March 8, 2025 • 26 mins
This episode delves into the transformative journey of Lisa Mead Romero, from police officer to beauty educator, emphasizing the importance of making conscious choices in our lives. The discussion navigates themes of empowerment, the impact of societal influences on personal decisions, and the connection between self-care and self-worth.
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• Exploring the crossroads of career and personal growth
• Discussing the transformative power of self-care
• Reflecting on the role of choice in shaping identity
• Examining the impact of societal expectations on personal decisions
• Sharing insights from officer Sarah Adams' interview on global events
• Highlighting the interconnectedness of acts of kindness
• Encouraging authenticity and intentional living
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Voiceover (00:03):
Tales from the wild, stories from the heart.
A journey into the mind andsoul of fired up business
professionals, where they sharetheir vision for the future and
hear from a different non-profitorganization every month as
they create awareness of theirgoals and their needs.
Dive into a world of untamedpassion as we join our host,
(00:27):
Shireen Botha, for this month'sepisode of Friends from Wild
Places.
Shireen Botha (00:36):
All right, welcome.
Welcome, shireen.
Here.
I am your virtual boutiquebookkeeper and QuickBooks
advisor.
Outsourcing your bookkeepingthrough Shireen's Bookkeeping
Services can save you time,money and help you stay focused
on what really matters.
Our team of experiencedprofessionals will handle all
your bookkeeping needs, frominvoicing to payroll and
(00:58):
everything in between.
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Don't let bookkeeping slow youdown any longer.
If you want to know more, gocheck me out at www.
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com and allow me to keep yourbooks clean, so you don't have
(01:18):
to Welcome.
Welcome back.
You are listening to Friendsfrom Wild Places with myself,
shireen, and your amazingco-host, tanya.
Tanya, how are you doing today?
Tanya Scotece (01:31):
Oh, doing great.
Shireen just got over someinfluenza and dealing with
bronchitis, but things arelooking up.
So all in all, things are well.
Nice new year and new goals,manifestations, so all is well
awesome.
Shireen Botha (01:47):
I absolutely love that.
So, tanya, why don't you sharewith the listeners our little
extra content subscriptions?
Tanya Scotece (01:57):
yes, so we at friends from wild places have
had the podcast for severalyears now, putting out monthly
guests and featured guests, andwe also have bonus content.
So for as little as fivedollars a month, you since you
can subscribe to our additionalbonus content where we can dive
deeper into topics.
Everything is raw, unedited,and we are always happy to go
(02:21):
deeper into subjects that ourlisteners like.
So if you are interested inhearing more, definitely reach
out to us or hit the button toclick and subscribe.
Shireen Botha (02:31):
Wonderful.
Thank you so much, tanya.
All right, well, let's get intointroducing our guest, our
visitor, for the next couple ofepisodes on our new series.
Lisa Meade Romero is thefounder of LMR Services and
wears many hats, to includebeauty educator, former police
officer speaker, former highschool teacher and advisory
(02:55):
director on multiple non-profits, go-getter, wife and joy
spreader.
Most often, people ask how doyou go from teacher to police
officer to beauty educator, howdoes that even happen?
Or the occasional?
You don't look like a cop.
Her response is simple it's allabout people and connections.
Each and every stop along theway may not have been
(03:18):
intentional or a lifelong goal,but it has led her to where she
is now, carving her ownintentional path and helping
others to do the same.
Lisa loves her winding road andthere is more to come.
Finding an inner joy she hopesto empower others to find and
continue to learn along the wayis her mission.
(03:39):
Welcome, lisa, it's so good tohave you on the show.
Lisa Meade Romero (03:43):
Thank you both for having me.
It's an honor to be here.
Yes, of course.
Tanya Scotece (03:49):
Super excited, lisa, super excited.
I just have been wanting you onthis podcast forever and I said
you know what we?
Just now is a new year.
We have to get you on and I'dlove for you.
We're going to dive deep intoyour stories plural, because
there are many, and you do wearmany hats and you continue to
inspire women and men alike, Ishould say.
Shireen Botha (04:11):
Yes, absolutely.
You know, Lisa.
Tanya has been talking aboutyou quite often when we speak
about the guests that we want tohave on our show, so I've also
been looking forward to to haveyou a part of Friends from Wild
Places.
Lisa Meade Romero (04:27):
Now I feel fresher.
I'm just kidding.
I hope I live up to theexpectations Of course, of
course, we will exceed ourexpectations.
Shireen Botha (04:38):
Absolutely so, lisa.
Let's start off with thebeginning of our podcast.
We always do a little bit of anicebreaker for our listeners
and listeners.
You know that Tanya and I seemto be a little bit of crime
enthusiasts, but today we wantto talk about conspiracy
theories.
Yes, you heard right Conspiracytheories.
(04:59):
And listen.
As a South African watching theworld right now, it's quite
interesting to observe.
So before I continue thatconversation, let's get into the
interview with Sarah Adams.
