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You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where this week we lock, stock, and double-tap our way into the gloriously over-the-top world of Hot Fuzz (2007), the second film in Edgar Wright's beloved Cornetto Trilogy. With an outrageous body count and a razor-sharp script, it's a love letter to action movies — by way of twee English village life.Directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg, Hot Fuzz stars Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel, a no-nonsense London supercop who's so good at his job that he's making everyone else look bad. As a result, he's reassigned to the sleepy village of Sandford, where crime seems suspiciously low — and the residents suspiciously Stepford.Teamed up with the bumbling but big-hearted PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), Angel initially struggles with Sandford's slower pace — until a series of grisly “accidents” reveals something darker lurking beneath the surface. Cue a rampage of pensioners, hidden agendas, and a spectacular finale with more gunfire than the M25 at rush hour.This is one we could all agree on: Hot Fuzz is a near-perfect comedy that rewards repeat viewings. It's cleverly constructed, endlessly quotable (“The greater good!”), and absolutely packed with details that make it a joy to dissect. Whether you're a fan of action movies, British humour, or seeing Timothy Dalton with a smug smile and a hedge trimmer, there's something here for you.Hot Fuzz takes the quiet menace of rural England and sets it ablaze with blockbuster spectacle and sharp comedy. It's both homage and original, firing on all cylinders from start to finish. If you like your action with a side of Bakewell tart and local shop for local people energy, this one's a must-watch.

This issue marks the first appearance of the eerie and brilliant telepathic sisters who would go on to become fan favorites — think “Mean Girls” meets “Cerebro.” Also introduced are the U-Men, and a VERY iconic Emma Frost scene! And YES — we finally discuss the Nemesis wave Marvel Legends!

We'll just die if we don't get this recipe, which means we're discussing Bryan Forbes' divisive 1975 chillerThe Stepford Wives, itself an adaptation of Ira Levin's 1972 novel(la) of the same name! Join us as we go all in on the male-directed and male-written film that satirizes, well, men. From the Playboy Bunny origins of the Stepford wives to conflicting thoughts on Walter, there's a lot to discuss! Plus: praise for Bobbie (Paula Prentiss), a lesson in female fashion and Raymond Chandler for Trace, thinking about Stepford dogs, and wondering if Easy-On Spray Starch really does save you half an hour a day (at least!). Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group or brand new Horror Queers Discord to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote  Be sure to support the boys on Patreon!   Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode nine finds Beyoncé at home in 1957, ironing, scrubbing, washing dishes in bright blue rubber gloves, and drinking so many martinis that we see our Stepford wife glitching and, finally, breaking. "Why Don't You Love Me" is as much Beyoncé's take on her relationship to culture as on 50 years of American matrimony. Our analysis takes you from Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro, with special help from Betty Friedan, Mr. Clean, Solange, Nina Simone, James Brown, and, naturally, B.B. Homemaker herself.

Anika and Liz are joined by guest Jonathan to discuss a movie Jonathan calls "the greatest Star Trek movie ever made": Star Trek: Generations. Our feels run the spectrum: Jonathan loves it, Liz loves everything except the plot and script, and Anika is … not a fan.  Everything that happens on the Enterprise B is the fault of Starfleet PR This is a movie that mistrusts nostalgia, but also believes really strongly in heterosexual domesticity, which makes for an interesting internal conflict Generations gives us the very first glimpse of the fourth estate in the world of Star Trek Anika argues that Picard's arc in this film is necessary for season 3 of Star Trek: Picard to work Liz and Anika have a LOT of feelings about Rene Picard Jonathan suggests that modern nostalgia-driven franchise media is the Nexus. "The '90s are something that everybody wants to go back to, and I promise you, you do not want to go back." It's funny how Kirk's fantasy life is basically cosplaying as Chris Pike (SNW edition) Is the Nexus the real villain of this movie?

Jim loooks at a Sci-Fi Thriller celebrating its 50th Anniversary with Bryan Forbes' "The Stepford Wives," starring katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Patrick O'Neal, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Carol Rossen, William Prince, Carole Mallory, Toni Reid, Judith Baldwin, Barbara Rucker, George Coe, and Mary Stuart Masterson.Based on the novel by Ira Levin, a young couple move to the suburns from NYC where they find a strange community straight out of a 50's Sit-Com. But there is a dark secret about Stepford. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

Join Dr. Alex Summit as he delves into the world of sonic staircase analysis with the renowned Dr. Vandella Stepford. This episode explores the fascinating intersection of acoustics and architecture, as Dr. Stepford uses her extraordinary hearing to decode the secrets hidden within every step. From the creaks of a historic mansion to the echoes of a modern skyscraper, prepare to be amazed by the power of sound.

The HR-ification of the Democratic Party, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/democrats-are-the-hr-department-of-political-parties/680634/ Kamala Harris and the Democrats sold themselves as the party of change, freedom, and not being weird. But many American voters saw them instead as prigs, Stepford wives, morons, and condescending smarty-pants. The Democrats didn't actually embody all of these shortcomings, separately or simultaneously—it's difficult to be both smart and dumb, seductive and prudish. I've been thinking this past week about how the Democratic Party is seen, and it hit me: The Democratic Party resembles that most American of institutions: the HR department. Like human resources, the Democrats are a party of norms, procedure, bureaucracy, DEI initiatives, rule following, language policing, and compliance. It is in this way that the Democratic Party feels not so much infuriating and threatening, but just kind of an annoying bummer. In the same way that an HR manager might respond when asked for clarity, Kamala Harris frequently speaks in the lexicon of lawyerly avoidance. https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://rumble.com/lukeford, https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford, Best videos: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143746 Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Book an online Alexander Technique lesson with Luke: https://alexander90210.com Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

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You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're exploring a classic blend of horror and satirical science fiction with The Stepford Wives (1975). Directed by Bryan Forbes and based on the novel by Ira Levin, this film delves into themes of feminism, identity, and the dark side of suburban conformity.The Stepford Wives follows Joanna Eberhart, played by Katharine Ross, who moves with her family from bustling New York City to the seemingly idyllic suburban community of Stepford, Connecticut. Joanna, a photographer and independent woman, soon becomes uneasy about the submissive and domestic behaviour of the other wives in town.As Joanna's discomfort grows, she befriends another newcomer, Bobbie Markowe, portrayed by Paula Prentiss. Together, they begin to investigate why the wives of Stepford seem so eerily perfect and compliant. Their investigation leads them to a chilling discovery about the men of Stepford and their disturbing vision of the “ideal” wife.The movie tackles themes of feminism and autonomy head-on, depicting a society that literally tries to manufacture the perfect wife, stripping women of their independence and individuality. It raises questions about gender roles and the extent to which societal pressures enforce conformity at the expense of personal freedom.The Stepford Wives is an excellent film for viewers interested in classic horror with a strong message. It's suitable for families with older teenagers, providing a springboard for discussions about individuality, societal expectations, and gender dynamics. It offers both thrills and an opportunity for insightful dialogue about the themes it portrays.Why It's a Must-Watch For fans of psychological thrillers, classic horror, or films that offer a critique of society, The Stepford Wives is a must-watch. Its combination of suspenseful storytelling, strong acting, and meaningful commentary ensures it remains relevant and impactful even decades after its release.So join us as we revisit the eerie perfection of Stepford and peel back the layers of one of cinema's most chilling tales about the quest for the “ideal” life. The Stepford Wives promises not only to entertain but also to provoke thought and discussion about the dark corners of societal norms.

Trying to be everything to everyone? It's sucking the life out of you. In this episode, I share my journey from burned-out Stepford wife to thriving, soul-led mama. We dive into reconnecting with yourself, trusting your intuition, and embracing your true self. You don't have to sacrifice your happiness to be a great mom! Tune in to discover how you can go from burnout to a balanced, joyful life.   Tune in to hear:  Recognizing that neglecting yourself doesn't make you a better mom—prioritizing your well-being does How tools like meditation, boundaries, and intuition can help you thrive, not just survive The importance of showing your children the value of self-care by taking responsibility for your own well-being The power in letting go of perfection and embracing a joyful, authentic life amid motherhood's chaos   Ready to tap into more self-love and belief? I've recorded two exclusive meditations just for you! These free self-love and self-belief meditations help you reconnect with your inner power, trust yourself, and nurture that deep love you deserve.   Click the link below to access the meditations and start your journey toward greater self-love today. ✨ https://scottiedurrett.com/meditation-opt-in   Ready to heal your burnout and tap into your own woo woo magic? Start here: https://scottiedurrett.com/

With nearly 90,000 followers on Instagram, over 100 million original comedy video views and multiple featured content platforms such as Huffington Post, LAD Bible, PopSugar, BuzzFeed, Yahoo, Fox News and being invited as a guest on the Today Show, Whitney Allen Cicero, also known as The New Stepford, is a comedic genius like none other. Hailed as a social media consultant, digital content creator, mentor for women influencers across the globe, writer, and viral video creator extraordinaire, whose social campaigns have been turned into national TV campaigns, it's no wonder Whitney has been chosen as a guest on multiple national podcasts and has earned the coveted “Voices of the Year Winner of Best Video” award by BlogHer and Best New Female Comic at The Comedy Chateau. When she's not drawing every last drop of laughter from across the nation, Whitney is navigating motherhood of two teens, wifehood and an incontinent rescue dog. You can find her at @TheNewStepford Good Things Are Happening is sponsored by Surfshark! Get a deal at https://get.surfshark.net/SH3q3  Listen to the conversation, get some good news, and get some inspiration with the guys on Good Things Are Happening. Visit us on the web at https://www.goodthingspod.com/

This is a classic from the 70s that both ghouls love, The Stepford Wives! From wiki: “The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes. It was written by William Goldman, who based his screenplay on Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name. The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband (Peter Masterson) and children from New York City to the Connecticut community of Stepford, where she comes to find that the women live lives of unwavering subservience to their husbands.”Also discussed: The Entity, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ladybugs, Strange Darling, Girl, Interrupted, Ira Levin, William Goldman, Rosemary's Baby, and more! NEXT WEEK: Funny Games (1997)Follow them across the internet:Bloodhaus: https://www.bloodhauspod.com/https://twitter.com/BloodhausPodhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/ Drusilla Adeline: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/ Joshua Conkelhttps://www.joshuaconkel.com/https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/ 

Doug and Alice have been doing a lot of burying of ledes lately, and it's time for all the news to finally come out. Major life changes have occurred. Are they shrouded in murder or in tradition? There's only one way to find out.* Other discussion topics may include: - Life is a lot more bearable when you picture all your finances in board game money - A celebration of Eckerty, Indiana, if it does indeed exist - Your garage and bathroom don't need TVs, but wouldn't it be cool? - How to rid your own cabbage patch of those darn babies - Pleasantville, Stepford, or Get Out - what's your ideal neighborhood? *Okay, we suppose a second way could be to watch for arrest reports, but you're slightly more likely to get some bathroom talk here.

Episode 233: Where in the world is Philip J. Kessel? Cassie dropping in on Boston NHL training camp. Edmonton creating their own Robidas Island for Evander Kane. More NHL teams streaming preseason games on their own, & various team packages. NHL team theme nights & giveaways. Ottawa gets a new arena building deal. The possibility of NHL expansion in Houston & back to Atlanta. Recorded 22 September 2024

"I asked myself, "Where would people never notice a town full of robots? Connecticut!" We watched the infamously camp remake of "The  Stepford Wives" directed by Frank Oz with our friend Chris Gallo (Golden Girls Posters). We might be scratching our heads about the actual plot of this adaptation of the 1972 Ira Levin novel, but at a brisk ninty minutes (not including credits) do we really care? This cast is more full of gay icons than the  Palm Springs Walk of Fame - powerhouse actresses like Bette Midler and Glenn Close absolutely knock these Paul Rudnick one-liners out of the park and they make just about any plot holes disappear. Nicole Kidman leads our cast as a disgraced TV exec exiled to Stepford Connecticut where the titular wives are a little too good to be true. Bette Midler is in top form playing an ultra liberal Stepford newbie getting into Scooby Gang shenanigans with Nic and Roger Bart as the gay soon to be "Stepford Husband". The would-be robotic antics of the wives are played for camp and Glenn Close is really killing it as the over the top alpha wife. The alleged script re-writes, on set clashes between actors and Oz and the general unevenness of the plot take their toll, but the women really carry this one and we could watch Glenn and Faith Hill Do-Si-Do with smoke coming out of their ears all day. Don't think too hard about this one - just let the microchips take over and enjoy the show.  Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay Twitter: @MTMUGPod Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

