March 1, 2025 • 36 mins
Step into a heartfelt conversation with Jess Garay, a certified life coach and nurse who is passionate about the power of memories. Jess’s perspective is shaped by her decades-long experience in cancer care, where she witnessed firsthand how crucial it is to cherish every moment and connection in life.
Explore how the lessons learned through her medical career transitioned seamlessly into her life coaching practice, where she aims to guide individuals in prioritizing what truly matters. As she encourages self-reflection and embracing every opportunity, Jess emphasizes the importance of living intentionally to avoid regrets later in life.
The episode culminates in a discussion about her inspiring movement, One Chance, aimed at amplifying personal stories and memories through collective sharing. Tune in to discover how you can make the most of your one chance in life and why memories should never fade.
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Love & Light - Keep Hope Alive
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive.
Today I have Jessica Ray withus and she is a certified life
coach and we're going to bediving into her story.
So welcome to Keep Hope Alive.
I'm so excited to have you on.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm really looking forward tothis.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh, thank you.
Well, I just wanted to ask youone quick question before we get
started Now, out of the pastyear, how many weddings have you
been to?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Not too many.
All of our people are marriedand have children and living on
with their lives.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Well, let's pretend.
Then we got invited to go see awedding of a coworker let's
just pretend.
And we're going into theceremony part and over to the
right.
There is something we need tosign to let them know that we
were there.
What would we be signing?
A guest book?
(01:02):
Yes, perfect.
Now one of our biggest sponsorsis Life on Record and what they
do.
Instead of the guest book, theyactually have a rotary phone
that the guests will pick up andleave a voice message.
It could be for one minute,five minutes, 10 minutes, and
it's like congratulations, guys,we're so happy you're married,
(01:23):
or maybe it's a groom's going.
It's about time you put a ringon her finger, no matter what
the message, no matter even whatthe occasion, because this is
good for birthdays and corporateevents and family reunions.
It's the gift of voice andhearing the congratulations part
of it.
I mean.
I even used it for the footballteam and one of the kids broke
(01:45):
his leg and they left a message.
Now what they do?
Oh, really quick, I'm all overthe place today.
I had so much coffee.
They do have a QR code that youcan scan with your own mobile
device in case there was a longline for the phone to use it, so
you can do that before or afterthe event.
(02:05):
Now they'll burn all of thiseither on a 10 inch vinyl record
or it will be a.
I call it the boom box.
It's a little speaker that youcan have.
Their plans start at $99.
You get the phone number forone year.
You got to return the phone.
(02:25):
I know it's really pretty, butyou've got to return the phone.
To find out more information onLife on Record, visit them at
wwwlifeonrecordcom.
All right, so let's get started.
Who is Jess Garay?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I just want to start and say when I heard you share
about Life on Record, I was likeI want that, like I wish that I
had that 18 years ago when wegot married, but of course it
didn't exist.
But I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
You can use it for different occasions, so yeah,
definitely, and I always want topoint that out because a lot of
people will get it for weddings.
That's probably their biggestthing.
But like when I used it for thefootball injury, you know,
having all your teammates say Ihope you feel better, you know,
(03:16):
and let your leg heal up andyou're good football player,
that's priceless, you know,that's priceless.
So hearing that is veryimportant to people.
And then if it was a wedding, Ialways think like after one
year, just you're having thatcake, if it's still good or not,
but you can hit the playbackbutton or put the record on and
(03:39):
hear all those and you know, andjust you know kind of celebrate
with your husband or wife orwhatever you know, and enjoy
that time to hear all thosecongratulations and stuff.
So it is a neat concept.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I'm definitely all about the memories and I think
part of that stems from.
My story stems from so I am, asyou mentioned, a certified life
coach.
I'm also a registered nurse.
I've been a nurse for 17 yearsand the first 13 years I worked
in cancer care with cancerpatients and their families and
(04:16):
really quickly gained anappreciation for life and death
and everything in between.
And so when I think about thatconcept, I think about, and so
when I think about that concept,I think about you know, leaving
those memories for someone andhaving that forever.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
It's really really powerful and yeah, you see, even
with the podcast, I feel likeif I were ever to leave this
earth.
My kids have all these podcasts, they can watch their mom.
(04:49):
But but, yeah, I think it'simportant and, as a nurse, and
seeing people go through thecancer treatments, I mean, yeah,
some make it, some people don't, and it's got to be a very hard
job.
So, um, that's, that's a lot ofwork, you know, being a nurse,
and you're going to hear lateron I'm going to be talking about
nurses too.
So but, yeah, what got you inthat industry for nursing?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I always knew that I wanted to help people.
I didn't really know you knowhow some people have from the
time they're a little child Iwant to be a nurse when I grow
up.
I didn't have that, but I hadthis strong desire to help and
so I initially went into schoolfor psychology and I was
thinking I was going to be apsychologist.
And I got into school and Iloved it, but I was like I don't
(05:39):
know if I want to do this for10 years, to do this for 10
years.
And so I was like what elsecould I do that is helping
people that didn't have me inschool for 10 years.
And I was like I could just bea nurse.
And so I went to school fornursing and almost immediately
from from being in there, I waslike, oh, this is definitely it,
(06:02):
Like this was, this was thepath for me, and so that's what
started the journey was.
I just didn't want to go toschool for 10 years, but I knew
that I wanted to help.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Yeah, yeah, I always get around when I'm in for
procedures because I had a lotof stuff.
But I always tell them in mynext life, but I always tell
them in my next life I'm goingto be an anesthesiologist, I'm
going to go to school for that,because I mean it is a lot of
schooling, though I didn'trealize.
(06:33):
So when what was my?
Oh, oh, it was my stomach, yeah.
So when they were about to putme under, I was like so when
they were about to put me under,I was like, well, tell me about
your schooling.
And da-da-da-da-da-da, you know,how does this really work?
Are you just sitting with meand pumping it every second?
(06:53):
And they're like, yes, and Iwas like, oh, I thought it was
like one time you leave the roomand I'm just out, like taking
an Ambien or something I didn'tknow, they had to stay by your
side, like taking an Ambien orsomething I didn't know they had
to stay by your side.
So, but yeah, being a nurse andhelping others is great.
So, and then you probably madefriendships, you know, with the
(07:15):
people who were coming in andthey looked up to you.
