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July 11, 2024 38 mins

Happy July! Thank you for the holiday break, but I'm back baby. Your girl also needs that good juju, so send some my way. (more on that later)

Here's looking at this week's episode: 

  • Where I've been and where I'm going 
  • NEW MUSIC! For someone who doesn't consider themself up to date on a lot of new music, your girl has been tryna keep up with the pop queens reigning this summer! Ahem, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Kesha!!!
  • Health updates! I have kept this mum, but I had a little scare but everything is good! I recap what was going on, what led me there (lol), and the outcome! 
    • Also, the story on how we even got here is worth the listen. HA!
  • Positive self talk - not just affirmations, not just journaling, literally saying to your self in detail why you're proud of you, recognizing all your hard work, seeing how far you've already come.... it's incredible the power it has on you and your ability to accomplish whatever you've set out to do. 

There are some good nuggets of wisdom in this episode, and I hope they help you like they have been helping me. ;)

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Elizabeth (00:05):
Hello, hello, hello.
Welcome back to an all newepisode of The In Between.
I'm your host, Elizabeth Cheney,and it's been a little bit of
time since we last talked.
I am just here to say, well,it's summer.
Summer vacation school's out.
Uh, and also, it is June.
My podcast, and sometimes you dowhat you got to do, but mostly

(00:27):
because last week was a holidayweek.
Uh, this episode was a littledelayed in getting out just
because your girl has a lotgoing on right now.
If you can't tell by the bagsunder my eyes, a little
concerned that they're not goingaway, even though I'm trying to
sleep more, but I'm not quitesleeping, you know, and But

(00:51):
that's okay, like we're gonnaget better at that.
Nothing that a good gusha,guasha, however the hell you say
that thing.
It's like the smooth stone.
Nothing like a little guasha ingcan, you know, get the wrinkles
out.
That's what I tell myselfanyway.
Um, Botox alternatives.
Nothing against Botox.
Just never had it myself.
Mostly because it overwhelms thehell out of me.

(01:12):
Uh, when I hear people talkabout Botox, like, oh yeah, my
units, my blah, blah, blah,blah, like, I don't know, the
way they talk about it seemslike a different code, a
different language.
Uh, so yeah, not necessarilyagainst it, just not sure if I
need it quite yet, but mostlydue to intimidation.
Um, but you know, cheers to, uh,Live laugh loving your way

(01:34):
through life in capacity inwhich you like it.
I'm sorry, I haven't had mymorning coffee quite yet, so I'm
a little tongue tied, if youknow what I mean.
But anyways, let's get into it.
Where have we been?
What's been going on?
So I feel like I've been vagueand probably not to you guys,
but in my head, I feel like I'vebeen vague the past several

(01:55):
months about some things thatI'm working on, some things that
I'm holding out for manifestinggood juju.
I can't quite talk about all ofit yet, but all I want to say is
I feel very close.
So I just need you to put somegood juju, some good vibes out
there for your girl.
And hopefully in the nextepisode or two, probably in two,

(02:17):
uh, I will have some reallyexciting updates for you all
because I know you're all justfoaming at the mouth waiting
for, uh, Updates for Liz, what'sgoing on with her life.
So I'm very excited about that,but that's part of what all of
the crazy hustle and bustle andall of that's been going on.
That's been taking away from mymental focus a little bit, but

(02:37):
really, really exciting thingson top of other exciting things
besides the fact that my nailslook so cute.
Look at these.
See, aren't they cute?
Yeah, I got my nails doneyesterday with my mom and I
actually found this design likeon a Timu ad.
Never shopped at Timu, whatever,you know, no hate, no shade,
just try not to do the wholefast fashion, fast, it's not all

(03:00):
fashion, but fast, whatever thehell, fast fashion.
Um, but it was like these likereally cheap press on nails and
I was like, these are reallycute.
Mo Mo is my, my, my chick whodoes my nails and she was like,
I can do that.
I can do it better.
And so she did and oh my gosh, Ican't stop staring at them.
They're so fun.
It's like a mix of like 90s, 80sand early 2000s in my opinion,

(03:20):
but I digress.
For those listening, you'relike, I can't.
You see them so I have nocontext to what you're talking
about.
Just trust me.
Just trust that your girl hasreally cute nails at the moment
because like, that's the mostimportant thing going on in the
world.
Cute nails.
Yeah.
Um, but in other news, my mom'sbirthday is this weekend, so

(03:41):
that's exciting.
Um, we are going to a cabinweekend away.
It was just going to be me.
I think I talked about thisbefore.
If not, well, here's the news.
So I was going to have like alittle cabin weekend secluded
where I could just go incubateand work on podcast stuff, work
on other things for my career,for my Elizabeth Cheney ness, if

(04:01):
you know what I mean.
My whole idea of making moneyfor myself.
Um, well.
What I mean, like making moneyfor me by me, like not me
working for a company makingmoney, which of course I do
that, but I'm talking about me,entrepreneur me, God, I don't
know why I couldn't use thatword earlier.
We get there.
We've, we eventually get therewhen I get stuck on my words,

(04:23):
but anyways, I'm really excitedbecause I'm going to build out
like a, a public speaking pitchdeck, so to speak.
So I can try to pitch myself tonetworking groups and things
trying to get myself out thereand.
Network and maybe make a littlebit of money, build out my
podcast course line, because Iam still planning to launch that
by the end of the year.
Fingers crossed.
I think I can do it.
I know I can do it.

