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Exciting new beginnings are taking shape despite ongoing challenges! I've launched a women's mental health podcast called "A Heart Cup" (previously "She Is Her"), strategically renamed to improve discovery on Apple Podcasts. This new venture fills the extra time during my recovery period, with episodes dropping Mondays and Fridays and interviews conducted on Sundays. Don't worry - "A Winning Heart" remains my primary focus, and I'm being careful not to overwhelm my team (especially Danielle!) with too many simultaneous projects.

My physical recovery continues at its own pace. The leg is improving gradually but still has a way to go before full healing, which I'm hoping will happen by December. Yesterday was particularly difficult - one of those days where everything seemed to go wrong from morning onward. But today feels much better, reminding me that setbacks are temporary and resilience means moving forward despite occasional rough patches.

Alongside podcast development, I'm making my final attempt at completing a communications degree. This means navigating the familiar challenges of disability accommodations, gathering transcripts, and planning a two-hour meeting with the Office of Disabilities. I'm planning to complete coursework primarily using my iPad, which presents its own challenges (and frustrations about Apple's focus on expensive phones rather than affordable computers for students). Despite these obstacles, I'm determined to make it work this time around. Several interviews are lined up for upcoming episodes, so stay tuned for fresh content! Thank you for following along on this journey of recovery, education, and creative expansion - your support means everything.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to A Winning Heart, you guys.
For those of you that don'tknow, I have like I have extra
time on my hands.
I have started a women's mentalhealth podcast and it's called

(00:23):
A Heart Cup.
And it's called a Heart Cup and, yes, I'm changing the name
from she Is Her to a Heart Cup,because heart as in heart,
h-e-a-r-t and submitting iteverywhere, of course, because
it's easier for Apple Podcaststo index.

(00:47):
If things start with A, it'seasier for Apple Podcasts to
index.
And no, danielle's not helpingme with this one.
No, danielle's not helping mewith this one, because we're

(01:11):
going, I have to set up thecalendar I have.
If I gave Danielle anotherproject, she would probably
scream at me, and Danielle'slaughing at me because she
wouldn't screaming at me.
But that would sink a winningheart, which is my main podcast.

(01:32):
So I don't want to do it.
So it's going to come outMondays and Fridays.
Interviews will be on Sundays.
So that is my latest projectthat I still have to get school
organized, and so I will do thattoday and try and get my last

(02:01):
transcript and then talk to theOffice of Disabilities.
That's always fun talking tothe Office of Disabilities,
trying to figure that one out.
So those who are disabled, andyou know that's always fun and

(02:25):
getting letters and gettingorganized for that, but I am
doing it for the last and finaltime and maybe getting messages
great after that.
But for the last and final timeI am getting a communications
degree and so yeah, so that'sthe update on me.

(02:49):
The update on my leg is slowlybut surely coming down.
It's not all the way down, butit's a lot better than it was
originally and it's going totake a couple more months to get

(03:11):
it all the way down, but Ithink it's going to be down.
I'm hoping by December and I'mhoping by December.

(03:35):
So some good vibes for that,but I'm hoping by December.
Residual from yesterday, thatwas fun.
Yesterday was not my day, wasnot my day at all, so things

(03:56):
just kept happening andhappening and happening and you
know.
So it's residual regionals fromyesterday, but today is
something that's a pretty muchbetter day and tomorrow will be
a good day as well.
So far it's been a good week.

(04:19):
Just yesterday I got going intoa tailspin right from the
beginning of today.
So we're going to um, we'regoing to see, and the Apple

(04:41):
people keep coming out with newiPhones and new Apple Watches.
Of course they don't come outwith new iPads, do they?
They don't come out with newcomputers that you can actually
afford.
Thank you very much, but I'mgoing to try to do school on

(05:07):
iPad, so we'll see how thatworks.
That should work successfully,but I need to talk to the Office
of Disabilities.
I need to talk to the Office ofDisabilities, which will be
tomorrow's projects, for a goodtwo hours, because I need to see

(05:30):
what they want to do with me.
So I'm going to get thetranscripts today and get that
all straight, and then I'mtalking to the the transcripts
today, get that all straight andthen talk to the Office of
Disabilities.
It's small, but I'm going tolet you guys go and then we're

(05:55):
going to catch you guys nextweek and I have a couple of
interviews coming up.
And then we're going to catchyou guys next week and I have a
couple interviews coming up, andthen we'll go catch you guys
next week.
So bye, you guys.
What a cute he said thank youfor following us, thank you for

(06:17):
following us, and so I willcatch you guys later.
Bye you guys, bye.