March 31, 2025 • 48 mins
How many kids can say that their Middle School teacher is a popular radio host ? Tiffany Hobbs’ students can! She’s a Middle School teacher throughout the week and host of the popular Saturdays With Tiffany on iHeart Radio on the weekend. Find out how she does it all on this fun and informative episode!
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hi, Welcome to Inside the Mom's Club, where being a
mom is the coolest place to be. Here in the
Mom's Club, we believe that what embarrasses you now will
make a great story later. And let's face it, you
don't laugh sometimes you're gonna cry. Join us in having
a good laugh together. I'm Monica Samuels. You are now
(00:35):
inside the Mom's Club, your private destination for all things mom. Welcome, moms,
Welcome to Inside the Mom's Club. I'm your host, Monica Samuels,
and I am here today with my co host Lisa Morris.
Hello Lisa, Lisa, as Lisa is you know, my regular
(00:58):
co host is Julie Orchid. She is not with me
in a Los Angeles to day. Lisa is my sister.
And here's how Lisa got this coveted role as my
co host today when Julie couldn't make it. Lisa was
a zoomer mom frequently on the show, and I always
had this rule that I explained to everyone, you get
one question because we're limited on time sometimes unless I say,
(01:21):
what do you have another question? Of course, and Lisa
just could never help herself if we turned it over
to her, then she just started asking a lot of questions.
So I said, you know, we need a co host here,
and Julie is not going to be able to join us,
So well, here we go. Now you've already you've already
made your way into the co host chair, So don't
get any bright ideas that you're going to move over here,
(01:42):
because that's where we're getting to draw the line on ball.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Okay, well you know I'm always second place.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
No, Oh, she's okay, she's a middle child with her Yes, Well.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
It's only because you know she was always the smart
is the smartest sister.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
But I'm the most fun.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
So it just depends on what you're going to put
as important, right well, which is why I made a
great third grade teacher, because you don't have to be
that smart to teach third grade. They're going to hear
it again again. I always told myself, this is not
the last time they're going to hear this.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
So it's okay, they're not quite good.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
But yes, I'm very inquisitive, and I always think of
something else I want to know.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Oh, I hope for all of you moms out there
who are third grade teachers, just know that we we
do think you're smart.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Wasn't what.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, I'm sure you are. That's why she's retired as
I don't do it anymore.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
She's not doing something else.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yes, I am still with kids and still with schools.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
You're now in sales.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yes, I work in educational travel. So if you're a
student gets invited.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
To go to Washington, DC with their teacher, you should
let them go. It's really you know, it's such a
growing experience.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You should especially let them go. If Lisa's your account manager.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Now gets credit I'm your salesperson, yes, because.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Then she gets to go to Mexico on vacation at
the end of the year. But she's got to go
every year, so she's really good at so. But that
so you went from one career from teacher to it.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Was a good segue because I get to work with
teachers in schools still, and I also understand what it's
like to be in the classroom or what it's like
to work with the principles and kind of a lot
of teachers are hesitant. They're like, I don't wanna my
principal won't let me, And I understand sometimes they won't
and I don't push them like some people and be
like who cares what your principal thinks.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I'm like, I don't want to get you fired over
a trip. It's not that good.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
But you know, it's it's it's really.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
A lot of fun. And they really really loved because
teachers are big into the aha moment.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
You want to see that yourself, and this is.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
A way to see it in the field, like you're actually, well.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
You're a good salesperson. That's very good. Well, I feel
very honored today that I am I'm sitting between today
two teachers. I mean, I feel very honored. I'm sitting
I'm sitting next to a very smart teacher. Yes, and
evidently a very like subpar not smart. So I mean,
like what an honor today.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
But the students loved to let me what reduce our
guest because she too.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
She's a special ed teacher and she's also a radio personality.
She appears on K six forty. She has one of
the top radio shows there and she's the host of
the very popular Saturdays with Tiffany, which streams online from
five to seven on iHeartRadio. Please join me in welcoming
Tiffany Hobbs. Welcome to the club.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Thank you, thank you, very much the aha moment, right Personifi,
there we go. Aha, thank you for having me. I
really appreciate it. I enjoy what you do as a platform,
and I'm just grateful to be a part.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Thank you, Thank you for yes, thank you for being
with us. So you teach eighth and ninth grade special edge.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
I do special education for students who have learning challenges
that are usually closely connected to some sort of behavioral
challenge as well emotional disturbance. So I have the kids
who unfortunately don't farewell in the public setting and then
have been given this alternative setting to be able to
recoup what they've lost to re engage with their learning.
(05:00):
So it's a challenging group. I've taught public, I've taught
elementary and high school. This by far is my favorite group.
I am clearly insane that I love eighth and ninth
graders anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, we love people that love eighth and ninth graders. Yes,
we find some moms out there fine that once their
children get to that age, they're happy to send them
off to school.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
You're looking for the tree seat to send them backslutely
don't give you.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
The same feedback than in elementary school. I used to say,
I'm a star in my classroom, but when the middle
school teachers, it's not cool to be fawning over your
teacher as much.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
So you know, I fortunately experience the opposite in my
class My kids are too close to me, They love
me too much. They know I'm here today and they
are looking forward to listening in later when I play
the podcast in the classroom. So you know, like I said,
I'm very fortunate to have this group of kids.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
So how did you get How did you go into radio?
I mean, teacher, you're doing this and how do you
do both?
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Well, you know, talking is talking right, talking in front
of a classroom, I am speaking on a microphone, and
they are very similar, required similar skills. You got to
hook people and you got to keep their attention. But
as far as how I got into radio, I started
doing radio right out of college. I went to USC
and I didn't do radio at my university, but after
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I was linked with people who were doing college radio,
so I was a featured segment. I would go on
and do little side hosting or fill in gigs, and
then it just transformed. I did podcasting. Then I was
asked to come in many years later to work at
iHeart and KFI to do a weekly segment with one
of the hosts, Moe Kelly, who has the Latter with
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mo Kelly Show from Monday to Friday on KFI. And
so that weekly segment, after about a year and a half,
actually a little bit less about a year, blossomed into
my own opportunity with hosting on the weekend and also
filling in for hosts on the weekdays, and it then
transformed into me having my own show on Saturdays. So
it does require a lot of time management. I work
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Monday through Friday teaching, and as you know, that is
a very labor intensive job. You're not off, but because
it's something that I love, it doesn't feel like work,
and neither does radio.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Wow. Well, you're very you're very fortunate that you can
manage both of those, because that's not easy. It's not
so Well, let's go back to the teaching piece. Are
you teaching during COVID?
Speaker 4 (07:32):
I was. I was like I taught a private pod
of kindergarteners. I was teaching elementary at the time, and
our school went online, it went virtual, and at the
time I just wasn't really I didn't really too much
care for the structure that was set up at the
school I was at, and I was looking for an out.
(07:52):
To be honest, this was the perfect way to move on.
And so when I left, I was contracted by a
private company to do excuse me, to do pot teaching
with this elementary school, which I did for the entirety
of that twenty twenty one school year. It was a
converted garage in Redondo Beach. We called it the Little
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school House on Avenue E, and we had all of
everything that we could need, and it was a full
curriculum and it was in person, so these kindergarteners who
needed that social interaction as did I. To be honest,
we got what we needed and I was able to
provide that education for them. Now those kids are in
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fifth grade, and I know it is insane, and I
have been told by their parents that they are at
the top of their class and they attribute that to kindergarten.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Well, that's good, and it's good you got to do
it in person, because I've heard all the nightmare stories
about the whole zoom learning, especially with little kids, and
occasionally it was their parents that were part of the problem.
Like yes, wandering in and out painting him a bowl
of cereal or like, not treating it like school.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Yes, it was very structure, very unconventional, unprecedented times, is
what we say. And the fact that these children were
being asked to adapt, We were asking things that adults
weren't able to do, so to be able to provide
some sort of normalcy for them just wasn't honor. It
was an absolute honor.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
I would say so, because you know, there's so much
in the littler kids. It's just actually seeing their facial expressions,
how they're sitting, had that where if they're getting what
you're doing and if you're on a screen, for you
to analyze it to that level is really impossible. And
I bet that's why they're at the top of their
class because they got to have that kind of education
with such a wonderful teacher. Thank you you are very
(09:46):
They were very.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Blessed, they were, and I was.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I got a lot from that interaction and I keep
in touch with them. I look forward to the Christmas
cards and the announcements every year.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Yes, yeah, that is that is great.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
So in your schooling that you teach, now, are you
in an alternative school? Environment is that where you teach
at the intel an alternative school. Do you have just
certain hours so you to do this radio thing, you
must have to You don't have to be there eight
hours and then do this?
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Or do you?
Speaker 4 (10:13):
I do? I do. I am required. I am contracted
through Los Angeles Unified School District to provide the full
day of curriculum. And then when I leave, I go
home and I work on school related things and I
also plan my radio show for Saturday and my weekly
segment on Wednesdays. And so time management as a teacher
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is something that is drilled in, yes, and I drill
into my students as well. And I have to adopt
those same ideologies so that I can be successful. But
it takes a lot, and I do have to make
time for myself, you know, to do the things that
are outside of both of those careers. But it's a
balance that I again, I love. I feel so fortunate.
People really want the opportunities that I've been given and
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I don't take them lightly or for granted, so I
don't want to swander them or do them kind of
half out. So I give my all. It does result
in some exhaustion. I'll be honest, but I but I
definitely reserve the time for myself to be able to
kind of rejuvenate. Sundays are my day.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
I was gonna say, when is your time for yourself?
One to three A.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Definitely that I'm a night out for sure.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
What kind of support to teachers get like that? It's
a pretty intensive job, it is, and I mean the
fact that you're doing another job on top of it
that in a second, But how do you feel like
they're supported enough or what's no?
