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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The unexpected.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
To vault at exhausting amster wheel and injured Balance. Living
with Doctor Marissa.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
From Miss You Joy.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Doctor Marissa, also known as the Asian Oprah. Her mission
to be a beneficial presence on the planet, her purpose
to be your personal advocate, to live, lap love, learn
her life motto, don't die wondering, Take back your life
with Doctor Maurissa Pey.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
And welcome your tune. Did you take my advice? I'm
not using it. Get balance with Doctor Marissa. Good Morning
Show here on caseaa A M ten fifty FM one
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oh six point five and streaming everywhere I Heart Radio, Spotify, iTunes, Student,
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your Spreaker and more and why so many places. What
I want to maximize my splatter zone for more hope
and happiness. So there's no gossip here, no scandal and
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no K words, no Kardashian talking fact, no T words either,
no headlines, only heart lines because I want you to
be happy eighty eight percent at the time, and if
you're listening to the headlines or the news anywhere. It
is not happy making at all. I used to say
most of the time. Now it's all of the time.
So I want you to know, and I'm so glad
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that you do for the past six hundred and ninety
eight consecutive weeks, that this is the place to go
for your heartlines. And I have beautiful people co hosts
and topics where I talk about solution and the ability
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to find solution to things that are temporarily dark in
our in our lives and what we face. And I
can't think of a better person who is representative of
solution for particular area of darkness called young people who
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are incarcerated or in a place where they it's just
there's just no upside to it. But the upside is
that there are solutions. There are organizations that are actually
helping to remedy that. And her name is a Kooh Graham.
You know her as my satellite sister because we're both born,
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born out of for we've been. We're not followers, but
we're leaders. That is that are created from a god
Ba International Spiritual Center under the guidance of my big brother,
our teacher Michael Bernard Beckwith and her name is a
CuO Graham. Please welcome back to my studio. She was
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my co host. It's not black and white or is it?
During the George Floyd Opportunity for Improvement. And she's a playwright,
she's a one woman show. She's an actress, she's a friend,
she's a teacher, she's a spiritual guide. I could go on,
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but then she not have any time to talk. Curioh Grea, Hello,
my darling.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Hello, beautiful doctor Marissa. Thank you so much for that
very generous introduction. It's always an honor to be with you.
I appreciate what you stand for and you're in the
world and how you danced.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
To like.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Literally literally did you like that little segment where it's
me and the Reverend Arlene?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Yes, I am a little.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I tagged or I don't know if you saw it
or not. But let's start the way I have started
now for the last few three years, which is taking
a bite of my gratitude sandwich for breakfast, and top
of the bunt is things that if we look around us,
outside of ourselves, we are grateful for as specific as possible.
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And then the bottom of the bunt we're going to
model for you what we'd likely to do before you
go to bed. Instead of thinking about who've done me wrong,
what I didn't do right, being our own worst critic,
We're going to be our own best friend and put
ourselves on the back and acknowledge and appreciate who we are,
which is my BS, my belief system. That is the
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foundation of good metal health, and that's why we do
it so And it's also a chance for me to
catch up with my co hosts and my guests and
what's been going on that they are happy about. So
let's start with the top of the bottom. What are
you grateful for? Whuio?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Oh well, I am grateful for this moment right here,
right now with you, Grateful for your generosity, your kindness,
and your support which you give so freely to so many.
So I'm deeply grateful for that, doctor Marissa.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Yeah, yeah, which is Chinese. I know you thought I
was Swedish, but that's the Chinese for thank you, and
I do that often and much so. I am okay,
I'm sorry, it's just because I was in the other studio.
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It's confused where I am. Wow, I am grateful that
I have.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
So much.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
I have a great closet and I have nothing to wear.
I don't think it's ever crossed my mind or my consciousness.
So I'm grateful for that I have an abundant, limitless,
beautiful closet of clothes. I'm grateful for that. What are
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you great?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
You do have beautiful clothes?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Thank you? What are you grateful for?
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Is that to me? Yep? Okay. I am also grateful
for this year celebrating thirty years of doing good with
Spirit Awakening Foundation. I am blown away that it's been
thirty years. I am deeply great for that.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
That's because you are also hashtag ageless like I am,
and use boilable lea or whatever we use. I think
it's just naturally high, you know, high vibes that keep
our skin nice and whatever.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Right, because ageless, timeless and beautiful.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I like it at b ATV or ATVs. I. I'm
grateful that I have now been on for six hundred
and ninety eight secondive weeks, and I didn't know this
the last time you were on. I didn't press the
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advanced statistics on the YouTube TV channel. But I'm over
four million impressions now, which is like I'm was stunned
and very happy knowing that they said I wouldn't last
a year. Wow, teen and a half years later, I
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am still here and being across between the Energizer buddy
and the Tasmanian devil and age.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And uh one more, one more.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Who.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
I am grateful for my health, the wholeness of my body,
temple and body of affairs. Very grateful for it because
health really is wealth.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Yes, And I haven't talked to you in a bit.
So I am grateful that my friendly universe, I call
him my ups man, my universal power source who delivers
every morning when I pray. It continues to show me
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new things and new people and new opportunities to balance
out the sadness that I feel for the two blood
plots that have grounded me, and be the World Tour.
I just got last week from the hematologists that the
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World Tour, as I had laid it out, that has
been canceled. We thought it would be postpone, but to
travel to a different country for six consecutive months is
not something that is good for my body. So you
know I'm doing stand up now, I'm I'm I just
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want to comedy competition last night, So I am very
grateful that I am continuing to be aware of other
opportunities since I.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Yeah magnificent. I love because I've been reading, and what
I love is how like you said, you your response
to something that perhaps you know is not pleasant or
you didn't want. Your response, though, is what makes the
difference because you respond from such a centered place.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
You know most of the most of them eighty eighty eight,
I'm working on eighty eight percent. Eighty percent of the time,
I'm working on eighty eight but thank you, most of
the time now will go to the bottom of the bun,
which is what do you like about yourself, so that
you're not walking around looking for love and all the
wrong places, likes in all the wrong places, and social
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media in these days literally, So I have to put
myself on the five and say that most of the
time I am able to come from that place and
at the same time, I'm able to allow myself to
be sad. The only reason why I'm not crying now
is that my makeup is getting expensive because every time
I have to redo it, it's really a pain in
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my makeup. And although I don't apologize for cry tears
are the disaffected that keep our hearts up. And I'm
sure I still have a phone call to you that
I'm going to be allowed to completely be, you know,
one with that pain, but it ain't going to be
right now. So okay, what do you like about yourself?
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I love I always say this, and I really do.
I love that I have a spiritual practice that no
matter what's going on, even if I go crazy, you know,
I remember that. Wait a minute, I am a spiritual being.
I am having a human incarnation. However, I am as
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spiritual being. So I love that I am aware of
that and I have a practice to support that.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Beautiful. I appreciate that I have a great sense of humor,
and I own that my husband used to tell me
I was not funny at all. But I started doing
the stand up in November of last year, this year,
last year, last year, last year, and the feedback has
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been just brilliant, and I'm so grateful and appreciate that
I am funny, funny looking sometimes, funny sounding sometimes, but
I am funny.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Yes you are, even just saying, husband.
Speaker 7 (12:41):
You.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Shouldn't trademarked that, but oh well, it is one like
the trade market?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Is it too late?
Speaker 4 (12:52):
A guest on my show has actually taken it, and
so people associated with her. Okay, I'm working on the
continuously working on the forgiveness.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Oh my my mind.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
But people who know me know that that's my yes,
and it's all nothing new, right, everybody is tapped into
global creative, you know, muffeting buck.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Yes, yes, yes, oh.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
One last one? What do you like about yourself?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
What do I like? I love that I am really
grateful for the way I look for my features from
this color of my skin, you know, because growing out
that was these were the things that I didn't like
about myself and now have been able to take that
all off.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes yes yes that is
that is uh, that is fabulous. That's breakfast. I hope
you enjoyed breakfast with us this morning, and know that
I'm here every weekday morning to have breakfast with you,
either you know, while you're driving in or please don't
take your gratitudes in the chat unless you are stationary,
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but you can certainly say it to the person or
you can talk to yourself. But it is such a
good life habit and a hashtag. Listen, and I promise
you if you do this every weekday morning. Make it
a habit you will sandwich your day in the most
positive way. Thanks for joining us for breakfast. And now
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for the topic of the day. Everything is awesome, she's
sitting here in the studio. The topic is what is
spirit awakening?
