May 23, 2025 • 32 mins
Let's catch up on what the last month has entailed! Taurus season was good to me - from celebrating my birthday in New York, being surrounded by some of the best people in the world, and reflecting on the THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of The In-Between - there's a lot to yap about and get deep. This episode covers what's been going on in my life, the next big major plot twist in the Movie of Liz, and a few hilarious life choices I've made recently, ahem, Invisalign *face palm*.
Nothing in my life is the same as it was a year ago. Liz a few years ago wouldn't be able to handle that... but Liz now? She's thriving. If there's anyone I'd bet on it's me because if you can't bet on yourself, who will? And I hope you can find that self belief here at The In-Between too. Now, let's chat!
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(00:06):
Hey, hey, hey, look who's backon the podcast?
Yes, I am Elizabeth Cini, hostof the InBetween.
Happy to have you here if you'renew.
Welcome.
If you are familiar.
Well, I'm sorry.
I have been MIA, uh, it seems tobe a theme in my life the past
several months.
Uh, full disclosure, I recordeda whole episode prior to this
one was editing it, hated it.
(00:28):
I was really in a funk when Irecorded it this week.
Um, just.
Heavy, I would say heavy heart,but that's, it wasn't quite
heavy heart, but maybe it was, Idon't know.
Maybe I'm PMSing.
I don't know.
Either way, I recorded it.
I was like, I don't feel it.
I don't feel the energy.
I don't feel the J.
You know what I mean?
And then also, for whateverreason, I decided to record it
(00:48):
without my little thing, pufferthing.
I don't even know if I'm makingthat word up, but.
Anyways, I don't know why Ichose to do that, and it
literally picked up every noiseimaginable.
So there was like this weirdecho you could hear.
I don't know.
The bees buzzing outside, thebirds chirping, the helicopters
flying either way.
I was like, you know what?
(01:09):
I'm not a fan.
I'm not a fan of my content, soI'm just gonna delete that and
try again the next day.
So that is why this episode islate and I fully intended on
putting one out last week, but Idecided to yolo and extend my
trip in New York.
Uh, so there's so much to getinto.
My birthday was last week.
The three year anniversary ofthe podcast was this past
(01:30):
weekend just.
Crazy, crazy.
And then on top of all of that,I have decided to yet again take
on one more major life change.
I had to ask myself, am Iaddicted to chaos?
And there might be some truththere, I'm not quite sure.
But you know what?
If there's anyone that canhandle it, it's me.
And I'm not just saying that.
My friends have also said that.
(01:51):
So it's nice to have thatreputation, but also I am losing
my mind.
I might have bit off more than Ican chew.
But you know what?
I've said that before and I'vealways made it through, pulled
through all the things.
So we'll see.
We'll see.
Uh, if you're watching this,then you see I've got a little
vest on, so I don't know if thisis super millennial of me or
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whatever of me, but I startedwearing a weighted vest.
When I walk, and then I waswatching this video on TikTok
and they were like, I wear myweighted vest when I clean, when
I work, when I do all the thingsaround my house, my home.
And it helps with posture, ithelps just give you like an
additional little bit of aworkout.
Uh, it's the equivalent towearing like, let's say ankle
(02:36):
weights or something like that.
And so I was like, you knowwhat?
Why don't I do that?
I'm gonna have the best posturein the game.
And, you know.
I think I've talked about all myinjuries from that car accident
in 2017, but if not, here's arefresher course for you.
Long story long on that.
My shoulder is still prettymessed up and um, I.
Actually, I'm not even, I'm noteven gonna get into it'cause
(02:57):
this is not a health podcast.
All this to say your girl stillgot some injuries that will
probably never go away.
So you have to like work aroundthose and building strength is
one of them, but my shoulderisn't quite work the way it's
supposed to, like how I'm sureyours does.
And I was like, oh, thisweighted vest is another way to,
you know, build strength, buildstamina.
So.
(03:17):
Um, but I'm not gonna lie withthis ring light and this vest, I
am pretty hot,.
Uh, so I'm not quite sure howlong it's gonna last.
And also I was just thinkingabout, I.
If I post clips of this episode,or should I say when I post
clips of this episode, it'sgonna look a little weird if I'm
just, you know, wearing thisrandom ass vest without context.
(03:38):
But then again, who cares?
You know, who cares?
You're already putting yourselfout there on the internet.
Someone gonna judge you.
I'm sure they will, but whocares?
Again, who cares?
So that's that.
before I almost said besides,before we get into everything to
discuss, I just wanna say I gotthe Invisalign.
Of course, I'm not wearing itright now because if I was, this
(04:02):
entire episode would just beching ching, shing ching.
Hi guys.
Uh, I can't get over the lisp.
I don't know why.
I've been wearing it for overthree weeks now.
And like you change out yourretainer trays every two weeks.
And thankfully, gosh,thankfully, I don't have to wear
these very long.
It just goes till September.
(04:23):
But I was not thinking about mysingle girl Summer and
Invisalign.
Why did I have so much urgencyin getting Invisalign when, uh,
it's about to be summer and hereI am gonna be sh drooling all
over myself, kind of thing, kindof number.
Uh, but you know what, it'sfine.
(04:44):
It just adds to the story, itadds to the character.
My new catchphrase that I'vebeen saying to anyone that will
listen to me is for the plot.
So when something bad happens,rather than get down, I'm like,
oh, it's for the plot characterbuilding.
If something ridiculous happens,I'm like, for the plot.
If I find myself in ashenanigan, I'm like, ah, for
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the plot.
So everything hints.
Fourth is for the plot.
Okay.
Goes along with the whole, bethe main character of your story
goes along with the whole, Ilive my life like a movie, but
for the plot.
And let me tell you, there'sbeen a lot of that happening.
Some of which I absolutelycannot talk about on the podcast
So there's that.
It's a little, a littlescandalous.
(05:27):
A little scandalous.
It's a little, little, Ooh, ohmy gosh.
What are you doing, girl?
So take that as you will.
Uh, just being a little crazyover here, but you know, I can
already tell recording thisepisode.
I feel so much more hype, somuch more in my, my mojo and my
energy.
So yeah, screw that episode Ialready recorded.
And it's not that it was likehorrible.
(05:48):
I'm sure y'all would've lovedit, but, I'd rather be in it and
feel good about it and then, putthat out there because I don't
wanna waste my time editingsomething.
That I'm just not in love with.
So, boo.
Yeah, boo.
Yeah.
For the plot.
For the plot.
Am I right?
So Invisalign, that's great.
I had some birthday shenanigans.
(06:10):
Uh, let's see.
I was in New York with my mom.
And we were leaving SundayMother's Day and one of my
girlfriends, one of my bestfriends, Lisa, was like, Hey,
I'm coming up for a conferenceon Sunday.
I'll be leaving on your birthdayWednesday, so why don't you just
stay, you can work from thehotel.
It's a free stay and we can goexplore New York in the evening
together.
And I'm like, don't twist myarms.
Sounds like a plan.
(06:31):
So I got my mom booked, madesure she was good'cause she was
like on a companion ticket.
She was all set.
I got mine squared away and boo.
Yeah, I stayed in New York anextra few days.
I was there for a whole week.
So loved it.
I'm definitely one of thosepeople who's like, blink.
Blink, the magic of New York.
I love it.
And I just stare at the bigbuildings.
And you know what?
(06:51):
I don't care.
New York is such a vibe.
It's such an energy.
I know a lot of people getoverwhelmed by it, but I thrive
in it.
I don't know.
I just, something about feelingso small in such a big populous
city and I'm just like, stars inmy eyes.
Yes.
Sign me up.
So I'll just say like me and mymom, we went and saw a Broadway
show.
