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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Heads podcast network mine never seeing it and this
is my dadmin. Hi, and when I grow up, I
want to be a TikTok start right, or a sports
player okay, hang on a pole.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Yeah, even a fashion designer.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Actually maybe in all the players.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Okay, slow down, Maybe we should talk to some amazing
females who inspire you and who you want to be.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Like, yeah, and we can find out what they did
to get where they are.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Yes, and let's do it as a TV show.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Oh, dad, only old people watch TV. Let's do it
as a podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Okay, yeah, yeah, I guess that works.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Snop. This is when I grow up. Today's guest is
Jess Quinn, and honestly, she's one of the most inspirational
people we've ever had on the podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
You're right, yeah, totally. I mean, the whole goal of
this podcast was to inspire people, particularly young woman, and
just takes it to a whole new level.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Right, just shares her incredible story about losing a leg
to cancer, the child, the challenges she faced during her
teenage years, and how she found acceptance and even turnd
it away into helping others.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, her journey is amazing. And meanwhile, I'm over here
struggling to log into the Wi Fi at work today.
I can't even do that. And as you said to her,
the world is definitely a bit of place with her.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
In absolutely and I know you'll get lots out of
my chat because we definitely did. She's the kind of
person who will leave you inspired and maybe even listen
to me. When I explained Dad how.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
The wife, I was sorry not listening because I want
to hear Jess Quinn's yesiner.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Hey Dad, When I grow up, I want to be
someone who inspires people like Jess Quinn.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Oh well, Jess, so lovely to have you here. You
never say you want to be like me. I guess
I inspired you.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I guess you're on the.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Podcast and not a female.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
No, you don't want to follow my steps to get
a TV show canceled. But Jess, great to have you here.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Thank you, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
What do you want to be like?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
You know?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Sorry? What do you want to be like?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I would like to be? This is awesome.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Okay, I'll just go and do you know the question?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
By now?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Why do I get that wrong?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Well, Jess, you often describe yourself as someone who strives
to normalize being different and to also inspire other women
to feel seen and less alone. You've achieved so much
and the world is a better place by having you
in it.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Amazing. How did you come here? More often.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
A little pit talk scrowing out the edge before or
I'll just sit.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, gess your story starts with a life changing incident.
You were a young Kiwi kid who loved playing sports
and running around in the backyard, and then one day
you're playing with a soccer ball.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Not to put anyone off soccer balls, it wasn't the no.
I was in the backyard playing with my older sister
and I thought it would be a really good idea
to balance on a soccer ball, which again that is
not the issue of anyone listening. You can balance on
a soccer ball in your life will not go the
direction minded. But I fell to the ground because it
ended up that my femur bone had broken. So that
is supposed to be the strongest bone in your body.
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It runs from your knee to your hip, and mine
had snapped in half just standing on a soccer ball,
which at the time also concerningly didn't raise any red flags.
Should have raised some red flags, but that kind of
got messed and I got put into surgery to fix
the break as if you know, I'd just broken a
femur bone. And then four months later, after we realized
the break wasn't healing, I was in a lot of
pain and we were pushing for answers, they did some
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tests and found out that I had an osteosarcoma, which
is a bone cancer, and so that's what had ultimately
weakened my bone and caused it to break. So I
was diagnosed with cancer. Yeah, when I was eight, just
before my ninth birthday, and I was rushing really quickly
into chemotherapy. It'd obviously been sitting there a bit longer
than it should have been, so yeah, I was Russian
into chemotherapy. Did I think all up? It was about
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a year of chemotherapy and then they decided to amputate
my leg because that was the only way to save
my life. Was I guess get rid of it? Wow?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
So I guess. You know, like as a kid, I'm
thinking aback it to my childhood. My parents separate, and
you don't really it doesn't really sink in. You know,
You're like, oh, I'll get two Christmases, so this will
be great. You know, you don't think about the full situation,
and particularly probably for you as in that age eight
nine years old and having to lose a leg. You know,
when did that sort of sink in or how was
