In this episode of The Q-Chat, we sit down with Lana Kerr, the visionary Founder and CEO of Lumisque. Discover how Lana revolutionized skincare with CO2Lift, a groundbreaking gel that rejuvenates the skin and reverses signs of aging. From her early days of founding Your Fatloss Coach to helping celebrities like supermodel Beverly Johnson achieve their ideal weight, Lana has always been at the forefront of wellness and beauty.
Tune in as we explore her journey, the science behind her products, and her passion for empowering individuals to look and feel their best. Don't miss this insightful conversation with a true pioneer in the skincare industry.
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(00:00):
They're not like us. If you're in situations
sometimes, whether you've dealt with maybe you're the
generational curse breaker in your family or perhaps you're
the person that's always stood out, you've always been
different. Where there is that school,
amongst friends, with family or on the job, they're not like us.
You're the curse breaker. You're the one that stands out.
(00:21):
You're the one that doesn't conform.
You may be my team of extroverted introverts.
You may be able to be in public settings and you can get along.
Hey, you can get along just to get along.
But at the end of the day, you like being to yourself.
You like being different, you like standing out.
There are certain things that just, you don't rock with
everybody and that's totally fine.
They're not like us. You may be an impact, an impact
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that absorbs feelings. So because you absorb feelings,
you have to be very mindful of who you spend your time with,
who you share your energy with. It's OK.
They're not like us. You may be a person who doesn't
like conforming to the crowd. You like following the beat of
your own drum. Of course, if you're that
generational curse breaker, you like to talk different things.
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You don't like to gossip. You don't like to talk poverty.
You like to speak abundance. You like to speak life.
You like to be in a whole different world, and that's
completely fine. They're not like us.
You like to enjoy your gift. You like to celebrate others
like peace. You don't like drama.
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You like to be healthy, healed, whole.
You've also sought the work you've done the self work you've
done the healing. So they're not like us.
It's OK if you don't speak the same language anymore because
you've elevated you're on something different.
You're on a different path. It's OK, They're not like us.
So self love reflection, make sure that you embrace your
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differences, embrace the changesthat you're going through.
Embrace the new light, embrace the the new lens that you see
life through because it's okay, they're not like us.
Be yourself, be you. Be okay being different.
Be okay standing out. It's okay because they're not
like us. Hey Queen, welcome to another
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episode of the Q Chat. Today our special guest is Miss
Lana Kerr, the innovative founder and CEO of Lunetz.
Lana has revolutionized the skincare industry with her ground
breaking CO2 Lift Carboxy Gel, which offers fast skin
regeneration and remarkable antiaging benefits.
In addition to skin care, Lana'sCO2 Lift V gel has transformed
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vaginal rejuvenation, enhancing the Big O.
Prior to Loomis, Lana found thatYour Fat Loss Coach, a Wellness
company that helped thousands, including celebrities like
supermodel Beverly Johnson, achieve their ideal weight and
image. Join us as we dive into Lana's
entrepreneur journey, her passion for Wellness, and the
impact she's making in the beauty world.
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She's a queen about a business, working hard on a mission and
high purpose driven crown on Never tilted.
Go queen. Go queen.
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Thank you guys for joining another episode of the Key chat
today. My very special guest is Miss
Lana Kerr. Lana is an advocate for Women's
Health and she's also the CEO ofLumens Skin Care and also the
creator of CO2 lip. And we're going to talk about
that hot topic lady's menopause and perimenopause and of course
a bunch of other different things related to aging and our
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hormones and all that stuff. But we're definitely going to
talk about Lana's products and how it can benefit that I help
and some other great things in the course.
Self love. So how you doing today?
Oh, Shronda, I'm good. And thank you so much for
inviting me to this episode. I'm really excited about this
conversation and I'm so glad that you're having it with me so
more and more women can be familiar with something that
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really just a few years ago wasn't really being discussed.
And I appreciate you for just being here so you can have this
transparent conversation, like we were chatting it up before I
click record. And as I mentioned to you now,
I'm personally dealing with perimenopause.
I had a full hysterectomy last January of 2023.
And even before then, like I knew my hormones were just going
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out of control. So I know like people in our age
range, this is just something common that we're dealing with.
And I feel like there's never enough information regarding
this. And like you said, it was a
point where a lot of things thatare hot topics now, they weren't
really talked about them. So I wanted to start off and
just ask me before we get deeperinto perimenopause, just tell us
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first about Lumens and what madeyou decide to found this company
And just tell us some of the different background and the
benefits of everything with the company and what was your goal
and target? OK.
All right. Well, so first of all, I start,
I started the MISK in 2015 and we launched in 2016.
But my background is really in accounting and finance.
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So that's where I started my whole professional career and
then for a few years and then I went back to school and studied
nutrition and then open weight loss clinics.
And we've really, we had about 100 coaches we worked with at
the time up to about over 30,000people we helped lose weight.
And what what we noticed is thatwhen people started losing
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weight, they started feeling like they wanted to spend more
attention to their skin. So then I opened a Med spa and
just looking for something that was as unique as our weight loss
system is what led me to discover Carboxytherapy.
So I would, you know, I would say what do you use on your
skin? And when, when, when people tell
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me and it's something that was different.
This was the first thing I heardthat was different.
I had never heard about carboxy therapy.
So we started investigating it and at the time carboxy therapy
was generally delivered through a needle injectable.
So you know, we looked into thatand then eventually we looked
into Japan and Japan actually had the first gel delivery
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system for carboxytherapy and that's where we started.
We have no the exclusive licenseto that technology.
So that's kind of how Lumis was phoned it.
And I know you get the next question generally is what is
carboxy therapy? I know, like you said, I know
and I did. I forgot to mention that too.
Like I saw in your background aswell that you initially were
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helping with weight loss and that's something too that is
actually important because as weknow, when you get older, your
metabolism completely changes. And for some people, the weight
just comes out of nowhere. And it's a lot of it sometimes
is associated with your ageing. And it's like it's hard to
figure out how to get it off. So that is a good thing too.
But I definitely do want to knowabout this particular
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ingredient, Carboxy. Definitely give us the
background on that and what are some of the benefits.
Yes, but just to say, just to comment on what you said.
Yeah, I think back when I turned50, which I'm 53 now, when I
turned 50, I remember thinking men, I was, I had no humility or
modesty in working with women intheir 50s because I would just
say, why aren't you losing weight?
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But the day that I turned 50, I remember getting up the next
day, I was 5 lbs bigger. That didn't that night, the
dinner that I ate did not leave.And then 51, another 5 lbs.
I mean, so I totally understand the weight.
And I know that's a separate conversation, but carboxy
therapy is the therapeutic use of carbon dioxide to regenerate
the tissue. It's a very natural process that
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takes place in the body. Normally we inhale oxygen and we
exhale carbon dioxide, but when we breathe it in or when it
comes into our into our into ourtissues, what happens is that
the body kind of recalibrates itself and it rushes oxygen rich
blood to the area, which means that microcirculation increases,
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which means that angiogenesis increases, which means that cell
turnover blood rushes to that area which is filled with
nutrition and water. So it makes a big change on the
body. So for instance, if a if a
person had say a diabetic ulcer,a non healing wound, right.
So remember diabetics, the problem is circulation.
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They don't to their extremities,they don't have a good
circulation. So wounds take very long to
heal. Well, you could put carboxy gel
and it would close a non healingwound in eight days with just
four application. That's how quickly takes place.
So that's what we, that's what we started with, very excited
and we have really invested in alot of many clinical studies to
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show that this is really taking place.
What happens when you take the carbon dioxide in?
What happens to your blood vessels?
We've seen it dilate just as much as when you put an
injectable, except there's no pain and it's something that
persons can do in the comfort oftheir home.
Wow, and I definitely want to expound on that too.
So many different things. Like I said that I want to ask
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you about regarding this becausesomething else that you
mentioned, I don't know, we and I know we're talking about
menopause and aging, but just like you mentioned with the
weight loss, I actually want to go back to that because from me,
I think like once I once I hit 40 because I did, you see all
the time, oh, when you hit 40 and metabolism changes, I never
thought twice about it. I was always a person who could
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just eat anything and I never had to think twice about, oh,
well, you know, I better not eatthis.
And now being 47 years old and also having had a major surgery
last year, which of course was hormonal because I'm sitting
there losing, you know, estrogen, things like that.
It does a number on your body. So now it's like if I eat one
little thing, I just feel like I, it just shifts everything.
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I've never worn this size ever, you know, So I know that's
something else that women different with, you know, it's
all a part of aging and perimenopause.
Everything your body completely changes.
So what are, I know, like with the weight loss and that's
something you were doing previously, though, What more,
you know, can you expound on that?
As far as women who are getting late 40s, early 50s and they
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realizing that their metabolism isn't the same?
And I know we're in the Olympic craze, you know, which is a
whole separate topic. But as far as people who are
struggling and just trying to figure out a way to just do it
naturally to maintain their weight, because some of us are
never going to be the size we were when we were 24 and that's
perfectly fine. But as far as at least
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maintaining a weight that we're comfortable with now, like what
are just some things maybe possible we could do, especially
like I said, we're in Olympic craze to get the surgery craze.
But what about for those that want to and learn how to
maintain it health in a healthy way?
Yeah, I know that before the zombie craze there was.
What we did is we had a very unique program we used, and I
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don't know if you're familiar with this human chorionic
gonotropin. We were the first in the tricom
to use it. And what it really did is just
kind of trick your body into youutilizing fat for energy, and
people would quickly lose weight.
I mean, so we would see you could lose 30 lbs really within
seven weeks. The difference with our program
is that what we did was help people to understand how to eat
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because you can have something that helps to trigger weight
loss. And really this was fat loss
because the difference with thisand I feel with Ozempic is that
you're not losing muscle. Whereas Ozempic, that's what one
of the, if I was ever going to go into back into weight loss
and use Ozempic, one of the things you'd have to find a way
to preserve someone's muscle because you're going to lose
muscle, cannibalize it. So you have to be into weight.
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Strength training, you have to take, I would take master Aminos
if I was ever doing that. But for, for this, when we were
doing that, what we did, it onlylost fat.