Speaker 3 (15:03):
That's a great question. That's a great question. What is
spirit awakening? Because in reality, in truth, the spirit is
never asleep to awaken. So really, and when I wrote
that title, I couldn't say human awakening. I mean I could,
but it didn't sound as good as spirit awakening. So
what spirit awakening is is the being waking up to
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who we truly are, waking up to our true selves,
our true natures, our authentic self. That is what spirit
awakening is. Being able to reveal the true self, to
reveal the divine, the better angels of our beingness, if
you will, that is spirit awakening.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Beautiful And when you came up with that name, for
those who haven't seen it on this would be a
nice recap of what was it that you know had
you stop and go I need to do something.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Well, I think it was a series of things, you know,
because as you know, life is not linear. There's so
many things happening all at once. So I I really
I'd come to Los Angeles and I was working on
a one woman play. The first one I had, the
first iteration was seems I'm always Chasing Rainbows and it
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was a compilation of some of my favorite monologues from
Tennessee Williams William Shakespeare. Yeah, it was a really good show. However,
it was actually Stevie Wonder who said to me, yeah,
this is all really good chase the rainbows, but who's
a culioh? We want to know who you are? Yes,
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true story.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
And I'm so glad I asked a question I didn't know.
Nice story.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Yeah, so you know that's part of it. So of course,
when Stevie Wanta tells you something, you pay attention hopefully
and you listen. You know, you listen. And so I
went home and just began and it literally poured out
of me. I began writing what is now Spirit Awakening,
the one woman play, and just looking at my life
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and looking at some of the experiences I'd had and
the journey to get to Akuyo. Because in I'm born
in Ghana, West Africa, and in a lot of African
countries we are given both of our traditional African names
and also western names. Ghana had been colonized by the British.
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We got our independence in fifty seven, so my British
Western name is Charlotte, which is a perfectly beautiful name. However,
Akuyoh is also my name, and so I thought, wouldn't
it be wonderful to write the story of my journey
literally back to Akulo? And how I did that? And
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that's how the Spirit Awakening One woman play was birthed
from motivated by Stevie Wonder.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Boy talk about being motivated by the best, right, Yeah, yeah,
that's great? And then how did that turn into the
name of the foundation that has been doing great work
for thirty years that I'm one of the sponsors of. Yes,
I can't sponsor or help everybody, but certainly this is
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one that I've chosen to continue the champion on the
show and everywhere. So tell me about that.
Speaker 8 (18:47):
Well.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I was sitting in the back of the sanctuary after
being incredibly inspired by Reverend Michael, and the name literally
popped into my head, Spirit Awaken Foundation, And just as
I had heard Stevie wonder when I heard that, in
my mind, I thought, yes, yes, Spirit Awakening Foundation. I
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will do that. I will create Spirit Awakening Foundation. And
at that time I was volunteering my time in the
juvenile halls and probation facilities. So I thought, yes, I
will create Spirit Awakening Foundation, and the work I'm doing
with incarcerated youth will go under that umbrella. Now, mind you,
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at the time, Doctor Marissa, I did not know anything
about nonprofit work. I didn't know about philanthropy. I didn't
know you could get contracts and grants to do the
work I was doing. I didn't know anything about social
justice work. I knew nothing. I just had the inspiration.
I loved the name Spirit Awakening Foundation, so I thought, yeah, sure,
go for it.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
You know.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
So I said yes.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
And at the time you were acting, and you were
also volunteering, as I remember, yes, And how did that
come up?
Speaker 3 (20:04):
The volunteering. A friend of mine told me about a
group called La Theater Works actually and asked me if
I wanted to work with them, and so I said yes.
So I had to put together a curriculum and I
didn't know what to do. But again inspiration and at
the time, Reverend Nirvana Gail, who has transitioned brilliant man
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brilliant spiritual teacher. He used to work in the probation system.
So I called him and I said, look, I have
this opportunity and I'm not sure what to do. He
prayed with me, he meditated with me, gave me some guidance,
and then I took it from there. I sat and
doctor Marissa again. The curriculum, which is now called Rites
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of Passage, where a w literally flowed out of me,
was so easy in retrospect. It comes in different levels.
Level one is unmasking your authentic voice, and that entire
level one downloaded just came, you know, came through. And
that's how all of that started. As I worked with
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La Theater Works at that time and they would pay stipends,
not very much, and then I was volunteering, and so
all of that kind of came together and the work
grew because youth in my programs when they left Juvenile
Hall would go into a probation camp. They would go
somewhere and they would tell their probation officers or their
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teachers about this woman named Akuyoh with spirit awakening said
bring her to the camp. And so the teachers and
the pos would call me, can you please bring your
program here? Can you bring your program there? And I did,
and so it grew very organically, very organically.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
So right of passages w R I t ees so
Kurnling writing is part of the program. So you were
volunteering with youth that were in the probation system and
taking them through this program that was downloaded. And some
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of you who are not familiar with we're not computers,
but it's an accurate description of I would say inspiration
from the the whatever you want to call it, God source,
the creative energy that is accessible to us, all that
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is responsible for creating all of the beauty that you
see around the fact that there's not one snowflake or
one grain of sand or one drop of water that's
like another that creative energy and that is available to
all of us if we get out of our own
way and connect. And that why meditation practice that both
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of us are are extremely protective of or or champions of,
I should say, is a process by which you can
do that more uh easily. I was right, because you
were to get out of your way with all the
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worried thoughts or fearful So that's what she means by download,
and it is a beautiful. But I mean the times
that that's like the the athletes call it being in
the zone, musicians call it being in the pocket. So
so it's not a woulu thing. It is a real
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you know process. Sorry, I wanted to define do the dictionary,
the agape dictionary, all right, So so then word caught
on organically. There's this woman who is helping me. Yes,
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if I can use the words that I've heard from
some of your graduates, I've had some of them on
the show. I love the poet.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
He's my favorite. He's incredible, isn't.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
He He's so incredible. He was my he's my Amanda Gorman.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Yes, that shows.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Yes, but it's like this every year when I go
to the to the once a year fundraiser which we're
going to talk about them. We're all we're inviting you
to that. Yeah, it's this recognition or recognizing these kids
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who have done something. They have committed the crime, and
the usual reaction for the average person is if you
do the crime, you do the tribe, which is a
ridiculous way to throw away penis. How's that for a
sound by right?
Speaker 3 (25:20):
Fantastic?
Speaker 4 (25:21):
And and what does is help these youths recognize the
burden of that accusation, yes, that sentence, to help them
understand they are not the crime.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
That's right, that's right, that's exactly right. You know, we
have to have creative solutions, creative responses to when things
go wrong, you know, when our young people, our children
are acting out. You know, we have to have creative
solutions because it's not just you know, you can't just
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blame the parents. It's so many things, especially now, you know,
there's so much that young people go through. They've been bombarded.
You know, when I was growing up, I didn't have
the internet, you know, and I didn't have social media,
you know. But now a child leaves your home and
they can access pretty much anything anywhere at any time,
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you know. And so it's a collective response that we need,
a creative, collective response. And so Spirit Awakening is one
of many extraordinary organizations out there that are saying, hey,
why don't we, you know, bring the kids back into
the communities, and let's make sure these communities have programs
and resources to be able to listen to them, hear them,
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talk to them, and love them back to themselves, you know,
and let's offer them you know, counseling. Let's offer them art,
creative programs like art, you know, whether it's visual arts,
graphic design, painting, music, writing, acting. These are disciplines that
can really help a person come back to themselves, you know.
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And we've taken most of the art programs out of
our schools. So hello, you want to go well, duh.
You know, if you're not giving especially children as they're growing,
one of the ways they grow and develop is through
artistic creative means. So if we strip the schools of
all of those things, then this is what we have,
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you know. So nonprofit organizations, community based organizations, with some
schools are saying, hey, let's offer them these creative solutions
and these creative pathways for them to be able to
really discover who they are on an authentic level and
find meaning. Let's let our children know that we value
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you them, that they are necessary. You know, when you
feel valued, you really you don't want to go out
and hurt someone, you know, because you feel valued, you're necessary,
you're needed.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
Yeah. Absolutely, If you're just tuned in, you're wondering what's
going on in the studio today. Yes, she does look familiar,
Yes she has been here many times, She's myselfllicester O
kuli O Raam celebrated thirty years of an organization that
she founded called Spirit Awakening. It is a very important
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organization that I am a advocate and a supporter of
because it does return some balance to this wacko believe
bs beliefs just of that people are just what they
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do and if they make one missed take, they are
condemned to a life that's become a billion dollar industry,
which is just really I'll just say wack And yeah,
I just had this vision of Kuyo of the whole
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and I know and you know that we don't fight
against things. If we push against something, it's just gonna
go there. So I'm not going to condemn the system,
but I'm going to move and see the solution, which
is a world that understands that our whole person is
not just one side of your brain. But the vision
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I had was, you know, we're so focused right now
on just like you say, mass science and not the
arts and cutting the programming, cutting all of that, that
basically we're going to have people walking around because the
only one side of their brain is developed.
Speaker 7 (29:57):
And the alien's gonna come on the earth and go,
why what people are We're all just like you know,
chicken that are only valued for their breasts and it's
such a sad story, but that they can't walk because
their breasts are so big, because that's all that a
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certain portion of our population is eating.
