June 5, 2025 • 14 mins
What if you treated your dreams like your child was in the hospital — and nothing could stop you from getting there?
In this powerful and soul-stirring episode of Glow Wild, we’re diving deep into what it really means to not give up. From the emotional grit it takes to stay in the game, to the science behind perseverance and motivation, this is your go-to pep talk for when quitting feels easier than continuing.
Host Nicole Gaitan shares a raw and real moment from her own morning workout — when her kids told her to quit — and how she turned it into a lesson in resilience. You'll also hear an unforgettable story from Ed Mylett that reframes how we treat our goals, plus research-backed tools you can use when the fire fades.
Whether you're rebuilding, launching, healing, or just barely hanging on — this episode is here to remind you:
You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to keep going.
💡 In This Episode, You'll Learn:
- Why failure is not the opposite of success — it’s a stepping stone to it
- What the “hospital story” from Ed Mylett teaches us about showing up, no matter what
- How to model resilience for your kids, friends, or inner circle
- The science behind grit and how it outperforms talent (Angela Duckworth's research)
- A powerful tool called Implementation Intentions — and how to use it to push through hard moments
- Why finishing what you start builds unshakable self-trust and momentum
🔥 Perfect For You If…
- You're struggling to stay motivated
- You've failed recently and wonder if it's time to give up
- You're chasing a dream or rebuilding after a setback
- You’re ready for a mindset reset that blends heart + science
- You need a motivational boost that sticks longer than your morning coffee
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Nicole and you're listening to Glow Wild.
Hey everyone, I'm Nicole and youare listening to Glow Wild.
This podcast is about overcomingtrauma, struggle, unhappiness,
(00:20):
or a rut you're in and findingthe will to move on and to find
joy again in your life.
So, Today I'm going to talkabout a very personal matter
that put me into essentially atailspin.
I was a miserable person and Iwas awful to other people and
(00:45):
awful to myself and I definitelyplayed the victim role way
better than I ever thought Iwould.
So what I want to share with youtoday is the story of my second
daughter, Parker's birth.
(01:05):
When I delivered, I had a bloodclot in my lung, which
essentially led, 15 hours later,to a postpartum hemorrhage.
When the procedure to attempt tostop the bleeding was performed,
I was left with an undetected,injury that went unrepaired and
(01:29):
unnoticed for weeks untilfinally I saw a specialist in
another state who told me thathe's never seen anything like
it.
I'm the worst case scenario forhim and went on to have 13
surgeries over the next threeyears.
(01:52):
That meant traveling across thecountry from Utah to New York to
the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota,having a hamstring removed as a
flap surgery, basicallyharvesting a muscle to help
repair the injury, as well as mycheek muscle removed to further
(02:16):
repair the injury.
Many of those reconstructionsfailed and I had to keep going
and keep going.
I also had to live with twodifferent ostomy bags, which if
you are wearing an ostomy bag,I'm sure you know it's not easy.
(02:36):
It's essentially when they pullyour intestines out into your
stomach and you're shitting intoa bag on your stomach.
So I'm a 35-year-old woman atthe time.
I mean...
What the fuck?
I didn't know what to do.
I didn't know who I was anymore.
(02:57):
It really taught me that myentire life, my identity had
been based on my gender or theability to be intimate with my
partner or to go to the bathroomlike a normal human.
And when those things are takenaway from you, you really feel
(03:19):
like you've lost yourself.
I remember crying and beingmiserable in the bathroom one
day.
And my husband told me, you needto get therapy.
I mean, you are not doing well.
And I looked at him and I said,but no one understands what I'm
(03:40):
going through.
This injury is so rare.
It rarely happens in the UnitedStates.
How could a therapist possiblyunderstand what I'm feeling?
I've suffered loss.
I've lost family members andgood friends.
But this isn't like that.
I feel like I am lost and I amnot myself.
(04:02):
And I don't understand howanyone could get that.
So I should have gone to therapyat the time.