So it looks very different. But what we would do for weight
loss, what we found is that for every pound of weight that
someone lost, they had to maintain it, maintain that
weight loss for seven days a week.
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So if you lost 40 lbs, that's 40weeks.
So if someone came in to us and wanted to lose weight and we
identified and we used our body fat as an indicator because
that's really the thing. And based on your body fat
percentage, we determined about how much weight someone would
lose. That means they would have to
commit to that length of a program time because we would
need to make sure that they maintained it so that they could
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truly have lost the weight. And we had really great success.
I mean, even for me, as I said back then when I started, we, I
did after I went back to school,said nutrition.
I was really fascinated with this because at the time, so at
the time that I was in my 30s and I could just could not, I
mean, as much as he wouldn't sayI was fat, I was at a size that
I was still after my kids. I couldn't get doned.
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I was a size 6. No, that's my no means big.
But I was not normally used to being even a size 4 or a size 2.
That was what I was used to. And I said if I'm going to go
into weight loss, I need to looklike I'm in weight loss.
So I went into this program myself and I went from a size 68
to size 02 and I pretty much stayed that way all the way
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until I was 49. And it was just a phenomenal
thing. I looked, I mean, if I walked
into the room, people would say she knows.
I mean, I would you. I had definition, of course, I
was working out. So menopause has really played a
whole thing on me and I had to kind of rethink how, you know, I
eat, how I ate and who type of working that I would do because
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it does change, because hormonalchanges.
And that's why I'm a big advocate for, you know,
bioidentical hormones. And I really, I know that
there's so many different opinions on this, but look at
what the new, the latest data isshowing.
So I've been on bioidenticals from the time I was 45 and I
have definitely noticed a difference from my peers, my
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friends who chose not to do it. So I'm a big advocate of
bioidentical. So I never got, and I still
don't get the hot flashes. When I started getting hot
flashes, I what I did is the first thing I did was I went to
acupuncture because I'm a big, I'm more, I'm look, I like
Eastern medicine. So I went to acupuncture and let
me tell you something, Shoranda,I never got another hot flash.
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But then I started by identical.So I know a lot of the things
that I saw a lot of my friends go through, I didn't get the
only thing that I could say. My weight went shifted and it's
a difference in hold the weight.It's like you're carrying more
water because it wasn't like I was eating any differently.
And so you just, your body kind of changes and I had to get used
to a higher weight, but just, I,I then change even the, I, I
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became a vegan. I mean, I, I changed of the
different things and everything.You have to know your own body
and what works for you. But I think what I would say to
a woman is the most important thing is definitely regular
exercise, making sure that your weight training, lifting weights
to keep muscles so that you can keep your metabolism and then
just, and eat clean. I mean, and all the things that
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we know. But those are some of the tips
that I would give for someone who, who is going into pause.
And I, again, I'm, I'm, I'm fully in menopause right now and
I just, I love this time of my life.
I really, I, I really, I know sometimes I hate to say it
because some women aren't necessarily feeling that way,
but I love this time of my life.I feel like, you know, I have
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the experience, I have control and it's and it's really because
of a lot of things that I've implemented in my life.
You know, and I love how you said how you love this time of
your life because I think sometimes people dread aging and
it's a blessing #1 just to stillbe here, you know?
So aging is actually a blessing.But embracing the changes in
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your body is something that I think is great that you just
said. Because I think sometimes we
want to hold on to who we were in the past, not just
emotionally, whatever, but physically sometimes.
And I think that's why some people, you know, what are going
through menopause 'cause I just haven't, you know, life changes.
You may not be the same size youwere in the past or your
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metabolism or is different. Your energy level may be
different sometimes. And sometimes people have a hard
time dealing with that with, oh God, you know, I don't look the
same, but it's something. I just love your attitude about
it because if you embrace the changes, it can be a great
thing. You know, it really is a great
thing to just not have to deal with maybe certain things you
dealt with when you were younger.
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And like you said, there's a lotof wisdom that comes in with
aging and also just embracing your body like it is a great
thing, just like when women who are in their 20s or just like
pregnancy, for example. It is a fascinating thing.
Yes, exactly. And I, I, I think really every
phase or every season of a woman's life, it can be
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appreciated and enjoyed. I just think that this phase has
a lot of advantages that if you are can implement certain things
even when you go back to weight.Yes, my IA woman.
No, I feel like I had the body that I had and if I backup
pictures, I looked really girly.You know what I'm saying?
I was very, very thin. You know, my husband would say,
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you know, Oh, you look like a teenage boy with boobs.
You know what I'm saying? So, but and then no, I'm, I said
tell my husband I'm a real woman.
I mean, I feel it. No, but once I think you still
have to recognize what body fat is and you have to make sure
that you're it's healthy. So I think those so you have to
just the way you think. I've just the clothes I wear.
I'm not wearing the same things I wore, but I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm
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good with that, that I, the confidence that a woman at our
age and I'm, I know I'm a littleolder, seven years old than you,
but I, the confidence that we have, it counts for something.
I feel that aging is good when we don't necessarily have to
look old. So I, I'm a big advocate of
doing and technology exists today that we can look youthful
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and, and still experience the wisdom we have because there's
studies that show and that how we perceive ourselves in the
mirror, what we look like is howwe're going to act.
So if we look, if our skin looksshriveled and we're, we're,
we're going to act that way. How about being able to help so
many more women with vibrant energy, which you can have in
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menopause and way beyond as we've seen now in social media,
so many women, 50s, sixties, 70s, look at them.
You know what I'm saying? So I think and I and ebook that
I had shared with you, but it's saying yes to menopause.
It's just it's about our attitude and opening up
ourselves to what is available to help us to feel good at this
age of our lives. Wow, I love it.
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I love it. So I just want to I want to ask
you about with this product, theCO2 lift.
It has definitely been praised for the effectiveness in skin
and also vaginal rejuvenation. I know we are going to talk
about that big healthy O becausethat does change too when you
get to a particular age. So I wanted to ask you, can you
explain the science and I know you've got into that definitely
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would be the ingredient, but canwe get deeper into this, you
know, with the product, how doesit affect the reverse signs of
aging? And also how does help with the
vaginal rejuvenation and skin rejuvenation?
Can you tell some more about that?
Yes. OK, so one of the things I like
to say is that we don't get old.We dry up.
If you could, if I use this analogy of a grape and a Raisin,
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a grape, it looks beautiful. It's plump, it's full, it's just
juicy. And what is the difference
between a grape, which eventually can turn into a
Raisin? It's the water content, right?
So when you lose the water, it gets shriveled up.
And that's pretty much what happens to us.
We, we're born this beautiful grape and then we turn into this
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Raisin. Technologies around that can
slow that process down or even reverse it.
So one of the things that CO2 Lift has that no other product
to date has is a hydration content.
It after one application, it increases the water content in
your skin 117% after one application, after you've
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completed at least three or six,then to maintain that, all you
need is one a month. And that's one of the big things
about skin we we want our skin to be full of water.
It doesn't matter how much moisturizer you use, if your
skin is thin, you'd have to keepreapplying it.
So think about a sponge. You buy a sponge in the
supermarket, it's thick, it can hold a lot of water, and as you
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use it, it gets thinner and thinner.
That's like our skin, it eventually gets thinner.
We want our skin to be thick. So that's one of the benefits of
CO2 lift. We show elasticity.
Elasticity is another thing thathelps our skin, not only our
skin, on our face, our neck and our hands all over.
Elasticity that bounce back. When you think of when you think
of elasticity, think of a baby'sbottom.
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It's just you. It's plump elasticity is
something that we lose as we lose collagen and elastin as we
get as we get older, CO2 left increases elasticity 26% after
six applications and it continues to build.
So when you're looking for the fastest way to regenerate the
skin and, and I use those two indications, just high hydration
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and elasticity. But the other markers that mark
youthful skin like luminosity, radiance reduction, wrinkles,
fine lines, all those key markers we have invested in
clinical re studies and what we've seen is double digit
improvement. All those markers in skin for
people who can't, who use it on a regular basis.
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The second part was when you talked about vulva, vaginal.
And most things that I get excited about are things that I
benefit from. So when I was 47, I noticed a
difference in the quality of intimacy.
No, I'm going to step back to say that I've been, I want to
see a sex connoisseur from the time I was in my 40s.
How I'm married now this year will be 27 years.
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My mother told me when I was getting married.
She says two things that you heradvice to keep your husband,
feed him every day and give him sex every day.
So that was pretty much what I did, right.
But then when I got into my late30s and 40s and I'm I mean, I'm
working in business, it's almostlike I misunderstood her advice
to me that sex was just only forthe benefit of him.
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So it was something I would do for him.
And I feel that in conversationswith women, most women, you
know, our feel that it's just look good while they get off.
You know what I'm saying? How do you have an orgasm?
You look good and make sure theyhave an orgasm.
And then mommy said, I said to her in my when I got to my early
photos and my mommy, I don't know, I'm having good sex.
And she said to me, good sex is like playing tennis.
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It's just a different set of balls.
You have to focus on hitting theball.
And Shonda, that changed my lifebecause what it really said to
me was that sex was more about connection than performance.
If we understand the value of intimacy and good sex and what
it's doing for our health, what's doing for our emotions
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and our stress level, then we'regoing to have a different
approach to it. And that's what I kind of did.
So I started having really good sex.
So when I got into my late 47 exactly, I noticed a difference
in the quality of orgasms. So I had this conversation with
my gynecologist. I told her I'm not experiencing.
I told her what I was experiencing.
She did my exam. She says, Lana, you're not
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experiencing a problem with lubrication, but sensitivity
changes. So let me tell you this, Jonda.
And I feel like I've been talking a long time, but stop me
if you want. Oh no, it's fine.
So, and she, she, what I was made to understand is what makes
good sex the physiological, because there's a big mental
component for women. That's a big part of it.
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I'd say the biggest part of having good sex is the way we
think. We'll talk about that, but let's
talk about the physiological part.
There are three aspects. You have the vulva, which has
our clitoris. The clitoris is like a male
penis, except the only function of the clitoris is enjoyment.
So God gave us our clitoris for us to enjoy sex.