James and Delphia Sneak a quickie in his bedroom.In 8 parts, based on the works of Bardot1990. Listen to the ► Podcast at ExplicitNovels.Next door, Delphia already harbored a boatload of semen in each of her most southern ports. She lounged in James’ bed, laying her head against his stomach. His cock was in her face. Delphia sucked him casually, tenderly, in lieu of their earlier violent encounters. James seemed possessed in his eagerness to empty himself of seed. He hadn’t been reticent about probing Delphia’s fundament, indeed, had been eager to do so.Redolent of both entrances to Delphia’s southern split, James’ cock was magnificent. Delphia marveled at it. She nursed at it gratefully now, savoring the odor of their sex. There is no more sensual odor in the world than a reeking, wet set of human genitalia. Delphia had been fascinated with phalluses since she first noticed that her older brother Tony possessed a protuberance she lacked. She’d even noted her brother’s wake up erection on occasion. Delphia looked down at her own quivering clit and found it wanting. It rarely poked far from between her bulging labia. Tony’s cock dangled.Now James’ cock resonated under her nostrils, hard and veiny and straight. His balls ballooned from its base. James was circumcised; his bulbous cockhead was purple/brown, his shaft and nuts were coated in semen and a meringue of pasty white cunt froth, to Delphia a sumptuous delight. Delphia bobbed on his cock voraciously, leaving a trail of spittle along the shaft. James lay back with his hands locked behind his head. This was heaven. If she kept this up, soon she would be choking down another load of spew.Delphia had other plans. She suckled James’ cock as she’d seen pornstars do in the videos she’d secreted on her iphone, using the tip of her tongue to excite him, using her luscious nubile lips to coat his cockhead in opulence. Her luscious lips were well suited for the task.Delphia’s ass was slick with seed. Their first anal experience had been frantic. She wanted him to mount her from behind again. This blowjob was just a precursor to that end. When James’ hips began to rotate in conjunction with her roiling slobber, Delphia knew he was again ready to fuck.Instead of tooting her ass up for his consideration though, Delphia straddled him. She eased her shaven cunt down and about his cock. James was mesmerized. She situated herself atop him, burying his phallus fully inside her. When she felt the smooth bulb of his cockhead budging up against her cervix, Delphia began to twerk, slowly at first, but with ever increasing vehemence. Soon the young couple were hate-fucking, punishing each other with pelvic churn.James was not willing to be outdone. His pride forced him to retaliate in kind. He wanted to reward Delphia with a scorching case of the shivers, even as he.When she felt herself ready to cum, Delphia slowed noticeably. She wanted to hold his phallus fully engulfed inside her cunt, pressing James’ cock against her sweet spot for maximum effect. She positioned her twat such that each and every penile insertion generated a riot of cataclysmic electrical impulses in her brain.Delphia soon exploded into bliss. She snapped, lunging and thrusting like a demon possessed. At the moment of detonation she attacked James’ phallus with an unholy orgasmic rage. Her tits flopped manically. Her mouth flew open. Delphia snarled wildly in the extremis of her abandon.James, however, was still in competition mode. He rammed his cock up Delphia’s cunt throughout the entirety of her orgasm, gripping her ass cheeks tightly in his palms, thrusting vigorously. Delphia’s orgasm doubled under James’ fervent assault. James was so focused on hammering’ dat cunt that he missed the subtle tremble of a Cunt in musk. Delphia’s pink Cuntl muscles caressed his phallus delicately in anticipation of eruption, teasing him, tickling him, suckling his manhood with feminine tremble. It was as if she had a slithery forked tongue down there, dancing expertly across the sensitive nerve endings in James’ cock. His fervor fired past her finely tuned climactic fuck quake.When she could take no more of James’ manly thrusting, Delphia slumped atop him. Her bald cunt lips were scorched. Happily, James hadn’t cum. His cock pulsed inside her cunt like a living thing. She felt it throbbing down there, felt its heated sizzle, felt his heartbeat pounding through its expansive penile tissues, yearning to fill her chasm with his jam. Any further insertion was bound to leave smoke trails.Mindful of Delphia’s incapacitation, James eased his phallus from her Cunt’s steamy grasp. She seemed reluctant to release him. It was as if their merger had created a vacuum that held him tightly in place. When his cock tip finally appeared at her entrance, Delphia’s inner cunt lips extended obscenely outward in an attempt to retain a measure of clasp.Finally, James’ cock popped free. Frantically, he scrambled up behind her, lifting her hips upward that he might find a separate portal for his passion. Using his thumbs to press Delphia’s ass cheeks open, James exposed her cream-filled sphincter. He wanted another go at it. Delphia smiled wearily.“He’s getting better and better at this!”Without taking aim, James pressed his cockhead against her opening. He pushed forward. Delphia’s anus slowly widened to accept him, first the tip, then the crown, then the shaft. At its widest point Delphia gasped. She knew he was thick, but each new insertion reminded her of her boyfriend’s girth.With the helm encompassed, Delphia’s anus snapped tight about his shaft. Delphia was relieved. Getting it in is always the most stressful part of anal sex. Now she only had to deal with his length. Soon, she knew, his balls would be slapping happily against her vulva. Her rectum being already lubricated with cum, James cruised easily inside. Delphia steadied herself in anticipation of yet another comprehensive drilling. How many more of these could she take? She rotated her ass sensuously, like a bumblebee, to further engulf him.James started slowly. This was his second visit to the muscular grip of a woman’s poop chute. He grasped Delphia’s hips to establish a rhythm. Looking down now, he enjoyed the vision of his phallus parting Delphia’s brown eye, basked in the sensation of her creamy ass sliding back and forth along his pole. As he ramped up the action, Delphia’s moans of pleasure added animus to his zeal. Soon James was rocking Delphia’s ass with smash. Her head snapped back and forth with each thrust. His balls swung back and forth, flapping against her resurgent clit.Delphia loved it. James’ mattress squeaked extravagantly to the rhythm of their intercourse.By and by, however, the teen couple became aware of another muffled sound, the sound of a headboard bouncing off a wall. James immediately paused his thrusting. His bed consisted of a simple box spring and mattress on the floor. It had no headboard. And yet the muffled knocking continued. Delphia looked over her shoulder at her lover.“What’s that?” she whispered.They both knew the answer. James’ parents slept in their room just above his. They were fucking.Delphia had often heard the sound of her own parents’ headboard, usually about this time of night, as they extracted their marital due, assuming their children were asleep. Delphia’s own mother was not shy about screeching her passion into the night. Her distinctive timbre was unmistakable. From childhood, Delphia knew and wondered over what caused her mother to moan and curse so uncharacteristically, accompanied by the rhythmically knocking headboard and her parents’ squeaking box spring. She knew, too, the sound of her father making positioning demands and his subsequent groans of satisfaction.James’ parents weren’t so verbal. They were Jehovah’s Witnesses. They fucked, but didn’t make a big production of it. James heard their bed squeaking sans the moaning, cursing and exorbitant sexual demands. James knew that his parents’ headboard would knock rhythmically for a time, faster and faster, until a final loud bump. After this there would be an eerie silence save for the sound of running water in the bathroom, muffled conversation, late night television and finally contented snoring.“Do you think they heard us?” Delphia wondered.“No.” James whispered.He knew that, if they had heard, they would be downstairs in a flash. There would be hell to pay. Delphia would be sent home. The rest of the night would be spent in prayer and recriminations.The truth, however, was that if they had heard James’ bed squeaking at four in the morning, James’ parents could never imagine the true reason for it. Such a thing was just impossible for their Christian home. That the girl next door might be downstairs with her cunt wrapped around their son’s cock would never occur to them.James’ phallus was still rock hard inside Delphia’s ass. He wanted to cum in the worst way.Delphia, however, was spooked by the realization that his parents were awake just upstairs, probably doing the same thing.“Jamesy, I’d better go,” she said.“Wait! Wait!” he cried, as she pulled away from him.James needed to finish. He was still several strokes away from completion.“No, James! I don’t want your mom to come down here and catch us. We can finish later!”James tried to hold her in place as he strove to empty himself inside her asshole. Delphia was insistent. She eased off his cock and reached down to snatch up her things. She knew that her friends were, at that moment, in her brother’s room doing god-knows-what. She also knew that it was time for her to go home. The knocking headboard upstairs had reached its zenith. Delphia wanted to be out of there before James’ parents, whom she always referred to respectfully as Mr. and Mrs. Kittridge, came back to reality. She couldn’t afford for them to catch her like this. James had already busted two nuts. She’d attend to him later.Fanny finds out.In the morning James dragged himself from bed. He was exhausted, burned beyond recognition from the Delphia blowjob sessions, his phallus a ragged piece of sausage dangling between his legs. His face was ashen, his demeanor listless. Yet James was wildly exuberant. For the first time in his life a raging erection failed to waken him from his slumber. He’d been righteously siphoned.Abby Kittridge, his mother, called him to breakfast and Bible study. James washed up, then dressed for the Sunday Kingdom Hall service. The morning’s exuberance slowly dissipated before his pangs of Christian conscience. He was sure that, at some point, his newfound mania for poonan would be found out by church authorities. Whereas before the loss of his virginity James was an eager participant in the family’s religious activities, he now dreaded attending meetings, convicted by the consciousness of sin.There was little he could do about it now. Delphia’s aromatic cunt called him daily with its siren’s song. He was going to answer that call come hell or high water. Yesterday’s blowjob sessions exposed him to new vistas of sensuality. What had she called it? Bukkake? The vision of his girlfriend’s face covered in white, creamy jism aroused him even now. She was a constant source of thrill. James had the Sunday meeting scheduled in the morning and field service planned for the entire afternoon.James had to admit that he’d rather be blown.James had an older sister, Fanny, still living at home. He had a younger sister and a younger brother, Jill and James, too. Of these, James was closest to Fanny. She looked at him now as they sat for breakfast, sensing something amiss. James was giving a weird vibe. He’d been acting strangely lately. Fanny made up her mind to approach him about it.The family finished breakfast together and headed off to Kingdom Hall. James was responsible for passing the microphone about as audience members recited pre-printed answers from the Watchtower magazine. There were no random doctrinal questions accepted from the random members of the congregation; only such questions as posed by the study coordinator were allowed. Such one-way conversations passed as Bible study.James was not paying attention in any case. He gave a perfunctory answer to paragraph ten from the study article. This was the minimum expected from such an up and comer.After the meeting James arranged with the elders (of which his father was one) to go out in field service. James did his bit to further the evangelical aims of the church. By the time they returned home it was almost five p.m. James headed straight to bed, foregoing dinner. Fanny took this as another sign. James always did have a good appetite.Fanny waited until their parents dressed for bed before approaching him. Several hours later James was dead asleep.“James. Jamesy! Wake up. We have to talk.”James rolled over. At first he thought it very late. He thought the hand rousting his shoulder was Delphia’s. How she’d gotten in without him leaving the back door open didn’t occur to him. In any case, James was ready to fuck. When he cracked his eyes open he found his older sister sitting alongside his bed. James was disappointed.“Hmm? What’s up, Nan? I was asleep here.”He rolled over. Fanny could see that he was massively erect. Not unusual for a young man, but such things weren’t discussed in the Kittridge household. Fanny looked away discreetly. Only then did James notice his boner.“Oh. Sorry,” he said, stuffing his phallus down the line of his thigh.“How do you live with those things?” Fanny laughed.James looked down in embarrassment. He ignored her comment.“What’s up, Nan?”Fanny got right to the point.“James, you’ve been acting strangely lately. Something’s wrong, I know it. Just spit it out. Whatever it is will remain between you and me.”James immediately knew what she was talking about. He also knew enough to withhold the requested information.“Nan, I’m good. Nothing’s wrong.”“James, don’t lie. I’ve known you too long. You’ve been spending a lot of time with Tony next door. I know he’s your friend, but he’s a worldly boy. He’s not one of us. Don’t let him get you into trouble.”It was true. Tony and James had been close friends since elementary school. The term “worldly” is not a compliment among Jehovah’s Witnesses; it is a pejorative. Fanny was close to the source of James’ issue, but far from its reality. She’d thought it was Tony when, in reality, it was his sister. In her wildest dreams Fanny could not imagine her brother addicted to love. He just wasn’t the type. If James admitted that Delphia had blown him repeatedly in their garage just yesterday, Fanny would not have believed him. It’s just not what Kittridge’s did.“Nan, why do you think something’s wrong?”“It’s little things you do, James. That answer you gave in Kingdom Hall this morning was straight out of the magazine. You didn’t think about it. You just parroted what was written. Your answers have always been more thoughtful. You’re not a parrot. You seem distant lately. Detached. I’m gonna ask you again. What’s wrong? You can tell me anything. You know that.”James considered full confession. His conscience was tormenting him. He knew he could trust Fanny to be discreet. She might harass him into making a full public confession, but this confession would go no further than she.“Nan, I’m just having some growing pains. I’m struggling with, you know, growing up.”This admission is a euphemism among Jehovah’s witnesses as a sexual issue. James glanced down at his subsiding boner as confirmation of the insinuation. Fanny suspected this. James had recently turned eighteen, fully in the danger zone for sexual immorality. Fanny had been there herself.Unbeknownst to James, Fanny was no virgin. She’d already been down the road James was currently traveling, had faltered, and now was standing tall again as a devout Christian. Four years back she’d bedded Tony’s cousin Bucky, not just once but on several clandestine occasions, never confessing her sin. Even their parents didn’t know. Now she was asking James to make just such a confession.She gazed into his eyes steadily, attempting to gauge the extent of his problem.James was torn. He knew he could trust Fanny. He also knew that she would press him to turn from his wicked ways. James wasn’t ready to do that. The phallus meandering its way down his thigh was doing his thinking for him. Nothing in the world could keep it from its appointed duties at the juncture of Delphia’s thighs. Nothing.“Fanny, I’m fine. I’m just dealing with guy issues, Okay?”“Are you masturbating?” Fanny pressed.Even this was a sin among Jehovah’s witnesses. James felt that he might throw her off the trail with this admission.“I have,” he said.“Did you tell dad?” she asked.“No.”“Okay, listen.” she confided. “When I was your age I masturbated, too. I still do it today, every once in a while. It’s tough waking up with that burn every morning, isn’t it?”James was shocked at his sister’s admission. Fanny was far and away the most devout young woman he knew. He didn’t know that the admission of such a small sin is usually an attempt to garner trust. Fanny was using this admission to get James to make the larger confession. She’d heard things about Tony next door, and his sister Delphia, too. She felt that if she made this admission, James would feel compelled to reciprocate.“Did you tell dad?” he asked.“No. I didn’t. I’m telling You. And I don’t expect you to tell him, either. You shouldn’t feel embarrassed. Everybody masturbates.”“But you could get into trouble!” James expostulated.“Not if you keep your mouth shut,” Fanny retorted.In James’ eyes this conversation cast Fanny in an entirely differently light. Formerly he’d viewed her through the standard JW lens, that is, she was on the road to being a Stepford wife and full-time minister of the Gospel, a pioneer. This, according to JW culture, is the highest aim of a JW woman. At the age of twenty she was sifting through the limited men available in the church (there being a 7-to-1 ratio of women to men). If she didn’t get married soon there was a strong possibility that she never would.Now James realized that Fanny lived with the same biological imperatives as he. She masturbates! She polishes her pearl! James knew that the step between masturbation and fornication is a small one. He began to envision his sister lying awake in bed, wet and sweaty, imagining her fingers to

I often get asked, how do I deal with temper tantrums? Probably one of the hardest parts of parenting is working through your child's temper tantrum. When I was a teacher and counselor, I dealt with a lot of tantrums, but the kids were generally able to keep it in during the day. I wasn't privy to the post-school, in-car meltdowns, and I either had support, or I WAS the support. But as a parent, I was not prepared for the overwhelming amount of anger, screaming, hitting, and crying accompanying tantrums. Sometimes I felt like the house was going to flood from all the tears! Now, I am very opposed to slapping negative labels on children's developmental stages. Terrible twos, four-nados, no no no. Thing is, the high emotion in a tantrum is normal. Children are supposed to have human emotions. You, in your 20s, 30s, 40s, etc., have the same big internal emotions, with a key difference being that you have (consciously or not) developed coping strategies to avoid going nuclear. — Well, hopefully you have. If not, it's time for some internal work. Luckily, you're in the right place. Tantrums at different ages may look different, but at the root they're all the same. The tantrum-haver was stressed to begin with, and something pushed them over the edge. It doesn't matter what age, kids will always have tantrums and so will you. So do I. Again, this is normal. In this episode, I'll dive into the four main steps of tempering a temper tantrum: DetachLabelNormalizeSupport I'll define what I mean with these steps, because I know, they sound pretty nebulous. I'll arm you with strategies that you can deploy to help your child get out of the “red zone” and back to yellow and then green. Now, a caveat: by applying this process, you may feel like you're giving in to the tantrum, but the goal is to change the behavior, not the emotion. You don't want strong emotions to go away. Emotionless Stepford children and Stepford people are creepy. Your results will be better if you try out your own additional strategies as you feel inspired to do so. I am not an infallible source of knowledge. Yours is the opportunity to experiment and figure out what works for your kids (and what works for you, if you need to learn some coping strategies). Remember: you've got this! Check out our sponsor Herbal Face Food and support the show by clicking the link https://tinyurl.com/KellysFavoriteAntiAgingSerum and using the code Harmony20 at checkout for 20% off. Subscribe on Apple! Subscribe on Android! Join my FREE parenting bootcamp! Let's Connect! Here's where you can find me: Learn more at https://www.coachingkelly.com. Find me on Instagram! Find me on Facebook!