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Oh god, no, that's a lot of quitting.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
After COVID there was a huge drobe of them that
just left the profession, especially the older ones that had
no idea how to use a smart bolle yeah technology,
they're like, oh this is just too much, absolutely, and
then they don't have enough.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
So they've got bigger classrooms.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
But you probably have a bigger class size than you
may have expected.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Yeah, you know, and it's it's fluid. My class size
is because we admitt all year, so I could have
anywhere from ten to sixteen students because it's an alternative
setting a special education, so I don't have the full
class size afford it to public schooling or even for
other private schools, but the support that we get at
my school is very unique. It's a family run business.
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They've been in operation for to forty three years now,
and they have built their business on support of the teachers,
of the staff, of the families of the students. So
I feel very enveloped with support and love and affirmation.
I can't say the same for other schools I've worked at,
which is why I am here, and I love this
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particular school. But overall, teachers as a whole, oh no,
there is a huge lack of support, and like you said,
it really speaks to the poor retention of teachers and
this turnover, this high turnover rate. It's because teachers do
not feel underappreciated, they feel overworked. All those are adages
(13:01):
that are often said, but they're true. I don't think
you'd be getting so many people saying the same thing
across the board nationally if it weren't true. So teachers
need that support, and they need to still feel like
a whole person, not that their lives are just indebted
to the classroom. I have that balance. Like I said,
(13:21):
it is a unique situation. I have not always had that,
and I feel for educators who are navigating that struggle.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
So, as a parent, then as a mom, and I'm
taking my kid into the classroom.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Do you what would advice would you give us to
support the teachers, because.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I've heard a lot of the problems are the parents. Yes, oh,
don't be the problem.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Parents love their children and they want what's best and
that is not always separated from emotion, or emotion comes
into play. I should say a lot more than maybe
logic should at times, or deferring to the experties of
the educators, but it really does take that village idea,
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and so that you are even asking what could parents
or what can parents do? Is just a testament to
your own empathy, and I thank you for that. First
and foremost, donate Kleenex and lifesol wipes. We need lifesawwise
and Kleenex and copy paper. Oh my gosh. Once you
get that down, just check in with the with the staff,
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check in with the teachers. Be a present parent. Parents
who start strong and then fade, we don't like those.
We want parents who are present, who are not over
encroaching and not trying to rule the classroom, but who
make their presence known, who want to be involved who
want to have those check ins about where their student
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is because that's the way that we can check that
progress and possibly implement new strategies. So just being present
and being communicative is a huge thing. Also, respect ding
the hours of operation. Don't text the teacher at ten
pm asking about homework. Don't text at eight pm I'm
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asking about tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I was one of those.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
You know, that's better than the parent who doesn't check in.
And also I feel better boundaries are important.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
So yeah, I know that's true.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Respecting it now you are probably.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
You're one in a million. I don't know of any
other teacher in America, and I could be wrong if
you're that teacher in America who has an extremely successful
popular radio show on top of being a teacher. But
I mean, that's extraordinary. It is, so tell me it's hard.
I can imagine if I had a radio show like that,
even doing you know, the what you do? You have
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to prepare for it, because I'm doing to your show.
And it's like, okay, well we just had the World Series.
And not only does Tiffany tell you it's the World Series,
she tells you, like the four plays into the third inning,
this happened. I mean, it's like a very detailed kind
of thing. You have to keep up with all of
that you do, and so how do you prepare for that?
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Oh goodness. I have a wonderful producer. Kayla Austin is
my producer, and she really just is my backbone. She
brings me relevant articles and information that I then can
weave into my show. We work very well together. I
pull things, she pulls things, and all of those all
(16:26):
of those topics are relevant to what our listenership is
interested in. It keeps people abreast of local news, national news,
things that you might not know. And while it is challenging,
it is challenging to kind of, you know, really kind
of parse through. There's so much information that we're in
(16:46):
information overload, right, It makes for a very fun and
exciting experience. I get a thrill out of creating my
show and being able to kind of put the topics
in you know, a format. I love it. But I again,
i'd be remiss if I didn't attribute a lot of
the success of the show to my producer.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yes, I feel the same way about my producer, Laurie D. Muslow,
who's not.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
With us today.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
But you're actually, their producers are very, very important. We're well,
for example, this week we're from Dallas, and so I
imagine that you'll be talking about does anybody bring any
clean next to this show? By the way, I mean,
I'm so upset that I really, I really had to
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pull it all.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Together to get up for Jasper today.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
I don't know that I'll ever be the same.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Like, honest, we can stop talking about it. But watch
some MAVs for Lucas me too.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I don't care now.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I mean, just like the Taylor Swift fans are for
the Chief.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Yes, I am the fans MAVs. So I don't know,
this is very traumatic.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
I'm just throwing the towel. And you know what, I've
just got to be a Los Angeles fan all the
way around.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
Don't you go jumping that you stay loyal?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Well, hey, the Dodgers, THEAK I.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
Love how she says it that way. The Dodgers, the Lakers.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Dallas, all of our teams go nowhere, and we still
act like they're going to do something.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
You know, your poor cowboys and poor cowboys everybody. Let
at least they're consistent.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, that's true, that's true. So we're very we're very
happy for you.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Well, yeah, you can tell you you're being honest about
that one genuine.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Sess that I got into this topic to get.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
You know, it's funny really quick. I saw today on
social media a wedding party that was stopped while the
announcement about Luca was made. They were in the reception
getting ready to do the dance, and the groom found
out that Luca was traded there in Dallas, and they
stopped the entire wedding. The music cut. It was like
something out of a TV show, and the entire wedding
party and guests just went completely ballistics. I understand.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Do you know how we feel?
Speaker 4 (19:02):
I know how you feel, yes, except that you're gonna
I'm a Clipper fan. I'm a Clipper fan. I have
a dog in the fight. Okay, well I'm used to pay.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yes, so your show, so we can go anywhere from Yay.
We just scored the biggest trade in history to like
the fires in LA I mean, you guys have been
through like talk about ups and downs of a community. Yeah,
I was at a dinner party, speaking of trading people.
I was at a dinner party the other night in
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my neighborhood, and it's like, oh, all these people are
moving here from the Palisades, more people again from California
or coming to Austin.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Yes, because they lost.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Everything and they just they're tired of, you know, what's
happening here.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
If they were, if if people were already on the
fence about their loyalty to California, this was the final straw,
not just the tragedy of the fires, but the political
climate as well for people deciding, you know, I don't
necessarily want to stay in this state anymore. I'm looking
for something different. And so there's been kind of a
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it's suggested that there is a wave of people are
there's a wave of people who are leaving, and that
that could continue, and Texas is one of the foremost places.
Arizona is another, and then they're going up north as well,
into Washington and Oregon. But yeah, the fires were on
the brink of again. I used the word unprecedented earlier,
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but an unprecedented tragedy, the costliest in our history, one
of the worst natural disasters in the United States ever,
and we report on that. We've been talking at nauseum
about that. This week, I plan to talk about the
mobile home park that went up in flames. Unfortunately, it
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was a little slice of heaven, people said, and affordable
living right on peace with beautiful views, and their entire
community burned to the ground save for one mobile home
of the one hundred and sixty or so. And I
have a good friend of mine who was interviewed by
the La Times. His name is Alec Edwards. He is
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a fire captain who was off that day and he
stayed behind as he sent his wife and toddler daughter
to safety. He stayed behind to try and fight for
that mobile home park, and sadly he was just outrun
by the flames. So that's something we talk about. Human
interest stories are everything, and people want to connect to
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the material, and this has been just a really sad
opportunity to connect to people. But we've also seen a
lot of humanity, a lot of the best of humanity
with donations and with sympathy and people coming together to
support one another from the Palisades to Altadena, sharing their
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stories and just really making this a collective experience, not
something that is just relegated for those who have unfortunately
become victimized by it. We're all in this together, so
to speak.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
And there are some there are some stories you don't
even think about. Like we interviewed a mother and daughter
who had won Grammys and so they lost their home
in the fire. And I talked to her, the daughter
a week ago, and she was she had the flu
that day and so she was sick and they're calling her,
You've got to get out of the house, and she said,
you decide, like, what am I going to take? I
have some sick I have ten minutes to figure it out.
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And she said, I took my I said, well, do
they replace Grammys and Oscars and Emmys if they get burned.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
She said, yes, they do, Yeah, they do.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
But she said, I took my Grammys with me, but
my mom didn't take hers because she said, oh, we'll
be back in.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Three days, oh man.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
And so everybody you know, but just things like that
people don't think about, Like I even my husband and
I if we were in that situation, what would we
take right It's it relates. It can affect all of us.
In fact, for those of you thinking of moving to Austin,
I learned through all of this that we are the
third most likely city to go down with a a.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Fire like that.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
We're subject to wildfires too, So are you.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Trying to detract people from coming to.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
That's what it seems like.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
You can come to our shoe by.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
I live an hour outside of there, and it's lovely.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Thank you. Cautionary tale.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Austin is lovely and welcoming as well. I just want
you to be prepared and think about it.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
But they'll trade an earthquake for a tornado.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Yeah, well yeah, tornado is a whole.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
That is tright every place to day.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
We were my sister were talking about it. We were
sharing with someone that we were talking with about the
difference between the weather here and in Texas. And Lisa's like, yeah,
there's tornadoes there all that. There's lots of tornadoes and
she said, but I've never seen one. I said, Lisa,
we were in a tornado.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Forgot She forgot about it.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
But we were at DFW Airport.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Yep, I wait, we were sitting at the bar. Well,
we just happened to be there, and we were there
and there was a TV in front of their CNN
says breaking news, there's a heading over df like we're at.