Speaker 4 (30:20):
Like, oh, that's what I need, un ballad. You didn't
know that.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
I did not know that.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
Yeah, it's sad. So because the injections and stuff, they're
cannot walk because they're Yeah, so that's the vision I got,
which is goodness, which is why I'm all about balanced right. Yes,
so we're gonna I just saw the time. We're gonna
have to quick take a quick break for news, weather, traffic,
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and work from our sponsor. I totally want you to
stay around. We're gonna be back into and two, not
even two minutes, but can sive me so I see
eyeballs in the studio. I'm glad you found us. I
apologize I gave her a different link, but you just
need to free subscribe to doctor Marissa and you will
find us. We are live right now with Spirit Awakening
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founder and so much more will be right back. Well.
Speaker 5 (31:33):
She has been dubbed the Asian Oprah, and she just
wants all of us to be happy.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Doctor Marissa aka.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
The Asian Oprah.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Says, the most important thing you can choose is choosing
to be happy.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
You are tuned into my weekly talk radio TV show
called Take My Advice, I'm not using it.
Speaker 3 (31:59):
Get Balance with Doctor Rissak.
Speaker 5 (32:12):
That's the idea for it. Doctor Marissa Pay's new book
call Eight Ways to Be Happy.
Speaker 6 (32:17):
Many of us say I am my own worst critic.
Nobody's harder on me than I am. And my response
to that is stop it.
Speaker 4 (32:28):
Why are you doing that to yourself?
Speaker 6 (32:31):
You have to be your biggest fan, because if you can't,
at the end of the day say I did a
good job, who is We don't have to constantly be
angry at the things that are wrong. Why don't we
choose to be happy about things that are right.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
We have the choice.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
That's our muscle, and life is so amazing if we
can see it.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
Take Back your Life with Doctor Maurica Pey.
Speaker 4 (33:18):
And oh welcome back. You're tuned in to Take My Advice,
I'm not using a gift. Balance with Doctor Marissa The
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where if you pre subscribe and give me the finger,
this one, not the other one, which people have already done,
Thank you so much. You'll get tuned into a sure
happiness and I am on a happy eighty eight mission.
Eighty eight million more happy people in the next eight years,
and we've already hit way more than it started as
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eight million, just so you know. But I hit that
number with the TV show that I was on in
China before COVID, the interview on ABSCBN with the Philippine
opera Karen Davila in the field in the Philippines right
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before COVID, so I had to change the number. So
it's now eighty eight million. May not make that number
before I passed, but we're adding on the four million
impressions from this YouTube TV channel. It is the number
one talk show in the Ie. Thank you very much.
Home to the agent for KCAA, the station that leaves
no listener behind it, and today we have with us
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the incomparable hashtag Timeland Sashta ageless satellites as there of mine.
We're called satellites because we do move in different places.
We don't always intersect. We always intersect at least once
a year at the Spirit Awakening Foundation fundraiser, and I
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wanted to bring that up to make sure that people
are formally invited talk to me about this thirty year celebration.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Oooh, thirty years. Yes, thank you for bringing this out,
doctor Mersa. We are going to be celebrating on Friday,
October third at the Scaball Cultural Center right here in
Los Angeles. And it's called Voices of the Unheard, and
it is exactly that this is an opportunity to hear
the voices that we don't normally hear, voices of formally
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incarcerated youth, voices of programmed participants of ours, some of
foster youth, some have been through so much trauma, and
we get to hear their voices through spoken word, through music,
and sometimes through modern dance as well. So again it's
a celebration of their resiliency. It's a celebration of all
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of us, you, me, and everyone else that supports Spirit
Awakening and the work we do really supports the youth.
You know, the excuse me, the throwaways. These are youth
that our society has thrown away. We are supporting them,
and we're saying not so fast. You know. Hear them
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youth like Pluto, who will be there. He's our resident poet,
an extraordinary young man, and Massue, Me and Hunter and
just so many of them. And when you hear what
they have to say, as you have, it's quite stunning,
isn't it that this is what pours out of them.
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So we're going to celebrate the resiliency and the brilliance
the genius of our young people add voices of the unheard.
We start at six thirty with a pre show reception
with oudeus and wine and other non alcoholic beverages and
live music. Then the seven pm is the program, and
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then eight thirty will be a smashing thirtieth anniversary party
with delicious food for everyone. And so I hope all
of you listening that are in Los Angeles will be
able to join us that day. I know it's a
difficult time right now, however, it's important to also celebrate
(37:32):
our wins. You know where we are winning, it's important
to acknowledge and celebrate that. So come and join me
and some of the teachers, some of the donors, doctor Marissa,
some of the supporters of Spirit Awakening, and of course
the youth that will be there. We'll have lots of
young people there celebrating their own work and their good
(37:54):
works and their brilliance. So that is voices of the
unheard here.
Speaker 4 (37:59):
The full Yes, Skirball Center. I will be there. I'll
bring my mic as usual. They have a red carpet,
so if you want to get photos or whatever it is.
Those of you haven't seen my social I put a
little cliff up yesterday. It's got my hashtag Dancing Queen
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as you will land there. So yeah, it's a beautiful evening.
It's a great way to support, you know, and this
is where this is your chance to do more than
just shake your head right. You know, there's we can
talk about things like homelessness. I don't talk about it
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unless I have doors of change that gets youth off
the streets. Another one of my organizations. I don't talk
about the prison system where the juvenial situation unless I
have a kodiogram on, because I know that sphere of
the Awakening Foundation does make a different. So there you go.
There's a lot of Oh, I just realized that I
(39:06):
went back to that keywork. I forgot anyways inside communication there.
But I know that like Cocuoset, it's it's the best
of times and the worst of times. This will help
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you focus on the best of times.
Speaker 3 (39:30):
That's right. And I want to add doctor Marrousa in
addition to you, other celebrities include Francis Fisher who will
be there, Deborah Wilson and they actually will be interpreting
some of the spoken word written by our youth. Reverend
Michael will be there, so then there'll be other surprises.
(39:50):
So come join us in the red carpet. And something
we do is we never turn anyone away. It is
a fundraiser. However, we do have some c set aside
sponsored by board for pay what you can, pay what
you can. So there you have it. You have no
excuse not to be there.
Speaker 4 (40:11):
That's right. And it's a beautiful drive. Actually, if you've
never been to the Skirball Center, gorgeous, gorgeous views of
l A. L As never looked so good, right, Yes,
and the.
Speaker 3 (40:24):
Center is beautiful, isn't it. It's a gorgeous space.
Speaker 4 (40:27):
Yes, and they're one of your sponsors as well. Yes, yeah,
and that's a beautiful thing because they don't. I'm sure
they get requests up to the union. Yes, yes, yes,
So let's talk about some BS because I like to
put the moose on the table, which is my Canadian
expression of talking about the elephants in the room. I
(40:48):
avenue moose. Do you like him? So when the moose
drops himself.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
He's so cute.
Speaker 4 (40:59):
I bottom when I spent a month in Canada, you know,
after my mom passed. Yeah, and uh so that's my
newest moose. So he has a he has a friend.
So let's put the moose on the table about some
of the BS. Belief systems about youth, uh, felons, youth, crime, youth.
(41:28):
You know if I if I put my average person
hat on the news will flash up there smash and
grab it. Uh you know, carjacking, gang violence, that's what
the youth in LA or anywhere, trouble makers, black sheep. Uh.
(41:53):
You know, it's good that they get thrown in the
system early so they see what you know, what the
the prime is, that is the average association. Tell me
what is the truth.
Speaker 3 (42:10):
Well, you know, doctor Martin Luther King is quoted as
saying violence is the language of the unheard, and I
really think that's true. You know, these are young people
crying out to be seen and heard. Granted, you know,
I'm not excusing the behavior. You know, the behavior is abhorrent.
(42:32):
You don't go and tag someone's building or steal someone's stuff.
It's not yours, you know. However, these are young people
that have lost their way. You know, they perhaps many
of them, many of them, have suffered incredible traumas themselves,
whether it's neglect, whether it's physical abuse, you know, or
(42:54):
a combination of all of those things. I guarantee you
those young people in incarcerated aren't incarcerated because they're choir
boys that have been you know, treated very well with
respect and love and kindness. These are young people that
literally have lost their way. They are left to fend
for themselves. Perhaps they haven't seen examples of you know,
(43:19):
what responsibility, responsiveness is, and so they go and act out.
A lot of times, the gangs become surrogate families for them,
you know, because they need something to anchor them. And
if they're not getting it in the home or in
the community, they're going to reach out to wherever they
(43:39):
can get it, you know, so the gang culture is there,
and for many of them, that's their anchor, you know.