Jill-Michele Meleán: White / Latina Jill-Michele Melean has finally filmed her one-hour standup special. From Miami to L.A. She's half Bolivian, half Irish but raised in Miami so Cuban by association. Not white enough to play the Stepford wife or Latin enough to play the gangsta but relatable to all ethnicities. From impressions, to family to dating, this special has her last 15 years of hilarious stories. COMEDY DYNAMICS YouTube Facebook X (Twitter) TikTok Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, the boys have another of their popular Dynamite Conspiracy episodes, where they discuss whether aliens are involved in replacing our leaders once they get into power. Because our leaders act a certain way before they get into power and then do a 180-degree turn and do things entirely opposite. This isn't only in one country either. It appears to happen in many different countries all over the world, so what is going on?Links discussed during the show:-https://rumble.com/v4nb4kr-mike-johnson-is-doing-the-lefts-bidding.-why.html-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKSyYTerGTI-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims-https://military-strategy-and-tech.webnode.com.ar/news/aliens-has-replace-world-leaders-with-clones/-https://www.youtube.com/@DrSteveTurleyTV-https://doppels.proboards.com/thread/41?page=4#3734What are your thoughts on this topic? Do you agree with Tony and Tayo on this? Or do you have other thoughts?Tune in and listen to the discussion - and please let us have your thoughts on these subjects.Although we much prefer effusive praise

This week on Hey Sis Eat This, we've got a special treat as the hilarious host behind the Making A Martini Podcast, Caleb Feigles and his younger brother, Ian, join us for a delightful discussion fueled by martinis and memories of their marvelous mom, Momma Jeannine. Despite their seven-year age gap, Caleb and Ian share a bond that's unbreakable, largely thanks to their extraordinary mother. They reminisce about Momma Jeannine's culinary prowess, her unconditional love, and the heartwarming traditions that have shaped their family dynamics. From Momma Jeannine's legendary Mexican food nights to her unconventional ham cooked with 7-Up and pineapples, the Feigels brothers paint a vivid picture of the joyous gatherings around the dinner table, complete with a nostalgic "Stepford" vibe. But it's not just about the food—Momma Jeannine goes all out when it comes to Christmas traditions, ensuring that holidays are filled with food, games, and cherished family time. And let's not forget Caleb's passion for musical theater, which sparked an annual pilgrimage to NYC for Broadway shows, a tradition that continues to this day. As if that weren't enough, the Feigels family isn't afraid to embrace their quirky side, with vacations featuring morbidly hilarious photo ops in pretend murder scenes. But the real highlight of this episode! For the first time ever, Momma Jeannine herself joins the podcast to share her insights and take part in the rapid-fire round. From revealing her favorite child to explaining her aversion to swearing, Momma Jeannine's love for her sons shines through every story. Join us for a heartwarming celebration of family, tradition, and the incredible bond between a mother and her sons, sprinkled with plenty of laughs along the way. For All Things Making A Martini: https://linktr.ee/makingamartini Follow Making A Martini: https://www.instagram.com/makingamartini/ About Hey Sis, Eat This We are two sisters, born and raised in Texas, who share a love of food, friends, and a wicked sense of humor! On the Hey Sis, Eat This podcast, we celebrate moms and meals, inspired by our very own Momma Ashley, a former chef and always the hostess with the mostess! What you'll hear: What we've been cookin', who we've been entertainin', and any kitchen conundrums of the week... often in our Momma's Texas accent Chatting with siblings about what it was like around their dinner table growing up, favorite family recipes and stories that celebrate moms Interviews with celebrity chefs, restaurateurs, and culinary entrepreneurs about the influence and inspiration from their moms Weekly recipes from us and our guests posted out the Hey Sis, Eat This website We want to hear from Y'all! - Website: https://www.heysiseatthis.com - Recipes from our Us and Our Guests: https://www.heysiseatthis.com/our-rec... - Call into the Hey Sis Hotline: 1-866-4 HEY SIS or 1-866-443-9747 - Email: hello@heysiseatthis.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heysiseatthis/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heysiseatthis - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heysiseatthis

Jill-Michele Meleán: White / Latina Jill-Michele Melean has finally filmed her one-hour standup special. From Miami to L.A. She's half Bolivian, half Irish but raised in Miami so Cuban by association. Not white enough to play the Stepford wife or Latin enough to play the gangsta but relatable to all ethnicities. From impressions, to family to dating, this special has her last 15 years of hilarious stories. COMEDY DYNAMICS YouTube Facebook X (Twitter) TikTok Instagram  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a bonus episode (which is really just another term for "I need to rant about this latest trend with my mom friends over a cup of coffee") In today's episode you and I are going to peel back the layers of social media trends to reveal the truth beneath the surface. That's right - we're delving into the world of tradwife influencers – those who seemingly embrace traditional gender roles and advocate for Stepford-wife lifestyles, all while concealing their true wealth from their followers. In this eye-opening episode, I'm uncovering the hidden reality behind the polished facade. While these influencers may present an image of domestic bliss and simplicity, the truth is often far from it. I'll shine a light on the lavish lifestyles and privilege that lie beneath the surface, so we can collectively raise an eyebrow at the authenticity of their curated content. Ready to rant? Let's start! ----- Outro Music: Bright Morning by Mixaund. https://misaund.bandcamp.com Music Promoted By: https://free-stock-music.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefitmama/message

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We cone to this podcast to finally talk about Nicole Kidman. Is it a movie worth talking about? Let's travel to Stepford,Connecticut and tell Don't Worry Darling to eat its heart out. Follow Billy and Raul on Twitter @MasterOfPuns196 and @raulvaderrdz as well as the main show @SYNSPod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seeyounextsummerpod/message

From the Republican Party to the local sports bar, everyone in America is talking about Taylor Swift this week. But why are they so obsessed with her and WTF does it have to do with Securing Sexuality? This conversation starts out with Stefani's desire to finally convince Wolf that football is fun... but it quickly becomes an exploration of misinformation, deepfakes, artificial intelligence, and how one precocious middle schooler might be our best hope to save America. See the Show Notes here.

Jill-Michele Melean has finally filmed her one-hour standup special. From Miami to L.A. She's half Bolivian, half Irish but raised in Miami so Cuban by association. Not white enough to play the Stepford wife or Latin enough to play the gangsta but relatable to all ethnicities. From impressions, to family to dating, this special has her last 15 years of hilarious stories. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3ymp1to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ComedyDynamics Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ComedyDynamics TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J1wucyQ/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ComedyDynamics http://www.comedydynamics.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jay Dyer and Tristan analyze the 1974 film The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin (writer of Rosemary's Baby), and the hilariously bad 2004 remake with Nicole Kidman. A fun, comedic deep dive review and analysis of he sci-fi tinged, satirical feminist suspense thriller about fembots, male-female dynamics, women's liberation, and the mean bad oppressive patriarchy turning women into vacant trad robowives.

Join Sharai and Trent as they begin their time going back to their childhoods with Disturbing Behavior. CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Assault Our art was created by Jed Martin. Check out his work at jedmartincreative.com.Music Credits: Composed/Produced by LaRob K. Rafael LaRob K. Rafael, piano/vocals, Jackson Kidder, bass, and Tiana Sorenson, vocals. Follow all of our social media at ⁠⁠⁠https://allmylinks.com/anightmareonfiercestreet⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive content and merchandise at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/anightmarefierceonfiercestreet --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fierce-street/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fierce-street/support

(0:00) - The boys open the session with a short conversation on the "seen it all before" mentality of older generations, “I guess those philosophies become a little bit shaky” - (3:30) - Daryl shares his life updates and how important communication will be in achieving his goals, “That's a lot of platitudes” - (13:15) - Sammy quickly shares his life updates since not a lot happened while he was on call for jury duty, “I was reminded how annoying traffic is…” - (16:46) - Sammy touches back on some of his commentary from Session 64, “So if we have a nation of men who need to better themselves, then that means we have a nation that needs to better itself”   (18:46) - The boys begin their discussion on “The Red Pill Economy,” starting with a conversation on the business of exploiting lonely men, “and it's making them a living, and that's just crazy to me … and they're not fixing a damn thing” - (24:50) - Daryl gives his thoughts on the “nice guy” defense, “Being a nice guy is keeping your opinion about someone's appearance to your f**king self” - (28:52) - The boys talk about the reverse effect Andrew Tate's “anti” Redpill attitude had on his audience, “The term for that is obfuscation” - (35:05) - The boys debate what makes men valuable to women, “Read a book …Watch Gossip Girl … Have something to talk about” - (43:55) - Daryl talks about how being a great man doesn't mean your  a great man in the eyes of women, “My beard is a funny example … Beards in general are a funny example” - (51:37) - Sammy helps Daryl work through some outdated (and slightly misogynist) social concepts, “You first give someone the confidence to fix themselves, when first give them the confidence to feel like a human”   (58:46) - The boys move into the second half of their discussion on “The Red Pill Economy,” with a conversation about the un-pickable pick-me, JustPearlyThings, “She's the token Stepford housewife … Except she's never been a housewife” - (1:04:16) - The boys react to some of JustPearlyThings worst takes, “I keep going back to f**king David Clarke in my head, because she's playing off it one-hundred percent” - (1:11:44) - The boys talk about the need for a countermovement as well as some practical solutions men can apply to themselves immediately, “There's all theses different moments of Pearl doing all this math that ain't mathin, but every time she does the whiteboard, it's Glenn Beckin”

The line between horror film and thriller is something that comes up a lot in film nerd circles. Is Silence of the Lambs a horror film or a thriller? Does a film have to include a big, scary guy with a knife chasing a naked woman through the woods to be considered Horror? Who's to say? But one thing is certain, there is nothing as horrifying as Tom Sizemore's wig in Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days. I'm your host, Dave, and joining me as we put on our squid's and start reliving weekend roller skating trips are fellow ghouls and VIP's at The Retinal Fetish, Mike, Jackie, and Ryan. Topics of discussion in this episode include the most unsettling VR experience you could ever have; we brainstorm other scenarios for Squid clips, which include mundane paperwork and boring relationship moments; and finally, we break down why the movie failed at the box office and why it may be the fault of everyone's favorite cyber smuggler, Johnny Mnemonic. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can also Follow Us on Twitter, Like Us on Facebook, or shoot us an email at apocalypsevideopod@gmail.com Let us know what your favorite scary movies are and what gives you the bugaboos. The Apocalypse Video Shocktober Spooktacular will conclude with the 1975 sci-fi horror classic, The Stepford Wives. So pack your bags and join us in the quaint little town of Stepford where the tuna casseroles are delicious and the tennis courts are nonexistent.

 Joanna Eberhart (Katharine Ross) moves to the quiet town of Stepford with her husband (Peter Masterson) and children. The town seems perfect — maybe a little too perfect. There’s something not quite right with the suburb’s women: they’re vapid, unfathomably devoted to housework and completely subservient to their husbands. Joanna teams up with another recent … Continue reading ep. 06-09: The Stepford Wives (1975) →

Fly By Night is the album where Rush takes its final form.  Original drummer John Rutsey left the group shortly after their eponymously named debut album was released.  Health problems related to diabetes made it difficult for Rutsey on tour.  He was replaced on bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee's 21st birthday by the soon-to-be legendary percussionist, Neil Peart.  Together with guitarist Alex Lifeson, the trio would become icons in the prog rock genre. Most of the material for this album was written while the band was on tour opening for Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann.  Rush went into the studios for about 5 days to record the album, which was mixed by January when the group flew to Winnipeg for a concert on January 15th.  Fly By Night would also be the album in which Peart takes over much of the lyrical work with the songs, while Lee and Lifeson compose much of the music.  The lyrical styles are noticeably different between the first and second album, complete with literary themes which reflect Peart's habit as an avid reader.This album is also the one which saw Rush moving in a decidedly prog rock direction.  This could be attributed to Neal "The Professor" Peart's lyrics, but the entire band wanted each song to show a different side to their writing and playing, creating a diversity of styles in the tracks.Friend of the show Sean Mooney stands in for WTR Rush Ambassador, Bruce Fricks to bring us this classic prog rock album.  AnthemThe lead-off track to the album was originally conceived by Lee and Lifeson while Rutsey was still in the band.  The name of the track is from an Ayn Rand novella, as do the lyrics.  Peart's inspiration by Rand would return when the group penned their fourth album, 2112.Beneath, Between and BehindThis is the first song to feature Peart's lyrics.  It was about the discovery of America and the birth of the United States.  The lyrics reference the American dream and growth as well as some darker history like wars and immigration.  "Beneath the noble birth between the proudest words behind the beauty, cracks appear.  Once with heads held high they sand out to the sky why do their shadows bow in fear?"Best I CanOne of two tracks written before Peart joined the band, this song's music and lyrics were both penned by Geddy Lee, and the song saw regular performance during Rush's first North American tour.  The lyrics have a more rock theme than Peart's more literary efforts.  "Don't give me speeches 'cause they're oh so droll.  Leave me alone, let me rock and roll."Fly By NightThe "hit" single from the album leads off side 2, and peaked at number 88 on the Billboard charts.  The lyrics reflect Peart's first trip away from home when he traveled from Canada to England.  "Fly by night, goodbye, my dear.  My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend." ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Main theme from the motion picture The Stepford WivesThis dystopian sci-fi thriller finds a couple in the town to Stepford, where the women mysteriously transform into submissive domesticated housewives. STAFF PICKS:Song for America by Kansas Wayne leads off the staff picks with the single cut to a 10-minute epic paying tribute to America.  It reflects the beauty that can be seen from a jet, but also the ugliness of industrialization.  The 5/4 time interspersed in the song marks it as a prog rock masterpiece.Jackie Blue by Ozark Mountain DaredevilsRob brings us a cool groove about a woman in pursuit of happiness, but who never stays with anything long enough to find happiness.  The original inspiration was a guy they met in Los Angeles who was strung out on drugs.  Drummer Larry Lee takes lead duties for this song which made it to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.#9 Dream by John Lennon Lynch features a song released before he was born from Lennon's "Walls and Bridges" album, which coincidentally went to number 9 on the charts.  The song literally came from a dream Lennon had, with no inspiration.  The "mystery voice" in the background is Lennon's girlfriend at the time, May Pang.  Several of the lyrics are nonsense words.Adam's Apple by Aerosmith Sean finishes the staff picks with a deep cut from Aerosmith.  The lyrics are inspired by the story of the temptation of Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 3.  It appears on Aerosmith's album "Toys in the Attic," which Steve Tyler wanted to name "Love at First Bite" at one point, a line from this song. INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:Express by BT Express We finish off this week's podcast with in instrumental hit from the early disco era.