I got to see Wicked.
(07:12):
On Broadway.
So now I can humble brag.
Oh, um, I'm seeing Wicked onBroadway.
Um, not gonna lie, I boohooedlike a baby in Defying Gravity.
Lemme just tell you.
Defying Gravity, those lyricshit a lot differently when
you've gone through what I'vegone through.
You know what I mean?
(07:32):
Like when you have separated andall that sort of thing and
you've chose yourself andyou're, you're taking the risk
and you're literally defyinggravity.
time to trust my instincts andleap like, I don't know.
I was overcome with emotion.
Also, some stuff had happenedearlier that day that I don't
wanna get into like too muchpersonal business, but long
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story, long I was taken over byemotion and I just like, whoa.
The tears were coming and I'msure other people were tearing
up here and there.
'cause it's a very powerfulsong.
It's the end of act one.
But my mother looks at me andshe's like, are you okay?
Get it together, girl.
And I'm like, oh, I'm trying to,I'm embarrassed myself right
now.
So that was cathartic, I'm sure.
(08:14):
And healing in a weird way, butpointing wicked on Broadway was
incredible.
Okay.
Um, the first time my mom and Iwent back in August, I was very
calculated in the itinerary.
I tried to hit specific placesand it was all about the food,
and I feel like this time it wasmore organic.
Let's just see where we go.
We did get to do the EmbassyStudio tour.
That was so much fun.
(08:36):
Y'all.
I got to see the SNL stage pinchme moment.
Not everyone who does this tourgets to see it, especially
because like if you're on theweekends, they could be
preparing for the show.
But it was so cool to see Studioeight like.
Wow.
And they were talking about howit hasn't changed and ugh, it
was just, it was so freakingcool.
And then at the end of it, youand your, the, the group that
(08:57):
you're touring with get to dolike a little like.
Mock news segment, and everyonevoted me as anchor number one.
I was like, go figure.
Like can I just talk too much?
And then my mom ended up beingthe pop star, which is
hilarious.
And bless her little heart, herwhole bit was improv.
And if you don't know whatimprov means, it means you're
(09:17):
like making it up as you go.
More or less.
And so she killed it.
She killed it.
I was just a giggling so hard.
Part of mine was improv.
The two of us had the, theimprov parts, but either way it
was so much fun, great memories,frigging love New York.
I.
Gish.
I even took the wrong subway.
Now I can say I did that.
(09:37):
Oopsie.
But yeah, I loved it.
And then me and Lisa, we gottago.
I was really fixated on rowing aboat in Central Park.
And then she was like, I wannado that too.
And I was like, hell yeah, I'llbe your date.
I'll row your ass around.
So we go at sunset.
Oh, so dreamy, so romantic fortwo girlfriends and we just row,
row, rode your boat.
(09:57):
It was so much fun.
Um, it was a little morechallenging than I thought.
I guess I haven't really rode aboat.
I've kayaked, but that's justlike one, or this was like two
and that was like.
A lot going on with that, youknow what I mean?
So anyways, we survived.
We did not tip over and uh, welived to tell the tale, so
that's great.
And then we just be boppedaround East Village.
(10:19):
We ended up getting on standbyfor the Comedy Cellar one night
and we got in and we got greatseats.
Oh my gosh.
It was so much fun, so funny.
Uh, we had a wonderful birthdaydinner.
Uh, Lisa is one of my dear, dearfriends, love her so much.
And.
Yeah, we just lived our bestlife.
It was great on the way home.
We were stuck on the tarmac fortwo hours because of weather
(10:40):
delays.
So that was not ideal.
But you know what, it's okay.
It was great.
And then what's crazy is likethat night, which was my
birthday day, it was Wednesday,it.
I had all these dinner planswith a bunch of girlfriends.
I'm all about cultivating thosefriendships, you know what I
mean?
And, uh, I was like, shit, I'mgonna be late.
So then bless my mother's heart.
Happy birthday to me.
God bless.
(11:01):
My mom is so incredible.
She was like, I'll pick you upand I'll take you straight to
dinner, and then I'll even takeyour luggage, uh, to your house.
And I'm like, oh.
Cindy, oh my God, I could cry.
Thanks so much.
All right, let's go.
Bust a move, babe.
Anyways, of course, I was verythankful and grateful.
She drops me off and had so muchfun and I'm looking around at
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all the people, all the, all theladies, all my lady friends, and
I've definitely.
Gathered some new friends overthe past year and, and I would
say even a good, most of themI've only met in the past couple
of years myself, and I saw thisthing on Instagram the other day
that was like the truebiohacking, which I don't know
the proper term of biohacking,but it's basically like you
(11:43):
take, I'm gonna give you like avery, probably not correct
version of saying this, but it'slike you do things, manipulate
things, take vitamins, whatevertoo.
You know, progress your life tolive longer.
Like you're biohacking yourimmune system, you're inside, so
to speak.
Uh, trying to defy time, right?
I don't know, but it was talkingabout the true biohack comes
(12:05):
from the environment in whichyou surround yourself, and most
importantly, the people that youkeep around you.
And, you know, I'm a big peopleperson.
I'm all about connection.
I'm, I, I do think that's one ofmy love languages.
It's one of my gifts.
I mean, I wouldn't have thispodcast if I didn't think I
could connect with people, and Idon't mean that in a braggy way.
I'm just saying like that is.
Literally my thing, like call mean extrovert.
(12:27):
Extrovert for sure.
But I love people.
I love meeting new people.
I love hearing your story.
I love getting to know you, andI don't have to ever see you
again.
I just want to, I don't know,take in your energy and, or
maybe it's really just like anexchange of energy.
I don't know.
Now I'm like going off on atangent here, but how much I
love people.
Uh, ask, remind me of this whenI'm driving because I can tell
you right then and there, I donot love me.
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Some people then road rage forsure.
But anyways, the true biohack isaround, is the environment you
surround yourself, the people inyour corner, the people around
you.
And I'm looking around at allthese incredible women.
And some are little groups ofpeople, but most of them are
strangers to each other.
And I just had to take a momentand like take it all in and be
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like, wow.
I have cultivated someincredible relationships and
then getting to see the sparksfly with other people and them
connecting and becoming friendsand I hate to sound cheesy, but
then again, that is my name.
That is my game.
But it was magic and I couldsense the magic, and not all of
my favorite people could join.
(13:31):
So for those listening whoweren't there, don't worry.
I still love you.
But afterward, you know, we leftdinner, we went to this place
called Brew Dog to have somebrewski, but really just a
tequila, soda, lime.
And, uh, it was like a moreintimate group.
'cause everyone, most of thepeople had to leave.
And when we were all leaving,everyone was like, wow, that,
that was something special.
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That was magic.
Right.
And it was so, it was so, I wasgonna say crazy, but really
just, huh.
So wonderful.
Everyone who was a part of thatgroup messaged me separately,
either that night or the nextday, talking about how magical
and fun it was to be with thatgroup of people.
All different kinds of people.
No one know each other beforethis.
So am I saying that clearly?
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I have figured out thebiohacking rule.
I would say I have.
So, you know, hopefullylistening to this podcast
improves your life and makes youfeel seen and valued and better.
You know what I mean?
cause that's the energy that I'mtrying to put out there and the
energy I'm trying to bring intomy life.
Okay.
Also, it is so mother effing hotright now with this
motherfucking vest on.
I gotta take it off.
(14:34):
Anywho.
Oh.
Oh my gosh.
Wow.
All right.
For those listening, I'm verysorry.
You know, I, I wore it for theplot.
There we go.
There's that line again, but ohmy God.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
Woo.
It's not as heavy when it's onyour back.