(05:32):
Officer Sarah Adams sat downwith former Navy SEAL and agency
contractor Sean Ryan during thelatter's December 13, 2024,
episode of the Sean Ryan Show.
A thousand al-Qaeda trainedmilitants were in the USA and
were seemingly planning acoordinated attack on American
soil, something similar to theHamas attack on Israel in
October 2023.
(05:53):
When asked how certain she wasthat something would happen in
2025, sarah told Sean I'mcertain we'll either have the
embassy attacks in 2025 or thehomeland attack, or both.
Sarah Adams' comments came lessthan a month before
back-to-back attacks in the USAon New Year's Day 2025 in New
(06:15):
Orleans and Las Vegas, bothsuspected terror attacks.
Amid these, her interview hasnow gone viral with a whole lot
of conspiracy theories that havecome along with it.
So you know, as I was saying, asa south african sitting and
watching the world, you know,I'm sitting here and I'm
(06:38):
watching russia versus ukraine,and I'm watching Hamas versus
Israel, and now I think it'sIsrael versus Iraq, and then
there's the two worldlygovernments.
You know the two teams.
You're either going to be onthe NATO side or you're going to
be on the BRIC side.
What team you got to pick ateam?
(07:00):
You know, and I feel like thewhole world is in this nobody
make a false move.
Everyone stay really still,because if anyone does one bad
move, I feel like something'sgonna blow.
You know what that feelingfeels.
So now, seeing this, I think mybiggest question, ladies, is
(07:27):
what do you guys think?
Do you think that you knowSarah, what she says is actually
going to happen and transpirein 2025?
You know what are yourthinkings?
You know, I want to heareveryone's thoughts over this
whole thing.
You know, go ahead.
Lisa Meade Romero (07:48):
Lisa.
It's hard to be know.
Go ahead, lisa, of course, ofcourse.
So I obviously have a littlebit of a.
I have a background in lawenforcement, so I can probably
understand multiple sides this alittle bit better than the
general public.
I think that what Sarah has tosay is intriguing for several
reasons.
One is you cannot discountsomebody's experience in a world
(08:13):
that we don't understand right.
So in general, americans areblessed to live in a bubble.
We are so blessed that we tendto only look at what's going on
in our house, in ourneighborhood, in our state, in
our country, and we have beenwithout a lot of the strifes and
(08:35):
struggles that a lot of othercountries have had.
So somebody who has lived itbefore or is living it or has
been in that space, has a wealthof knowledge and understanding
that we really just can't evenframework in our normal life.
And I think that at times,whether it be the government or
(08:57):
people in general, we have ahard time admitting we're wrong.
We have a hard time admitting Idon't know everything, I don't
have all the answers, I haven'tfigured it all out yet, and
that's what makes everybody souneasy right now is, I think,
because of this information ageand the world has become so much
smaller in connection and it'seasier to get every place so
(09:23):
quickly that us not knowingeverything and the instantaneous
timeline that things can happenmakes for a lot of unease at
this point in society.
What's going on right now?
Tanya Scotece (09:58):
Interesting, interesting Tanya word exploit,
because that's probably not theexact word that I'm looking for,
but it's the closest one that Ican come up with at the moment
and it's almost like, as Lisasaid, you know, general public,
from wherever anyone sits, tohigh level people in certain
positions, there's definitely adisconnect of information, right
(10:20):
?
So sometimes when informationgets gets I don't want to maybe
use the word exploited, shared,disseminated, whatever word you
want to use, sometimes it's Iwant to know what.
The intention is Right, becauseintention is OK, creating mass
hysteria amongst people that areliving in a society that really
(10:43):
don't have the authority, theknowledge, the experience or the
education to do anything aboutit, and it creates a hysteria.
So I do question and I'm notthat familiar with her
personally, I have seen theinterview, I did dive a little
deep into her background and,with all due respect to her
education and experience andhistory, I guess my question is
(11:09):
why that platform and why inthat mode of delivery?
So I guess I'll leave it atthat.
Lisa Meade Romero (11:17):
Yeah, I think that she has reported in the
past to many different statedepartments in many different
countries and a lot of thefrustration is at times like
okay, I feel like I got somegood information and I want to
share it right with the peoplewho are the right people to take
(11:39):
action in such thing, and it'snot getting done maybe in the
fashion that she would havehandled it, like in her previous
career or in her previousstation.
And I think that what happens iswe're removed from September
11th, we're removed from apersonal connection to things.
So those people who had thatpersonal connection and really
(12:02):
had that fight, they have muchmore passion, or or they think
things should be going at afaster pace than maybe things
are going in their minds andmaybe things are going at a
faster pace and we're not privyright to all of it.
I think that that's part of ittoo.
Right, she can provide opensource information in an open
source format, but if it's beingactioned on in a classified
(12:25):
manner, we're not getting thatback.
So we're kind of in this likewhat's really going on?
Is anything really happening?
But it could be happening,we're just not allowed to know
about it right now right right I.
Tanya Scotece (12:38):
What do you think ?