(04:44):
Let's, let's change that innernarrative.
And then we're just working onother podcast stuff, getting
ready for our New York triptogether.
I'm going to actually try torecord while in New York and
rent space at a really coolstudio and try to book a guest.
Um, we're going to see where shegets.
I'll tell you a fun fact.
I was talking to somebody.
Who owns a podcast network.

(05:06):
Uh, I'm a little small fry forher network, but that's okay.
It's cool to have a contact likethat.
Hello, manifest that shit.
But anyways, she was like, letme give you some advice.
Like she took like 25 minutesout of her day.
Really, really busy chick.
To just kind of like, Talk to meand not so much about growth
because the thing aboutpodcasting is it's really hard
to grow Like a lot of the bigbig podcasts watch.

(05:27):
I would say most of the bigpodcasts that you see Podcasting
is not their main shtick.
You know what?
I mean?
They either have a network theyhave a Product they have music.
They're a movie star.
They're a reality star somethingalong that nature They have
other things that contribute totheir growth Awareness and
influentialness influenceinfluentialness.

(05:50):
I love just making up words.
Anyways, her advice to me waswhile you're in New York, why
don't you try to book a space atthe studio?
It's called WTF studios.
It's really popular up in NewYork, especially when out of
town guests come in for the bignetworks up there.
And she was like, and you shouldtry to like book a guest.
It's maybe a bit bigger thanyou, but not so big that it's
like out of reach.
One of the names she does, sheshould just blahblahblah.

(06:12):
One of the names she suggested.
I've tried to say that now threetimes.
One of the names she suggestedWas Hannah Burner for those who
don't know Hannah Burner She hasher own podcast with a hosting
page called the giggly squad Ithink she was also on blow deck,
but she's also a up and comingcomedian Love me some Hannah

(06:34):
Burner when she said HannahBurner and the first thought my
head was You think I could tryon book Hannah Burner?
Not that me and Hannah Burnercould not vibe.
Okay, but I'm like HannahBurner, do you want to come on
the in between podcast?
Also, totally forgot, because Ilistened to the podcast and I
remember them talking about it,but Hannah Burner literally just
dropped her Netflix comedyspecial and something tells me,

(06:57):
um, she doesn't have time forthis small fry.
Hannah Burner, between yourNetflix specials and, you know,
you being on Call Her Daddy, doyou want to come be on the in
between?
We don't have a huge user basequite yet, but we are full of
fun, love, and just Selfacceptance, that's my pitch.
And I'll put like a little gifof me going, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, so

(07:20):
it should be like block.
Hopefully I never see thatpsychopath again.
Uh, all jokes aside, who knows,I'll shoot my shot.
What's the worst that's going tohappen?
I get ignored, that's probablythe most likely outcome, so I'm
ready for it.
But that is what I'm trying todo.
So if you have any suggestionson maybe semi attainable New
York City guests that couldreally benefit your girl and

(07:43):
like engage a wonderfulconversation, let me know.
I'm also planning to hopefullyhook up with some of the, uh,
the podcast people that I've hadon the podcast and I've been on
their podcast that are based inNew York.
So just really exciting.
So this weekend is basically mekind of getting my whole plan
for the rest of the yeartogether.
Um, my mom is coming becausewell, I love my mom and she's

(08:05):
like one of my best friends,right?
But Cindy is a great researcherand I'm like, mom, do you want
to come be my personal assistantfor the weekend?
I'll take care of you.
I'll feed you.
I'll pay for everything.
Like, let's go.
So that is why she's coming.
She's gonna, she's gonna sleepand then take care of me.
Take care of research and what Itell her to research.
So we love a solid mom who noteven just a mom, a solid parent,

(08:25):
a solid role model, solid adultfigure who supports, better yet
uplifts, better yet contributes.
So, that's exciting.
That's, that's exciting.
Uh, let's see what else is goingon.
I still haven't finishedBridgerton.
I don't know if that's like a, aresponse to how this season

(08:45):
really was.
I, I don't know.
I wasn't into it.
I really wasn't into it.
Um, nothing against Penelope.
I've, I love the, uh, what's hername, Nicola.
I think she's a great actress.
I think she's so pretty.
I think she's so cute.
She seems cool.
I'm just not into the show.
I don't know why.
Part of it's Eloise, but that'sdefinitely not the whole reason.