So you probably got called yourtheir angel helping them.
Right, I did get that that.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I also had a colleague who used to call me
zen, because she's like nomatter what is happening, like
the worst situation could behappening, and you're just like
okay, let's do this and this andthis, um, so that has really
stuck with me through that, yeah, yeah, on that.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah, that really good, I am so proud to hear that
.
And then the life coaching.
Now, um, did you, I know for me, I took a course.
Did you take any courses?
I did.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
So I took a course in .
I started coaching in about2015, about 10 years ago, and in
2017, I took a certificationcourse.
Unfortunately, the schooldoesn't exist anymore, but it
was just a beautiful.
It was ran by two psychologists.
It was a beautiful andsupportive and fully immersive
experience and I'm so gratefulfor that experience and working
(08:22):
through that and getting acertification, that experience
and working through that andgetting a certification, and
that's really good.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
And my school.
They're no longer found either.
So I was like I wanted to seeif they had more horses.
And you know, life coaching, itdoes come right to us.
I'm picking up on you a littlebit too, but I know I'm an
empath.
People will come up to me andjust tell me their life story
and I was like, well, how dothey see that out of me, you
(08:56):
know?
So I was like, okay, I can dothis.
This is helping people, youknow so.
So the schooling, and then youfinished up and then that drove
you into the new world of doing,have you?
I guess my question is when youstarted after the schooling,
(09:21):
were you doing it on Zoom andmeeting people anywhere?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Okay, so, it was a combination.
So I have definitely donecoaching in person, but I find
that I can reach so many morepeople when I do it through Zoom
.
I can connect with people allover the world and I find that
people are comfortable sharingbecause they're in their
environment and so we can godeeper as opposed to meeting in
(09:49):
person.
I also, I guess about 10 yearsago, also moved into a rural
location and so I am kind of offof the beaten path and so it
makes more sense for efficiencyand, like I said, that deep
connection in order to do itover Zoom.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Well, that's really cool.
So you're at a smaller town,right?
Speaker 2 (10:15):
I'm right in the middle of two small towns out in
the country.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
See, that's where I'm moving to Oklahoma and it is
very compared to Texas, becauseI feel like we're getting
overpopulated.
And I remember it was a coupleof weeks ago, see, we had Toyota
come from California andbrought so many people from
California to Texas.
(10:40):
And then Kentucky Fried Chickenin Kentucky.
They bought a place in Plano,texas, for their headquarters
now.
So now it's like okay, we'vegot Kentucky people and now
we're going to have Californiaand there's so many diverse,
different, my mind is boggled.
So when I went to Shawnee tovisit last week, it was the
(11:05):
cutest small town whereeverybody knows everybody and I
just, I remember just soaking itin, even the drive, soaking it
in because I, when my son wasvery much younger, he would
always be in the car and therewas black cows and he called
them bears.
I go, no, no, honey, they'renot bears.
(11:26):
But now, every time I drive bythose cows I was like there's
the bears.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Yeah you remember that that's funny, that's cute.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah, but it's drive and it's very hilly.
Shawnee got hit by sometornadoes though, and um, the
damage on the trees are stillthere.
You could tell they picked upthe pieces and they got things
up and running again.
But I, you know, that'sprobably the one thing I get
(11:57):
I'll be scared of is thetornadoes.
So, and then people say, oh, Iget a cellar, I got a basement,
I'm like where, where?
You know, where do I go?
Speaker 2 (12:10):
like I hope they tell me I gotta find that out but
the good thing is that, becausethey experience that type of
weather, they are prepared forit, they know what to do if this
happens, and you'll learn thatonce you're there.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Yeah, definitely, and I guess the shopping is
different in smaller towns too.
So I'll share this with you.
This is how city I am.
Like you go to the grocerystore if you want meat, like you
just go up to the counter Ineed this, I need that.
(12:47):
Well, my stepmom took me to thebutcher and I was like, where
are we?
Like what is this?
And I was telling the guy I goit's my stepmom, she's getting
everything.
And he's like, okay, I was likewhy don't?
I was like she helped meunderstand.
(13:07):
Like they come here, it's asmall town, I get it.
So and it smelled really goodin there and I go, well, what's
the difference between Walmartand y'all?
And he told me and I can't stayon the podcast, but I was
laughing my head off and it justmade me think, okay, I need to
come to the butcher now, so, butit was definitely interesting
(13:33):
to be there and see that andeverything.
So, but I think it's fun.
I've been a photographer for 20years, so I was running around
Shawnee a few years back takingpictures and I got some really
good ones.
I even caught the fire engine,cut it out, but they knew I was
taking pictures, so they'rewaving and had the flag.
(13:56):
I was like that is one of mybest pictures, you know.
Amazing, amazing, yeah, butthat's cool, Okay.
So with the life coaching, whatsegments do you actually cover?
Is it like relationships,health, what else?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
So I help people with overwhelm, people pleasing,
setting boundaries, saying yesto more of what lights them up
and no to the things that don't,and for me, it's really
important that people understandthat we only have one
opportunity, we only have onechance to do this life, and so
spending it doing things thatdon't fuel us and fulfill us is
(14:38):
going to make for a really longlife, and I saw through working
with cancer patients, peoplewhose lives were cut too short,
and we worked with people allthe way from 18 to 100, any
adults and people who laid thereon their deathbed and had
regrets about the things thatthey wish they did differently
(14:59):
or the experiences that theywish.
They said yes to working toohard and not spending time with
the people they love, and so mywork really is to inspire people
to take advantage of everyopportunity and to make the most
of this life that's very good.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Good, yeah, because people, you know we get driven
away, you know, in differentpaths.
So, like I came back to visitmy son, I only came back what?
Friday?
No, it was no, it was Thursday,friday, saturday, and I'm
leaving tomorrow after churchand I take my son to football.
(15:43):
So, but spending time with himis so important.
Like I said, I know I'm packing, I'm doing this.
I have to say bye to friendstoo.
So he understands that.
The only person who didn'tunderstand that is my mother
today.
Well, why do you have to go andsay bye to them?
I was like they're my friends,I'm going to say bye.
(16:04):
I was just like when do I haveany other time to do that?
But those little things andmoving forward and having those
moments to spend it with my sonbefore I had to go back for a
full week at Oklahoma again andtry to get a job, it's just so
(16:24):
important.