When you hold it with one hand,it's like, oh my God.
All right.
So, um, anyways, had a greatbirthday and then celebrated
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this whole weekend.
I went to this place called MJQ.
It's like a dance club, whichit's like, Elizabeth, you're 34.
Why are you going to a club?
Well.
It was Southern HospitalityNight.
So basically just like a TLRappers cool hip hop music.
And I wanted to dance.
Okay, sue me, like whatever.
And I had a frigging blast.
Okay.
It was hottest shit.
And were we the oldest peoplethere?
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Not quite, but we were up there.
I'm just kidding.
But we had so much fun.
And then Saturday I went toHeather McMahon with my girl,
Ashley Anna.
Heather McMahon had a wholething on Invisalign, so that was
very uh, cool.
Cool, cool, cool.
Yeah.
I know.
It sucks.
Yeah.
Adult braces.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Imagine being single and doingit.
You dumb fuck.
(15:41):
Ah.
Anyways, we digress.
We digress.
But it was so much fun.
Ended up at a hookah bar afterthat, having smoked hookah in a
freaking hot minute, but had ablast.
Turned that place up, met newchicks.
It was so much fun.
Then we slept until literallynoon, 1:00 PM the next day, and
I was like, gotta go.
She had things to do.
I had things to do, and here weare.
And with that said, it's nowtime to drum roll please.
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I mentioned some crazy lifechanges, another big life
moment.
Uh, I debated on even talkingabout this on the podcast, but
then I thought, well, thepodcast is all about
authenticity and vulnerabilityand being truthful.
Why not?
I have nothing to hide, so I'vedecided to sell the house.
I know the house that you justbought and all the money you
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spent on the house, and you'redefinitely not going to get
anywhere near that money back.
You know what?
I'm gonna get back.
Peace of mind.
Big thing is this house isexpensive.
I'm not even just talking aboutthe extremely high mortgage, but
even maintaining a home isexpensive.
And this is a lot of home.
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Like this is a lot of home for alittle only me.
Remember, I'm just a girl.
In case you forgot.
I have to remind myself thatsometimes too.
But it's too much home for justme.
And I had been thinking about itfor a while, but I would always
get caught up on, oh, you'regonna be a failure if you sell
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the house, you're gonna lose somuch money.
And then I started to embracethis idea of like, but money
will come back to you.
It always does in some way.
And is it my peace of mind moreimportant than drowning in this
home?
1000%, especially because I'mclearly removing the shackles of
all the things that hold meback.
This house being one of them.
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I wanna move more into the cityor get a smaller home, like a
bachelorette pad or spoileralert plot twist for the plot.
Let's not forget, I've reallybeen thinking about moving to
New York.
Even if it's just for threemonths, six months, I don't
know, but why not?
I'm in a place in my life whereI could absolutely do that.
I, I, my job is remote.
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I, that would work.
I'd probably come back all thetime'cause my family is here and
so is my friends.
But why not?
I also entertain Chicago and sowhat I think I'm gonna do is I'm
gonna sell this house and I'mmanifesting, it happens before
we go to Greece.
And then I'm gonna be a littlebit of a nomad for a minute
here, um, when I get back.
And then I think I'm gonnaAirbnb a couple of weeks at a
time in Chicago and New York andtry different areas in both.
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See if one speaks to me.
See if one makes me go, you knowwhat?
It's worth the risk.
I'm gonna try it and if not, domy stint have my fun for however
long and then come back and geta place in the city Booya.
So all this crazy shit.
Birthday travel work.
Work is crazy, but it's okay.
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'cause I like when work is crazy'cause it keeps me entertained.
Said no one ever.
I'm just kidding.
But you know what I mean?
We're, we're, we're, we're doingsome fun projects that really,
um, get to use my skills anyway.
This is not a job interview.
I'll continue on.
Um, but my friends are like,wow, uh, you're trying to get
this house in the market in howlong?
Like that's no timeline and you,what happens about your trip?
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What about this, what aboutthat?
I'm like, look.
I'm the kind of person that onceI make up my mind, I don't
hesitate.
I do it, I move forward.
I do the thing.
You might call it impulsive, butyou're not thinking about all
the times I overthought thisvery decision and once I reached
a place of peace and acceptancethat hey, I'm not a failure, you
are gonna be so much happier ifyou do this.
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Think about the extra income youhave.
You can do this, you can dothat.
You can get a smaller home thatactually fits your needs and you
know, isn't a 1800 bajillionsquare feet.
That's worth it.
So I'm not being impulsive.
And what's really cool, and I'vealready said this earlier in the
episode, but I had onegirlfriend in particular when I
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was telling them this.
She's like, oh my gosh, this iscrazy.
This is, this is so much, thisis chaos.
But if there's anyone who can doit, I know it's you.
I think you embrace that.
I think you manage that reallywell.
And you know, I took a beat andI let that sink in.
It's not that I love chaos allthe time, like I, let's get that
out there.
Uh, I am hoping that thisselling of the house is going to
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bring less chaos into my life,and I'm not gonna feel as
overwhelmed all the time.
But to be known as someone whomeans what they say, says what
they mean, does what they say,acts on that does the dang
thing, sees it all the waythrough, will always bet on
themself because if he can't beton you, who's gonna.
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Another catchphrase of Liz.
Of course it's gonna be me.
So that was exciting.
I have no idea what to expectwith this.
My goal is to get it listed inthe next week or two.
I am fingers crossed, hoping Idon't have to repaint the living
room.
But you know what, we'll justcross that bridge when we get
there because one thing thatwe've been really working on the
past several months is notworrying about things that A, we
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can't control and B, things thathave not happened yet.
So really trying to embrace thatand, you know, honestly.
I've talked about intrusivethoughts and things like that.
The more you work out, easier,it gets to manage.
And it's really freaking true.
I adopted that mindset in thebeginning, however many months
ago, not so much, but now I'mkind of like, all right, you
know what?
Yeah, outta sight outta mind.
'cause it's not like I don'thave 15,000 other things to do.
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So there's that.
But on that note, while I havethis space,'cause I got these
cute little chairs and I got mycute little background and all
of this.
Cute, cute, cute.
I am trying to rack in someguests.
So I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 guestslined up in the next couple of
weeks.
Gonna come on the pod.
We're gonna have fun.
We're gonna take care.
(21:29):
Oh, actually six.
Excuse me, I forgot the otherone.
That one's virtual though.
But that's okay.
Wow.
I'm rambling on the podcast.
Go figure.
Um, but I am going to not onlypack up this house to sell it.
I'm also going to record as manyepisodes as possible while I
have it, because especially ifI'm a nomad for a minute and
then I go beepboop aroundChicago and New York, I don't
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know when I'm gonna be back inAtlanta to have my podcast space
again.
So we're gonna take advantage ofthat.
We love it.
Way to go, sweetie.
So, yeah.
Um, I'm excited.
Uh, I'm really excited for a lotof the guests coming.
I'm also trying to work on thisone bigger named guest.
I'm not gonna.
Obviously say the name.
'cause that's like, you know,putting the cart before the
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horse and probably evenmentioning this on the podcast
is not the best idea, but we'remanifesting that shit.
People we're manifesting it.
So I really do believe it'sgonna happen.
Um, and yeah, we're gonna seethis play out.
All I have to say is I am.
Very excited for the future.
And I don't say that to mean I'mnot living in the now.
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I 1000% am Remember for the plotyou can't do for the plot in the
future, the for the plot isright now and with all of these
crazy life changes and thinkingabout on my birthday, how
everything was different a yearago.
Everything okay.
Liz a couple of years ago wouldnot have been able to handle all
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this change, would not have beenable to handle it.