Shireen Botha (12:40):
yeah, I, I, I love your points of views,
ladies, and I wanted to hearwhat you both had to say,
because see what each of yousaid something really
interesting and and so it kindof made me think, all right,
that that is a different way oflooking at it and as, again, as
(13:02):
a South African, I'm going well,finally, maybe these kind of
information, pieces ofinformation starting to slip
through the government's hands,because I feel like for such a
long time the government has hadsuch control over us, because
social media wasn't as big, youknow, media wasn't as big years
(13:26):
ago, and so they had thatcontrol over their people and
I'm talking about us as well,you know, governments in general
, over all countries.
They had somewhat control overtheir people and what they could
and could not listen to, andwhat gets leaked and what does
not get leaked, and so it isvery interesting and more and
(13:47):
more of this kind of informationis starting to get leaked, and,
granted, you can't believeeverything that you hear, but to
what extent?
If you're hearing a certainamount of different people from
different areas coming with thesame pieces of information and
(14:09):
you kind of go, okay, wait, youknow this is, this is quite
interesting you know.
So, yeah, I think.
Thank you, ladies.
I think it's a nice little chitchats.
Icebreaker.
Um, it is a very interestingchat and I think we could
actually continue because I havea lot to say about all these
(14:29):
different conspiracy theories,but I mean that could be an
entire podcast, honestly.
So let's leave it there andmove on to quote of the day.
Our amazing lisa has given avery special quote that she goes
by and it goes.
We are where we are by thechoices we have made or we have
(14:51):
allowed others to make for us.
By Linda Tupin if I get hername, is it Okay?
So I want to know, lisa, whatdoes that quote mean to you and
why?
Lisa Meade Romero (15:05):
Lisa.
What does that quote mean toyou and why?
Thanks, shereed.
So this is the quote that Iheard in my Mary Kay journey and
it made me go.
Oh, like.
It really made me look insidemyself and be like is that
really?
Is that true, right?
(15:26):
Am I where I am because of thechoices I have made or allowed
others to make for me?
And I think it resonates withme because, at the core of who I
am, I'm a freedom and choiceperson.
I love the fact that I have thefreedoms that I do and I love
the fact that I can choose whatI want to do when I live in such
a free country, what I want todo when I live in such a free
country.
That being said, it also makesme think are there choices I
(15:48):
could make?
But I don't feel like I havethe option to make and therefore
I'm allowing other people todetermine which direction I go.
So that old adage of not makinga decision is a decision unto
itself, right, right?
So sometimes it's like do we goto college because it's really
(16:09):
our choice?
There was a choice made for usbecause our parents were like oh
, this is your next step, you'regoing to go to college Right,
or your path in your career,whatever it is.
At times we might feel like,well, I can't go on that
vacation because of my financialsituation situation.
(16:32):
All of those small things arechoices that we're making in our
head.
Are we really putting thoughtand intention behind the choice?
Or are we just choosing thepath of least resistance and not
making a conscious choice?
Or are we making the choicethat's going to benefit other
people without actually takingour own needs or wants into
account?
So choice is like such a bigthing for me and that's one of
(16:53):
the things I like to talk aboutwith women a lot is there is no
balance.
Right, there's no life balance.
Just accept the fact there isno balance.
It resides in choice.
What you determine or what youdesign out of your life is just
a sum of your choices.
There is no illusion of balancethat you're we're trying to
(17:14):
attain right, right, that is sogood.
Shireen Botha (17:18):
That's so good and funny.
Tanya, you know I'm alwaystalking about I mean tanya and I
.
I read a book and we talk aboutit on the extra content
sometimes, where we read alittle excerpt out of it.
But you know, and what I tookout of the book was the quote
you get to decide, and it'salong those same lines where,
(17:39):
you know, the author speaksabout how so many of the
decisions we make are, um, verymuch been had other inputs being
put into it.
That's helped us make thedecision that we've made and
many times, for some people,they've allowed too much input
(18:02):
from other parties, whether itbe friends or family, pastors,
whoever and eventually realizing, hey, you know what I get to
decide, I get to decide.
There's no right or wronganswer.
I get to decide and it mightoffend some family members, but
at the end of the day, I'm onthis journey.
(18:22):
This is my piece of canvas.
I get to paint it with anycolor or however I want to paint
it, with any sort of paint Ilike, and there's no.
You know, every splash of paintis a part of the collage that
you're creating and it's really.
It's all you and, honestly,you're not wasting one moment in
(18:44):
any decision that you've made.
It's really all part of makingyou the person that you are
today.
So thank you, lisa.
I really appreciate that.
That's quite a good quote to goby.
So, lisa, can you give us alittle bit of a background of
who you are?
Lisa Meade Romero (19:03):
Oh, great question.
I always say I am who I am,like you get what you get.
I'm a very honest person upfront and my mission is really
just to add joy and add valuewherever I go.
And I think that's because attimes I haven't had that right
(19:30):
we all and now that I've comeinto my own, I want other people
to have that.
I want everybody in the worldto have their peace.
