentence that confirms their bias confirms whatever they want it to think about that person and completely ignore the rest. As somebody that is very moderate because I believe myself to be Very interesting people on on both extremes might hear one very same thing and have totally different takeaways. So that's also an important thing to consider that even if we say, I heard something, I heard it myself, yes. But you might hear it in a way that is very specific, based on your previous perceptions on your previous beliefs on your previous biases. And it's quite interesting. It really is interesting. I don't know if you've ever had an experience where you were you were part of a conversation. And later when discussing that conversation with other people that were also there, it seems to be that everybody came out with a different understanding.25:43  That Absolutely, I mean, that happens all the time. Every You know, every time just like if you get in a car accident, you have 15 witnesses, you have 15 completely different stories of what what they saw happen. And so here's here becomes a question. The soundbite culture is all about taking things out of context. Because if you're only playing the soundbite, and not what surrounded it, you are taking it out of context. And then as journalism has progressed, unfortunately, the way it has the commentators who are supposed to be the journalists, which report what happens, and having their own bias that they start commentating on this soundbite that they've taken out of context, and therefore, the people who listen to those journalists are only getting a soundbite taken out of context and an opinion based on a pre disposed bias, regardless of sides. It's either way. And so the question becomes like, how do we? How do we solve this as as a society because to me, journalism, used to be report the facts, once the facts are reported. A commentator might have an opinion about what happened, but they're gonna say, this is what happened. And then now, here's my opinion of what happened. Versus here is a little piece out of context of what somebody said, you know, so how do we solve this so that we can get back to believing in our media, believing that the things that are being said, are not agenda driven? are not anything other than here's what happened?27:48  That's a fascinating question. And I think you're absolutely right, in that sound bites are definitely what is being used most these days. I think that there is a reason for that. And that is that we have shorter attention spans, there's that. And also, there are just so many media outlets out there that they need to grab your attention. And a sound bite is basically the, let's say, equivalent to clickbait. The moment you hear something short, you might say, Oh, that's interesting. Let's have a look at what's going on with that. So it does grab your attention. There's a reason for that. And not only to create, you know, conflict, if there's a there's an actual reason you want to drive traffic to your site, to your channel, to your newscast to your media outlet, whichever it may be. So journalists, and many people these days do focus on sound bites, clickbait, and anything that might sound shocking enough to grab eyeballs grab attention. Certainly that's that's something that is done. Now, certainly, as a society, or as a person that consumes information, be it online or by any other means. We need to be a little bit less naive and understand what the purpose of the sound bites is. And the purpose is the same thing as with clickbait, it's to cause us to focus and say, oh, and pay attention to just just grab our attention. That's your main focus. Certainly, sometimes they are, like you said, very agenda driven. If a specific news outlet has something in mind, they can certainly cherry pick specific parts of a political speech or a speech given by any individual to advance their agenda and say, See, I told you so he said this, she said this. They say that, certainly, yes. But we need to be, as consumers a little bit aware of what's going on that so that we are not easily swayed, or, I mean, certainly, it's fun to say, Oh, you know what that person said? I mean, it's fun. It's interesting. It's attention grabbing, but we need to understand that there is an agenda behind that. And the agenda might either be to promote a specific person or a special tipping policy, or have that person canceled or make them become disliked. Or the agenda might be something as as innocent as simply driving more traffic to a specific website or news outlet. But in any case, as a consumer, we need to know that there is a purpose, much like what happens when we see commercials. They're fun, they're entertaining, some are very beautifully produced, they might have very cool music. But we know i mean that we take them at face value. I don't think that anybody says, Oh, I know that this product that I saw on TV must be fantastic. Because I saw it on a commercial. No, I mean, I think we're mature enough to understand there's there are interests in place. So we need to understand that a sound bite is a sound bite, it's something taken entirely out of context. Now, views are thing now how can we go back to the days of yore? Okay. Here's the thing, I do agree that in the past, long form articles were more the norm than they are now more recording on fax was done, then then it's done. Now. However, I do think that, at least in as far as I can remember, and I'm sure that this was the case even before. There's a journalistic saying, which is if it bleeds, it leads, which basically means things that are shocking things that are bad things that are negative, we want those are human interest story might be fun and fine. And occasionally, you know, a sprinkling of that is certainly something everybody wants heartwarming, you know, over the holidays, of course, but let's say on a normal day to day basis, what used to make front pages was always a terrible news, the terrible the violent, the bloody beheadings, killings, a terrorist. So that is also not entirely not to say that it didn't happen, because surely it did, especially effects are being reported. And there are witnesses supporting this. And there, there's no denying that these are