April 30, 2025 • 28 mins
Dr. Kyri Mosley's journey from hospital beds to cookie sheets will leave you inspired and hungry for more. Diagnosed with stage four Ewing sarcoma in 2019 and told her treatment was "pretty inhumane," she not only survived but transformed her life's purpose. Today, she stands proudly as a "thriver" who turned personal trauma into sweet success.
As the founder of Kyri's Cookies—named one of Oprah's favorites in 2023—Dr. Kyri brings something genuinely unique to the bakery world. Her cookies contain zero white flour or sugar, using only organic ingredients that she originally perfected while making bread for her children. At six ounces each (that's four standard cookies in one!), these treats don't just satisfy your sweet tooth—they revolutionize what a cookie can be.
But there's so much more to Dr. Kyri than her delicious creations. With 34 years in healthcare and a PhD in psychology with a concentration in biblical counseling, she approaches business with the heart of a healer. Her virtual talk show "Dr. Kyri Listens" embodies her philosophy that "healing begins with being heard," creating space for trauma survivors to share their stories while finding community and understanding.
What truly sets Dr. Kyri apart is her unwavering kindness. She shares a touching story about a 9-year-old boy who gave her a $20 tip simply because he recognized her authentic kindness—noting she didn't wear a "Be Kind" shirt like others who don't actually live those values. This moment captures the essence of her approach to both business and life: genuine care for others that transcends marketing and branding.
Looking ahead, Dr. Kyri plans to expand her cookie empire while creating employment opportunities for people with special needs and those reentering society after incarceration. Her story reminds us that our greatest challenges can become our most powerful purpose when we lead with compassion and remain true to our values.
Discover Dr. Kyri's Cookies at kairiscookies.com or connect with Dr. Kyri Listens on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to experience this powerful blend of healing and sweetness.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
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Speaker 3 (00:31):
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Ready Set
Collaborate podcast with WandaPearson and hello and welcome to
another episode of the ReadySet Collaborate.
I'm your host, wanda Pearson,and today we have a truly sweet
episode lined up for you.
I'm thrilled to welcome amulti-talented guest who knows
how to blend science and sugarwith style.
(00:51):
How about that?
The fabulous Dr Kyrie, owner ofthe Kyrie's Cookies and I'm
telling you guys, those cookiesare so good I had one.
I'm like where can I get morecookies?
So not only is she a doctor,but she also the brilliant mind
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behind a cookie brand that'scapturing hearts and taste buds
everywhere.
So I'm going to read Dr Kyrie'sbio because it's so much more
and we're going to have her onthe show again because, look,
there's a lot to learn about her.
So Dr Kyrie Mosey has been inthe healthcare industry for 34
years.
Her PhD is psychology, with aconcentration in biblical
counseling.
For 25 years, she has held therole of chief compliance and
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privacy officer in healthcareand have worked with infectious
disease, helping patients withHIV and AIDS.
Dr Kyrie is also the founder ofKyrie's Cookies, endorsed as
Oprah's favorite 2023.
I was like, oh, we got us astar here, y'all.
Dr Kyrie is also the founder ofKyrie's Cookies, endorsed as
Oprah's favorite 2023.
I was like, oh, we got us astar here, y'all.
So, lastly, she is the host ofa virtual talk show.
Dr Kyrie Listens, where herguests share the various traumas
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they have experienced, and Ilove this.
Saying that you have healingbegins with being heard.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Amen.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Thank you.
Thank you, dr Kyrie.
I definitely would love to comeon your show.
I have a story.
This is the saying that youhave.
Healing begins with being heard.
Amen, thank you.
Thank you, dr kyle.
I definitely would love to comeon your show.
I have a story to wait I'm sograteful to be here.
Thank you so much for thisopportunity to share a bit about
myself yes, yes, I am soexcited to have you here and
when I met you at a networking,so you never know who you meet
at these networking meetings,right?
and we met at a networkingmeeting and also she's one of my
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Legal Shield small businessclients and thank you so much
for being that.
But I met her at a networkingevent and her sister I've been
seeing I didn't realize that wasyour sister.
You know what she makes.
What does she make as stuffedanimals?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
The keepsake bears.
I actually have one she madefor my Aunt Brenda, but they are
basically you take clothingthat belong to the person and
you create a stuffed animal withthem and it's just very
encouraging to have thatperson's energy.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yes, it's beautiful.
I really love what she doesthere, but we got a very
talented family here, I'mtelling you.
So let's dive into herinspiring journey from passion
to purpose, because it ispassion, and I read her story
and I was about ready to crybecause I mean, but I, I love
how you, you jumped on top ofwhat you, your passion is.
As far as kairi's cookies, um,so I'm going to ask you a few
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questions.
Okay, we can get, we can get toknow kairi soi, so let's dive
into what she likes to do.
So, dr Kairi, can you sharewith us who Dr Kairi is, beyond
the cookies?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Oh, my goodness.
Well, dr Kairi isa grown woman,I would say young lady.
I was born in Brooklyn, newYork.
I grew up in the Red Hookprojects of Brooklyn.
I sincerely, always just loveencouraging people, and so
that's just been my lifetime.
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Passion is just finding ways toencourage others.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That's awesome.
We had a lot in common, girl, Itell you, because I grew up in
a project in Chicago and youknow my passion was being a
social worker.
So you know we got a lot incommon.
So what inspired yourentrepreneur journey?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Well, back in 2009,.
It's so crazy.
What I'm recognizing is thatit's trauma that has really
propelled my entrepreneurjourney In 2009,.
I was divorced after beingtogether for 20 years and I felt
abandoned.
To be honest with you, and Iremember talking with my son.
He was really young and I said,hey, would you like to make
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some cookies for the troops?
And I told him about the troopsfighting in Iraq and
Afghanistan and I said you know,cookies just remind us of just
home, and so I would like to dosomething to encourage them.
And so he's been with me fromday one, baking cookies and
shipping them overseas.
And, my goodness, we fastforward.
So 12 years of giving.
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We gave to the soldiersteachers, firefighters, police
officers and that's just what itwas about.
And then I was diagnosed withstage four cancer.