I'm sure it would have helped.
But instead, I decided to wallowin my misery.
You know, it didn't work.
I was awful to myself.
(04:23):
I began drinking every nightafter my kids went to bed and
trying to numb the pain.
And I acted out.
I acted out on people who didn'tdeserve it.
And I can never really convey toany of them how sorry I am.
I was just so miserable andterrible.
(04:46):
inside my own head that entiretime.
But what happened when I camehome from my final surgery at
the Mayo Clinic, a month later,I found out that my
three-year-old daughter, Parker,who I had just had three years
before, was diagnosed with stagefour cancer.
(05:09):
And I can't tell you how or whyanother traumatic event so close
to my other traumatic injuryshifted my focus completely.
I suddenly realized I had tostop being a victim, that I had
(05:32):
to stand up and be strong.
I didn't want my daughter to bescared.
She had no idea what was goingon.
And I'll never forget being toldthat by the ER doctor that day,
who was also a mom, with tearsin her eyes, that this is going
to be a long road for you.
(05:55):
And I honestly, at that time,had no idea how hard that road
would be, but I also had no ideawhat a gift I had just been
given.
So, what my daughter's cancerdiagnosed taught me was that you
(06:18):
can't be a victim.
You have to stand strong andface every day with courage, and
you have to be open topositivity.
I mean, I couldn't cry all dayevery day like I want to do.
I had to do normal, fun thingswith my daughter.
(06:40):
When we were shipped to Utah, ona life flight for nine months to
spend that entire nine months,minute by minute, day by day,
sleeping in the same bed, justthe two of us.
Of course, we had visits from myhusband and my other daughter,
but she was in school and we hadto keep life as normal as we
(07:01):
could for our family, despiteall the challenges we had been
through.
So what I came away with fromall of this is that you cannot
play the victim despite thecircumstances you're in.
(07:22):
And I'm sure you've heard thisplenty of times.
You have to find a way to changeyour state of mind.
And for me, it took a stage fourcancer diagnosis of my youngest
daughter for me to learn that.
And I hope that none of you haveto learn that way.
But that was my wake-up callthat I've got to be strong.
(07:46):
I've got to take care of myself.
I've got to take care of mydaughter, my family.
And I've got to be a positiverole model for her and everyone
around me.
The second thing I learned was Icouldn't wallow in sadness and
just sit there on the couch dayafter day, zoning out or
(08:08):
watching movies, I had to movemy body.
To keep me from going insane,because we were always in a
hospital room or locked insidebecause we couldn't go places
with her weakened immune system,I subscribed to an online
(08:28):
community of fitness classes andI did one every single day.
And the third thing I did, whichI Those along with movement, but
I found a purpose from what Iwas going through.
I now wanted to support researchand funding for childhood cancer
(08:52):
research because it is widelyunderfunded, widely
unresearched, and I don't knowhow I came upon it, but I found
a team of for Sloan Ketteringthat you can apply to run the
New York City Marathon and raisemoney for cancer research.
I was invited, which blew mymind.
(09:16):
First of all, applying was likeout of the norm.
I hadn't run in about 20 years.
Second, I heard it's harder toget into than an Ivy League, so
I had no expectations.
And third, I realized I have tostart running and I've got to
start raising money.
if I want to do this thing.
I believe it took me about ayear to prep for that race, but
(09:39):
I did it.
I raised over$15,000 thanks toall of you and all of the people
that supported me along the way.
And now I'm an advocate forfunding for cancer research,
especially for children.
They are so innocent.
(09:59):
They don't deserve it.
I mean, no one deserves cancer,but to see your three-year-old
go through the insane treatmentsthey put them through, there has
to be a better way.
So let's recap.
First of all, I had to findstrength.
(10:20):
I had to get out of that rut andrealize I have to face every day
with courage.
I can't break down anymore.
And I have to be strong.
If you are struggling withsomething that you just don't
see a way out of, you've got tochange something in your daily
(10:40):
pattern.