(09:07):
But it's just like anaccumulation of a bunch of
little things.
But I really hate how they'vemade Eloise just kind of
insufferable this season.
She's such a brat.
But anyways, I digress.
I will eventually finish it,just not necessarily feeling it,
if you know what I mean.
But that's okay.
There's lots of music out rightnow.

(09:28):
You know, I'm not much of amusic girly.
Well, I think I've said thisbefore, but of course I like
music, but I am not someonewho's like up to date on the
music.
Like, Oh, I hear every newalbum.
Oh my God.
I love the people who do that.
Y'all are so cool.
Honestly, that's how I learnedabout music.
When the people, the people, thepeople of the internet are
talking about certain albums,certain artists, certain songs.

(09:49):
That's typically when I picksomething up because I'm like,
Oh, it's all this chatter aboutit.
So with that said, I've realizedlike I'm a big nostalgia person.
It's like what I'm used to, whatI know.
So I'm always listening to like2000's pop and hip hop.
I'm listening to like 90's popmusic.
80's rock music.
I'm just not really listening tonew stuff.
However, I mentioned this in mylast episode, the sexuality

(10:12):
episode.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed thatone.
Which, side note, shout out todisability Mmm, woohoo.
but, I'm obsessed with ChapelRhone at the moment.
At the moment.
I think that's like gonna be aforever long fixation, but can't
stop, won't stop with ChapelRhone.
Literally have her music onreplay non stop during the day.

(10:33):
Um, but Charli XCX she droppedan album called Brat.
Everyone's talking about it.
So I started listening to it.
And you know, it's a vibe.
It's, it's very upbeat, it'svery, mm, just going with it,
it's, going with it, thatsounded so weird and lame, I'm,

(10:54):
it's a vibe, okay, it's like aBrad Summer, we're here for it,
A lot of the songs are catchy.
Uh, they're just bebop songs.
It's the fun to listen to whileyou're walking, while you're
driving around, windows down.
Uh, but the thing about heralbum that I see a lot of
commentary around is like it'sour brat summer.
And I'm into that.
I'm into my brat summer.
I am in to saying no.

(11:16):
I am in to exerting boundaries.
And you know, it soundsconfrontational.
It sounds like, Uh, maybe alittle negative, but it doesn't
need to be boundaries.
It should be as beautiful andwelcoming as like a hug, as
love, as friendship, as selfacceptance.
Boundaries are so important andboundaries matter in every

(11:38):
aspect of your life, your worklife, your personal life, your
family life.
Like.
Boundaries, you need to enforceboundaries at the damn grocery
store.
You need to enforce boundariesin traffic.
Protect your peace.
Boundaries are about protectingyour peace.
And we don't always get themright, but that's okay.
We just keep trying until, boom.
We don't feel dysregulated whenwe say no.

(11:59):
We don't feel shame or guiltwhen we say no because we're not
people pleasing.
And once you kind of get overthat threshold, It's amazing how
you can look back on some of thethings that you got anxious
about or uncomfortable by oroverthought and you're like, Oh
my God, like I was giving waytoo much of myself that
situation and the personinvolved was out of line.

(12:21):
So it's a very like vagueexample and I'm not pinpointing
anything in particular.
I'm just saying.
Work on it.
Boundaries are uncomfortable ifyou've never ever enforced them
or like done anything about thembut they will protect your peace
and The more you do it theeasier it gets so Remember, we
got one life.

(12:42):
I think it was a few weeks ago.
I did the existential musingsepisode.
Just go back and listen to thatone and this whole message will
make more sense if you know whatI mean.
But back to music, because yourgirl's on a music train.
So Brad, Brad Summer, uh, Keshadropped a new song.
I actually really like it.
Kind of gives me like OG Keshavibes.
So I'm here for that.
And it was independentlyproduced by her.

(13:02):
So shouts for Kesha.
Katy Perry has a new album thatdrops this week, I believe.
Very nervous about that one.
Fun fact, I used to be ahumongous Katy Perry stan.
Um, I kissed a girl that was agreat album, but California
dreams or California girls.
Oh my gosh Best pop album of the2010s.
Well, I mean Lady Gaga waspretty spot on but Katy Perry's

(13:23):
California girls that Was anamazing album and I am shocked
that she didn't get any kind ofGrammys for it.
But regardless True pop, lovedit.
Every album after that was abomb.
Uh, she got weird, she got Idon't know.
Like, she went feminist, which Iwould normally like, but the
songs were weird, and just notvibey, and not upbeat, and an

(13:48):
upbeat that, I don't necessarilymean positive, just like, it was
weird beats, it was weird Songs.
There was no levels to them.
I don't know.
Didn't even listen to the smilealbum.
If I'm going to be completelyhonest with you.
So this new album, which it'sbeen a couple of years since the
last album came out, she teasedthe song and the tease was
absolutely boring.