facts, but it does give you a slightly skewed perception of reality. Because there are many things going on at any given time that are just not reported on that's one thing. For for many reasons, I cannot think that it's similar. Because if you just walk past a newsstand, like we used to do in the past, and the front page, that's something like a fireman rescues kitty out of a tree. Sure, it's interesting, but it might not be front page news. Whereas if it's something horrible, like killing mass murder, that tends to attract attention a little bit more. So we also need to be conscious of that as media consumers, even if we do enjoy the longer form reporting more, knowing that it might skew toward the negative. But that's not not the whole picture. Definitely.32:50  Gotcha. So one of the things that I heard you say is that the attention span has gone down so much. And this has been something that I've heard repeated over and over and over and over and over again. And my question is, is it the attention span? Or is it the expectation because I know, I watched my kids, and they'll get on to YouTube and watch hours of training and a thing that they're interested in, whether it's, you know, finances or politics, I mean, they'll they'll consume a mass amount of information. And they seem to have extremely long attention spans. And so I hear us say, well, the attention span has dropped in seven seconds. Now, the attention span is so we're almost lower than a goldfish. I mean, we have no attention. Is this just an expectation that they're trying to feed us because I've never experienced having a seven second attention span, I, you know, my attention span is however long I'm interested in a subject, if I'm interested in something, I can look at it for hours, and hours and hours and hours, and time disappears completely. And if I'm not interested, I probably am going to be off subject, you know, pretty quickly. But typically, it's not seven seconds. And so I think that that might be something the media is feeding me instead of something that's actually real. So can we address that a little bit because you repeated it. So obviously, it's something you've heard of but I disagree completely. I think that they're pandering,34:46  I think have a very valid point, airy, and I think that both things can be simultaneously true in the sense, I think what is meant or at least the way I perceive it or the way I mean, it is In the sense that when making a selection, the attention span is indeed, at least in my experience very limited, because there are almost unlimited options. And you only have limited time. For example, let's say that I want to take a course in, I want to take a guitar tutorial, let's say online. Okay, certainly once I find the tutorial that I like, I can certainly focus on that for a good long time, hours at a time days at a time, I'll be in the flow, I will love it. Time will just pass by that that is very true. However, I might be bombarded with 50 different tutorials, and then I'll start getting emails saying I have a better tutorial, and then I'll start getting flyers in the mail. And it'll be like, Okay, let me see. Okay. Does this instructor look talented enough? No. Okay, does this one look like they might capture my attention? No. So just making the decision is where it has to be like in a split second, almost, maybe, um, maybe that's just my experience. I agree that when you do like something, and when you find something that you like, you will focus, but let me give you an example. I like reading both physical books and electronics. What I often do is that I download samples of what can I say maybe 30 books at a time, because I'm interested in many topics. But to be honest, sorry, I open one. And if my attention is not captured by paragraph two, or three, it's by the next one by eventually I find one that I like that I purchased that one. And of course, I will delve into that I will spend an entire afternoon. And I will be delighted. But I think that I really don't have a lot of time, or I'm not giving them a chance. Beyond seconds. To be honest. Once I find something that I like, I might even become very loyal and follow the author or follow the Twitter or follow whoever I decided on online, and I might subscribe to their newsletter. But just the decision making, I do think it's almost like a split second thing.37:01  Right? So that sounds to me, like discernment versus attention span. And you're discerning, am I interested in what I'm just reading? Or what I'm just hearing? Or am I not interested in it at all. It's not something that strikes a fancy. That to me is discernment versus attention span. And like I said, I think that I think the media perpetuates that myth as a pandering and an excuse, to be able to show a soundbite out of context and say, This is what it means. And oh, by the way, you know, you don't have an attention span to even follow it. So I'm going to go on to the next soundbite. And then I'll tell you what it means because you won't have a You Won't you, you audience won't have the attention span. Because we collectively don't anymore to actually listen to this soundbite and then research what it was actually what was actually around it, and find out what it is. So I'm going to do your work for you. And what I you know, it's funny what I tell my son when he wants to, he's seven years old when he wants to go on and, you know, watch YouTube and do all these things. I tell them, you're borrowing your imagination from somebody else. And in the case of the media, you're borrowing your knowledge from somebody else, and then claiming it as your own because it It fits your belief system, versus actually knowing if that information is correct or not correct. If it's in context, out of context, what it really meant, what the person was really trying to say, what that policy really is, you know, I think it's a way of us basically abdicating our responsibility, our civic responsibility to learn and know things and just regurgitate the the things that the nearest person who believes in what we believe in is saying, and, and then the news and the media say, Oh, well, we can use this, to push our agenda on the people who believe in what we're believing in, and we'll tell them what