There's no freaking way but menow, I'm like, bring it on.
I look to the uncertainty, tothe unknown future, whatever you
wanna call it, with excitement,with gratitude of what got me
here.
All the life lessons andconfidence and all of the things
inside my, my heart, my soul,that bring me to this point.
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I can't wait to bring that intothe next chapter, into the next
era.
You know, and I say that, butI'm in that next chapter, next
era.
Just'cause I'm still sheddingsome shit, does not mean I'm not
there.
And I have never felt morealive.
I've never felt more excited.
And I just, again, think back tojust not even a few years ago,
I'm not saying I wasn'tconfident or loving myself,
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self-love all that, but all ofthis change, especially with how
quick, you know, a year, that'sreally not a long period of time
for so much to happen.
I'm Bebopping and I'm walkingwith a little pep in my step.
A little sway of the hips.
A Sasha, Sasha, a smile on myface.
And dare I say, the guts butt inmy heart.
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It's cheesy as that sounds, butthat's who I am and that's what
this is about.
this is a good segue intoreflecting on the fact that the
three year anniversary of thepodcast was this past Saturday,
the 17th of May.
And I remember a period of timewhere I had no idea if I was
ever even gonna launch apodcast.
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And I've said this many timesbefore, the podcast isn't
necessarily my end game, my endgoal, but it is the platform to
get me to those goals, to bethat public figure that people
come to when they want, gigglesand self-love and empowerment
and believing in themselves and,and reminding themselves that
their dreams matter.
Their, Zest for life mattersand, and if not, like how to
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take charge and get that zestback.
I wanna be known for that.
I always say the in-between isone part entertainment, one part
empowerment.
And that is so freaking true.
And here I am, and you know, notdiscrediting last year, because
last year had a lot of greatguests, but last year was really
hard for me personally.
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Had to face a lot of shit.
I had to finally.
take the call from in the backof the room and face myself in
the mirror and go, okay, thecall is coming from inside the
house.
I need to face that.
Okay.
Got it.
And I did the hard freakingthing.
I did the hard freaking thing.
And for anyone who's done thehard thing, it doesn't have to
be my hard thing per se, butjust a hard thing in their life,
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you know, that it changes you.
Hopefully it changes you for thebetter.
It shows you what you're capableof getting through and
overcoming, and still putting asmile on your face.
Because remember, it is insanethat we exist.
It is insane that we get to liveon this blue floating rock in
the middle of this infiniteuniverse living our little
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lives.
Be bebopping around Magic lovestruck in New York City, kissing
boys.
Picking flowers, cultivatingincredible friendships, creating
families.
I don't freaking know creatingpodcasts.
I don't know all the things.
It's insane in the mostbeautiful freaking way.
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And so I reflect on the pastthree years and.
Kind of similar to reflecting onmy birthday.
God, so much is different fromthree years ago when I started
this podcast.
And not just in my personallife, but like the podcast, I
have found my voice.
I have found my cadence.
I have found my strength.
Hell, that's why I was like,hmm, the episode I record this
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week.
Not so great.
We still falter.
We still have speed bumps andthat's okay.
do I put out an episode everyweek?
Not quite yet.
I'm gonna get back on it though.
I guarantee once this house isgone, everything's gonna be
different for me.
So reflecting on the podcast, Iremember when I first started
the thing that was my biggestintention was consistency.
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'cause I'd read everywhere thatpodcasts are hard to maintain
because you burn out, becauseyou don't get instant success.
You don't get that clout, youknow, it takes you a long time
to get there.
Says me, three years in and I'mstill not quite there.
But life has happened.
This, and this has happened.
I even said last year, I'm gonnafocus on growth this year, but
nope.
Last year was like, we got lotsof life challenges for you, baby
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girl.
Uh, hold your beer and justwait.
But now, in 2025, think aboutthe people I've met.
Even the, the interviews I'velined up, the ones that I'm
nurturing, the bigger ones thatI really do believe are gonna
pan out.
I feel that momentum.
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Part of me thinks it's becauseI'm free.
I don't mean thatdisrespectfully.
I just mean that like I'm trulyuntethered.
I finally feel my true self, myanxiety.
I don't wanna say it'snon-existent'cause that would be
a total lie, but it is so muchless than it ever was.
I literally walk outside and Ijust smile at the sunshine and
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the birds chirping and theleaves and blowing in the wind.
All that silly shit because Ifeel so alive, I feel so hopeful
of the future and you know,remind me of this conversation
the week before my period whenI'm like depressed as fuck.
But right now, no, we're good.
Even if we do have frickingInvisalign ish, ish.
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I reflect on three years and Ithink about everything that I've
overcome, everything that I'vetaught myself, sound issues,
production issues, trying tocome up with different content
ideas, meeting new people, andI'm doing the damn thing.
I put myself out there.
I was gonna say every week, butwe all know that's a lie right
now.
But I put myself out thereconsistently, and it's hard.
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Anyone who's a creator,entrepreneur, doing anything
that sets your soul on fire, itis nerve wracking because it's
so vulnerable, because it's soclose to you, close to your
heart, right?
And I'd like to think that Ihave always been authentic and
vulnerable.
And vulnerable doesn'tnecessarily mean crying the
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blues and things like that.
I talked about this a few weeksago.
Vulnerability is authenticity,and you are always gonna get
that here.
It's always gonna be a safespace, even if you can't
identify with the actual lifeexperience I'm discussing or
laughing about or whatever aboutthis connectedness.
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The human experience is whatbrings us all together.
I think being authentic'causethere's just not that much.
Okay, that's a lie.
I don't wanna say there's notthat much authenticity out
there, but there really isn't,everyone's searching for
something.
Everyone's alone in some way,lonely in some way, in some
regard their life.
And I think we feel that bybeing authentic and being
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comfortable with that.
And finding our people andfinding our hobbies, and finding
the things that bring us joy andnot being afraid to actually go
forward in the thing that setsour soul on fire.
So in this reflection of thein-between three years, I wanna
leave that message with you onwhat my intentions are with
this, what will never change andwill always carry me through no
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matter where we go with thispodcast.
Speaking on stages.
Gosh, I was gonna say making acookbook, but that would be such
a lie.
If I ever make a cookbook, y'alldo not buy it.
'cause there's no way I shouldever make a cookbook.
Not that I can't cook, but I amnot a cookbook gal.
Like, lemme just whip up arecipe.
Wow.
I digress.
A DHD.
But I want you to feel seen.
I want you to feel.
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Loved.
I want you to feel specialbecause you deserve to feel
that, and I can't thank youenough for being with me,
especially if you've been heresince the beginning and if
you're new here, well baby,we're just getting started three
years in and we are just gettingstarted.
I feel like I'm in a renaissancefor my life, and that is
absolutely beautiful.
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I don't know what the next sixmonths hold, next 10 months, a
year even.
Gosh, five years.
But I know my dreams are gonnacome true.
cause what I say, I'm someonewho says what they mean and mean
what they say and watch ithappen.
'cause if there's anyone I'mgonna bet on, it's gonna be me,
because I hope you can feel thesame way about yourself.
'cause you're worth betting on.
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You gotta believe in yourself.
And if you gotta fake it tillyou make it, then so be it.
But try.
It's worth it.
'cause you never know.
You never know what crazy lifethings will happen.
So I appreciate you beingpatient with me as I get this
episode out.
I appreciate you listening, andif you're not doing so already,
I'd love for you to support me.
Uh, you can follow me onInstagram at In Between Pod and
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my personal e bii underscoreTikTok and YouTube at the
in-Between podcast.
And if you're enjoying the show,I would love for you to share it
with a friend, share it with acolleague, family member,
whomever, and leave me a fivestar rating.