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We have double the nerves that apenis has, but for that to
function, we need proper blood flow.
So for it to function optimally,we need proper blood flow.
When does blood flow start slowing down?
It starts slowing down from in our 20s.
So if we did nothing about that,by the time we're in our
thirties, 40s, or when people are forced into menopause, like
what you had in hysterectomy, you are going to have a
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difference in sex. It's, it's just, it's just
inescapable. The second thing, so good blood
flow is important. The second thing is in our
vagina, the skin or tissue in our vagina is just like the skin
under our eyes. And we know that that shows age
first. So it gets thinner first, drier
first. Our vaginal skin is going to get
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thinner, drier till eventually painful sex.
And then the third component is our muscle.
So our muscle is like an elasticband inside that muscle.
And whether it be children that stretch it out and pull it back
or just age, because if you justhad an elastic band and you
never used it and you kept it onyour desk, eventually it would
lose its elasticity. So those are the three
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components. So I at that age, my sensitive
blood flow was slowly down. So I thought to myself, the CO2
lift is phenomenal for blood flow.
It for diabetics, which you've done diabetic ulcer studies.
It closed the wound in a short matter of time.
So I said, OK, that it builds back tissue in a short matter of
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time. So I went to one of our medical
advisors and said, what do you think about using carboxy in for
vulva vaginal skin? So we did a, we did a
double-blind pilot test, which we duplicated in larger bodies
of women. And then we, it's been
published. What we saw is that the women,
so a double-blind test for your listeners means that the
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patients didn't know if they're getting the real thing or the
fake thing. All of them thought they're,
they possibly could be getting the real thing.
Well, and then the investigatorsdon't know which one they got.
Well, the people that got the placebo showed no change in
sexual function and 100% of the people got the CO2 technology
showed significant change in lubrication, arousal, desire,
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orgasm reduction, painful sex. Then we did biopsies and we look
at that tissue and just 10 treatments intronda that tissue
that was very old atrophy showedvibrancy as if you're in your
late 20s. So we're pretty excited.
No point on the word excited. And we were able to confidently
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use and we've used this on thousands and thousands of
women. And I tell you, so I used it on
myself 1st and I tell you, I waslike, man, you don't remember
until you remember. I forgot how good because you,
how you capture feeling, you can't really remember until you
were experienced again. And I was like, when I gave it
to my mom and my aunts who were in their 60s and 70s, they went
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from, you know, sandpaper to butter.
So I knew we had something. And then we, we had that.
So the CO2, the V is very, very helpful.
It's, it's, it's a great solution for women who are
looking to regenerate that area.And The thing is that women will
say, Oh, I feel tighter. Well, we only make the tissue
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thicker. So that's what you feel.
So I recently had what's called a vaginoplasty.
So what that means is I got my that, that, that tightening of
my muscle again. So it's not a, it's not a
external thing. It's not something for
aesthetic. So you'll hear women who get a
lavioplasty. That's not it.
A vaginoplasty is strictly aboutthe muscle.
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So I want you to have a 21 year old vagina again.
So, so that's what I, I'm recovering for that.
I had that three weeks ago. But that's the kind of thing and
carboxy help with that because it helps to heal.
So with it, we applied it and, and, and the cosmetic
gynecologist who did the surgery, who he's phenomenal by
the way. I actually flew to Sacramento to
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get this done because I trust him that he looked by I was
healing by when he saw me by the2nd day.
It was as if I did that surgery a week and a half ago just
because how quickly the CO2 liveV can help to heal the heal that
area. Wow, that's amazing.
And I'm the conversation with your mom too are very inspiring
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for sure. I want to ask you to just all
these things that you're factoring in, of course goes
into aging. How does things change?
But these changes, just sexual health, aging, your skin,
everything. It also can't affect how a
person feels about themselves, obviously.
And we've touched on this with every single topic, how once
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they, the women that you work with, saw a change, how it
helped their mood, it helped howthey saw themselves.
So I wanted to ask you too, regarding mental health and
aging because of course, when you age, like I said, not
everyone deals with it and has that same type of confidence.
So some people don't look at themselves once they're aging
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and embrace the changes. So even some that do embrace the
changes, they still may focus sometimes on, you know, like you
said, I wish I had, you know, the same what I had when I was
in my 20s. And some people can't, you know,
get those things and they may weigh on their minds.
So what are some just tips or maybe possibly some affirmations
or just just ways to navigate mental health with aging as
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well? I think that's such a great
topic. You know, The thing is that and
as we even talked about, even with the quality of sex every,
it's mental, you know, we have to, we have to figure out how to
think because then we kind of work in line with it.
And I'm a big advocate of makingsure you protect and guard what
you listen to and what you watch, very important.
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And then to listen to positive things because if you are, we're
bombarded with so much negativity on the news and to
even on social media. So we have to guard and protect
ourselves and be very strict at what we do.
And that's personally what I do,what I even advise my children
who are, who are younger to start looking at protecting what
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and guarding your mental, what you put into your mind and
therefore what eventually goes into your heart.
So with that said, you know, I think that women should feed on
positive things, even positive podcasts.
If you feed on more positive things than negative things,
you're going to change the way you think because even if you
had the best situation you had and you look, you can look in
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celebrities and you can say, OK,they look good.
They and why are they so unhappy?
What are they feeding themselveswith?
So it's, it's all about, I feel a big part of mental health is
what you put into your mind. It's like a sponge still.
And so that is something I am very guarded.
I'm careful at what type of podcasts I listen to, what are
the kind of media and the thingsthat I put into my mind.
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And then as a result of it, I have a positive attitude.
So and then that helps you too with gratitude.
So yes, I'm not 20s and that time of life was nice.
But just like in a Caterpillar butterfly scenario, the
Caterpillar is nice, but then when they turn into a butterfly,
the bloom and even if in and I feel even confident.
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I mean, I'm married, but I feel confident.
I think that women in our age have so much more to offer than
2030 year olds. We just have the experience.
We can have the confident. We know how to please a man.
We we have listen, we have it, you understand me.
And The thing is that we can fortunately, we can not only
have it there, but we can actually look for ways to change
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our skin and our physicality. So I think it's about what you
watch, gratitude and understanding that you know you
have so much more to offer than your younger self did.
Right, right. I love it.
And you're right, just, and I know it sounds cliche and some
people don't, they don't want totalk about things that are
positive. All right, I know there's the
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big toxic positivity, but toxic positivity is just basically
saying you're not allowed to be sad, You're not allowed to say,
oh, this isn't working. So I do understand that
argument. But as far as having a being
unapologetic or being intentional about saying, hey,
I'm going to make sure I absorb positive content there should
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there's, there's never enough ofthat as far as I'm concerned.
Make it your business to say, hey, I'm only going to listen to
positive podcast. I'm only going to watch positive
television when I choose to watch it.
I'm only going to have positive conversations.
If you, if you're intentional about that, it does help you.
And especially once you get older.
I don't meet personally at 47. There are a lot of things I
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don't engage in anymore that I did when I was younger and it
goes as far as even the conversations I have.
If it's something negative, I just choose not to engage in it.
I don't want to have that type of mindset, especially at this
age. It's there's certain things that
just shouldn't be a part of yourlifestyle.
And not to judge people, but I just know if you're trying to
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have a particular goal for an inner peace as well, because
that's a part of age. And I know we talk about the
physical, but the mental as well.
We do have to cater to ourselvesmentally as we get older.
And once we do get older, it is a good time to be intentional
about what we absorb because it affects your mindset, it affects
your mentality. No one wants to be stuck in the
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same mindset. You know, that's the advantage
of aging because we're now in a different time frame that we
were when we were younger. So in the sense you, we run
backwards in a positive way because now we're in a different
time frame and like you said, older, it's like, great, now you
have more knowledge. So taking the knowledge you have
now and a new time frame, it's agift.
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It's a blessing actually. So I definitely agree with what
you mentioned just about this. Absorbing just positive things
like that does definitely help with your mental health too once
you get older for sure. And you know, and and I like
that you said about I never really heard that terminology
before, but I'll definitely use it.
Toxic positivity. I agree.
I mean, it being positive doesn't mean that you can't
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discuss things that are not working.
I think that even when challenging situations about
trying to find a lesson in a challenge, it's so it's a spin
that you put on things because not everything we live in a
world that's filled with just toxicity that it's going to,
you're going to see things or you're going to experience
things. I mean, just three years ago, I
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couldn't, I, I, I found out thatI had vitiligo.
No, I'm in the skin care. I'm like, what in the world?
And it's a boat, but then you have to kind of readjust your
mind. I was watching a couple weeks
ago or I don't even know the thing with Céline Dion.
That's okay. That's not a how is that
positive? It's look at what's happening
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here, but it helps you to appreciate what is that things
can happen. Life is uncertain and how what
spin you're going to put on it. So positivity doesn't mean that
it's only things that are good. Like everything, it's looking at
a situation. It's what is it theme?
What is the theme of it? So I don't personally indulge in
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movies that are that have an adultery theme or have women who
are I don't want. There's certain themes of things
that I don't want to watch. Why?
Because it's going to affect me.It's going to make me feel
dissatisfied. It's going to make me root for
things that I don't necessarily want in my life.
So I think that when I say positivity, it's about finding
things that build you up. It doesn't mean about not
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talking about challenges. It doesn't mean about hearing
about things that are going wrong with someone's life.
So what is the spin and what is the take away?
And that's those are the type ofcontent that you want to
intentionally absorb. Correct.
And I think people mistake putting positivity, pairing it
with perfection. So oh, you're being positive,
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you think everything is perfect.That's definitely not the
definition of being positive. Like you said, it's about a
mindset and same thing. I personally, This is why I'm
very passionate about this particular brand that I'm
building. I don't want to involve myself
in anything that's showing womenbeing beaten or women being just
mistreated or women being the victim all the time, or women
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being abused or women being withthe worst man on the planet.
Or it's like, can we flip that narrative?
Like there's nothing wrong with flipping this narrative.
You know, we know there's enoughof this going on in real life.
So can we flip this narrative? Can we have more podcasts that
show women who are killing it, who are doing great thing to
have great businesses who love themselves, love their bodies,
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no matter, you know, what form it's in?