Building your brand is essential, we all know that, but what should your brand be? What should it look like? Why not make your passion part of your brand. Today we talk to Atticus Ray, and that is exactly what he did. Today he has a show on Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video that proves that you can make your passion your brand.ResourceAtticus' WebsiteReal Estate Marketing DudeThe Listing Advocate (Earn more listings!)REMD on YouTubeREMD on InstagramTranscript:00:02:23:00 - 00:02:58:15UnknownSo how do you attract new business? You constantly don't have to chase it. Hi, I'm Mike Webster, Real Estate Marketing Dave. And this podcast is all about building a strong personal brand. People have come to know like trust and most importantly, refer. But remember, it is not their job to remember what you do for a living. It's your job to remind them, Let's get started.00:02:54:03 - 00:03:41:16UnknownWhat's up? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the episode of the Real Estate Marketing Dude podcast. Folks, you've been following along the last few episodes. What we really been chatting about is what are you going to do in this type of market and the opportunity that really exists. As a number of realtors continue to exit the business. The guest we're going to have today is getting into the business, and I don't think it's going to matter what type of market anybody has.00:03:18:08 - 00:03:41:16UnknownWhen you have a brand like his and I've been I say this for the last fucking eight years, this is very simple. You have to stick out in this business. If you don't stick out, you're just another commodity. And that's why it's so hard to get ahead. But if you look around and you see anybody that's doing anything a little bit different, you'll realize that none of them have a lead generation problem.00:03:38:06 - 00:04:00:21UnknownNone of them have a shortage of opportunities coming across their desk. And but the reality is that so many people will be like, oh my God, I'm so scared to do that. I'm scared to step outside of my comfort zone. I want to be a fucking Stepford wife. You cannot do that in this business. You need to absolutely stick out and you have to be true to yourself.00:03:57:14 - 00:04:17:13UnknownYou don't create your brand, God does, and the ones who embrace it and sing it and scream it from the rooftops, or in this case, dance it, are the ones who typically generate the most amount of business, at least in real estate. So without further ado, and introduce our guest. This is this guy is very interesting. We just met a couple of minutes ago.00:04:16:03 - 00:04:58:06UnknownI'm looking at all his websites right here. He's got his own reality show on. He's a real estate developer, but he's not just any type of developer. He ties in tap dancing into all of his marketing and the like. It's fantastic. So I'm interested to speak with you today. Why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself, tell our guests a little bit about whom you are, what the hell we're going to talk about today.00:04:37:12 - 00:04:58:06UnknownAnd I got all kinds of questions for you after that. Okay. Well, hey, man, I'm glad to be on. Excited to be here. I'm here promoting our show rhythm with views. My name's Atticus Sumner by my stage name. He's my middle name, Atticus Ray. And so that's kind of you see a difference in the name. That's what's going on there.00:04:55:14 - 00:05:33:07UnknownSo that x ray and rhythm with views is the show. And yes, I started off my career as a dancer, just humbly just doing after school type classes and just trying to work my way through college, basically teaching dance. And it was a natural talent. I kind of got it came across easy to me and I just kept progressing and progressing and I found myself, you know, paying my way through school, doing this.00:05:21:14 - 00:05:51:17UnknownThen I had the bright idea one day that what happens if my legs stop working? Or what if I can't dance and everybody gets older? And so that's what kind of got me into real estate. I figured that was never going to go away. And we've all got to live in a house, so why not learn all about it?00:05:36:17 - 00:06:10:05UnknownAnd that's kind of where those two careers kind of met. And I just kept going forward. And when you look at the show, it says Rhythm with views where big construction meets big production and ironically, producing shows and making houses ironically are very similar. You've got to get, you know, talent and people together and you create this product from scratch that nobody can see, and you have to make a final product basically out of thin air.00:06:04:15 - 00:06:27:23UnknownAnd you have to have the vision to do it. And so ironically, they're very similar that way. So this is I want you guys to unpack what he said there. Right. And every single one of you have an individual brand and just the vast majority. You too scared to bring it out there and bring it out. And your brand is just your personality, right?00:06:23:20 - 00:06:56:24UnknownLike, you can't fake this. You cannot fake a brand. You have to be it's so hard, especially like I don't think you could survive in real estate without creating content anymore. I think in some way, shape or form, you're creating some type of content, right? And and if you're not, you're you're getting your ass kicked. Let's be honest.00:06:40:12 - 00:07:15:15UnknownThe question, though, is what do how do you create content on it? The number one problem we deal with and the people will be like, What am I going to create content on? I'm boring. Well, it's not about the business you're in when you're creating content, it's about reminding people you're the business you're in through storytelling and through entertainment, through content creation.00:06:58:12 - 00:07:36:13UnknownIt when you start just getting up on a soapbox and talking about how many houses usually you sold this month or all that, you're just whether salesperson chasing a truck and that's how it is. You have to it's a people business. So it's not so much about I create content to tell everyone I'm in real estate, I create content to remind them I'm in real estate for when the time a referral or their direct selling or buying opportunity comes across their desk.00:07:21:05 - 00:08:06:13UnknownMy name is the only fucking one they think of. Yeah, well, I think you're hitting on it. You know, facts tell and stories sell. So, you know, you lay out all these facts and, you know, honestly, you know, in today's world, I think that just comes across as a brag and nobody likes a beggar. So it's illegal to make money anymore on social media.00:07:40:23 - 00:08:06:13UnknownLike if you start talking about how much money you made else on your prick right? Yeah. So nobody wants that. Nobody wants to hear it and you're not getting ahead. You're probably turning off more people than you're impressing. Yeah. And let's face it, the people that are impressed by that are probably not the people that you even want.00:07:56:06 - 00:08:28:22UnknownOkay? And so the genuine people are really not impressed by you just spouting off, you know, Oh, I sold this. I made that look at me. And if you're going to say, Look at me, I love where you're going with that, because I struggle with that, you know, trying to almost look ahead to identities. You know, am I a dancer in my real estate?00:08:14:16 - 00:08:48:20UnknownWhat am I doing? You know, and then hard to separate. Just combine them in a combine. Yeah, I couldn't I couldn't hold back. It was like an inevitable force of nature bringing those two together. Yeah. And I was going crazy trying to carve myself up into pieces and do this or do that. And then finally I embraced it and I said, This is who I am.00:08:33:04 - 00:09:10:18UnknownAnd, and it's been great. And actually, that led to this show. I mean, I never dreamed of having a reality show, especially about these two characters. But now I can't imagine not having it. So it really has come together. Nothing bad happens when you create content. Opportunities always come up and none of them usually have to deal with real estate.00:08:50:22 - 00:09:26:13UnknownIt's just what happens. I've seen so many people just come across, just so-and-so, somebody that we had a client we were creating content for. And then they got pitched a reality show because her YouTube channel was blown up, right? Oh yeah. We took a guy yesterday I'm working with, I'm creating his content strategy and he's a Hispanic guy out of DFW area, 75% of his business is towards the Hispanic community, but he's a musician primarily, so he's going to become the singing realtor.00:09:19:23 - 00:09:50:01UnknownBut it's I don't know if I'm going to go La Bamba with it or what we're going to do, but he's excited. Like, I'm here in a lowrider. Yeah, you don't you don't have open houses anymore. You have open mic nights, right? You don't have you don't have like I'm sure in some of your marketing I haven't checked it all out yet, but I'm sure you're like tap dancing across a kitchen or something.00:09:38:14 - 00:10:07:23UnknownAnd some of it is that. Drew Well, actually, in the show we one of the challenges was the director wanted me to take the dancing off the stage and do something, you know, more three dimensional. So we we just literally went out and we were dancing across waterfalls and dancing through the lumber yard and dancing around the construction projects.00:09:59:12 - 00:10:48:04UnknownAnd, you know, basically taking dance to a whole new level. I mean, it's already hard enough to do it on an on a regular stage. So, you know, we were actually out, you know, up in the mountains, on the edge, edge of cliffs, dancing across rocks, just taking everything to a whole new level. And I think I think that when you push yourself in any level, anywhere, everything else in your life rises up with you, You know, it's it doesn't always have to be on the thing that you're working on.00:10:29:12 - 00:11:05:17UnknownI mean, just as you begin to push forward in one area, other parts of your life kind of rise up with it. And I find that I inspire myself between both of my careers. You know, I, I push myself in one area and then I push myself in another. And but yeah, he challenged to say, you know, how can we take dance to a whole new level and do something that's never been done?00:10:51:21 - 00:11:24:01UnknownAnd I think we accomplished that. It's hard to come up with new content on a reality show. I mean, it's all been seen, but this one I genuinely, wholeheartedly feel if you watch the show that you're going to see stuff you've never seen with your eyes before in a way you've never seen it, and in a way that is it's not just about shock value, it's true entertainment.00:11:11:19 - 00:11:41:15UnknownYou know, you'll walk away feeling more enriched by watching the show and and at the same time, you know, then the background is, yes, I build. Yes, I develop. One of the things we're going to be specifically rolling out here soon is a program to help people relocate to Tennessee. You know, the full package from A to Z.00:11:33:17 - 00:11:54:21UnknownA lot of people want to do this and they start calling and realizing it's it's not as easy to Relocating your family is what you think. You know, You got to sell your house, buy a house, find the property. If you don't have boots on the ground, you're you're trying to do this hundreds of miles away. And there's a huge need for that.00:11:49:12 - 00:12:25:24UnknownAnd so I'm finding that niche here in Tennessee. We'll be rolling out, you know, I'll come home to Tennessee program where will help people. They're all coming from Chicago where I'm from. Yeah, yeah. And I mean, you know, I didn't I didn't make that. But I see opportunity. I learned to try to step in front of that and what's a niche that will be carving out what type of real estate are you developing right now because you're going to get your license as well.00:12:13:00 - 00:12:45:20UnknownSo what type of real estate like are you doing? Single Families is doing more projects, duplexes, multi-unit, multifamily. What is your right now? We're I've been doing a lot of building a lot of spec homes and those just kind of speak for themselves. I mean, you know, you get the product done, there's always somebody waiting to buy it.00:12:30:22 - 00:13:10:05UnknownIt's just not enough homes for people here. I was doing flips, but that market dried up because, I mean, you go to an auction and, you know, the prices go through the roof on these homes. Just, you know, I'm looking at the house thinking my first tools, a bulldozer, you know, and someone's buying, you know, six figures on this house.00:12:50:21 - 00:13:28:03UnknownAnd so that didn't make sense to me. I felt like I could build more equity with with, you know, a new and also there's such a lack of inventory and there's a lack of people who can actually build new homes. Believe it or not, there's just drying up. There's less those people every day. There's more people that need a home every day and less people that know how to build one every day.00:13:11:03 - 00:13:47:00UnknownIt's it's not, you know, so that that's going to create something in the future. It's already on its way to where you know it. People that know how to build parts of houses but not the whole house. So have you thought about how you want to do how you want to market this when you get your license? Cause I got all kinds of ideas.00:13:28:16 - 00:13:47:00UnknownI would love to spitball by you and see what you think about them. Yeah, I would love to do that. We can. We can definitely do that. I've got the two. I'm going through my 60 hours, you know, the normal course and all that. I've held off for years getting my license. I've just been busy, but it makes so much more sense now, especially as we're bringing people here.00:13:47:00 - 00:14:05:02UnknownThey'll need a lot. We'll need to get a piece of land and all of that. And I feel like if you to help them give the A through Z, I need to just step into that arena as well. So and I do I do have some ideas, but I would love to hear yours and I would just work with tap.00:14:04:14 - 00:14:20:23UnknownI would just tap dance on every listing. That's all you going to do. So I got it easy. Like just, just tap dance. And you should. You don't even need sound it. Just do a dance. And every listing the stairs and you're showing off all the major features. You just have to be the dancing realtor that'll take off.00:14:17:20 - 00:14:39:20UnknownI love that you're building homes. If you do neighborhoods, I would. I would relate to neighbor to some kind of production type thing. That's our next, right? Yes, we're working on that. That's fine, because you got elements. Take a while. But yes, you could. I think with that type of brand, it's exciting to buy into. So you're buying like the people.00:14:33:23 - 00:14:58:21UnknownYou'll probably max dollar on that if you bring it the right way. Those communities nice I love the dance thing that's like you could do so much stuff with this So think about you guys like how many other people? One He's got a value add in the fact that he's a developer, so he's got a lot of skills.00:14:48:23 - 00:15:17:11UnknownThe average agent doesn't. He's, he's not going into real estate then going into development. He's going the other way. He's going in from development, is going in the real estate. My guess is because that he sees like the nincompoop job that 90% of the agents do out there. Realistically. Okay. I just I'm not I don't like to talk trash, but I mean, it's I mean, I'm not trying to, you know what I'm saying?00:15:08:19 - 00:15:34:17UnknownBut I'm not here to knock anybody. But I have said on both sides of the table, I've seen, you know what you're saying? Not many agents sit on the side of the table. I've been on. And until you've worn every shoe, we've been on every side of the equation, you really can't speak to what is needed. Okay. You can think what you think people need, but until you've said in that side.00:15:33:04 - 00:15:52:06UnknownSo I've been a personal buffer. I built the homes, I've sold them, you know, I've had to do it all. I've I've been on every part of the equation. And now I feel like just sitting in to the agent side of it, I'll be able to bring together a package that your average agent, I don't believe will be able to do.00:15:51:02 - 00:16:12:24UnknownYeah, I would. Literally every time you have a closing, I would just do a quick reel and just tap dance across the closing table. Like just that alone would be great. You know it. That's a simple ten second video. You could just shoot on the spot that'll crush it. Yeah, everything about it. So, like, I love to, like, client events.00:16:09:24 - 00:16:31:18UnknownYou probably have some client events. You have you do dance offs. Like, very like I was going to do I was going to do a listening video was on. Have you ever seen Zoolander? Yes. Yeah. So you know how they do. You know how they do the dance off in the show? Yeah. Yeah. So I was we were we didn't we had it scripted and everything.00:16:28:01 - 00:17:01:09UnknownI wish we would have finished it, but we never got it. But it was going to be sort of like that, a dance off in the house. And we were really just comparing which house said the nicest features. But the point is, guys, that you're just taking story and personality and tying it into your marketing because which one is going to stick out more, right?00:16:43:22 - 00:17:26:17UnknownThe guy who's tap dancing across the kitchen or just the agent's like, check out this kitchen. It's got granite, stainless steel, right? It's what every agent says, Right. So at the end of the day, you guys, it's just more about sticking out the people who watch your content will decide whether or not they're going to hire you, not you.00:17:02:19 - 00:17:26:17UnknownThat That's right. Yeah. And you, you know, you hit a pet peeve of mine. I'll you know, we'll be in the house and an agent walk through and they'll say they'll open a door. I go, This is the bathroom. It's like, okay, that's you know, that's it, you know? Yeah, I think everyone knows where the toilet is, you know, So.00:17:21:20 - 00:17:45:11UnknownSo yeah, I mean, I think that's kind of where, you know, just, you know, having that extra value add where you're not just saying the same thing that everybody else is saying that you can see with your own eyes. I mean, tell me something about that bathroom. I mean, I know I can see it's a bathroom, but what's special about it?00:17:40:10 - 00:18:06:11UnknownIs it two feet bigger than normal? Is it you know, it's got you know, is the toilet extra long? I mean, you got you got to have something, right? You don't just wait out the obvious, you know. And I think that's kind of where, you know, and again, I don't really see I've worked with a lot of great agents.00:17:57:16 - 00:18:28:21UnknownA lot of great folks have been on my team. But I'm just trying to get that whole entire package because I think we'll be catering to a lot of people who, like myself, moved, you know, a thousand miles. And when you go through a journey like that, it crushes families. I mean, I watch it happen all the time.00:18:15:05 - 00:18:49:16UnknownI mean, they're just not I've done it for it. They're not prepared for what it takes to move. And you call a real estate agent and their job is to maybe find you a lot, maybe hook you up with a builder. But they can't vouch for that builder. They can't see You want to do the whole package from from build and your build to suit like from the whole entire thing.00:18:35:23 - 00:19:08:17UnknownThat's probably a really good opportunity because I have a I made the cross-country move to San Diego from Chicago and that was a pain in the ass. It's not easy. People don't realize how hard that is and they get into it and they, you know, the ones who are a little more savvy, maybe they bought houses, built houses, done that before.00:18:54:17 - 00:19:26:12UnknownYou know, they're able to weather that a little differently. Maybe if they've got the extra cash they can build ahead and then move on and all that. But for your average family, they're just not prepared for what it's going to take to make that journey. And I feel like that'll be a niche that will shine out here in Tennessee and also just, you know, you're hitting on a lot of things, but being being somebody, especially in real estate, you know, people spend their whole lives acquiring this wealth to buy this house.00:19:24:08 - 00:19:49:17UnknownOkay? And, you know, as an agent or as somebody selling, you know, we just look at it as a product. But to the buyer, they might have they might have 40 or 50 years of savings of their entire life and blood, sweat and tears that went into this, you know. And so are you the person that they can hand $50,000 to or $100,000 to and feel like it's in good hands?00:19:49:16 - 00:20:16:21UnknownI mean, this isn't just a product. This is a person's entire life that they're moving money around, selling the house they live in could be you know, it could have taken them 30 years to pay that house off. So I don't think a lot of people think of that in this business much. They just think of it as a product.00:20:08:10 - 00:20:37:15UnknownAnd I'm making money and my killings were great. And look at me and blah, blah, blah. But at the end of the day, these customers, it's their whole life is on the line for many of them. So I noticed he also has a this is pretty cool. I'm looking at one of your websites here and you have a 30 day tap challenge.00:20:29:10 - 00:20:53:24UnknownLooks like your passion here is to child obesity. Is that correct? Yeah, that's kind of my give back. I've always done after school programs and one of the initiatives we're getting ready to roll out here soon, it's not quite active. Hopefully it'll be active by the time this podcast airs, but we're going to be starting a 30 day challenge multi to create awareness.00:20:51:20 - 00:21:18:01UnknownMy goal is to create an initiative of 1 million taps for 1 million kids and I would like to use my dance career and my real estate career as I travel and promote do podcasts and to begin to create awareness that, you know, beyond our business and beyond ourselves, there are greater needs out there and those needs are the children they need.00:21:12:15 - 00:21:47:11UnknownThey need us. They need afterschool programs to keep them out of trouble off the streets. They need better health, they need focus. I mean, the list goes on and on and on. And I just don't feel like I could just ignore that. No, I love it. Just another idea here. Like when you have a brand, it's easy to market you guys.00:21:31:16 - 00:22:08:07UnknownIt's got so many different angles here. But if he's already has a foundation, I would create a give back program with your real estate career and give back 10% towards that foundation. And I would never market the actual real estate for sale. I'd market the good it does when they work with you. So that's a non brother. That's kind of where I was going to go.00:21:49:11 - 00:22:36:02UnknownAnd you're gonna think it's a I think it's a great idea because I love this call people great people will use you. It happens all the time like because they're like if people you could probably charge someone like on a listing 6% first and another agent will charge and 5% if you're doing something good with that 6% and you have a give back program where they know you're giving back to some sort of cause, they're not going to question your price.00:22:12:16 - 00:23:07:15UnknownAnd people only question price in the absence of value, passion or something that they're missing there. And we will all pay more for something we feel that would make us feel better. So if you're going to take all three of those, that probably be how you you market your program and you're just part of the idea. I was just the minute you said that, I thought, yeah, you know, I could take about a percent and say, okay, if you buy this house or whatever, you're going to actually sponsored this whole classroom to get this house.00:22:39:20 - 00:23:07:15UnknownAnd, you know, and you can even pick the school in your area. You can. And then he said he sends a client back a picture. They put the picture on the wall. That was a fucking billboard. For every day in their life, they're reminded about their real estate agent, and that's how it becomes a referral source. I really like you.00:23:00:14 - 00:23:23:17UnknownThese are great because that's where my mind thinks. And sometimes, you know, it's nice to have somebody else remind you that you're not. You're not thinking crazy because you're not thinking outside the box, you know? Yes. This is you got to always be thinking blue, ocean, blue, ocean, because that's all that matters in this business. It's just a popularity contest.00:23:16:23 - 00:23:40:24UnknownAnd if you're not different, you're a commodity. And when you're a commodity, you don't get thought about. You get passed over and you get taken advantage of, you know, and and you guys know this. A lot of realtors are commodities. And I don't feel bad saying that you guys know this. I see your complaints on all the social media threads and whatnot about how bad each other's agents are, but it's also the reason why 10% of the agents do 90 or 80% of the business out there.00:23:41:00 - 00:24:23:03UnknownIt's because the ones who actually treat it like a business do very well. The ones who treat it like a part time job or a salesperson do it very sporadically. Yeah, yeah. I would say I would say something that I noticed along the way is kind of going back to I mentioned earlier is when you sit down at that closing table, okay, you have a buyer and that buyer has 30, 40 years, all their savings, they're putting they've got a loan, their name, all their collateral is on the line.00:24:10:10 - 00:24:44:11UnknownThen across the table you got the builder. And the builder has put they've taken the risk, they've put all the time the energy, their their own money, their materials. They speculated they did all that. Then in comes an agent who has no skin in the game. They haven't they have nothing in there in terms of that personal commitment.00:24:31:06 - 00:25:04:16UnknownThey put a little time in and taken some photos and stuff like that, but they don't have nearly the level of commitment that those two other parties have at the table. And I think I think this is a word of advice for any agent that you could come into those closings and you could come into these these, you know, deals as with more skin in the game, because you have a business, you've got a reputation, you've got a future, you've got you know, you've got to think like that.00:24:59:01 - 00:25:30:14UnknownYou have to have skin in the game. People will appreciate you more. You won't be a commodity if you don't come across like you're just there for the check. Dude, I used to spend at least 40 $700 per client, right? And it was a mixture of dinners, drinks, closing gifts. Okay. You know, I would pick them up for showings like just little customer service steps that people don't do anymore, which is mind boggling to me because the goal is not to sell that person a house.00:25:30:14 - 00:25:49:17UnknownThe goal is to sell them five houses over the course of their lifetime and write the referrals around the when their family and yeah, their family and everybody else. But it just it's just mind boggling how many people just play the short game. And I get it. It's tough because the business is tough to get started. And so when you need a check, you need a check, right?00:25:46:16 - 00:26:08:09UnknownYou need to get that sale done. But if we focused more on just like what we're talking about here, guys, really is consumer experience, right? We're talking about the customer journey and how we improve that. And he's doing it through tap dancing. He's doing it through givebacks. What are you doing? How are you different? What do what do people really remember about working with you?00:26:03:23 - 00:26:27:24UnknownBecause the reason why 80% of people forget their agent's name after six months is because you make no impact on that transaction whatsoever. Yeah, that's right. I mean, and that's something, you know, it's an awesome opportunity. And the fact that, you know, 99% of everybody out there that's either going to buy a house or sell a house, I've never seen this.00:26:23:18 - 00:27:00:05UnknownNobody has, you know, a special agent on role Odile. I mean, there's a speed dial and Rolodex. They don't have this agent go to. They just when the time comes up, if you're in front of them, they pick you, you know, I mean, it's 80% of the time. Yep. They mean 80% of people hire the first agent they meet with.00:26:46:02 - 00:27:16:14UnknownYou just shows you it's top of mind brand awareness. Yep. And so I see opportunity with that because I don't see somebody who's like, No, I've got a guy I've worked with for 30 years, you know, leave me alone. I mean, I just it's probably one of the best businesses if you really think about it, to to reach out to strangers and have them be like, Great, I'm glad you got a hold of me.00:27:07:10 - 00:27:43:06UnknownI needed somebody like that. You know, it's yeah, it's crazy because every other business you got to really I mean, for the amount of dollars too, you're talking, you've got to really earn a lot of trust usually to work your way in and not in real estate. And so I see a lot of opportunity with that to for the long term as well as the short term.00:27:27:15 - 00:28:00:19UnknownBut it is a mindset. Yes, sure. Totally. I mean, you're a restaurant owner. It's like that's why restaurant owners who go visit the table still on Friday nights and say hello to all the gas, still crush it. Yeah. You know, is it that hard to do, too? That's the question is go to hard to do. It's almost like when we get so disconnected from like and honestly this might even should I'm started thinking about this now but it might be we were everywhere shut down for two years.00:27:53:15 - 00:28:26:24UnknownI've seen the difference in people interactions now. Like people were like, I can't even get people come in the office anymore, you know? And so imagine the difference. Like the person who's most personable you got to before you could. They have to personally connect with you before they'll accept you professionally. So you just focus on the personal guys.00:28:12:16 - 00:28:46:10UnknownQuit wearing the suit, tie loosened up. Don't be such a tight ass. Yeah, yeah. No, you're right. All the traditions of went out the window. COVID killed that. You know, nothing is going to go back the way it was. I sort of say it's like the packaging that you get from a new product, you know? Yeah, it all came out of the box.00:28:31:08 - 00:29:05:23UnknownWe're never going to pack it back the way it used to be before COVID. I don't believe I don't know it's ever going to go back to the way it was. No. And so now we've got everything's out of the box. And so, you know, it's a new world now and that way and but new opportunity because yeah, I was going to say that, you know, all these people are introverts now.00:28:50:23 - 00:29:25:24UnknownThey don't want to talk to you and they want to look as long. So as long as you can get out there and and be a personality and, you know, believe it or not, that's that's all those introverts will still want to use somebody who has a personality because they'll know that that's the person that's going to get their house sold.00:29:06:15 - 00:29:25:24UnknownSo, yeah, I see it as a wonderful opportunity if you're willing to step up, you know? Yeah, I agree. This is great, dude. I appreciate you coming on. Why don't you tell everyone unless you have any other closing thoughts here? I think we know this on the head. I want to want to tell how you guys should check out his show.00:29:23:04 - 00:29:39:13UnknownI'm going check it out this week. And why don't you tell them a little bit about that and how they can learn more about you. Appreciate that. Yeah, it's called Rhythm with views. Rhythm because I'm a dancer, views because of the great views down here in Tennessee. And Rhythm with Views is a reality show on Amazon Prime Apple TV Plus.00:29:39:13 - 00:30:06:05UnknownAnd you can get it on Google Play right now. And we'll be adding some more streaming platforms soon. Our first episode dropped out and I'm getting ready to actually start to go around the country and promote that. My major message that I'm really trying to let people know the shows where big construction meets big production. And so you'll get to come on there and see some fantastic, you know, dance scenes and things that you've never really seen on a reality show.00:30:06:05 - 00:30:23:18UnknownBut it's mixed in with following my real estate career. Just some tips. It's not a it's not a you know, a learn how to show. It's just going to kind of take you through some of the what I'm doing and give you some tips and some advice along the way. Generally good stuff to have and this a lot of fun.00:30:23:18 - 00:30:49:23UnknownSo yeah, I encourage you to watch it. And I also want to let everyone know that, you know, my message is that you can tap your potential. I started off with, you know, leg braces and asthma and was really would never even imagined that I would become a world class dancer. Here I am today. So it's a story of overcoming and everybody has potential and everybody needs to learn how to tap that potential.00:30:49:23 - 00:31:09:09UnknownAnd I just want to encourage you to make now the time to do that and to go check out the show, watch me dance across the waterfall, and hopefully have your mind blown, but at the same time be inspired to make now the time for your life to do something special with what you're doing. And so you can find me on all the social media as rhythm with views.00:31:09:09 - 00:31:28:13UnknownOr you can go to my social media as Atticus. Rea. Appreciate it, man. We appreciate you guys listening. Another episode of the Real Estate Marketing Dude podcast. If you guys want to visit, learn more about us. So once you go check out WW dot sweet assist dot com, we help you stay in front of the database through social media, video, email and direct mail in less than a couple hours a month is all you need.00:31:28:22 - 00:31:48:20UnknownBut if you're sick of people forgetting you're in real estate, you need to check that out. We'll see you guys next week. Piece All right. You do. Thank you for watching. Another episode of the Real Estate Marketing Do podcast. If you need help with video or finding out what your brand is. Visit our website at WW dot Real Estate Marketing dude dot com.00:31:48:23 - 00:32:04:13UnknownWe make branding and video content creation simple and do everything for you. So if you have any additional questions, visit the site, download the training and then schedule time to speak with the dude and get you rolling in your local marketplace. Thanks for watching another episode of the podcast. We'll see you next time.