And so what do we do for these young people
once they are arrested? You know, we have so many programs,
not just Spirit Awakening. Like I said, there are incredible
organizations out there right here in LA you know, there's
(44:03):
a Liberty Hill Foundation has a group called the Liberation Fund,
which is made up of a cohort of some of
the most vital organizations doing this work, you know, in
juvenile support. And so we all offer what we offer
at Spirit Awakening. We believe that when a young person
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is in crisis, because that's what it is. It's a crisis.
You go and commit a crime, that's an act of
that's a crisis. You know, you're arrested, you're put in
jail or juvenile hall. So we come in and we say, okay, stop,
this is your crisis moment. This is the time you
get to look in the mirror at yourself, you know,
(44:46):
and let's awaken. Let's help you remember the better angel
of yourself. Let's help you remember who you really are,
because the real you wouldn't want to be doing these
things that you're doing. And sure enough, you know when
when when. And I've been teaching them. So many of
them have siblings, and they will say, you know, Mama Akulio,
miss Akulio, I don't want my little brother to end
(45:07):
up like me. I don't want them to do the
things that I've been doing. I don't want them to
be in a gang. I want them to have a
life that's meaningful. You know, they've written themselves off, you know,
but for their siblings, they will fight tooth and nail
to make sure that younger brother or sister does not
follow in their footsteps. So it tells us that there's
(45:28):
something they are redeemable. There are no throwaways in life,
no throwaways, no matter what they've done. You know, my
faith teaches me that. Hey, the same way that Spirit,
the Creator forgives me my trespasses, so let me do
the same for another.
Speaker 6 (45:47):
You know.
Speaker 3 (45:48):
Now, there are consequences to actions. I won't disagree with that,
of course there are. You know. I'm just saying, okay,
if we feel that this person needs to be taken
off the street because they are danger not only to
themselves but to others right now in the state they're in,
sure enough, I agree with that. Let's make sure that
(46:09):
wherever we're taking them, there's a real chance for rehabilitation.
Right now, right our jails and prisons are not really
great places for rehabilitation, you know, we all know that,
you know, And so let's make sure that those spaces
that we are putting them in, if we need to
(46:30):
do that, if absolutely if putting them back in the
community is off the table, and for some people it
is off the table, you know, let's make sure that
the spaces we're placing them in can offer real support,
real care, real rehabilitation, you know, because we're you know,
we're all paying for this, You and me and every
(46:50):
other tax payer. We're paying for these services. So why
don't we pay for something that works, right, that works
as opposed to something that doesn't, you know. And I
would say many of the youth, eighty percent of them,
eighty five ninety percent of them, can really be placed
(47:12):
into programs in their communities. You know, there's a small
percentage that, Okay, they perhaps they are a danger to
themselves and others. You know, the crisis is so deep
and intense, you know, and the behavior is so abhorrent,
So let's isolate them from the society while we give
(47:34):
them treatment. While we give them treatment, you know.
Speaker 4 (47:38):
And there lies another bs a belief system that keeps
negative things at play, is that the whole population is
the same, right, so you treat them the same. All
violators are the same. And it's not hurt. There's you know,
the damage that was done when I was doing work
(48:00):
when they closed the mental hospital in Camillo, I was
part of the dismantling and watching these people who did
not belong on the streets have no more place to go.
And this is the unbalanced as going to wipe right
back to what you talk about. Things are not that simple.
It's not this way because this happened. That's the Newtonian American.
(48:24):
You know, there's the problem, one solution. It doesn't work
like that. There's so many reasons why something is the
way it is. So we also have so many ways
in which to look and remedy and move to do
words how to make things better. So it's absolutely absolutely,
(48:46):
but the majority, I would say, ninety eight percent hurt people.
Hurt people. Ninety eight percent of the people in the
juvenile system, ninety eight percent of the people in the
prison system are hurt. People who are hurt. So why
do they continue to say, if you do the crime,
(49:08):
you do the time, you know, and teaching them how
to make license plate whatever it is, it's not the solution.
Speaker 3 (49:19):
I agree, I agree, hurt. Yes, I think you know,
we just as uh just our whole systems need to
be revamped, you know, and revitalized. You know, our school
systems need to be revamped and revitalized. Now what are
we teaching young people? You know, we have older teens
(49:42):
in our groups and young adults that don't even know
anything about the banking system, just basic banking, how the
bank system works, you know, savings and basic you know,
entry level investing. Why don't we teach those things in
the schools, you know, why don't we teach them the
practical things that they will need to learn. You know,
when you have a credit card, make sure you're paying
(50:04):
more than just the minimum payment, because then your five
hundred dollars credit card becomes five thousand dollars because you're
only paying the minimum not even that. You know, they
need to know these things so they can, you know,
work themselves out of a debt. You know, many many
young people are building debt as we speak, without a
clue as to how to tell that out of that
(50:25):
you know?
Speaker 4 (50:26):
So, yeah, and why don't we yeah, exactly, And why
don't we teach personal mastery, yes, yes, professional mastery, how
to get ahead, how to know what you're talking about,
how to be good at a particular feel. But you
can have all the kudos and the money and the
(50:46):
titles and the recognition, but if you still have a
voice in your head saying you're not all that, who
do you think you are? Self sabotage, fear of failure,
fear of success. It doesn't matter how great you look
on the outside if you're intermoil on the inside. That's right,
Williams hate Spain Anthony school.
Speaker 3 (51:11):
Okay, self mastery absolutely, you know, to imagine, yeah, it
would be so wonderful, you know. And let's put more
meditation in the in the schools, you know, to help
young people center themselves. I mean, you know all that's
really all meditation is be still, listen, Listen to yourself,
(51:32):
listen to you know, feel what you feel. You know,
rather than being in denial, you know, I'm fine when
you're not. You know, it's okay not to be fine
in moments. You know that happens for everyone to say, oh,
I'm not so fine this morning. Let me just be
take a moment for myself. Let me just take some
moments to just be with that and see what that's
really about. And oh, okay, maybe I need to speak
(51:54):
with someone. Let me, you know, go to a trusted
friend or a parent, someone who will suit to me
and support with guidance. That makes sense, you know.
Speaker 4 (52:06):
Yes, yes, but we don't we need jerk reaction, right,
it's almost guaranteed to make it look like a jerk.
You don't know how to not do that to keep
you know what fine stands for? Right?
Speaker 3 (52:19):
No, what does it stand for?
Speaker 4 (52:22):
Aft? Up? Irrational, neurotic and emotional?
Speaker 3 (52:27):
I love it. I love it. Oh, doctor m you
are such a brilliant woman. Really.
Speaker 4 (52:34):
I wish I could take credit for that one, but
I can't. But I am taking credit for actually showing
it to you.
Speaker 3 (52:43):
Thank you, thank you. I will use that.
Speaker 4 (52:47):
Good good and uh again, let's bring this up For
those of you who just joined us, you'll have to
go back and watch the rest of the show, but
we do have a an event that we are inviting
you to that is going to be here very soon.
Let's see October, so we're like two weeks.
Speaker 3 (53:10):
From now, yes, just about two and a half weeks
from now.
Speaker 4 (53:14):
Happens from now, that's right. So October the third is
Friday evening, right, and it is going to be at
the score Balls Center. It starts, if you you know,
get the VIP package six thirty and then seven is
(53:35):
the performance. Eight thirty is the dinner dance. So yeah,
this is something that you will want to go to
and be part of and support the voices of the unheard.
This is the once a year so it is a
very important time to go and support. Final word, uh
(54:00):
from you a kulioh as you do, went very quickly.
Speaker 3 (54:04):
Okay, final word is join the celebration. Final word actually
is thank you, doctor Marissa.
Speaker 5 (54:10):
No.
Speaker 3 (54:10):
I always like to end on gratitude. Just know that
I am truly grateful for your love, your support, your generosity,
and your brilliance and genius and your joy. Keep dancing,
keep dancing, keep putting on these wonderful shows with your
great guests, you know, meaningful conversation. And so that's my
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final word really is thank you, doctor Marissa, and join
us Friday, October third at the Scare of all Cultural Center.
Pay what you can if you you know, can pay
what you can.
Speaker 4 (54:45):
So yes, yes, and one more time, I'm going to
give you doctor Marissa's beneficial presence on the planet a war.
Don't give it to every guest. And then finally, you
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Peace in peace, out world, peace through inner piece. Now
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and happiness. So there's no gossip here, no scandal and
(01:21):
no K words, no Kardashian talking fact, no T words either,
no headlines, only heart lines because I want you to
be happy eighty eight percent at the time, and if
you're listening to the headlines or the news anywhere. It
is not happy making at all. I used to say
most of the time. Now it's all of the time.
