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we're joined by my dear friend,Donald Sujo. He's a two time
Olympian who competed in both the Athensand London Olympic Games. As a highly
decorated volleyball athlete, as a proventrack record of success at the highest levels
of competition, and now has extensiveexperience as a not only player, but

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a coach with a passion for developingtalent and fostering a winning culture. He
joins me today chat about his journeyfrom pro volleyball athlete and olympian to coaching
and plans for his newish chapter withthe Global Sports Institute. Welcoming now to
the show is my dear friend,Donald Sujo. Welcome, Superstar and Zan

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good to be here. Hello Yo, Hello everybody, Thank you for having
me again. It's great to seeyou. Love being in your show.
Keep up the great webside. Ohso excited to have you back on my
dear now, you've had such anillustrious career as both a player and the
coach in the wonderful world of volleyball. But looking specifically at your playing days,
your time as a four year startingsenter and captain at USC was marked

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by numerous athletes, including being namedNCAA Player of the Year, in making
first team All American twice, andthen of course going on to be a
two time Olympian. Can you sharea standout moment from your playing days that
truly define your passion for the sport. It's really hard to define success,
so really that kind of you know, we all have those dreams and passions

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to be the best we can be, right and sometimes we get there,
sometimes we don't. And also tokind of push for that or you know,
to push your limits. You know, it's a it's a hard choice
to make. So for me,a whatever changed my life forever. I
was an immigrant from Albania. Icame to Boston and got a scholars seemed
to USC and b I never hada chance or a dream to join the

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us O lead pick team. Somy full circle moment moment is when I
went to Athens Olympics, d andapricuntry of Albania. We're in communism,
and think I came to the Statesin ninety four with having any dreams of
what about purely working, you know, and then being in the Olympic stage
and opening ceremony represented the greatest countryon Earth and see my little country Albania

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having two people. I mean,I c you know, just being amongst
the best, I think for methat was kind of the final strow for
me, Like you know, beingamongst the best, like competing amongst the
best. That means that you didyour work and now it's time to compete.
So that was for me that justyou open ceremony in Athens, Greeze,
you gave me chills. You gaveme chills. I'm so proud of
you. And we know an excitementfor volleyball has significantly grown in the last

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few years. We see it asa very, very important sport, if
you will. In fact, accordingto the NFHC the High School Participation Survey,
volleyball was the number one most popularteam sport for girls in the US,
but with four hundred and seventy thousandparticipants in the year twenty twenty three.

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So this goes beyond just junior levelbecause as the sport continues to gain
more recognition here in the US,more professional leagues are being created right here,
making it easier for pros who inpast years had been forced to travel
internationally. And there's been an increasein media coverage on networks like ESPN and
the Big Ten Network. So volleyballis really picking up momentum in the US

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and it's only going to continue togrow. Now. You've competed in the
world's top leagues all around, includingRussia, Italy, Turkey, Argentina,
and Greece. Taking this into accountas you now continue your coaching journey,
what unique insights or even lessons haveyou gained from each cultural and competitive environment

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that you bring into your coaching philosophy? Here in America. That's a great
question, Jenny. I mean youcovered that really well the twenty seven in
your journey of being a kid andbeing a probe and olympian. For me,
like I'm excited like you that oursport is growing tremendously all over US
high school clubs a collegion level.Now the girls and the boys have a
chance to stay in USA and playpro in front of a family and friends,

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which I never had the chance todo. It had to travel to
Europe. But you know what Ilearned about being at usc USA into countries
like Russia, Dubai, Greece,thirty you know, it's being able to
adapt. I mean, number onething that I learned is out never my
way or the highway. Is beingable to adapt to different cultures, different
systems, different human behavior, differenthuman relationships, different languages, you know,

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which is also you know, theability to learn, and we're being
open minded. It's awesome, youknow because you For me, I was
really blessed to play for the bestin the world, but I also had
experiences had really bad coaches or reallybad teammates, you know, So being
open minded and learning your skills,learning how to adjust, you know,
learning how to deal with problems andcome up with solutions, you know.