This week on Fabulous Film and Friends we're maintaining course on our dark path down creepy 70's  sci fi as we explore two trailblazers in the world of robotics and AI: 1973's Westworld starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Dick Van Patten, Steve Franken and Star Trek's Majel Barrett  up against 1975's The Stepford Wives starring Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Tina Louise, Nanette Newman and a whole slew of middle aged men to prove that men can design women better than anybody.  My guests today are series regulars, David Johnson, Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson.  Before we roll, the synopses:  Set in a disturbingly near future, Westworld transports rich and lonely swinging singles Peter Martin and John Blane into a theme park /resort called Westworld populated by incredibly life like robots, including a black clad Gunslinger,  who inhabit an 1880's  Western town and are there to be shot, fought and screwed to the whims and pleasure  of the resort's guests. But when the robots start to malfunction and go on a rampage against all humans, guess who feels really stupid?  The Stepford Wives tells of the Eberharts, Walter and Johanna and their two daughters who escape the rat race of Manhattan and move to idyllic suburban town of Stepford, Connecticut. It's a perfect suburban dream for Walter but it turns out to be a nightmare for Joanna when she finds out that all the women are subservient, hard cleaning, perfectly domesticated sex objects for their husbands. The reason?  (Spoiler Alert!) THEY'VE BEEN TURNED INTO ROBOTS! Which robot movie wins?Find out! 