Yes, I did say a five star.
'cause your girl knows whatshe's about.
Uh, but I, I appreciate you, Ilove you.
And, uh, we'll see, we'll seewhere the adventure takes us.
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Remember, for the plot thatmakes life exciting.
So, until I talk to you nexttime, have a fantastic Memorial
Day weekend and I will see youon the next in between.
I'm Elizabeth.
Bye.
Hey, hey, hey, look who's backon the podcast?
Yes, I am Elizabeth Cini, hostof the InBetween.
Happy to have you here if you'renew.
Welcome.
If you are familiar.
Well, I'm sorry.
I have been MIA, uh, it seems tobe a theme in my life the past
several months.
Uh, full disclosure, I recordeda whole episode prior to this
one was editing it, hated it.
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I was really in a funk when Irecorded it this week.
Um, just.
Heavy, I would say heavy heart,but that's, it wasn't quite
heavy heart, but maybe it was, Idon't know.
Maybe I'm PMSing.
I don't know.
Either way, I recorded it.
I was like, I don't feel it.
I don't feel the energy.
I don't feel the J.
You know what I mean?
And then also, for whateverreason, I decided to record it
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without my little thing, pufferthing.
I don't even know if I'm makingthat word up, but.
Anyways, I don't know why Ichose to do that, and it
literally picked up every noiseimaginable.
So there was like this weirdecho you could hear.
I don't know.
The bees buzzing outside, thebirds chirping, the helicopters
flying either way.
I was like, you know what?
(01:09):
I'm not a fan.
I'm not a fan of my content, soI'm just gonna delete that and
try again the next day.
So that is why this episode islate and I fully intended on
putting one out last week, but Idecided to yolo and extend my
trip in New York.
Uh, so there's so much to getinto.
My birthday was last week.
The three year anniversary ofthe podcast was this past
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weekend just.
Crazy, crazy.
And then on top of all of that,I have decided to yet again take
on one more major life change.
I had to ask myself, am Iaddicted to chaos?
And there might be some truththere, I'm not quite sure.
But you know what?
If there's anyone that canhandle it, it's me.
And I'm not just saying that.
My friends have also said that.
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So it's nice to have thatreputation, but also I am losing
my mind.
I might have bit off more than Ican chew.
But you know what?
I've said that before and I'vealways made it through, pulled
through all the things.
So we'll see.
We'll see.
Uh, if you're watching this,then you see I've got a little
vest on, so I don't know if thisis super millennial of me or
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whatever of me, but I startedwearing a weighted vest.
When I walk, and then I waswatching this video on TikTok
and they were like, I wear myweighted vest when I clean, when
I work, when I do all the thingsaround my house, my home.
And it helps with posture, ithelps just give you like an
additional little bit of aworkout.
Uh, it's the equivalent towearing like, let's say ankle
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weights or something like that.
And so I was like, you knowwhat?
Why don't I do that?
I'm gonna have the best posturein the game.
And, you know.
I think I've talked about all myinjuries from that car accident
in 2017, but if not, here's arefresher course for you.
Long story long on that.
My shoulder is still prettymessed up and um, I.
Actually, I'm not even, I'm noteven gonna get into it'cause
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this is not a health podcast.
All this to say your girl stillgot some injuries that will
probably never go away.
So you have to like work aroundthose and building strength is
one of them, but my shoulderisn't quite work the way it's
supposed to, like how I'm sureyours does.
And I was like, oh, thisweighted vest is another way to,
you know, build strength, buildstamina.
So.
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Um, but I'm not gonna lie withthis ring light and this vest, I
am pretty hot,.
Uh, so I'm not quite sure howlong it's gonna last.
And also I was just thinkingabout, I.
If I post clips of this episode,or should I say when I post
clips of this episode, it'sgonna look a little weird if I'm
just, you know, wearing thisrandom ass vest without context.
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But then again, who cares?
You know, who cares?
You're already putting yourselfout there on the internet.
Someone gonna judge you.
I'm sure they will, but whocares?
Again, who cares?
So that's that.
before I almost said besides,before we get into everything to
discuss, I just wanna say I gotthe Invisalign.
Of course, I'm not wearing itright now because if I was, this
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entire episode would just beching ching, shing ching.
Hi guys.
Uh, I can't get over the lisp.
I don't know why.
I've been wearing it for overthree weeks now.
And like you change out yourretainer trays every two weeks.
And thankfully, gosh,thankfully, I don't have to wear
these very long.
It just goes till September.
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But I was not thinking about mysingle girl Summer and
Invisalign.
Why did I have so much urgencyin getting Invisalign when, uh,
it's about to be summer and hereI am gonna be sh drooling all
over myself, kind of thing, kindof number.
Uh, but you know what, it'sfine.
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It just adds to the story, itadds to the character.
My new catchphrase that I'vebeen saying to anyone that will
listen to me is for the plot.
So when something bad happens,rather than get down, I'm like,
oh, it's for the plot characterbuilding.
If something ridiculous happens,I'm like, for the plot.
If I find myself in ashenanigan, I'm like, ah, for
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the plot.
So everything hints.
Fourth is for the plot.
Okay.
Goes along with the whole, bethe main character of your story
goes along with the whole, Ilive my life like a movie, but
for the plot.
And let me tell you, there'sbeen a lot of that happening.
Some of which I absolutelycannot talk about on the podcast
So there's that.
It's a little, a littlescandalous.
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A little scandalous.
It's a little, little, Ooh, ohmy gosh.
What are you doing, girl?
So take that as you will.
Uh, just being a little crazyover here, but you know, I can
already tell recording thisepisode.
I feel so much more hype, somuch more in my, my mojo and my
energy.
So yeah, screw that episode Ialready recorded.
And it's not that it was likehorrible.
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I'm sure y'all would've lovedit, but, I'd rather be in it and
feel good about it and then, putthat out there because I don't
wanna waste my time editingsomething.
That I'm just not in love with.
So, boo.
Yeah, boo.
Yeah.
For the plot.
For the plot.
Am I right?
So Invisalign, that's great.
I had some birthday shenanigans.
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Uh, let's see.
I was in New York with my mom.
And we were leaving SundayMother's Day and one of my
girlfriends, one of my bestfriends, Lisa, was like, Hey,
I'm coming up for a conferenceon Sunday.
I'll be leaving on your birthdayWednesday, so why don't you just
stay, you can work from thehotel.
It's a free stay and we can goexplore New York in the evening
together.
And I'm like, don't twist myarms.
Sounds like a plan.
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So I got my mom booked, madesure she was good'cause she was
like on a companion ticket.
She was all set.
I got mine squared away and boo.
Yeah, I stayed in New York anextra few days.
I was there for a whole week.
So loved it.
I'm definitely one of thosepeople who's like, blink.
Blink, the magic of New York.
I love it.
And I just stare at the bigbuildings.
And you know what?
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I don't care.
New York is such a vibe.
It's such an energy.
I know a lot of people getoverwhelmed by it, but I thrive
in it.
I don't know.
I just, something about feelingso small in such a big populous
city and I'm just like, stars inmy eyes.
Yes.
Sign me up.
So I'll just say like me and mymom, we went and saw a Broadway
show.
I got to see Wicked.
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On Broadway.
So now I can humble brag.
Oh, um, I'm seeing Wicked onBroadway.
Um, not gonna lie, I boohooedlike a baby in Defying Gravity.
Lemme just tell you.
Defying Gravity, those lyricshit a lot differently when
you've gone through what I'vegone through.
You know what I mean?
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Like when you have separated andall that sort of thing and
you've chose yourself andyou're, you're taking the risk
and you're literally defyinggravity.
time to trust my instincts andleap like, I don't know.