You've got to do something thatscares you or reach out to a
friend.
Connection is really important.
Do something.
that reminds you you are loved,that you're strong, and that you
are capable of getting yourselfout of this rut.
(11:02):
The second takeaway is youshould move your body.
And it had to have tremendousimpact on my mindset and
identity at the time.
During my surgeries, I couldn'twork out.
I was...
unable to do anything.
(11:23):
And I became too depressed toeven take myself for a walk.
It was a miserable existence forquite a while.
And had Parker not beendiagnosed, I don't know that I
would have gotten out of it likeI did.
And third takeaway from today isto find a purpose higher than
you.
What do you love to do?
(11:45):
What lights you up?
What have you experienced inyour life that resonates with
you and makes you want to takeaction.
My purpose now is helping tobring awareness to childhood
cancer and the research and theterrible drugs they're using for
(12:08):
kids.
I mean, it's over the top.
Because children's cellsreproduce so quickly, they have
to use more intense treatmentthan adults.
The side effects are awful, andit's awful to watch your child
go through something like that.
So I found a voice and a purposein raising awareness for
(12:30):
childhood cancer.
And another terrible thinghappened to me the year I was
getting married.
I got a call from from my mom.
She kept calling over and overagain.
I was at a friend's.
We were visiting them inColorado.
And I was just like, come on,mom.
(12:52):
Like, what the hell?
Then I get on my email and I'vegot, call me, call me, call me.
And the final email said, callme.
Your grandfather shot himself.
So I was completely shocked.
And that put me in just such adark place to think, I'm getting
(13:15):
married that year.
He was supposed to be there.
My dad was picking him up on theway to our wedding and he ended
it.
And his note just said, I'msorry and I love you.
But it doesn't really answer anyquestions.
(13:36):
So suicide was another purpose Iwanted to bring awareness to and
that if you are struggling withsuicidal thoughts or you have
someone in your life whocommitted suicide, I'm here.
You can email me.
You can ask questions.
I will try to answer them foryou.
(13:57):
But know that there's supportand that you are better off here
because your purpose is yet tobe found if you're feeling that
way.
And I truly believe that.
So we've talked about whatshifted for me and what the
(14:17):
turning point was, and I had tomake a decision to either wallow
in all of my sadness like I hadfor three years or to stand up,
be courageous, and feel theweight but fight through it
anyway.
We've talked about what I did,how I did it, and how I kept
going through such a hard time.
(14:41):
So of course there were dayswhen I would feel completely
defeated and suddenly realizingif I kept waiting for my
circumstances to change, I wouldlose myself entirely.
So as I've kind of talked about,I had to make those changes in
my life and I hope that youlearn something today that will
(15:04):
change the way you look at yoursituation.
Here are some tools I want youto use that I used during this
time and I still use today.
They're repetitive becauseeveryone talks about this stuff,
but I am here to say as I amstill standing, despite
(15:30):
everything I've been through,they work, and if you put them
to work every day, you will seea difference.
Every single morning I wake upan hour before my kids at about
5.30 a.m.
just so I can have a cup ofcoffee and reflect on what I
(15:53):
want to get done for the day.
So I write down five goals forthe day.
Then I write down five bigdreams for my life, whatever it
is.
Like mine right now arerebuilding my home, having a
healthy lifestyle, safe family,having a beautiful landscaped
(16:14):
garden and yard, which we don'tcurrently have and can't afford.
But, you know, dream big.
And that helps me get into thegroove of the day.
And then I write down 10gratitudes.
Simple things like getting rest,going to bed early.
(16:36):
It felt really good last nightgoing to bed early.
Or this quiet time in themorning for me is so important.
My kids, obviously, my family,my parents, my brother.
Everything feels a little bitbetter when you're grateful for
it.
And then I write down 10 thingsI appreciate about myself.
(17:00):
Which coming from someone whohas always been at the butt of
my own jokes, I loveself-deprecation.