they want to hear what they you know, the pieces of what we heard, that we know will trigger them the most. And to me, that's not really journalism. And so that's kind of where I want to pick up on this is that's not journalism. To me. That's opinion and there used to be an opinion column in the newspapers. I don't know if it's still there, but there used to be that was the purpose of the opinion column. There was the news and then there was the opinion. And and I find that that all news is Pretty much non factual opinion nowadays.40:04  I think you make very, very valid points. I have completely agree with many of the things that you're saying. I have seen certainly opinion columns recently. But you know, you're right in that they blur in with normal column C stay, because because you're absolutely right, most of the, let's say, reporting, those indeed include commentary, personal opinions, or at least it attempts to sway in one way or another. I hadn't thought about it like that. But I think you're absolutely accurate. I also think, are that what you're saying about these things, getting a little bit mixed up, and not having a clear distinction between facts and opinions, has even gone a step further, because in the past, let's say you had your news, and you also had your entertainment news or your celebrity news. Now, these days, entertainment news is the new celebrity news is the news, they are very much intertwined. So it's important to also remember that in many cases, what we might call news these days has not only the or not necessarily the objective, or the goal of informing but rather of entertaining, and it not might not be as accurate as one would expect it to be. So you really do need to take everything that you see with a grain of salt. Definitely.41:29  Absolutely. So how do you how do you think that people who rely on the information that's coming out of that box to be accurate? How do those people gain the discernment? To know Is this correct information? Is it not? Especially when you can't really Google things anymore? Because I mean, other than being overwhelming, we we've seen you, if you look up on Google one phrase, and you look it up on Yahoo, the same phrase, or on being the same phrase, or on DuckDuckGo, the same phrase, you're going to get completely different set of responses and results. And so how does somebody get to a place, you know, where they actually know what's happening, and there is no ambiguity of what's going on, because they're looking at news and facts versus opinions and hyperbole.42:33  I think that it's almost impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty that a certain thing is a reality, simply because often there are many ways to view reality. But for instance, one one piece of advice that I would definitely give people, sometimes I see news stories, and I'm using air quotes, because they're more like, yeah, like commentary on something that happened. Let's say that there might be a clickbait headline saying, so and so said this and that. And then it says, during his speech, this person said this thing, okay, what you can do is say, why don't I just go and watch the speech, you can simply go watch the speech specifically, and listen for yourself and see exactly what the person said, what he was, what words he was using his demeanor, what the context was, you can get a better understanding if you actually go to the source material and see what was said, rather than hearing somebody have a conversation or say something about what was said, This avoids what you were saying a moment ago about things seeming like the old game of telephone, rather than saying, Okay, this person said that this person said that the other person said this thing, just watch the original thing, I think that would be one, one possibility. The other thing that I would definitely recommend is this. When you personally have a specific opinion on an issue, for whatever reason, algorithms in your social media, they will become like an echo chamber, you will see a lot of information that just confirms whatever you already believed in. So it makes sense to me to occasionally just to see what's out there, step outside of your comfort zone and see what the opposite side of the continuum has to say. Even if it's just for informational purposes, just to see what's going on. And you might find that you actually resonate with some of the ideas from another group of people that you had never even thought to consider because you were stuck in your echo chamber, which is what your own social media was feeding you based off your own personal likes. So I think that that that is valid also. I don't think that it's possible to say regarding any specific issue, I know if this is going on. Bad with 100% degree of certainty. Also because everything benefits someone at hurt someone else, I see that often not to get tremendously political. But for instance, when people need to vote on propositions, normally every proposition has an upside and has a downside. Now you might say, well, the upside is more important to me than the downside. So I'm voting for this thing. Okay, great. You voted for this thing. But saying yes to this means that the budget for something else might need to be cut. What if that other thing is also important to you? Okay. Well, it's almost important, it's almost impossible to have a very clear picture of everything, and its implications for everyone at all times, you can only do the best you can, I believe. And that means taking everything at face value when it comes to commentary, because commentary is commentary, everybody has their own opinion, the best that you can do is find the source material and focus on that. Certainly, you cannot be present in certain private press conferences and such. But many things these days especially, are readily found and almost instantly if they're not being live streamed there shortly being uploaded quickly enough so that you can get at least a better understanding. If you hear a sound bite or see a clickbait headline that you find a little bit alarming. It really does serve you well, to go back to the source material, listen to the speech, look at what was going on, what was the thing that was being said, as you used