And I told my son on a text.
He's still sleeping.
I said, listen, I have to gorun another errand, but I would
like to take you fishing anddon't think it's going to be
boring for me, because I justwant to sit outside in the sun
and beautiful weather we'rehaving right now and look at the
(16:45):
water and you do your thing.
I'm just going to chill out,you know so, but those times are
crucial and you've got to put.
I call it time management.
You know you've got to findtime to be with the people you
love and everything.
I know my dad.
I can't believe I'm saying this.
He's such a great man, but Ithink maybe I get my singing
(17:09):
from him in a weird way.
He's a doo-wop person and hewas sitting in his recliner and
just singing away as loud as hecould and I taped him because
that's a memory I wanted to lookback at.
You know, is my dad going do,do, do, do.
You know?
It's just the funniest thing tome, but it's those memories and
(17:30):
collecting it, just like yousaid, life on record those
memories are so important.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
So it reminds me of.
So I work in a different settingnow.
So I worked in cancer care inthe hospital for 13 years and
now I work in long-term carewith people with cognitive
impairments, alzheimer's,dementia, and so part of that
role is I'm the assistantdirector of care there for
nursing, and so part of thatrole is education, and so we
(17:58):
teach a course a colleague and Icalled gentle persuasive
approaches, and so part of thecurriculum is different videos
and things that they watch himbefore he had Alzheimer's,
before he developed theinability to communicate with
his family, and so it shares himgiving hugs and kisses to his
(18:30):
family, saying I love you, doinglike a little dance where he
like clicks his heels.
And it reminds me of thatbecause those memories whether
you know someone and I've done alot of reflecting on this
lately, about people who arestill alive in their physical
body but they don't have theirmental capacity, and I think
about you know, looking back onthose moments, we have 70
residents and quite a greatportion of them they're not the
(18:54):
people that they were before,and so when you look back at
those memories you can reallyrelate to them and think about
who they were before.
They're the people that theyare now and so watching that
evolution over time.
It's just like your kids growingup right Watching the cute
videos from when they werelittle and the funny things that
(19:14):
they said or did, and then,when they're older, looking back
on those memories and evensharing them with them.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
It's really fun.
You know, just like you, I wasan activity director for our
vets who had dementia andAlzheimer's.
But I had to do exercises withthem and everything we always
did after mealtime dancing.
They would have entertainment,but just to be there.
(19:44):
Everybody was different in thestages of it, but whether it was
art doing that, it was just sofun.
I'm best friends with the nursethere.
We were just hanging out lastnight.
But you know, if it wasn't forthat job and seeing and helping
(20:07):
people like that, I mean it'sappreciation, I love it.
You know, sadly it's been about10 years now since you know I
worked there but a lot of themhave gone to the other side.
But you know I will alwayscherish that memory, that work
in there and having fun and, youknow, helping them spend their
(20:32):
time with everything.
So, but when they it was dancetime.
Oh my, there was a guy whowould play Jambalaya Crawfish
Boil.
They all love that song.
But it got me listening to, likeHank Williams and everything,
and I truly like.
(20:52):
When I play that kind of musicon my record player, I'm just
like those were the best timesplayer, I'm just like those were
the best times.
So all right, so the journey ofhelping.
So, even online, you know whatI guess you know for my podcast,
(21:16):
I will always view who in theworld.
Who in the world is watching myshow.
But I have Australia, I haveEngland and it was just Asia.
I was like, wow, okay, so I'mout there.
Are you helping anybody overthere as well?
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Not currently.
So currently my clients areCanada and the US, but I have
historically, I've had a clientin Australia, I've had a client
from England.
So, yeah, it's really nice tohave that global impact and to
be able to help and supportpeople all over the world, and
if not for the power of theinternet and Zoom and all the
(21:54):
technology, like we, wouldn'thave the opportunity to do that.
And it's really amazing to hearhow people live differently in
different areas of the world andthe cultural differences and
just the lens through whichother countries see the world
that we see very differently.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Yep, yep, I enjoy talking to you.
Me too.
I was like through the lens,okay, I used to say that, you
know, as I did photography.
So, yeah, you differently seethings differently.
So, oh my goodness, okay, well,I got to jump into another
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(22:38):
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It helps me for sleep too.
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It doesn't hurt, you know, letthem, but pray harder for them
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I I'm having so much fun.
I have all these questions andI know I can't just overwhelm
you with questions right now.
So, like, if people want tofind you and everything, what
socials?
What's the best way to reachyou?
Speaker 2 (25:46):
So best place to reach me on social is Facebook.
I hang out there most often,though in the last week or so
I've started to develop aLinkedIn presence, so I am
slowly building over there.
So if there's any LinkedInpeople I would love to connect,
and the other best places on mywebsite jessgarycom,
(26:07):
j-e-s-s-g-a-r-a-ycom, and thereare links to all the places
where they can find me.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Oh, wow, okay, that's perfect, that's perfect.
So let me just ask so I thinkwe talked about books and that
is in the future process, andthen do you do any podcasts or
anything else?
Speaker 2 (26:33):
So, when you talked before about having a podcast
and having something living onthe internet forever that your
kids can listen to, that reallyresonates for me.
I did have a podcast and havingsomething living on the
internet forever that your kidscan listen to, that really
resonates for me.
I did have a podcast,previously called the fireside
podcast, and I co-hosted it withanother beautiful coach,
miranda, and we did that for I'mtrying to think it was
(26:53):
definitely a couple of years.
There's about 60 episodesrecorded and released there, and
so I think about that livingthere forever and I think about
the topics and the things thatwe dove into and just that that
has the power of impactingpeople for a long, long time.
And so I do have a podcast.
We don't currently record, butit does still live on Apple and
(27:19):
all the other platforms, Spotify, all the places.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
That is so good and it makes you feel good knowing
that's out there and everything.
Well, what was it?
Two years ago, when they werejust saying AI is going to take
over and being a marketingperson, I was like, well, why
are people kind of scared of AI?
(27:42):
I mean, I just finished up acourse to learn some of the
applications and you know whatit looks good on a resume.
Some people don't even want tohandle that or do that.
But what was it?