So we had to get in the bathroom as the shelter. Yeah,
and waited out there.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
In that shelter too.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
You know, I've not been in that shelter. I've definitely
been at that airport, and I was at that airport
when there was a tornado. Now, the tornado warning actually
was issued while we were in the air We were
just taking off, and the pilot says, and I love
a window seat. The pilot says, if you're sitting next
to the window, look out of your seat on this
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side of the plane, which happened to be my side,
and look down and you'll see the top of the funnel.
So I look over and I see a funnel cloud,
and I'm looking through the top of it into the
eye of this tornado. And the Pilot's like, isn't it
cool here? Isn't isn't this the best thing ever? And
I'm like, no, no, move away, I don't want to
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see this anymore. But yes, I do enjoy texas.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Well.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Wow, you're not only a host of a show, You're
a You're and eye witness on the scene.
Speaker 4 (25:12):
I'm, you know, an amateur meteorologist at this point, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
The big middle of it. Well, Tiffany, we have some
moms with us and a daughter today who are our
zoomer moms, and they have some questions for you, so
please welcome our zoomer moms. Welcome to the Mom's Club.
Hi guys, I well, I'm going to introduce each one
of you and if you want to tell Tiffany a
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little bit about yourself and then have a question first. Heather,
Welcome to the Mom's Club.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
Hello, Hi everybody.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Hi Heather.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
I'm actually a realtor in Austin, Texas. So funny so
you can talk about moving here. Friends with Juli Orchid.
Our children grew up together and well just school together
for a brief while. And I have my office is
all about Willie Nelson. He's kind of the king of
my office. To me, I really enjoyed following you. I
followed you on Instagram this weekend to learn more about
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you and kind of see what you're about. And I'm
really interested, like how do you I mean, I know
you said you.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Take Sundays for yourself.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yes, I you know, I'm a mom.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
I have a career, I've you know, volunteer, I do
all kinds of things and I always feel like I
didn't get something done every day, And how do you
prioritize that. I mean, what does that look like for you?
Because you also work out quite a bit. I mean
you've got quite a following as a bodybuilder.
Speaker 4 (26:34):
Oh, I think you might be following someone else because
I am not a bodybuilder, but I appreciate that. I
aspire to better health for sure. That's something that's a goal.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
Fake news on Instagram. I am so sorry.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
I have been following someone.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
I make the whole story about you.
Speaker 4 (26:51):
You're like, she's really interesting. She's different than I thought.
Speaker 5 (26:55):
I looked at you and I'm like, something is different, right,
she thought she was in Okay, So if you were
a body.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
What I mean I heard radio is no joke.
Speaker 5 (27:13):
I mean they are You have to be on your.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
Game, yes, yes, so again, time management is everything. Uh.
And one thing that I've learned now in my forties
is to absolve myself of guilt about not completing something
on the list. The list is fluid, the list will
change day to day, week to week, whatever it may be,
whatever increment you're using. And to not beat myself up
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over the fact that I didn't get to number four
or five, or maybe I only got to number one,
and that's okay. I think women as it is, whether
a mom, I am a stepmom, teacher, radio hosts, real
estate agent, whatever it is you may do, we put
a lot of importance on the quantity of things we
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can accomplish and not necessarily the quality. And so I
would encourage everyone, and including myself. I'm speaking to myself
as well, to again really focus on how well you
do the things that you're able to give your time to,
and not as much of stretching yourself thin so that
you can check off a bunch of boxes. Is having
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done this, Give yourself credit, Give yourself credit. But when
it comes to having some time for yourself, it is
imperative that you carve out a couple of hours and
that if it's just sitting in your car, you just
drive away. Keep the kids with the dad, or if
they're old enough to be on their own, or you know,
whatever the case. Find some time for yourself. Go sit
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in your car, go read a book. If you're a
doom scroller and you want to scroll the socials, scroll
the socials. But whatever it is you like to do,
take a walk feet the ducks, workout, not body built.
That's not me. I'm not doing that. But whatever it
is you like to do, do it without the guilt
of thinking that you're not doing something else because you
are giving to yourself. That is. That's probably the thing
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that I have embraced the most, because I do do
a lot, and I'm not gonna be able to do
a perfect lesson every time with my students, and each
one of my radio shows is not going to be flawless.
But hey, at least I have them. At least I
have the opportunity. You know, at least these kids are
getting something. So don't beat yourself.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Up, you know.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
And I don't know if I'm not suggesting you do
do that, but I would say if you have any guilt,
to try your best to release that. I hope that
doesn't sound hokey, because it is like the most freeing thing.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
I think. That's no. I think that's good advice. In fact,
I feel better about when I wrote my son's eighth
grade English paper telling him that I could get an
A because he was having struggling with it, and you
ended up getting a B.
Speaker 4 (29:55):
I'm gonna release that, release that guilt.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
He went on to college. It's all good, yeah, But
I do like, you know what happens a lot of times,
is we don't we need to tell our families, I'm
gonna take some time for myself. Yeah, I mean I'm
literally going to because what happens is you your your
husband comes home and he's like, well, what did what
have you been doing all day? Well, and then you're
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give them the list and the list doesn't sound that exciting. Well,
I'd go fix the mailbox and then I had to
go do this, and then but it's a lot, it's
a lot, and so it gets on, it gets to you,
and so I think first you got to say I'm
going to take the time, yeah, to do.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
That, absolutely, you know. And and again, women, we put
so much pressure on ourselves to do everything, and if
we don't do one thing, we're like, dang, I didn't
do it, and my day is now ruined or I
feel lackluster in some way. And like you said, if
you itemize everything we do, oh my gosh, the list
is long and it's ever expanding and it puts other
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lists to shame. And that's just our normal day to
day activity. Just as women, everything that we do and
how selfless we are. So you have to you have
to regain that that part of you that's okay with
being a little selfish. It's not selfish in the negative sense.
It's doing for yourself, taking care of you.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
What's your favorite thing to do? Since it's not body.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
Not bodybuilding, but what at all.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
If you have that time for yourself, what do you
like to do?
Speaker 4 (31:25):
You know, I love long walks on the beach. You know, now,
I do love long walks on the beach. But I
love to read. I love to read. I don't do
nearly as much of it just because of my attention,
I end up doing something else. But I love to read.
I love to be with my dogs. I love to
visit my mom. I love to spend time with my partner,
(31:46):
my fiance. Museums. We love to just find a museum
and walk through. But if it's just me, I am
perfectly fine sitting on the couch and watching Netflix. I
just started a new series and I'm very happy to
sit in front of the TV for two hours and
to watch, you know, episode after episode with a nice
(32:07):
drink something juice or whatever it may be, but just
you know, just to really just kind of veg out
and disconnect from everything and just just enjoy.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
I can relate to that. Kim, welcome to the Mom's Club.
Tell us a little bit about yourself, and do you
have a question for Tiffany?
Speaker 7 (32:25):
Sure.
Speaker 6 (32:26):
So I am Kim Coley and I am from North Carolina.
So I can completely understand about the fires because we've
been dealing with western North Carolina.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
Yes, the hurricane and.
Speaker 6 (32:38):
Then the whole political thing. So I got that completely.
Speaker 7 (32:41):
I feel for you, and I really I first want
to go back and just thank you for acknowledging your
producer and that it's a team effort.
Speaker 6 (32:54):
So many times we as women forget the other women
that come along and help us, you know, whether it's
over the wall or make us look good or or
edit our stuff. And I appreciate that about all you
do instead of tooting your own horn, you acknowledge that
(33:15):
you've got help and you appreciate that, which I think
it just when you ingratiate other people, it opens yourself
up to receive that back, and so I want to
thank you for that, And then I want to.
Speaker 7 (33:32):
Ask how did you get to decide or come to
that these were the people you wanted to spend these
years with. How did you decide on this career? Path
when obviously you had so many different choices. How did
you come to the conclusion you wanted to spend eight
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hours a day with eight ninth graders.
Speaker 4 (33:59):
Not easily, but it Teaching is a lot. It is
next to parenting. It is probably the most challenging job
in the world. And I really truly believe that my
school and my students they chose me. When I got there.
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I had interviewed for the job, I was selected from
a pool of applicants. I did the whole process, but
once I got in to be able to stay and
affect positive change, they had to accept me. So the
fact that they accepted me was tantamount to any application process,
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you know what I mean. So it really does feel
like I was chosen and once I earned their respect,
we created a culture in the classroom that has carried
over year after year, and my students who come into
my classroom expect that culture, and my students who then
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leave my classroom reminisce about that culture. So it's a
culture that has been cultivated, and it's one that I'm
proud of, and it's one that is definitely built on
just like that acknowledgment that none of us can do
it by ourselves. And you spoke to that, Kim, and
I appreciate you for saying that and for acknowledging my producer,
(35:26):
and the same thing goes for my students and teaching
them that you can't do this on your own is
important because so many of them, based on the nature
of why they're even in my class, have dealt with
a lot of emotional trauma and now a cornerstone of
who they are has become and what I work to combat.
(35:47):
But it's become kind of pushing people away, and to
get them to trust again involves them understanding that you
can't do everything by yourself. You're not alone in this,
and you create your tribe. You know, this is my tribe,
and I love it like I'm one of those teachers,
(36:08):
and not to like pat myself on the back, but
I'm one of those teachers who were done with the
day and I'm not ready to leave, you know what
I mean? My kids are It could even it could
be a really stressful day. Don't get me wrong. It
is not perfect. And I have my days because these
are kids who you know, they got in trouble at
their previous schools for major outbursts and violence and other things.