to, like read with what was said, I've seen. Let me give you examples. One time I sawa very shocking cover discussing a certain ingredient in food, and it said such and such ingredient, how much harm can it possibly do, therefore implying that it was terrible. I'm guessing that a lot of people walked past it, and you'll stand and automatically made up their mind that this was a horrible, radiant, deadly threat. Terrible, very, very damaging. But I actually bought the magazine, I read the article calmly, and experts weighed in, and the actual answer to the question on the cover was not at all, it's a very helpful ingredient. It's healthy, it's fine. There's no problem with the agreement at all. But the way the cover headline was phrased, really gave people a totally different opinion that was clearly meant to attract attention. But in looking at it a little bit more deeply. And then going and doing a little research on the people giving their opinions. As it turns out, I now believe that particular ingredient to be perfectly fine, I have no issues with it. What I'm here to cover might be very hesitant to give it a try. And so that's that's something also to to understand why people are using headlines.47:51  Gotcha. your mic volume did a little muffle a little bit. So just letting you know. So the here's your here's a question. Since you're not a journalist at the moment, you're doing the court reporting. I can ask you this question. Are there any news organizations, media organizations these days that you trust information from?48:21  Let me tell you, when here's the thing, and it might sound like something not everybody can do. But I find that when I want to see accurate reporting about Mexico, I might go to American sources. If I want to read accurate information about the US on like go to Mexican sources, German sources, other different sources, because they tend not to have a particular interest in what is going on their agenda. I mean, especially if it's especially when it's a country that really has no specific interest. They have nothing to gain or lose by by advancing a specific agenda. It tends to be more trustworthy. That's what I tried to do. And for the most part, I believe that it has worked well.49:07  That's interesting, because what, for instance, when I was in Athens during the 2004, Paralympics, that was right, when the bush gore campaign was happening. And I would watch the US version of CNN in in my Greek hotel, and then I'd watch, you know, the Greek version of the same news, and it was completely, completely different. There was there was not even a semblance of what was being said on them that that equal the same thing, right? there very, very different interpretations of those debates. And what's interesting about it is, again, just that saying that I just said was interpretation would imply a language barrier, right? And so that language barrier that lost in translation, that personal interpretation, all of those things have kind of come together in this perfect storm of leaving, at least in the United States. The fake media, you know, everybody's all over this, the news is not real. And while I can absolutely see that being the case, and and that being a truth, I think that if, if somebody were to get a little bit more into the weeds of it, they'll find where that truth is. But, and this is really important for the audience to get is they need you need. And I'm saying need, like really strenuously you need to immediately prior to reading or listening or hearing or consuming, take account of your predisposed bias, take account of what you already believe is true or not true. And so that you can come into it with a fresh, open mindset. Because otherwise, you're only going to hear from that preconceived bias. In that, right.51:35  I absolutely agree. No matter what you think, well, you can see it even in scientific study. You can infer anything from a study that confirms what you already wanted to hear what you already thought was true. That is something to always keep in mind, especially when reading statistics, or when seeing numbers. A lot of the times the public sees numbers or study, statistics, research, the words empty, thrown around, or anything that sounds highly scientific or highly statistics backed. So they might assume, okay, those are facts. Why, because I see the numbers, I see figures. Again, it's not the numbers are necessarily massaged, or in any way faked. But any study or any, anything you want to prove, can be proven simply by using the right data. And there's always data in support of anything. So I think your suggestion, to be very aware of previous biases and beliefs to be very important so that people can come into new information with a fresh set of eyes, just seeing what's out there and not being closed off to information that might contradict their previous beliefs. Absolutely.52:57  Right. Yeah. You know, it's funny, long time ago, when I was really interested in what was happening on the news, which I'm really not anymore because it got too crazy. But I would I would do things like I would listen to rush limbaugh and I would listen to Dennis Prager and then I would also listen to people on the other side of that puzzle, right? I worked for the LA Times actually selling door to door when I was a teen. I had people tell me, you know, I get my news from rush limbaugh. Right? That was what they would tell me. And I'm like, Okay, well, this is an interesting thing to take note of in my 15 year old mind as that they don't get the news from the la times because it somehow has its bias and its echo chamber versus rush limbaugh's echo chamber versus I guess, a different newspapers. So I took note of that, that bias at that age. And so I listened and watched. I would watch glenn beck and I'd watch Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann, I'd watch you know, CNN I got, I would go through different belief systems all in one day on the same information. And I would look at it and analyze it as, okay, this is the same 15 minute soundbite. So does, you know, our 15 second soundbite and this is three or four or five different interpretations of that soundbite. And so I would go back and say, Okay, what did what happened around that soundbite