December 30, 2024 • 41 mins
As one of the youngest philanthropists in the country and children’s author, ten-year-old Amelie Anastasia is chasing her dreams and accomplishing things most adults have only dreamt about. Amelie wrote her first book at the age of eight and now has just released her third book, Wolf Tales. Amelie enjoys writing books about friendship, courage, and preserving our natural world. All of the earnings from her books go to supporting animal welfare programs and wildlife conservation efforts. Listen in today as this amazing young change-maker, Amelie joins me to talk about what it is like to be a change-maker, her three books, and her desire to make things right in the world.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're in a good place now. You are listening to
Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome back Live to Live Your Two Life Perspectives, and
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess. On today's show, I have
the ability to interview an amazing change maker. She's a
ten year old philanthropist, a children's author, and you don't
really come across that that often, especially when you're ten
years old. Emily Anastasia is joining me live in studio
(00:35):
today and we're gonna be talking about creating the next
generation of change makers. We're gonna be talking about her
three amazing books and what she wants to create in
our world today. And I think it's amazing when you
have a desire to make change, a desired to correct things,
a desire to make things right. And Omily has that desire. Emily,
(00:56):
I'm so happy to have you here Live on Live
your True Life Perspectives.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
You doing today, well.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Thank you so much for having me, and I'm doing great.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
It was amazing receiving your three books, woolf Tails, Foxtails
and Foxtails too.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Emily.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
What are who, I guess exactly are your muses to
write these amazing children's books.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Well, I think that the full, the full kind of
grab of these books that I kind of found just
in the world was when I realized how beautiful and
truly gentle nature can be in different in so many
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different ways, and I just love every way about it.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Nature is beautiful and it is amazing when you're able
to participate.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
In it and see that.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
And you, you and your family live in a very
beautiful place.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right where exactly do you live?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, we live in northern Michigan, in the small town Potoski.
It's really awesome here. It's actually snowing right now, but
it's great.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
And there's a lot of wildlife there. And so probably
when you walk outside of your house, do you see
wildlife or do you see wolfs or other types of
animals walking around?
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, there are bunnies and squirrels, many, many, many squirrels.
And sometimes at night we can catch the glimpse of
a little fox just running through our yard.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Okay, so you see that on a constant basis, And
I'm assuming over time, you know, throughout your life, were
you automatically just in love with animals or has that
you know, changed or or become more over time or
were you just fascinated with animals at a very young age.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Well, I've always loved animals, but I think as I
grew with just my love for them just became so
much bigger over time.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And so when you look at these animals or you
interact with nature, so do you have the desire to
kind of help them or save them? Tell me a
little bit more about your mission when it comes to
animals and wildlife.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Well, when I see wildlife, I just try to notice
every wonderful bit of it. And my goal is to
save the natural, but the natural parts of earth, and
to keep these ecosystems thriving and a happy place. And
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so I have seen a lot of animals in my life,
and I'm just so grateful that I have the opportunity
to step outside and see two chipmunks fighting over a
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nut or something, or a fox just walking through looking
for a field mouse.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
That's neat, And it's neat that you're able to see
that and to experience that, you know, is so the
first book was that Wolf Tales that you created.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
No, my first book was Foxtails.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Foxtails okay, and when did you start When did you
start writing Foxtails?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I was eight years old when I wrote it, and
the first copy was actually my ninth birthday present.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Wow, that's amazing and I love that. The greatest friendship
in the Forest, I love that, and so I love
your writing The Fox's Friendship. Tell me a little bit
more about that.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Well, it's just all about how nature crosses its path
with other types of nature all the time, and no
matter how different the species or plants or really anything,
as over time, they kind of stick together.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
That's neat.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
That is valuable. That's a great observation, and it's very true.
It's interesting how nature and animals seem to work together
sometimes a lot more than we see humans interact or
work together.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Interesting, and I love I love the illustrations in the book.
And this is like and this is a high level
read too.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
That's another thing that I find very very interesting of
this book is that this is definitely a high level read.
And I love the silliness of the puppy too. Is
is that do you have a puppy? Do you have
a dog at home?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Do we?