So I want you to know, and I'm so glad
(01:44):
that you do for the past six hundred and ninety
eight consecutive weeks, that this is the place to go
for your heartlines. And I have beautiful people co hosts
and topics where I talk about solution and the ability
(02:06):
to find solution to things that are temporarily dark in
our in our lives and what we face. And I
can't think of a better person who is representative of
solution for particular area of darkness called young people who
(02:27):
are incarcerated or in a place where they it's just
there's just no upside to it. But the upside is
that there are solutions. There are organizations that are actually
helping to remedy that. And her name is a Kooh Graham.
You know her as my satellite sister because we're both born,
(02:52):
born out of for we've been. We're not followers, but
we're leaders. That is that are created from a god
Ba International Spiritual Center under the guidance of my big brother,
our teacher Michael Bernard Beckwith and her name is a
CuO Graham. Please welcome back to my studio. She was
(03:13):
my co host. It's not black and white or is it?
During the George Floyd Opportunity for Improvement. And she's a playwright,
she's a one woman show. She's an actress, she's a friend,
she's a teacher, she's a spiritual guide. I could go on,
(03:34):
but then she not have any time to talk. Curioh Grea, Hello,
my darling.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Hello, beautiful doctor Marissa. Thank you so much for that
very generous introduction. It's always an honor to be with you.
I appreciate what you stand for and you're in the
world and how you danced.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
To like.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Literally literally did you like that little segment where it's
me and the Reverend Arlene?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Yes, I am a little.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
I tagged or I don't know if you saw it
or not. But let's start the way I have started
now for the last few three years, which is taking
a bite of my gratitude sandwich for breakfast, and top
of the bunt is things that if we look around us,
outside of ourselves, we are grateful for as specific as possible.
(04:40):
And then the bottom of the bunt we're going to
model for you what we'd likely to do before you
go to bed. Instead of thinking about who've done me wrong,
what I didn't do right, being our own worst critic,
We're going to be our own best friend and put
ourselves on the back and acknowledge and appreciate who we are,
which is my BS, my belief system. That is the
(05:01):
foundation of good metal health, and that's why we do
it so And it's also a chance for me to
catch up with my co hosts and my guests and
what's been going on that they are happy about. So
let's start with the top of the bottom. What are
you grateful for? Whuio?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Oh well, I am grateful for this moment right here,
right now with you, Grateful for your generosity, your kindness,
and your support which you give so freely to so many.
So I'm deeply grateful for that, doctor Marissa.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Yeah, yeah, which is Chinese. I know you thought I
was Swedish, but that's the Chinese for thank you, and
I do that often and much so. I am okay,
I'm sorry, it's just because I was in the other studio.
(06:01):
It's confused where I am. Wow, I am grateful that
I have.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
So much.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
I have a great closet and I have nothing to wear.
I don't think it's ever crossed my mind or my consciousness.
So I'm grateful for that I have an abundant, limitless,
beautiful closet of clothes. I'm grateful for that. What are
(06:33):
you great?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
You do have beautiful clothes?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Thank you? What are you grateful for?
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Is that to me? Yep? Okay. I am also grateful
for this year celebrating thirty years of doing good with
Spirit Awakening Foundation. I am blown away that it's been
thirty years. I am deeply great for that.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
That's because you are also hashtag ageless like I am,
and use boilable lea or whatever we use. I think
it's just naturally high, you know, high vibes that keep
our skin nice and whatever.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Right, because ageless, timeless and beautiful.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I like it at b ATV or ATVs. I. I'm
grateful that I have now been on for six hundred
and ninety eight secondive weeks, and I didn't know this
the last time you were on. I didn't press the
(07:43):
advanced statistics on the YouTube TV channel. But I'm over
four million impressions now, which is like I'm was stunned
and very happy knowing that they said I wouldn't last
a year. Wow, teen and a half years later, I
(08:04):
am still here and being across between the Energizer buddy
and the Tasmanian devil and age.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And uh one more, one more.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Who.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
I am grateful for my health, the wholeness of my body,
temple and body of affairs. Very grateful for it because
health really is wealth.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Yes, And I haven't talked to you in a bit.
So I am grateful that my friendly universe, I call
him my ups man, my universal power source who delivers
every morning when I pray. It continues to show me
(09:03):
new things and new people and new opportunities to balance
out the sadness that I feel for the two blood
plots that have grounded me, and be the World Tour.
I just got last week from the hematologists that the
(09:29):
World Tour, as I had laid it out, that has
been canceled. We thought it would be postpone, but to
travel to a different country for six consecutive months is
not something that is good for my body. So you
know I'm doing stand up now, I'm I'm I just
(09:50):
want to comedy competition last night, So I am very
grateful that I am continuing to be aware of other
opportunities since I.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Yeah magnificent. I love because I've been reading, and what
I love is how like you said, you your response
to something that perhaps you know is not pleasant or
you didn't want. Your response, though, is what makes the
difference because you respond from such a centered place.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
You know most of the most of them eighty eighty eight,
I'm working on eighty eight percent. Eighty percent of the time,
I'm working on eighty eight but thank you, most of
the time now will go to the bottom of the bun,
which is what do you like about yourself, so that
you're not walking around looking for love and all the
wrong places, likes in all the wrong places, and social
(10:50):
media in these days literally, So I have to put
myself on the five and say that most of the
time I am able to come from that place and
at the same time, I'm able to allow myself to
be sad. The only reason why I'm not crying now
is that my makeup is getting expensive because every time
I have to redo it, it's really a pain in
(11:12):
my makeup. And although I don't apologize for cry tears
are the disaffected that keep our hearts up. And I'm
sure I still have a phone call to you that
I'm going to be allowed to completely be, you know,
one with that pain, but it ain't going to be
right now. So okay, what do you like about yourself?
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I love I always say this, and I really do.
I love that I have a spiritual practice that no
matter what's going on, even if I go crazy, you know,
I remember that. Wait a minute, I am a spiritual being.
I am having a human incarnation. However, I am as
(11:57):
spiritual being. So I love that I am aware of
that and I have a practice to support that.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Beautiful. I appreciate that I have a great sense of humor,
and I own that my husband used to tell me
I was not funny at all. But I started doing
the stand up in November of last year, this year,
last year, last year, last year, and the feedback has
(12:25):
been just brilliant, and I'm so grateful and appreciate that
I am funny, funny looking sometimes, funny sounding sometimes, but
I am funny.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Yes you are, even just saying, husband.
Speaker 7 (12:41):
You.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Shouldn't trademarked that, but oh well, it is one like
the trade market?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Is it too late?
Speaker 4 (12:52):
A guest on my show has actually taken it, and
so people associated with her. Okay, I'm working on the
continuously working on the forgiveness.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Oh my my mind.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
But people who know me know that that's my yes,
and it's all nothing new, right, everybody is tapped into
global creative, you know, muffeting buck.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Yes, yes, yes, oh.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
One last one? What do you like about yourself?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
What do I like? I love that I am really
grateful for the way I look for my features from
this color of my skin, you know, because growing out
that was these were the things that I didn't like
about myself and now have been able to take that
all off.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes yes yes that is
that is uh, that is fabulous. That's breakfast. I hope
you enjoyed breakfast with us this morning, and know that
I'm here every weekday morning to have breakfast with you,
either you know, while you're driving in or please don't
take your gratitudes in the chat unless you are stationary,
(14:17):
but you can certainly say it to the person or
you can talk to yourself. But it is such a
good life habit and a hashtag. Listen, and I promise
you if you do this every weekday morning. Make it
a habit you will sandwich your day in the most
positive way. Thanks for joining us for breakfast. And now
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for the topic of the day. Everything is awesome, she's
sitting here in the studio. The topic is what is
spirit awakening?
Speaker 3 (15:03):
That's a great question. That's a great question. What is
spirit awakening? Because in reality, in truth, the spirit is
never asleep to awaken. So really, and when I wrote
that title, I couldn't say human awakening. I mean I could,
but it didn't sound as good as spirit awakening. So
what spirit awakening is is the being waking up to
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who we truly are, waking up to our true selves,
our true natures, our authentic self. That is what spirit
awakening is. Being able to reveal the true self, to
reveal the divine, the better angels of our beingness, if
you will, that is spirit awakening.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Beautiful And when you came up with that name, for
those who haven't seen it on this would be a
nice recap of what was it that you know had
you stop and go I need to do something.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Well, I think it was a series of things, you know,
because as you know, life is not linear. There's so
many things happening all at once. So I I really
I'd come to Los Angeles and I was working on
a one woman play. The first one I had, the
first iteration was seems I'm always Chasing Rainbows and it
(16:30):
was a compilation of some of my favorite monologues from
Tennessee Williams William Shakespeare. Yeah, it was a really good show. However,
it was actually Stevie Wonder who said to me, yeah,
this is all really good chase the rainbows, but who's
a culioh? We want to know who you are? Yes,
(16:52):
true story.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
And I'm so glad I asked a question I didn't know.