(36:29):
And even on those days, I can sit at my
desk and say to myself, I love being here because
I know that these are moments that are fleeting. At
the core, what we are creating is a family, and
they take that. So spending eight hours with them feels
like spending eight hours with my family. And you don't
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want to leave your family. You love your family. I
have a family. So I get to go between two
arenas that I love, you know, two different environments that
I love, so spending time with them it's not a chore.
I'd like to speak really quick to what's happening in
North Carolina, and I feel for you, and I honestly, Kim,
I do not think that you guys are getting nearly
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enough press about what you're going through. I would have
loved for the Grammys last night to acknowledge what's happening,
and for other platforms to acknowledge what's happening in your state.
You are getting overshadowed, and it is very unfair because
you have been dealing with this for many, many months
now and people are still in I believe in the
(37:33):
convention centers and dealing with the homelessness, and so I
really feel for you, and I hope that the tide
starts to change and that you do get the attention
that your state deserves. And my heart just goes out
to all of you.
Speaker 1 (37:47):
Thank you. Yeah, you're welcome. I agree, is what we
on our website. So we put a call out for
moms to help when the LA fires happened, and so
we put resources on our website side the Mom's Club
dot com and there's a there's a button there for
all the resources in California. We're adding another section for
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North Carolina because we do feel like it hasn't gotten
the attention I mean. And that's the thing too. It
was interesting because being in Texas when all this is
going on, and having so many friends and our producers
and everyone being out in Los Angeles, and it was
very real to everyone here as it was happening. But
you know what they say in the news, if it bleeds,
it leads, and that's kind of what the thing is.
(38:29):
And so when I was talking to people out here
and they were still very much experiencing it, and then
they would say, well, do you want to put this
on social media or that I'm like you know what,
they've kind of moved on sadly already the next thing
is happening, and you know, and that's that's unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (38:45):
So I really hope.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
We keep the focus on everybody that needs help like that,
because we can do so much, you know, we can.
We can do so much good. And I also appreciate
I do appreciate you to supporting your producer to you.
I wrote a book with a Wall Street Journal reporter
called Comeback Moms, and we interviewed one hundred women across
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the country and it was about staying home with your
kids and how you navigate that and stay connected to
your job and your family. And we've interviewed all these
women and part of the interview would be who's the
worst boss you ever had? And it was always a woman.
And finally my co author said, are we writing the
wrong book? Should we be writing a book about how
(39:27):
women need to support each other and help each other
and speak up for each other? So I commend you.
That is says a lot. So I think that's a
great thing. Emily. So this is our Zoomer daughter, who's
actually my niece. Emily I am, and she is here.
She is currently childless from at least what she's told
the family. We don't know anybody. Tell Tiffany a little
(39:51):
bit about yourself. And do you have a question, Hi, Yes,
I do have a question.
Speaker 4 (39:57):
My question is what is the biggest lesson that you've
learned from your students, Because obviously I'm sure you teach
them a lot, so I'm wondering what you've learned from them. Oh,
my goodness, Emily. First of all, how insightful are you
and mature are you to be here today to give
(40:18):
your time and to participate in this So that says
a lot about who you are and your bright future.
Thank you, You're welcome. Hope to see you up here
one day.
Speaker 1 (40:27):
Right.
Speaker 4 (40:28):
So you know, there are lots of lessons that my
kids teach me, my students teach me, But one that
comes to mind is one that I practice with them often,
which is do not be too proud to apologize. And
it came from modeling. What I learned with them is
(40:51):
that in their lives, adults have done a lot of wrong,
and very few of those adults have ever atoned or
take an accountability or apologized for, whether something small or
something greater in scale. So my students came to me
more or less used to people just doing things and
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never again acknowledging the hurt that they cause. And what
I what I made sure to do is that, how
however small, the mistake was, if there was something that
I needed to apologize for, to let them know, you know, hey,
I'm sorry I spoke over you when you raised your hand.
I shouldn't have done that. I apologize And they're like,
(41:38):
whoa you know, can you imagine like a teacher is
acknowledging that they spoke over me, or that they didn't
call on me, or I had my hand up too long,
or that I made a mistake about something or this
kid did the thing and you said it was me.
You know, I'm sorry I was wrong. They're like, what, So,
what I've learned is the importance of doing that I
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had it in my mind to do because I'm a
grown up. We should apologize, But the importance of doing
that with children is something that they have really codified
or strengthened. And I thank them for that. I really
really do. You know, to the point now that if
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I if I do anything, they're like, you didn't apologize,
you didn't say that, and I'm like, don't you weaponize,
don't you throw it back at me? But they're you know,
and I love it. I love it because I am
I am contributing to who they are as people, and
I for the time I have them in the classroom.
Just like when you're with your teachers, what your teachers
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should aim to do is to help you be the
best you possible for that very short amount of time
before we release you back to your families and into
the world. So I'm like, math is important, history is important, sure,
but personally building stuff that that is where it's at.
So the power of apology.
Speaker 1 (43:07):
Which is a very good practice. And listen, I've always
wondered with teachers. So you have them for eight hours
a day and you love having them, and they're and
they're in eighth and ninth grade and society says they
can't stay with you forever. Yeah, So how does that
feel when they grad when they moved to the do
(43:27):
you ever think, oh I miss my class? Oh God,
and you keep up with you said, yeah, no, the
five year fifth graders, no, yeah, so some of your
eighth and ninth graders are now.
Speaker 4 (43:38):
Seniors the college. Yeah, absolutely, I I absolutely keep up
with them. I am friends with my third grade teacher,
who is you know, well passed retirement. And relationships are important.
So knowing that you could have that kind of relationship
with the teacher and you're a blood is something that
(44:01):
I look forward to. With my students. I keep up
with them and hopes that I'll be able to see
them have their kids and see them get into their careers.
But I cry. I cry every graduation. I'm the sap,
you know, I'm I'm the one who does the yearbook.
I'm the one who's crying all the time. They're used
to it by now, but I you know, you just
you really do get attached. You really you should.
Speaker 1 (44:23):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (44:23):
And that's so I'm like, you're spending all you know,
you're spending all this time with these kids, and you
get to know them, and they get to know you
very well, and it really does feel like an extension
of family. And so it is hard to give them
to the next class. And I do worry about their uh,
you know, retaining what I've taught them and not just academically,
but emotionally as well. And I keep up as best
(44:46):
as I can keep up with the families that the parents,
of course, and I think sometimes I bug them too much,
but I really want to know how they're doing so well,
It would it would be.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
Cool to still be as an adult be friends with
your third grade teachers. I remember when I was in
third grade, if we saw our teacher, like at the
grocery store, it was almost out of body experience.
Speaker 4 (45:07):
Possibly why are they here? Yeah you're not at school?
Speaker 1 (45:12):
Yeah, you like? Friends with them?
Speaker 4 (45:14):
Would be just a yeah. Mister Mitchell is my third
grade teacher's name, and he just moved to Idaho and
he is enjoying retirement and I love him like a parent.
I've known him for a long time and he is great.
Speaker 1 (45:30):
Well, that is wonderful. We had missus Moody as our
fourth grade teacher. She was a tough piece of work,
but you know what, I appreciate everything she taught me.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
Yeah, the one that made you line your desk up
on this tile.
Speaker 1 (45:41):
We didn't realize between this side.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
Every day tile.
Speaker 1 (45:44):
And so you're like, we didn't realize she had OCD.
It was not something. But anyway, we learned a lot
from Yeah, we had some really great teachers.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
Learned about high standards.
Speaker 4 (45:52):
Yeah, we did anxiety as well, actually got that anyway.
Speaker 1 (45:56):
Well, no, it's been so great to have you here.
Thank you so honored that you joined.
Speaker 4 (46:01):
Us today, and I'm honored thanks for those of you.
Speaker 1 (46:04):
In Los Angeles KF I am six forty. You want
to hear a show there and on Heart Radio you
get to hear on Saturdays with Tiffany from five to seven.
And where else can we fund you? On social media?
Speaker 4 (46:15):
You can find me on social media at my correct Instagram,
right Heather, and that is at tiff Hobbes on here,
tiff Hobbs on here. You can find me on Facebook
Tiffany Hobbs. There is another Tiffany Hobbes, that's the one
you're talking about. I'm trying to figure out how to
get her pushed further down an algorithm exactly. I need
(46:38):
to put my middle initial in there or something. But yeah,
you can find me on social media, and I'm very
happy to engage with you. Everything is public. Please say hi.
I would really enjoy that. And yeah, if you would
love to enjoy listening to a radio show that is
insightful and keeps you up to date on current news,
(46:58):
then you can listen from five to seven on the
iHeart app or KFI AM six forty dot com and
if you are in Los Angeles, you can listen on
AM six forty on your radio dial. Thank you, Emily,
Heather and Kim.
Speaker 1 (47:12):
Yeah, thank you, ladies, it's been it's been great.
Speaker 4 (47:15):
Thank you so much, thank you very much.
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(47:41):
check out New Calm. Well, Lisa, you did pretty good.
I thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (47:47):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (47:47):
So I'm sure you're gonna want to do this again
and again and again. Yes, of course we're gonna have
to have a word with Julie about that. Thank you. Yes, yes,
thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (47:57):
You know, take Julie out in traffic.
Speaker 1 (48:00):
Lisa, No, no, no, no no no, Maybe we'll just have
more than one co host. I don't know, but anyway,
thank you, thank you for joining us. Well, ladies, it's
I can't believe that the time, our time has passed,
but we're going to be back again next time with
celebrities and extraordinary moms just like you. And we know
all your me time is precious and valuable. Thank you
(48:21):
so much for spending it with us. Remember our motto,
it's very important. If you don't laugh, sometimes you are
gonna cry. And if your class didn't get your Kleenex,
then you're gonna be really good. So laugh, ladies. We'll
see you next time inside the Mom's Club
Hi, Welcome to Inside the Mom's Club, where being a
mom is the coolest place to be. Here in the
Mom's Club, we believe that what embarrasses you now will
make a great story later. And let's face it, you
don't laugh sometimes you're gonna cry. Join us in having
a good laugh together. I'm Monica Samuels. You are now
(00:35):
inside the Mom's Club, your private destination for all things mom. Welcome, moms,
Welcome to Inside the Mom's Club. I'm your host, Monica Samuels,
and I am here today with my co host Lisa Morris.