What we watched: Don't Worry Darling. Why we watched it: Florence Pugh & Chris Pine. What we thought: Both remain flawless despite this Stepford knockoff.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

Bob, Randy, and Soju from the Straight Chilling Podcast join Caitlin to review The Stepford Wives (2004). We dig into gender roles, patriarchy, book vs movie comparisons, and behind-the-scenes trivia. We take an unfortunate look at the "trad wife" and Quiverfull movements, but somehow have a blast talking about even the grimmest topics. Tangents include Tom Cruise, horror movie memorabilia, unpopular food opinions, horror TV, anthology horror, and animals. Stick around until the end to hear the Straight Chilling freestyle remix to the Plug It Up theme song, graciously delivered by Bob from episode 415 of Straight Chilling. Love my Stepford husbands. Check out Straight Chilling wherever you get your podcasts! And the book I mentioned is Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement by Kathryn Joyce, if you're interested in learning more and getting truly scared.

Jill-Michele Meleán has finally filmed her one-hour standup special. From Miami to L.A. She's half Bolivian, half Irish but raised in Miami so Cuban by association. Not white enough to play the Stepford wife or Latin enough to play the gangsta but relatable to all ethnicities. From impressions, to family to dating, this special has her last 15 years of hilarious stories. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3ymp1to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ComedyDynamics Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ComedyDynamics TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J1wucyQ/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ComedyDynamics http://www.comedydynamics.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello from Jay's tradlife mancave! It's just us this week, dissecting all the ways our culture has gone too far. We begin with [0:20] a debrief of the most Asian (American?) Oscars ever. Then, updates [20:40] on feminism in South Korea and [40:38] the Stepford wives of TikTok.  In this episode, we ask: Are Asians now overrepresented in Hollywood?! What happens when electoral politics revolves around gender relations? Why doesn't anyone want to give birth in South Korea, despite myriad family supports? How much of the “tradwife” lifestyle movement is about aesthetics, as opposed to a particular politics? For more, see: * Anna Louie Sussman's article about the 4B movement in Korea* An interview with Hawon Jung, author of Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide* Zoe Hu on the tradlife movement and its “central hero,” the tradwifeAnd revisit these TTSG episodes: * "Everything Everywhere All At Once" deep dive * “Tár,” a film for the chattering class, with Vinson Cunningham* On Korean feminism—* Fantasies of progress on K-TV, with Jenny Wang Medina * A feminist(?) K-drama about abortion * Harper's, Boba Bros, Korean Feminism, and the NBA bubble If you're in NYC this Sunday, come to BAM for a screening of Bong Joon-ho's “Parasite,” with Q&A by Tammy! Info and tix here: https://www.bam.org/film/2023/parasiteThanks for listening. As always, you can subscribe on Patreon or Substack, follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, and get in touch via email at timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe

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Traversing the Darkness is for the witches walking in the darkness hosted by Justin (The Witch of Enchantment) and Daina (The Shadow Moon Witch) New episodes air Wednesdays at 11AM EST Welcome to the show. Today we kick off our new podcast as we journey through the darkness to unlock hard truths and explore how trauma shapes our witchcraft practices. Find us at: Instagram- @traversingthedarknesspodcast Justin / The Witch of Enchantment: YouTube- https://bit.ly/3SxHNJ7 Instagram- @thewitchofenchantment Daina / The Shadow Moon Witch: YouTube- https://bit.ly/3CtTBGH This podcast is a Wine and Witchcraft Production -https://bit.ly/3BYhqF6

Well, WoHos,We're talking cults...again*. We looked at THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975) and KILL LIST.STEPFORD WIVES (1975) Brief plot summary froom IMDb: Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.KILL LIST Brief plot summary from IMDb: *If you'd like to hear more cult talk, please check out   Ep. 26 (THE WICKER MAN), Ep. 27 (MIDSOMMAR & MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE), Ep. 29 (ROSEMARY'S BABY & THE INVITATION), Ep. 41 (SUSPIRIA), Ep. 67 (ROSEMARY'S BABY--AGAIN), Ep. 88 (SNOWTOWN & SACRAMENT) Interstitial Music Works is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Theme by Charles Michel "Aqui"Interstitial MusicKumiko (edited)Poddington BearEric Steuer

The Mandys join Olivia Wilde in a journey through her own weird "Stepford" with Don't Worry Darling. Along the way... and we can't stress this enough... SO MUCH DRAMA.Unfortunately, it's less about the drama on screen and more about the drama behind the scenes. This is sadly one of those movies that is getting lost in the wake of its own cast shenanigans. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie. But it means it's harder to give the movie a completely fair shake with all that media distraction. So, does it deserve critique? Let's find out! (00:00) - Welcome to the Mandcave (06:10) - Don't Worry Darling (36:29) - Become a Fandy! Support This Show! (38:08) - Games! (45:29) - Coming Attractions: Somebody Somewhere