I was noticing Gemini, or Iforgot the name, but they're
little robot people now thatbasically take the spot of what
(28:08):
like call center work, marketing, social media, and I was like,
well, what is government gonnado?
Just pay me to travel and relax.
It's gonna be a little bitharder.
If people don't buy into therobots that do that, then we
still have a chance to find jobslike that, you know.
(28:29):
So, but definitely with thosechanges and everything, and okay
, so book podcast, I'm trying tothink you're going to have to
talk me into LinkedIn and I justyou know that is I did Linktree
.
I have some episodes there thatyou know.
(28:50):
I don't know I love it, but Iwas just like I can do the same
thing.
You know I was just like.
I can do the same thing, youknow, through my own website.
Somebody will tell me hey, Ihad a problem.
Somebody you know passed.
I'm having a lot of grief.
I go oh, I interviewed this oneperson.
You've got to listen to theirstory and it's an easy exchange.
(29:13):
You know so.
But definitely so.
Any future goals for you for 25, going into 26?
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Yeah, so one big project that I've taken on in
2025 so far, and will besomething that goes on for a
long time, is I've created amovement called One Chance, and
so One Chance is all aboutliving your one life and sharing
your message with the world,whatever that message may be
whether it's a big message, asmall message and so originally,
(29:45):
the idea with it was to havepeople submit audio and I would
compile it together into apodcast and do interviews and be
able to amplify voices in thatway, and what I discovered is
that people express themselvesdifferently.
People express themselvesthrough writing, through
speaking, through video, throughpictures, and so I created the
(30:06):
movement.
So phase one was me sharing mystory, and it's just a two
minute audio clip about being acancer nurse and about why we
need to live this, this one life.
Phase two is about collectingpeople's stories.
So I'm in phase two nowcollecting people's stories, and
phase three will be aboutsharing those stories.
So depending on the type offormat that people submit in
(30:30):
will create the shape for how Irelease those stories, but
that's something that I'm reallyexcited about in 2025 is
gathering people's messages andbeing able to amplify their
voices, because everybody hassuch a powerful story to tell,
and that's why I love so muchthat you do this podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Oh well, thank you.
I was like we need tocollaborate here.
You know, I'll help put thosestories onto here, you know, and
help push it along.
So that is very interesting.
Like I told you, I got done mybook.
So if I wanted to share a story, it has to be a small, like two
(31:10):
minute thing segment, or it canbe as long as you wish.
Oh, okay, I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
I can send you the submission form.
So also for people who arelistening, if people want to get
involved, I am thrilled toshare anyone's story, and so
they can do that through mywebsite.
If you scroll down to thebottom, there's an image that
says one chance and it'll takeyou to the audio, and then it
gives a post and moreinformation of how people can
get involved.
But essentially it's just asubmission form, so you just
(31:44):
your attach, whatever you wantto attach, and then I'll keep
them safe and release them in apowerful way, so that people can
hear your voice too.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Yay, I like that and I like that.
You said keep it safe.
I'm so old school, like whenguests want to be on the show,
it comes in a form.
So you think, okay, great, it'son this website already
documented.
No, I take it, I build a folderon desktop, I get into Word, I
(32:19):
copy everything there because Ialways want to have okay, this
is what I created in Canva, thisis the soundbite, this is the
short, this is where it goes.
Then it's going to go to myhard drive because I never want
to lose it, and you know ithasn't happened yet, but I'm
waiting for the day because, asa photographer, I hear it all
(32:41):
the time.
I lost my video.
Can you send that to me?
And I'm going to be like yep, Igot it, it's coming your way.
You know I don't want to haveanything, but I was like my
friend goes to why do you createmore work?
And I was like because it alsohelps me learn about the person
(33:02):
I'm interviewing and that's whatit's about.
You know, who am I working with, you know?
And then taking the informationfrom the bio, like making the
podcast cover.
It's called One Chance.
That I did for you.
So, but definitely.
It's just I didn't let mycreative soul come out and built
(33:23):
that.
So it's all ready to go becauseeverybody is important.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
Absolutely.
I've recently started, andmaybe this is helpful for you
too.
I've recently started puttingeverything into Asana.
Have you heard of Asana?
No, okay, so most people haveheard of Trello, but I don't
know if Asana is as popular.
But basically it's a projectmanagement tool, and so you can
create like a different card foreach person, and so then you
(33:51):
could put all of yourattachments, all of your links
to your Google Drive, everythingin one spot.
So then, if you're looking forsomeone's interview, you can
just type in the keyword and youcan pull up all the files
related to that.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Cool, I'm just gonna check that out.
I find that there's so manydifferent things and I'm like,
oh, I need this and that and Iwant to learn how to do this.
And then I'll find myself onYouTube and I want to study more
and more, like the platformthat I use Buzzsprout and
(34:26):
Podpage.
Wow, there's so much I canlearn each time and I was like
what would benefit the show?
How do you make it so muchstronger?
You know, how can you make thelisteners enjoy?
So those are the fun things.
You know that I do so and haveall that.
(34:47):
But oh my gosh, I've had somuch fun talking to you today
and I want to bring you backnext year and see how One Chance
is going.
And definitely, guys, there isa brand new Facebook VIP page
that you can go to and learnwhat our interview people have
(35:09):
as specials.
So it could be a class.
It could be.
Their book is on sale.
It could be like a guestspeaking arrangement.
So you've got to look up KeepHope Alive VIP membership and
join.
To find anything on any of ourinterviews, you can go to
(35:29):
wwwkeephopealivepodcastcom.
You can also leave us a message, which is really cool.
To the upper right, there is alittle button.
So if you wanted to leave Jessa message and say, great show, I
have ABC question, I will getit to her and she will reply.
And then what else?
If you would like to be a guest, there's a guest intake form.
(35:51):
But wherever you find yourpodcast, you're going to be able
to find Keep Hope Alive, and Ihope I covered everything with
you.
Did I get all that in for you?
Speaker 2 (36:02):
I think so that was really.
It's really nice to be able tocollaborate in this way and I
look forward to collaboratingmore in the future through One
Chance and also otheropportunities that come up.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Yes, definitely, and I do want to talk to you a
little bit more about One Chance, because I think that is a
great, great platform.
So, all right, guys.
Well, until our next show, andI thank you once again for being
on the show.
Until our next one, love andlight.
Bye, guys.
Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive.