Nice story.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Yeah, so you know that's part of it. So of course,
when Stevie Wanta tells you something, you pay attention hopefully
and you listen. You know, you listen. And so I
went home and just began and it literally poured out
of me. I began writing what is now Spirit Awakening,
the one woman play, and just looking at my life
(17:21):
and looking at some of the experiences I'd had and
the journey to get to Akuyo. Because in I'm born
in Ghana, West Africa, and in a lot of African
countries we are given both of our traditional African names
and also western names. Ghana had been colonized by the British.
(17:42):
We got our independence in fifty seven, so my British
Western name is Charlotte, which is a perfectly beautiful name. However,
Akuyoh is also my name, and so I thought, wouldn't
it be wonderful to write the story of my journey
literally back to Akulo? And how I did that? And
(18:03):
that's how the Spirit Awakening One woman play was birthed
from motivated by Stevie Wonder.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Boy talk about being motivated by the best, right, Yeah, yeah,
that's great? And then how did that turn into the
name of the foundation that has been doing great work
for thirty years that I'm one of the sponsors of. Yes,
I can't sponsor or help everybody, but certainly this is
(18:36):
one that I've chosen to continue the champion on the
show and everywhere. So tell me about that.
Speaker 8 (18:47):
Well.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I was sitting in the back of the sanctuary after
being incredibly inspired by Reverend Michael, and the name literally
popped into my head, Spirit Awaken Foundation, And just as
I had heard Stevie wonder when I heard that, in
my mind, I thought, yes, yes, Spirit Awakening Foundation. I
(19:10):
will do that. I will create Spirit Awakening Foundation. And
at that time I was volunteering my time in the
juvenile halls and probation facilities. So I thought, yes, I
will create Spirit Awakening Foundation, and the work I'm doing
with incarcerated youth will go under that umbrella. Now, mind you,
(19:30):
at the time, Doctor Marissa, I did not know anything
about nonprofit work. I didn't know about philanthropy. I didn't
know you could get contracts and grants to do the
work I was doing. I didn't know anything about social
justice work. I knew nothing. I just had the inspiration.
I loved the name Spirit Awakening Foundation, so I thought, yeah, sure,
go for it.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
You know.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
So I said yes.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
And at the time you were acting, and you were
also volunteering, as I remember, yes, And how did that
come up?
Speaker 3 (20:04):
The volunteering. A friend of mine told me about a
group called La Theater Works actually and asked me if
I wanted to work with them, and so I said yes.
So I had to put together a curriculum and I
didn't know what to do. But again inspiration and at
the time, Reverend Nirvana Gail, who has transitioned brilliant man
(20:29):
brilliant spiritual teacher. He used to work in the probation system.
So I called him and I said, look, I have
this opportunity and I'm not sure what to do. He
prayed with me, he meditated with me, gave me some guidance,
and then I took it from there. I sat and
doctor Marissa again. The curriculum, which is now called Rites
(20:52):
of Passage, where a w literally flowed out of me,
was so easy in retrospect. It comes in different levels.
Level one is unmasking your authentic voice, and that entire
level one downloaded just came, you know, came through. And
that's how all of that started. As I worked with
(21:14):
La Theater Works at that time and they would pay stipends,
not very much, and then I was volunteering, and so
all of that kind of came together and the work
grew because youth in my programs when they left Juvenile
Hall would go into a probation camp. They would go
somewhere and they would tell their probation officers or their
(21:37):
teachers about this woman named Akuyoh with spirit awakening said
bring her to the camp. And so the teachers and
the pos would call me, can you please bring your
program here? Can you bring your program there? And I did,
and so it grew very organically, very organically.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
So right of passages w R I t ees so
Kurnling writing is part of the program. So you were
volunteering with youth that were in the probation system and
taking them through this program that was downloaded. And some
(22:16):
of you who are not familiar with we're not computers,
but it's an accurate description of I would say inspiration
from the the whatever you want to call it, God source,
the creative energy that is accessible to us, all that
(22:39):
is responsible for creating all of the beauty that you
see around the fact that there's not one snowflake or
one grain of sand or one drop of water that's
like another that creative energy and that is available to
all of us if we get out of our own
way and connect. And that why meditation practice that both
(23:02):
of us are are extremely protective of or or champions of,
I should say, is a process by which you can
do that more uh easily. I was right, because you
were to get out of your way with all the
(23:24):
worried thoughts or fearful So that's what she means by download,
and it is a beautiful. But I mean the times
that that's like the the athletes call it being in
the zone, musicians call it being in the pocket. So
so it's not a woulu thing. It is a real
(23:48):
you know process. Sorry, I wanted to define do the dictionary,
the agape dictionary, all right, So so then word caught
on organically. There's this woman who is helping me. Yes,
(24:12):
if I can use the words that I've heard from
some of your graduates, I've had some of them on
the show. I love the poet.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
He's my favorite. He's incredible, isn't.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
He He's so incredible. He was my he's my Amanda Gorman.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Yes, that shows.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Yes, but it's like this every year when I go
to the to the once a year fundraiser which we're
going to talk about them. We're all we're inviting you
to that. Yeah, it's this recognition or recognizing these kids
(24:57):
who have done something. They have committed the crime, and
the usual reaction for the average person is if you
do the crime, you do the tribe, which is a
ridiculous way to throw away penis. How's that for a
sound by right?
Speaker 3 (25:20):
Fantastic?
Speaker 4 (25:21):
And and what does is help these youths recognize the
burden of that accusation, yes, that sentence, to help them
understand they are not the crime.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
That's right, that's right, that's exactly right. You know, we
have to have creative solutions, creative responses to when things
go wrong, you know, when our young people, our children
are acting out. You know, we have to have creative
solutions because it's not just you know, you can't just
(26:02):
blame the parents. It's so many things, especially now, you know,
there's so much that young people go through. They've been bombarded.
You know, when I was growing up, I didn't have
the internet, you know, and I didn't have social media,
you know. But now a child leaves your home and
they can access pretty much anything anywhere at any time,
(26:26):
you know. And so it's a collective response that we need,
a creative, collective response. And so Spirit Awakening is one
of many extraordinary organizations out there that are saying, hey,
why don't we, you know, bring the kids back into
the communities, and let's make sure these communities have programs
and resources to be able to listen to them, hear them,
(26:51):
talk to them, and love them back to themselves, you know,
and let's offer them you know, counseling. Let's offer them art,
creative programs like art, you know, whether it's visual arts,
graphic design, painting, music, writing, acting. These are disciplines that
can really help a person come back to themselves, you know.
(27:15):
And we've taken most of the art programs out of
our schools. So hello, you want to go well, duh.
You know, if you're not giving especially children as they're growing,
one of the ways they grow and develop is through
artistic creative means. So if we strip the schools of
all of those things, then this is what we have,
(27:37):
you know. So nonprofit organizations, community based organizations, with some
schools are saying, hey, let's offer them these creative solutions
and these creative pathways for them to be able to
really discover who they are on an authentic level and
find meaning. Let's let our children know that we value
(28:00):
you them, that they are necessary. You know, when you
feel valued, you really you don't want to go out
and hurt someone, you know, because you feel valued, you're necessary,
you're needed.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
Yeah. Absolutely, If you're just tuned in, you're wondering what's
going on in the studio today. Yes, she does look familiar,
Yes she has been here many times, She's myselfllicester O
kuli O Raam celebrated thirty years of an organization that
she founded called Spirit Awakening. It is a very important
(28:33):
organization that I am a advocate and a supporter of
because it does return some balance to this wacko believe
bs beliefs just of that people are just what they
(28:56):
do and if they make one missed take, they are
condemned to a life that's become a billion dollar industry,
which is just really I'll just say wack And yeah,
I just had this vision of Kuyo of the whole
(29:16):
and I know and you know that we don't fight
against things. If we push against something, it's just gonna
go there. So I'm not going to condemn the system,
but I'm going to move and see the solution, which
is a world that understands that our whole person is
not just one side of your brain. But the vision
(29:37):
I had was, you know, we're so focused right now
on just like you say, mass science and not the
arts and cutting the programming, cutting all of that, that
basically we're going to have people walking around because the
only one side of their brain is developed.
Speaker 7 (29:57):
And the alien's gonna come on the earth and go,
why what people are We're all just like you know,
chicken that are only valued for their breasts and it's
such a sad story, but that they can't walk because
their breasts are so big, because that's all that a
(30:17):
certain portion of our population is eating.
Speaker 4 (30:20):
Like, oh, that's what I need, un ballad. You didn't
know that.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
I did not know that.
Speaker 4 (30:26):
Yeah, it's sad. So because the injections and stuff, they're
cannot walk because they're Yeah, so that's the vision I got,
which is goodness, which is why I'm all about balanced right. Yes,
so we're gonna I just saw the time. We're gonna
have to quick take a quick break for news, weather, traffic,
(30:46):
and work from our sponsor. I totally want you to
stay around. We're gonna be back into and two, not
even two minutes, but can sive me so I see
eyeballs in the studio. I'm glad you found us. I
apologize I gave her a different link, but you just
need to free subscribe to doctor Marissa and you will
find us. We are live right now with Spirit Awakening
(31:10):
founder and so much more will be right back. Well.