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Is the work-life balance real? Can you raise a toddler, chase your goals, and overcome rejection all at the same time? Roxy Menzies would say yes. Listen to hear all her wisdom from her years abroad teaching, performing, and presenting to now returning to her hometown and finding ways to inspire others to love movement. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:What kind of stories are you telling? The balance of work and family. It's not always easy or sustainable Naming the role models for balance Finding the people in your corner to support who you want to show upPersistence over patience The indoctrination of rejection Episode References/Links:WebsiteInstagramTop Travel and Teaching Blog by RoxyGuest Bio:After years of teaching, treating, performing and presenting around the world, Roxy has returned and is now based in Toronto, Canada. Continually curious about the capabilities of the human body, mind and spirit, she is a lover of movement with an affinity for Women's Health and being an advocate for your own well-being.With a background in dance, Pilates, GYROTONIC® and Yamuna® Body Rolling, she infuses artistry, knowledge, soul and a "fierce sense of humour" into her sessions. She has taught in the Canadian Educational system, professional dance companies, Cirque du Soleil and European corporations.She still dabbles in the dance world after an extensive career in commercial and stage work including representing women for Nike Dance in Europe, training with The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, dance pioneer Katherine Dunham and an original member of Toronto's first all female Hip Hop dance group.Roxy's vision is to guide, educate and create safe spaces for individual's to explore their own movement potential. She is an accomplished freelance writer for various publications, copywriter for wellness professionals, and has been a regular contributor to Pilates Anytime and Healthline.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00  Hello, Be It listener. I have a very special guest for you. Yeah, we have lots of special guests. But I have a very special guest for you. Her name is Roxy Menzies. And I, you'll hear my introduction to her how long we've been in each other's paths. And it's just, do you ever those people that you like see from afar, and you're watching them, and you're seeing what they're up to, and then your paths cross, and then you might not even know what things you have in common or how you'll affect each other. In fact, you probably won't. That's kind of how you, we're not psychics. At any rate, what's really cool about this woman is I have been able to see different chapters of her life over time. And it is incredible, it's amazing to see the strength and power this woman has and to watch how she has used that strength and power in different areas of her life, in different chapters of her life. And for those of you who are like, "Things aren't happening fast enough." For those of you who are like, "I've got, I've got young kids right now. I can't do all the things I want to do." This is episode for you. This is the episode for you. There are so many gems along the way. I want you whether you're washing dishes, walking the dog, pay attention, just listen to what she's saying. Because I think you're going to easily see yourself in her story. And we talked a lot about writing. And if you don't want to be a writer, I still want you to listen, because you can replace writing for anything that you are wanting to do. And I have a question about patients in there and the revelation around that is actually extremely important. I want you to hear it. And I love of course, I love the BE IT action items at the end but I really love her's. They're something you can do. They don't cost you any money. So y'all, here she is Roxy Menzies.Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Hey, Be It listeners. All right. I have Roxy Menzies with us today, and I am really thrilled to actually to get to see her face. We DM a lot. I have been watching her journey for a long time actually. She's a bold, incredible woman. She actually approached me many years ago when I was a baby blogger just trying to get my words out there. And her blog posts for traveling instructors is still one of our top blogs on our site. And I got to follow her from her life and in Turkey into Canada and then being a mom. And now she is this really I mean, she's always been writing but she has made it as a writer is doing some incredible thing. So Roxy, how're you doing? Here ...Roxy Menzies 3:23  Hey! (Lesley: Thanks for being here.) Oh my gosh, what an intro. Thank you. (Roxy laughs)Lesley Logan 3:28  I'm ... I'm being it until I see it in my next life. I'll be like an edification person, be that announcer through the stage. (Lesley laughs) And ... next we have. Roxy, can you tell everyone who you are, where you're at? What you rockin right now? What are you up to?Roxy Menzies 3:43  All right. All right. Good question. All right. So basically, I am a teacher of a Pilates, Gyrotonic. And yeah, I'm in a body rolling. I come from a background of dance. I've been traveling around the world teaching, presenting, performing and all of that, and I'm back in my hometown of Toronto, Canada. And I'm also a freelance writer and a storyteller, mostly for the writing is mostly within the realm of health and health and wellness for now. And I'm a mom of a rambunctious toddler. (Lesley laughs)Lesley Logan 4:17  She's, is she one, two?Roxy Menzies 4:19  No. she's, she'll be two and a half in July.Lesley Logan 4:22  Oh my gosh.Roxy Menzies 4:24  So she's almost reaching that independent stage. So I've been told. (Lesley laughs) But I have to be honest, I'm happy that she's quite energetic. You know, I don't think I'd want a kid that's just like, blahh, you know, (Lesley and Roxy laughs) no energy and not doing anything. So, so yeah. (Lesley: That's so funny.) Okay, she's my ride or die ...Lesley Logan 4:24  She's amazing. She's so beautiful. And she's so smart. And I love I love all the videos with her. I met a woman yesterday who, she's a school teacher and she has two boys and and so the doctor said, "You know your second son, he's he's an orchid. He's just an orchid." He said he really, you just you have really precious with him. And she's like, "I understand. I am a school teacher." So, um, so you, you, you, as you mentioned, you write for health and wellness right now and I think a lot of people probably wonder like they, I think a lot of people want to write. I think they think they're gonna write a book someday or maybe they'll write a story someday. What made you start writing, have you been writing your whole life? What what got you into it?Roxy Menzies 5:27  Ooh, good question. I feel like, I've always been writing. I've always loved stories, whether it's, you know, oral stories, I mean, my mom's a great ghost storyteller. But yeah, I love stories, I've loved reading. And, you know, I was I was very much into creative writing from a young child. But I never pursued it. So, so I just did little bits here and there. And then after high school, not so much. And then kind of sprinkled it in, throughout the years with, you know, not so much blog posts, but there were printed editions of, you know, community based companies and programs, and I just do one off here or there. And then, but I always want to do it more, I would probably say in the last six, six to eight years, it was it was a goal of mine to be doing more writing, (Lesley: Yeah) whether it was, you know, eventually a book of some sort. And just articles in general. For me, it's also therapeutic. I get a lot of things out of my brain and emotionally off of my chest, (Roxy laughs) from writing. (Lesley: Yeah) But yeah, I would say it's kind of always been there. But I've been growing with it. And I sort of, and how it became another income stream, wasn't so much on on purpose, I kind of fell into it. I just wanted to write and get my voice out there thinking that it would come back to, to my website and what I was doing, but then it became it became something else. And from there, I can see other pathways growing.Lesley Logan 7:08  Yeah. I think that's really cool that you mentioned that it wasn't necessarily the thought to do it as a living, it was more like it was just in you to do it. And I do think a lot of people might feel like, "Oh, if I'm not going to write for people, for people to pay me, maybe I like what's the point." But I love that you point out is is therapeutic, there is something, I do morning pages, and it's therapy. It's like, "Wat's on my mind right now?" And it's not for anyone else to read and then writing for things for people to read is is for me, I don't know about for you. It's like, this is something I feel like needs to is the question I'm hearing and I need the answer to be out there. And, and so I wonder though, you yes you mentioned you weren't like writing forever. So it's like you took a pause. And then you were like, "I really want to start doing this more." As it became an income stream. Was there anything that was like key, like holding you back? Or were you just like now like, there's no stopping me now? Like, was there any, you know, things you were kind of weighing, like, as an imposter syndrome around there? Because this is just like in the world of writing. And like, do you start to wonder about writing for other publications? What's the process that you go through as you're trying to get your work out there?Roxy Menzies 8:17  Oh, sure. Yeah, for sure. I'm sure I had impostor syndrome, I still do at time, because something that's come up a lot is people will say, "Oh, my grammar" and all that. And I am terrible with grammar. So that's something that I always felt, you know, could hold me back or I'm not as good of a writer because of, you know, these grammatical things. I don't have a journalism degree, you know, things like that. But, but things just kept coming up. And I also remember reading, I have a writing mentor, now, actually, and I read something that she had written, something along the lines of writers don't have to worry about grammar. That's what editors are for. Like you, as a writer, you are meant to express yourself and creatively get whatever story needs to be out there. And that really hit home. And that was almost like a huge relief for me. And the same was some of the editors I've had there. They say, "Don't worry about that. You know, that's my job. I take care of that." (Lesley: That is so cool.) And I guess it's not too too bad. (Lesley and Roxy laughs) You know, because I hear some horror stories about some editors out there, but so far, I've I've been pretty lucky.Lesley Logan 9:31  Yeah, I think I love that you heard that and I love that you say that because I do think that holds people back. A lot of people think they're not a writer or they think their grammar isn't good enough. And same, it's not for me either. I'm like, I feel like, "I, how did I miss, did I miss years of classes?" Like where did I get... (Lesley laughs)Roxy Menzies 9:50  I know like some people they talk about these, you know, grammatical things. So I'm like, "I have no idea what they're talking about." (Roxy laughs)Lesley Logan 9:56  When I was doing my flashcards, the Mat flashcards. I had one of the Agency members, who I know is like, she's like us like she's the person who's like, "Um, you missed the, it's a PDT, not PST," and it's like, "What is the difference? Is there a difference?" Like you know, like, doesn't matter. We all know what's going on, right? Anyway. So I was like, "Hey, can you read these?" And she's like, "Do you guys want to have an Oxford comma? Or are you guys not Oxford comma people?" And I was like, "What is an Oxford comma?" So then I like look up Oxford commas. And then I was like, "Oh, my God, it was a massive lawsuit, put the Oxford comma and because I don't want to get sued." (Lesley laughs)Roxy Menzies 10:31  Yeah, and those are funny things that come up. I mean, that's something that I mean, if we talk about it later, in the writing course, for Profitable Pilates, I talked about that. And usually, every publication will give you a guide to how their style is, and it will say, and like, some will say, "We don't use the Oxford coma, comma." Some will say, you know, "We do, we don't" and you know, other guidelines, like how many sources you can have, and, and they kind of guide you in that sense as well.Lesley Logan 10:59  That's so cool. That's so great. I mean, I think (Roxy: Yeah) there's the fear of the unknown, right? And also, maybe even the fear of what happens if it works out, like what happens if you all of a sudden start to write and then you know, what does that look like? What is ... So you're you weren't writing as an income stream, you were teaching dance and teaching Yamuna and Pilates. And now, do you only write or is that the main focus right now? Did your career just completely shift?Roxy Menzies 11:28  Um, it kind of felt like a did for a while because I did stop teaching. I mean, I, I would say probably from summer of 2019, I, I really started downsizing on the teaching, because we were moving abroad, and I was pregnant, and there was so much to do with that, like, my husband is not Canadian, so we had to get his papers. And, and you know, when (Lesley: That's a process.) me coming back into the country full time. Yeah. So there was so much and then of course, we know, the pandemic hit. So a lot of things shifted. And then by August of 2020, I stopped teaching completely. So I just, I couldn't manage all of it. I didn't have the energy, and I didn't and I didn't feel like I could give it, I could give clients or or, you know, group classes enough at that point. (Lesley: Yeah) Do you know what I mean? Like, I felt like I was being pulled in too many directions.Lesley Logan 12:23  Well, and also like, gosh, I mean, back then you had and a newborn, right? You had a newborn, you were back in a country you hadn't lived in personally for a while. You're trying to get your husband set up. There's a pandemic, it's a little hard to be teaching someone on Zoom when there's a baby crying in the background, like (Roxy: Definitely) I can, I think a lot of people listening are probably going, "Oh my God her too?" Like, they probably don't feel as alone. Because that especially that first six months to a year, depending where you were lived and what your kids ages were, it really did probably feel like for a lot people they had a pullback or or, or to understand that you only have so many priorities.Roxy Menzies 13:00  Oh, definitely. I mean, I think some of the stats have come out in regards to how many women left the workforce. (Lesley: Yeah, so many.) You know, and they're just slowly coming back into it. But it was actually good. It was it was a break. And I just started getting back into teaching, I would say February of this year. Yeah. So and that also is very minimal, how much I'm teaching because again, I have to balance everything out. Jazz, my toddler, she is only going to daycare part time. (Lesley: Yeah) And I'm, and I'm still trying to do some other things. And still, write. So I have to I have to watch how much teaching I take on. But it feels great. Like having that break was was amazing. And I feel like I've I've come back and I'm exploring, possibly a new way of teaching, (Lesley: Yeah) just because, you know, I do feel different in many ways, like, physically, emotionally. I mean you just grow.Lesley Logan 14:00  Yeah, I think that's, well, I think whether or not you had a kid the last two years, it's pretty hard to be. I feel like it'd be really hard to have been the same person that I was before (Roxy: Sure) the pandemic. You know, a lot of time spent with myself. You're like, "Why do we do this? How are we doing this?" I love that you are talking about that balance, though, because I do think a lot of moms particularly but parents in general, there's a balance there, right? It's like how much can you do have one thing while also spending time with your child? And is that a difficult conversation for you to have? Or are you is it easier now that it's been two and a half years with her? Is it ...Roxy Menzies 14:44  No, (Lesley and Roxy laughs) I can tell you this it is constantly changing. I feel like it's constantly changing because the I don't know I I always used to think there was a way to find a balance and lately I'm questioning that. (Roxy laughs) But maybe, maybe there isn't. And really, some things have to be like, I learned this from you, parking ideas, and parking things for now and coming back to it later. And, and I've really recognized that there really are phases in our life. And there are times where you have to put a focus on on certain things and other things have to be by the wayside. And, (Lesley: Yeah) and then it'll change again, you know, they say, like, the seasons change. (Lesley: Yeah) So so I think that I'm still striving for a balance, like the the next thing for me is going to be like really self care, like when she, like I know, she's going to day... daycare full time in the fall. And I already know that I'm not going to be taking on too much, because it's going to be 'me time', it's going to be taking care of me. (Roxy laughs)Lesley Logan 15:49  Thank you for sharing that. You know, first of all, I used to listen to lots of podcasts about balance, and I heard people call it the work life blend, and then they are like, "No, it's the life work balance, because that's more alphabetical and we shove life before work anyways." And then my, like constantly I think about my yoga teacher, who would teach these balance workshops. And he said, "Balance is actually just controlling like, it's like, basically the space between falling." So when you are balanced, like in a handstand, you are working on not falling either backwards or forwards. It's (Roxy: Right) not like you're just up there. And it's like, chill beans, like it's work. (Roxy: Yeah, work of the balance. No.) (Lesley laughs) Nailed it. Where's my gold star?Roxy Menzies 16:31  You're constantly, it's constantly, you know, like, you're moving around, faltering, figuring it out.Lesley Logan 16:37  Yeah, like your, your fingertips are taking more weight than the heel of your hands, you're, you're contracting more muscles. And so I have stopped thinking that balance is easy. And nor is it like something that is sustainable, because, you know, eventually there's going to be something that tips the balance in one direction or the other. And it doesn't mean that, like, I'm not looking to have balance of some kind, but I think it's like, for me, and I love what you're saying for you. There is a season, you have a self care season ahead for you, you know, and ...Roxy Menzies 17:08  Yeah, that hopefully will stay, (Roxy laughs) forever. Forever in my life.Lesley Logan 17:13  Yeah, well let me know how that goes. But I and it's like, there are going to be seasons like, where you can actually for people listen, like you can work more towards whatever your work goal is because maybe the kids maybe your kid is in school, or maybe you have an extra time or you just have a flow, you know. Kareen Walsh did an episode like, it's okay for you to hustle. It's just what your hustle becomes a hassle. Right? When people are like, (Roxy: Yeah) grinding it out. And so, and thank you for sharing that because I ...Roxy Menzies 17:37  Right. And that's a season too, right? (Lesley: Yeah) Because, and that's the thing, you know, I feel like we get so many conflicting bits of information, right? Because because you'll get the you know what? Life shouldn't be about the grind. And then we get in, then we get the other one that's like, "Yo, I'm hustling, and I'm making it." And there are going to be times in your life. Like she said, like, you have to hustle. And you just know that okay, for this, whatever, 10 weeks, it's going to be tight. This is going to be I'm not going to be able to do this as much. And I'm gonna have to focus on this. But it can't. It's not sustainable, like you said, so it can't go on and on and on. It has to change. And that even goes back to what you were just saying about the balance. Right. (Lesley: Yeah) So so it's really interesting, but I want to share something with you, (Lesley: Tell me. Tell me. I love it. I love it.) On the round of be it till you see it. Well, there's two things I want to share with you. (Lesley: Yeah) So, I think it was a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting on the couch. And I was just thinking and I was like, "Oh, I know what my next be it till you see it is going to be." (Lesley: I'm so excited. What is it?) Because I've been feeling very, oh speaking of balance just a bit all over the place. And the house is messy. And I don't feel like our routines are set with with a toddler. And I was like, "You know what, I'm gonna be the organized mom until I see it." So that is the thing that I'm working on. And I've tried to have an image of who you'd like to have, like a role model and (Lesley: Yeah) it is so funny, because the things that keep popping in my head, you want to talk about things that are ingrained in you from society. Is that sort of not maybe like Stepford wife but like the homemaker like 50s with the apron and that's not the image that I want. Something like, "Who is a mom role model?" And just today I went Michelle Obama. (Lesley: Aah) Yes, that is that is the be it till you see it mom role model that I'm going for.Lesley Logan 19:31  Oh, yes. And and because she definitely to me represents organized mama like she really and she had clear boundaries and she felt like she wasn't (Roxy: Yeah) because I when I think of like those Stepford wife person, it's like, they're doing everything for everybody and she was like, "No, Mr. Obama President you will have dinner with us and actually ..." (Lesley and Roxy laughs)Roxy Menzies 19:53  Yeah. Exactly, you're gonna have to rework your schedule.Lesley Logan 19:55  Yeah. You know, I love this. I'm I'm trying to think of the book because there is one and I can't think of the name, but it will come to me and I will send it to you. It's about a guy who talks about how we do have these different roles that we can play. And he talks about how even Martin Luther King, he brings them upside. So he puts a glasses on when he would write. And it was kind of like his Superman kind of like, glasses thing, but becasue he didn't need them to write.Roxy Menzies 19:55  Yeah. We just to talk about that back in the day when I was dancing. You know, we used to say, because I was in this, we were like the first all female hip hop group in Toronto. And I remember a friend of mine saying one time, like, "You know, how you dress is gonna affect how you dance and the attitude," you know. So, so we were doing like, you know, really grounded, gritty, hip hop dancing. And she was like, "You know, we can't come in with your ballet tights and leotard." Like, you're not going to have that same, you know, feeling so so I get that when you say about the role or even sometimes, you know, especially like, you know, this whole work from home phenomenon that's gone on, and people are like, "Well, you know, what, you still wake up and you still put something on." (Lesley: Yeah) You know, or people just put on their lipstick. And I (Lesley: Yeah) get to work because that signifies that change ...Lesley Logan 21:11  Yeah, I changed my clothes. I've been changing my clothes after I try, if I'm like, today, I'm filming. So I'm completely in workout gear for this podcast. But typically, I will change out of workout clothes into real clothes. So that I'm like, real clothes. It's like they're all clothes. But they are like, (Roxy: Yeah) clothes people ... (Roxy: I got what you mean.) Yeah. So then I'm like, oh, so when I got, it... you show ... I show up differently. I show up for like, I'm, I'm here to work. And then when the workday is over, I'll change into like the clothesI walk the dogs and like it put those different things on. Amy Ledin, who I think you remember her from, she did the DACs. Remember her?Roxy Menzies 21:46  Yes. She's the one with the cards or the (Lesley: Yes) four things? (Lesley: Yes) Yes.Lesley Logan 21:52  Yes. So she actually has different names for different things. She has her health person, and she has a name for them. And she had her religious person, which was actually called, I want to say her name was Jane Maxwell after like a famous female minister and famous male minister. And like she met the names together, she ended up meeting John Maxwell. (Lesley and Roxy laughs) Because of this ...Roxy Menzies 21:52  Is like a confusing when you have too many though? (Lesley: Yeah, I mean ...) I would get, I would get confused and overwhelmed.Lesley Logan 22:20  Yeah, I know. But I think um, I really love