and I would take that into what I was doing because I really wanted to understand that was like the whole purpose of, of wasting my time and other people's business, which is what news is, is other people's business for the most part. So I'm wasting my time and other people's business and So I figured if I'm gonna do that I might as well learn what they want and what I want to know what they want me to know. And, and so I found it interesting because I've never fallen into an echo chamber. And during this really crazy time that we're living in all, I'll have an opinion about something based on my research and knowledge, and somebody will assign a label to me because of it. I've been assigned as a liberal snowflake. And I've been assigned as a Trump supporter, and I'm not either of those things. You know, if you're one thing, you can't be for another thing. And if you're for this thing, you can't be for that thing. Because you have, you know, it's like, it's like this, this world has lost its ability to consume information, critically think have some common sense based on what they're thinking, and then apply things like a butterfly effect, what are what is that action mean? And what is the action, the consequence that those actions mean? And so I blame. I blame the media and the fact that we deregulated in the late 70s, early 80s, our media and our news that was meant to be a nonprofit. For this the station's like, we gave you the FCC regulation to allow you to communicate. And the thing that we asked Is that your news our was not for profit, because it had to be just news. And we deregulated that started in the 70s, late 70s, early 80s. And then, look what's happened since then. And so that next question is, how do we get back to a place where we consume this information? And we regulate it? Maybe. So that it is, here's the facts, you know, like dragnet used to be just the facts, ma'am, nothing but the facts.57:21  I think that would not be possible without some sort of cash infusion from some source that had really zero interest in advancing one agenda over another. But quite frankly, I can't see how that would come to pass. And it is a vicious cycle. Not to sound like tremendously defeatist, but let me give you an example of something that happened in Mexico. This might happen, I'm trying to remember it might have been maybe not 10 years ago, but it was it was a while back. Okay, so what happened was that a new president came into office, a very polarizing president tremendously. So even more so than President Trump like tremendously polarizing. And one of the first things that this person said was, I'm going to cut down on government spending on things that are unimportant or inconsequential, for instance, I'm no longer going to advertise in newspapers. Now. I think that as a whole as a society, you would think, well, it makes perfect sense for the government and not to place ads in newspapers, because I mean, a they're already in power b that would make the, you know, newspapers more prone to speak well of that government, regardless of their own personal feelings or the facts. It sounds like a very good idea. So what happened was that indeed, of the government, overnight, they cut down all spending on newspaper ads, which sounds like a good idea. But the next thing that happened was that newspapers said, Hey, we have no budget, and they had to slash their workforce in half nearly overnight, leading to more, let's say more space for unpaid people that like to offer commentary and such. So it ended up being one would assume that that would lead to a more transparent or a more objective situation, but it really did not I don't think so it's it's a very hard situation to solve. I think that the only way for a specific media outlet to be entirely free of a biases beyond the normal biases that an individual reporter might have. Just to speak as a as a media outlet as a whole. It would need its money to come from let's say a private investor that was completely disinterested in in any you know, somebody that was not that had no specific feelings toward one or or another thing, because of your being funded by a candidate up party, Group, a lobby, obviously that's going to be refunded. In one way or another, that's that's a fact. And I mean, not even getting into political things, let's think about something more on the soft news side, let's say that you are a fashion magazine, and you have ads coming in from a certain fragrance manufacturer or a certain designer, obviously, you're going to feature them more heavily and more favorably in your pages. That's just a fact. And the only way to do away with that would be to have an ad free experience. I don't know what it would have to be a model where money was coming in from someone are some sorts that really was unrelated to what you were doing. And that's, that's hard to achieve. Definitely, I think that would be the only way to go about that. I don't see how it could be done otherwise.1:00:48  Okay. So unfortunately, that that viewpoint is a rather bleak viewpoint for worlds because a world that doesn't can't trust the facts, is going to end soon, right the country, and that we've seen this in pretty much every empire that has begun to do what we've begun to do is that it's not very long before the collapse, before it gets, you know, destroyed as is and has to be rebuilt. So that's a pretty bleak view, especially if in a 24 hour news cycle, we can't dedicate four hours to just the facts. And the other 20 can be moneymaking hours, but those four hours, maybe one every quarter, so to speak of the the day is here's the facts. This is what happened. This is what bill was passed. This is what that bill means for, you know, in actuality, this is what it does. No commentary. This is what, for instance, like people who don't like Trump, have no idea the amazing things that he's done for the things that they themselves would want done. Right. So for instance, there's been more arrests in human trafficking than any other president in history, right. And this is a fact, it's not, doesn't assign a morality to this president. But in this period of time, there was something that he did that allowed the police and the agencies to uncover and go after more