Whatever that is for you, right, whatever that is for you, I
want you to feel joy.
I want you to have peace, Iwant you to have meaningful
relationships.
I want you to feel good aboutyourself and if I can do
(19:56):
anything to help you on thatjourney, like I'm there and that
probably has come from just,I've always had more of that
servant heart.
That's just been my outlook mywhole life, you know, like as a
little kid, like, oh, I can helpwith that, you know, give me
(20:18):
something to do.
And it led to not only myteaching career, right, and then
into law enforcement, bothhelping other people and even in
my beauty business.
It's that adding value right Menoticing later in life that I
had lost a part of myself right,I had lost that feminine part
of myself and recognizing mystruggle.
(20:40):
That was the same for otherwomen like I'm.
I'm not comfortable putting onmakeup.
I don't want to look like acrazy YouTuber.
I, you know, don't want to belooking like I'm trying to be 12
when you know I'm 43.
All of those struggles are Idon't even really know how to
take care of my skin, like my,my mom God bless her.
(21:01):
She was, you know, a very young, or you know young, mom.
She didn't have those skillsLike hey, let me teach you how
to wash your face properly, letme teach you how.
None of those.
So I struggled with that mywhole life to realize those
small things, those smallself-care moments, add so much
to your self-worth, add so muchto your self-worth.
(21:24):
And if I can help a woman or aman or a teen have that
confidence, it can change acommunity.
It really can, right?
So when you change a mom, youchange the family.
When you change the family, youchange the neighborhood.
You can change the community.
Like everything is sointerconnected that that small
(21:44):
act of kindness makes adifference.
You know, like the things thatalways make me smile is like you
go in and out of Dunkin' Donutsor Starbucks or whatever it is,
and I will always hold the doorLike I don't care if you're
like halfway through the parkinglot, they're like trying to.
I'm like just wait, like it'scool, it's fine, like I'm here,
and then I smile because theyhold it for somebody else and
(22:08):
next person, like it's like atrickle of fact, and I'm like,
ah, like that's the one change Iaffected today.
Like all those people now havea smile on their face because
that didn't happen yesterdaymorning.
You know, like the door hit himin the face.
It's just like, ah, like peoplewant to be seen, they want to
know that they're valued.
Um, and we can do that in smallthings.
(22:31):
It doesn't take big things.
Shireen Botha (22:32):
So right, right, that's amazing, tanya and I.
You know, when tanya chattedabout you the other day, the one
question that I asked you andtanya, you can carry on after
this I just wanted to know fromyou what made you decide to go
out on your own instead ofremaining in the you know police
force or working for someoneelse.
(22:53):
You know you can still helppeople by that way.
So that's, you know what madeyou decide to go out on your own
as opposed to that?
Lisa Meade Romero (23:03):
Well, I think so.
I had my business and I was apolice officer for a long time,
for eight years.
Okay, yes, and I think that forme, mary Kay reminded me that I
was a woman, reminded me thatthere are happy people in the
world.
I can knock on somebody's doorand they have a smile.
I'm not bringing them the worstnews of their life, I'm not in
the middle of the crisis withthem, right, it was a whole
(23:25):
different side of the world whenI'm helping people feel
beautiful.
And when my long enforcementcareer ended right in its normal
course, I was just like I don'twant to let this go.
Like I, I, I don't need, Idon't need to work, I'm blessed,
I do not need to work, I do notneed to go out and make money.
(23:48):
I, you know I have a beautifulpension, but it's such a vehicle
for me to see people's liveschange that maybe it's like,
okay, it's a little bit selfish,right, like I love it and I
don't want to give it up.
Like I love to be part of thatjourney with people.
Um, you know, to have a womanin her seventies look in the
mirror and say I finally feelpretty.
I'm like, oh, like, oh, I wantyou to feel beautiful all the
(24:10):
time, like that's it's a gift,like it's a gift I get to give
but I get so much back out of it.
And now it's opened up thedoors to so many other things.
I think because I've grown inthe process.
It's opened up.
Now, what else?
Like how else?
How else can I add valueoutside of cosmetics, outside of
(24:31):
skincare, to make the worldbetter?
How else can I value?
Shireen Botha (24:52):
and then you were a police officer alongside that
.
How did you know that?
Okay, now I'm done here.
It's time you know.
The police, being a policeofficer, has come to a point
where it's over now and I justwant to focus on my business.
Lisa Meade Romero (25:01):
You know, yeah.
So I think that I knew goinginto my law enforcement career
that I my goal was to hit mypension mark and go To me.
It was a tool.
I love law enforcement.
It has changed a lot since I'vebeen in it, and not just
(25:22):
because society has changed, Imean, just people have changed.
Leadership styles change, andfor me in my law enforcement
career, there was no place Icould grow right.
There was no place.
Could I have advanced in rank?
Yes, could I have moved indifferent positions?
(25:42):
I've probably done a dozendifferent positions in the
police.
I could do all of those things.