Like there's nothing wrong with that.
Because again, what you said, I think also when you absorb those
things, it subconsciously numbs you to certain things too.
So you're just kind of numb to it.
So you don't really see how thisis really affecting you.
Like you mentioned, it does affect you.
But I think sometimes we're programmed so that we don't
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focus on like, OK, this isn't positive, this isn't good.
I'm absorbing toxicity just so when I'm watching or if I'm
listening to something, something that's to gossipy.
These are negative things actually.
You know. Oh, it's chipping away at your
intellectualism, everything. I think sometimes people don't
necessarily grasp that because it, it makes you numb, honestly.
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And like, unless you, like I said, that's why it's good to be
intentional, because once you begin to be intentional and say,
Hey, I'm going to make an effortto just really focus on positive
content. What is what I'm reading, what
I'm watching, what you know, what I'm listening to.
When you have that intention, it's easier to shut this button
off or you're like, OK, wait a minute, this is negative.
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I don't want to deal with that because like you said, it really
does affect you. So I definitely agree with that
fully. But I wanted to ask you, of
course, self love is a huge factor and go queen, it is about
self love for women because selflove is how we navigate life.
It gives you that confidence. Like you said, I love how you
said you love this stage in yourlife, just having that gratitude
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as well. Self love and gratitude works in
together also because when you're thankful and you're just
happy and whatever stage you arein life, it also builds your
confidence. It builds the love that you have
for yourself that I really like the skin that I'm in right now
at this very moment today. So I wanted to ask you how do
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you define self love and what role has it played in your life?
So for for me, I I appreciate everything you said.
I, how I define self love is really it's about putting
importance on the way that you treat yourself.
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In other words, we the way you talk to yourself, the way you
know, if you had a friend and you love that friend, what are
the things you say to the friend?
Those are the same kind of conversations that you should
have with yourself. So be forgiving to yourself.
Be, be, treat yourself as if youare a different person from
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yourself who you value because Ithink when you do that, then
you're better able to show love to other people.
So I've always placed and maybe because I've been in this
Wellness industry for so long, I've always placed a big value,
for instance, on exercise. I mean, that's an appointment
that I have with myself. You know, I place a big emphasis
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on Bible reading because that's how I get my positive energy.
I place a big emphasis on the food that I put into my body
because that's how I nourish myself.
I mean, in other words, I take care of myself as if.
I was taking care of someone whoI love and that's what I think
self love is. So it doesn't mean for me being
selfish, meaning that I'm, I'm going to only think about
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myself, but certainly I need to think about myself and be in a
situation to be able to think about other people.
My my my family, my friends, my community.
I love it, I love that. And just how you said about when
we love ourselves, and that's another thing that not as much
as I talk about self love, I love how you mentioned when we
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love ourselves, it does affect how we love others.
Because if you don't value yourself, like I said, you don't
love yourself, there's no way tolove somebody else.
It's, it's, it's impossible. So again, when you practice that
gratitude, but when you also exercise self loving, I love how
you broke down all the differentcomponents and what you eat,
what you're reading, how you treat other people, how you care
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for other people, apply self loving every form of your life.
Just how you mention about when you look in the mirror.
If you look in the mirror and you feel good about yourself, it
does change your confidence, whether we want to admit that or
not. And yes, love yourself and every
element. Look in the mirror when you
don't have any makeup on, when your hair is not done and find
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the value in yourself. Look at yourself.
I'm like, I'm beautiful. I have beautiful skin.
When you're all done up, that's how I look.
When I fix myself up, I'm a bad,you know what?
You know, like I really have putmyself together.
Just love yourself and having that confidence and just seeing
yourself as being special. And the way you describe just
how you eating everything like it's treating yourself like
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you're special. Yeah, it's.
Plain and simple. So if you treat yourself like
you're a special individual, youcan't help but want to treat
other people like they're special.
And it also gives you that discernment too.
If no one's going to treat me like I'm special, I, we can't
deal with each other like, you know, I was having a
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conversation. With my sister-in-law yesterday
and she was reading a book. I don't remember what it was,
but it was from someone who was,I think they were like in the
either they're an FBI. They they were, they were in the
profession where they were protecting other people.
They would like a bonzer and it's we have to be the bonzer
for our own lives. You know, it's like you who is
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coming to upset the peace. You have to bounce them right
back out. You know what I'm saying?
So it's a matter of protecting our peace and at the same time,
just to kind of step on something.
Sometimes we're not necessarily in the best place.
Sometimes we may, our skin may not be great.
So we don't want to just like with our friend, we're not going
to lie and say, oh, you look, Sowhat are you doing about it?
So we're the, it's in the process of getting better.
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I'm figuring out how to do this to get this better.
So or our weight may not be where exactly we want, but you
know what if we're in the process of going in that
direction, be happy. We're because we can look
forward to the fact that we're working in that direction.
So it's just it's not about it'snot about lying to ourselves.
It's about seeing things for what it is, but being kind to
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ourselves just as if our friendscame to you and said, you know,
Shonda, I don't feel good. I'm fat.
You're going to say to her, you're going to say, don't
listen, you are beautiful. Yes, you may not be where you
want, but let's let's work on a plan and it's the same thing.
You're going to talk to yourself.
OK, Shonda or Lana, I'm I'm not rare one to be right now, but
look at the good things about you, look at what you have going
on for you and then yes, you're not so slim right now, but let's
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figure out how to do it. So it's being real and seeing
what you can do. And if you're moving in that
direction, then you can feel good.
Yes, yes. So this has been an amazing
conversation, but before we end everything, I want you to tell
us what's next for CO2 live, what's next for luminescence.
Give us some information and also tell people how they can
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purchase this. I know you have a special gift.
Just give us some more insight on what can we expect in the
future. Well, you know Shonda.
For us at Loomis and with CO2 left, the carboxy is a new, it's
a new area or category in skin regeneration.
And, and So what we're spending a lot more time on, we do what
we do a lot of clinical studies.So we're doing studies right now
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talking about how it helps with our skin microbiome, how it
helps with telomeres. So really it's a lot of, for the
next, you know, two to five years, it's a lot of focus on
education and showing how someone can really regenerate
their skin. And the skin is not only the
skin on our face and our neck, it's the skin everywhere and our
intimate skin, which I really want women to focus on because
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that's a big part of being a woman.
And you, it makes you feel confident.
You can take care of that. You control your sexual energy.
So it's a lot of education And but for, for where people can
find me, it's, you know, I have my personal Instagram, which is
V LON occur and I'm, I'm, I try to be very good about responding
to DMS and then our company at CO2 Lyft and at CO2 Lyft V
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there. So our support team is very good
at responding. Or you can e-mail support at CO2
Lyft. You can find the products and
all the information information on it at cotulip.com.
When you put your products, if you want to try it, we're giving
a code Queen 10 for 10% off the site so that you can try it
there. And, and you know, I guess my
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message take away is for, for women to really think about
themselves all of themselves, you know, not just part all of
yourself. And I think a big part of
fulfilment and quality of life is, yes, it's our sexual energy.
It's a big part of it. I mean, and I, and I don't want
to put too much emphasis on it, but the reason why I'm, I'm,
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I'm, I'm saying it is because somany of us as we get into
menopause takes that area out ofour life.
And that's not important. No, it is.
And it's actually a time when you can enjoy better orgasms and
when you're in your 30s and 40s because you know your bodies.
And if you didn't, you can have,you can express yourselves in
ways that you maybe didn't feel sure of in your younger self.
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So definitely look into that area of your life.
Take care of our intimate parts because there is or there are
things available to help to keepthat area youthful.
And then definitely speak to ouryounger sisters and our younger
daughters about all of themselves treating that area
being sacred. Not necessarily, but talking
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about it and being real about it, yes, I love.
It thank you so much and did youhave would you possibly be able
to leave us with an affirmation for our viewers?
I love that. What is one thing that I, I
mean, I say so many affirmations.
I think I one of my favorite things is I like to say is that
I am a woman of action. The reason why I love that is
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because I feel that sometimes wecan spend so much time planning
that we don't do. But action means that we are
going to act, even if and probably will never have all the
tools available. But if we don't act, we'll never
see what we're planning for. So you, you don't wait to have
everything lined up because sometimes when you have all
lined up, it's too late. When you have an idea, when you
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have a thought, when you have a feeling on something, when you
think enough about it, then follow through with action.
So I am a woman of action is something that I say to myself
all the time. Love it, love it.
Thank. You so much for this
conversation. I really appreciate it and I
definitely want people to take away so much from this
conversation that we've had for sure.
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But I just really appreciate your transparency and just
giving us this time because aging is just something that,
you know, God willing, we can't avoid.
And like I said, it's a blessingto have age.
I mean, I've seen so many peopleleave this earth over the past
week, so it's just a blessing tohave any extra day.
Honestly, it's just the way I want to be.
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Gratitude for life right now. Just seeing so many people
leaving. So while we're here, love
yourself. Embrace life, embrace the
change, embrace all the changes that you're experiencing.
Also, as I always tell people, embrace the fact that it's never
too late. It's never too late to be happy.
It's never too late to be healthy.
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It's never too late to embrace your body and age shouldn't stop
you. Just like you said, every single
thing that you had in the past, you can have it now.
Even with our sexual energy, we don't have to be like haggard
and feel like, oh, I'm old. So that means I'm not deserving
of happiness. I'm not deserving of love.
I'm not deserving of just enjoying life.
You can have all these things until they tell you're no longer
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here. So enjoy life while you're here,
everyone, because like I said, life is short.
So let's embrace every single day and moment that we have.
And I want everybody from this conversation.
So many things that Lana said that were great, but just
remember too, when you look in the mirror, no matter what day
this is, what time it is, what time of day it is, I want you to
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look in the mirror and that reflection staring back at you
have that gratitude, have that love and love the skin that
you're in because you're deserving your beautiful and
your special. So thank you guys for this
amazing conversation. I really enjoyed speaking with
you, Lana, and I thank you againand thank you for the coat that
you're offering all the Go Queenaudience.