It was about, and then I wasdiagnosed with stage four cancer
October 8th 2019.
And it was a very difficultbattle and I was told that I
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wasn't going to make it.
I met with several doctors andI was so fortunate to meet the
Dr Reed.
Dr Reed is a clinician in Emory, but specifically he works with
sarcomas, which is the type ofcancer I had a Ewing sarcoma and
these are normally found inchildren and, honestly, normally
found more in the Caucasianpopulation.
But I was stricken with stagefour cancer and it was housed in
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my right pelvic wall and at thethe nodes, the lymph nodes at
the bottom of my lungs.
And so when he told me mytreatment plan, you know he'd
say, hey, doc, you know what.
You know what is yourexperience?
How long do people normallyhave um chemo?
I said, well, for two to sixhours a day.
You know they could come inthat week and then go back home,
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and sometimes they don't comeback for three weeks or you know
, at a time and he said, well,yours is a lot different.
He says, honestly, it's prettyinhumane, but it's your only
chance to live and give you thegreatest chance possible.
So I was admitted into ahospital at seven days intervals
and for those seven days I wasinfused for 120 hours, so they
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would just run the chemo theentire time and lost the ability
to walk.
And so I'm so grateful that youknow I've been able to regain
the ability to walk and doeverything that I need to do for
myself on a daily basis.
But it was a very, verydifficult battle and I'm in
remission and I'm thriving, youknow.
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People say you know, are you asurvivor?
I'm like nope, I'm a thriver.
You know I'm not.
I'm still here because Godwants me to still be here and I
know that it's for somethinggreater than me, you know.
So I'm excited about the restof my life.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
I love it.
God is good because you have amission, you have his purpose to
really share with people whatyou do and continue your passion
as far as what you do.
So I am so happy to have youhere to really share that story,
because that is really a heart.
I told you.
I read your story on Facebook.
I'm like, oh my God, she wentthrough this much here.
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But I'm so happy to have youhere and God is so good because
you know, I tell you I actuallythrive off of my Bible verse
Jeremiah 29, 11.
That's what I started with.
God has a plan for us, plansfor hope in the future, and that
has been one of my biggestgoals.
You know what experiences todeal with what I'm doing now
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that I thought I would never doyou know what you're not going
to do, but I am so happy to haveyou here to share your story.
That is, that is so.
So now, what led you and youtold me about that making the
cookies, or what led you tostart Kyrie's Cookies to really
Honestly, it was just going intoremission.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
No-transcript oh gosh .
You know, the only way I coulddo this is to not do medicine.
You know it's not to work inhealthcare because there's no
way I could do it.
Do both of them and I want toshare with you.
People you know always callKyrie's Cookies my passion
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project, but what I've learnedin not being in healthcare is
that healthcare is also apassion of mine.
It's not something that I loveless.
In my role as a complianceofficer, my focus was making
sure that everything was doneappropriately, and I would tell
my team all the time I said heyguys, compliance is about
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patient safety, right, and so ifwe can keep our patients safe,
we can keep our patients alive.
And so I realized how much of apassion that is for me is to
take the role on a business sideof compliance and privacy and
ethics and see that it willincrease the longevity of
people's lives if we do whatwe're supposed to do.
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So they are equally my passion,and I do believe that before I
leave this earth, I will do somesort of work back in health
care and be able to leave mystamp there as well in health
care and be able to leave mystamp there as well.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Yes, yes, and that's so important because what you're
doing is very important as faras you're being a doctor in that
field, because a lot of peopleI mean, I remember when it came
out years ago, we didn't reallyknow what it was.
You know, so you know, but Iappreciate you sharing your
journey with that and continuewith your passion as far as what
you do.
So God is going to make ithappen.
So let me ask you something.
So what makes your cookiesstand out from others on the
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market?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Well, for one, they're organic, and not just
organic, but we don't use anywhite flour and we don't use any
white sugar in any of ourproducts.
And so with that, I, literally,before making cookies, I would
always bake bread for mychildren, and so what we do, I
would buy the grains from thefarm and then mill the grains
and make the flour, and so thisallowed us to have the real
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purest flour, you know, nochemicals added.
And so with Kyrie's Cookies,that is the thing for us, it's
like, hey, we don't want tointroduce white flour and white
sugar, which are very addictive,into our customers.
And the whole reason why Idelayed is because I never
wanted to change my product.
I wanted to have the samestandard that it had when I
would make it for my childrenand my friends and family.
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Then we transitioned to thesoldiers.
So it's just about keeping theintegrity the same, and we don't
have a brand on the market thatwe have considered like our
competition.
You know, everybody doesn'tknow the benefits of not using
white flour and white sugar, butthose who do really appreciate
the fact that we don't.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
No, I didn't See, I have a sweet tooth.
So I'm glad to hear that,because I tell you I love those
oatmeal and my favorite was theoatmeal.
The oatmeal raisin cookies that, yeah, that was, that was
delicious and it was so.
And they're not.
They're nice and big.
I mean I ate off that cookiefor three days because I take it
in the microwave.
It's six ounces, so it's thesame size as four cookies in one
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so that's okay, cookies one anda half ounces then okay, so I
did it good, so I ate all forfour days, so I actually ate
four cookies in four days.
Yeah, very good, very good.
I love it.
So let's talk about, as abusiness owner, what's been your
biggest challenge as a businessowner.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
I think for us it's consistently cash flow and you
know, even when speaking withother business owners,
especially small business owners, that is the biggest thing you
know.
You want to make sure alwaysthat your employees are taken
care of and that you don't haveto compromise on your
ingredients, and so those arethe most difficult things is
making sure that people pay ontime, especially because we have
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a lot of corporate accountswith Hyatt and we work with the
Atlanta airport as well lot ofcorporate accounts with Hyatt
and we work with the Atlantaairport as well.
But when those businesses thatare so big when they don't pay
on time, it really helps.
It really hurts us a lot,really hurts us.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yes, yes, I mean, my husband had a business his
printing business for 25 yearsand we had big companies in New
Jersey and they didn't pay.
They took 60 days to pay andyou know we're small businesses,
so we need our money to survive.