Today I have Jessica Ray withus and she is a certified life
coach and we're going to bediving into her story.
So welcome to Keep Hope Alive.
I'm so excited to have you on.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm really looking forward tothis.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh, thank you.
Well, I just wanted to ask youone quick question before we get
started Now, out of the pastyear, how many weddings have you
been to?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Not too many.
All of our people are marriedand have children and living on
with their lives.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Well, let's pretend.
Then we got invited to go see awedding of a coworker let's
just pretend.
And we're going into theceremony part and over to the
right.
There is something we need tosign to let them know that we
were there.
What would we be signing?
A guest book?
(01:02):
Yes, perfect.
Now one of our biggest sponsorsis Life on Record and what they
do.
Instead of the guest book, theyactually have a rotary phone
that the guests will pick up andleave a voice message.
It could be for one minute,five minutes, 10 minutes, and
it's like congratulations, guys,we're so happy you're married,
(01:23):
or maybe it's a groom's going.
It's about time you put a ringon her finger, no matter what
the message, no matter even whatthe occasion, because this is
good for birthdays and corporateevents and family reunions.
It's the gift of voice andhearing the congratulations part
of it.
I mean.
I even used it for the footballteam and one of the kids broke
(01:45):
his leg and they left a message.
Now what they do?
Oh, really quick, I'm all overthe place today.
I had so much coffee.
They do have a QR code that youcan scan with your own mobile
device in case there was a longline for the phone to use it, so
you can do that before or afterthe event.
(02:05):
Now they'll burn all of thiseither on a 10 inch vinyl record
or it will be a.
I call it the boom box.
It's a little speaker that youcan have.
Their plans start at $99.
You get the phone number forone year.
You got to return the phone.
(02:25):
I know it's really pretty, butyou've got to return the phone.
To find out more information onLife on Record, visit them at
wwwlifeonrecordcom.
All right, so let's get started.
Who is Jess Garay?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I just want to start and say when I heard you share
about Life on Record, I was likeI want that, like I wish that I
had that 18 years ago when wegot married, but of course it
didn't exist.
But I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
You can use it for different occasions, so yeah,
definitely, and I always want topoint that out because a lot of
people will get it for weddings.
That's probably their biggestthing.
But like when I used it for thefootball injury, you know,
having all your teammates say Ihope you feel better, you know,
(03:16):
and let your leg heal up andyou're good football player,
that's priceless, you know,that's priceless.
So hearing that is veryimportant to people.
And then if it was a wedding, Ialways think like after one
year, just you're having thatcake, if it's still good or not,
but you can hit the playbackbutton or put the record on and
(03:39):
hear all those and you know, andjust you know kind of celebrate
with your husband or wife orwhatever you know, and enjoy
that time to hear all thosecongratulations and stuff.
So it is a neat concept.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I'm definitely all about the memories and I think
part of that stems from.
My story stems from so I am, asyou mentioned, a certified life
coach.
I'm also a registered nurse.
I've been a nurse for 17 yearsand the first 13 years I worked
in cancer care with cancerpatients and their families and
(04:16):
really quickly gained anappreciation for life and death
and everything in between.
And so when I think about thatconcept, I think about, and so
when I think about that concept,I think about you know, leaving
those memories for someone andhaving that forever.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
It's really really powerful and yeah, you see, even
with the podcast, I feel likeif I were ever to leave this
earth.
My kids have all these podcasts, they can watch their mom.
(04:49):
But but, yeah, I think it'simportant and, as a nurse, and
seeing people go through thecancer treatments, I mean, yeah,
some make it, some people don't, and it's got to be a very hard
job.
So, um, that's, that's a lot ofwork, you know, being a nurse,
and you're going to hear lateron I'm going to be talking about
nurses too.
So but, yeah, what got you inthat industry for nursing?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I always knew that I wanted to help people.
I didn't really know you knowhow some people have from the
time they're a little child Iwant to be a nurse when I grow
up.
I didn't have that, but I hadthis strong desire to help and
so I initially went into schoolfor psychology and I was
thinking I was going to be apsychologist.
And I got into school and Iloved it, but I was like I don't
(05:39):
know if I want to do this for10 years, to do this for 10
years.
And so I was like what elsecould I do that is helping
people that didn't have me inschool for 10 years.
And I was like I could just bea nurse.
And so I went to school fornursing and almost immediately
from from being in there, I waslike, oh, this is definitely it,
(06:02):
Like this was, this was thepath for me, and so that's what
started the journey was.
I just didn't want to go toschool for 10 years, but I knew
that I wanted to help.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Yeah, yeah, I always get around when I'm in for
procedures because I had a lotof stuff.
But I always tell them in mynext life, but I always tell
them in my next life I'm goingto be an anesthesiologist, I'm
going to go to school for that,because I mean it is a lot of
schooling, though I didn'trealize.
(06:33):
So when what was my?
Oh, oh, it was my stomach, yeah.
So when they were about to putme under, I was like so when
they were about to put me under,I was like, well, tell me about
your schooling.
And da-da-da-da-da-da, you know,how does this really work?
Are you just sitting with meand pumping it every second?
(06:53):
And they're like, yes, and Iwas like, oh, I thought it was
like one time you leave the roomand I'm just out, like taking
an Ambien or something I didn'tknow, they had to stay by your
side, like taking an Ambien orsomething I didn't know they had
to stay by your side.
So, but yeah, being a nurse andhelping others is great.
So, and then you probably madefriendships, you know, with the
(07:15):
people who were coming in andthey looked up to you.
So you probably got called yourtheir angel helping them.
Right, I did get that that.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I also had a colleague who used to call me
zen, because she's like nomatter what is happening, like
the worst situation could behappening, and you're just like
okay, let's do this and this andthis, um, so that has really
stuck with me through that, yeah, yeah, on that.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah, that really good, I am so proud to hear that
.
And then the life coaching.
Now, um, did you, I know for me, I took a course.
Did you take any courses?
I did.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
So I took a course in .
I started coaching in about2015, about 10 years ago, and in
2017, I took a certificationcourse.
Unfortunately, the schooldoesn't exist anymore, but it
was just a beautiful.
It was ran by two psychologists.
It was a beautiful andsupportive and fully immersive
experience and I'm so gratefulfor that experience and working
(08:22):
through that and getting acertification, that experience
and working through that andgetting a certification, and
that's really good.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
And my school.