it dealing with that as a kid.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Yeah, I think it's sinked in. I mean, I'm supposed
my age. I'm thirty two now, so it's been twenty
three years since I lost my leg, and I think
it's been sinking in over that period of time. I think,
you know, the adversity that we face, especially when we're younger,
as you say, it often doesn't really sink in. And
I think I speak about that in a really positive
way because I feel that in a positive way. I
think I'm lucky that I went through it at such
a young age. Sure, that's unfair and traumatic that I
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went through that, But at the same time, I was
naive enough and I didn't have those beliefs of like
fear instilled in me, so I kind of was just
like it, boss me, leg let's get on with life,
you know, whereas as an adult you just kind of
you're just not too much almost. So Yeah, for me,
it's been sinking in over a period of time. I
would say it hit me the most when I was
maybe thirteen ish, I think, especially being a woman and
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I had a really unusual amputation. I think it really
hit me from a body I guess body confidence kind
of perspective. I just realized how different I was from
everyone else. And at the same time, I think I'd
matured to a point where I understood the gravity of
the situation. You know, when I was young, I just
couldn't see the implications of what had happened to me,
what that was going to have on my future. Whereas
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I kind of got to a level of understanding immaturity
where I was like, oh wow, this is forever. And
I remember having some really morbid thoughts of like I'm
going to die with one leg like one day when
I'm old. You know, it's like it's so heavy, but
it's like you kind of I understood the permanency of
the situation. And then I think it's hit me in
so many different moments throughout my life, like even just
recently becoming a mom, there's like a new, I guess
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process that I've had to go through of understanding my
abilities as a mom. So it's like the different stages
I go through in life. It kind of confronts me
again in a way that I'm having to adapt and
be like, oh wow, this is hard and this is real.
So yeah, it's I guess it's still thinking.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Of, yeah, wow, well now if I can go with
my friends and Dad's just no. Sometimes I feel like
that's hard, But I can't imagine how hard it is
not to be physically able to do the things that
you wanted to do with your friends as a kid.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yes, that was one of the challenges, and I think,
as you mentioned at the beginning, coming from I was
so sporty as a kid. I mean I was only eight,
but I was into track and track that so American,
so like, and running, and I was on the top
of all the sports teams. I played netball and I
was I was really good and athletics and sport was
something that I could see myself kind of continuing. So
to all of a sudden just not be able to
do that. I then found myself on the sideline in
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pe class. You know, people are doing the beat tests
and complaining and moaning through the beat test, but all
I wanted was to be a part of the beat test,
even if I was last, like, I just wanted to
be able to move my body. And even one of
my vivid memories is doing a what's the sack rates
at a birthday party? Is it just got a sack?
You're racing? And I remember like so kind of them.
They gave me a had start, but it's just like
always having that special treatment and just not being able
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to do what everyone else was doing was really really hard.
And I remember I tried to get back into netball
because that was my one thing, and so I got
really good at shooting. Prior to that, I was like
center position and being able to run around a lot,
whereas I was like, okay, I can't run, So maybe
I could be really good at putting the ball in
the hoop because that's the aime of the game. I
don't have to move so much. I can get good
at that. And I was really good. I could from
anywhere in the circle shoot a ball and a hoop.
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But I always got put in the bottom team because
I didn't have that mobility even though I was in
my I need one of the better shooters. So there
was a lot of I guess grieving process through that
where I had to let go of something that And
even now I still say to my husband, I'm like,
I just feel like in my core I'm am an active, mobile,
like sporty person, but I'm living in a body where
I can't, I guess, live out that that feeling. So
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I constantly feel of it like pinned up.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
No, no, totally. And in teenage years, you know, looking
at teenagers, they could be really awkward for all of us.
I mean so many embarrassing stories that I can.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
You embarrassing story every.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Podcast My pants fell down and that wasn't that wasn't great.
But you know, for you, honestly how tough it was.
You didn't want to wear shorts as well through that period,
a long period of time you wouldn't wear because.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Of your leg. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Yeah, So for the first eight years since having my
leg amputator, I didn't wear shorts. In fact, I wore
I'd wear shorts but long ones and like draorts won't
call them. So I like, now, you're right, why did
this happen then? But yes, no, I would wear shorts
and like high top sneakers or jeans or iroman be
getting my mum to pick me up from school, I'd
go to physio or something, and I feel like maybe
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I would have texted her, but maybe friends weren't Anyway,
I remember telling her like, oh, can you bring some
track pants because it's really cold at school today. It
was like the middle of summer, so I would just
be like hiding behind things because I would want to
ge out of my school skirt as quickly as possible.