going back to your like you how it's like, what would what would Michelle Obama as a organized mama do like right here. And that has been what helped me. That's why this podcast exists. It's what helped me be a CEO of my company, when I'm like, "I don't know how you grow company." Like, I know how to get clients. I don't know how to like scale a company. I don't know how to hire all these different team members. I've never thought about a corporate structure, all these things. And so I was like, "Okay, well, who do I need to be like, who is a female founder? Who I, who does this? What would she do? If she was ..."Roxy Menzies 22:57  Well that ... Yeah, sorry for interrupting you.Lesley Logan 23:01  No, you're fine. Go ahead.Roxy Menzies 23:02  I was gonna say it's, it was the same with writing. You know, I was like, I don't, I don't know how to do a blog for someone. Do I have to do, choose the pictures? Do I have to actually go into your website and put it into. I just send you the doc, like, there was a huge learning curve. And now I'm in this, this writing mentorship for a year. And I'm with this amazing cohort of women writers, and most of them are, they're all writers or publishers, or they have their own publishing house. And there's so much information. Again, so much stuff I don't know, like about the contracts or you know, if you want to self publish, how do you do that? What to look for in contracts? Like, the whole thing about the publishing industry. You know, there's so much there. And if you don't know where to start, you're, you know, you're swimming in unchartered waters, so to speak, (Lesley: Yeah) you know, so, so one, it helps. Yeah. I mean, you go for it, and you and you find, you start researching. But then also, it's like, you also need other people in your court. (Lesley: Yeah) You have to find the support or they find you and I think that happens when but like you said, when you be it till you see it, like if you're when you're solid in that and you've put out what you want, things will start coming to you (Lesley: I agree) that support that.Lesley Logan 24:26  I agree. I think like, a) you can put yourself in the rooms, like you put yourself also in a writing group you were writing before this group, but have you ... (Roxy: It fell into my lap, actually.) And that's because you were already out there writing like, it probably wouldn't have (Roxy: Right) fallen into your lap if you were just hanging out, wanting to be a writer.Roxy Menzies 24:42  No, not at all. And to be honest, I mean, I say that it kind of fell into my lap, but there are very few things I have like, because some people will look at the amount of writing I've done and just be like, "Wow, like, how did you do that?" And it's so much and I go listen. I am a person, I have had to almost push for everything. I do the following up, I check in. I mean, I was in touch with Pilates Anytime, from the first time talking to them about about writing. It was a full year till something was actually published under them. (Lesley: Thank you for saying that.) You know, so things take time. And it doesn't mean I was added every single day because I had other things going on, you (Lesley: Yeah) know, but, you know, a couple months later, and I was just like, "Hey, you know, checking in. Hey, what about writing for you da da da." And I've done that with so many things. That Balance Body blog, the conception of that was a year ago until it actually came out. And that was like finding the right place for it to be published. So so I don't want anybody to think that that there isn't work involved. There really is. (Lesley: Yeah) There is. And it's like you said, it's the preparation meets opportunity. (Lesley: Yeah) You know. (Lesley: Yeah) And you put things out there, but sometimes it does take time.Lesley Logan 26:02  Ah, thank you for sharing this these both those stories, because it is true. I think people go, "Oh, how to rock to get it. She must have just asked and then she got it." Nope. There's like waiting for crickets. I have to had to follow up with certain companies seven times, like, "Hey, just fallen back on this. Get back on the top of the thing." Like, and, you know, also, we talked about this before we hit record. But I had told Roxy, I'm so excited. I'm really excited. I had asked someone to be on this podcast, and they didn't respond. And I actually didn't even realize that they didn't respond until I went to ask him again. But I thought I was asking, I was asking but I guess I had, I had had her on my like dream list from when I was launching. And just so y'all know, when you're launching a podcast, the big names don't want to be on you unless you're a big name already. Because why (Roxy: Yeah) there's no audience to take from, there's no audience to glean from so you have to kind of earn your way to a place where you can get these people to like pay attention to you. That's why, hello, aka reviews matter people. (Lesley and Roxy laughs) So, their publicist is looking. So um, so anyways, I was, I was like, "Okay, I'm going to ask her again. We're headed over 100 episodes and asked her." And so I send the DM and then I after I hit send, I saw I saw that we'd asked her the first time and she didn't respond. And I was like, "Oh, my God, maybe I should take it down." And then I was like, "No, I'm gonna leave it up." And you know what? She responded with a 'Yes', that was a year long, yes, I waited for. And you have to follow up. I mean, I think a lot of people think that if somebody doesn't respond or says no, it's never. And it's like, you just don't know when they, when what you have to say, aligns with what they have going on.Roxy Menzies 27:42  Yeah, definitely. There's so many different things and sometimes messages, emails, they just fall through the cracks. (Lesley: Oh, I'm notorious for deleting emails.) You forget you go back in and you're like, "Hey, oh right, I forgot about that." I mean, people have so much going on as well. (Lesley: Right) I mean, even relates to business. I mean, I don't know how many how many sales points are there now? Like you have to ...Lesley Logan 28:04  Oh, yeah, it was I read it. I heard it the other day. It's over 20, now. Girl, it's over 20. So what she means by that is, you pre pandemic was 7 to 17 touch points before somebody would click doesn't mean they buy, it means they click and they know this from ads. It's like how many times does someone have to see an ad before they click on it 7 to 17. It is over 20 now. It is in there's just so much going on. And it's so easy for someone opened up an email their kid to tug on their shirt, there, they spill their coffee, then they didn't even read the email, then they go to open their email, it's gone. It's already unread. So worth the following up, worth of following up. Okay, let's talk really quick because I am obsessed with your approach to things. And I've been in awe and read. I've read every blog that has ever been shared by you, to me, and I love your words. And I'm all I always find myself going, "Yes, yes." So I ... (Roxy: You're the best cheerleader ever) (Roxy laughs) Oh, I like, I'm like, "Yes." Well, especially, we'll put the link to the the recent core article you wrote. Because I'm I'm really am obsessed with it.Roxy Menzies 29:11  I think part two is out today, actually. (Lesley: Oh, great.) So as we speak, it's been it's been put up. Lesley Logan 29:16  Great, because then when this airs, we have both links in it. That's amazing. So um, so I think it was ... I have we had talked about you doing a course a lot for a while. And there was like, you know, it was (Roxy: Yeah) it was not a no, but it was like, "Okay, I'll think about it." And I was like, ... (Lesley laughs)Roxy Menzies 29:33  That's how the best things have happened. I mean, this studio, I'm working at downtown. It was the same thing. This girl used to dance with. She sent me a DM. She said, "Are you ready to start teaching?" This was back in late November, early December. And that I mean talk about snob. I was kind of like, "Hmm. I don't know but I'll check it out." (Lesley and Roxy laughs) And then it was the weirdest onboarding process and I love this place. Like it feels like home and my husband, I haven't said because you never say that about any place in studio. So it's, it's, yeah, I mean, things can kind of pop up. And I remember when you you mentioned that to me, and I think Jazz was really small at the time. (Lesley: Yeah) I don't even think she was quite yet a year. And I was kind of like, "Yeah, maybe blah, blah, blah." But you planted the seed. That's the point. (Lesley: Yeah) And then things I started thinking about, "Oh, well, what could that be? That'd be interesting." And then I was getting all these questions in regards to writing. So I was like, "Oh, this could be something interesting." And then it kind of grew from there. But yeah, but I mean, that also took time, right?Lesley Logan 30:38  Took time, it took a long time, I think it was almost a year as well. And so y'all we'll put it in the notes but if you are, if you're listening to this, you're like, "Oh, I wanted to write. Oh, that's I thought about that." Roxy actually created a course for Profitable Pilates, which is our fitness business coaching company. And it is, I have to say like, first of all, I think it puts my courses to shame, it is so thorough, it is so robust. It is incredible how helpful and supportive it is, for people who are wanting to write, you really thought of a lot of things that I didn't even think you would like even think to ask you to include. And I'm really grateful, because it's so funny. On the last day, we did a promo for everyone, just as like a launch promo, and it's a very affordable course. So you can just go get it. But on the last day of that promo Pilates nerd had read, had been a post, did you see this comic post? (Roxy: Oh ...) It was like a guy who looks like he probably has never worked out just like hanging out in a chair. And he's like, to... like all tired. And he's like, "Oh, I'm writing, ah, wellness article." (Lesley and Roxy laughs) You know. And, and the whole idea was like, "We need people, too who are in wellness to write wellness articles." And that's why your course exists. Because so many of us get upset by the articles we see, you know, case in point, and somebody texted me last week, like, "What's this?" And I was like, "Why don't you just contact the writer and of the at the newspaper and say, 'Hey, have you ever thought about interviewing someone who actually teaches?'" Like, (Roxy: Right) you know, because (Roxy: Excuse me) they're only there, the articles that are out there are from the people who pitch them, they can't pitch, they can't, they can't publish articles that don't exist and aren't being pitched to them. And so I really am grateful for the course that you have, because as you ...Roxy Menzies 32:28  You are so right about that, because since since this, I've joined a couple of like freelance writing groups. And I've seen job opportunities come up, I mean, in things that I mean, all kinds of subjects. And, and there are writers out there, I mean, they, they have no experience in it nothing. And they're just like, "Oh, I can write about that." There was one that really bothered me, because cuz she was specifically looking for diversity and inclusion, paper and writing. And that should literally be people that are (Lesley: Yeah) that are experienced and, and know about that work and (Lesley: Yeah) all kinds of people from the woodworks, like, "Oh, I can write, I can write." Because they're just looking for writing gigs. So they just figure they can research whatever. (Lesley: Yeah) And, and it can come up.Lesley Logan 33:17  Yeah, and you know, that's the difference. I mean, I can read article, and know, like, "This person has never done it before. They don't know." Like I can, (Roxy: Yeah) because I am in the wellness industry, or the business industry. But people who are not are gonna read the article. And they're gonna go, "Oh, that's, that's the yoga and Pilates. The difference is breathing." And it's like, ah huh, it's a little bit more complex on that. (Lesley laughs) (Roxy: Definitely) Well, y'all ...Roxy Menzies 33:45  I'm actually writing something about Gyrotonic. And that's taken a lot. I've been pushing for that for a while, because I'm like, "Hey, you know, everybody knows about Pilates and yoga. Let's try and cover some other modalities as well." (Lesley: Yeah) That's finally coming. So again, that's I pushed for that, kept reminding. Hey, you know.Lesley Logan 34:00  Okay, so I feel like the common theme is following up and patience. (Roxy laughs) So (Roxy: Yeah) so were you always just because I'm curious now. Were you always a patient person? Or did you learn that through this career that you've created? Or is it in the last ...Roxy Menzies 34:19  ... I wouldn't use the word patience. I would not use the word patience. (Lesley: Okay) And I'm sure my husband be like, "She is not patient at all." (Lesley and Roxy laughs)Lesley Logan 34:27  You're persistent then.Roxy Menzies 34:29  Yeah, persistent would be a better word. (Lesley: Okay) I mean, there are some things I just like you feel called to do. (Lesley: Yeah) You know, like, like, even with this one that came out with Balance Body. I pitched it to another big Pilates place. And it didn't go like like myself and the editor. We're just on very different trajectories. So then I was able to like I checked in with people I was like, "Anybody connected to Balance Body. I think that would be a great company to to get this piece out with." And, and yeah, and it took some time to get through the channels and get in and pitch this idea. And then they were like, "Oh, we love it, we think it would be great actually." And for it to go. So it's really yeah, I would say I'm more driven and (Lesley: Yeah) persistent than anything else. I mean, they're there obviously, for some things, there comes a point where, you know, you have to stop or whatnot. (Lesley: And you just know ... feeling?) Like, I don't, I don't call them every single day or anything like that. But I will, I will ask, I think if you don't ask, it won't happen. You have to be willing to ask (Lesley: Brilliant) and put yourself out there.Lesley Logan 35:43  So so then, so then people are gonna want to know, how about the rejection? Like, how often does that happen? How does it hurt? Do you just move on to the next thing, because it's part of the gig. Like, I mean, rejection ...Roxy Menzies 35:54  Well, it happens all the time. And also, you know, I'm also coming from being a dancer. So I mean (Lesley: Yeah, you're used to be.) ... talk about rejection. (Roxy laughs)Lesley Logan 36:04  That's how they indoctrinate you with rejection. And that because I'm in a group with a girl who's a dancer, she's like, "Rejection?" She's like, "You get rejected for being you." That's like, it's like, (Roxy: Oh, totally) at least with your writing you can go, "Well, it's a blog post is not actually me." But like with dancing. It's like, "hmm, I don't like that your hair ..." Roxy Menzies 36:21  You're too tall. You're this, you're that. Yeah. So rejection, but does it hurt? Of course, it's still, it's still, sometimes it'll sting. And it depends, I think on on so many different factors, like what else is going on? Like, you know, "I've I've been sleeping enough? Am I sort of grounded?" And, you know, because if you're in a in a pretty decent place, you can handle rejection a lot better. But I'm also somebody who I will feel the feels, I will give my ego a moment to have its little temper tantrum, not in public. You know, like off to the side privately or I talked to a friend and I'm just like, "Oh, my gosh, blah, blah, blah." I have that moment and then I move on.Lesley Logan 37:02  Yeah, (Roxy: You know) I think that is, I don't think enough people allow themselves to feel the feels like and I think that you, you have to because all the studies have been like, you know, there's the body keeps score, there's a book called Burnout, like keeping all of that inside and just acting like it doesn't bother you is also the opposite. And, you know, I am I'm hoping to get this person someday I want who wrote the book on rejection on the pod, because fear of rejection is real. But also something he said is like, you will be rejected more times in life than you will not. Like it's just part of life. You like, (Roxy: That's true) it's impossible for you to be rejected less than not, because there's only so much time in the day for you to do things.Roxy Menzies 37:46  Well, yeah, that's true. That's true. And then you can usually, I don't know, I like once I passed the little ego part, there's usually the moment where you can find the positive in it, or sometimes it's really a blessing in disguise. Like, there have been things where something didn't work out, and it bummed me out, or, you know, or somebody ghosted me about a possible job. And I was like, "What happened?" Like I still I don't understand and it was a blessing, because I thought if I did work with that person, that would have been a nightmare. (Lesley: Right) You know, so sometimes you have to, you have to trust in how, in how some things end up. There's always gonna be other doors that, that open. You but you still have to keep putting yourself out there and being driven. And when I was when I first came back in 2019, I was pregnant, I was just like, "I'm gonna audition for every pregnant thing out there." You know, before I give birth, thinking that there would be a ton of jobs there was literally because I didn't have an agent. There was literally like three pregnant jobs that came up in the span of four months that I booked the last one. And, and it was just nuts. And again, you wouldn't get it you know, you feel rejected, but I remember listening to I don't know, it was some podcasts about this actress and she had said that she's pretty well known. She's not like, like, you know, one of the Avengers (Lesley: Yeah) like known but she's like a really well known actress. I can't remember her name right now. But she had said that when she started auditioning her grandmother who did acting had said to her that it takes 60 auditions before you book one. (Lesley: Wow) Yeah, so she, so she literally kept score. And even her agent was like, "How are you still here? Like all these other actors and actresses given up by now?" She goes, "Because my grandma told me it would take 60." And I think she said it was in the 50s like, audition that she finally booked this role that jump started her career.Lesley Logan 39:52  Yeah, it is. I think you're I think the theme and it'll be in the recap is like persistence. This is a persi... like that it is the key to anything because also, it goes with like Seth Godin - The Dip, right? In every career, there is a dip where like a bunch of people bow out, they quit, they get out of the game. If you can get through that, you get to the other side, and there's very few people. And so for (Roxy: Right) by her 50th audition, there's very few people who've kept going. And so now she's auditioning against a few people with experience in auditioning that (Roxy: Right) are good enough to get it, you know, and I think Brad has his like 200 rejections, he's like, really like, he doesn't he doesn't he doesn't mind a rejection because he's like, "Okay, that's one down. That's one down." He's gotta go. (Roxy: Right. He's keeping a tally.) Yeah, yeah. And I think like, if we can maybe the moral for everyone is like, maybe you have to get 60 rejections before you get one. But like, so (Roxy: yeah) count them and go, "Okay, that's, I'm getting closer. I'm getting closer. I'm getting closer." Roxy Menzies 40:54  I would always say to though, I mean, have other things going on as well. Like, I'm somebody who was never put all your eggs in one basket. My problem would be I probably have too many baskets. (Lesley laughs) I'm working on like narrowing the basket.Lesley Logan 41:08  You know, I understand that I had to narrow ... a whole team that like, "You have to narrow down your baskets and here is an ideas parking lot." (Lesley laughs) And it's I'm very grateful. Like I'm very grateful for those things because they have allowed me to do what I'm doing now. Roxy, you are just amazing. Y'all we're gonna come back in just a second. But Roxy's course is available on Profitable Pilates, we'll put the link below. When you buy that course, not only do we pay our course contributor, you also we donate a percentage of every sale to the Cupcake Girls Organization, which is actually helping stop human trafficking and also allow sex workers to have rights. So I'm really excited about what they are doing. They're incredible. Alright, Roxy, where can people find you? Where can they read your writing, stalk you, hire you for work? What's going on?Roxy Menzies 41:55  All right. All right. Well, you can start with my website, which is my name, roxymenzies.com. I have my full writing portfolio on there. And it's, as everyone knows, a website is a work in progress. So it's constantly being like updating and adding things in. And you can also find me on Instagram at @roxyspiral. And it's a r o x, y. (Lesley: Yeah) I can't stand that are r o x i e, personally ... It's r o x y. And please check out Wednesdays because I do Writing Tip Wednesdays.Lesley Logan 42:25  I love your Writing Tip Wednesdays. I'm so glad you started that. And it's I mean, you've been doing it for several weeks. And by the time this comes out, it'll be you know, probably a couple months, but it's, I am reminded of something like, "Oh, yeah, that that's great." Like, I love it. So it's sometimes it's a confidence builder, sometimes the lightning and you're just wonderful, and generous. And and ...Roxy Menzies 42:44  Thank you. You too, my goodness.Lesley Logan 42:46  Thank you. We try. We're trying every day like, how do we help more people that just be successful what they want to do, and I'm grateful for you being on this podcast. Before I let you go though, you must. I know we've talked a lot about things but just to wrap it up in case people do the TDLR whatever. TLDR - too long, didn't read and they just swipe till the end. BE IT action items - bold, executable, intrinsic, targeted steps people can take to be it till they see it. What do you have for us?Roxy Menzies 43:13  It's gonna be a real shocker, write it down. (Lesley: ooh) Right? I mean, there are studies out there that show once you write something down, it has a higher chance of being achieved. Plus, it creates more bandwidth in your in your head. So that would be my number one thing, whatever it is that you want to be or whatever your dreams or goals, write it down and keep it somewhere. You know, for everyone, it will be different. If you're if you're a visual person, you need to see it. That would be the one thing I would say. And of course, it's coming from a writing perspective. (Lesley: Yeah) And other than that, I would say just getting really clear on your 'why' and your 'what'. Like, 'what is it that you really want' and 'why do you want it' and be and know that it can change and it will change and allow it to change, periodically.Lesley Logan 44:10  Yeah, yes. That's the ... allow it to change is so key. Roxy, you are a wonderful person. I know I said that. But I gotta say it again before I wrap this up. Now please check her out. Follow on Instagram. How are you going to use these tips in your life? Screenshots this episode, tag @roxyspiral, tag the @be_it_pod with your favorite takeaways. Do yourself a favor if you have a friend who you're like, "Oh my gosh, they need to hear this." Text it to them. You know, a lot of things in my life have changed because someone sent me a podcast and it's like, "Oh, that's exactly what I need to hear today." And you don't even what we often think we have to buy people gifts or do things like this or sit down have confident you could just send them a podcast episode. And rate and review the podcast so more people hear about it. Until next time, Be It Till You See It.That's all I've got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast! One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate this show and leave a review. And, follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the @be_it_pod on Instagram! I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us help others to BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day!‘Be It Till You See It' is a production of ‘As The Crows Fly Media'.Brad Crowell 45:26  It's written, produced, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell. Our Associate Producer is Amanda Frattarelli.Lesley Logan 45:38  Kevin Perez at Disenyo handles all of our audio editing.Brad Crowell 45:42  Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. 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