of those people. And there's been more arrests in that thing. That's a fact. So without commentary, you can't say that. And have people know that who don't like Trump, and who listened to news that's against Trump, just like, in on the fox side, or on the on the side, that is all for Trump, you may not hear some of the things that he's done, that would say rip apart the natural park system, right. And that attacks nature and in the environment, you may not even hear about it, even if that's something you're interested in. Because you're interested in this kind of predisposed bias. And so that's where I'm saying, I don't think that it's as dire as you as you made it out to be. I don't think that we need to have them make no money or get these, you know, this thing, I think we need to regulate that four hours a day, on a 24 hour news cycle, you must tell the facts, and have no commentary and no opinion about the facts and the other 20 hours, you can talk all you want about what you think of it. But for those four hours, you need to tell the facts for this set of this section of the newspaper. It needs to be facts or this thing that you're you know, like, if you're a journalist, and you're telling news, there used to be this thing that journalists had to do, which was verify their sources, right, they verify the Yes, print something that was not factual. And that has absolutely shifted and changed. And I don't think that that's a money conversation. I think that's a morality conversation for a country and a regulation issue, just like pouring toxic waste out and making the the consequence, say a million dollars when a company's making $15 million a day to dump their waste, right, that that that incentive that I'd rather pay the million dollars and dump and not spend the 15 million Well, okay, but you're still dumping the toxic waste instead of not doing So that's a regulatory issue, in my opinion, versus I don't think it has to be as dire as, as what you had said, do you think would work?1:05:12  I think it would work fabulously. I think that would be an excellent idea if it would, indeed be implemented. And I also wanted to touch upon something that you just mentioned, which is that in the past, verifying sources was absolutely necessary. It wasn't optional. And now it's rarely done. I think that I agree that it's not a money issue in that specific regard. I would venture to say that beyond being a morality issue, it has to do with logistics, these days, when websites are rushing to have breaking news up on their websites. To be honest, I think that the rush to be first causes a lot of sloppy reporting and not, you know, reporting sources, or even knowing if something is accurate. I think there's also that thing. Now, you might say, well, but even back in the day, even in print newspapers, of course, you're also racing against the clock. Yes, but not to this degree. I think that this is a little extreme now that people want to be the one breaking the news. And in fact, it's a little crazy, because if you're the website breaking the news, you might say something that's totally off. And immediately 10 other websites will report on what you report it. So now it's 10 different outlets making the same exact mistake over and over and over. And it could be a factual mistake, it can be something that's misquoted. I've seen that happen time and time again, I think, certainly, there's an element of morality, not putting something out there that not you're not sure about. But I think there's a lot of pressure. And that's something that that is a direct consequence of the immediacy these days.1:06:54  So then it gets to kind of part of my favorite topic, which is bullies, and, and the bullies of the system and why we allow the bullies to win, and, and do things that are completely against our own self interest. So we do things completely against our own self interest on a regular basis, because we're letting the bullies win. And it seems like in what you're saying, we're letting the bullies win. Instead of having integrity, journalistic integrity used to be extremely important. And now it's completely unimportant. And, and so how do we get back to teaching, training, and then learning this integrity piece, and then saying, if you as the bully as my boss, as the person above me telling me to do this the wrong way, don't stop telling me to do it the wrong way, and allow me to keep my integrity. Right? Then I'm going to report you, as the person stopping me like, we did this, this whole thing of, we allow the system to be broken, because we're afraid of it. Because we, you know, have Has everybody lost their freaking minds is what I is what I think of when I hear stuff like that, because who cares who's first, if you're not accurate, you're not accurate. That means that you're losing your integrity, that means that you can't be trusted. That means that you're a journalist, that has nothing to say to me. Because you're lying, right? And so therefore, when is it that you're going to stand up for your integrity to the system that's bullying you. And this goes the same thing to the doctors who are in the system who are looking at it going, I am morally injured as a doctor because I'm being told to treat patients in a way that goes completely against my training, my background, my knowledge and my belief in loving my my patients and treating them with healing and not and doing no harm. So they need to stay stand up. It's their responsibility in the position of and this is really hard to say this in the position of being the victim of the bully of the system. It's their job to stand up and get loud because silence is a bullies best friend. And the only way you stop a bully is by standing up getting loud and exposing them to the masses. Right. So when does a journalist report on their boss? When does a journalist say enough is enough? This is what I'm being told to say. And this is What is really true? How do we get back to that kind of integrity of a nation of a citizenry? that stops the bullies from being bullies? And says to them no more?1:10:15  I think that relies definitely on individual journalists. And certainly there are many, many of them with very high morals definitely a sense of pride in their craft. I