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So for me, those are themost important things that I learned throughout my
year. Just listening to people,you know, Like we come from different
backgrounds, we know so many things. And many leaders of many coaches never
take their time to listen to theirplayers, listen to their coaches, listen
to their friends or having mentors aboutthem. As for me, I'm always
open minded, I'm always willing tolearn, and I'm always you know,

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open love for advice, you know. So those are a few things that
you know, I take it nowon my new journey. Well said.
Now, the world of youth sportsis huge. According to Maya research,
youth sports overall, not just volleyball, is a close to forty billion dollar
global industry, and the National Institutesof Health study found that there were more

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than sixty million young athletes in theUS alone. Now, while not every
one of these athletes is going togo pro, sports clearly play a large
part in our youth upbringing. Sohaving a supportive and effective coach is extremely
important. And now, while coachingcomes with so many other rewards, it
it doesn't come without its challenges.Right, So what strategies do you employ

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to ensure you connect with your playerson a personal level but also driving them
towards their maximum potential on the court. Yeah, great, I mean great
point there now none of us,I mean, we don't know our journey.
We don't know we're going to endup. That's why I tell all
the players you know, will becomeOlympians, some world champions, some wole
just playing junior college, some youknow, by god d one or maybe
just stop, you know, playin high school. It's important to a

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have the passion for the sports.You know, you want to play vunatball
because you love it. B.The second thing is, you know,
the education are very transparent with thekids and the parents. You know,
it's like, hey, where weare now, it's you know, we're
going to decide that we are atpoint A, but we will go to
point B and here's the plan forward. You know, to be fully transparent,
effective communication, you know, tellthe truth to the players and the

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parents as well, because the parentsare the one you know, paying all
this money for the kids to travelaround the world or you know, do
tournaments or do privacy. You know, so being very transparent, having an
action plan, and also holding accountablethe kids and also ourselves. You know,
it's called it because it's one thingto say for these kids or you
know, even adults you know incollege too. You know, it's one
thing to do and stay on topof that. You know, so being

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accountable, having the effective communication anddesigning a plan for that, you know,
be truthful about where we are,where we're going, and how to
get there. You know, somany times the coaches take the easy way
out and let things go. Theproblems, the issues. I think you
know that whenever we lose or win, we address we address it right away.
Whenever we have good practice back practice, we address it right away,

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and we wont quickly. You know, just that the last and I learned
when I was overseason of being adjustadopting or this sun and solve problems.
You know, I think that's that'sa big part of my DNA and last
agen you know, created those humanrelationships. You know, a coach player,
you know, do this and dothat in orders being able to connect
at a personal level. Because we'renot the robots. We are human beings
and we have problems sometimes, soit's important to get another players their history,

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good or bad, and then designthe plans around These are great strategies.
I mean, your players are verylucky to have someone like you as
their coach. Now, like wesaid, you've represented the US in two
Olympic Games as a setter, Andfor those of you who aren't familiar,
a setter is the player who essentiallyruns the teams of offense and is often

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regarded as one of the hardest positions. You need to be able to quickly
read the opposing team and have reallystrong communication skills, which is something you
just alluded to, and with volleyballbeing such a fast paced game, the
cetter needs to be able to keeptheir cool and not only call the shots,
but communicate them to everyone and tokeep everyone on the same page.
Sounds like a tough job. Canyou describe? Can you describe the level

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of pressure and the excitement that comeswith competing at such a prestigious event and
how the experience shapes your approach tocoaching Olympic hopefuls. My dad when I
was little, he told me,like you want to be how many good
hitters you have in the world?Can you count in you know, fingers
and start counting too many players,you know, and how many good setters
are in the world, and Icounted very few of them. So for

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me, motivating need to be oneof the best that could be personally that
on a personal level, my motivationwas within It's like, you know,
I love the position being a setterand being the best that can be be
Like you know, people don't know, Like you know, in the votable
world, you have three seconds theall comes to make a decision, and
that decision can be a gold medalor could be the fourth place. So
preparation comes in being able to prepare, to study, to train ahead of