It's my shtick.
I have to think a little bitharder on these.
Like today, for example, I wrotedown my strength, my willingness
(17:20):
to put myself out here andtotally embarrassed the hell out
of myself on a podcast.
I mean, what do I know aboutpodcasting?
Absolutely nothing.
So I'm appreciating that I'mputting myself to the test.
And I am very grateful for mytalent in art.
It hasn't always been talent,but hard work.
(17:45):
And I appreciate that I havethat work ethic to get better
and better each day.
So I want to speak to any of youright now who are struggling
with And let you know thatyou're not alone.
I want you to do somethingdifferent today.
(18:06):
Just one little thing different.
Maybe write down one gratitude.
One thing you're grateful for.
Or think about what lit you upas a kid.
Or something like I did.
Running I used to love.
Then I loathed it.
I mean, hated it.
I had aches and pains and I...
(18:28):
just made up every excuse as towhy I couldn't run anymore.
But then I decided to run a damnmarathon and I did it and I did
it well.
So I want you to do one thingtoday that's out of your routine
and make it matter.
(18:48):
I want you to remember the coreof this podcast is not to fake
joy or pretend that you're happyuntil you make it.
I hate that, fake it till youmake it.
I want you to do the work.
(19:11):
We all have to do the work toget to the other side.
I don't want your kid's cancerdiagnosis or your own cancer
diagnosis or some other awfulloss to be the wake-up call that
you need like I did.
I want you to change your lifetoday and I know you can because
(19:35):
if I can do it, anyone can doit.
If you knew me years ago when Iwas going through those
surgeries, you probably wouldhave hated me.
I hated me.
I was a miserable victim.
But I can tell you on the otherside, I feel so much better.
(19:56):
I'm motivated.
I'm ready.
I am putting myself out there ina big way, which is so hard for
me.
I don't like being the center ofattention, and here I am talking
to you, acting like I knowsomething, but I can tell you
from experience, I have learneda lot.
So if you're listening andhurting, give yourself
(20:19):
permission to stand up justtoday, write down one thing
you're grateful for, call afriend, step outside into the
light, Joy is waiting for you,even if it feels completely
impossible right now.
I promise you, making that onelittle change today will start
(20:40):
to compound and you'll startdoing more things each day to
make you happy.
In the next episode, I'mactually going to have a guest,
so you won't have to listen tojust me.
And I'm going to be talking tosomeone super exciting and
knowledgeable.
And I don't want to spoil thesurprise yet, but it will be a
(21:03):
very heartfelt, deep connectionor full of connection.
And you will get so much out ofit.
Thank you so much.
(21:38):
I am going to work on gettingbetter every time.
I'm going to bring you as muchinformation as I can and help
you change baby step by babystep into a whole new you.
So come back, glow wild, andhave a great day.
Hi, I'm Nicole and you're listening to Glow Wild.
Hey everyone, I'm Nicole and youare listening to Glow Wild.
This podcast is about overcomingtrauma, struggle, unhappiness,
(00:20):
or a rut you're in and findingthe will to move on and to find
joy again in your life.
So, Today I'm going to talkabout a very personal matter
that put me into essentially atailspin.
I was a miserable person and Iwas awful to other people and
(00:45):
awful to myself and I definitelyplayed the victim role way
better than I ever thought Iwould.
So what I want to share with youtoday is the story of my second
daughter, Parker's birth.
(01:05):
When I delivered, I had a bloodclot in my lung, which
essentially led, 15 hours later,to a postpartum hemorrhage.
When the procedure to attempt tostop the bleeding was performed,
I was left with an undetected,injury that went unrepaired and
(01:29):
unnoticed for weeks untilfinally I saw a specialist in
another state who told me thathe's never seen anything like
it.
I'm the worst case scenario forhim and went on to have 13
surgeries over the next threeyears.