However, that career no longerafforded me a vehicle to grow as
a person or to affect change inthe way that I wanted to affect
change.
Tanya Scotece (25:58):
Tune in next week for part two from Friends from
Wild Places.
Voiceover (26:03):
You've been listening to Friends from Wild Places
with Shireen Botha.
Be sure to subscribe to thepodcast from the links to catch
every episode and unleash yourpassion.
Tales from the wild, stories from the heart.
A journey into the mind andsoul of fired up business
professionals, where they sharetheir vision for the future and
hear from a different non-profitorganization every month as
they create awareness of theirgoals and their needs.
Dive into a world of untamedpassion as we join our host,
(00:27):
Shireen Botha, for this month'sepisode of Friends from Wild
Places.
Shireen Botha (00:36):
All right, welcome.
Welcome, shireen.
Here.
I am your virtual boutiquebookkeeper and QuickBooks
advisor.
Outsourcing your bookkeepingthrough Shireen's Bookkeeping
Services can save you time,money and help you stay focused
on what really matters.
Our team of experiencedprofessionals will handle all
your bookkeeping needs, frominvoicing to payroll and
(00:58):
everything in between.
With our reliable and accurateservices, you can rest easy,
knowing your finances are ingood hands.
Don't let bookkeeping slow youdown any longer.
If you want to know more, gocheck me out at www.
shireensbookkeeping.
com and allow me to keep yourbooks clean, so you don't have
(01:18):
to Welcome.
Welcome back.
You are listening to Friendsfrom Wild Places with myself,
shireen, and your amazingco-host, tanya.
Tanya, how are you doing today?
Tanya Scotece (01:31):
Oh, doing great.
Shireen just got over someinfluenza and dealing with
bronchitis, but things arelooking up.
So all in all, things are well.
Nice new year and new goals,manifestations, so all is well
awesome.
Shireen Botha (01:47):
I absolutely love that.
So, tanya, why don't you sharewith the listeners our little
extra content subscriptions?
Tanya Scotece (01:57):
yes, so we at friends from wild places have
had the podcast for severalyears now, putting out monthly
guests and featured guests, andwe also have bonus content.
So for as little as fivedollars a month, you since you
can subscribe to our additionalbonus content where we can dive
deeper into topics.
Everything is raw, unedited,and we are always happy to go
(02:21):
deeper into subjects that ourlisteners like.
So if you are interested inhearing more, definitely reach
out to us or hit the button toclick and subscribe.
Shireen Botha (02:31):
Wonderful.
Thank you so much, tanya.
All right, well, let's get intointroducing our guest, our
visitor, for the next couple ofepisodes on our new series.
Lisa Meade Romero is thefounder of LMR Services and
wears many hats, to includebeauty educator, former police
officer speaker, former highschool teacher and advisory
(02:55):
director on multiple non-profits, go-getter, wife and joy
spreader.
Most often, people ask how doyou go from teacher to police
officer to beauty educator, howdoes that even happen?
Or the occasional?
You don't look like a cop.
Her response is simple it's allabout people and connections.
Each and every stop along theway may not have been
(03:18):
intentional or a lifelong goal,but it has led her to where she
is now, carving her ownintentional path and helping
others to do the same.
Lisa loves her winding road andthere is more to come.
Finding an inner joy she hopesto empower others to find and
continue to learn along the wayis her mission.
(03:39):
Welcome, lisa, it's so good tohave you on the show.
Lisa Meade Romero (03:43):
Thank you both for having me.
It's an honor to be here.
Yes, of course.
Tanya Scotece (03:49):
Super excited, lisa, super excited.
I just have been wanting you onthis podcast forever and I said
you know what we?
Just now is a new year.
We have to get you on and I'dlove for you.
We're going to dive deep intoyour stories plural, because
there are many, and you do wearmany hats and you continue to
inspire women and men alike, Ishould say.
Shireen Botha (04:11):
Yes, absolutely.
You know, Lisa.
Tanya has been talking aboutyou quite often when we speak
about the guests that we want tohave on our show, so I've also
been looking forward to to haveyou a part of Friends from Wild
Places.
Lisa Meade Romero (04:27):
Now I feel fresher.
I'm just kidding.
I hope I live up to theexpectations Of course, of
course, we will exceed ourexpectations.
Shireen Botha (04:38):
Absolutely so, lisa.
Let's start off with thebeginning of our podcast.
We always do a little bit of anicebreaker for our listeners
and listeners.
You know that Tanya and I seemto be a little bit of crime
enthusiasts, but today we wantto talk about conspiracy
theories.
Yes, you heard right Conspiracytheories.
(04:59):
And listen.
As a South African watching theworld right now, it's quite
interesting to observe.
So before I continue thatconversation, let's get into the
interview with Sarah Adams.
(05:32):
Officer Sarah Adams sat downwith former Navy SEAL and agency
contractor Sean Ryan during thelatter's December 13, 2024,
episode of the Sean Ryan Show.
A thousand al-Qaeda trainedmilitants were in the USA and
were seemingly planning acoordinated attack on American
soil, something similar to theHamas attack on Israel in
October 2023.