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I really do appreciate that. And guys, please make sure as
you follow on on social media and definitely go ahead and
learn more about CO2 lip and Le mess like this has been an
amazing conversation. So thank you guys.
Again, you can catch this episode and more
www.goclean.com. She's a queen about a business
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working hard on a mission. Head hyperb driven, crown on,
never tilted. Go queen, go queen.
They're not like us. If you're in situations
sometimes, whether you've dealt with maybe you're the
generational curse breaker in your family or perhaps you're
the person that's always stood out, you've always been
different. Where there is that school,
amongst friends, with family or on the job, they're not like us.
You're the curse breaker. You're the one that stands out.
(00:21):
You're the one that doesn't conform.
You may be my team of extroverted introverts.
You may be able to be in public settings and you can get along.
Hey, you can get along just to get along.
But at the end of the day, you like being to yourself.
You like being different, you like standing out.
There are certain things that just, you don't rock with
everybody and that's totally fine.
They're not like us. You may be an impact, an impact
(00:45):
that absorbs feelings. So because you absorb feelings,
you have to be very mindful of who you spend your time with,
who you share your energy with. It's OK.
They're not like us. You may be a person who doesn't
like conforming to the crowd. You like following the beat of
your own drum. Of course, if you're that
generational curse breaker, you like to talk different things.
(01:06):
You don't like to gossip. You don't like to talk poverty.
You like to speak abundance. You like to speak life.
You like to be in a whole different world, and that's
completely fine. They're not like us.
You like to enjoy your gift. You like to celebrate others
like peace. You don't like drama.
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You like to be healthy, healed, whole.
You've also sought the work you've done the self work you've
done the healing. So they're not like us.
It's OK if you don't speak the same language anymore because
you've elevated you're on something different.
You're on a different path. It's OK, They're not like us.
So self love reflection, make sure that you embrace your
(01:49):
differences, embrace the changesthat you're going through.
Embrace the new light, embrace the the new lens that you see
life through because it's okay, they're not like us.
Be yourself, be you. Be okay being different.
Be okay standing out. It's okay because they're not
like us. Hey Queen, welcome to another
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episode of the Q Chat. Today our special guest is Miss
Lana Kerr, the innovative founder and CEO of Lunetz.
Lana has revolutionized the skincare industry with her ground
breaking CO2 Lift Carboxy Gel, which offers fast skin
regeneration and remarkable antiaging benefits.
In addition to skin care, Lana'sCO2 Lift V gel has transformed
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vaginal rejuvenation, enhancing the Big O.
Prior to Loomis, Lana found thatYour Fat Loss Coach, a Wellness
company that helped thousands, including celebrities like
supermodel Beverly Johnson, achieve their ideal weight and
image. Join us as we dive into Lana's
entrepreneur journey, her passion for Wellness, and the
impact she's making in the beauty world.
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She's a queen about a business, working hard on a mission and
high purpose driven crown on Never tilted.
Go queen. Go queen.
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Thank you guys for joining another episode of the Key chat
today. My very special guest is Miss
Lana Kerr. Lana is an advocate for Women's
Health and she's also the CEO ofLumens Skin Care and also the
creator of CO2 lip. And we're going to talk about
that hot topic lady's menopause and perimenopause and of course
a bunch of other different things related to aging and our
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hormones and all that stuff. But we're definitely going to
talk about Lana's products and how it can benefit that I help
and some other great things in the course.
Self love. So how you doing today?
Oh, Shronda, I'm good. And thank you so much for
inviting me to this episode. I'm really excited about this
conversation and I'm so glad that you're having it with me so
more and more women can be familiar with something that
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really just a few years ago wasn't really being discussed.
And I appreciate you for just being here so you can have this
transparent conversation, like we were chatting it up before I
click record. And as I mentioned to you now,
I'm personally dealing with perimenopause.
I had a full hysterectomy last January of 2023.
And even before then, like I knew my hormones were just going
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out of control. So I know like people in our age
range, this is just something common that we're dealing with.
And I feel like there's never enough information regarding
this. And like you said, it was a
point where a lot of things thatare hot topics now, they weren't
really talked about them. So I wanted to start off and
just ask me before we get deeperinto perimenopause, just tell us
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first about Lumens and what madeyou decide to found this company
And just tell us some of the different background and the
benefits of everything with the company and what was your goal
and target? OK.
All right. Well, so first of all, I start,
I started the MISK in 2015 and we launched in 2016.
But my background is really in accounting and finance.
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So that's where I started my whole professional career and
then for a few years and then I went back to school and studied
nutrition and then open weight loss clinics.
And we've really, we had about 100 coaches we worked with at
the time up to about over 30,000people we helped lose weight.
And what what we noticed is thatwhen people started losing
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weight, they started feeling like they wanted to spend more
attention to their skin. So then I opened a Med spa and
just looking for something that was as unique as our weight loss
system is what led me to discover Carboxytherapy.
So I would, you know, I would say what do you use on your
skin? And when, when, when people tell
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me and it's something that was different.
This was the first thing I heardthat was different.
I had never heard about carboxy therapy.
So we started investigating it and at the time carboxy therapy
was generally delivered through a needle injectable.
So you know, we looked into thatand then eventually we looked
into Japan and Japan actually had the first gel delivery
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system for carboxytherapy and that's where we started.
We have no the exclusive licenseto that technology.
So that's kind of how Lumis was phoned it.
And I know you get the next question generally is what is
carboxy therapy? I know, like you said, I know
and I did. I forgot to mention that too.
Like I saw in your background aswell that you initially were
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helping with weight loss and that's something too that is
actually important because as weknow, when you get older, your
metabolism completely changes. And for some people, the weight
just comes out of nowhere. And it's a lot of it sometimes
is associated with your ageing. And it's like it's hard to
figure out how to get it off. So that is a good thing too.
But I definitely do want to knowabout this particular
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ingredient, Carboxy. Definitely give us the
background on that and what are some of the benefits.
Yes, but just to say, just to comment on what you said.
Yeah, I think back when I turned50, which I'm 53 now, when I
turned 50, I remember thinking men, I was, I had no humility or
modesty in working with women intheir 50s because I would just
say, why aren't you losing weight?
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But the day that I turned 50, I remember getting up the next
day, I was 5 lbs bigger. That didn't that night, the
dinner that I ate did not leave.And then 51, another 5 lbs.
I mean, so I totally understand the weight.
And I know that's a separate conversation, but carboxy
therapy is the therapeutic use of carbon dioxide to regenerate
the tissue. It's a very natural process that
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takes place in the body. Normally we inhale oxygen and we
exhale carbon dioxide, but when we breathe it in or when it
comes into our into our into ourtissues, what happens is that
the body kind of recalibrates itself and it rushes oxygen rich
blood to the area, which means that microcirculation increases,
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which means that angiogenesis increases, which means that cell
turnover blood rushes to that area which is filled with
nutrition and water. So it makes a big change on the
body. So for instance, if a if a
person had say a diabetic ulcer,a non healing wound, right.
So remember diabetics, the problem is circulation.
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They don't to their extremities,they don't have a good
circulation. So wounds take very long to
heal. Well, you could put carboxy gel
and it would close a non healingwound in eight days with just
four application. That's how quickly takes place.
So that's what we, that's what we started with, very excited
and we have really invested in alot of many clinical studies to
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show that this is really taking place.
What happens when you take the carbon dioxide in?
What happens to your blood vessels?
We've seen it dilate just as much as when you put an
injectable, except there's no pain and it's something that
persons can do in the comfort oftheir home.
Wow, and I definitely want to expound on that too.
So many different things. Like I said that I want to ask
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you about regarding this becausesomething else that you
mentioned, I don't know, we and I know we're talking about
menopause and aging, but just like you mentioned with the
weight loss, I actually want to go back to that because from me,
I think like once I once I hit 40 because I did, you see all
the time, oh, when you hit 40 and metabolism changes, I never
thought twice about it. I was always a person who could
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just eat anything and I never had to think twice about, oh,
well, you know, I better not eatthis.
And now being 47 years old and also having had a major surgery
last year, which of course was hormonal because I'm sitting
there losing, you know, estrogen, things like that.
It does a number on your body. So now it's like if I eat one
little thing, I just feel like I, it just shifts everything.
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I've never worn this size ever, you know, So I know that's
something else that women different with, you know, it's
all a part of aging and perimenopause.
Everything your body completely changes.
So what are, I know, like with the weight loss and that's
something you were doing previously, though, What more,
you know, can you expound on that?
As far as women who are getting late 40s, early 50s and they
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realizing that their metabolism isn't the same?
And I know we're in the Olympic craze, you know, which is a
whole separate topic. But as far as people who are
struggling and just trying to figure out a way to just do it
naturally to maintain their weight, because some of us are
never going to be the size we were when we were 24 and that's
perfectly fine. But as far as at least
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maintaining a weight that we're comfortable with now, like what
are just some things maybe possible we could do, especially
like I said, we're in Olympic craze to get the surgery craze.
But what about for those that want to and learn how to
maintain it health in a healthy way?
Yeah, I know that before the zombie craze there was.
What we did is we had a very unique program we used, and I
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don't know if you're familiar with this human chorionic
gonotropin. We were the first in the tricom
to use it. And what it really did is just
kind of trick your body into youutilizing fat for energy, and
people would quickly lose weight.
I mean, so we would see you could lose 30 lbs really within
seven weeks. The difference with our program
is that what we did was help people to understand how to eat
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because you can have something that helps to trigger weight
loss. And really this was fat loss
because the difference with thisand I feel with Ozempic is that
you're not losing muscle. Whereas Ozempic, that's what one
of the, if I was ever going to go into back into weight loss
and use Ozempic, one of the things you'd have to find a way
to preserve someone's muscle because you're going to lose
muscle, cannibalize it. So you have to be into weight.
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Strength training, you have to take, I would take master Aminos
if I was ever doing that. But for, for this, when we were
doing that, what we did, it onlylost fat.
So it looks very different. But what we would do for weight
loss, what we found is that for every pound of weight that
someone lost, they had to maintain it, maintain that
weight loss for seven days a week.
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So if you lost 40 lbs, that's 40weeks.