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time, how to have a gameplan, and also being able to execute
at a high level. It's onething to get information, it's one thing
to understand it and execute it overand over again. You know. For
me, I was able to reallyhone in on skills. But lastly,
like you like, honestly, forme is like being a servant almost,
like how can I help my teamget better? How can I help my

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heaters? That can I put themin the best position like the Tom Brady
of Steph curity of the world,you know, like it's not about me,
it's a better team, understanding lineup, the human behavior of my players
and my coaches, and against theopposing teams. You know, I was
able to relate the kind of youknow, tricks of a trade per se,
you know, and understand the personalityof my guys and also the personality

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of the other team. I kindof play chess, you know, and
you played the you know, thelong game. You played the long game.
You gotta be patient. You gotto keep emotions out of the sleep.
You can, you know, itcan react to thanks. They mostly
got a respond and they got that, you know, so I was able
to respond and put my head downor when I called blade, shame,
stay away from those three things.You know. It's always the next point.

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It's always the next you know,the next solution, and we move
on as a team. But yeah, it was a blessing. I loved
it and missed it. Now you'reinspiring others. Now, let's dive into
the newest chapter in your career.The Global Sports Institute, which is a
hub for athletes that are aiming toelevate their game and strengthen their connections and
really cultivate leaders and champions both onand off the court. What inspired you

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to establish this venture and how doyou envision it making a significant impact on
the on the volleyball community, butsports community as a whole. Yeah,
for me and be my boss,blessed with my partners who believed in my
vision and an insion. And forme, it was we want to design
a center that was built by realathletes or real autlets. That means that
me and my partner, we bothwent through the same struggles from age ten

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to till we finish our careers.You know, we both take what about
the highest level? And we lookedaround all over the US and there's no
really centers like this that they havekind of all the service in one you
know. We have great flory,great nets, technology, all the equipment
needed, you know, video recording, a coffee shop, a place to
hang out for the parents, likemake it a great experience for our kids

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and per but also have a placewhere the kids can truly come, where
we can train, where we candevelop, and we can compete at a
high level. You know. Sofor me, I looked around and it's
all this difficult to find a placelike this, you know. So we
put our heads together and then wedesigned also for if you know, if
olympiads come back or if process coming. We're putting a full on fitness center

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with technogym as well. So wewant to create a kind of athleticism and
you know, really good assets insideout, as well as kind of a
multi sports you know, I likethe multi sport, a little bit of
pickup all, little bit of fitness. Basketball will be a far place,
you know, but it's kind ofa place where you come to train.
Well, you have your work cutout for you, my friend. We
are almost out of time. Wehave about a minute left, and before

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we wrap up, let's chat abit about coconut water. We are hosted
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like potassium and sodium and magnesium.And to go one step further, compared
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Now, Donald, taking all ofthis into consideration with your own athletic experience,
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I'd be so important. I mean, zen, It's like, you
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com. Welcome back, beautiful TriState area. You're listening to a moment
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I'm your host, Zenzam's up nextand discover your Potential. Segment brought
to you by The Wellness Way.We're joined by contributor, podcaster, and
regular co host Anna Devere. Todayshe's joined by coach and speaker to Mayo

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Brown. With over fifteen years ofexperience in the fields of motivational speaking,
coaching, training and education, She'sdeveloped a unique approach to her power speaker
coaching that combines evidence based practices witha client center focus. She holds a
master's degree in teaching and serves asa speaker trainer both independently and alongside her

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father, internationally renowned motivational speaker LessBrown. They joined me to day to
chat about finding a way through andnavigating life's never ending transitions. Welcoming out
to the show are my dear friends. Welcome Anna and Sameya. Hello,
Hi, thank you for having me. So great to have you on.
So let's dive right in. Buttoday we'll be exploring the topics of finding