(14:09):
Everyone was roasting her on TikTOK.
It's like, yo girl, what thehell is this?
Shit.
You're getting stormed by likeChapel Roan out here.
Sabrina Carpenter, Charlie XCXmain shit.
Even Taylor Swift's out here.
Just.
Pumping out music like I changedmy underwear.
It's insane.
But Katy Perry didn't likerelease like a little bit more
of the song.
And it kind of had a pop, like,It gave me, if I'm going to be

(14:32):
honest, Not quite CaliforniaGirls, but like, Maybe another
version of that, like thatupbeat, Freaking slap tastic pop
sound.
Okay?
So, I'm excited about this newalbum.
It gives me hope.
Um, but I'm not holding mybreath, because like I said, the
last two albums have been justabsolutely unfortunate.
Um, but I love me some KatyPerry, so I'm here for her to

(14:54):
make a comeback.
Right?
Right.
let's see what else has beengoing on in my world.
Oh yeah, so a few weeks ago, twoweeks ago, Stan and I went to
Gulf Shores, Alabama.
It was really, really, reallynice.
Um, I won't lie, I have kind ofa Stereotypical feeling,
observation, tone towardsAlabama.

(15:17):
I don't mean that as negative asit sounds, but I kind of picture
a country, I mean politically,I'm not even going to touch that
can of worms, but a little lessprogressive in terms of urban
development.
You know, do they, like, I'venever been to Birmingham, but is
it like, is it kind of a city?
Is it a big city?
Probably not.
Anyways.
I grew up going to Alabama allthe time because like my Nana's

(15:38):
family's from Alabama and I justremember the roads being shit
and it just, just being lots ofcountry, right?
A lot of old infrastructure andthat's okay because it's the old
southern state.
So, um, I did not expect GulfShores to remind me of like the
30A of Florida, like Destin andthings like that.
It was so nice.
It was so beautiful.
It was not like Panama City.

(15:59):
They're building so manydifferent things down there.
Me and Stan looked at a damnhouse, okay?
I mean, part of that was like myfriend who we were staying with,
my girl, shout out to Ashley.
She's a realtor, so she waslike, I can get you in.
But like, you can get so muchhome, like on the beach or near
the beach, for Very affordableprices when you think most beach

(16:19):
homes are like 1.
2 million.
And granted, maybe it's not likeright on the beach, but it's
like two roads away.
It's still within their littlegolf cart community.
So you can just be bop on yourgolf cart to the beach.
So I will be honest, I am alittle, not sure.
I don't want to say, of course,we're not moving to Gulf shores,

(16:40):
but there is like this 20percent part of me that's like,
Damn, we could actually makethis happen.
This is actually affordable.
That's why I can't completelysay no, because what a dream,
right?
Who doesn't want to live nearthe beach?
Well, I, I shouldn't say thatbecause like, as of like, I
would say six months ago, Iwould have never lived at the
beach full time.
But here I am, here I am.

(17:00):
I don't know what's happening.
They say your taste buds change.
I feel like my feelings towardsthe weather are changing.
Maybe I'm just like acceptingthe fact that it's so mother
effing hot.
And I just can't get aroundthat, and my husband will not
move out of Georgia, so I justhave to learn to exist, coexist
with the humidity and the heat.
But I didn't hate it.
I survived.
I don't know.
I don't know.

(17:21):
Maybe I'm just staying morehydrated.
So that makes the suffering alittle bit better, if you know
what I mean.
But we had a lot of fun.
While we were down there, I alsorecorded an episode with Ashley.
I'm gonna save the discussiontopics and points and I'm also
gonna kind of save like Whatshe's about and who she is and
all of that, but she is anincredible person Truly unique

(17:44):
has one of the most interestingunique perspectives from
somebody I've ever met there's areason for that and she shares
that and Y'all I'm just I'm soexcited for this episode I'm not
sure if it's gonna come out nextweek or the week after but I
just mmm I can't wait for y'allto listen.
It's absolutely beautiful and Idon't know I get I get a little

(18:04):
emotional she gets a littleemotional, but it's I promise
it's not weird It's just it'sbeautiful.
It's healing.
It's about Loving yourself.
Yes, but stepping into yourenergy and your power,
especially after, you know,maybe a season of defeat in a
way.
And then at the end we do agrounding exercise because she's
really, really good about that.
Um, so yeah, I just, I can'twait.

(18:25):
I think you guys are going tolove it.
I love her.
It's so special, so beautiful.
and yeah, just can't wait toshare that with the world.
Uh, she also had me do twoworkouts while I was there, one
HIIT, one yoga, HOT yoga.
HIIT workout was great, Ienjoyed it.
Nothing like going on vacationand working out.
It's actually kind of badass, ifI'm going to be honest with you.
Uh, but the HOT yoga class, holyshitballs.