I was overcome with emotion.
Also, some stuff had happenedearlier that day that I don't
wanna get into like too muchpersonal business, but long
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story, long I was taken over byemotion and I just like, whoa.
The tears were coming and I'msure other people were tearing
up here and there.
'cause it's a very powerfulsong.
It's the end of act one.
But my mother looks at me andshe's like, are you okay?
Get it together, girl.
And I'm like, oh, I'm trying to,I'm embarrassed myself right
now.
So that was cathartic, I'm sure.
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And healing in a weird way, butpointing wicked on Broadway was
incredible.
Okay.
Um, the first time my mom and Iwent back in August, I was very
calculated in the itinerary.
I tried to hit specific placesand it was all about the food,
and I feel like this time it wasmore organic.
Let's just see where we go.
We did get to do the EmbassyStudio tour.
That was so much fun.
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Y'all.
I got to see the SNL stage pinchme moment.
Not everyone who does this tourgets to see it, especially
because like if you're on theweekends, they could be
preparing for the show.
But it was so cool to see Studioeight like.
Wow.
And they were talking about howit hasn't changed and ugh, it
was just, it was so freakingcool.
And then at the end of it, youand your, the, the group that
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you're touring with get to dolike a little like.
Mock news segment, and everyonevoted me as anchor number one.
I was like, go figure.
Like can I just talk too much?
And then my mom ended up beingthe pop star, which is
hilarious.
And bless her little heart, herwhole bit was improv.
And if you don't know whatimprov means, it means you're
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like making it up as you go.
More or less.
And so she killed it.
She killed it.
I was just a giggling so hard.
Part of mine was improv.
The two of us had the, theimprov parts, but either way it
was so much fun, great memories,frigging love New York.
I.
Gish.
I even took the wrong subway.
Now I can say I did that.
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Oopsie.
But yeah, I loved it.
And then me and Lisa, we gottago.
I was really fixated on rowing aboat in Central Park.
And then she was like, I wannado that too.
And I was like, hell yeah, I'llbe your date.
I'll row your ass around.
So we go at sunset.
Oh, so dreamy, so romantic fortwo girlfriends and we just row,
row, rode your boat.
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It was so much fun.
Um, it was a little morechallenging than I thought.
I guess I haven't really rode aboat.
I've kayaked, but that's justlike one, or this was like two
and that was like.
A lot going on with that, youknow what I mean?
So anyways, we survived.
We did not tip over and uh, welived to tell the tale, so
that's great.
And then we just be boppedaround East Village.
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We ended up getting on standbyfor the Comedy Cellar one night
and we got in and we got greatseats.
Oh my gosh.
It was so much fun, so funny.
Uh, we had a wonderful birthdaydinner.
Uh, Lisa is one of my dear, dearfriends, love her so much.
And.
Yeah, we just lived our bestlife.
It was great on the way home.
We were stuck on the tarmac fortwo hours because of weather
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delays.
So that was not ideal.
But you know what, it's okay.
It was great.
And then what's crazy is likethat night, which was my
birthday day, it was Wednesday,it.
I had all these dinner planswith a bunch of girlfriends.
I'm all about cultivating thosefriendships, you know what I
mean?
And, uh, I was like, shit, I'mgonna be late.
So then bless my mother's heart.
Happy birthday to me.
God bless.
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My mom is so incredible.
She was like, I'll pick you upand I'll take you straight to
dinner, and then I'll even takeyour luggage, uh, to your house.
And I'm like, oh.
Cindy, oh my God, I could cry.
Thanks so much.
All right, let's go.
Bust a move, babe.
Anyways, of course, I was verythankful and grateful.
She drops me off and had so muchfun and I'm looking around at
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all the people, all the, all theladies, all my lady friends, and
I've definitely.
Gathered some new friends overthe past year and, and I would
say even a good, most of themI've only met in the past couple
of years myself, and I saw thisthing on Instagram the other day
that was like the truebiohacking, which I don't know
the proper term of biohacking,but it's basically like you
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take, I'm gonna give you like avery, probably not correct
version of saying this, but it'slike you do things, manipulate
things, take vitamins, whatevertoo.
You know, progress your life tolive longer.
Like you're biohacking yourimmune system, you're inside, so
to speak.
Uh, trying to defy time, right?
I don't know, but it was talkingabout the true biohack comes
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from the environment in whichyou surround yourself, and most
importantly, the people that youkeep around you.
And, you know, I'm a big peopleperson.
I'm all about connection.
I'm, I, I do think that's one ofmy love languages.
It's one of my gifts.
I mean, I wouldn't have thispodcast if I didn't think I
could connect with people, and Idon't mean that in a braggy way.
I'm just saying like that is.
Literally my thing, like call mean extrovert.
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Extrovert for sure.
But I love people.
I love meeting new people.
I love hearing your story.
I love getting to know you, andI don't have to ever see you
again.
I just want to, I don't know,take in your energy and, or
maybe it's really just like anexchange of energy.
I don't know.
Now I'm like going off on atangent here, but how much I
love people.
Uh, ask, remind me of this whenI'm driving because I can tell
you right then and there, I donot love me.
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Some people then road rage forsure.
But anyways, the true biohack isaround, is the environment you
surround yourself, the people inyour corner, the people around
you.
And I'm looking around at allthese incredible women.
And some are little groups ofpeople, but most of them are
strangers to each other.
And I just had to take a momentand like take it all in and be
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like, wow.
I have cultivated someincredible relationships and
then getting to see the sparksfly with other people and them
connecting and becoming friendsand I hate to sound cheesy, but
then again, that is my name.
That is my game.
But it was magic and I couldsense the magic, and not all of
my favorite people could join.
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So for those listening whoweren't there, don't worry.
I still love you.
But afterward, you know, we leftdinner, we went to this place
called Brew Dog to have somebrewski, but really just a
tequila, soda, lime.
And, uh, it was like a moreintimate group.
'cause everyone, most of thepeople had to leave.
And when we were all leaving,everyone was like, wow, that,
that was something special.
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That was magic.
Right.
And it was so, it was so, I wasgonna say crazy, but really
just, huh.
So wonderful.
Everyone who was a part of thatgroup messaged me separately,
either that night or the nextday, talking about how magical
and fun it was to be with thatgroup of people.
All different kinds of people.
No one know each other beforethis.
So am I saying that clearly?
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I have figured out thebiohacking rule.
I would say I have.
So, you know, hopefullylistening to this podcast
improves your life and makes youfeel seen and valued and better.
You know what I mean?
cause that's the energy that I'mtrying to put out there and the
energy I'm trying to bring intomy life.
Okay.
Also, it is so mother effing hotright now with this
motherfucking vest on.
I gotta take it off.
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Anywho.
Oh.
Oh my gosh.
Wow.
All right.
For those listening, I'm verysorry.
You know, I, I wore it for theplot.
There we go.
There's that line again, but ohmy God.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
Woo.
It's not as heavy when it's onyour back.
When you hold it with one hand,it's like, oh my God.
All right.
So, um, anyways, had a greatbirthday and then celebrated
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this whole weekend.
I went to this place called MJQ.
It's like a dance club, whichit's like, Elizabeth, you're 34.
Why are you going to a club?
Well.
It was Southern HospitalityNight.
So basically just like a TLRappers cool hip hop music.
And I wanted to dance.
Okay, sue me, like whatever.
And I had a frigging blast.
Okay.
It was hottest shit.
And were we the oldest peoplethere?
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Not quite, but we were up there.
I'm just kidding.
But we had so much fun.
And then Saturday I went toHeather McMahon with my girl,
Ashley Anna.