So yeah, I remember hiding away for a really long time,
and like we go on family holidays to Fiji, and
I'd just be quietly sweeting in the corner because I
just felt so It wasn't like I've always been confident
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about what I went through about my story. But then
there's another layer where you're having to put up with
people constantly steering. And I've learned as I've gotten older,
they're not steering in a malicious way. They're just interested
or inspired or you know, it's usually from a positive perspective.
But I'm still the person that has to deal with
the fact that I'm different, and so I found it easier,
I think, to heal because I was able to just
hide it. And then I just remember one day I
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was with some friends. I think I must have been
towards the last year of high school, probably a similar
age to you, and I just decided to throw on
some shorts, so we would just set friends house. I
knew them all really well and so hot, and they
were like, borrow a pair of my shorts, throw them on.
And admittedly, I'd got my prosthetic to a place where
I was comfortable with how it looked visually.
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Because you've had different ones. Yeah, yeah, I've.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Had different prosthetics, made different kind of cosmetic covers to
kind of conceal the unusual surgery that I had, and
so I felt more confident. And I remember putting on
those shorts and just like the weight of the world
lifted off my shoulders. I just felt like, you know,
cancer had taken so much from me, and here I
was hiding away from a life that I'm really lucky
to have now. So I just kind of just got
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on with it and was like, I just need to
become more confident in my skin, because you know, we
only get one life, and why.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Not this is when I grow up.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
It's amazing. The thing is like a simple thing for
a lot of people that you wouldn't think twice about,
gives we sauch a big life changing moment for you.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
And Yeah, although the thing that I found really interesting
since I've spoken a lot and kind of got into
the social media world, is I share this short story
quite often, especially as someone comes around.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Short story is a good name for a sure story actually.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
And the amount of women I get messages from who
even I had a woman last summer who was in
his sixties and wah shorts that summer for the first
time after kind of seeing what the content that I
put out, And it just goes to show that, you know,
they all have their legs, but they have insecurities that
are similar to mine. So we all have a similar
insecurity often, but you know it's for different reasons. That's interesting.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
As you were saying, the prosthetic you eventually got quite
real from the outside, but getting the blade for sports,
it didn't quite look like your leg, but you started
hitting to the gym for your sporting effects, and despite
being nervous at first, you love that.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yes, that was another really liberating point where I got
to I just said, I'm going to get this running blade.
I couldn't run. It was the only thing I hadn't
really figured out how to do you know since losing
my leg, and so I got this blade, got a
running coach, was learning how to run. And I remember
that moment that I first stepped out in the gym,
like a public, normal germ environment, not a rehab environment,
just where everyone else was, and I stepped out with
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this blade on, and it was this weird sense of
confidence because like the leg that I have now, you
wouldn't really know. I get asked about it all the time.
When I tell people it's a prosthetic leg, They're like, oh,
I just thought you had knee surgery, Like it is
reasonably concealed. Whereas the blade was like you walk around
and people look at you, but you know, they know
what it is. It's not like the saying what's wrong
with that girl, Like it's like, oh, she's an amputee.
So there was no hiding, which I found almost liberating.
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I think sometimes when we're hiding from our insecurities it
kind of makes it worse almost, whereas if you just
like embrace them, then it's just out in the open
and it is what it is, you know. So I
felt like the blade was that for me, which was awesome.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Is that kind of like throughout your life. And I
have just say this to seeing her all the time
because I get great joy out of embarrassing her by
saying like gen z words that she is like, oh,
you can't see. And then I was like, as you
get older, you'll stop caring about those things as much.
But I understand when you're that age, you know it
was probably the same for you. As you probably got older,
you stop caring so much and worrying so much about
what other people thought.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Definitely, and I think like many things have helped that
age maturity time, my own thoughts, but also one thing
that did really help me was meeting my husband and
getting married. I think I had a lot of pressure.
I mean I was a young woman. I wanted to
find somebody and kind of you know, like put my
best self out there as we do with makeup or
whatever we're doing. And as much as I would love
to say like don't do that, just be who you are,
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like we still want to put out I'll be self forward.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Right.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
So, once I kind of met him and he's really
I don't know, just doesn't even look at my leg.