So what I like about this isthat now you can start using
your membership, your businessmembership, to send those debt
collection letters.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
You know what I am probably going to do, that I
sent my last letter to a coupleof hotels last night.
It was a long time 120 days,150 days, when it's really not
be more than 30 days.
So imagine the you know thehardship that it puts on us as
an organization to try to stillmake things happen when you
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haven't received.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Right, right, especially as a small business.
Yeah, it really does does hurt,and you know, just to take some
pressure off of you as far ashaving an attorney do that for
you.
That's that love about what wedo.
So how do you stay motivatedwhen things don't go as planned,
just like you said, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Honestly, I have days when I'm just incredibly sad,
so I'm not going to sit here andact as though, oh, I'm always
happy.
No, I feel sad.
I'm like you know.
We've done our part.
We've sent the product aspromised on a timely manner.
People don't pay on time, andone of the things that
encourages me is my employees,because they say it's going to
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be OK, we're going to getthrough this, you know, and
because they believe in themission as well, and so that
helps me get through it.
Because even when I feel like,okay, am I going to continue
doing this?
And then I have my right andleft hand, say we got this, you
know it's going to be okay.
That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
And that makes it easier for you to have people
behind you because they know,they know your character, they
know what you do, they know itwas important to be able to to
you know, to help and be in thecommunity, and I wanted to ask
you about that.
So how has collaboration playeda role in growing your Kyrie's
Cookies?
The collaboration as far aswith your employees?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Well, one of the things we learned is that
because Kyrie's Cookies gavecookies away for 12 years,
that's just what we did.
But now that we're a business,we have to try to have that
balance, because I still like tojust give things away, I just
do, and I have to exercisewisdom, you know.
And so I've had to haveconversations with people who
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come in, and they come in justto get a donation and then they
come back the next year and Ihave to talk to them and say,
hey, you guys never came backthe whole year, you never
supported the business, you know.
So, to have those discussionsand help them to see that we
give, but we sure hope that youwould support the people who are
actually giving to yourorganization and so learning to
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just have those difficultdiscussions and really people
get it, you know, oh, neverthought about it.
You know how many teams are yousupporting, you know how many
affairs and churches that you'resupporting, but the people
don't come back in and purchasefrom the business so it can be.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
It can be challenging and that makes sense and I was
going to ask you about are thereany community partnerships
events you're involved in?
Speaker 2 (15:40):
I'm involved in too many to count, to be honest.
Yeah, I, I rarely have to.
I really say no, you know, andI really enjoy supporting the
children and the differentschool systems.
Like we have continuallypartners in education, so we
have a ton of schools that wesupport and also teachers who
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come in and support us and PTAswho say, okay, is, this is this
teacher's birthday and they comeand get a cookie for that.
You know that particularteacher, or the whole, all of
the teachers for the month, andso that's fun too, to say that
you know you're participating inencouraging the teachers who
work so very hard.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Yes, I love that.
I love you do that for theteachers.
I actually do mentoring at themiddle schools and that's my
part of giving back with mysocial worker, as far as getting
there and teaching the girls,you know, as far as and I'm like
the affirmation queen.
So before they walk out thedoor I have to say, okay, here's
your affirmation, read it to me, say and I do with my grandson
too, because they need that youknow the schools and the
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students, because they, you know, you don't know what's going on
at home and the teachers I usedto teach.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
I was a middle school teacher and a high school
teacher so you know yes, weneeded to yes as well, so yeah,
yeah no that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
So I want to ask you something.
I'm going back here um, so whatare some of the early lessons
you learned from when buildingyour brand?
And I know you said you had tostart charging right, because,
yeah, you have to you have ifyou're going to run a business.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
So before that was just the benevolent song of my
healthcare company and so do Ihave every expectation of
funding that.
But when it comes to business,I had to learn that you have to
charge.
You have lights, gas, inventory, you know, and most of all,
your payroll for your, your team.
So, yeah, that was one of thebig lessons.
But also learning, you know.
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Just, I mean, I have had suchlarge teams outside of this
industry and my favorites arethe high school students and
getting a chance to talk withthem and man practicing, like
meeting them where they're at.
I think that that was I'm goingto be myself, you know.
I know I hear a lot of businessowners you gotta, but you know
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what?
I wasn't that way with them andyet they respected and did what
they were supposed to do andthey knew, even if they had to
leave work because they had anappointment, maybe they had
therapy that they needed to.
A lot of our children are goingthrough so much, you know, and
they knew they could come.
And yes, you, this is your dayoff, this is when you go for
your counseling.
It's yours, you know.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
And that mutual, just support of one another has gone
very, very far in ourrelationships and that's great
because I mean you're teachingum the youth, because you know
it's more than just I mean it'sso much negativity in this world
today and it's so important tohave a positive um way to
actually help them think aboutthings in other ways.
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So you know, we're actuallygoing through this lesson now
about emotions and we're doinginside out too, so we're
actually looking at the movieand then talk about their
emotions and how do you?
You know, when you feel thisway, what do you feel?
So that is so important.
So, girl, I tell you, I toldyou we got to have you come back
on the show, but I want to askyou what was the most memorable
reaction you got from someonetasting your cookies?
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And then I want to talk aboutDr Kyrie's.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Listen there was a young man.
He had the most beautiful blueeyes and blonde hair and he
would go to the music store nextdoor to my coffee, my cookie
shop.
And he came in one day with hismom and his mom was like hey,
this is Dr Kyrie and she ownsthis you know restaurant.
And he's looking at me and hewas nine years old.
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And he said to me why are you onthe register if you own the
business?
Right, it's a nine-year-old, Isaid to them.
I said, well, how would I meetyou if I wasn't on the register?
Yeah, hey, okay.
So then the following week hehad his music lesson and he came
in with his mom and she says goahead, tell her, tell her.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
And he says to me.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
He says you, you know , they have these shirts that
say be kind.
I said, yes, I've seen those.
And he says but then the peopleare not even kind and he says
and you don't have a shirt thatsays be kind, and you are so
kind and I'm telling my mom thatI wanted to give you this is
$20 tip and my Lily Bell is oneof my top employees.
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She's, she's awesome.