Speaker 4 (05:49):
Oh? He's he will be more of a puppy than.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Ten And tell me more about him.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Oh, well, His name is Prince and he is a
mix between a pug and a Bernese mountain dog.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Wow. Okay, yeah, that's.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Like the littlest preon Earth and the biggest breed on earth.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Wow, I've never met one of I've never met one before.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
So tell me more about his uh, you know his
kind of vibe or you know his personality.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Well, most pugs are like tan with brown ears and
a brown nose, well, black nose and brown like face.
But no, no, no, no, no, he has brown eyes.
He is in an incredible shade of tan, and his
tail is just the cutest. And he the first time
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we saw him, the first thing he did was at
first his tail was just down because he didn't really
know any of his environment. But then it just curled
up and it was so adorable and I just fell
in love with him.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
It's it's amazing how a dog's tail reveals a lot
about them, right, Yeah, it's really neat.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
It's kind of like the smile. I think.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
I think it's like my dog actually smiles, But I mean,
you know when they're smiling, when their tail is going,
and how higat's going. I think, Yeah, that's pretty cool.
Do you have any other animals or pets at home
as well.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Yeah, we have some fish. One of them is the
most interacting fish I've ever met. His name is Sonny,
and my mom picked him out and he was just
the best choice. And we have a couple more fish.
I think some of them might be I don't know
what they're called, but they're they're amazing.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Okay, so you have a really interactive fish. I mean
that's pretty neat. I mean I think that you sound
very empathic and very connected because I don't know if
some people would actually be able to observe that or
actually even see that. Thanks, So you know, I think
the interesting part about this is that you know, when
we're thinking about, like you just said earlier, you know
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a happy place, and so are you wanting to create
some sort of like wildlife preserve basically that's called the
happy place to protect or have a sanctuary. Can you
tell me more about that concept of the happy place?
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Well, yeah, I am making a wildlife preserve, and the
happy place pretty much is what it says, a happy place,
but I want it to be more than that. I mean,
we all have different happy places, but I really want
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to make mine the happy place of not just me,
but many.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I like that. I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
So a place where so would it be various different
species of animals that come together, wild and domesticated or
how does that look?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Well, it is an enclosed sanctuary, so wildlife will be
prohibited to be entered by humans. But it has a
beautiful connect It will have a beautiful connection of many
northern species, foxes, will coyotes, maybe definitely squirrels. And I
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envision it to be beautiful.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I think that's amazing idea, and I think it's very
it's very helpful because it is hard because nowadays, I
think you know, now with so much building and you know,
so much changing, you know, from people keep moving in
more and more into the rural areas where we're taking
more and more of their habitat. You know, at some
point there has to be places in kind of like
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like you say, happy places or safe zones where these.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Animals can be.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah, thank you so being.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
A change maker. You know, we hear about that. We
hear that word a lot, and it's thrown around quite
a bit, and usually you hear it in you know,
circles of you know, you know, people that are in
their forties talking about being a change maker and how
they want to change the world and do this and that.
What does it mean to you really to be a
(10:17):
change maker?
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Well, I think that being a change maker means that
you care what the effect that you're doing has on others,
and you make sure that you know your place in
the world.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I like that the effect that you have on others.
So let's kind of dive into that a little bit.
So how we I guess, you know, communicate, how we
put ourselves out there, or how we treat other people,
that directly relates, I guess to the effect we have
on others.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
So I think that every thing really just ties up
to the effect we have on others, because there really
is nothing we can do if we can't get along
with everyone around us. I mean, not everyone has to
be your friends in the world, but there is a
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connection between everyone. Not necessarily friend, but.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I agree with that.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Everybody has a connection and everybody's connected, and it is
interesting because it is it is about trying to find
some sort of common ground or to be able to find,
you know, something that we can agree upon and see
the value within that. And I respect that because you're right,
we can't really get anywhere if we you know, can't
communicate or can't at least allow the other person to
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have their opinion or to see their reality. So let
me ask you, do you feel like there's a lot
of change makers today that you know that you look
up to, or you know other change makers that you've
connected with.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Yeah, there are a lot of change makers that I've met.
I know a lot of amazing people that I very
much admire, some my age, some older, some younger, and
I'm impressed by how much it can change.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
This world with me. That's nice.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
So you found some friends and you've unified with some
other people.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Tell me more about your tour.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I know that you've been speaking in different areas and
speaking to groups both both you know, kids but also adults,
and I know that you've been to like DC and
what have you.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Tell me some more about that.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Well, it's true that I have been to a lot
of places that I've never been to during this tour.