(01:52):
That meant traveling across thecountry from Utah to New York to
the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota,having a hamstring removed as a
flap surgery, basicallyharvesting a muscle to help
repair the injury, as well as mycheek muscle removed to further
(02:16):
repair the injury.
Many of those reconstructionsfailed and I had to keep going
and keep going.
I also had to live with twodifferent ostomy bags, which if
you are wearing an ostomy bag,I'm sure you know it's not easy.
(02:36):
It's essentially when they pullyour intestines out into your
stomach and you're shitting intoa bag on your stomach.
So I'm a 35-year-old woman atthe time.
I mean...
What the fuck?
I didn't know what to do.
I didn't know who I was anymore.
(02:57):
It really taught me that myentire life, my identity had
been based on my gender or theability to be intimate with my
partner or to go to the bathroomlike a normal human.
And when those things are takenaway from you, you really feel
(03:19):
like you've lost yourself.
I remember crying and beingmiserable in the bathroom one
day.
And my husband told me, you needto get therapy.
I mean, you are not doing well.
And I looked at him and I said,but no one understands what I'm
(03:40):
going through.
This injury is so rare.
It rarely happens in the UnitedStates.
How could a therapist possiblyunderstand what I'm feeling?
I've suffered loss.
I've lost family members andgood friends.
But this isn't like that.
I feel like I am lost and I amnot myself.
(04:02):
And I don't understand howanyone could get that.
So I should have gone to therapyat the time.
I'm sure it would have helped.
But instead, I decided to wallowin my misery.
You know, it didn't work.
I was awful to myself.
(04:23):
I began drinking every nightafter my kids went to bed and
trying to numb the pain.
And I acted out.
I acted out on people who didn'tdeserve it.
And I can never really convey toany of them how sorry I am.
I was just so miserable andterrible.
(04:46):
inside my own head that entiretime.
But what happened when I camehome from my final surgery at
the Mayo Clinic, a month later,I found out that my
three-year-old daughter, Parker,who I had just had three years
before, was diagnosed with stagefour cancer.
(05:09):
And I can't tell you how or whyanother traumatic event so close
to my other traumatic injuryshifted my focus completely.
I suddenly realized I had tostop being a victim, that I had
(05:32):
to stand up and be strong.
I didn't want my daughter to bescared.
She had no idea what was goingon.
And I'll never forget being toldthat by the ER doctor that day,
who was also a mom, with tearsin her eyes, that this is going
to be a long road for you.
(05:55):
And I honestly, at that time,had no idea how hard that road
would be, but I also had no ideawhat a gift I had just been
given.
So, what my daughter's cancerdiagnosed taught me was that you
(06:18):
can't be a victim.
You have to stand strong andface every day with courage, and
you have to be open topositivity.
I mean, I couldn't cry all dayevery day like I want to do.
I had to do normal, fun thingswith my daughter.
(06:40):
When we were shipped to Utah, ona life flight for nine months to
spend that entire nine months,minute by minute, day by day,
sleeping in the same bed, justthe two of us.
Of course, we had visits from myhusband and my other daughter,
but she was in school and we hadto keep life as normal as we
(07:01):
could for our family, despiteall the challenges we had been
through.
So what I came away with fromall of this is that you cannot
play the victim despite thecircumstances you're in.
(07:22):
And I'm sure you've heard thisplenty of times.
You have to find a way to changeyour state of mind.
And for me, it took a stage fourcancer diagnosis of my youngest
daughter for me to learn that.
And I hope that none of you haveto learn that way.
But that was my wake-up callthat I've got to be strong.
(07:46):
I've got to take care of myself.
I've got to take care of mydaughter, my family.
And I've got to be a positiverole model for her and everyone
around me.
The second thing I learned was Icouldn't wallow in sadness and
just sit there on the couch dayafter day, zoning out or
(08:08):
watching movies, I had to movemy body.
To keep me from going insane,because we were always in a
hospital room or locked insidebecause we couldn't go places
with her weakened immune system,I subscribed to an online
(08:28):
community of fitness classes andI did one every single day.