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you and unmasking the myth of identity. So let's start with your own journey.
Sameya. What was it like togrow up as Les Brown's daughter and
be part of the first family ofmotivational speaking and how do you think that
that has impacted your identity? Ithink it was very normal. It is
a regular household, a regular,familiar or familial situation. And even though

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there were always people around who werelooking at Dad and very engaged and very
interested in what he was saying andwhat he was doing, he made sure
that we were humble. He madesure that we treated people how we wanted
to be treated. And the waythat that informed my identity is that regardless
of whoever my dad was or whateverI was, it wasn't about what he

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did, but it was about whohe was behind the microphone, Who was
he when no one was looking,when the lights were out, when the
sound is turned off, when nobodyis screaming your name without the applause,
Who are you? And so observingthat as a child from then until now,
I recognize that my roles, whateverthey may be, do not define
me. They only inform what Ido, but they don't define who I

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am. Well said beautiful. Amen, that was great. Look at you.
She's like a motivational speaker under aminer in the house. No,
you are so good at what youdo and it's such a powerful, meaningful
narrative to hearing you speak. It'sgreat now, Anna, I know you
first met Sumeya last year when youinterviewed her for discovering your potential to talk

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about personal transformation and self exploration.So in your own words, that was
a difficult transition in your personal life. Right then should I have an impact
on you? Then? Yeah?You know, in all the times that
I've interviewed professionals in this field,there's only been a couple of times where
I feel myself healing through the conversation. Samya Brown is one of those.

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So it's beyond the wisdom of herword. It's this rare and nurturing kind
of intention that she carries. AndI'm not even sure you're aware of that
samea but that's part of your identityand maybe you're going to discover that today
and just me pointing it out,I feel that way though about her.
Oh, you're such a cheerleader.Anna is one of your biggest bands.

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Now. Coping with life transitions.Coping with life transitions challenging for anyone,
but if you are better mentally prepared, self aware, and more accepting of
life's twists and turns, it cancertainly become easier over time. And interestingly,
Bruce Biler, the author of LifeIs in the Transitions, interviewed several
hundred people and came to the conclusionthat people go through a disruptive event every

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twelve to eighteen months, and onein ten of these are major changes.
And he calls life quakes which leadto transitions. And in these life quakes
can be positive or negative. Ornegative, it's still a transition, so
we have to navigate and change,and we know that that's rarely easy.
So now shifting back to the conceptof identity, your message centers around the

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myth of identity, and you challengeyour audience to unmask and rethink identity.
Why is it important to lean intothis understanding. It's really important to rethink
the lie of identity because identity canreally be deceptive if we allow ourselves as
individual to get locked in to allowingour occupations, allowing our status in life,

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whether it's financial, whether it's aneducational status, whatever it is to
define us. Because when those thingsare taken away and when we are at
our wits end, and when weare contemplating who we really are, what's
going to matter at our core isnot our accomplishments. It's not what people
say about us. It's not whatthey think about us, good or bad.

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It's really how we are operating andhow we are moving as effective agents
of change in the earth. That'swhat's going to truly matter. Well,
Sumey, you have certainly gained lotsof wisdom in your life, so it's
admirable that you use that knowledge tohelp and lift up others. I know,
what have you learned from her inthe short time you've known her?

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So I understand that part of discoveringyour potential ism like the reframing of your
own story, right, taking thegood, the bad, the ugly,
and learning to be less judgmental aboutit. But it's Sami reminded me of
this deeper truth that the process ofdiscovering identity is a tool. And have
you ever watched a movie and thenwatched it like a decade later, and

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it's a totally different perspective on it. I like to look at my life
now and I don't see mistakes somuch. I've got this kinder view and
I look at that younger person,and I want to give that person like
a helping hand. I think Samyais reframing technique and looking at identity beyond
you know what's come and gone inyour life is really an effective tool for