(18:47):
Have y'all ever done HOT yoga?
It is hot.
I was drenched, drenched.
Like I was watching water justpour out of my shin, pour off my
arms.
I'm just like, Oh, okay.
I am soaking wet.
There was a pool underneath me.
Also, this class is so hellafull.
I can barely move.
And it's not like I'm good atyoga necessarily.

(19:09):
And then I have the wingspan ofa motherfucking like.
So I'm trying to like be verymindful of the people next to me
and I just know that myshoulders and elbows is going to
knock somebody out.
So we're doing all these crazymoves.
I'm trying to stagger and thenI'm slipping and sliding all
over the damn map becauseremember, like I said, it's a
pool of water.
Everyone's got towels.

(19:29):
We kind of got there a littlebit late, so like, I didn't know
what to grab.
I'm clueless.
I just like, I don't know, maybeI should speak up a little bit
more.
I just kind of roll with it alittle too easily.
So there I am, slipping andsliding, which, that makes you
exert more, more muscle control,more trying to hold your core in
so you don't freaking fall andkill yourself, break your neck.

(19:51):
I would say three fourths of theway through this hot yoga.
The gentleman next to me, he wasa much older gentleman, because
I'm sure there are a lot ofretirees, you know, type of
people that live down there, thesnowbirds, if you will.
And, um, he's sweating, but he'sgot a towel, so at least his
slip and slide can get dried upa little bit quicker.
Like I said, three fourths ofthe way through, he goes, Oh,

(20:11):
I'm sorry, ma'am.
I took your towel.
Here's my towel.
I didn't use this one because Itook yours.
And I look at him and his wife'slike, so sorry, and I'm like
processing what happens, thenI'm like, oh wait, so the, the
instructor must have like lefttowels in front of everyone's
place, you know, blocks, so allthese resources right in front
of me were not the people nextto me, it's like they were mine,

(20:31):
so I could have like not beensuffering so long.
And.
I look at him and I take thetowel and I'm like, thank you.
And I'm just thinking like,you've been watching me suffer
this whole class.
Cause like I was strugglingbecause there was so much sweat.
There was so much sweat.
I was sliding.
I was like grunting.
I was like trying to catchmyself cause I slip and like

(20:51):
lose my balance or something.
And I'm like, Yeah.
You didn't think to give it tome then because he was
embarrassed.
I'm like, I don't care, buddy.
I would have taken the half wetof your sweat towel at that
point.
Okay.
I'm just getting this fuckingdisgusting that I say that out
loud, but you catch my drift.
It was a thing.
So if you go to hot yoga, youbet your ass, you better grab a
towel or four.

(21:12):
I would grab four.
I would grab four towels becauseit was wet.
Was it enjoyable?
I'll be honest with you.
I don't think I really got thefull effect because of
everything I just said, notbeing able to fully do the move,
having no idea what I was doing.
Also in the process, sweating somuch.
I thought I was going to slipand die.

(21:34):
So yeah, when I tried again,sure, I'll try anything.
Look, I've been trying tomatoesfor the past 10 years, trying to
make my taste buds like them andyour girl finally fricking did
it.
So it's, it's, If that canhappen, I'm open to anything.
Yes, tomatoes are my baseline.
The last thing I wanted to kindof talk about, which is like
maybe, maybe the theme of thisepisode, but theme, topic,

(21:58):
subject, whatever.
so, another thing that's beengoing on that I've been vague
about is a little bit of healthstuff.
Gonna, like, tell this story in,like, a little bit of a weird
order.
Let's just take it back realquick to 2020.
This is the too long didn't readversion.
I had my bachelorette.
It was a COVID bachelorette, sowe were not doing much, okay?
We were hanging out in a cabinin the woods.
Like, in the mountains.

(22:19):
Woods, mountains, whatever,Tennessee, uh, it was supposed
to be Miami, with like, a yachtboat ride and all this fun shit,
so, you know, it was a hardpivot, if you will, but, all my
favorite people were there, andthat was truly the main thing
that I cared about for my batch.
Sure, I wanted, like, thestereotypical batch experience,
but, I wanted my people thereand we still had a fuck ton of

(22:39):
fun.
Trust me.
So much fun.
That's where this story takesus.
So the one like activity thingthat we did was we rented a
party bus because again, eventhough it was Tennessee, our
options were still very limitedbecause it was like prime covid.
So we're riding around in thisparty bus.
There's like 14, 15 of us.
We are, uh, We're all extremelydrunk having the time of our

(22:59):
lives.
Literally I'm like a monkey onthe like bars on the ceiling
jumping around, kicking, justdancing, having the time of my
life.
Well at this point in my life I,this was like during, you know,
my mental health disasterseason.
And of course at this point Iwas very much not aware of my
mental state, but I was having agood time.
Having a good time.