And the third thing I did, whichI Those along with movement, but
I found a purpose from what Iwas going through.
I now wanted to support researchand funding for childhood cancer
(08:52):
research because it is widelyunderfunded, widely
unresearched, and I don't knowhow I came upon it, but I found
a team of for Sloan Ketteringthat you can apply to run the
New York City Marathon and raisemoney for cancer research.
I was invited, which blew mymind.
(09:16):
First of all, applying was likeout of the norm.
I hadn't run in about 20 years.
Second, I heard it's harder toget into than an Ivy League, so
I had no expectations.
And third, I realized I have tostart running and I've got to
start raising money.
if I want to do this thing.
I believe it took me about ayear to prep for that race, but
(09:39):
I did it.
I raised over$15,000 thanks toall of you and all of the people
that supported me along the way.
And now I'm an advocate forfunding for cancer research,
especially for children.
They are so innocent.
(09:59):
They don't deserve it.
I mean, no one deserves cancer,but to see your three-year-old
go through the insane treatmentsthey put them through, there has
to be a better way.
So let's recap.
First of all, I had to findstrength.
(10:20):
I had to get out of that rut andrealize I have to face every day
with courage.
I can't break down anymore.
And I have to be strong.
If you are struggling withsomething that you just don't
see a way out of, you've got tochange something in your daily
(10:40):
pattern.
You've got to do something thatscares you or reach out to a
friend.
Connection is really important.
Do something.
that reminds you you are loved,that you're strong, and that you
are capable of getting yourselfout of this rut.
(11:02):
The second takeaway is youshould move your body.
And it had to have tremendousimpact on my mindset and
identity at the time.
During my surgeries, I couldn'twork out.
I was...
unable to do anything.
(11:23):
And I became too depressed toeven take myself for a walk.
It was a miserable existence forquite a while.
And had Parker not beendiagnosed, I don't know that I
would have gotten out of it likeI did.
And third takeaway from today isto find a purpose higher than
you.
What do you love to do?
(11:45):
What lights you up?
What have you experienced inyour life that resonates with
you and makes you want to takeaction.
My purpose now is helping tobring awareness to childhood
cancer and the research and theterrible drugs they're using for
(12:08):
kids.
I mean, it's over the top.
Because children's cellsreproduce so quickly, they have
to use more intense treatmentthan adults.
The side effects are awful, andit's awful to watch your child
go through something like that.
So I found a voice and a purposein raising awareness for
(12:30):
childhood cancer.
And another terrible thinghappened to me the year I was
getting married.
I got a call from from my mom.
She kept calling over and overagain.
I was at a friend's.
We were visiting them inColorado.
And I was just like, come on,mom.
(12:52):
Like, what the hell?
Then I get on my email and I'vegot, call me, call me, call me.
And the final email said, callme.
Your grandfather shot himself.
So I was completely shocked.
And that put me in just such adark place to think, I'm getting
(13:15):
married that year.
He was supposed to be there.
My dad was picking him up on theway to our wedding and he ended
it.
And his note just said, I'msorry and I love you.
But it doesn't really answer anyquestions.
(13:36):
So suicide was another purpose Iwanted to bring awareness to and
that if you are struggling withsuicidal thoughts or you have
someone in your life whocommitted suicide, I'm here.
You can email me.
You can ask questions.
I will try to answer them foryou.
(13:57):
But know that there's supportand that you are better off here
because your purpose is yet tobe found if you're feeling that
way.
And I truly believe that.
So we've talked about whatshifted for me and what the
(14:17):
turning point was, and I had tomake a decision to either wallow
in all of my sadness like I hadfor three years or to stand up,
be courageous, and feel theweight but fight through it
anyway.
We've talked about what I did,how I did it, and how I kept
going through such a hard time.
(14:41):
So of course there were dayswhen I would feel completely
defeated and suddenly realizingif I kept waiting for my
circumstances to change, I wouldlose myself entirely.