She's there at the registerwith me and I hear him tell her
please, this is for Dr Kyrie.
I went to the back to make hiscookie and it was just priceless
.
And when I spoke to him, I justremember being in tears because
I say you know, like it's likeyou could see my heart, Like
this is not, this is just who Iam and I just it's just so
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important to be kind and it'seasier to be kind to people and
the fact that you saw it, itjust melted my heart.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
So, yeah, that was one of my just Listen a
nine-year-old giving you a $20tip.
You know you're adults to giveyou a $20 tip, I mean oh, my God
, god, you know, you can say,you have this.
His mom said he wanted you tohave this.
That is so sweet, that is so.
That's not, that's kind, that'sbeing kind.
So, wow, I love that story.
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So let's talk about your diet.
Dr Kyrie listens your show,your podcast.
What do you have?
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Well, dr Kyrie Listens is a virtual talk show,
and what changes the differencebetween the podcast and a
virtual talk show is that it'san interactive audience, so you
actually have an audience who'swatching the show.
They get to ask questions andthen we get to answer them live
for them.
And Dr Kyrie Listens just began, because I miss working with
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people sitting down andlistening to them.
That was something that I didwith the patients who were
diagnosed.
I was the one who diagnosedthem and in that moment, when
they were diagnosed with eitherHIV or AIDS, I got a chance to
hear their story, right To hearwhat happened, how it began.
And so I had gone on a trip toBali and it was a beautiful
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retreat.
And the retreat owner told meshe said do you see how all of
these women want to sit next toyou?
And I was like, no, I'm just.
You know, I'm not payingattention to that.
And so one of the women shesays you're so calm, you're so
peaceful and we're all going to.
We came to this retreat becausewe're working through some
trauma, but even though you'reworking through hurt and trauma,
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you're still willing to heareverybody else.
And so she said you got to finda way to do what you do while
you do your cookies, but figureout how can you give that and
provide a space for people.
And so that's how Dr KairiListens began.
My customers would always tellme Dr Kairi, you always listen
to us.
You know they come just to talkand it's a reciprocal healing
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is what I tell my team.
I said this is not just for me,because when you're listening
to people's story and you're not, you don't get a chance to tell
your story, you don't get achance to say how you can relate
to that or how you experiencethat.
And so in this setting, itallows my guests to just pour
their hearts out, talk abouttheir life, and there are so
many times that there are thingsthat I can relate to and I get
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to share that with them.
I get to tell them a little bitabout my story as well, and so
we're both working throughthings together.
I love it.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
That's awesome and that is so true.
I think that's why God has youstill here, because of what you
do and, and you know, because weneed, we need more people like
you.
As far as that, as far as to beable to, to help people and
listen and I love it, Dr Kyrielistens shows you have.
So, yeah, definitely, Like Isaid, we're going to have to,
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we're going to have to have youback on my podcast because it's
actually it's actually so muchto know.
So now, what is?
Let's see?
I want to ask you so what'snext for Kyrie's Cookies and any
exciting plans you can share?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Well, all I can share is our dreams.
We're working on some projects,some some additional growth
with the airport relationshipthere.
Our partnership is with HudsonGroup and we are in great talks
about expanding.
Right after this, I have ameeting with another group who
focuses on specialty stores.
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You know shops, and so it isour hope to be able to expand
into some more retail spaces.
And we, you know, as always, Iwant Kyrie's Cookies to be a
cookie empire and I want us tobe able to employ more people
who have special needs and thosewho are coming from prison and
need a new job.
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So just want to be able tocontinue to provide that for the
public, and so that means we'regoing to have to stabilize as
an organization public, and sothat means we're going to have
to stabilize as an organization,and that is the only way that
we'll be able to continue toprovide the quality that we
provide today.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
That's awesome, because I'm assuming that's your
next five years, but we'regoing to do it less than five
years.
We're going to do it faster.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, it is definitely a plan for less than
five years.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Yes, yes, yes, definitely.
So, uh, how can this supportyou and stay connected with you?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
um, what we can?
They can stay connected at.
Dr kairi listens on facebookand instagram, also youtube in
addition to that.
If they'd like to learn moreabout kairi's cookies, we are.
Kairiookiescom isk-y-r-i-s-k-o-k-i-e-scom, and so
kairiscookies, you know.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
They can learn more about us there as well yes, and
I'm telling you, I did itfirsthand by by having that
cookie.
So you definitely need so andyou can.
You actually ship the cookiesout to them too, right all over
the world yes, okay okay, well,that's, that's great.
Yeah, because I've been tellingmy daughters my daughters are
bakers, or two are bakers, and Ithink yours stands out because
(25:34):
you do everything organic, youknow no sugar, no flour, but
basically no white sugar, nowhite white sugar, no white
flour.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Okay, because they're not, you know, zero calories
and no sugar.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
No, but I'm just saying that so I can feel good
about it that I the bodyprocesses.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
The non-white sugar is better, you know.
So metabolize is better.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Yeah, yeah, no, that's definitely, definitely a
way to do it.
So I really appreciate youbeing on this podcast and
because you have taught me a lotof stuff and, like I said, we
got to have another episode ofDr Kairi's and talk about your
you know what you do as far as adoctor and where you're going
with that and how you're goingto get into that.
Because I know, oh, I know, I'mall over the place.
(26:16):
I mean, I created my WD PierceAssociates and and, like you
said I was, I was giving away,uh, my knowledge.
You know, working at IBM for 36years, I was giving away, for I
don't know how to act.
I didn't know how to ask peoplefor money.
You know, what do I charge,what do I do this.
So now I'm learning and I'mgetting coaching on that that
you got to ask Wanda.
So you know, like I said, yougot to ask to receive.
(26:39):
And once you receive you knowyour blessing.
So, but thank you so much, drKairi, for being on this podcast
.
I'm just so excited and we willactually um reconvene stay
tuned for the next episode ofReady Set Collaborate.
So, uh, yeah, so it.
You know it really.
It really tells a lot aboutyour character and that's why
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you know God had you still here,you know.
So it really is very, veryinspiring and you inspire me.
So.
But, thank you once again forbeing on the podcast.