mean, I certainly know a number of them. But I think that these people gravitate toward media outlets that are less prone to requesting crazier things. I mean, I'm thinking about specific people. If they were asked by their website, yes, you need to be the first one. If they were not sure about what they were saying. They simply would not do it again, let me give you again, not to speak super highly of my old employer, because I used to work there. But for instance, we would never let's say that we were going to be published tomorrow. And we were going to report on something minor to take place later tonight. For example, let's say that tonight, there was going to be concert, this is something very inconsequential. We couldn't write a concert was held yesterday, even though it stands to reason that tomorrow's news should say a concert was held yesterday, because it hadn't actually happened yet. What if it was canceled? What if there was a fire? What if there was an earthquake? What if there was something that stopped it, we would not even go up? We would not even venture to say that that was a fact, because it hadn't happened yet. And we did want to make sure that everything that we actually printed, was indeed accurate at its best we could I mean, of course, sometimes there were things that just slipped out of people's hands. But as far as humanly possible, we did make a commitment to that. And everything that was published went through so many sets of eyes, sorry, that you wouldn't even imagine there were tremendous controls in place. For instance, I was an editorial director. And to be honest, nobody made any decision alone at any level, nothing. Everything was first discussed in weekly meetings then discussed again, in several daily meetings, everything went to a number of sets of eyes from the reporter himself in a co editor than an editor than myself, then possibly director, ever there was so many filters sorry, that although that made us a little bit less nimble, as a smaller website, it guaranteed that I mean, any inaccuracy would be very rare. Whereas I think that in a situation like an understaffed website, you have a lot of things that make it easy for inaccuracies to slip by time, like I was mentioning just the time, the need for immediacy, the lack of other people supervise it not to say that always being micromanaged or being watched leads to anything good is not necessarily the case. But I do think that if you're the only person or there's only one person making decisions, it's possible that more inaccuracies might slip by, firstly, because everybody at a certain point develops a little blind spot is material that there, there might be something they're missing, it's very important to have somebody else, like what happened with a book and their editor, even if an author is very accomplished, they still need an editor just to see things that the original author might not have spotted. So I do think that filters and controls are important. Beyond that, just having a sense of responsibility, individual responsibility as a journalist and individual responsibility as the owner of a specific media outlet, and understanding what their purpose is, for example, you can build a news website with the sole purpose of informing in an unbiased way, and that's perfect. But he can also build a word website with the sole

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The StclairSpeaksshow Podcast Featuring Sandy Rodriguez Communications expert Sandy Rodriguez, author of a truly unconventional motivational book titled Choose to Prevail, is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America. She has also translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Multifaceted Sandy made a huge career shift and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, artist, and amateur winemaker. Sandy also writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures and is currently preparing a video series based on her book. Watch The Full Interview here https://youtu.be/G_jpl1BuyRg SOCIAL PROFILES Website https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges/dp/1098327780/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= LinkedIn URL https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyrs1/ Facebook URL https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/ Twitter URL https://twitter.com/Sandyrs Instagram https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/?hl=en STREAM ALL STCLAIRSPEAKSHOW PODCAST EPISODES ON OUR NEW PLATFORMS Now streaming on Pandora https://pandora.app.link/pi5zFZgoNcb AUDIBLE https://www.audible.com/pd/StclairSpeaksShow-Podcast/episodes/B08K5646F7?ref=a_pd_Stclai_c4_episodes_view_all&pf_rd_p=4073763d-737f-4fdb-8d3b-90f7184c5d4b&pf_rd_r=18SDMEKFC49SQ7TRRYR1 IHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-stclairspeaksshow-72280965/ CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE BELOW and apply to be my next guest on the StclairSpeaksShow Podcast along with more groundbreaking information on upcoming episodes of the StclairSpeaksShow. Pre Order your copy of Sweats To Suits The Videobook Edition pre available is now available visit our new website below. https://www.stclairspeaksshow.com Order and Download The HussleHav Academy E-Book Series Linkedin Edition https://gumroad.com/l/tHRxrQ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stclairspeaksshow/support

Sandy Rodriguez, author of the book "Choose to Prevail", joined host Rob Oliver for a powerful episode of the Learning from Smart People Podcast. Sandy has a breadth of life experience and understands the importance of the choices that we make and how they impact our lives. She is a personal growth expert and a motivational author. Here are a few of the highlights from this episode of Learning From Smart People: Sandy Rodriguez's back story: being an editor, moving from Mexico to the US, finding work, finding success How she took her experiences and uses them to help others The art of turning a negative into a positive Explaining the "Bridge of Incidents" concept How to handle change in your life circumstances You can find out more about Sandy Rodriguez and her book through the links below. She is also offering to share some original rock music inspired by her book. Email Address: sandyrs@gmail.com Website: https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challengesebook/dp/B08HVT5PPL Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sandyrs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyrs1/ Thanks for listening to the Learning from Smart People Podcast! Please Subscribe, leave a comment and follow us on social media: Twitter: http://twitter.com/LFSPPodcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/LFSPPodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/LFSPPodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lfsppodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWV_LuUad7ZWuE9j5D9v-w You can also use the “Contact” page on the “Learning from Smart People” website: https://www.learningfromsmartpeople.com/