So if someone came in to us and wanted to lose weight and we
identified and we used our body fat as an indicator because
that's really the thing. And based on your body fat
percentage, we determined about how much weight someone would
lose. That means they would have to
commit to that length of a program time because we would
need to make sure that they maintained it so that they could
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truly have lost the weight. And we had really great success.
I mean, even for me, as I said back then when I started, we, I
did after I went back to school,said nutrition.
I was really fascinated with this because at the time, so at
the time that I was in my 30s and I could just could not, I
mean, as much as he wouldn't sayI was fat, I was at a size that
I was still after my kids. I couldn't get doned.
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I was a size 6. No, that's my no means big.
But I was not normally used to being even a size 4 or a size 2.
That was what I was used to. And I said if I'm going to go
into weight loss, I need to looklike I'm in weight loss.
So I went into this program myself and I went from a size 68
to size 02 and I pretty much stayed that way all the way
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until I was 49. And it was just a phenomenal
thing. I looked, I mean, if I walked
into the room, people would say she knows.
I mean, I would you. I had definition, of course, I
was working out. So menopause has really played a
whole thing on me and I had to kind of rethink how, you know, I
eat, how I ate and who type of working that I would do because
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it does change, because hormonalchanges.
And that's why I'm a big advocate for, you know,
bioidentical hormones. And I really, I know that
there's so many different opinions on this, but look at
what the new, the latest data isshowing.
So I've been on bioidenticals from the time I was 45 and I
have definitely noticed a difference from my peers, my
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friends who chose not to do it. So I'm a big advocate of
bioidentical. So I never got, and I still
don't get the hot flashes. When I started getting hot
flashes, I what I did is the first thing I did was I went to
acupuncture because I'm a big, I'm more, I'm look, I like
Eastern medicine. So I went to acupuncture and let
me tell you something, Shoranda,I never got another hot flash.
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But then I started by identical.So I know a lot of the things
that I saw a lot of my friends go through, I didn't get the
only thing that I could say. My weight went shifted and it's
a difference in hold the weight.It's like you're carrying more
water because it wasn't like I was eating any differently.
And so you just, your body kind of changes and I had to get used
to a higher weight, but just, I,I then change even the, I, I
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became a vegan. I mean, I, I changed of the
different things and everything.You have to know your own body
and what works for you. But I think what I would say to
a woman is the most important thing is definitely regular
exercise, making sure that your weight training, lifting weights
to keep muscles so that you can keep your metabolism and then
just, and eat clean. I mean, and all the things that
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we know. But those are some of the tips
that I would give for someone who, who is going into pause.
And I, again, I'm, I'm, I'm fully in menopause right now and
I just, I love this time of my life.
I really, I, I really, I know sometimes I hate to say it
because some women aren't necessarily feeling that way,
but I love this time of my life.I feel like, you know, I have
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the experience, I have control and it's and it's really because
of a lot of things that I've implemented in my life.
You know, and I love how you said how you love this time of
your life because I think sometimes people dread aging and
it's a blessing #1 just to stillbe here, you know?
So aging is actually a blessing.But embracing the changes in
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your body is something that I think is great that you just
said. Because I think sometimes we
want to hold on to who we were in the past, not just
emotionally, whatever, but physically sometimes.
And I think that's why some people, you know, what are going
through menopause 'cause I just haven't, you know, life changes.
You may not be the same size youwere in the past or your
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metabolism or is different. Your energy level may be
different sometimes. And sometimes people have a hard
time dealing with that with, oh God, you know, I don't look the
same, but it's something. I just love your attitude about
it because if you embrace the changes, it can be a great
thing. You know, it really is a great
thing to just not have to deal with maybe certain things you
dealt with when you were younger.
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And like you said, there's a lotof wisdom that comes in with
aging and also just embracing your body like it is a great
thing, just like when women who are in their 20s or just like
pregnancy, for example. It is a fascinating thing.
Yes, exactly. And I, I, I think really every
phase or every season of a woman's life, it can be
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appreciated and enjoyed. I just think that this phase has
a lot of advantages that if you are can implement certain things
even when you go back to weight.Yes, my IA woman.
No, I feel like I had the body that I had and if I backup
pictures, I looked really girly.You know what I'm saying?
I was very, very thin. You know, my husband would say,
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you know, Oh, you look like a teenage boy with boobs.
You know what I'm saying? So, but and then no, I'm, I said
tell my husband I'm a real woman.
I mean, I feel it. No, but once I think you still
have to recognize what body fat is and you have to make sure
that you're it's healthy. So I think those so you have to
just the way you think. I've just the clothes I wear.
I'm not wearing the same things I wore, but I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm
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good with that, that I, the confidence that a woman at our
age and I'm, I know I'm a littleolder, seven years old than you,
but I, the confidence that we have, it counts for something.
I feel that aging is good when we don't necessarily have to
look old. So I, I'm a big advocate of
doing and technology exists today that we can look youthful
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and, and still experience the wisdom we have because there's
studies that show and that how we perceive ourselves in the
mirror, what we look like is howwe're going to act.
So if we look, if our skin looksshriveled and we're, we're,
we're going to act that way. How about being able to help so
many more women with vibrant energy, which you can have in
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menopause and way beyond as we've seen now in social media,
so many women, 50s, sixties, 70s, look at them.
You know what I'm saying? So I think and I and ebook that
I had shared with you, but it's saying yes to menopause.
It's just it's about our attitude and opening up
ourselves to what is available to help us to feel good at this
age of our lives. Wow, I love it.
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I love it. So I just want to I want to ask
you about with this product, theCO2 lift.
It has definitely been praised for the effectiveness in skin
and also vaginal rejuvenation. I know we are going to talk
about that big healthy O becausethat does change too when you
get to a particular age. So I wanted to ask you, can you
explain the science and I know you've got into that definitely
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would be the ingredient, but canwe get deeper into this, you
know, with the product, how doesit affect the reverse signs of
aging? And also how does help with the
vaginal rejuvenation and skin rejuvenation?
Can you tell some more about that?
Yes. OK, so one of the things I like
to say is that we don't get old.We dry up.
If you could, if I use this analogy of a grape and a Raisin,
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a grape, it looks beautiful. It's plump, it's full, it's just
juicy. And what is the difference
between a grape, which eventually can turn into a
Raisin? It's the water content, right?
So when you lose the water, it gets shriveled up.
And that's pretty much what happens to us.
We, we're born this beautiful grape and then we turn into this
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Raisin. Technologies around that can
slow that process down or even reverse it.
So one of the things that CO2 Lift has that no other product
to date has is a hydration content.
It after one application, it increases the water content in
your skin 117% after one application, after you've
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completed at least three or six,then to maintain that, all you
need is one a month. And that's one of the big things
about skin we we want our skin to be full of water.
It doesn't matter how much moisturizer you use, if your
skin is thin, you'd have to keepreapplying it.
So think about a sponge. You buy a sponge in the
supermarket, it's thick, it can hold a lot of water, and as you
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use it, it gets thinner and thinner.
That's like our skin, it eventually gets thinner.
We want our skin to be thick. So that's one of the benefits of
CO2 lift. We show elasticity.
Elasticity is another thing thathelps our skin, not only our
skin, on our face, our neck and our hands all over.
Elasticity that bounce back. When you think of when you think
of elasticity, think of a baby'sbottom.
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It's just you. It's plump elasticity is
something that we lose as we lose collagen and elastin as we
get as we get older, CO2 left increases elasticity 26% after
six applications and it continues to build.
So when you're looking for the fastest way to regenerate the
skin and, and I use those two indications, just high hydration
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and elasticity. But the other markers that mark
youthful skin like luminosity, radiance reduction, wrinkles,
fine lines, all those key markers we have invested in
clinical re studies and what we've seen is double digit
improvement. All those markers in skin for
people who can't, who use it on a regular basis.
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The second part was when you talked about vulva, vaginal.
And most things that I get excited about are things that I
benefit from. So when I was 47, I noticed a
difference in the quality of intimacy.
No, I'm going to step back to say that I've been, I want to
see a sex connoisseur from the time I was in my 40s.
How I'm married now this year will be 27 years.
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My mother told me when I was getting married.
She says two things that you heradvice to keep your husband,
feed him every day and give him sex every day.
So that was pretty much what I did, right.
But then when I got into my late30s and 40s and I'm I mean, I'm
working in business, it's almostlike I misunderstood her advice
to me that sex was just only forthe benefit of him.
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So it was something I would do for him.
And I feel that in conversationswith women, most women, you
know, our feel that it's just look good while they get off.
You know what I'm saying? How do you have an orgasm?
You look good and make sure theyhave an orgasm.
And then mommy said, I said to her in my when I got to my early
photos and my mommy, I don't know, I'm having good sex.
And she said to me, good sex is like playing tennis.
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It's just a different set of balls.
You have to focus on hitting theball.
And Shonda, that changed my lifebecause what it really said to
me was that sex was more about connection than performance.
If we understand the value of intimacy and good sex and what
it's doing for our health, what's doing for our emotions
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and our stress level, then we'regoing to have a different
approach to it. And that's what I kind of did.
So I started having really good sex.
So when I got into my late 47 exactly, I noticed a difference
in the quality of orgasms. So I had this conversation with
my gynecologist. I told her I'm not experiencing.
I told her what I was experiencing.
She did my exam. She says, Lana, you're not
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experiencing a problem with lubrication, but sensitivity
changes. So let me tell you this, Jonda.
And I feel like I've been talking a long time, but stop me
if you want. Oh no, it's fine.
So, and she, she, what I was made to understand is what makes
good sex the physiological, because there's a big mental
component for women. That's a big part of it.
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I'd say the biggest part of having good sex is the way we
think. We'll talk about that, but let's
talk about the physiological part.
There are three aspects. You have the vulva, which has
our clitoris. The clitoris is like a male
penis, except the only function of the clitoris is enjoyment.
So God gave us our clitoris for us to enjoy sex.
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We have double the nerves that apenis has, but for that to
function, we need proper blood flow.
So for it to function optimally,we need proper blood flow.
When does blood flow start slowing down?
It starts slowing down from in our 20s.