So, audience, make sure youconnect with dr kairi um and and
see if dr kairi's listening.
She told you what she did, butwe're going to talk more about
(27:25):
that in the next episode, but Ithank you for being on the show
and make sure you share, followand share this podcast.
Share Ready Set.
Collaborate with Wannapis.
I'm on all podcast platforms aswell as YouTube, so make sure
you subscribe.
But thanks again, dr Kyrie, Iappreciate it.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Have a great day.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
Thank you, you too, bye.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
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Speaker 3 (00:31):
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Ready Set
Collaborate podcast with WandaPearson and hello and welcome to
another episode of the ReadySet Collaborate.
I'm your host, wanda Pearson,and today we have a truly sweet
episode lined up for you.
I'm thrilled to welcome amulti-talented guest who knows
how to blend science and sugarwith style.
(00:51):
How about that?
The fabulous Dr Kyrie, owner ofthe Kyrie's Cookies and I'm
telling you guys, those cookiesare so good I had one.
I'm like where can I get morecookies?
So not only is she a doctor,but she also the brilliant mind
(01:12):
behind a cookie brand that'scapturing hearts and taste buds
everywhere.
So I'm going to read Dr Kyrie'sbio because it's so much more
and we're going to have her onthe show again because, look,
there's a lot to learn about her.
So Dr Kyrie Mosey has been inthe healthcare industry for 34
years.
Her PhD is psychology, with aconcentration in biblical
counseling.
For 25 years, she has held therole of chief compliance and
(01:33):
privacy officer in healthcareand have worked with infectious
disease, helping patients withHIV and AIDS.
Dr Kyrie is also the founder ofKyrie's Cookies, endorsed as
Oprah's favorite 2023.
I was like, oh, we got us astar here, y'all.
Dr Kyrie is also the founder ofKyrie's Cookies, endorsed as
Oprah's favorite 2023.
I was like, oh, we got us astar here, y'all.
So, lastly, she is the host ofa virtual talk show.
Dr Kyrie Listens, where herguests share the various traumas
(01:57):
they have experienced, and Ilove this.
Saying that you have healingbegins with being heard.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Amen.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Thank you.
Thank you, dr Kyrie.
I definitely would love to comeon your show.
I have a story.
This is the saying that youhave.
Healing begins with being heard.
Amen, thank you.
Thank you, dr kyle.
I definitely would love to comeon your show.
I have a story to wait I'm sograteful to be here.
Thank you so much for thisopportunity to share a bit about
myself yes, yes, I am soexcited to have you here and
when I met you at a networking,so you never know who you meet
at these networking meetings,right?
and we met at a networkingmeeting and also she's one of my
(02:24):
Legal Shield small businessclients and thank you so much
for being that.
But I met her at a networkingevent and her sister I've been
seeing I didn't realize that wasyour sister.
You know what she makes.
What does she make as stuffedanimals?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
The keepsake bears.
I actually have one she madefor my Aunt Brenda, but they are
basically you take clothingthat belong to the person and
you create a stuffed animal withthem and it's just very
encouraging to have thatperson's energy.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yes, it's beautiful.
I really love what she doesthere, but we got a very
talented family here, I'mtelling you.
So let's dive into herinspiring journey from passion
to purpose, because it ispassion, and I read her story
and I was about ready to crybecause I mean, but I, I love
how you, you jumped on top ofwhat you, your passion is.
As far as kairi's cookies, um,so I'm going to ask you a few
(03:19):
questions.
Okay, we can get, we can get toknow kairi soi, so let's dive
into what she likes to do.
So, dr Kairi, can you sharewith us who Dr Kairi is, beyond
the cookies?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Oh, my goodness.
Well, dr Kairi isa grown woman,I would say young lady.
I was born in Brooklyn, newYork.
I grew up in the Red Hookprojects of Brooklyn.
I sincerely, always just loveencouraging people, and so
that's just been my lifetime.
(03:53):
Passion is just finding ways toencourage others.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That's awesome.
We had a lot in common, girl, Itell you, because I grew up in
a project in Chicago and youknow my passion was being a
social worker.
So you know we got a lot incommon.
So what inspired yourentrepreneur journey?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Well, back in 2009,.
It's so crazy.
What I'm recognizing is thatit's trauma that has really
propelled my entrepreneurjourney In 2009,.
I was divorced after beingtogether for 20 years and I felt
abandoned.
To be honest with you, and Iremember talking with my son.
He was really young and I said,hey, would you like to make
(04:33):
some cookies for the troops?
And I told him about the troopsfighting in Iraq and
Afghanistan and I said you know,cookies just remind us of just
home, and so I would like to dosomething to encourage them.
And so he's been with me fromday one, baking cookies and
shipping them overseas.
And, my goodness, we fastforward.
So 12 years of giving.
(04:53):
We gave to the soldiersteachers, firefighters, police
officers and that's just what itwas about.
And then I was diagnosed withstage four cancer.
It was about, and then I wasdiagnosed with stage four cancer
October 8th 2019.
And it was a very difficultbattle and I was told that I
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wasn't going to make it.
I met with several doctors andI was so fortunate to meet the
Dr Reed.
Dr Reed is a clinician in Emory, but specifically he works with
sarcomas, which is the type ofcancer I had a Ewing sarcoma and
these are normally found inchildren and, honestly, normally
found more in the Caucasianpopulation.
But I was stricken with stagefour cancer and it was housed in
(05:43):
my right pelvic wall and at thethe nodes, the lymph nodes at
the bottom of my lungs.
And so when he told me mytreatment plan, you know he'd
say, hey, doc, you know what.
You know what is yourexperience?
How long do people normallyhave um chemo?
I said, well, for two to sixhours a day.
You know they could come inthat week and then go back home,
(06:04):
and sometimes they don't comeback for three weeks or you know
, at a time and he said, well,yours is a lot different.
He says, honestly, it's prettyinhumane, but it's your only
chance to live and give you thegreatest chance possible.
So I was admitted into ahospital at seven days intervals
and for those seven days I wasinfused for 120 hours, so they
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would just run the chemo theentire time and lost the ability
to walk.