Hello Lisa, Lisa, as Lisa is you know, my regular
(00:58):
co host is Julie Orchid. She is not with me
in a Los Angeles to day. Lisa is my sister.
And here's how Lisa got this coveted role as my
co host today when Julie couldn't make it. Lisa was
a zoomer mom frequently on the show, and I always
had this rule that I explained to everyone, you get
one question because we're limited on time sometimes unless I say,
(01:21):
what do you have another question? Of course, and Lisa
just could never help herself if we turned it over
to her, then she just started asking a lot of questions.
So I said, you know, we need a co host here,
and Julie is not going to be able to join us,
So well, here we go. Now you've already you've already
made your way into the co host chair, So don't
get any bright ideas that you're going to move over here,
(01:42):
because that's where we're getting to draw the line on ball.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Okay, well you know I'm always second place.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
No, Oh, she's okay, she's a middle child with her Yes, Well.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
It's only because you know she was always the smart
is the smartest sister.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
But I'm the most fun.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
So it just depends on what you're going to put
as important, right well, which is why I made a
great third grade teacher, because you don't have to be
that smart to teach third grade. They're going to hear
it again again. I always told myself, this is not
the last time they're going to hear this.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
So it's okay, they're not quite good.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
But yes, I'm very inquisitive, and I always think of
something else I want to know.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Oh, I hope for all of you moms out there
who are third grade teachers, just know that we we
do think you're smart.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Wasn't what.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, I'm sure you are. That's why she's retired as
I don't do it anymore.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
She's not doing something else.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yes, I am still with kids and still with schools.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
You're now in sales.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yes, I work in educational travel. So if you're a
student gets invited.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
To go to Washington, DC with their teacher, you should
let them go. It's really you know, it's such a
growing experience.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You should especially let them go. If Lisa's your account manager.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Now gets credit I'm your salesperson, yes, because.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Then she gets to go to Mexico on vacation at
the end of the year. But she's got to go
every year, so she's really good at so. But that
so you went from one career from teacher to it.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Was a good segue because I get to work with
teachers in schools still, and I also understand what it's
like to be in the classroom or what it's like
to work with the principles and kind of a lot
of teachers are hesitant. They're like, I don't wanna my
principal won't let me, And I understand sometimes they won't
and I don't push them like some people and be
like who cares what your principal thinks.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
I'm like, I don't want to get you fired over
a trip. It's not that good.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
But you know, it's it's it's really.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
A lot of fun. And they really really loved because
teachers are big into the aha moment.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
You want to see that yourself, and this is.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
A way to see it in the field, like you're actually, well.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
You're a good salesperson. That's very good. Well, I feel
very honored today that I am I'm sitting between today
two teachers. I mean, I feel very honored. I'm sitting
I'm sitting next to a very smart teacher. Yes, and
evidently a very like subpar not smart. So I mean,
like what an honor today.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
But the students loved to let me what reduce our
guest because she too.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
She's a special ed teacher and she's also a radio personality.
She appears on K six forty. She has one of
the top radio shows there and she's the host of
the very popular Saturdays with Tiffany, which streams online from
five to seven on iHeartRadio. Please join me in welcoming
Tiffany Hobbs. Welcome to the club.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Thank you, thank you, very much the aha moment, right Personifi,
there we go. Aha, thank you for having me. I
really appreciate it. I enjoy what you do as a platform,
and I'm just grateful to be a part.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Thank you, Thank you for yes, thank you for being
with us. So you teach eighth and ninth grade special edge.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
I do special education for students who have learning challenges
that are usually closely connected to some sort of behavioral
challenge as well emotional disturbance. So I have the kids
who unfortunately don't farewell in the public setting and then
have been given this alternative setting to be able to
recoup what they've lost to re engage with their learning.
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So it's a challenging group. I've taught public, I've taught
elementary and high school. This by far is my favorite group.
I am clearly insane that I love eighth and ninth
graders anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Yeah, we love people that love eighth and ninth graders. Yes,
we find some moms out there fine that once their
children get to that age, they're happy to send them
off to school.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
You're looking for the tree seat to send them backslutely
don't give you.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
The same feedback than in elementary school. I used to say,
I'm a star in my classroom, but when the middle
school teachers, it's not cool to be fawning over your
teacher as much.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
So you know, I fortunately experience the opposite in my
class My kids are too close to me, They love
me too much. They know I'm here today and they
are looking forward to listening in later when I play
the podcast in the classroom. So you know, like I said,
I'm very fortunate to have this group of kids.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
So how did you get How did you go into radio?
I mean, teacher, you're doing this and how do you
do both?
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Well, you know, talking is talking right, talking in front
of a classroom, I am speaking on a microphone, and
they are very similar, required similar skills. You got to
hook people and you got to keep their attention. But
as far as how I got into radio, I started
doing radio right out of college. I went to USC
and I didn't do radio at my university, but after
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I was linked with people who were doing college radio,
so I was a featured segment. I would go on
and do little side hosting or fill in gigs, and
then it just transformed. I did podcasting. Then I was
asked to come in many years later to work at
iHeart and KFI to do a weekly segment with one
of the hosts, Moe Kelly, who has the Latter with
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mo Kelly Show from Monday to Friday on KFI. And
so that weekly segment, after about a year and a half,
actually a little bit less about a year, blossomed into
my own opportunity with hosting on the weekend and also
filling in for hosts on the weekdays, and it then
transformed into me having my own show on Saturdays. So
it does require a lot of time management. I work
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Monday through Friday teaching, and as you know, that is
a very labor intensive job. You're not off, but because
it's something that I love, it doesn't feel like work,
and neither does radio.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Wow. Well, you're very you're very fortunate that you can
manage both of those, because that's not easy. It's not
so Well, let's go back to the teaching piece. Are
you teaching during COVID?
Speaker 4 (07:32):
I was. I was like I taught a private pod
of kindergarteners. I was teaching elementary at the time, and
our school went online, it went virtual, and at the
time I just wasn't really I didn't really too much
care for the structure that was set up at the
school I was at, and I was looking for an out.
(07:52):
To be honest, this was the perfect way to move on.
And so when I left, I was contracted by a
private company to do excuse me, to do pot teaching
with this elementary school, which I did for the entirety
of that twenty twenty one school year. It was a
converted garage in Redondo Beach. We called it the Little
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school House on Avenue E, and we had all of
everything that we could need, and it was a full
curriculum and it was in person, so these kindergarteners who
needed that social interaction as did I. To be honest,
we got what we needed and I was able to
provide that education for them. Now those kids are in
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fifth grade, and I know it is insane, and I
have been told by their parents that they are at
the top of their class and they attribute that to kindergarten.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Well, that's good, and it's good you got to do
it in person, because I've heard all the nightmare stories
about the whole zoom learning, especially with little kids, and
occasionally it was their parents that were part of the problem.
Like yes, wandering in and out painting him a bowl
of cereal or like, not treating it like school.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
Yes, it was very structure, very unconventional, unprecedented times, is
what we say. And the fact that these children were
being asked to adapt, We were asking things that adults
weren't able to do, so to be able to provide
some sort of normalcy for them just wasn't honor. It
was an absolute honor.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
I would say so, because you know, there's so much
in the littler kids. It's just actually seeing their facial expressions,
how they're sitting, had that where if they're getting what
you're doing and if you're on a screen, for you
to analyze it to that level is really impossible. And
I bet that's why they're at the top of their
class because they got to have that kind of education
with such a wonderful teacher. Thank you you are very
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They were very.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Blessed, they were, and I was.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I got a lot from that interaction and I keep
in touch with them. I look forward to the Christmas
cards and the announcements every year.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Yes, yeah, that is that is great.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
So in your schooling that you teach, now, are you
in an alternative school? Environment is that where you teach
at the intel an alternative school. Do you have just
certain hours so you to do this radio thing, you
must have to You don't have to be there eight
hours and then do this?
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Or do you?
Speaker 4 (10:13):
I do? I do. I am required. I am contracted
through Los Angeles Unified School District to provide the full
day of curriculum. And then when I leave, I go
home and I work on school related things and I
also plan my radio show for Saturday and my weekly
segment on Wednesdays. And so time management as a teacher
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is something that is drilled in, yes, and I drill
into my students as well. And I have to adopt
those same ideologies so that I can be successful. But
it takes a lot, and I do have to make
time for myself, you know, to do the things that
are outside of both of those careers. But it's a
balance that I again, I love. I feel so fortunate.
People really want the opportunities that I've been given and
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I don't take them lightly or for granted, so I
don't want to swander them or do them kind of
half out. So I give my all. It does result
in some exhaustion. I'll be honest, but I but I
definitely reserve the time for myself to be able to
kind of rejuvenate. Sundays are my day.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
I was gonna say, when is your time for yourself?
One to three A.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Definitely that I'm a night out for sure.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
What kind of support to teachers get like that? It's
a pretty intensive job, it is, and I mean the
fact that you're doing another job on top of it
that in a second, But how do you feel like
they're supported enough or what's no?