I mean he does. We live together, but you know,
it doesn't cross his mind sometimes comments that he finds
it weird that his friends don't have wives with one leg,
like it's just so normal for him. Yeah, you just
don't hide away as much because I just felt really accepted.
And I think the more I've surrounded myself by people
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who accept me, the more I've kind of accepted myself.
And also through the work that I've done in social
like my storytelling has been all about confidence, but through
that I've also found my confidence as well, So that's
been pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Now after school, you do a fashion degree and also
work in design, but didn't really sit out to be
a model as such. But you did a photo shit
with friends for a portfolio, put it in your Instagram
and it went viral.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yeah, that was wild back in the days where things
went viral, period.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Crazy viral it did.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I can't remember what reach it got, but it kind
of just kept going and it was just an image.
There was no reels back then. But yeah, I hosted
this image. I just thought I was in a place.
It was around that same time where I got played
and I felt a lot more confident in myself and
I was like, I'm just going to put this out there,
and I thought maybe there might be a modeling agency.
I was starting to get frustrated by looking at billboards
and everyone was just they all looked the same. There
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was no representation of anyone who was different or from
a minority, and I thought maybe I could dabble in there.
And yeah, I'd been kind of behind the scenes in
the fashion industry. It was a passion that I followed
throughout school, and yeah, that went viral and pretty much
landed me where I am today. I was working in
product design at the time in an office and it
was crazy. I had I remember one time the receptionist
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came in and Steven Sharp had called their called their
office trying to get to an into because it was
just going so viral, which I just walked into this
world that I just had no idea about.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
So it wasn't was a kind of more I guess,
not by accident, she put fully, by accident, but you know,
to share your story, did you think, yeah, for a second,
this could inspire so many people like you did?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
It was so accidental. I remember reaching out to jay
Re's because he was the only person I knew through
a mutual friend where I could have someone who I
knew that was in the media, and it was like,
I'm not helping. I don't know what's going on, because
it was twenty sixteen, like social was kind of in
its early influence the days, and I kept my job
for a while and then yeah, I rode the wave
and realized, yeah, maybe sharing my story would be something
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that I don't know I could do full time. And
it wasn't something that I'd ever set my goals on.
Although recently I found a piece of paper that my
mum had. We were like drafting something when I was
in the hospital, and she wrote in the top corner,
maybe write a book together kind of thing and share
your story. So I guess I maybe had it in me.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, well, what is it like to find your purpose?
Obviously asking for dat, but also but I was asking
when you found yours?
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Yeah, I think I'm still finding my purpose because I
think I think because I'm on social from the outside,
it looks probably like I have it all figured out
because we post, you know, five percent of our life,
and yeah, it looks very true. But I'm still forever
finding my purpose. Like I've recently done a little bit
of a career switch where I'm heating more towards woman's health,
because that's something that I'm really passionate about. But yeah,
I fell into the purpose I think of storytelling and
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connecting with other people. And yes I'm an influencer, and
yes I'm a content creator, and yes I've done some speaking,
but that all comes down to me wanting to be
a storyteller, wanting to connect with people, and wanting to
help people through their adversities because we all have them.
But it has adapted a lot over the years, and
I think, yeah, I do think I'm still finding my purpose.
But I also think that's cool, Like I think it's okay.
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I don't want to kind of pick something and then
I have to do that until I'm old and gray,
you know. I think it's really you can kind of
adapt as you go, and that's something that I'm doing.
I kind of just right the way and.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Doing the amazing things, you know, on a runway, you know,
as a model or dancing with the stars. Those incredible
things must be awesome. When you get people messages from
people that were and they've inspired them and things.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
That you've definitely that is by far the highlight I
think I especially recently, and I don't know why. I think.
I've been doing this for eight years now, and I
definitely have a lot of imposter syndrome. And it's something
that again people don't think because I think you put
your life out there and you're just so confident, whereas
I do have so much doubt because my story and
my life has become my job and therefore my kind
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of KPIs and the things that I need to do
is views and reach and how many people are seeing
it and how many people are commenting. So it's kind
of become this weird like I've monetized my story and
attached it to likes and follows, which is something that
I do try to detach from, but it's almost impossible,
right because that is my job, and I've found that
really hard in this comparison through what other influences are doing.