(23:19):
I started to kind of work out,so I was starting to lose a
little bit of weight.
Nowhere where I was today, whereI am today.
Like fitness, mobility, all ofthat.
However, the fact that I hadjust started, having not really
done that at all in my life, andthe fact that I was intoxicated,
and then the fact that it wasalso my bachelorette, there was
a lot of, um, what's that word?
Confidence.
Going on your girl.

(23:40):
So as we're dancing, getting,just getting it, I have this
idea, like I'm going to do aMichael Jackson where I like
jump into a split and pop upbecause I can do that.
Ask me, Liz, have you ever donea split in your life?
No, I haven't.
So I have no idea where thatjustification, that connect the
dots came from, but here we are.

(24:01):
So I go jump on, I'm holding onto like the bars.
I do like a little swing, youknow, give myself some momentum.
The motion of the ocean, if youwill, to pop down a split.
Well, first things first, I didnot pop back up.
I'm just gonna give you thatspoiler alert.
Two.
I can't do a split.
So, when I popped into thatsplit, I realized, oh shit, I'm

(24:21):
stuck.
I can't move.
I can't do a split.
What am I doing?
My guy friend Garrett who was onthe batch goes, Liz did a split.
And I'm like, Liz can't do asplit.
So he picks me up like helps getme out of the said split because
I got a running, not running,but like moving, jumping,
starting to the splits.
Of course, gravity brought medown.

(24:43):
I woke up the next day, pop incracking in ways my body has
never sounded in my life.
So that was then this is now.
2021.
That was a shit year mentalhealth, but like toward the end
of it, that's when my shoulderstuff started working out.
2022 was a big year of fitness.
Working out, getting, gettingreally not even just like

(25:04):
working out, but it's likegetting into a healthy physical
routine.
So I started noticing as Istarted developing more like
fitness bill, ability skills,um, my, my hip was starting to
hurt and I was thinking like,this has got to be tied somehow
to that fucking split.
I did because of course I didn'tproperly stretch.
Who knows how to stretch?
I don't fricking know.

(25:25):
Like I probably didn't do what Ineeded to do for the fact that I
did a split and physically can'tdo that.
So, fast forward like literallya year and a half, two years of
suffering.
I'm like, this is becoming anissue.
I can't seem to stretch or get,get release, relief from the
shit.
So I decided to go finally get areferral for an orthopedic and

(25:48):
get like an MRI and make surelike there's not some kind of
structural damage because itwould be my luck that there
would be structural damage.
Because again, I want you all toknow like my leg was going numb.
It just seemed to be gettingworse.
All that fun shit.
So I go, I get an MRI.
and thankfully, there is nothingwrong with my hip.
No structure, it's just somekind of very pulled tight muscle

(26:11):
to some capacity, some degree.
However, with this MRI,something else popped up that
wasn't supposed to be there.
So it was kind of one of thoseclassic, you get one for one
thing, oh guess what, that'sfine but we found something
else.
So part of the anxiety was theway in which this news was
delivered to me.
I want you to know that thisdoctor comes in, doom and

(26:35):
motherfucking gloom.
He's like, Hey, so have you seenthe report yet for your MRI?
And I'm like, no, I'm not adoctor.
And also I have anxiety, so I'mnot going to go read things.
I don't have any businessreading without like a adult
present to explain them to me.
And so he goes, well,everything's fine with your hip,
but a small mass showed up inyour, your right ovary.

(26:57):
And I'm like, okay.
And I'm just like, blink, blink,blink, blink.
Um, all I heard was mass andmind you, his whole demeanor was
like, very much like You havestage four cancer and you better
say your goodbyes now.
That's how it felt.
So I'm like, come again, likewhat are you talking about?
And he shows me and I'm like,that is a very, that is a mess.

(27:18):
Okay.
So he's like, it's probablynothing a big deal, like
whatever.
And I've never had issues downthere, but it's also something
that I'm very ignorant aboutbecause women's health, women's
anatomy is, There's so manythings that could go wrong and I
choose my battles and I do notchoose to walk down the path of

(27:39):
WebMDing women's health issuesbecause I just feel like I will
be in an endless rabbit hole ofjust scary concepts and I'll
probably never come out of myapartment.
So uh, Transcribed I'm like,okay, thank you.
I'm a little bit in shock.
And I jokingly say, well, can Istill get a PT referral for this
hip?
So I go home and I'm like, I gotto handle this right now.

(28:00):
So I go home.
It was a Friday.
I get an appointment with theOBGYN like the next Friday.
They're able to get me in.
Um, she's like, look, I'mlooking at this report.
I think this is probably just asmall cyst but we want to be
sure, um, especially becauselike you're 33 you want to have
kids in the next couple ofyears.
It's probably a good check justto make sure everything's okay.
So it's definitely one of thosethings that once you were made

(28:22):
aware that there is somethinglike that in you, you're, you're
gone.
You don't want to focus on it,you don't want to think about
it, but it's like, mmm, presentin your mind, the back of your
head, you're thinking about itall the time.
So I tried really hard to kindof keep my shit together because
she didn't want to, she wantedme to come back in a month and a
half.
So for the past month and ahalf, I've just been wondering,
what the fuck is in Liz'suterus?