Heather McMahon had a wholething on Invisalign, so that was
very uh, cool.
Cool, cool, cool.
Yeah.
I know.
It sucks.
Yeah.
Adult braces.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Imagine being single and doingit.
You dumb fuck.
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Ah.
Anyways, we digress.
We digress.
But it was so much fun.
Ended up at a hookah bar afterthat, having smoked hookah in a
freaking hot minute, but had ablast.
Turned that place up, met newchicks.
It was so much fun.
Then we slept until literallynoon, 1:00 PM the next day, and
I was like, gotta go.
She had things to do.
I had things to do, and here weare.
And with that said, it's nowtime to drum roll please.
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I mentioned some crazy lifechanges, another big life
moment.
Uh, I debated on even talkingabout this on the podcast, but
then I thought, well, thepodcast is all about
authenticity and vulnerabilityand being truthful.
Why not?
I have nothing to hide, so I'vedecided to sell the house.
I know the house that you justbought and all the money you
(16:28):
spent on the house, and you'redefinitely not going to get
anywhere near that money back.
You know what?
I'm gonna get back.
Peace of mind.
Big thing is this house isexpensive.
I'm not even just talking aboutthe extremely high mortgage, but
even maintaining a home isexpensive.
And this is a lot of home.
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Like this is a lot of home for alittle only me.
Remember, I'm just a girl.
In case you forgot.
I have to remind myself thatsometimes too.
But it's too much home for justme.
And I had been thinking about itfor a while, but I would always
get caught up on, oh, you'regonna be a failure if you sell
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the house, you're gonna lose somuch money.
And then I started to embracethis idea of like, but money
will come back to you.
It always does in some way.
And is it my peace of mind moreimportant than drowning in this
home?
1000%, especially because I'mclearly removing the shackles of
all the things that hold meback.
This house being one of them.
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I wanna move more into the cityor get a smaller home, like a
bachelorette pad or spoileralert plot twist for the plot.
Let's not forget, I've reallybeen thinking about moving to
New York.
Even if it's just for threemonths, six months, I don't
know, but why not?
I'm in a place in my life whereI could absolutely do that.
I, I, my job is remote.
(17:52):
I, that would work.
I'd probably come back all thetime'cause my family is here and
so is my friends.
But why not?
I also entertain Chicago and sowhat I think I'm gonna do is I'm
gonna sell this house and I'mmanifesting, it happens before
we go to Greece.
And then I'm gonna be a littlebit of a nomad for a minute
here, um, when I get back.
And then I think I'm gonnaAirbnb a couple of weeks at a
time in Chicago and New York andtry different areas in both.
(18:15):
See if one speaks to me.
See if one makes me go, you knowwhat?
It's worth the risk.
I'm gonna try it and if not, domy stint have my fun for however
long and then come back and geta place in the city Booya.
So all this crazy shit.
Birthday travel work.
Work is crazy, but it's okay.
(18:36):
'cause I like when work is crazy'cause it keeps me entertained.
Said no one ever.
I'm just kidding.
But you know what I mean?
We're, we're, we're, we're doingsome fun projects that really,
um, get to use my skills anyway.
This is not a job interview.
I'll continue on.
Um, but my friends are like,wow, uh, you're trying to get
this house in the market in howlong?
Like that's no timeline and you,what happens about your trip?
(18:58):
What about this, what aboutthat?
I'm like, look.
I'm the kind of person that onceI make up my mind, I don't
hesitate.
I do it, I move forward.
I do the thing.
You might call it impulsive, butyou're not thinking about all
the times I overthought thisvery decision and once I reached
a place of peace and acceptancethat hey, I'm not a failure, you
are gonna be so much happier ifyou do this.
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Think about the extra income youhave.
You can do this, you can dothat.
You can get a smaller home thatactually fits your needs and you
know, isn't a 1800 bajillionsquare feet.
That's worth it.
So I'm not being impulsive.
And what's really cool, and I'vealready said this earlier in the
episode, but I had onegirlfriend in particular when I
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was telling them this.
She's like, oh my gosh, this iscrazy.
This is, this is so much, thisis chaos.
But if there's anyone who can doit, I know it's you.
I think you embrace that.
I think you manage that reallywell.
And you know, I took a beat andI let that sink in.
It's not that I love chaos allthe time, like I, let's get that
out there.
Uh, I am hoping that thisselling of the house is going to
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bring less chaos into my life,and I'm not gonna feel as
overwhelmed all the time.
But to be known as someone whomeans what they say, says what
they mean, does what they say,acts on that does the dang
thing, sees it all the waythrough, will always bet on
themself because if he can't beton you, who's gonna.
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Another catchphrase of Liz.
Of course it's gonna be me.
So that was exciting.
I have no idea what to expectwith this.
My goal is to get it listed inthe next week or two.
I am fingers crossed, hoping Idon't have to repaint the living
room.
But you know what, we'll justcross that bridge when we get
there because one thing thatwe've been really working on the
past several months is notworrying about things that A, we
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can't control and B, things thathave not happened yet.
So really trying to embrace thatand, you know, honestly.
I've talked about intrusivethoughts and things like that.
The more you work out, easier,it gets to manage.
And it's really freaking true.
I adopted that mindset in thebeginning, however many months
ago, not so much, but now I'mkind of like, all right, you
know what?
Yeah, outta sight outta mind.
'cause it's not like I don'thave 15,000 other things to do.
(21:09):
So there's that.
But on that note, while I havethis space,'cause I got these
cute little chairs and I got mycute little background and all
of this.
Cute, cute, cute.
I am trying to rack in someguests.
So I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 guestslined up in the next couple of
weeks.
Gonna come on the pod.
We're gonna have fun.
We're gonna take care.
(21:29):
Oh, actually six.
Excuse me, I forgot the otherone.
That one's virtual though.
But that's okay.
Wow.
I'm rambling on the podcast.
Go figure.
Um, but I am going to not onlypack up this house to sell it.
I'm also going to record as manyepisodes as possible while I
have it, because especially ifI'm a nomad for a minute and
then I go beepboop aroundChicago and New York, I don't
(21:49):
know when I'm gonna be back inAtlanta to have my podcast space
again.
So we're gonna take advantage ofthat.
We love it.
Way to go, sweetie.
So, yeah.
Um, I'm excited.
Uh, I'm really excited for a lotof the guests coming.
I'm also trying to work on thisone bigger named guest.
I'm not gonna.
Obviously say the name.
'cause that's like, you know,putting the cart before the
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horse and probably evenmentioning this on the podcast
is not the best idea, but we'remanifesting that shit.
People we're manifesting it.
So I really do believe it'sgonna happen.
Um, and yeah, we're gonna seethis play out.
All I have to say is I am.
Very excited for the future.
And I don't say that to mean I'mnot living in the now.
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I 1000% am Remember for the plotyou can't do for the plot in the
future, the for the plot isright now and with all of these
crazy life changes and thinkingabout on my birthday, how
everything was different a yearago.
Everything okay.
Liz a couple of years ago wouldnot have been able to handle all
(22:55):
this change, would not have beenable to handle it.
There's no freaking way but menow, I'm like, bring it on.
I look to the uncertainty, tothe unknown future, whatever you
wanna call it, with excitement,with gratitude of what got me
here.
All the life lessons andconfidence and all of the things
inside my, my heart, my soul,that bring me to this point.
(23:16):
I can't wait to bring that intothe next chapter, into the next
era.
You know, and I say that, butI'm in that next chapter, next
era.
Just'cause I'm still sheddingsome shit, does not mean I'm not
there.
And I have never felt morealive.
I've never felt more excited.