But I'm really glad that it gives me the opportunity
to meet new people and see new places, and I
just feel like the luckiest person in the world. After
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the interview or something like that, after I walk out
of it, and I just think that I just feel
like the luckiest person in the world to have that opportunity.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Well, I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
And don't change the channel because when we come back,
Emily and I are going to be talking more about
change making and the importance of empathy.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
And sharing kindness.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
And then also we will be talking about in this
next upcoming segment directly about wolk Tales, the next book
and I love for dedication, which is the book is
dedicated to all the people who give their time, effort,
and resources to keep national and state parks hoping and thriving.
Is a safe space for animals and those who love them.
So stay tuned.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
We have a lot to talk about. Don't change the channel.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Live your true life Perspectives me your host, Ashley Burgers,
will be.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
Back in I'll be back this time. You know it.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
I'll be back this time in two shakes.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Turn it up and jump in the deep end on Perspectives.
Now here's Ashley.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Welcome back live to look at your life perspectives and
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess on today. I've had an
amazing experience already interviewing Omiy and Omily's a ten year
old philanthropist and children's author. I know, I said, a
ten year old philanthropists and children's author. And so right
before the break, we began talking about Wolf Tales, her
second book, and I love the dedication and I read
it earlier, right before the break.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
But this book is dedicated to all the people who give.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Their time, effort, and resources to keep national and state
parks opening, open and thriving as a safe space for
animals and those who love them. Omi love that dedication.
Tell me more about your second book, wolf Tales.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Well, but Wolf Tales is actually my third book, but
it still feels like my second.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Oh no, oh, your third. Okay, I'm sorry. Tell me
more about your third book. Well, here we go a
little out of order, but tell me more about it.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
No, no, that's fine, that's fine. But my third book,
wolf Tales, is kind of continue kind of continuing, kind
of continuing Foxtails, but after fox Tales two, because there's
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a part in Foxtails where the two main characters n
and Hazel come across two wolf pups named Lavin. I mean,
not wolf pups, but the wolf pups that we meet
in Wolf Tales is mother, father, and really the whole pack.
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They have a little squabble, and then in wolf Tales
we finally get to meet the children Lavender and Leaf
in these in from the first book, but in the
end they are very good friends.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
So go, okay, so definitely okay, going back to Foxtails too,
sorry about that.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Okay, so very interesting.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
So this leads into wolf Tales, which is super neat,
and in Foxtails too, okay, that that's kind of more
the backstory before we get into wolf Tales. Okay, and
then more wolf Tales, we're talking about the entire pack.
You would say, yeah, very cool, And did you do
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a lot of the illustrations or I know that you
wrote everything, but did you you know, did you have
someone that was helping you with the illustrations on the book?
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Yeah, I didn't do the illustrations. They were done by
a Bulgarian artist and she's very talented. Her name is
Sevda and she actually, this is the cool part. She
makes her own paints that are eco friendly and it
really is amazing for my whole purpose.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Oh, that's really neat, I mean, because that kind of
brings it forward, you know, and I think that's nice
and so did you know that prior to hiring her?
Was that part of the reason to bring her on
for the illustrations?
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Yeah, very cool.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
And I like your concept of preserving our natural world,
and I think that's very important to you. And that's
what's so neat you know about your books and your
concept is the preservation of that. And did you feel
like you knows as even younger, like and when you
were five or six, was that preservation you know?
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Was that part of you?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
I mean, do you feel like that was definitely like
inside of you that really kind of I guess defined
you or had that direction for you.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
Yeah, definitely. I remember when I was a little kid.
We live actually right next to like we own a
little property in the woods, and we live right next
to it, and so we can't go walking there. There's
a creek not far away from us. And I remember
so at such a little age, like six or younger,
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just pretending I've lived in the woods and throwing snowballs
at trees, trying to make a smiley face out of it,
and I just had so much fun.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
That is awesome, That is really great. I'm glad that
you can remember some of those things.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Too.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
It's so nice to be able to go back to
that and remember those times when we were younger as well,
very very powerful. So when we were trying to be.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Talking more about Omley's books as well as you know,
how do we practice in the the.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
How do we share kindness? All these are very important
on you know, there's no age limit.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
You know, there's no it's too early for somebody, there's
no too late for somebody.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
So stay tuned. We have a lot more to.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Talk about liber True Life Perspectives with your host me,
Ashley Burgers.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Will be back in Are we back this time?