So if we did nothing about that,by the time we're in our
thirties, 40s, or when people are forced into menopause, like
what you had in hysterectomy, you are going to have a
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difference in sex. It's, it's just, it's just
inescapable. The second thing, so good blood
flow is important. The second thing is in our
vagina, the skin or tissue in our vagina is just like the skin
under our eyes. And we know that that shows age
first. So it gets thinner first, drier
first. Our vaginal skin is going to get
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thinner, drier till eventually painful sex.
And then the third component is our muscle.
So our muscle is like an elasticband inside that muscle.
And whether it be children that stretch it out and pull it back
or just age, because if you justhad an elastic band and you
never used it and you kept it onyour desk, eventually it would
lose its elasticity. So those are the three
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components. So I at that age, my sensitive
blood flow was slowly down. So I thought to myself, the CO2
lift is phenomenal for blood flow.
It for diabetics, which you've done diabetic ulcer studies.
It closed the wound in a short matter of time.
So I said, OK, that it builds back tissue in a short matter of
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time. So I went to one of our medical
advisors and said, what do you think about using carboxy in for
vulva vaginal skin? So we did a, we did a
double-blind pilot test, which we duplicated in larger bodies
of women. And then we, it's been
published. What we saw is that the women,
so a double-blind test for your listeners means that the
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patients didn't know if they're getting the real thing or the
fake thing. All of them thought they're,
they possibly could be getting the real thing.
Well, and then the investigatorsdon't know which one they got.
Well, the people that got the placebo showed no change in
sexual function and 100% of the people got the CO2 technology
showed significant change in lubrication, arousal, desire,
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orgasm reduction, painful sex. Then we did biopsies and we look
at that tissue and just 10 treatments intronda that tissue
that was very old atrophy showedvibrancy as if you're in your
late 20s. So we're pretty excited.
No point on the word excited. And we were able to confidently
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use and we've used this on thousands and thousands of
women. And I tell you, so I used it on
myself 1st and I tell you, I waslike, man, you don't remember
until you remember. I forgot how good because you,
how you capture feeling, you can't really remember until you
were experienced again. And I was like, when I gave it
to my mom and my aunts who were in their 60s and 70s, they went
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from, you know, sandpaper to butter.
So I knew we had something. And then we, we had that.
So the CO2, the V is very, very helpful.
It's, it's, it's a great solution for women who are
looking to regenerate that area.And The thing is that women will
say, Oh, I feel tighter. Well, we only make the tissue
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thicker. So that's what you feel.
So I recently had what's called a vaginoplasty.
So what that means is I got my that, that, that tightening of
my muscle again. So it's not a, it's not a
external thing. It's not something for
aesthetic. So you'll hear women who get a
lavioplasty. That's not it.
A vaginoplasty is strictly aboutthe muscle.
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So I want you to have a 21 year old vagina again.
So, so that's what I, I'm recovering for that.
I had that three weeks ago. But that's the kind of thing and
carboxy help with that because it helps to heal.
So with it, we applied it and, and, and the cosmetic
gynecologist who did the surgery, who he's phenomenal by
the way. I actually flew to Sacramento to
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get this done because I trust him that he looked by I was
healing by when he saw me by the2nd day.
It was as if I did that surgery a week and a half ago just
because how quickly the CO2 liveV can help to heal the heal that
area. Wow, that's amazing.
And I'm the conversation with your mom too are very inspiring
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for sure. I want to ask you to just all
these things that you're factoring in, of course goes
into aging. How does things change?
But these changes, just sexual health, aging, your skin,
everything. It also can't affect how a
person feels about themselves, obviously.
And we've touched on this with every single topic, how once
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they, the women that you work with, saw a change, how it
helped their mood, it helped howthey saw themselves.
So I wanted to ask you too, regarding mental health and
aging because of course, when you age, like I said, not
everyone deals with it and has that same type of confidence.
So some people don't look at themselves once they're aging
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and embrace the changes. So even some that do embrace the
changes, they still may focus sometimes on, you know, like you
said, I wish I had, you know, the same what I had when I was
in my 20s. And some people can't, you know,
get those things and they may weigh on their minds.
So what are some just tips or maybe possibly some affirmations
or just just ways to navigate mental health with aging as
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well? I think that's such a great
topic. You know, The thing is that and
as we even talked about, even with the quality of sex every,
it's mental, you know, we have to, we have to figure out how to
think because then we kind of work in line with it.
And I'm a big advocate of makingsure you protect and guard what
you listen to and what you watch, very important.
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And then to listen to positive things because if you are, we're
bombarded with so much negativity on the news and to
even on social media. So we have to guard and protect
ourselves and be very strict at what we do.
And that's personally what I do,what I even advise my children
who are, who are younger to start looking at protecting what
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and guarding your mental, what you put into your mind and
therefore what eventually goes into your heart.
So with that said, you know, I think that women should feed on
positive things, even positive podcasts.
If you feed on more positive things than negative things,
you're going to change the way you think because even if you
had the best situation you had and you look, you can look in
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celebrities and you can say, OK,they look good.
They and why are they so unhappy?
What are they feeding themselveswith?
So it's, it's all about, I feel a big part of mental health is
what you put into your mind. It's like a sponge still.
And so that is something I am very guarded.
I'm careful at what type of podcasts I listen to, what are
the kind of media and the thingsthat I put into my mind.
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And then as a result of it, I have a positive attitude.
So and then that helps you too with gratitude.
So yes, I'm not 20s and that time of life was nice.
But just like in a Caterpillar butterfly scenario, the
Caterpillar is nice, but then when they turn into a butterfly,
the bloom and even if in and I feel even confident.
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I mean, I'm married, but I feel confident.
I think that women in our age have so much more to offer than
2030 year olds. We just have the experience.
We can have the confident. We know how to please a man.
We we have listen, we have it, you understand me.
And The thing is that we can fortunately, we can not only
have it there, but we can actually look for ways to change
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our skin and our physicality. So I think it's about what you
watch, gratitude and understanding that you know you
have so much more to offer than your younger self did.
Right, right. I love it.
And you're right, just, and I know it sounds cliche and some
people don't, they don't want totalk about things that are
positive. All right, I know there's the
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big toxic positivity, but toxic positivity is just basically
saying you're not allowed to be sad, You're not allowed to say,
oh, this isn't working. So I do understand that
argument. But as far as having a being
unapologetic or being intentional about saying, hey,
I'm going to make sure I absorb positive content there should
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there's, there's never enough ofthat as far as I'm concerned.
Make it your business to say, hey, I'm only going to listen to
positive podcast. I'm only going to watch positive
television when I choose to watch it.
I'm only going to have positive conversations.
If you, if you're intentional about that, it does help you.
And especially once you get older.
I don't meet personally at 47. There are a lot of things I
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don't engage in anymore that I did when I was younger and it
goes as far as even the conversations I have.
If it's something negative, I just choose not to engage in it.
I don't want to have that type of mindset, especially at this
age. It's there's certain things that
just shouldn't be a part of yourlifestyle.
And not to judge people, but I just know if you're trying to
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have a particular goal for an inner peace as well, because
that's a part of age. And I know we talk about the
physical, but the mental as well.
We do have to cater to ourselvesmentally as we get older.
And once we do get older, it is a good time to be intentional
about what we absorb because it affects your mindset, it affects
your mentality. No one wants to be stuck in the
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same mindset. You know, that's the advantage
of aging because we're now in a different time frame that we
were when we were younger. So in the sense you, we run
backwards in a positive way because now we're in a different
time frame and like you said, older, it's like, great, now you
have more knowledge. So taking the knowledge you have
now and a new time frame, it's agift.
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It's a blessing actually. So I definitely agree with what
you mentioned just about this. Absorbing just positive things
like that does definitely help with your mental health too once
you get older for sure. And you know, and and I like
that you said about I never really heard that terminology
before, but I'll definitely use it.
Toxic positivity. I agree.
I mean, it being positive doesn't mean that you can't
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discuss things that are not working.
I think that even when challenging situations about
trying to find a lesson in a challenge, it's so it's a spin
that you put on things because not everything we live in a
world that's filled with just toxicity that it's going to,
you're going to see things or you're going to experience
things. I mean, just three years ago, I
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couldn't, I, I, I found out thatI had vitiligo.
No, I'm in the skin care. I'm like, what in the world?
And it's a boat, but then you have to kind of readjust your
mind. I was watching a couple weeks
ago or I don't even know the thing with Céline Dion.
That's okay. That's not a how is that
positive? It's look at what's happening
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here, but it helps you to appreciate what is that things
can happen. Life is uncertain and how what
spin you're going to put on it. So positivity doesn't mean that
it's only things that are good. Like everything, it's looking at
a situation. It's what is it theme?
What is the theme of it? So I don't personally indulge in
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movies that are that have an adultery theme or have women who
are I don't want. There's certain themes of things
that I don't want to watch. Why?
Because it's going to affect me.It's going to make me feel
dissatisfied. It's going to make me root for
things that I don't necessarily want in my life.
So I think that when I say positivity, it's about finding
things that build you up. It doesn't mean about not
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talking about challenges. It doesn't mean about hearing
about things that are going wrong with someone's life.
So what is the spin and what is the take away?
And that's those are the type ofcontent that you want to
intentionally absorb. Correct.
And I think people mistake putting positivity, pairing it
with perfection. So oh, you're being positive,
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you think everything is perfect.That's definitely not the
definition of being positive. Like you said, it's about a
mindset and same thing. I personally, This is why I'm
very passionate about this particular brand that I'm
building. I don't want to involve myself
in anything that's showing womenbeing beaten or women being just
mistreated or women being the victim all the time, or women
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being abused or women being withthe worst man on the planet.
Or it's like, can we flip that narrative?
Like there's nothing wrong with flipping this narrative.
You know, we know there's enoughof this going on in real life.
So can we flip this narrative? Can we have more podcasts that
show women who are killing it, who are doing great thing to
have great businesses who love themselves, love their bodies,
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no matter, you know, what form it's in?
Like there's nothing wrong with that.
Because again, what you said, I think also when you absorb those
things, it subconsciously numbs you to certain things too.
So you're just kind of numb to it.
So you don't really see how thisis really affecting you.
Like you mentioned, it does affect you.