And I just, again, think back tojust not even a few years ago,
I'm not saying I wasn'tconfident or loving myself,
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self-love all that, but all ofthis change, especially with how
quick, you know, a year, that'sreally not a long period of time
for so much to happen.
I'm Bebopping and I'm walkingwith a little pep in my step.
A little sway of the hips.
A Sasha, Sasha, a smile on myface.
And dare I say, the guts butt inmy heart.
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It's cheesy as that sounds, butthat's who I am and that's what
this is about.
this is a good segue intoreflecting on the fact that the
three year anniversary of thepodcast was this past Saturday,
the 17th of May.
And I remember a period of timewhere I had no idea if I was
ever even gonna launch apodcast.
(24:24):
And I've said this many timesbefore, the podcast isn't
necessarily my end game, my endgoal, but it is the platform to
get me to those goals, to bethat public figure that people
come to when they want, gigglesand self-love and empowerment
and believing in themselves and,and reminding themselves that
their dreams matter.
Their, Zest for life mattersand, and if not, like how to
(24:47):
take charge and get that zestback.
I wanna be known for that.
I always say the in-between isone part entertainment, one part
empowerment.
And that is so freaking true.
And here I am, and you know, notdiscrediting last year, because
last year had a lot of greatguests, but last year was really
hard for me personally.
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Had to face a lot of shit.
I had to finally.
take the call from in the backof the room and face myself in
the mirror and go, okay, thecall is coming from inside the
house.
I need to face that.
Okay.
Got it.
And I did the hard freakingthing.
I did the hard freaking thing.
And for anyone who's done thehard thing, it doesn't have to
be my hard thing per se, butjust a hard thing in their life,
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you know, that it changes you.
Hopefully it changes you for thebetter.
It shows you what you're capableof getting through and
overcoming, and still putting asmile on your face.
Because remember, it is insanethat we exist.
It is insane that we get to liveon this blue floating rock in
the middle of this infiniteuniverse living our little
(25:53):
lives.
Be bebopping around Magic lovestruck in New York City, kissing
boys.
Picking flowers, cultivatingincredible friendships, creating
families.
I don't freaking know creatingpodcasts.
I don't know all the things.
It's insane in the mostbeautiful freaking way.
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And so I reflect on the pastthree years and.
Kind of similar to reflecting onmy birthday.
God, so much is different fromthree years ago when I started
this podcast.
And not just in my personallife, but like the podcast, I
have found my voice.
I have found my cadence.
I have found my strength.
Hell, that's why I was like,hmm, the episode I record this
(26:34):
week.
Not so great.
We still falter.
We still have speed bumps andthat's okay.
do I put out an episode everyweek?
Not quite yet.
I'm gonna get back on it though.
I guarantee once this house isgone, everything's gonna be
different for me.
So reflecting on the podcast, Iremember when I first started
the thing that was my biggestintention was consistency.
(26:56):
'cause I'd read everywhere thatpodcasts are hard to maintain
because you burn out, becauseyou don't get instant success.
You don't get that clout, youknow, it takes you a long time
to get there.
Says me, three years in and I'mstill not quite there.
But life has happened.
This, and this has happened.
I even said last year, I'm gonnafocus on growth this year, but
nope.
Last year was like, we got lotsof life challenges for you, baby
(27:18):
girl.
Uh, hold your beer and justwait.
But now, in 2025, think aboutthe people I've met.
Even the, the interviews I'velined up, the ones that I'm
nurturing, the bigger ones thatI really do believe are gonna
pan out.
I feel that momentum.
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Part of me thinks it's becauseI'm free.
I don't mean thatdisrespectfully.
I just mean that like I'm trulyuntethered.
I finally feel my true self, myanxiety.
I don't wanna say it'snon-existent'cause that would be
a total lie, but it is so muchless than it ever was.
I literally walk outside and Ijust smile at the sunshine and
(28:01):
the birds chirping and theleaves and blowing in the wind.
All that silly shit because Ifeel so alive, I feel so hopeful
of the future and you know,remind me of this conversation
the week before my period whenI'm like depressed as fuck.
But right now, no, we're good.
Even if we do have frickingInvisalign ish, ish.
(28:24):
I reflect on three years and Ithink about everything that I've
overcome, everything that I'vetaught myself, sound issues,
production issues, trying tocome up with different content
ideas, meeting new people, andI'm doing the damn thing.
I put myself out there.
I was gonna say every week, butwe all know that's a lie right
now.
But I put myself out thereconsistently, and it's hard.
(28:47):
Anyone who's a creator,entrepreneur, doing anything
that sets your soul on fire, itis nerve wracking because it's
so vulnerable, because it's soclose to you, close to your
heart, right?
And I'd like to think that Ihave always been authentic and
vulnerable.
And vulnerable doesn'tnecessarily mean crying the
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blues and things like that.
I talked about this a few weeksago.
Vulnerability is authenticity,and you are always gonna get
that here.
It's always gonna be a safespace, even if you can't
identify with the actual lifeexperience I'm discussing or
laughing about or whatever aboutthis connectedness.
(29:28):
The human experience is whatbrings us all together.
I think being authentic'causethere's just not that much.
Okay, that's a lie.
I don't wanna say there's notthat much authenticity out
there, but there really isn't,everyone's searching for
something.
Everyone's alone in some way,lonely in some way, in some
regard their life.
And I think we feel that bybeing authentic and being
(29:51):
comfortable with that.
And finding our people andfinding our hobbies, and finding
the things that bring us joy andnot being afraid to actually go
forward in the thing that setsour soul on fire.
So in this reflection of thein-between three years, I wanna
leave that message with you onwhat my intentions are with
this, what will never change andwill always carry me through no
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matter where we go with thispodcast.
Speaking on stages.
Gosh, I was gonna say making acookbook, but that would be such
a lie.
If I ever make a cookbook, y'alldo not buy it.
'cause there's no way I shouldever make a cookbook.
Not that I can't cook, but I amnot a cookbook gal.
Like, lemme just whip up arecipe.
Wow.
I digress.
A DHD.
But I want you to feel seen.
I want you to feel.
(30:33):
Loved.
I want you to feel specialbecause you deserve to feel
that, and I can't thank youenough for being with me,
especially if you've been heresince the beginning and if
you're new here, well baby,we're just getting started three
years in and we are just gettingstarted.
I feel like I'm in a renaissancefor my life, and that is
absolutely beautiful.
(30:56):
I don't know what the next sixmonths hold, next 10 months, a
year even.
Gosh, five years.
But I know my dreams are gonnacome true.
cause what I say, I'm someonewho says what they mean and mean
what they say and watch ithappen.
'cause if there's anyone I'mgonna bet on, it's gonna be me,
because I hope you can feel thesame way about yourself.
'cause you're worth betting on.
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You gotta believe in yourself.
And if you gotta fake it tillyou make it, then so be it.
But try.
It's worth it.
'cause you never know.
You never know what crazy lifethings will happen.
So I appreciate you beingpatient with me as I get this
episode out.
I appreciate you listening, andif you're not doing so already,
I'd love for you to support me.
Uh, you can follow me onInstagram at In Between Pod and
(31:38):
my personal e bii underscoreTikTok and YouTube at the
in-Between podcast.
And if you're enjoying the show,I would love for you to share it
with a friend, share it with acolleague, family member,
whomever, and leave me a fivestar rating.
Yes, I did say a five star.
'cause your girl knows whatshe's about.
Uh, but I, I appreciate you, Ilove you.
And, uh, we'll see, we'll seewhere the adventure takes us.
(31:58):
Remember, for the plot thatmakes life exciting.
So, until I talk to you nexttime, have a fantastic Memorial
Day weekend and I will see youon the next in between.
I'm Elizabeth.
Bye.
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