And so I'm so grateful that youknow I've been able to regain
the ability to walk and doeverything that I need to do for
myself on a daily basis.
But it was a very, verydifficult battle and I'm in
remission and I'm thriving, youknow.
(06:48):
People say you know, are you asurvivor?
I'm like nope, I'm a thriver.
You know I'm not.
I'm still here because Godwants me to still be here and I
know that it's for somethinggreater than me, you know.
So I'm excited about the restof my life.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
I love it.
God is good because you have amission, you have his purpose to
really share with people whatyou do and continue your passion
as far as what you do.
So I am so happy to have youhere to really share that story,
because that is really a heart.
I told you.
I read your story on Facebook.
I'm like, oh my God, she wentthrough this much here.
(07:23):
But I'm so happy to have youhere and God is so good because
you know, I tell you I actuallythrive off of my Bible verse
Jeremiah 29, 11.
That's what I started with.
God has a plan for us, plansfor hope in the future, and that
has been one of my biggestgoals.
You know what experiences todeal with what I'm doing now
(07:45):
that I thought I would never doyou know what you're not going
to do, but I am so happy to haveyou here to share your story.
That is, that is so.
So now, what led you and youtold me about that making the
cookies, or what led you tostart Kyrie's Cookies to really
Honestly, it was just going intoremission.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
No-transcript oh gosh .
You know, the only way I coulddo this is to not do medicine.
You know it's not to work inhealthcare because there's no
way I could do it.
Do both of them and I want toshare with you.
People you know always callKyrie's Cookies my passion
(08:50):
project, but what I've learnedin not being in healthcare is
that healthcare is also apassion of mine.
It's not something that I loveless.
In my role as a complianceofficer, my focus was making
sure that everything was doneappropriately, and I would tell
my team all the time I said heyguys, compliance is about
(09:11):
patient safety, right, and so ifwe can keep our patients safe,
we can keep our patients alive.
And so I realized how much of apassion that is for me is to
take the role on a business sideof compliance and privacy and
ethics and see that it willincrease the longevity of
people's lives if we do whatwe're supposed to do.
(09:32):
So they are equally my passion,and I do believe that before I
leave this earth, I will do somesort of work back in health
care and be able to leave mystamp there as well in health
care and be able to leave mystamp there as well.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Yes, yes, and that's so important because what you're
doing is very important as faras you're being a doctor in that
field, because a lot of peopleI mean, I remember when it came
out years ago, we didn't reallyknow what it was.
You know, so you know, but Iappreciate you sharing your
journey with that and continuewith your passion as far as what
you do.
So God is going to make ithappen.
So let me ask you something.
So what makes your cookiesstand out from others on the
(10:10):
market?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Well, for one, they're organic, and not just
organic, but we don't use anywhite flour and we don't use any
white sugar in any of ourproducts.
And so with that, I, literally,before making cookies, I would
always bake bread for mychildren, and so what we do, I
would buy the grains from thefarm and then mill the grains
and make the flour, and so thisallowed us to have the real
(10:33):
purest flour, you know, nochemicals added.
And so with Kyrie's Cookies,that is the thing for us, it's
like, hey, we don't want tointroduce white flour and white
sugar, which are very addictive,into our customers.
And the whole reason why Idelayed is because I never
wanted to change my product.
I wanted to have the samestandard that it had when I
would make it for my childrenand my friends and family.
(10:56):
Then we transitioned to thesoldiers.
So it's just about keeping theintegrity the same, and we don't
have a brand on the market thatwe have considered like our
competition.
You know, everybody doesn'tknow the benefits of not using
white flour and white sugar, butthose who do really appreciate
the fact that we don't.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
No, I didn't See, I have a sweet tooth.
So I'm glad to hear that,because I tell you I love those
oatmeal and my favorite was theoatmeal.
The oatmeal raisin cookies that, yeah, that was, that was
delicious and it was so.
And they're not.
They're nice and big.
I mean I ate off that cookiefor three days because I take it
in the microwave.
It's six ounces, so it's thesame size as four cookies in one
(11:39):
so that's okay, cookies one anda half ounces then okay, so I
did it good, so I ate all forfour days, so I actually ate
four cookies in four days.
Yeah, very good, very good.
I love it.
So let's talk about, as abusiness owner, what's been your
biggest challenge as a businessowner.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
I think for us it's consistently cash flow and you
know, even when speaking withother business owners,
especially small business owners, that is the biggest thing you
know.
You want to make sure alwaysthat your employees are taken
care of and that you don't haveto compromise on your
ingredients, and so those arethe most difficult things is
making sure that people pay ontime, especially because we have
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a lot of corporate accountswith Hyatt and we work with the
Atlanta airport as well lot ofcorporate accounts with Hyatt
and we work with the Atlantaairport as well.
But when those businesses thatare so big when they don't pay
on time, it really helps.
It really hurts us a lot,really hurts us.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Yes, yes, I mean, my husband had a business his
printing business for 25 yearsand we had big companies in New
Jersey and they didn't pay.
They took 60 days to pay andyou know we're small businesses,
so we need our money to survive.
So what I like about this isthat now you can start using
your membership, your businessmembership, to send those debt
collection letters.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
You know what I am probably going to do, that I
sent my last letter to a coupleof hotels last night.
It was a long time 120 days,150 days, when it's really not
be more than 30 days.
So imagine the you know thehardship that it puts on us as
an organization to try to stillmake things happen when you
(13:14):
haven't received.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Right, right, especially as a small business.
Yeah, it really does does hurt,and you know, just to take some
pressure off of you as far ashaving an attorney do that for
you.
That's that love about what wedo.
So how do you stay motivatedwhen things don't go as planned,
just like you said, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Honestly, I have days when I'm just incredibly sad,
so I'm not going to sit here andact as though, oh, I'm always
happy.
No, I feel sad.
I'm like you know.
We've done our part.
We've sent the product aspromised on a timely manner.
People don't pay on time, andone of the things that
encourages me is my employees,because they say it's going to
(13:53):
be OK, we're going to getthrough this, you know, and
because they believe in themission as well, and so that
helps me get through it.
Because even when I feel like,okay, am I going to continue
doing this?