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Oh god, no, that's a lot of quitting.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
After COVID there was a huge drobe of them that
just left the profession, especially the older ones that had
no idea how to use a smart bolle yeah technology,
they're like, oh this is just too much, absolutely, and
then they don't have enough.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
So they've got bigger classrooms.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
But you probably have a bigger class size than you
may have expected.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Yeah, you know, and it's it's fluid. My class size
is because we admitt all year, so I could have
anywhere from ten to sixteen students because it's an alternative
setting a special education, so I don't have the full
class size afford it to public schooling or even for
other private schools, but the support that we get at
my school is very unique. It's a family run business.
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They've been in operation for to forty three years now,
and they have built their business on support of the teachers,
of the staff, of the families of the students. So
I feel very enveloped with support and love and affirmation.
I can't say the same for other schools I've worked at,
which is why I am here, and I love this
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particular school. But overall, teachers as a whole, oh no,
there is a huge lack of support, and like you said,
it really speaks to the poor retention of teachers and
this turnover, this high turnover rate. It's because teachers do
not feel underappreciated, they feel overworked. All those are adages
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that are often said, but they're true. I don't think
you'd be getting so many people saying the same thing
across the board nationally if it weren't true. So teachers
need that support, and they need to still feel like
a whole person, not that their lives are just indebted
to the classroom. I have that balance. Like I said,
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it is a unique situation. I have not always had that,
and I feel for educators who are navigating that struggle.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
So, as a parent, then as a mom, and I'm
taking my kid into the classroom.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Do you what would advice would you give us to
support the teachers, because.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
I've heard a lot of the problems are the parents. Yes, oh,
don't be the problem.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Parents love their children and they want what's best and
that is not always separated from emotion, or emotion comes
into play. I should say a lot more than maybe
logic should at times, or deferring to the experties of
the educators, but it really does take that village idea,
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and so that you are even asking what could parents
or what can parents do? Is just a testament to
your own empathy, and I thank you for that. First
and foremost, donate Kleenex and lifesol wipes. We need lifesawwise
and Kleenex and copy paper. Oh my gosh. Once you
get that down, just check in with the with the staff,
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check in with the teachers. Be a present parent. Parents
who start strong and then fade, we don't like those.
We want parents who are present, who are not over
encroaching and not trying to rule the classroom, but who
make their presence known, who want to be involved who
want to have those check ins about where their student
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is because that's the way that we can check that
progress and possibly implement new strategies. So just being present
and being communicative is a huge thing. Also, respect ding
the hours of operation. Don't text the teacher at ten
pm asking about homework. Don't text at eight pm I'm
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asking about tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I was one of those.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
You know, that's better than the parent who doesn't check in.
And also I feel better boundaries are important.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
So yeah, I know that's true.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Respecting it now you are probably.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
You're one in a million. I don't know of any
other teacher in America, and I could be wrong if
you're that teacher in America who has an extremely successful
popular radio show on top of being a teacher. But
I mean, that's extraordinary. It is, so tell me it's hard.
I can imagine if I had a radio show like that,
even doing you know, the what you do? You have
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to prepare for it, because I'm doing to your show.
And it's like, okay, well we just had the World Series.
And not only does Tiffany tell you it's the World Series,
she tells you, like the four plays into the third inning,
this happened. I mean, it's like a very detailed kind
of thing. You have to keep up with all of
that you do, and so how do you prepare for that?
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Oh goodness. I have a wonderful producer. Kayla Austin is
my producer, and she really just is my backbone. She
brings me relevant articles and information that I then can
weave into my show. We work very well together. I
pull things, she pulls things, and all of those all
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of those topics are relevant to what our listenership is
interested in. It keeps people abreast of local news, national news,
things that you might not know. And while it is challenging,
it is challenging to kind of, you know, really kind
of parse through. There's so much information that we're in
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information overload, right, It makes for a very fun and
exciting experience. I get a thrill out of creating my
show and being able to kind of put the topics
in you know, a format. I love it. But I again,
i'd be remiss if I didn't attribute a lot of
the success of the show to my producer.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yes, I feel the same way about my producer, Laurie D. Muslow,
who's not.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
With us today.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
But you're actually, their producers are very, very important. We're well,
for example, this week we're from Dallas, and so I
imagine that you'll be talking about does anybody bring any
clean next to this show? By the way, I mean,
I'm so upset that I really, I really had to
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pull it all.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Together to get up for Jasper today.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
I don't know that I'll ever be the same.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Like, honest, we can stop talking about it. But watch
some MAVs for Lucas me too.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I don't care now.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I mean, just like the Taylor Swift fans are for
the Chief.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Yes, I am the fans MAVs. So I don't know,
this is very traumatic.
Speaker 4 (17:57):
I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
I'm just throwing the towel. And you know what, I've
just got to be a Los Angeles fan all the
way around.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
Don't you go jumping that you stay loyal?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Well, hey, the Dodgers, THEAK I.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
Love how she says it that way. The Dodgers, the Lakers.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Dallas, all of our teams go nowhere, and we still
act like they're going to do something.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
You know, your poor cowboys and poor cowboys everybody. Let
at least they're consistent.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, that's true, that's true. So we're very we're very
happy for you.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Well, yeah, you can tell you you're being honest about
that one genuine.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Sess that I got into this topic to get.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
You know, it's funny really quick. I saw today on
social media a wedding party that was stopped while the
announcement about Luca was made. They were in the reception
getting ready to do the dance, and the groom found
out that Luca was traded there in Dallas, and they
stopped the entire wedding. The music cut. It was like
something out of a TV show, and the entire wedding
party and guests just went completely ballistics. I understand.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Do you know how we feel?
Speaker 4 (19:02):
I know how you feel, yes, except that you're gonna
I'm a Clipper fan. I'm a Clipper fan. I have
a dog in the fight. Okay, well I'm used to pay.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yes, so your show, so we can go anywhere from Yay.
We just scored the biggest trade in history to like
the fires in LA I mean, you guys have been
through like talk about ups and downs of a community. Yeah,
I was at a dinner party, speaking of trading people.
I was at a dinner party the other night in
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my neighborhood, and it's like, oh, all these people are
moving here from the Palisades, more people again from California
or coming to Austin.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Yes, because they lost.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Everything and they just they're tired of, you know, what's
happening here.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
If they were, if if people were already on the
fence about their loyalty to California, this was the final straw,
not just the tragedy of the fires, but the political
climate as well for people deciding, you know, I don't
necessarily want to stay in this state anymore. I'm looking
for something different. And so there's been kind of a
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it's suggested that there is a wave of people are
there's a wave of people who are leaving, and that
that could continue, and Texas is one of the foremost places.
Arizona is another, and then they're going up north as well,
into Washington and Oregon. But yeah, the fires were on
the brink of again. I used the word unprecedented earlier,
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but an unprecedented tragedy, the costliest in our history, one
of the worst natural disasters in the United States ever,
and we report on that. We've been talking at nauseum
about that. This week, I plan to talk about the
mobile home park that went up in flames. Unfortunately, it
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was a little slice of heaven, people said, and affordable
living right on peace with beautiful views, and their entire
community burned to the ground save for one mobile home
of the one hundred and sixty or so. And I
have a good friend of mine who was interviewed by
the La Times. His name is Alec Edwards. He is
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a fire captain who was off that day and he
stayed behind as he sent his wife and toddler daughter
to safety. He stayed behind to try and fight for
that mobile home park, and sadly he was just outrun
by the flames. So that's something we talk about. Human
interest stories are everything, and people want to connect to
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the material, and this has been just a really sad
opportunity to connect to people. But we've also seen a
lot of humanity, a lot of the best of humanity
with donations and with sympathy and people coming together to
support one another from the Palisades to Altadena, sharing their
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stories and just really making this a collective experience, not
something that is just relegated for those who have unfortunately
become victimized by it. We're all in this together, so
to speak.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
And there are some there are some stories you don't
even think about. Like we interviewed a mother and daughter
who had won Grammys and so they lost their home
in the fire. And I talked to her, the daughter
a week ago, and she was she had the flu
that day and so she was sick and they're calling her,
You've got to get out of the house, and she said,
you decide, like, what am I going to take? I
have some sick I have ten minutes to figure it out.
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And she said, I took my I said, well, do
they replace Grammys and Oscars and Emmys if they get burned.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
She said, yes, they do, Yeah, they do.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
But she said, I took my Grammys with me, but
my mom didn't take hers because she said, oh, we'll
be back in.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Three days, oh man.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
And so everybody you know, but just things like that
people don't think about, Like I even my husband and
I if we were in that situation, what would we
take right It's it relates. It can affect all of us.
In fact, for those of you thinking of moving to Austin,
I learned through all of this that we are the
third most likely city to go down with a a.
Speaker 4 (23:09):
Fire like that.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
We're subject to wildfires too, So are you.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Trying to detract people from coming to.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
That's what it seems like.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
You can come to our shoe by.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
I live an hour outside of there, and it's lovely.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Thank you. Cautionary tale.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Austin is lovely and welcoming as well. I just want
you to be prepared and think about it.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
But they'll trade an earthquake for a tornado.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Yeah, well yeah, tornado is a whole.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
That is tright every place to day.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
We were my sister were talking about it. We were
sharing with someone that we were talking with about the
difference between the weather here and in Texas. And Lisa's like, yeah,
there's tornadoes there all that. There's lots of tornadoes and
she said, but I've never seen one. I said, Lisa,
we were in a tornado.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Forgot She forgot about it.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
But we were at DFW Airport.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Yep, I wait, we were sitting at the bar. Well,
we just happened to be there, and we were there
and there was a TV in front of their CNN
says breaking news, there's a heading over df like we're at.
So we had to get in the bathroom as the shelter. Yeah,
and waited out there.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
In that shelter too.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
You know, I've not been in that shelter. I've definitely
been at that airport, and I was at that airport
when there was a tornado. Now, the tornado warning actually
was issued while we were in the air We were
just taking off, and the pilot says, and I love
a window seat. The pilot says, if you're sitting next
to the window, look out of your seat on this
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side of the plane, which happened to be my side,
and look down and you'll see the top of the funnel.