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changing that story, that narrative youtell about yourself. Yeah, it's almost
like unprogramming the programmed. Now,Sameya. Let's chat about one of your
latest ventures, your podcast Sumeya Unveiled, where you share a motivational message to
your viewers about moving forward. I'dlove to hear more from you about how
one can move forward in their trueidentity. I think the most humbling thing

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about moving forward is you have tolook at everything for what it is and
a sest and say what do Ido now? And many of us find
ourselves in places where phases of ourlife have changed. We've gone on to
different transitions. Maybe we got fired, maybe we got a pink slip,

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Maybe we're going into retirement, maybewe are just starting a brand new job.
Whatever it is that we find ourselvesor wherever we find ourselves, we
have to look at how did Iget here, whether good or bad,
and what do I need to doto move forward? And I know that
sometimes it can be extremely difficult,It can be taxing, it can be
uncomfortable because it's unfamiliar. But Ibelieve that moving forward is a necessity.

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And as you move forward in yourwhy and understanding that again you're moving towards
purpose, You're moving towards what youwere born to do, what you were
created and purposed and destined to do, then that takes on a different form.
And it's not about how much moneyyou're making, even though that's a
good thing. We're not saying thatit's not a good thing. But we

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want to make our objective how arewe truly living our lives as valuable people?
And how are we allowing the circumstancesof life to educate us, to
refine us, to weather us,to season us, to allow us to
grow through our mistakes. Sometimes wewant to admit we want to act like
we don't make mistakes, but it'sbetter to grow through them and sometimes in

(29:19):
them, than to just ignore themall together. And I believe that in
order to move forward, you haveto be humble and you have to adequately
assess where you are. Boy,you are your father's daughter. And uh.
You clearly shared a love for podcastingwith Sumeya. Right, do you
share a similar why for your postcatseries as well? I like to think

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so. I like to think wehave so much in common and this is
just one of those intersections. Ithink we genuinely love people and want to
know what makes them tick. Ilove that her show title has the word
unveiled in it. I think everybodyhas in innate need to be seen and
understood, and I think Smea hasthe supreme talent of being disarming in that

(30:02):
conversation. She's a person that doesn'thave an agenda, and you just feel
that what a great way to approacha conversation. She makes all about you
in her podcast series, It's beautifulNow before we wrap up. Before we
wrap up, Sumya, do youhave any exciting upcoming projects we should keep
an eye out for. I do. I'm working with my dad. He's

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still kicking, and what I loveabout it is, even as a senior,
you can't tell him that he's nottwenty years old and he doesn't have
the energy a twenty year old becausehe does, and so we are still
at it. He is motivating themasses. And we are holding a speaker
training at the end of May inAtlanta, Georgia, and it's going to
be my father, It's going tobe myself, su Maya Brown, and
it's also going to be my siblingswho I'm not the only speaker in the

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family, so I'm not just thisrare person. There are other people,
you know, a lot of Mydad has influenced all of us, and
so it's great to just share thestage with him. So if people would
like more information about that, theycan visit Lesbrown dot com or they can
visit i Amsumeya dot com and theycan fill out a form and receive more
information and join us there and connect. Bless you. I would highly recommend

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anyone looking for motivation to come listento you and your father speak. And
Anna, will you be joining Sumeyafor any of these Yes, yes,
yes, and yes, so Maya. I love your dad, but I
would love to continue my speaker trainingwith you, and I look forward to
any opportunity to be involved with whatyou're doing. And I just give you
a virtual hi five let's go,let's go to you think great? Yeah,

(31:32):
thank you so much. That remindsme that I'm also I have more
upcoming speaker training. So again,you can visit i amsumea dot com for
more information. And thank you forsaying that. Anna, of course you
don't. I can't wait to joinyou anywhere you go. It's a love
affair. When's the honeymoon. We'reat a time, my dear friends,
thank you so much for joining usSameya. It was a pleasure chatting with