Speaker 5 (31:33):
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Speaker 2 (31:45):
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Speaker 4 (31:47):
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Why are you doing that to yourself?
Speaker 6 (32:31):
You have to be your biggest fan, because if you can't,
at the end of the day say I did a
good job, who is We don't have to constantly be
angry at the things that are wrong. Why don't we
choose to be happy about things that are right.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
We have the choice.
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Eighty eight million more happy people in the next eight years,
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(34:01):
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opera Karen Davila in the field in the Philippines right
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the incomparable hashtag Timeland Sashta ageless satellites as there of mine.
We're called satellites because we do move in different places.
We don't always intersect. We always intersect at least once
a year at the Spirit Awakening Foundation fundraiser, and I
(35:08):
wanted to bring that up to make sure that people
are formally invited talk to me about this thirty year celebration.
Speaker 3 (35:21):
Oooh, thirty years. Yes, thank you for bringing this out,
doctor Mersa. We are going to be celebrating on Friday,
October third at the Scaball Cultural Center right here in
Los Angeles. And it's called Voices of the Unheard, and
it is exactly that this is an opportunity to hear
the voices that we don't normally hear, voices of formally
(35:44):
incarcerated youth, voices of programmed participants of ours, some of
foster youth, some have been through so much trauma, and
we get to hear their voices through spoken word, through music,
and sometimes through modern dance as well. So again it's
a celebration of their resiliency. It's a celebration of all
(36:08):
of us, you, me, and everyone else that supports Spirit
Awakening and the work we do really supports the youth.
You know, the excuse me, the throwaways. These are youth
that our society has thrown away. We are supporting them,
and we're saying not so fast. You know. Hear them
(36:30):
youth like Pluto, who will be there. He's our resident poet,
an extraordinary young man, and Massue, Me and Hunter and
just so many of them. And when you hear what
they have to say, as you have, it's quite stunning,
isn't it that this is what pours out of them.
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So we're going to celebrate the resiliency and the brilliance
the genius of our young people add voices of the unheard.
We start at six thirty with a pre show reception
with oudeus and wine and other non alcoholic beverages and
live music. Then the seven pm is the program, and
(37:10):
then eight thirty will be a smashing thirtieth anniversary party
with delicious food for everyone. And so I hope all
of you listening that are in Los Angeles will be
able to join us that day. I know it's a
difficult time right now, however, it's important to also celebrate
(37:32):
our wins. You know where we are winning, it's important
to acknowledge and celebrate that. So come and join me
and some of the teachers, some of the donors, doctor Marissa,
some of the supporters of Spirit Awakening, and of course
the youth that will be there. We'll have lots of
young people there celebrating their own work and their good
(37:54):
works and their brilliance. So that is voices of the
unheard here.
Speaker 4 (37:59):
The full Yes, Skirball Center. I will be there. I'll
bring my mic as usual. They have a red carpet,
so if you want to get photos or whatever it is.
Those of you haven't seen my social I put a
little cliff up yesterday. It's got my hashtag Dancing Queen
(38:20):
as you will land there. So yeah, it's a beautiful evening.
It's a great way to support, you know, and this
is where this is your chance to do more than
just shake your head right. You know, there's we can
talk about things like homelessness. I don't talk about it
(38:41):
unless I have doors of change that gets youth off
the streets. Another one of my organizations. I don't talk
about the prison system where the juvenial situation unless I
have a kodiogram on, because I know that sphere of
the Awakening Foundation does make a different. So there you go.
There's a lot of Oh, I just realized that I
(39:06):
went back to that keywork. I forgot anyways inside communication there.
But I know that like Cocuoset, it's it's the best
of times and the worst of times. This will help
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you focus on the best of times.
Speaker 3 (39:30):
That's right. And I want to add doctor Marrousa in
addition to you, other celebrities include Francis Fisher who will
be there, Deborah Wilson and they actually will be interpreting
some of the spoken word written by our youth. Reverend
Michael will be there, so then there'll be other surprises.
(39:50):
So come join us in the red carpet. And something
we do is we never turn anyone away. It is
a fundraiser. However, we do have some c set aside
sponsored by board for pay what you can, pay what
you can. So there you have it. You have no
excuse not to be there.
Speaker 4 (40:11):
That's right. And it's a beautiful drive. Actually, if you've
never been to the Skirball Center, gorgeous, gorgeous views of
l A. L As never looked so good, right, Yes,
and the.
Speaker 3 (40:24):
Center is beautiful, isn't it. It's a gorgeous space.
Speaker 4 (40:27):
Yes, and they're one of your sponsors as well. Yes, yeah,
and that's a beautiful thing because they don't. I'm sure
they get requests up to the union. Yes, yes, yes,
So let's talk about some BS because I like to
put the moose on the table, which is my Canadian
expression of talking about the elephants in the room. I
(40:48):
avenue moose. Do you like him? So when the moose
drops himself.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
He's so cute.
Speaker 4 (40:59):
I bottom when I spent a month in Canada, you know,
after my mom passed. Yeah, and uh so that's my
newest moose. So he has a he has a friend.
So let's put the moose on the table about some
of the BS. Belief systems about youth, uh, felons, youth, crime, youth.
(41:28):
You know if I if I put my average person
hat on the news will flash up there smash and
grab it. Uh you know, carjacking, gang violence, that's what
the youth in LA or anywhere, trouble makers, black sheep. Uh.
(41:53):
You know, it's good that they get thrown in the
system early so they see what you know, what the
the prime is, that is the average association. Tell me
what is the truth.
Speaker 3 (42:10):
Well, you know, doctor Martin Luther King is quoted as
saying violence is the language of the unheard, and I
really think that's true. You know, these are young people
crying out to be seen and heard. Granted, you know,
I'm not excusing the behavior. You know, the behavior is abhorrent.
(42:32):
You don't go and tag someone's building or steal someone's stuff.
It's not yours, you know. However, these are young people
that have lost their way. You know, they perhaps many
of them, many of them, have suffered incredible traumas themselves,
whether it's neglect, whether it's physical abuse, you know, or
(42:54):
a combination of all of those things. I guarantee you
those young people in incarcerated aren't incarcerated because they're choir
boys that have been you know, treated very well with
respect and love and kindness. These are young people that
literally have lost their way. They are left to fend
for themselves. Perhaps they haven't seen examples of you know,
(43:19):
what responsibility, responsiveness is, and so they go and act out.
A lot of times, the gangs become surrogate families for them,
you know, because they need something to anchor them. And
if they're not getting it in the home or in
the community, they're going to reach out to wherever they
(43:39):
can get it, you know, so the gang culture is there,
and for many of them, that's their anchor, you know.
And so what do we do for these young people
once they are arrested? You know, we have so many programs,
not just Spirit Awakening. Like I said, there are incredible
organizations out there right here in LA you know, there's
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a Liberty Hill Foundation has a group called the Liberation Fund,
which is made up of a cohort of some of
the most vital organizations doing this work, you know, in
juvenile support. And so we all offer what we offer
at Spirit Awakening. We believe that when a young person
(44:26):
is in crisis, because that's what it is. It's a crisis.
You go and commit a crime, that's an act of
that's a crisis. You know, you're arrested, you're put in
jail or juvenile hall. So we come in and we say, okay, stop,
this is your crisis moment. This is the time you
get to look in the mirror at yourself, you know,
(44:46):
and let's awaken. Let's help you remember the better angel
of yourself. Let's help you remember who you really are,
because the real you wouldn't want to be doing these
things that you're doing. And sure enough, you know when
when when. And I've been teaching them. So many of
them have siblings, and they will say, you know, Mama Akulio,
miss Akulio, I don't want my little brother to end
(45:07):
up like me. I don't want them to do the
things that I've been doing. I don't want them to
be in a gang. I want them to have a
life that's meaningful. You know, they've written themselves off, you know,
but for their siblings, they will fight tooth and nail
to make sure that younger brother or sister does not
follow in their footsteps. So it tells us that there's
(45:28):
something they are redeemable. There are no throwaways in life,
no throwaways, no matter what they've done. You know, my
faith teaches me that. Hey, the same way that Spirit,
the Creator forgives me my trespasses, so let me do
the same for another.
Speaker 6 (45:47):
You know.
Speaker 3 (45:48):
Now, there are consequences to actions. I won't disagree with that,
of course there are. You know. I'm just saying, okay,
if we feel that this person needs to be taken
off the street because they are danger not only to
themselves but to others right now in the state they're in,
sure enough, I agree with that. Let's make sure that
(46:09):
wherever we're taking them, there's a real chance for rehabilitation.