Prepare to feel an increase in your self-confidence and your sense of inner peace as you leaf through Choose to Prevail. If you are plagued by worries, insecurities, or problems in general, here you will find ways to prevail over whatever is causing you grief. Communications expert Sandy Rodriguez suggests reframing challenges, while taking practical measures to support your goals. You will discover: Benefits of letting others see unusual sides of your personality Why extremely sad thoughts are the antidote to everyday annoyances Reasons a tiny apartment helped tenants attract a spouse A time-management technique that could save you money How the author overcame fear of public speaking literally overnight Why having haters could be flattering Ideas to minimize existential angst and nagging thoughts Why it's not necessarily vain or superficial to care about your appearance How to reinvent yourself at any age using the power of words This is not your average motivational book. The author's viewpoints come from the heart and are often out of the ordinary. She offers ideas that are different from what you will find elsewhere. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/survivalguidetolife/support

Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Multifaceted Sandy, who once took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artist, and amateur winemaker. https://www.facebook.com/groups/965642460582655/?ref=share https://www.instagram.com/choosetoprevail/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyrs1 https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Prevail-Unexpected-Insights-Challenges-ebook/dp/B08HVT5PPL https://www.heartofhollywoodmagazine.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55299214-choose-to-prevail

We interview Sandy about her book, career and life experiences that encouraged her to write the book! Take a Listen! Bilingual communications expert Sandy Rodriguez writes on topics ranging from finance to entertainment for different media outlets in both the U.S. and Mexico. She appears as a host in videos for lifestyle website En Cinco and multimedia company Heart of Hollywood Motion Pictures. Sandy is a former editorial coordinator for Mexican newspaper Reforma, one of the most influential publications in Latin America, and has translated tens of books from English to Spanish for major publishing houses. These include medical, self-help, and business books, novels, and titles focused on spirituality or personal growth by popular authors such as Louise Hay, Nick Vujicic, and Neale Donald Walsch. Multifaceted Sandy, who once took part in a prestigious fellowship program for international journalists at Seoul National University in South Korea, currently lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a certified court interpreter. She is a fitness enthusiast, burgeoning artist, and amateur winemaker. CHOOSE TO PREVAIL BOOK DESCRIPTION Choose to Prevail: Unexpected Insights to Help You Overcome Challenges by Sandy Rodriguez Prepare to feel an increase in your self-confidence and your sense of inner peace as you leaf through Choose to Prevail. If you are plagued by worries, insecurities, or problems in general, here you will find ways to prevail over whatever is causing you grief. Communications expert Sandy Rodriguez suggests reframing challenges, while taking practical measures to support your goals. You will discover: * Benefits of letting others see unusual sides of your personality * Why extremely sad thoughts are the antidote to everyday annoyances * Reasons a tiny apartment helped tenants attract a spouse * A time-management technique that could save you money * How the author overcame fear of public speaking literally overnight * Why having haters could be flattering * Ideas to minimize existential angst and nagging thoughts * Why it's not necessarily vain or superficial to care about your appearance * How to reinvent yourself at any age using the power of words This is not your average motivational book. The author's viewpoints come from the heart and are often out of the ordinary. She offers ideas that are different from what you will find elsewhere. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twopartypodcast/support

Sandy recently wrote a book (available on all major platforms) titled Choose to Prevail. It is meant to help readers feel an increase in self-confidence and a sense of inner peace. People plagued by worries, insecurities, or problems, in general, may find ways to prevail over whatever is causing them grief by reframing challenges, while taking practical measures to support their goals. Readers will discover: -Benefits of letting others see unusual sides of your personality- -Why extremely sad thoughts are the antidote to everyday annoyances -Reasons a tiny apartment helped tenants attract a spouse -A time-management technique that could save you money -How the author overcame the fear of public speaking literally overnight -Why having haters could be flattering -Ideas to minimize existential angst and nagging thoughts -Why it's not necessarily vain or superficial to care about your appearance -How to reinvent yourself at any age using the power of words This is not your average motivational book. It offers viewpoints that are different from what readers will find elsewhere. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everydayguru/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everydayguru/support