(05:53):
When asked how certain she wasthat something would happen in
2025, sarah told Sean I'mcertain we'll either have the
embassy attacks in 2025 or thehomeland attack, or both.
Sarah Adams' comments came lessthan a month before
back-to-back attacks in the USAon New Year's Day 2025 in New
(06:15):
Orleans and Las Vegas, bothsuspected terror attacks.
Amid these, her interview hasnow gone viral with a whole lot
of conspiracy theories that havecome along with it.
So you know, as I was saying, asa south african sitting and
watching the world, you know,I'm sitting here and I'm
(06:38):
watching russia versus ukraine,and I'm watching Hamas versus
Israel, and now I think it'sIsrael versus Iraq, and then
there's the two worldlygovernments.
You know the two teams.
You're either going to be onthe NATO side or you're going to
be on the BRIC side.
What team you got to pick ateam?
(07:00):
You know, and I feel like thewhole world is in this nobody
make a false move.
Everyone stay really still,because if anyone does one bad
move, I feel like something'sgonna blow.
You know what that feelingfeels.
So now, seeing this, I think mybiggest question, ladies, is
(07:27):
what do you guys think?
Do you think that you knowSarah, what she says is actually
going to happen and transpirein 2025?
You know what are yourthinkings?
You know, I want to heareveryone's thoughts over this
whole thing.
You know, go ahead.
Lisa Meade Romero (07:48):
Lisa.
It's hard to be know.
Go ahead, lisa, of course, ofcourse.
So I obviously have a littlebit of a.
I have a background in lawenforcement, so I can probably
understand multiple sides this alittle bit better than the
general public.
I think that what Sarah has tosay is intriguing for several
reasons.
One is you cannot discountsomebody's experience in a world
(08:13):
that we don't understand right.
So in general, americans areblessed to live in a bubble.
We are so blessed that we tendto only look at what's going on
in our house, in ourneighborhood, in our state, in
our country, and we have beenwithout a lot of the strifes and
(08:35):
struggles that a lot of othercountries have had.
So somebody who has lived itbefore or is living it or has
been in that space, has a wealthof knowledge and understanding
that we really just can't evenframework in our normal life.
And I think that at times,whether it be the government or
(08:57):
people in general, we have ahard time admitting we're wrong.
We have a hard time admitting Idon't know everything, I don't
have all the answers, I haven'tfigured it all out yet, and
that's what makes everybody souneasy right now is, I think,
because of this information ageand the world has become so much
smaller in connection and it'seasier to get every place so
(09:23):
quickly that us not knowingeverything and the instantaneous
timeline that things can happenmakes for a lot of unease at
this point in society.
What's going on right now?
Tanya Scotece (09:58):
Interesting, interesting Tanya word exploit,
because that's probably not theexact word that I'm looking for,
but it's the closest one that Ican come up with at the moment
and it's almost like, as Lisasaid, you know, general public,
from wherever anyone sits, tohigh level people in certain
positions, there's definitely adisconnect of information, right
(10:20):
?
So sometimes when informationgets gets I don't want to maybe
use the word exploited, shared,disseminated, whatever word you
want to use, sometimes it's Iwant to know what.
The intention is Right, becauseintention is OK, creating mass
hysteria amongst people that areliving in a society that really
(10:43):
don't have the authority, theknowledge, the experience or the
education to do anything aboutit, and it creates a hysteria.
So I do question and I'm notthat familiar with her
personally, I have seen theinterview, I did dive a little
deep into her background and,with all due respect to her
education and experience andhistory, I guess my question is
(11:09):
why that platform and why inthat mode of delivery?
So I guess I'll leave it atthat.
Lisa Meade Romero (11:17):
Yeah, I think that she has reported in the
past to many different statedepartments in many different
countries and a lot of thefrustration is at times like
okay, I feel like I got somegood information and I want to
share it right with the peoplewho are the right people to take
(11:39):
action in such thing, and it'snot getting done maybe in the
fashion that she would havehandled it, like in her previous
career or in her previousstation.
And I think that what happens iswe're removed from September
11th, we're removed from apersonal connection to things.
So those people who had thatpersonal connection and really
(12:02):
had that fight, they have muchmore passion, or or they think
things should be going at afaster pace than maybe things
are going in their minds andmaybe things are going at a
faster pace and we're not privyright to all of it.
I think that that's part of ittoo.
Right, she can provide opensource information in an open
source format, but if it's beingactioned on in a classified
(12:25):
manner, we're not getting thatback.
So we're kind of in this likewhat's really going on?
Is anything really happening?
But it could be happening,we're just not allowed to know
about it right now right right I.
Tanya Scotece (12:38):
What do you think ?