They're no longer found either.
So I was like I wanted to seeif they had more horses.
And you know, life coaching, itdoes come right to us.
I'm picking up on you a littlebit too, but I know I'm an
empath.
People will come up to me andjust tell me their life story
and I was like, well, how dothey see that out of me, you
(08:56):
know?
So I was like, okay, I can dothis.
This is helping people, youknow so.
So the schooling, and then youfinished up and then that drove
you into the new world of doing,have you?
I guess my question is when youstarted after the schooling,
(09:21):
were you doing it on Zoom andmeeting people anywhere?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Okay, so, it was a combination.
So I have definitely donecoaching in person, but I find
that I can reach so many morepeople when I do it through Zoom
.
I can connect with people allover the world and I find that
people are comfortable sharingbecause they're in their
environment and so we can godeeper as opposed to meeting in
(09:49):
person.
I also, I guess about 10 yearsago, also moved into a rural
location and so I am kind of offof the beaten path and so it
makes more sense for efficiencyand, like I said, that deep
connection in order to do itover Zoom.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Well, that's really cool.
So you're at a smaller town,right?
Speaker 2 (10:15):
I'm right in the middle of two small towns out in
the country.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
See, that's where I'm moving to Oklahoma and it is
very compared to Texas, becauseI feel like we're getting
overpopulated.
And I remember it was a coupleof weeks ago, see, we had Toyota
come from California andbrought so many people from
California to Texas.
(10:40):
And then Kentucky Fried Chickenin Kentucky.
They bought a place in Plano,texas, for their headquarters
now.
So now it's like okay, we'vegot Kentucky people and now
we're going to have Californiaand there's so many diverse,
different, my mind is boggled.
So when I went to Shawnee tovisit last week, it was the
(11:05):
cutest small town whereeverybody knows everybody and I
just, I remember just soaking itin, even the drive, soaking it
in because I, when my son wasvery much younger, he would
always be in the car and therewas black cows and he called
them bears.
I go, no, no, honey, they'renot bears.
(11:26):
But now, every time I drive bythose cows I was like there's
the bears.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Yeah you remember that that's funny, that's cute.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah, but it's drive and it's very hilly.
Shawnee got hit by sometornadoes though, and um, the
damage on the trees are stillthere.
You could tell they picked upthe pieces and they got things
up and running again.
But I, you know, that'sprobably the one thing I get
(11:57):
I'll be scared of is thetornadoes.
So, and then people say, oh, Iget a cellar, I got a basement,
I'm like where, where?
You know, where do I go?
Speaker 2 (12:10):
like I hope they tell me I gotta find that out but
the good thing is that, becausethey experience that type of
weather, they are prepared forit, they know what to do if this
happens, and you'll learn thatonce you're there.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Yeah, definitely, and I guess the shopping is
different in smaller towns too.
So I'll share this with you.
This is how city I am.
Like you go to the grocerystore if you want meat, like you
just go up to the counter Ineed this, I need that.
(12:47):
Well, my stepmom took me to thebutcher and I was like, where
are we?
Like what is this?
And I was telling the guy I goit's my stepmom, she's getting
everything.
And he's like, okay, I was likewhy don't?
I was like she helped meunderstand.
(13:07):
Like they come here, it's asmall town, I get it.
So and it smelled really goodin there and I go, well, what's
the difference between Walmartand y'all?
And he told me and I can't stayon the podcast, but I was
laughing my head off and it justmade me think, okay, I need to
come to the butcher now, so, butit was definitely interesting
(13:33):
to be there and see that andeverything.
So, but I think it's fun.
I've been a photographer for 20years, so I was running around
Shawnee a few years back takingpictures and I got some really
good ones.
I even caught the fire engine,cut it out, but they knew I was
taking pictures, so they'rewaving and had the flag.
(13:56):
I was like that is one of mybest pictures, you know.
Amazing, amazing, yeah, butthat's cool, Okay.
So with the life coaching, whatsegments do you actually cover?
Is it like relationships,health, what else?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
So I help people with overwhelm, people pleasing,
setting boundaries, saying yesto more of what lights them up
and no to the things that don't,and for me, it's really
important that people understandthat we only have one
opportunity, we only have onechance to do this life, and so
spending it doing things thatdon't fuel us and fulfill us is
(14:38):
going to make for a really longlife, and I saw through working
with cancer patients, peoplewhose lives were cut too short,
and we worked with people allthe way from 18 to 100, any
adults and people who laid thereon their deathbed and had
regrets about the things thatthey wish they did differently
(14:59):
or the experiences that theywish.
They said yes to working toohard and not spending time with
the people they love, and so mywork really is to inspire people
to take advantage of everyopportunity and to make the most
of this life that's very good.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Good, yeah, because people, you know we get driven
away, you know, in differentpaths.
So, like I came back to visitmy son, I only came back what?
Friday?
No, it was no, it was Thursday,friday, saturday, and I'm
leaving tomorrow after churchand I take my son to football.
(15:43):
So, but spending time with himis so important.
Like I said, I know I'm packing, I'm doing this.
I have to say bye to friendstoo.
So he understands that.
The only person who didn'tunderstand that is my mother
today.
Well, why do you have to go andsay bye to them?
I was like they're my friends,I'm going to say bye.
(16:04):
I was just like when do I haveany other time to do that?
But those little things andmoving forward and having those
moments to spend it with my sonbefore I had to go back for a
full week at Oklahoma again andtry to get a job, it's just so
(16:24):
important.
And I told my son on a text.
He's still sleeping.
I said, listen, I have to gorun another errand, but I would
like to take you fishing anddon't think it's going to be
boring for me, because I justwant to sit outside in the sun
and beautiful weather we'rehaving right now and look at the
(16:45):
water and you do your thing.
I'm just going to chill out,you know so, but those times are
crucial and you've got to put.
I call it time management.
You know you've got to findtime to be with the people you
love and everything.
I know my dad.
I can't believe I'm saying this.
He's such a great man, but Ithink maybe I get my singing
(17:09):
from him in a weird way.
He's a doo-wop person and hewas sitting in his recliner and
just singing away as loud as hecould and I taped him because
that's a memory I wanted to lookback at.