Right now, right our jails and prisons are not really
great places for rehabilitation, you know, we all know that,
you know, And so let's make sure that those spaces
that we are putting them in, if we need to
(46:30):
do that, if absolutely if putting them back in the
community is off the table, and for some people it
is off the table, you know, let's make sure that
the spaces we're placing them in can offer real support,
real care, real rehabilitation, you know, because we're you know,
we're all paying for this, You and me and every
(46:50):
other tax payer. We're paying for these services. So why
don't we pay for something that works, right, that works
as opposed to something that doesn't, you know. And I
would say many of the youth, eighty percent of them,
eighty five ninety percent of them, can really be placed
(47:12):
into programs in their communities. You know, there's a small
percentage that, Okay, they perhaps they are a danger to
themselves and others. You know, the crisis is so deep
and intense, you know, and the behavior is so abhorrent,
So let's isolate them from the society while we give
(47:34):
them treatment. While we give them treatment, you know.
Speaker 4 (47:38):
And there lies another bs a belief system that keeps
negative things at play, is that the whole population is
the same, right, so you treat them the same. All
violators are the same. And it's not hurt. There's you know,
the damage that was done when I was doing work
(48:00):
when they closed the mental hospital in Camillo, I was
part of the dismantling and watching these people who did
not belong on the streets have no more place to go.
And this is the unbalanced as going to wipe right
back to what you talk about. Things are not that simple.
It's not this way because this happened. That's the Newtonian American.
(48:24):
You know, there's the problem, one solution. It doesn't work
like that. There's so many reasons why something is the
way it is. So we also have so many ways
in which to look and remedy and move to do
words how to make things better. So it's absolutely absolutely,
(48:46):
but the majority, I would say, ninety eight percent hurt people.
Hurt people. Ninety eight percent of the people in the
juvenile system, ninety eight percent of the people in the
prison system are hurt. People who are hurt. So why
do they continue to say, if you do the crime,
(49:08):
you do the time, you know, and teaching them how
to make license plate whatever it is, it's not the solution.
Speaker 3 (49:19):
I agree, I agree, hurt. Yes, I think you know,
we just as uh just our whole systems need to
be revamped, you know, and revitalized. You know, our school
systems need to be revamped and revitalized. Now what are
we teaching young people? You know, we have older teens
(49:42):
in our groups and young adults that don't even know
anything about the banking system, just basic banking, how the
bank system works, you know, savings and basic you know,
entry level investing. Why don't we teach those things in
the schools, you know, why don't we teach them the
practical things that they will need to learn. You know,
when you have a credit card, make sure you're paying
(50:04):
more than just the minimum payment, because then your five
hundred dollars credit card becomes five thousand dollars because you're
only paying the minimum not even that. You know, they
need to know these things so they can, you know,
work themselves out of a debt. You know, many many
young people are building debt as we speak, without a
clue as to how to tell that out of that
(50:25):
you know?
Speaker 4 (50:26):
So, yeah, and why don't we yeah, exactly, And why
don't we teach personal mastery, yes, yes, professional mastery, how
to get ahead, how to know what you're talking about,
how to be good at a particular feel. But you
can have all the kudos and the money and the
(50:46):
titles and the recognition, but if you still have a
voice in your head saying you're not all that, who
do you think you are? Self sabotage, fear of failure,
fear of success. It doesn't matter how great you look
on the outside if you're intermoil on the inside. That's right,
Williams hate Spain Anthony school.
Speaker 3 (51:11):
Okay, self mastery absolutely, you know, to imagine, yeah, it
would be so wonderful, you know. And let's put more
meditation in the in the schools, you know, to help
young people center themselves. I mean, you know all that's
really all meditation is be still, listen, Listen to yourself,
(51:32):
listen to you know, feel what you feel. You know,
rather than being in denial, you know, I'm fine when
you're not. You know, it's okay not to be fine
in moments. You know that happens for everyone to say, oh,
I'm not so fine this morning. Let me just be
take a moment for myself. Let me just take some
moments to just be with that and see what that's
really about. And oh, okay, maybe I need to speak
(51:54):
with someone. Let me, you know, go to a trusted
friend or a parent, someone who will suit to me
and support with guidance. That makes sense, you know.
Speaker 4 (52:06):
Yes, yes, but we don't we need jerk reaction, right,
it's almost guaranteed to make it look like a jerk.
You don't know how to not do that to keep
you know what fine stands for? Right?
Speaker 3 (52:19):
No, what does it stand for?
Speaker 4 (52:22):
Aft? Up? Irrational, neurotic and emotional?
Speaker 3 (52:27):
I love it. I love it. Oh, doctor m you
are such a brilliant woman. Really.
Speaker 4 (52:34):
I wish I could take credit for that one, but
I can't. But I am taking credit for actually showing
it to you.
Speaker 3 (52:43):
Thank you, thank you. I will use that.
Speaker 4 (52:47):
Good good and uh again, let's bring this up For
those of you who just joined us, you'll have to
go back and watch the rest of the show, but
we do have a an event that we are inviting
you to that is going to be here very soon.
Let's see October, so we're like two weeks.
Speaker 3 (53:10):
From now, yes, just about two and a half weeks
from now.
Speaker 4 (53:14):
Happens from now, that's right. So October the third is
Friday evening, right, and it is going to be at
the score Balls Center. It starts, if you you know,
get the VIP package six thirty and then seven is
(53:35):
the performance. Eight thirty is the dinner dance. So yeah,
this is something that you will want to go to
and be part of and support the voices of the unheard.
This is the once a year so it is a
very important time to go and support. Final word, uh
(54:00):
from you a kulioh as you do, went very quickly.
Speaker 3 (54:04):
Okay, final word is join the celebration. Final word actually
is thank you, doctor Marissa.
Speaker 5 (54:10):
No.
Speaker 3 (54:10):
I always like to end on gratitude. Just know that
I am truly grateful for your love, your support, your generosity,
and your brilliance and genius and your joy. Keep dancing,
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Speaker 4 (54:45):
So yes, yes, and one more time, I'm going to
give you doctor Marissa's beneficial presence on the planet a war.
Don't give it to every guest. And then finally, you
know the drill pace sign up. It's all about balance.
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Peace in peace, out world, peace through inner piece. Now
go and have the best day ever. I'll see you tomorrow.
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who take tail and all during pregnancy can run the
risk of a child born with autism. He claims there
is a link between taking anteceed to mitafit in autism, and.
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You shouldn't take it during the entire pregnancy. They may
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If women get a headache, try and tough it out. Otherwise,
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President announced last week he would take the action against
the far left anti fascism movement. At the time, he
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administration has promised to crack down on what he calls
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Be hit some new lows over the weekend, with the
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To score political points from.
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Kimmel has been off the air since Wednesday. Sinclair Broadcast
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on its ABC affiliates when the show returns tomorrow. The
company says it will be replaced with news programming across
ABC affiliate stations, but talks with ABC are ongoing so
mid mayor tomorrow. Spirit Airlines is planning to furlough one
(57:02):
third of its flight attendants in a cost cutting move
that's according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a
message sent by COO John Bender Radis to employees today.
The executive told employees the airline needs to shift its
focus to quote a complete right sizing. The Baltimore Ravens
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The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a dispute
on whether President Trump can terminate a member of the
Federal Trade Commission. The High Court will decide whether in
nineteen thirty five ruling that up held restrictions on the
president's power to fire FTC members should be overturned. It
comes after Chief Justice John Roberts issued an order temporarily
blocking a judge's ruling that reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter while
(58:12):
legal proceedings continued. Slaughter was one of two Democratic commissioners
fired by mister Trump earlier this year, US Immigration and
Customs Enforcement reportedly spending tens of billions of dollars to
try and recruit new members. They're focused on major cities
like Los Angeles, Dallas, and Chicago.
Speaker 8 (58:29):
Attention, Chicago law enforcement. You took an oath to protect
and serve to keep your family, your city safe, but
in sanctuary cities you were ordered to stand down.
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Over the weekend, they forked over enough money to pay
for as during NFL games over the summer. ICE reports
one hundred and fifty thousand applications. They sent out twenty
thousand job offers. House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffreys is pushing
for the Justice Department to reopen an investigation into Tom Homan.
Jeffrey's request for an investigation into President Trump's borders our
(59:02):
follows reports that Holman accepted thousands of dollars from undercover
FBI agents last year. Holman's alleged actions were brought to
the forefront after an MSNBC news report said that he
had been under investigation by the Biden era Department of
Justice for accepting fifty thousand dollars in exchange for government contracts.
Holman has denied the allegations, while top DOJ officials dismissed
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the investigation as untrustworthy. Physical therapists say there are seven
posture mistakes we make that makes us look older. At
the top of that list, slouching and jutting your neck
forward when you're texting. They say those two things alone
can add years to your face. Also shuffling your feet
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