So I look over and I see a funnel cloud,
and I'm looking through the top of it into the
eye of this tornado. And the Pilot's like, isn't it
cool here? Isn't isn't this the best thing ever? And
I'm like, no, no, move away, I don't want to
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see this anymore. But yes, I do enjoy texas.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Well.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Wow, you're not only a host of a show, You're
a You're and eye witness on the scene.
Speaker 4 (25:12):
I'm, you know, an amateur meteorologist at this point, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
The big middle of it. Well, Tiffany, we have some
moms with us and a daughter today who are our
zoomer moms, and they have some questions for you, so
please welcome our zoomer moms. Welcome to the Mom's Club.
Hi guys, I well, I'm going to introduce each one
of you and if you want to tell Tiffany a
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little bit about yourself and then have a question first. Heather,
Welcome to the Mom's Club.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
Hello, Hi everybody.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Hi Heather.
Speaker 5 (25:46):
I'm actually a realtor in Austin, Texas. So funny so
you can talk about moving here. Friends with Juli Orchid.
Our children grew up together and well just school together
for a brief while. And I have my office is
all about Willie Nelson. He's kind of the king of
my office. To me, I really enjoyed following you. I
followed you on Instagram this weekend to learn more about
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you and kind of see what you're about. And I'm
really interested, like how do you I mean, I know
you said you.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Take Sundays for yourself.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yes, I you know, I'm a mom.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
I have a career, I've you know, volunteer, I do
all kinds of things and I always feel like I
didn't get something done every day, And how do you
prioritize that. I mean, what does that look like for you?
Because you also work out quite a bit. I mean
you've got quite a following as a bodybuilder.
Speaker 4 (26:34):
Oh, I think you might be following someone else because
I am not a bodybuilder, but I appreciate that. I
aspire to better health for sure. That's something that's a goal.
Speaker 5 (26:45):
Fake news on Instagram. I am so sorry.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
I have been following someone.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
I make the whole story about you.
Speaker 4 (26:51):
You're like, she's really interesting. She's different than I thought.
Speaker 5 (26:55):
I looked at you and I'm like, something is different, right,
she thought she was in Okay, So if you were
a body.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
What I mean I heard radio is no joke.
Speaker 5 (27:13):
I mean they are You have to be on your.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
Game, yes, yes, so again, time management is everything. Uh.
And one thing that I've learned now in my forties
is to absolve myself of guilt about not completing something
on the list. The list is fluid, the list will
change day to day, week to week, whatever it may be,
whatever increment you're using. And to not beat myself up
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over the fact that I didn't get to number four
or five, or maybe I only got to number one,
and that's okay. I think women as it is, whether
a mom, I am a stepmom, teacher, radio hosts, real
estate agent, whatever it is you may do, we put
a lot of importance on the quantity of things we
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can accomplish and not necessarily the quality. And so I
would encourage everyone, and including myself. I'm speaking to myself
as well, to again really focus on how well you
do the things that you're able to give your time to,
and not as much of stretching yourself thin so that
you can check off a bunch of boxes. Is having
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done this, Give yourself credit, Give yourself credit. But when
it comes to having some time for yourself, it is
imperative that you carve out a couple of hours and
that if it's just sitting in your car, you just
drive away. Keep the kids with the dad, or if
they're old enough to be on their own, or you know,
whatever the case. Find some time for yourself. Go sit
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in your car, go read a book. If you're a
doom scroller and you want to scroll the socials, scroll
the socials. But whatever it is you like to do,
take a walk feet the ducks, workout, not body built.
That's not me. I'm not doing that. But whatever it
is you like to do, do it without the guilt
of thinking that you're not doing something else because you
are giving to yourself. That is. That's probably the thing
(29:08):
that I have embraced the most, because I do do
a lot, and I'm not gonna be able to do
a perfect lesson every time with my students, and each
one of my radio shows is not going to be flawless.
But hey, at least I have them. At least I
have the opportunity. You know, at least these kids are
getting something. So don't beat yourself.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Up, you know.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
And I don't know if I'm not suggesting you do
do that, but I would say if you have any guilt,
to try your best to release that. I hope that
doesn't sound hokey, because it is like the most freeing thing.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
I think. That's no. I think that's good advice. In fact,
I feel better about when I wrote my son's eighth
grade English paper telling him that I could get an
A because he was having struggling with it, and you
ended up getting a B.
Speaker 4 (29:55):
I'm gonna release that, release that guilt.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
He went on to college. It's all good, yeah, But
I do like, you know what happens a lot of times,
is we don't we need to tell our families, I'm
gonna take some time for myself. Yeah, I mean I'm
literally going to because what happens is you your your
husband comes home and he's like, well, what did what
have you been doing all day? Well, and then you're
(30:21):
give them the list and the list doesn't sound that exciting. Well,
I'd go fix the mailbox and then I had to
go do this, and then but it's a lot, it's
a lot, and so it gets on, it gets to you,
and so I think first you got to say I'm
going to take the time, yeah, to do.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
That, absolutely, you know. And and again, women, we put
so much pressure on ourselves to do everything, and if
we don't do one thing, we're like, dang, I didn't
do it, and my day is now ruined or I
feel lackluster in some way. And like you said, if
you itemize everything we do, oh my gosh, the list
is long and it's ever expanding and it puts other
(30:58):
lists to shame. And that's just our normal day to
day activity. Just as women, everything that we do and
how selfless we are. So you have to you have
to regain that that part of you that's okay with
being a little selfish. It's not selfish in the negative sense.
It's doing for yourself, taking care of you.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
What's your favorite thing to do? Since it's not body.
Speaker 4 (31:20):
Not bodybuilding, but what at all.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
If you have that time for yourself, what do you
like to do?
Speaker 4 (31:25):
You know, I love long walks on the beach. You know, now,
I do love long walks on the beach. But I
love to read. I love to read. I don't do
nearly as much of it just because of my attention,
I end up doing something else. But I love to read.
I love to be with my dogs. I love to
visit my mom. I love to spend time with my partner,
(31:46):
my fiance. Museums. We love to just find a museum
and walk through. But if it's just me, I am
perfectly fine sitting on the couch and watching Netflix. I
just started a new series and I'm very happy to
sit in front of the TV for two hours and
to watch, you know, episode after episode with a nice
(32:07):
drink something juice or whatever it may be, but just
you know, just to really just kind of veg out
and disconnect from everything and just just enjoy.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
I can relate to that. Kim, welcome to the Mom's Club.
Tell us a little bit about yourself, and do you
have a question for Tiffany?
Speaker 7 (32:25):
Sure.
Speaker 6 (32:26):
So I am Kim Coley and I am from North Carolina.
So I can completely understand about the fires because we've
been dealing with western North Carolina.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
Yes, the hurricane and.
Speaker 6 (32:38):
Then the whole political thing. So I got that completely.
Speaker 7 (32:41):
I feel for you, and I really I first want
to go back and just thank you for acknowledging your
producer and that it's a team effort.
Speaker 6 (32:54):
So many times we as women forget the other women
that come along and help us, you know, whether it's
over the wall or make us look good or or
edit our stuff. And I appreciate that about all you
do instead of tooting your own horn, you acknowledge that
(33:15):
you've got help and you appreciate that, which I think
it just when you ingratiate other people, it opens yourself
up to receive that back, and so I want to
thank you for that, And then I want to.
Speaker 7 (33:32):
Ask how did you get to decide or come to
that these were the people you wanted to spend these
years with. How did you decide on this career? Path
when obviously you had so many different choices. How did
you come to the conclusion you wanted to spend eight
(33:53):
hours a day with eight ninth graders.
Speaker 4 (33:59):
Not easily, but it Teaching is a lot. It is
next to parenting. It is probably the most challenging job
in the world. And I really truly believe that my
school and my students they chose me. When I got there.
(34:22):
I had interviewed for the job, I was selected from
a pool of applicants. I did the whole process, but
once I got in to be able to stay and
affect positive change, they had to accept me. So the
fact that they accepted me was tantamount to any application process,
(34:44):
you know what I mean. So it really does feel
like I was chosen and once I earned their respect,
we created a culture in the classroom that has carried
over year after year, and my students who come into
my classroom expect that culture, and my students who then
(35:04):
leave my classroom reminisce about that culture. So it's a
culture that has been cultivated, and it's one that I'm
proud of, and it's one that is definitely built on
just like that acknowledgment that none of us can do
it by ourselves. And you spoke to that, Kim, and
I appreciate you for saying that and for acknowledging my producer,
(35:26):
and the same thing goes for my students and teaching
them that you can't do this on your own is
important because so many of them, based on the nature
of why they're even in my class, have dealt with
a lot of emotional trauma and now a cornerstone of
who they are has become and what I work to combat.
(35:47):
But it's become kind of pushing people away, and to
get them to trust again involves them understanding that you
can't do everything by yourself. You're not alone in this,
and you create your tribe. You know, this is my tribe,
and I love it like I'm one of those teachers,
(36:08):
and not to like pat myself on the back, but
I'm one of those teachers who were done with the
day and I'm not ready to leave, you know what
I mean? My kids are It could even it could
be a really stressful day. Don't get me wrong. It
is not perfect. And I have my days because these
are kids who you know, they got in trouble at
their previous schools for major outbursts and violence and other things.
(36:29):
And even on those days, I can sit at my
desk and say to myself, I love being here because
I know that these are moments that are fleeting. At
the core, what we are creating is a family, and
they take that. So spending eight hours with them feels
like spending eight hours with my family. And you don't
(36:49):
want to leave your family. You love your family. I
have a family. So I get to go between two
arenas that I love, you know, two different environments that
I love, so spending time with them it's not a chore.