You know, is my dad going do,do, do, do.
You know?
It's just the funniest thing tome, but it's those memories and
(17:30):
collecting it, just like yousaid, life on record those
memories are so important.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
So it reminds me of.
So I work in a different settingnow.
So I worked in cancer care inthe hospital for 13 years and
now I work in long-term carewith people with cognitive
impairments, alzheimer's,dementia, and so part of that
role is I'm the assistantdirector of care there for
nursing, and so part of thatrole is education, and so we
(17:58):
teach a course a colleague and Icalled gentle persuasive
approaches, and so part of thecurriculum is different videos
and things that they watch himbefore he had Alzheimer's,
before he developed theinability to communicate with
his family, and so it shares himgiving hugs and kisses to his
(18:30):
family, saying I love you, doinglike a little dance where he
like clicks his heels.
And it reminds me of thatbecause those memories whether
you know someone and I've done alot of reflecting on this
lately, about people who arestill alive in their physical
body but they don't have theirmental capacity, and I think
about you know, looking back onthose moments, we have 70
residents and quite a greatportion of them they're not the
(18:54):
people that they were before,and so when you look back at
those memories you can reallyrelate to them and think about
who they were before.
They're the people that theyare now and so watching that
evolution over time.
It's just like your kids growingup right Watching the cute
videos from when they werelittle and the funny things that
(19:14):
they said or did, and then,when they're older, looking back
on those memories and evensharing them with them.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
It's really fun.
You know, just like you, I wasan activity director for our
vets who had dementia andAlzheimer's.
But I had to do exercises withthem and everything we always
did after mealtime dancing.
They would have entertainment,but just to be there.
(19:44):
Everybody was different in thestages of it, but whether it was
art doing that, it was just sofun.
I'm best friends with the nursethere.
We were just hanging out lastnight.
But you know, if it wasn't forthat job and seeing and helping
(20:07):
people like that, I mean it'sappreciation, I love it.
You know, sadly it's been about10 years now since you know I
worked there but a lot of themhave gone to the other side.
But you know I will alwayscherish that memory, that work
in there and having fun and, youknow, helping them spend their
(20:32):
time with everything.
So, but when they it was dancetime.
Oh my, there was a guy whowould play Jambalaya Crawfish
Boil.
They all love that song.
But it got me listening to, likeHank Williams and everything,
and I truly like.
(20:52):
When I play that kind of musicon my record player, I'm just
like those were the best timesplayer, I'm just like those were
the best times.
So all right, so the journey ofhelping.
So, even online, you know whatI guess you know for my podcast,
(21:16):
I will always view who in theworld.
Who in the world is watching myshow.
But I have Australia, I haveEngland and it was just Asia.
I was like, wow, okay, so I'mout there.
Are you helping anybody overthere as well?
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Not currently.
So currently my clients areCanada and the US, but I have
historically, I've had a clientin Australia, I've had a client
from England.
So, yeah, it's really nice tohave that global impact and to
be able to help and supportpeople all over the world, and
if not for the power of theinternet and Zoom and all the
(21:54):
technology, like we, wouldn'thave the opportunity to do that.
And it's really amazing to hearhow people live differently in
different areas of the world andthe cultural differences and
just the lens through whichother countries see the world
that we see very differently.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Yep, yep, I enjoy talking to you.
Me too.
I was like through the lens,okay, I used to say that, you
know, as I did photography.
So, yeah, you differently seethings differently.
So, oh my goodness, okay, well,I got to jump into another
commercial from one of oursponsors, snapvans, which are
(22:38):
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of course, my Pandora braceletis going to block it a little
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It helps me for sleep too.
(22:59):
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I always say a little prayer,but they have all different
mantra words Like mine says hope, but there's peace and love and
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They come in all differentcolors.
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(23:20):
I always pray for the nurses,because I have the worst veins
in the world.
I get stick almost six to eighttimes until they find a vein.
So I'm always praying for thenurses to find my vein and I'll
just thump it and let it do itsthing.
It does help me with theanxiety part and it helps me
(23:43):
focus, like it redirects myfocus on.
It doesn't hurt, you know, letthem, but pray harder for them
because you know I don't liketelling people I'm a hard stick
but I do look for the confidencein a nurse to have that If
(24:03):
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That's life.
I've had some of them blow.
My hand was swollen like abaseball and I was like okay, so
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(24:24):
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(25:30):
I I'm having so much fun.
I have all these questions andI know I can't just overwhelm
you with questions right now.
So, like, if people want tofind you and everything, what
socials?
What's the best way to reachyou?
Speaker 2 (25:46):
So best place to reach me on social is Facebook.
I hang out there most often,though in the last week or so
I've started to develop aLinkedIn presence, so I am
slowly building over there.
So if there's any LinkedInpeople I would love to connect,
and the other best places on mywebsite jessgarycom,
(26:07):
j-e-s-s-g-a-r-a-ycom, and thereare links to all the places
where they can find me.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Oh, wow, okay, that's perfect, that's perfect.
So let me just ask so I thinkwe talked about books and that
is in the future process, andthen do you do any podcasts or
anything else?
Speaker 2 (26:33):
So, when you talked before about having a podcast
and having something living onthe internet forever that your
kids can listen to, that reallyresonates for me.
I did have a podcast and havingsomething living on the
internet forever that your kidscan listen to, that really
resonates for me.
I did have a podcast,previously called the fireside
podcast, and I co-hosted it withanother beautiful coach,
miranda, and we did that for I'mtrying to think it was
(26:53):
definitely a couple of years.
There's about 60 episodesrecorded and released there, and
so I think about that livingthere forever and I think about
the topics and the things thatwe dove into and just that that
has the power of impactingpeople for a long, long time.
And so I do have a podcast.
We don't currently record, butit does still live on Apple and
(27:19):
all the other platforms, Spotify, all the places.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
That is so good and it makes you feel good knowing
that's out there and everything.
Well, what was it?
Two years ago, when they werejust saying AI is going to take
over and being a marketingperson, I was like, well, why
are people kind of scared of AI?
(27:42):
I mean, I just finished up acourse to learn some of the
applications and you know whatit looks good on a resume.
Some people don't even want tohandle that or do that.
But what was it?