And yeah, that definitely is in there. But yeah, it's
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a journey.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
As you say, you talk about body positivity and you know,
embracing when you're different and seeing more of that reflected.
What would you like to see, you know, what would
be the change? I mean, it's it happens. Sometimes we're
probably not to the level that it should.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Right, totally I think we have a long way to go.
I think this lot of complexities in it. It's a
really hard word to say. I would like to see
more diversity. I think we. I think, especially in New Zealand,
we're behind. I used to work a lot in the
States with my modeling, and I think they had a
better grasp on diversity. To be truly honest, I think
the billboards I see, I still think we have a
really long way to go. So I would like to
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see more from a like from our own perspective, I
would just like to see woman stopping stop putting so
much importance on how we look. Like, Yes, we can
be positive about our body, and that would be also amazing.
It's a great thing to do, is to look in
the mirror and point out the things you love about yourself.
But I also think that's still placing importance on how
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we look. Like, let's just stop placing that as the
most important thing about ourselves, because there's so much more
important things about us that isn't to do with how
we look. And I think that is the most interesting
thing about us, isn't how we look. And so I
think if we just stepped away from that being a priority,
and I think brands and media have a lot to
do with I guess the narrative that woman kind of
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play in their heads. So I just would love to
see us finding things about ourself that isn't how we
look and placing the most value on those things.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Yeah, well, body images, young girl can affect many of us.
So what does self confidence mean to you?
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Self confidence for me is finding your true happiness and
what you enjoy in life, what you value in life,
and what you value about yourself and honing in on
that and kind of blocking out the outside noise, because
I think there's so much outside noise telling us how
to be confident me right now, but you know what's
kind of tuning into like what.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Do I like?
Speaker 2 (18:35):
What do I want to be? What do I value
in life? And I think when you nail down those things,
you have this natural confidence and aura about you because
you know, you know who you are and what you
stand for, and the comments and all of that just
don't matter because that's who you are.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
This is when I grow up.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Now recently a mum as well, which is awesome. Aren't
kids the worst?
Speaker 1 (18:58):
That? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Sorry you're here, see you? I don't know I mean
that's pretty cool, and there's probably another thing of giving
you a reminder, and I know for me it is
what matters most.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Yes, there's been so much perspective. I mean, I'm only
one year and you're a lot further on the parenting
journey than I am.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
On the other side talking back and also jokes. You
ever got jokes made about you?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
No?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
No, no, I've got no backjack yet. Yeah. No, it's
definitely put things into perspective again. I think having a
daughter and working a lot in woman's health and also
in the body image space, and it's yeah, I feel
a lot of pressure to do right by her as well.
And yeah, it's put a lot of perspective on my
life and another learning journey again as I mentioned around
my abilities, you know, becoming a mom, there's so much
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literally heavy lifting that is involved and I have limited abilities.
So just learning how I can be the best mum
and getting it Like she's she's just sterne one, she's
not walking yet, but I'm like, what happens on the
day when she starts like running out on the road
and running in front of me. I can't run after her,
you know, So just trying to understand all of these different,
different ways that I have to adapt.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Yeah, well, social media is a hot topic in our house.