I'd like to speak really quick to what's happening in
North Carolina, and I feel for you, and I honestly, Kim,
I do not think that you guys are getting nearly
(37:12):
enough press about what you're going through. I would have
loved for the Grammys last night to acknowledge what's happening,
and for other platforms to acknowledge what's happening in your state.
You are getting overshadowed, and it is very unfair because
you have been dealing with this for many, many months
now and people are still in I believe in the
(37:33):
convention centers and dealing with the homelessness, and so I
really feel for you, and I hope that the tide
starts to change and that you do get the attention
that your state deserves. And my heart just goes out
to all of you.
Speaker 1 (37:47):
Thank you. Yeah, you're welcome. I agree, is what we
on our website. So we put a call out for
moms to help when the LA fires happened, and so
we put resources on our website side the Mom's Club
dot com and there's a there's a button there for
all the resources in California. We're adding another section for
(38:08):
North Carolina because we do feel like it hasn't gotten
the attention I mean. And that's the thing too. It
was interesting because being in Texas when all this is
going on, and having so many friends and our producers
and everyone being out in Los Angeles, and it was
very real to everyone here as it was happening. But
you know what they say in the news, if it bleeds,
it leads, and that's kind of what the thing is.
(38:29):
And so when I was talking to people out here
and they were still very much experiencing it, and then
they would say, well, do you want to put this
on social media or that I'm like you know what,
they've kind of moved on sadly already the next thing
is happening, and you know, and that's that's unfortunate.
Speaker 4 (38:45):
So I really hope.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
We keep the focus on everybody that needs help like that,
because we can do so much, you know, we can.
We can do so much good. And I also appreciate
I do appreciate you to supporting your producer to you.
I wrote a book with a Wall Street Journal reporter
called Comeback Moms, and we interviewed one hundred women across
(39:06):
the country and it was about staying home with your
kids and how you navigate that and stay connected to
your job and your family. And we've interviewed all these
women and part of the interview would be who's the
worst boss you ever had? And it was always a woman.
And finally my co author said, are we writing the
wrong book? Should we be writing a book about how
(39:27):
women need to support each other and help each other
and speak up for each other? So I commend you.
That is says a lot. So I think that's a
great thing. Emily. So this is our Zoomer daughter, who's
actually my niece. Emily I am, and she is here.
She is currently childless from at least what she's told
the family. We don't know anybody. Tell Tiffany a little
(39:51):
bit about yourself. And do you have a question, Hi, Yes,
I do have a question.
Speaker 4 (39:57):
My question is what is the biggest lesson that you've
learned from your students, Because obviously I'm sure you teach
them a lot, so I'm wondering what you've learned from them. Oh,
my goodness, Emily. First of all, how insightful are you
and mature are you to be here today to give
(40:18):
your time and to participate in this So that says
a lot about who you are and your bright future.
Thank you, You're welcome. Hope to see you up here
one day.
Speaker 1 (40:27):
Right.
Speaker 4 (40:28):
So you know, there are lots of lessons that my
kids teach me, my students teach me, But one that
comes to mind is one that I practice with them often,
which is do not be too proud to apologize. And
it came from modeling. What I learned with them is
(40:51):
that in their lives, adults have done a lot of wrong,
and very few of those adults have ever atoned or
take an accountability or apologized for, whether something small or
something greater in scale. So my students came to me
more or less used to people just doing things and
(41:15):
never again acknowledging the hurt that they cause. And what
I what I made sure to do is that, how
however small, the mistake was, if there was something that
I needed to apologize for, to let them know, you know, hey,
I'm sorry I spoke over you when you raised your hand.
I shouldn't have done that. I apologize And they're like,
(41:38):
whoa you know, can you imagine like a teacher is
acknowledging that they spoke over me, or that they didn't
call on me, or I had my hand up too long,
or that I made a mistake about something or this
kid did the thing and you said it was me.
You know, I'm sorry I was wrong. They're like, what, So,
what I've learned is the importance of doing that I
(42:01):
had it in my mind to do because I'm a
grown up. We should apologize, But the importance of doing
that with children is something that they have really codified
or strengthened. And I thank them for that. I really
really do. You know, to the point now that if
(42:22):
I if I do anything, they're like, you didn't apologize,
you didn't say that, and I'm like, don't you weaponize,
don't you throw it back at me? But they're you know,
and I love it. I love it because I am
I am contributing to who they are as people, and
I for the time I have them in the classroom.
Just like when you're with your teachers, what your teachers
(42:45):
should aim to do is to help you be the
best you possible for that very short amount of time
before we release you back to your families and into
the world. So I'm like, math is important, history is important, sure,
but personally building stuff that that is where it's at.
So the power of apology.
Speaker 1 (43:07):
Which is a very good practice. And listen, I've always
wondered with teachers. So you have them for eight hours
a day and you love having them, and they're and
they're in eighth and ninth grade and society says they
can't stay with you forever. Yeah, So how does that
feel when they grad when they moved to the do
(43:27):
you ever think, oh I miss my class? Oh God,
and you keep up with you said, yeah, no, the
five year fifth graders, no, yeah, so some of your
eighth and ninth graders are now.
Speaker 4 (43:38):
Seniors the college. Yeah, absolutely, I I absolutely keep up
with them. I am friends with my third grade teacher,
who is you know, well passed retirement. And relationships are important.
So knowing that you could have that kind of relationship
with the teacher and you're a blood is something that
(44:01):
I look forward to. With my students. I keep up
with them and hopes that I'll be able to see
them have their kids and see them get into their careers.
But I cry. I cry every graduation. I'm the sap,
you know, I'm I'm the one who does the yearbook.
I'm the one who's crying all the time. They're used
to it by now, but I you know, you just
you really do get attached. You really you should.
Speaker 1 (44:23):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (44:23):
And that's so I'm like, you're spending all you know,
you're spending all this time with these kids, and you
get to know them, and they get to know you
very well, and it really does feel like an extension
of family. And so it is hard to give them
to the next class. And I do worry about their uh,
you know, retaining what I've taught them and not just academically,
but emotionally as well. And I keep up as best
(44:46):
as I can keep up with the families that the parents,
of course, and I think sometimes I bug them too much,
but I really want to know how they're doing so well,
It would it would be.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
Cool to still be as an adult be friends with
your third grade teachers. I remember when I was in
third grade, if we saw our teacher, like at the
grocery store, it was almost out of body experience.
Speaker 4 (45:07):
Possibly why are they here? Yeah you're not at school?
Speaker 1 (45:12):
Yeah, you like? Friends with them?
Speaker 4 (45:14):
Would be just a yeah. Mister Mitchell is my third
grade teacher's name, and he just moved to Idaho and
he is enjoying retirement and I love him like a parent.
I've known him for a long time and he is great.
Speaker 1 (45:30):
Well, that is wonderful. We had missus Moody as our
fourth grade teacher. She was a tough piece of work,
but you know what, I appreciate everything she taught me.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
Yeah, the one that made you line your desk up
on this tile.
Speaker 1 (45:41):
We didn't realize between this side.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
Every day tile.
Speaker 1 (45:44):
And so you're like, we didn't realize she had OCD.
It was not something. But anyway, we learned a lot
from Yeah, we had some really great teachers.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
Learned about high standards.
Speaker 4 (45:52):
Yeah, we did anxiety as well, actually got that anyway.
Speaker 1 (45:56):
Well, no, it's been so great to have you here.
Thank you so honored that you joined.
Speaker 4 (46:01):
Us today, and I'm honored thanks for those of you.
Speaker 1 (46:04):
In Los Angeles KF I am six forty. You want
to hear a show there and on Heart Radio you
get to hear on Saturdays with Tiffany from five to seven.
And where else can we fund you? On social media?
Speaker 4 (46:15):
You can find me on social media at my correct Instagram,
right Heather, and that is at tiff Hobbes on here,
tiff Hobbs on here. You can find me on Facebook
Tiffany Hobbs. There is another Tiffany Hobbes, that's the one
you're talking about. I'm trying to figure out how to
get her pushed further down an algorithm exactly. I need
(46:38):
to put my middle initial in there or something. But yeah,
you can find me on social media, and I'm very
happy to engage with you. Everything is public. Please say hi.
I would really enjoy that. And yeah, if you would
love to enjoy listening to a radio show that is
insightful and keeps you up to date on current news,
(46:58):
then you can listen from five to seven on the
iHeart app or KFI AM six forty dot com and
if you are in Los Angeles, you can listen on
AM six forty on your radio dial. Thank you, Emily,
Heather and Kim.
Speaker 1 (47:12):
Yeah, thank you, ladies, it's been it's been great.
Speaker 4 (47:15):
Thank you so much, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (47:17):
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(47:41):
check out New Calm. Well, Lisa, you did pretty good.
I thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (47:47):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (47:47):
So I'm sure you're gonna want to do this again
and again and again. Yes, of course we're gonna have
to have a word with Julie about that. Thank you. Yes, yes,
thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (47:57):
You know, take Julie out in traffic.
Speaker 1 (48:00):
Lisa, No, no, no, no no no, Maybe we'll just have
more than one co host. I don't know, but anyway,
thank you, thank you for joining us. Well, ladies, it's
I can't believe that the time, our time has passed,
but we're going to be back again next time with
celebrities and extraordinary moms just like you. And we know
all your me time is precious and valuable. Thank you
(48:21):
so much for spending it with us. Remember our motto,
it's very important. If you don't laugh, sometimes you are
gonna cry. And if your class didn't get your Kleenex,
then you're gonna be really good. So laugh, ladies. We'll
see you next time inside the Mom's Club
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