And then I have my right andleft hand, say we got this, you
know it's going to be okay.
That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
And that makes it easier for you to have people
behind you because they know,they know your character, they
know what you do, they know itwas important to be able to to
you know, to help and be in thecommunity, and I wanted to ask
you about that.
So how has collaboration playeda role in growing your Kyrie's
Cookies?
The collaboration as far aswith your employees?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Well, one of the things we learned is that
because Kyrie's Cookies gavecookies away for 12 years,
that's just what we did.
But now that we're a business,we have to try to have that
balance, because I still like tojust give things away, I just
do, and I have to exercisewisdom, you know.
And so I've had to haveconversations with people who
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come in, and they come in justto get a donation and then they
come back the next year and Ihave to talk to them and say,
hey, you guys never came backthe whole year, you never
supported the business, you know.
So, to have those discussionsand help them to see that we
give, but we sure hope that youwould support the people who are
actually giving to yourorganization and so learning to
(15:17):
just have those difficultdiscussions and really people
get it, you know, oh, neverthought about it.
You know how many teams are yousupporting, you know how many
affairs and churches that you'resupporting, but the people
don't come back in and purchasefrom the business so it can be.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
It can be challenging and that makes sense and I was
going to ask you about are thereany community partnerships
events you're involved in?
Speaker 2 (15:40):
I'm involved in too many to count, to be honest.
Yeah, I, I rarely have to.
I really say no, you know, andI really enjoy supporting the
children and the differentschool systems.
Like we have continuallypartners in education, so we
have a ton of schools that wesupport and also teachers who
(16:01):
come in and support us and PTAswho say, okay, is, this is this
teacher's birthday and they comeand get a cookie for that.
You know that particularteacher, or the whole, all of
the teachers for the month, andso that's fun too, to say that
you know you're participating inencouraging the teachers who
work so very hard.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Yes, I love that.
I love you do that for theteachers.
I actually do mentoring at themiddle schools and that's my
part of giving back with mysocial worker, as far as getting
there and teaching the girls,you know, as far as and I'm like
the affirmation queen.
So before they walk out thedoor I have to say, okay, here's
your affirmation, read it to me, say and I do with my grandson
too, because they need that youknow the schools and the
(16:40):
students, because they, you know, you don't know what's going on
at home and the teachers I usedto teach.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
I was a middle school teacher and a high school
teacher so you know yes, weneeded to yes as well, so yeah,
yeah no that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
So I want to ask you something.
I'm going back here um, so whatare some of the early lessons
you learned from when buildingyour brand?
And I know you said you had tostart charging right, because,
yeah, you have to you have ifyou're going to run a business.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
So before that was just the benevolent song of my
healthcare company and so do Ihave every expectation of
funding that.
But when it comes to business,I had to learn that you have to
charge.
You have lights, gas, inventory, you know, and most of all,
your payroll for your, your team.
So, yeah, that was one of thebig lessons.
But also learning, you know.
(17:30):
Just, I mean, I have had suchlarge teams outside of this
industry and my favorites arethe high school students and
getting a chance to talk withthem and man practicing, like
meeting them where they're at.
I think that that was I'm goingto be myself, you know.
I know I hear a lot of businessowners you gotta, but you know
(17:51):
what?
I wasn't that way with them andyet they respected and did what
they were supposed to do andthey knew, even if they had to
leave work because they had anappointment, maybe they had
therapy that they needed to.
A lot of our children are goingthrough so much, you know, and
they knew they could come.
And yes, you, this is your dayoff, this is when you go for
your counseling.
It's yours, you know.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
And that mutual, just support of one another has gone
very, very far in ourrelationships and that's great
because I mean you're teachingum the youth, because you know
it's more than just I mean it'sso much negativity in this world
today and it's so important tohave a positive um way to
actually help them think aboutthings in other ways.
(18:34):
So you know, we're actuallygoing through this lesson now
about emotions and we're doinginside out too, so we're
actually looking at the movieand then talk about their
emotions and how do you?
You know, when you feel thisway, what do you feel?
So that is so important.
So, girl, I tell you, I toldyou we got to have you come back
on the show, but I want to askyou what was the most memorable
reaction you got from someonetasting your cookies?
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And then I want to talk aboutDr Kyrie's.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Listen there was a young man.
He had the most beautiful blueeyes and blonde hair and he
would go to the music store nextdoor to my coffee, my cookie
shop.
And he came in one day with hismom and his mom was like hey,
this is Dr Kyrie and she ownsthis you know restaurant.
And he's looking at me and hewas nine years old.
(19:22):
And he said to me why are you onthe register if you own the
business?
Right, it's a nine-year-old, Isaid to them.
I said, well, how would I meetyou if I wasn't on the register?
Yeah, hey, okay.
So then the following week hehad his music lesson and he came
in with his mom and she says goahead, tell her, tell her.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
And he says to me.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
He says you, you know , they have these shirts that
say be kind.
I said, yes, I've seen those.
And he says but then the peopleare not even kind and he says
and you don't have a shirt thatsays be kind, and you are so
kind and I'm telling my mom thatI wanted to give you this is
$20 tip and my Lily Bell is oneof my top employees.
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She's, she's awesome.
She's there at the registerwith me and I hear him tell her
please, this is for Dr Kyrie.
I went to the back to make hiscookie and it was just priceless
.
And when I spoke to him, I justremember being in tears because
I say you know, like it's likeyou could see my heart, Like
this is not, this is just who Iam and I just it's just so
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important to be kind and it'seasier to be kind to people and
the fact that you saw it, itjust melted my heart.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
So, yeah, that was one of my just Listen a
nine-year-old giving you a $20tip.
You know you're adults to giveyou a $20 tip, I mean oh, my God
, god, you know, you can say,you have this.
His mom said he wanted you tohave this.
That is so sweet, that is so.
That's not, that's kind, that'sbeing kind.
So, wow, I love that story.
(20:59):
So let's talk about your diet.
Dr Kyrie listens your show,your podcast.
What do you have?
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Well, dr Kyrie Listens is a virtual talk show,
and what changes the differencebetween the podcast and a
virtual talk show is that it'san interactive audience, so you
actually have an audience who'swatching the show.