Shireen Botha (12:40):
yeah, I, I, I love your points of views,
ladies, and I wanted to hearwhat you both had to say,
because see what each of yousaid something really
interesting and and so it kindof made me think, all right,
that that is a different way oflooking at it and as, again, as
(13:02):
a South African, I'm going well,finally, maybe these kind of
information, pieces ofinformation starting to slip
through the government's hands,because I feel like for such a
long time the government has hadsuch control over us, because
social media wasn't as big, youknow, media wasn't as big years
(13:26):
ago, and so they had thatcontrol over their people and
I'm talking about us as well,you know, governments in general
, over all countries.
They had somewhat control overtheir people and what they could
and could not listen to, andwhat gets leaked and what does
not get leaked, and so it isvery interesting and more and
(13:47):
more of this kind of informationis starting to get leaked, and,
granted, you can't believeeverything that you hear, but to
what extent?
If you're hearing a certainamount of different people from
different areas coming with thesame pieces of information and
(14:09):
you kind of go, okay, wait, youknow this is, this is quite
interesting you know.
So, yeah, I think.
Thank you, ladies.
I think it's a nice little chitchats.
Icebreaker.
Um, it is a very interestingchat and I think we could
actually continue because I havea lot to say about all these
(14:29):
different conspiracy theories,but I mean that could be an
entire podcast, honestly.
So let's leave it there andmove on to quote of the day.
Our amazing lisa has given avery special quote that she goes
by and it goes.
We are where we are by thechoices we have made or we have
(14:51):
allowed others to make for us.
By Linda Tupin if I get hername, is it Okay?
So I want to know, lisa, whatdoes that quote mean to you and
why?
Lisa Meade Romero (15:05):
Lisa.
What does that quote mean toyou and why?
Thanks, shereed.
So this is the quote that Iheard in my Mary Kay journey and
it made me go.
Oh, like.
It really made me look insidemyself and be like is that
really?
Is that true, right?
(15:26):
Am I where I am because of thechoices I have made or allowed
others to make for me?
And I think it resonates withme because, at the core of who I
am, I'm a freedom and choiceperson.
I love the fact that I have thefreedoms that I do and I love
the fact that I can choose whatI want to do when I live in such
a free country, what I want todo when I live in such a free
country.
That being said, it also makesme think are there choices I
(15:48):
could make?
But I don't feel like I havethe option to make and therefore
I'm allowing other people todetermine which direction I go.
So that old adage of not makinga decision is a decision unto
itself, right, right?
So sometimes it's like do we goto college because it's really
(16:09):
our choice?
There was a choice made for usbecause our parents were like oh
, this is your next step, you'regoing to go to college Right,
or your path in your career,whatever it is.
At times we might feel like,well, I can't go on that
vacation because of my financialsituation situation.
(16:32):
All of those small things arechoices that we're making in our
head.
Are we really putting thoughtand intention behind the choice?
Or are we just choosing thepath of least resistance and not
making a conscious choice?
Or are we making the choicethat's going to benefit other
people without actually takingour own needs or wants into
account?
So choice is like such a bigthing for me and that's one of
(16:53):
the things I like to talk aboutwith women a lot is there is no
balance.
Right, there's no life balance.
Just accept the fact there isno balance.
It resides in choice.
What you determine or what youdesign out of your life is just
a sum of your choices.
There is no illusion of balancethat you're we're trying to
(17:14):
attain right, right, that is sogood.
Shireen Botha (17:18):
That's so good and funny.
Tanya, you know I'm alwaystalking about I mean tanya and I
.
I read a book and we talk aboutit on the extra content
sometimes, where we read alittle excerpt out of it.
But you know, and what I tookout of the book was the quote
you get to decide, and it'salong those same lines where,
(17:39):
you know, the author speaksabout how so many of the
decisions we make are, um, verymuch been had other inputs being
put into it.
That's helped us make thedecision that we've made and
many times, for some people,they've allowed too much input
(18:02):
from other parties, whether itbe friends or family, pastors,
whoever and eventually realizing, hey, you know what I get to
decide, I get to decide.
There's no right or wronganswer.
I get to decide and it mightoffend some family members, but
at the end of the day, I'm onthis journey.
(18:22):
This is my piece of canvas.
I get to paint it with anycolor or however I want to paint
it, with any sort of paint Ilike, and there's no.
You know, every splash of paintis a part of the collage that
you're creating and it's really.
It's all you and, honestly,you're not wasting one moment in
(18:44):
any decision that you've made.
It's really all part of makingyou the person that you are
today.
So thank you, lisa.
I really appreciate that.
That's quite a good quote to goby.
So, lisa, can you give us alittle bit of a background of
who you are?
Lisa Meade Romero (19:03):
Oh, great question.
I always say I am who I am,like you get what you get.
I'm a very honest person upfront and my mission is really
just to add joy and add valuewherever I go.
And I think that's because attimes I haven't had that right
(19:30):
we all and now that I've comeinto my own, I want other people
to have that.
I want everybody in the worldto have their peace.
Whatever that is for you, right, whatever that is for you, I
want you to feel joy.
I want you to have peace, Iwant you to have meaningful
relationships.