(31:55):
you. You are so transparent,you commend the microphone. You are so
comfortable, a thorative, a trailblazer. Truly, you should be so proud
of yourself. An ad a.You know I feel about you, but
I'll teach your horn one more time. I love things. You're amazing.
Thank you, joy to be here. Thank you. That was discover your
potential segment brought to you by theWell this Way. That was the incredible

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and inspirational Sumeia Brown. Definitely checkher out on your website i amsumea dot
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want to miss the next episode ofSumeya Unveiled and of course see more of
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Nurse Christy are currently performing procedures ondifferent generation of patients. Let's go see
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What procedure are we performing on thisbeautiful patient today? We are doing skin
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I have loved every treatment and experienceI have had with the Nurse Christi and
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So after skin viav how are yougoing to be applying CO two lift product
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and so what the CO two doesis applied to the skin. There's a
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Dina Goodman and she has the COtwo Lift mask on her face. We're
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it's really all about hydration, treatingthe skin from within, not just putting
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lift in this particular product. Sheis the pro on Avail will only in
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are incredible as a monotherapy combo therapy, and we've been seeing an uptick in
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to my understanding, you also haveyour mom here today, Okay, is
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your skincare done together. This isthe first time we're here together. I
did inspire my mom to come gettreated by Nurse Christy and She has also
been thrilled with the results of themultiple treatments she's received. We both value
the way we look on the outside. We both value the way we feel
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your skin well was critical, andso it is. It is something that's
generation's deep. Today we have thebeautiful Sarah Goodman. She's a psychotherapist in
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night and I loved it. Iloved how it went on my face and
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going to reapply the mask post microneedling procedure, and I can't wait to
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Nurse Emma has just finished micro needlingon the beautiful Sarah Goodman and now she's
resting and enjoying CO two lift mask. We're gonna get her reaction on what
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this mask? I feel great.My skin feels kind of moist. I
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Head to skin Splendid and meet withNurse Christi and Nurse Emma. That
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products, and definitely be sure tolearn more about skin Splendid at skin splendid
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today we'll be chatting about sleep andhow to find more of it. Sleeps
one of those things that I thinkeludes most Americans. I started when I
was about eight years old. Myparents would turn on Mash and I knew
at the end of that when thatsong started to play, the house would
go quiet and I'd be up alone. And as an eight year old,
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So when I went into the pharmacy, the first thing I wanted to figure
out was how to sleep. AndI found out pretty rapidly that it's really
tough to find, even when youknow all the medications to take and all
the natural stuff to take. Butwe're gonna go through them today to help
you be educated, so you canchoose, so you won't have to worry
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I will never ever go to sleep. I always tell everybody to start out
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that we have, and that's becauseit's our main inhibitory neurotransmitter. It's the
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now. But when we have notenough magnesium, especially when we take it
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so you absorb it at the topof the GI system all the way
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before you reach for anything else,magnesium, and really fifty percent of us
don't have enough magnesium. Second thingyou can reach for is all the products
that have PM in them. Now, PM products have one ingredient. They

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look different, but they're the samething. Every one of them has difen
hydromene in them. Now, allthe pilon ALPM, your ibuprof and PM,
all of them have a few sideeffects along with them, but they
do help. So with that natahistamine, it blocks both the H one and
H two receptors. Now, histamineis one of those things that makes us
alert, get up and go.It's the fight or flight thing, and

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it's so we can get out ofsituation. When you block it, the
opposite happens. You get groggy,your brain slows down, and you're able
to knock out some of that stuffthat we call sleep anxiety. If you
have issues with your prostate or constipationor dry mouth, it's going to lead
to more problems. So it's goodoccasionally, but you don't want to use
it all the time. And thenfinally, we want to look at Magnolia

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root. Now, I love MagnoliaRoot because Magnolia root works very similar to
ways that some of your more prescriptionitems do. It helps open up the
channel of the gabba, not justproduce more of it, which helps you
sleep even more so as you goout there looking for sleep remedies. Those
are my three favorite. That's whereI would start. This is Phil Cowley,
Pharmaceutical Expert, and that was America'sFavorite Pharmacist segment, brought to you

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