What do you think about it? As your massive You've
got so many, hundreds of thousands of followers.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
But there's also bad points. Yes, social media is also
a hot topic in our house, my poor husband. I
have a love hate relationship with what I do and
how I do it. I love the way that I'm
able to reach people. I think there's so much power
in social media, but there is also and I am
caught up in it as well, so much addiction and
social media, like just the way that you know, I
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was even sitting out here waiting for you guys, and
I'm sitting on my phone, and I'm like, I could
just sit here and read the paper or look at
the people walking past. Like we just get so absorbed
into other people's lives. And so I've set boundaries. Every weekend,
I don't go on social media. I delete it just
as a way I don't post. Yeah, I delete it,
And over summer I take a good three to six
weeks off because I think it's I just think it's
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unhealthy for us to constantly be living in the pockets
of other people's lives and that it's not great for
my views if I say that to just encourage people
to get on social media. But I don't care about that, Like,
I just think it's really important for us to kind of,
you know, get out, like live our own lives. I
think if we're constantly like, my brain feels so noisy
all the time, and I think it's because I'm watching
(21:15):
your tube and I'm watching all these other people and
by seven am in the morning, I've looked at you know,
five people's morning room. You know, it's like it's just
so consuming. So yeah, I think we need to step
outside of social a little bit. But I mean feel
free to follow my content.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
I know Dad could not be deleting Instagram because he
is so many passwords a dog and it's like, oh
my god, I'm like, what's the Disney class past. There's
two minutes. Actually that's what I do and he's one, two, three. Well,
(21:55):
finally before we go that we can do some quick
this all that question. If I really want to be
like you public speaking or writing a book.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Oh god, done.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
Talks have written the book.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Is no rush for public speaking, alright.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Netflix sponges or falling asleep mid episode Netflix svengeres Yeah,
deffinitely falling asleep. Oh my god, hear dancing with the
stars or lying down looking.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
At the stars, dancing with the stars, texting or calling
calling differently?
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Was that sorry, just dancing with the stars because I
know we meet you to brief it was it really
pushing you?
Speaker 2 (22:32):
Yes, six years ago. I'm store recovering life. I am
literally store recovering. That is the most funny abled body person.
That is the most insane thing you can do. Like
you're going from not knowing how to dance to like
we were training up to fourteen hours and three months
and then add a messing limit to that. It was
it was a lot. Yeah, it's amazing, amazing, Yeah, incredible.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Sharing stories on Instagram or in person, person sending cringe
takes or getting left on.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Red oh gosh, crunch deck.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
No, neither word because they've read it and decided to
a fly. I'd rather be one modeling on the runway
or a plane being taken off on the runway.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Oh my gosh, model. I have the biggest fear of flying. Yeah,
I do travel a lot, but it is my biggest
fair is flying. Yeah, it's rough. So yeah, no, definitely
put me on the runway modeling.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
That's a new experience as well. Modeling for a lot
of people.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yes, what could be Yeah, largely for everybody, but for me,
I have slipper issues, like I like to walk on carpet.
This is a great environment right now because you know,
like I did the Stolen Girlfriend show a few years
ago and it's quite a party that show, and people
are like spilling red bull everywhere. And if I'm coming
out one high heel on one foot, one running blade
on the other having to look straight and not look
down if there was any slip. It was the.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Most leaving the house in pjs or overdressing for everythings.
Look at me, I'm in glorified pjs right now, front
row concerts or watching from bed with snacks from bed
with snowy sweating in summer or freezing. And you have
to finish the question doing a Ted talk or going
(24:10):
on this podcast forgu Well, just thank you so much
for your story. It inspires so many people. And finally,
what would you say to your younger self at my age?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Oh my gosh, I should have preached for this question.
So many things, just oh, this is so cheesy. But
just make the most of life. I just every adult
says this, but it goes so fast. Fact that I'm
sitting here as a parent is just mind blowing to me.
So make the most of every moment, take the trip,
do all the things. Just embrace every opportunity. Like you
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have so much opportunity, which is incredible at your age,
so take everyone little bit of it and squeeze it.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
It's incredible. Like when you look at yes at age,
you know, and then what you've achieved over that that
time you can fit so much and whether that you know,
young Jess would have believed what you have achieved, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Like I would give any thing to go back and
be your age and do from your age too. Kind
of thirty again, Like to me, that was just the
crindle of cream where you just you can you can
like like fail fast. You know, you can just do
all of these things and figure out which is exactly
obviously what you're doing, like what you really want to
do in life. And I think that's so cool, And
I just don't think you have to have it all
figured out.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
You just go for its age.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
It's all over, It's just done, guys, is here and
then I've done.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
I'm gonna go cry in the crowd.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
So much. Thank you. Jess is so incredible and was
so amazing to have on the podcast.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
So you think you decided who you want to be like?
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Spoiler all lot, Dad, I don't think I will. I
want to be like everyone we've talked.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Well, it's cool think about this podcast, so you know
you can take great bits of advice from everyone's story, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Thank you for man'splaining that.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Dad.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast when I grow
up wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on
social media for one. Let's right.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
We'll be back next week with another inspirational woman and
their story es. Santa works out who she wants to be.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Go