So as I've kind of talked about,I had to make those changes in
my life and I hope that youlearn something today that will
(15:04):
change the way you look at yoursituation.
Here are some tools I want youto use that I used during this
time and I still use today.
They're repetitive becauseeveryone talks about this stuff,
but I am here to say as I amstill standing, despite
(15:30):
everything I've been through,they work, and if you put them
to work every day, you will seea difference.
Every single morning I wake upan hour before my kids at about
5.30 a.m.
just so I can have a cup ofcoffee and reflect on what I
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want to get done for the day.
So I write down five goals forthe day.
Then I write down five bigdreams for my life, whatever it
is.
Like mine right now arerebuilding my home, having a
healthy lifestyle, safe family,having a beautiful landscaped
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garden and yard, which we don'tcurrently have and can't afford.
But, you know, dream big.
And that helps me get into thegroove of the day.
And then I write down 10gratitudes.
Simple things like getting rest,going to bed early.
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It felt really good last nightgoing to bed early.
Or this quiet time in themorning for me is so important.
My kids, obviously, my family,my parents, my brother.
Everything feels a little bitbetter when you're grateful for
it.
And then I write down 10 thingsI appreciate about myself.
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Which coming from someone whohas always been at the butt of
my own jokes, I loveself-deprecation.
It's my shtick.
I have to think a little bitharder on these.
Like today, for example, I wrotedown my strength, my willingness
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to put myself out here andtotally embarrassed the hell out
of myself on a podcast.
I mean, what do I know aboutpodcasting?
Absolutely nothing.
So I'm appreciating that I'mputting myself to the test.
And I am very grateful for mytalent in art.
It hasn't always been talent,but hard work.
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And I appreciate that I havethat work ethic to get better
and better each day.
So I want to speak to any of youright now who are struggling
with And let you know thatyou're not alone.
I want you to do somethingdifferent today.
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Just one little thing different.
Maybe write down one gratitude.
One thing you're grateful for.
Or think about what lit you upas a kid.
Or something like I did.
Running I used to love.
Then I loathed it.
I mean, hated it.
I had aches and pains and I...
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just made up every excuse as towhy I couldn't run anymore.
But then I decided to run a damnmarathon and I did it and I did
it well.
So I want you to do one thingtoday that's out of your routine
and make it matter.
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I want you to remember the coreof this podcast is not to fake
joy or pretend that you're happyuntil you make it.
I hate that, fake it till youmake it.
I want you to do the work.
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We all have to do the work toget to the other side.
I don't want your kid's cancerdiagnosis or your own cancer
diagnosis or some other awfulloss to be the wake-up call that
you need like I did.
I want you to change your lifetoday and I know you can because
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if I can do it, anyone can doit.
If you knew me years ago when Iwas going through those
surgeries, you probably wouldhave hated me.
I hated me.
I was a miserable victim.
But I can tell you on the otherside, I feel so much better.
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I'm motivated.
I'm ready.
I am putting myself out there ina big way, which is so hard for
me.
I don't like being the center ofattention, and here I am talking
to you, acting like I knowsomething, but I can tell you
from experience, I have learneda lot.
So if you're listening andhurting, give yourself
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permission to stand up justtoday, write down one thing
you're grateful for, call afriend, step outside into the
light, Joy is waiting for you,even if it feels completely
impossible right now.
I promise you, making that onelittle change today will start
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to compound and you'll startdoing more things each day to
make you happy.
In the next episode, I'mactually going to have a guest,
so you won't have to listen tojust me.
And I'm going to be talking tosomeone super exciting and
knowledgeable.
And I don't want to spoil thesurprise yet, but it will be a
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very heartfelt, deep connectionor full of connection.
And you will get so much out ofit.
Thank you so much.
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I am going to work on gettingbetter every time.
I'm going to bring you as muchinformation as I can and help
you change baby step by babystep into a whole new you.
So come back, glow wild, andhave a great day.
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