I want you to feel good aboutyourself and if I can do
(19:56):
anything to help you on thatjourney, like I'm there and that
probably has come from just,I've always had more of that
servant heart.
That's just been my outlook mywhole life, you know, like as a
little kid, like, oh, I can helpwith that, you know, give me
(20:18):
something to do.
And it led to not only myteaching career, right, and then
into law enforcement, bothhelping other people and even in
my beauty business.
It's that adding value right Menoticing later in life that I
had lost a part of myself right,I had lost that feminine part
of myself and recognizing mystruggle.
(20:40):
That was the same for otherwomen like I'm.
I'm not comfortable putting onmakeup.
I don't want to look like acrazy YouTuber.
I, you know, don't want to belooking like I'm trying to be 12
when you know I'm 43.
All of those struggles are Idon't even really know how to
take care of my skin, like my,my mom God bless her.
(21:01):
She was, you know, a very young, or you know young, mom.
She didn't have those skillsLike hey, let me teach you how
to wash your face properly, letme teach you how.
None of those.
So I struggled with that mywhole life to realize those
small things, those smallself-care moments, add so much
to your self-worth, add so muchto your self-worth.
(21:24):
And if I can help a woman or aman or a teen have that
confidence, it can change acommunity.
It really can, right?
So when you change a mom, youchange the family.
When you change the family, youchange the neighborhood.
You can change the community.
Like everything is sointerconnected that that small
(21:44):
act of kindness makes adifference.
You know, like the things thatalways make me smile is like you
go in and out of Dunkin' Donutsor Starbucks or whatever it is,
and I will always hold the doorLike I don't care if you're
like halfway through the parkinglot, they're like trying to.
I'm like just wait, like it'scool, it's fine, like I'm here,
and then I smile because theyhold it for somebody else and
(22:08):
next person, like it's like atrickle of fact, and I'm like,
ah, like that's the one change Iaffected today.
Like all those people now havea smile on their face because
that didn't happen yesterdaymorning.
You know, like the door hit himin the face.
It's just like, ah, like peoplewant to be seen, they want to
know that they're valued.
Um, and we can do that in smallthings.
(22:31):
It doesn't take big things.
Shireen Botha (22:32):
So right, right, that's amazing, tanya and I.
You know, when tanya chattedabout you the other day, the one
question that I asked you andtanya, you can carry on after
this I just wanted to know fromyou what made you decide to go
out on your own instead ofremaining in the you know police
force or working for someoneelse.
(22:53):
You know you can still helppeople by that way.
So that's, you know what madeyou decide to go out on your own
as opposed to that?
Lisa Meade Romero (23:03):
Well, I think so.
I had my business and I was apolice officer for a long time,
for eight years.
Okay, yes, and I think that forme, mary Kay reminded me that I
was a woman, reminded me thatthere are happy people in the
world.
I can knock on somebody's doorand they have a smile.
I'm not bringing them the worstnews of their life, I'm not in
the middle of the crisis withthem, right, it was a whole
(23:25):
different side of the world whenI'm helping people feel
beautiful.
And when my long enforcementcareer ended right in its normal
course, I was just like I don'twant to let this go.
Like I, I, I don't need, Idon't need to work, I'm blessed,
I do not need to work, I do notneed to go out and make money.
(23:48):
I, you know I have a beautifulpension, but it's such a vehicle
for me to see people's liveschange that maybe it's like,
okay, it's a little bit selfish,right, like I love it and I
don't want to give it up.
Like I love to be part of thatjourney with people.
Um, you know, to have a womanin her seventies look in the
mirror and say I finally feelpretty.
I'm like, oh, like, oh, I wantyou to feel beautiful all the
(24:10):
time, like that's it's a gift,like it's a gift I get to give
but I get so much back out of it.
And now it's opened up thedoors to so many other things.
I think because I've grown inthe process.
It's opened up.
Now, what else?
Like how else?
How else can I add valueoutside of cosmetics, outside of
(24:31):
skincare, to make the worldbetter?
How else can I value?
Shireen Botha (24:52):
and then you were a police officer alongside that
.
How did you know that?
Okay, now I'm done here.
It's time you know.
The police, being a policeofficer, has come to a point
where it's over now and I justwant to focus on my business.
Lisa Meade Romero (25:01):
You know, yeah.
So I think that I knew goinginto my law enforcement career
that I my goal was to hit mypension mark and go To me.
It was a tool.
I love law enforcement.
It has changed a lot since I'vebeen in it, and not just
(25:22):
because society has changed, Imean, just people have changed.
Leadership styles change, andfor me in my law enforcement
career, there was no place Icould grow right.
There was no place.
Could I have advanced in rank?
Yes, could I have moved indifferent positions?
(25:42):
I've probably done a dozendifferent positions in the
police.
I could do all of those things.
However, that career no longerafforded me a vehicle to grow as
a person or to affect change inthe way that I wanted to affect
change.
Tanya Scotece (25:58):
Tune in next week for part two from Friends from
Wild Places.
Voiceover (26:03):
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with Shireen Botha.
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