They get to ask questions andthen we get to answer them live
for them.
And Dr Kyrie Listens just began, because I miss working with
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people sitting down andlistening to them.
That was something that I didwith the patients who were
diagnosed.
I was the one who diagnosedthem and in that moment, when
they were diagnosed with eitherHIV or AIDS, I got a chance to
hear their story, right To hearwhat happened, how it began.
And so I had gone on a trip toBali and it was a beautiful
(21:49):
retreat.
And the retreat owner told meshe said do you see how all of
these women want to sit next toyou?
And I was like, no, I'm just.
You know, I'm not payingattention to that.
And so one of the women shesays you're so calm, you're so
peaceful and we're all going to.
We came to this retreat becausewe're working through some
trauma, but even though you'reworking through hurt and trauma,
(22:10):
you're still willing to heareverybody else.
And so she said you got to finda way to do what you do while
you do your cookies, but figureout how can you give that and
provide a space for people.
And so that's how Dr KairiListens began.
My customers would always tellme Dr Kairi, you always listen
to us.
You know they come just to talkand it's a reciprocal healing
(22:33):
is what I tell my team.
I said this is not just for me,because when you're listening
to people's story and you're not, you don't get a chance to tell
your story, you don't get achance to say how you can relate
to that or how you experiencethat.
And so in this setting, itallows my guests to just pour
their hearts out, talk abouttheir life, and there are so
many times that there are thingsthat I can relate to and I get
(22:55):
to share that with them.
I get to tell them a little bitabout my story as well, and so
we're both working throughthings together.
I love it.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
That's awesome and that is so true.
I think that's why God has youstill here, because of what you
do and, and you know, because weneed, we need more people like
you.
As far as that, as far as to beable to, to help people and
listen and I love it, Dr Kyrielistens shows you have.
So, yeah, definitely, Like Isaid, we're going to have to,
(23:24):
we're going to have to have youback on my podcast because it's
actually it's actually so muchto know.
So now, what is?
Let's see?
I want to ask you so what'snext for Kyrie's Cookies and any
exciting plans you can share?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Well, all I can share is our dreams.
We're working on some projects,some some additional growth
with the airport relationshipthere.
Our partnership is with HudsonGroup and we are in great talks
about expanding.
Right after this, I have ameeting with another group who
focuses on specialty stores.
(24:00):
You know shops, and so it isour hope to be able to expand
into some more retail spaces.
And we, you know, as always, Iwant Kyrie's Cookies to be a
cookie empire and I want us tobe able to employ more people
who have special needs and thosewho are coming from prison and
need a new job.
(24:20):
So just want to be able tocontinue to provide that for the
public, and so that means we'regoing to have to stabilize as
an organization public, and sothat means we're going to have
to stabilize as an organization,and that is the only way that
we'll be able to continue toprovide the quality that we
provide today.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
That's awesome, because I'm assuming that's your
next five years, but we'regoing to do it less than five
years.
We're going to do it faster.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, it is definitely a plan for less than
five years.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Yes, yes, yes, definitely.
So, uh, how can this supportyou and stay connected with you?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
um, what we can?
They can stay connected at.
Dr kairi listens on facebookand instagram, also youtube in
addition to that.
If they'd like to learn moreabout kairi's cookies, we are.
Kairiookiescom isk-y-r-i-s-k-o-k-i-e-scom, and so
kairiscookies, you know.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
They can learn more about us there as well yes, and
I'm telling you, I did itfirsthand by by having that
cookie.
So you definitely need so andyou can.
You actually ship the cookiesout to them too, right all over
the world yes, okay okay, well,that's, that's great.
Yeah, because I've been tellingmy daughters my daughters are
bakers, or two are bakers, and Ithink yours stands out because
(25:34):
you do everything organic, youknow no sugar, no flour, but
basically no white sugar, nowhite white sugar, no white
flour.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Okay, because they're not, you know, zero calories
and no sugar.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
No, but I'm just saying that so I can feel good
about it that I the bodyprocesses.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
The non-white sugar is better, you know.
So metabolize is better.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Yeah, yeah, no, that's definitely, definitely a
way to do it.
So I really appreciate youbeing on this podcast and
because you have taught me a lotof stuff and, like I said, we
got to have another episode ofDr Kairi's and talk about your
you know what you do as far as adoctor and where you're going
with that and how you're goingto get into that.
Because I know, oh, I know, I'mall over the place.
(26:16):
I mean, I created my WD PierceAssociates and and, like you
said I was, I was giving away,uh, my knowledge.
You know, working at IBM for 36years, I was giving away, for I
don't know how to act.
I didn't know how to ask peoplefor money.
You know, what do I charge,what do I do this.
So now I'm learning and I'mgetting coaching on that that
you got to ask Wanda.
So you know, like I said, yougot to ask to receive.
(26:39):
And once you receive you knowyour blessing.
So, but thank you so much, drKairi, for being on this podcast
.
I'm just so excited and we willactually um reconvene stay
tuned for the next episode ofReady Set Collaborate.
So, uh, yeah, so it.
You know it really.
It really tells a lot aboutyour character and that's why
(27:04):
you know God had you still here,you know.
So it really is very, veryinspiring and you inspire me.
So.
But, thank you once again forbeing on the podcast.
So, audience, make sure youconnect with dr kairi um and and
see if dr kairi's listening.
She told you what she did, butwe're going to talk more about
(27:25):
that in the next episode, but Ithank you for being on the show
and make sure you share, followand share this podcast.
Share Ready Set.
Collaborate with Wannapis.
I'm on all podcast platforms aswell as YouTube, so make sure
you subscribe.
But thanks again, dr Kyrie, Iappreciate it.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Have a great day.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
Thank you, you too, bye.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
That wraps up another episode of Ready Set.
Collaborate with Wanda Pearson.
I hope you found inspirationand valuable insights to help
you build meaningful connectionsand successful collaborations.
If you enjoyed today'sconversation, be sure to
subscribe, share and stay tunedfor more great discussions.
Until next time, keepcollaborating and making an
(28:14):
impact.
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