But I think sometimes we're programmed so that we don't
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focus on like, OK, this isn't positive, this isn't good.
I'm absorbing toxicity just so when I'm watching or if I'm
listening to something, something that's to gossipy.
These are negative things actually.
You know. Oh, it's chipping away at your
intellectualism, everything. I think sometimes people don't
necessarily grasp that because it, it makes you numb, honestly.
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And like, unless you, like I said, that's why it's good to be
intentional, because once you begin to be intentional and say,
Hey, I'm going to make an effortto just really focus on positive
content. What is what I'm reading, what
I'm watching, what you know, what I'm listening to.
When you have that intention, it's easier to shut this button
off or you're like, OK, wait a minute, this is negative.
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I don't want to deal with that because like you said, it really
does affect you. So I definitely agree with that
fully. But I wanted to ask you, of
course, self love is a huge factor and go queen, it is about
self love for women because selflove is how we navigate life.
It gives you that confidence. Like you said, I love how you
said you love this stage in yourlife, just having that gratitude
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as well. Self love and gratitude works in
together also because when you're thankful and you're just
happy and whatever stage you arein life, it also builds your
confidence. It builds the love that you have
for yourself that I really like the skin that I'm in right now
at this very moment today. So I wanted to ask you how do
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you define self love and what role has it played in your life?
So for for me, I I appreciate everything you said.
I, how I define self love is really it's about putting
importance on the way that you treat yourself.
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In other words, we the way you talk to yourself, the way you
know, if you had a friend and you love that friend, what are
the things you say to the friend?
Those are the same kind of conversations that you should
have with yourself. So be forgiving to yourself.
Be, be, treat yourself as if youare a different person from
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yourself who you value because Ithink when you do that, then
you're better able to show love to other people.
So I've always placed and maybe because I've been in this
Wellness industry for so long, I've always placed a big value,
for instance, on exercise. I mean, that's an appointment
that I have with myself. You know, I place a big emphasis
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on Bible reading because that's how I get my positive energy.
I place a big emphasis on the food that I put into my body
because that's how I nourish myself.
I mean, in other words, I take care of myself as if.
I was taking care of someone whoI love and that's what I think
self love is. So it doesn't mean for me being
selfish, meaning that I'm, I'm going to only think about
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myself, but certainly I need to think about myself and be in a
situation to be able to think about other people.
My my my family, my friends, my community.
I love it, I love that. And just how you said about when
we love ourselves, and that's another thing that not as much
as I talk about self love, I love how you mentioned when we
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love ourselves, it does affect how we love others.
Because if you don't value yourself, like I said, you don't
love yourself, there's no way tolove somebody else.
It's, it's, it's impossible. So again, when you practice that
gratitude, but when you also exercise self loving, I love how
you broke down all the differentcomponents and what you eat,
what you're reading, how you treat other people, how you care
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for other people, apply self loving every form of your life.
Just how you mention about when you look in the mirror.
If you look in the mirror and you feel good about yourself, it
does change your confidence, whether we want to admit that or
not. And yes, love yourself and every
element. Look in the mirror when you
don't have any makeup on, when your hair is not done and find
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the value in yourself. Look at yourself.
I'm like, I'm beautiful. I have beautiful skin.
When you're all done up, that's how I look.
When I fix myself up, I'm a bad,you know what?
You know, like I really have putmyself together.
Just love yourself and having that confidence and just seeing
yourself as being special. And the way you describe just
how you eating everything like it's treating yourself like
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you're special. Yeah, it's.
Plain and simple. So if you treat yourself like
you're a special individual, youcan't help but want to treat
other people like they're special.
And it also gives you that discernment too.
If no one's going to treat me like I'm special, I, we can't
deal with each other like, you know, I was having a
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conversation. With my sister-in-law yesterday
and she was reading a book. I don't remember what it was,
but it was from someone who was,I think they were like in the
either they're an FBI. They they were, they were in the
profession where they were protecting other people.
They would like a bonzer and it's we have to be the bonzer
for our own lives. You know, it's like you who is
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coming to upset the peace. You have to bounce them right
back out. You know what I'm saying?
So it's a matter of protecting our peace and at the same time,
just to kind of step on something.
Sometimes we're not necessarily in the best place.
Sometimes we may, our skin may not be great.
So we don't want to just like with our friend, we're not going
to lie and say, oh, you look, Sowhat are you doing about it?
So we're the, it's in the process of getting better.
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I'm figuring out how to do this to get this better.
So or our weight may not be where exactly we want, but you
know what if we're in the process of going in that
direction, be happy. We're because we can look
forward to the fact that we're working in that direction.
So it's just it's not about it'snot about lying to ourselves.
It's about seeing things for what it is, but being kind to
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ourselves just as if our friendscame to you and said, you know,
Shonda, I don't feel good. I'm fat.
You're going to say to her, you're going to say, don't
listen, you are beautiful. Yes, you may not be where you
want, but let's let's work on a plan and it's the same thing.
You're going to talk to yourself.
OK, Shonda or Lana, I'm I'm not rare one to be right now, but
look at the good things about you, look at what you have going
on for you and then yes, you're not so slim right now, but let's
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figure out how to do it. So it's being real and seeing
what you can do. And if you're moving in that
direction, then you can feel good.
Yes, yes. So this has been an amazing
conversation, but before we end everything, I want you to tell
us what's next for CO2 live, what's next for luminescence.
Give us some information and also tell people how they can
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purchase this. I know you have a special gift.
Just give us some more insight on what can we expect in the
future. Well, you know Shonda.
For us at Loomis and with CO2 left, the carboxy is a new, it's
a new area or category in skin regeneration.
And, and So what we're spending a lot more time on, we do what
we do a lot of clinical studies.So we're doing studies right now
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talking about how it helps with our skin microbiome, how it
helps with telomeres. So really it's a lot of, for the
next, you know, two to five years, it's a lot of focus on
education and showing how someone can really regenerate
their skin. And the skin is not only the
skin on our face and our neck, it's the skin everywhere and our
intimate skin, which I really want women to focus on because
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that's a big part of being a woman.
And you, it makes you feel confident.
You can take care of that. You control your sexual energy.
So it's a lot of education And but for, for where people can
find me, it's, you know, I have my personal Instagram, which is
V LON occur and I'm, I'm, I try to be very good about responding
to DMS and then our company at CO2 Lyft and at CO2 Lyft V
(45:04):
there. So our support team is very good
at responding. Or you can e-mail support at CO2
Lyft. You can find the products and
all the information information on it at cotulip.com.
When you put your products, if you want to try it, we're giving
a code Queen 10 for 10% off the site so that you can try it
there. And, and you know, I guess my
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message take away is for, for women to really think about
themselves all of themselves, you know, not just part all of
yourself. And I think a big part of
fulfilment and quality of life is, yes, it's our sexual energy.
It's a big part of it. I mean, and I, and I don't want
to put too much emphasis on it, but the reason why I'm, I'm,
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I'm, I'm saying it is because somany of us as we get into
menopause takes that area out ofour life.
And that's not important. No, it is.
And it's actually a time when you can enjoy better orgasms and
when you're in your 30s and 40s because you know your bodies.
And if you didn't, you can have,you can express yourselves in
ways that you maybe didn't feel sure of in your younger self.
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So definitely look into that area of your life.
Take care of our intimate parts because there is or there are
things available to help to keepthat area youthful.
And then definitely speak to ouryounger sisters and our younger
daughters about all of themselves treating that area
being sacred. Not necessarily, but talking
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about it and being real about it, yes, I love.
It thank you so much and did youhave would you possibly be able
to leave us with an affirmation for our viewers?
I love that. What is one thing that I, I
mean, I say so many affirmations.
I think I one of my favorite things is I like to say is that
I am a woman of action. The reason why I love that is
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because I feel that sometimes wecan spend so much time planning
that we don't do. But action means that we are
going to act, even if and probably will never have all the
tools available. But if we don't act, we'll never
see what we're planning for. So you, you don't wait to have
everything lined up because sometimes when you have all
lined up, it's too late. When you have an idea, when you
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have a thought, when you have a feeling on something, when you
think enough about it, then follow through with action.
So I am a woman of action is something that I say to myself
all the time. Love it, love it.
Thank. You so much for this
conversation. I really appreciate it and I
definitely want people to take away so much from this
conversation that we've had for sure.
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But I just really appreciate your transparency and just
giving us this time because aging is just something that,
you know, God willing, we can't avoid.
And like I said, it's a blessingto have age.
I mean, I've seen so many peopleleave this earth over the past
week, so it's just a blessing tohave any extra day.
Honestly, it's just the way I want to be.
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Gratitude for life right now. Just seeing so many people
leaving. So while we're here, love
yourself. Embrace life, embrace the
change, embrace all the changes that you're experiencing.
Also, as I always tell people, embrace the fact that it's never
too late. It's never too late to be happy.
It's never too late to be healthy.
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It's never too late to embrace your body and age shouldn't stop
you. Just like you said, every single
thing that you had in the past, you can have it now.
Even with our sexual energy, we don't have to be like haggard
and feel like, oh, I'm old. So that means I'm not deserving
of happiness. I'm not deserving of love.
I'm not deserving of just enjoying life.
You can have all these things until they tell you're no longer
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here. So enjoy life while you're here,
everyone, because like I said, life is short.
So let's embrace every single day and moment that we have.
And I want everybody from this conversation.
So many things that Lana said that were great, but just
remember too, when you look in the mirror, no matter what day
this is, what time it is, what time of day it is, I want you to
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look in the mirror and that reflection staring back at you
have that gratitude, have that love and love the skin that
you're in because you're deserving your beautiful and
your special. So thank you guys for this
amazing conversation. I really enjoyed speaking with
you, Lana, and I thank you againand thank you for the coat that
you're offering all the Go Queenaudience.
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I really do appreciate that. And guys, please make sure as
you follow on on social media and definitely go ahead and
learn more about CO2 lip and Le mess like this has been an
amazing conversation. So thank you guys.
Again, you can catch this episode and more
www.goclean.com. She's a queen about a business
(49:49):
working hard on a mission. Head hyperb driven, crown on,
never tilted. Go queen, go queen.
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