Wear Your Advocacy: Launching the 'Rep Your State of Mind' Movement

What if you could wear your advocacy? 

Welcome to the first episode of the Rep your State of Mind podcast! 

I'm Michelle Crawford, and today I'm sharing my personal journey from teaching cannabis health to launching an advocacy apparel brand.

Learn how a spark of inspiration led to the creation of our signature "I Leaf My State or Province" design and the tireless efforts my husband and I put into creating over 70 designs for every U.S. state and Canadian province. 

Hear firsthand how our apparel is not just clothing—it's a conversation starter that helps dismantle the stigma surrounding cannabis.

Join me as I give heartfelt shout-outs to the amazing communities and individuals who've supported Rep your State of Mind, including the Cannabis Coaching Institute (CCI) and the Women Empowered Cannabis Advocates Network (WECAN.coach). 

I'll also highlight our commitment to supporting significant charities like NORML and Patients for Safe Access. 

Get a sneak peek into what's coming up this season: 12 episodes packed with inspiring stories and valuable insights. 

This is more than just a podcast—it's a movement. 

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Episode Transcript

Michelle (00:00):
Hello Conversation Starters and welcome to the Rep
your State of Mind podcast.
I'm Michelle Crawford, yourhost and the founder of Rep your
State of Mind Advocacy Appareland Accessories, and I want to
welcome you to the Rep yourState of Mind podcast, where we
are going to start theconversation finally about

(00:21):
advocating in your state finally, about advocating in your state
.
In this episode, we're going totalk about the launch of this
new podcast, why I started thebusiness, what Rep your State of

(00:41):
Mind advocacy apparel andaccessories can do for you, and
why you should subscribe andstay tuned for more of the Rep
your State of Mind podcast.
Now that we're back, I want tolet you know that I'm so excited
that you're here.
This podcast has been a longtime coming.
As a cannabis health coach andeducator, for the last three
years I have been working hardteaching people how to DIY their

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own plant medicine and tendingto my community.
However, I saw a big gap inclothing.
There were always incidentswhere people were like if only I
could tell people withouthaving to say a word, and I
really got excited about thatconcept when I finally got the

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inspiration for the design thathelps you advocate in your state
, which is this one, the I Leaf,my State or Province design.
That design is the one thatlaunched it all for me.
Over a year ago, I got wind ofsomething that happened to some
friends of mine in Michigan,where, you know, they were

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getting stigmatized and gettingdiscriminated against for no
good reason other than these arecannabis lifestyle people.
Well, in the face of that, whatcan you do?
You can start an advocacyapparel brand and work really
hard all weekend with yourhusband to produce over 70
designs representing everysingle state in the Union of the

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United States, as well as everyprovince in Canada and
territory.
After doing all of that, myhusband and I were pretty tired,
but our journey had just begun,because now I need to get the
word out about these designs andhelp people wear them and, when
they wear them, understand thatthey are making a difference,

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starting the conversation andchanging the world for the
better.
Luckily, the design startedselling to my cannabis educator
friends.
Shout out to Cannabis CoachingInstitute, where I worked for
over two years as a mentor tohundreds of students coming
through learning about cannabisscience, how to be a coach and
educator and how to spread thegood word about the healthiness

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of living this lifestyle withthe cannabis plant.
Some of my customers also camefrom my beautiful Women
Empowered Cannabis AdvocatesNetwork family that is founded
by my friend Kirstie Chadsey ofWeCan.
I had so many people who cameand bought designs from their
state to represent from thatcommunity as well, because we

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are a tribe of cannabis healthcoaches and educators out there
trying to make the world abetter place.
And what better thing to wearthan rep your state of mind, you
know.
Another source of shout out forme is the people that have had
me over to do some speaking attheir events, for example, the
Gathering of the Glindas inMichigan.
I'm very close to Michiganersand I met so many beautiful

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women and men there that areclose to my heart and
repustiative mind, as well asCannaBliss in the Cat Skills, I
gotta say, run by my friendCannacoach JB and her beautiful
wife Danielle, who also runsSuperfine Social.
Look them up if you need awebsite or marketing help as a
small business.
Oh my God.

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There could be so many moreshout outs, but the two most
important Rep Your State ofMind that cares about is NORML,
the National Organization forMarijuana Law Reform, as well as
the Patients for Safe Access,which are two charities that I,
as the founder and owner RepYour State of Mind, like to use

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my brand to support.
So every purchase you make atRep Your State of Mind does help
me donate to those causes, andif those causes are close to
your heart, like they are tomine, I know where you need to
shop repyourstateofmindcom.
All right, what else am Isupposed to share with you at
this juncture?
I'm supposed to also share whatis coming up with the rep your

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state of mind season.
So we are in the midst rightnow, so busy recording 12
episodes of this podcast foryour pleasure.
I think pleasure is veryimportant and you are worthy.
So what is going to happen inthese 12 episodes?
Some of them are definitelygoing to be some interviews of
exciting people in our communitythat I want you to meet, who

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are using representative mind tohelp spread the word that canna
moms should be accepted as wellas celebrate pride.
We're going to hear fromcustomers who are using rep your
state of mind to start theirconversation in their
communities.
And, as a special present toyou, I'm going to introduce you
to three generations in myfamily of cannabis kitchen

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witches, diyers, who are makinga difference in their families
my own Well, so subscribe now,hit that like button on this and
let me know that you're excitedto spend this season of Rep
your State of Mind with me andall of our friends in our
growing community.
We're also today going to talk alittle bit about when are they

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going to be released, theseepisodes.
So we're going to actuallyrelease six episodes, the first
batch, and then we're going torelease six episodes in the next
batch.
That way, you get all 12 tobinge all season long.
For those of you that arecommuters or for those of you
who are working out, feel freeto spread them out, but they're
going to be there for you.
And if you want to learn moreabout Rep your State of Mind,

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please visit us online atrepyourstateofmindcom.
And we do have a pretty activefollowing at Instagram.
Check us out on IG at Rep yourState of Mind.
That's our handle.
I can't wait to see you there.
I can't wait to have everybodyon this channel talking and
invite more of us as we grow ourrepping community.

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And the last thing that I wantto mention is club rep.
Club rep is the greatest thingthat I think can happen to a
brand in any business, which iswhen your customers want to get
together and to meet each otherand to make community, and so,
as a good owner of a business, Isaid heck, yes.
And started club rep this year.

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What is club rep?
It's our membership, where youcan be with other people who are
like-minded with you.
I'm going to have virtualmeetings and in-person meetings.
The first one is this July inLas Vegas, where we are going to
explore normalization anddestigmatization of the legal
consumption lounge scene therein person.

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So if you want to be one of thefirst people in America to
check out some of these newconsumption lounges, some of
which are only like a month old,please visit
repyourstateofmindcom.
We have a blog there andtickets for sale for you to join
us in Las Vegas this July.
I'm also planning a sexy SantaCruz session in the fall with

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the canna-sexual Ashley Manta,my dear friend and a juggernaut
in the pleasure and cannabisspace.
So if you're interested inthings like that, you're in the
right space here at the Rep yourState of Mind podcast.
So, with all that said, pleaselike and subscribe and stay with

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us as we advocate for our stateof mind at
repyourstateofmindcom.
See you on the next episode.
Bye.