(28:42):
What's on her ovary?
And I didn't really tell toomany people.
I told some of my friends andthey're like, oh, it's probably
not a big deal, but you know,it's so scary because like I
said, just a second ago, itcould be a thousand different
things you don't know in women'shealth.
So.
I just had my follow up thisweek and I can say with good
news, your girl is all clear.

(29:03):
Uh, what was their burst?
It must've been a little cyst.
There was some fluid still on myovaries and my uterus, but like
it wasn't anything that she wasconcerned about.
They did extremely thoroughultrasound and everything looks
good there.
Health wise.
She said my follicles, whateverthe hell that is.
I mean, I kind of have a vagueidea.
It's more than a vague, but I'mdefinitely not going to sit here

(29:23):
and try to explain it to you onthe podcast.
I think it's something to dowith like your eggs.
I don't know.
I don't know, but they lookgood.
So, there we go.
And I just want to say, Pats tome, even though it was kind of
creeping in the back of my head,I did not focus on it.
I did not, like, sit with it.
you know what I mean.
Like, I was, I was very mindfulof my, um, My relationship, so

(29:48):
to speak, with this thought andthis knowledge.
it's scary.
The unknown is scary.
But you don't need to worryabout it.
So, the reason I'm telling allthis story is, one, I've been
holding that.
We're good.
You're good.
Your girl's good.
The healthcare is no longerscary.
And boom, bap, boom, bap, boom.
Another reason why I'm saying itis, it was a really good
exercise for me and how not toworry about the things that we

(30:11):
can't control, the things wedon't have knowledge over, the
things that it's literally wejust have to cross that bridge
when we get there.
And not, not trying to bedramatic when I say this, but
it's like, is it somethingscary?
Is it cancer?
Is it something worse?
Like, I don't know.
So, of course it could have beenany of those things, but I had
so much going on.

(30:31):
I had life to live.
I had a month and a half beforethe freaking follow up
appointment with the ultrasound.
So was I just going to sit therefor a month and a half and think
about this?
What state do you think I'd bein when I got there?
Although side note, I will saythe reason this episode is late
is because I have not slept thisweek because I think I was low
key, very anxious about thisappointment.

(30:53):
So I needed to rest.
So that's why this is, you know,a day or so late.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Don't be mad, but at least it'sa good episode.
But anyways, this was a goodexercise.
I'm not worrying about thethings I can't control.
And with that also came, Somepositive self talk because when
it would creep in, I would tryto like, Ooh, combat that
thought that intrusion as quickas possible between that.

(31:16):
And then also the episode that Irecorded with Ashley as my
friend that I just say withinGulf shore.
So y'all are going to hear this.
We were talking about innernarratives and the things that
we tell ourselves.
Now I am sure y'all are not newto affirmations, positive self
talk.
I mean, shit.
I talk about that shit all thetime.
Let me ask you a question.
Literally, when was the lasttime you thought to yourself,

(31:39):
like, think the whole thing outor you even said out loud, I'm
proud of me.
I'm fucking proud of me.
Oh my God.
I look at all the things I'mdoing.
I'm crushing it.
I work so hard.
Let me recognize all the thingsthat I do.
On the daily, on the weekly, allthe things I'm, I'm striving
towards.

(31:59):
Holy shit, let me recognize allthe things that I've done.
I've been seeing this post it'sbeen reoccurring in my feed when
I'm scrolling so I can'tremember the word for word post,
but basically it was saying,don't forget to recognize that
you used to dream about whereyou are today.
And you know, my podcast isn'thuge yet.
I'm not working independentlyfor myself yet, making all the
money for myself through myefforts, through my craft,

(32:21):
through my entrepreneurship.
But there was a time when I wasextremely depressed where I
dreamed about launching apodcast.
Where I used to beat myself upbecause I hadn't launched it
yet, that I was a failure.
I used to think about having awebsite and having a whole bunch
of personal branding to go withthis podcast and to have a
following.
Sure it's not huge, but there'salmost 500 people who follow me

(32:43):
on Instagram.
500 people and most of them arestrangers.
That's really cool and reallydifferent.
Whether they're bots, we're notgoing to touch that.
I'm just kidding.
But, a theme in the past monthand a half as I've been sitting
with what's going on with Liz'sbody, but we're not going to
worry or stress about it becauseI'm in my season of winning, and
not even season of winning, butmy season of allowing.

(33:05):
Sitting with what's meant for meis going to find me, truly
sitting with that and notworrying about it, which is so
much easier said than done.
So with that and then theepisode with Ashley, I've really
been mindful of that innernarrative, and I don't just mean
like working on the negativeself talk and combating that,
but that's, that's like one partof it.