I was noticing Gemini, or Iforgot the name, but they're
little robot people now thatbasically take the spot of what
(28:08):
like call center work, marketing, social media, and I was like,
well, what is government gonnado?
Just pay me to travel and relax.
It's gonna be a little bitharder.
If people don't buy into therobots that do that, then we
still have a chance to find jobslike that, you know.
(28:29):
So, but definitely with thosechanges and everything, and okay
, so book podcast, I'm trying tothink you're going to have to
talk me into LinkedIn and I justyou know that is I did Linktree
.
I have some episodes there thatyou know.
(28:50):
I don't know I love it, but Iwas just like I can do the same
thing.
You know I was just like.
I can do the same thing, youknow, through my own website.
Somebody will tell me hey, Ihad a problem.
Somebody you know passed.
I'm having a lot of grief.
I go oh, I interviewed this oneperson.
You've got to listen to theirstory and it's an easy exchange.
(29:13):
You know so.
But definitely so.
Any future goals for you for 25, going into 26?
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Yeah, so one big project that I've taken on in
2025 so far, and will besomething that goes on for a
long time, is I've created amovement called One Chance, and
so One Chance is all aboutliving your one life and sharing
your message with the world,whatever that message may be
whether it's a big message, asmall message and so originally,
(29:45):
the idea with it was to havepeople submit audio and I would
compile it together into apodcast and do interviews and be
able to amplify voices in thatway, and what I discovered is
that people express themselvesdifferently.
People express themselvesthrough writing, through
speaking, through video, throughpictures, and so I created the
(30:06):
movement.
So phase one was me sharing mystory, and it's just a two
minute audio clip about being acancer nurse and about why we
need to live this, this one life.
Phase two is about collectingpeople's stories.
So I'm in phase two nowcollecting people's stories, and
phase three will be aboutsharing those stories.
So depending on the type offormat that people submit in
(30:30):
will create the shape for how Irelease those stories, but
that's something that I'm reallyexcited about in 2025 is
gathering people's messages andbeing able to amplify their
voices, because everybody hassuch a powerful story to tell,
and that's why I love so muchthat you do this podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:49):
Oh well, thank you.
I was like we need tocollaborate here.
You know, I'll help put thosestories onto here, you know, and
help push it along.
So that is very interesting.
Like I told you, I got done mybook.
So if I wanted to share a story, it has to be a small, like two
(31:10):
minute thing segment, or it canbe as long as you wish.
Oh, okay, I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
I can send you the submission form.
So also for people who arelistening, if people want to get
involved, I am thrilled toshare anyone's story, and so
they can do that through mywebsite.
If you scroll down to thebottom, there's an image that
says one chance and it'll takeyou to the audio, and then it
gives a post and moreinformation of how people can
get involved.
But essentially it's just asubmission form, so you just
(31:44):
your attach, whatever you wantto attach, and then I'll keep
them safe and release them in apowerful way, so that people can
hear your voice too.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Yay, I like that and I like that.
You said keep it safe.
I'm so old school, like whenguests want to be on the show,
it comes in a form.
So you think, okay, great, it'son this website already
documented.
No, I take it, I build a folderon desktop, I get into Word, I
(32:19):
copy everything there because Ialways want to have okay, this
is what I created in Canva, thisis the soundbite, this is the
short, this is where it goes.
Then it's going to go to myhard drive because I never want
to lose it, and you know ithasn't happened yet, but I'm
waiting for the day because, asa photographer, I hear it all
(32:41):
the time.
I lost my video.
Can you send that to me?
And I'm going to be like yep, Igot it, it's coming your way.
You know I don't want to haveanything, but I was like my
friend goes to why do you createmore work?
And I was like because it alsohelps me learn about the person
(33:02):
I'm interviewing and that's whatit's about.
You know, who am I working with, you know?
And then taking the informationfrom the bio, like making the
podcast cover.
It's called One Chance.
That I did for you.
So, but definitely.
It's just I didn't let mycreative soul come out and built
(33:23):
that.
So it's all ready to go becauseeverybody is important.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
Absolutely.
I've recently started, andmaybe this is helpful for you
too.
I've recently started puttingeverything into Asana.
Have you heard of Asana?
No, okay, so most people haveheard of Trello, but I don't
know if Asana is as popular.
But basically it's a projectmanagement tool, and so you can
create like a different card foreach person, and so then you
(33:51):
could put all of yourattachments, all of your links
to your Google Drive, everythingin one spot.
So then, if you're looking forsomeone's interview, you can
just type in the keyword and youcan pull up all the files
related to that.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Cool, I'm just gonna check that out.
I find that there's so manydifferent things and I'm like,
oh, I need this and that and Iwant to learn how to do this.
And then I'll find myself onYouTube and I want to study more
and more, like the platformthat I use Buzzsprout and
(34:26):
Podpage.
Wow, there's so much I canlearn each time and I was like
what would benefit the show?
How do you make it so muchstronger?
You know, how can you make thelisteners enjoy?
So those are the fun things.
You know that I do so and haveall that.
(34:47):
But oh my gosh, I've had somuch fun talking to you today
and I want to bring you backnext year and see how One Chance
is going.
And definitely, guys, there isa brand new Facebook VIP page
that you can go to and learnwhat our interview people have
(35:09):
as specials.
So it could be a class.
It could be.
Their book is on sale.
It could be like a guestspeaking arrangement.
So you've got to look up KeepHope Alive VIP membership and
join.
To find anything on any of ourinterviews, you can go to
(35:29):
wwwkeephopealivepodcastcom.
You can also leave us a message, which is really cool.
To the upper right, there is alittle button.
So if you wanted to leave Jessa message and say, great show, I
have ABC question, I will getit to her and she will reply.
And then what else?
If you would like to be a guest, there's a guest intake form.
(35:51):
But wherever you find yourpodcast, you're going to be able
to find Keep Hope Alive, and Ihope I covered everything with
you.
Did I get all that in for you?
Speaker 2 (36:02):
I think so that was really.
It's really nice to be able tocollaborate in this way and I
look forward to collaboratingmore in the future through One
Chance and also otheropportunities that come up.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Yes, definitely, and I do want to talk to you a
little bit more about One Chance, because I think that is a
great, great platform.
So, all right, guys.
Well, until our next show, andI thank you once again for being
on the show.
Until our next one, love andlight.
Bye, guys.
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