(33:25):
But I mean actually sayingpositive things about me.
I always talk about how I'mjuggling all this different
shit, and I know it's just aseason of busy and this and this
and that and that, and you gottapace yourselves and you gotta
make sure you don't tackle ontoo much that you, you know, you
can handle.
we also need to be tellingourselves how proud we are.
Like, I want you to take a beatright now and tell yourself why

(33:48):
you're so proud of you rightnow.
I am so proud of me because eventhough I don't have a huge
following on this podcast yet,because I believe in myself
enough and I love myself.
I do this every week by myselfand that is so impressive on top
of working a job, on top ofhaving a life, my, my, my
family, my friends, I am doingit all.

(34:09):
And by all I mean for me.
Am I actually doing it all?
Of course not.
I still need to improve on theseroutines.
I still need to, you know, bebetter about eating healthier
and eating more broccoli anddrinking more water.
But instead of thinking about, Icould be better.
I'm not quite doing it all quiteyet.
I'm just like, it's okay.
I'm going to get there becauselook at all the shit I'm doing
now.
I'm It's just, it's a flip ofthe narrative and I'm telling

(34:32):
you, Oh my God, it actuallyreally works and it really
helps.
So don't just think aboutpositive affirmations.
Don't just think aboutjournaling in the morning.
Don't just think about, youknow, getting rid of that
negative thought pattern, but Iwant you at least once a day to
say out loud or to think like acomplete thought.
I am proud of me and this iswhy, and be specific.

(34:55):
Don't just say, okay, you'redoing a good job.
Yeah.
You're doing a good job.
Why are you doing a good job?
Why are you proud of you?
Give yourself the complimentthat you want someone else to
give you and that is how youstart validating yourself and
that is how you develop andbuild that self love.
So let's have a great rest ofthe week.
Let's enjoy this hot ass monthof July and let's talk so

(35:17):
proudly and positively aboutourselves.
We are frigging badass and we'regoing to tell ourselves that.
Maybe I don't have it alltogether, but damn, I have a lot
of it together and I'm onlyadding on more and more.
You would have told me lastyear, Hey, you're going to build
a course.
I would have been like, I don'tknow.
What is that?
And here I am building out theoutline with a direction and

(35:38):
motivation to actually produceit, create it, make some money
off of it, recognize how faryou've come, recognize where
you're at and recognize whereyou're going.
Take inventory of how incredibleyou are.
And it doesn't have to beanything epic.
I mean, existing is epic.
Remember, existing is insane.

(36:00):
If you're working on cookingfresher foods, fresher meals,
and you're down to four meals aweek versus like the one you
used to only do, that's anaccomplishment.
Recognize that shit.
Hell yeah.
Recognize your dreams, goals,the fact that you have them to
begin with, that's badass.
Recognize them, believe in them,and then you'll actually start
working towards them.

(36:21):
It is insane, it is beautiful,it is crazy how our thoughts
connect to our actual outcomesand what we do.
And it's also what we attract.
So let's be positive, let's loveourselves, and let's remind
ourselves how amazing we are.
Okay?
But on that note, you girlsgotta go to work.

(36:44):
Like I said, hopefully in twoweeks we'll have some more
updates about the podcast andjust what's going on in my life.
Yeah.
Um, and I'm really excited forall the things going.
So, anywho.
I say all this to just remindyou that your girl still
falters.
I mean, shit.
I was, this past weekend I had afew moments of self doubt and I

(37:06):
just had to snap out of it.
I talked to Stan, you know, haveyour person that can help build
you up.
Whether it's your partner, yourfamily, your friend.
Hell, message me on Instagram,I'll take care of you.
And, uh, we'll get there.
You know, we'll get therebecause we only get one shot at
this life.
At least this, this body, thisvessel of this life.
Like, why not live it to ourfullest?
Live it to our best because Ijust don't want us to suffer.

(37:28):
Because life is going to have ussuffer no matter what.
So.
There you go.
But on that note, if you're newhere, welcome.
Please go follow me on Instagramat in between pod and at
Elizabeth Cheney underscore.
When's the podcast?
When's my personal?
Keep up with both because it'sdifferent types of content and
you can follow me on Tik Tok andYouTube at the in between
podcast.
And also, please don't forget torate, review, subscribe, follow

(37:50):
wherever you listen to yourpodcasts.
Um, I really do want to try andgrow the reviews, ratings,
things like that because that ishow you get visibility and that
is important.
Aha! So that's exciting and youknow, please share this with a
friend, a sibling, a familymember, a co worker.
Hell, thank you.
Share it with your local grocerystore, uh, cashier.

(38:10):
I'm sure they could use some,some positive fun, some positive
entertainment, and help yourgirl grow, because if I grow,
more exciting things can happen.
Ahhhh.
Okay, so I'm gonna let you go.
Can't wait to see you next week,and um, let's live our best
lives.
I'll talk to you guys.
I'm Elizabeth.

(38:30):
Bye!
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