Speaker 4 (19:06):
You know it?
Speaker 5 (19:06):
I'll be back this time in two shakes.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
This is Jake Busey and you're listening to Perspectives with
Ashley Burgess.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Welcome back live to Libertrue Life Perspectives and I'm your host,
Ashley Burgess. Emile the writer of Wolf Tails, Foxtails and
Foxtails two has joined me here live in studio and
liber True Life Perspectives. And right before the break, we
were about to get into the concept of talking about empathy.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Emily, what do you think.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Is the importance of practicing empathy and sharing kindness with
people around you?
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Well, I think that practicing empathy is good for everyone.
It's it's something that we all have to use. It's
empathy is a beautiful way to just to live your life,
having empathy for others, having sharing kindness and things like that.
It's just you have to you have to understand how
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beautiful life is and how many opportunities it gives you
and having empathy for other people.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
It just.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
Feeling good about about about everything, feeling good about how how.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Like feeling good about others? And do you feel like empathy?
Let me so, let me ask you a question. Do
you feel like a lot of times people? Because I
think sometimes it's it might be easier for sometimes people
to be more empathic or more have more empathy for
animals sometimes in humans and then vice versa.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
I feel, yeah, go with that.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Do you feel like people can learn a lot about
empathy or learn how to like kind of instill empathy
within them by seeing the value of animals around them
as well?
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Yeah, just just just seeing the just if you walk
past in the morning, you just walked past the treot
rain last night and there's just a snail, let's say,
just really learn to appreciate how that snail didn't stay
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curled up, but you can see it, and not all
animals you can see, so the ones you can, you
have to appreciate them.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
It was interesting. It was several years ago and I
was heading to the studio. I had to make a stop,
and I got to the store to make a stop
before I went into the radio studio, and there was
a bird that, you know, somebody had actually run over
their foot or something like that in the in the
parking lot, and it was interesting how people were not
doing anything about it. And so I ended up getting
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like I had like this plastic bin in my car
that I would keep, like, you know, in case of
something like I kept like paper towels and stuff like that.
So I took all that out of there, and I,
you know, I reached down, I picked up the bird.
I stuck it in the you know, the little box
with it was open, and I stuck it on my
passenger seat and I drove.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
With it all the way to the studio.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
We did the because I had the live show, I
couldn't miss it, and so I took it with me
and then I brought it to a wildlife sanctuary after
and they you know, they bandaged his little leg, his
foot and everything, and he was able to stay at
the wildlife refuge. But I remember that, and I and
you know, I kind of nicknamed the bird and everything,
and he was in the studio, but I just could
not overlook the fact that the bird needed attending to.
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And so I'm assuming you've probably done some of those
things as well in your life, taking care of animals
or wildlife when you come across them.
Speaker 4 (22:51):
Yeah, yeah, I remember. Actually one of the times I
found it was a very very small, small snail. Again, snail,
gotta bring up the snails all the time. Yeah, I
found a small snail and I don't know how, but
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it must have been like flooding water or something. But
and we have like this road that goes down at
our house down to this little pathway that you can
walk on, and it was like in this little caveway
of rocks, and its shell was like cracked, and so
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I kind of moved the rocks around a little very
gently took it and took it in my hand and
put it on a little plant, obviously like at the
bottom of the plant, so it couldn't be eaten by bird.
That would be a very sad story. But yeah, the
next day I came and it was at the top
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of the tree, and I was happy that it had left.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
I like that, it's it's and I understand it's it's
trying to like help them and save them.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
It's something I do to you.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
It's like, you know, butterflies, whatever, even mosquitoes. I let
them fly out of my house. I try not to
kill them, like you just fly out, You're out, and
I don't even here. But it's interesting and I think also,
let me ask you, so obviously, I have a dog
named Buddy, and I know that you have the pug
bernice mix uh puppy. I mean, I think having a
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dog or even a cat for them at or a
pig at home, really does even I think kind of
connect with you more because I think it brings that
really positive, powerful, like you know, just really great loving
energy into your home.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
I mean, how do you feel about that?
Speaker 4 (24:51):
Yeah? I yeah, I take great interest on how humans
and animals interact. And you know, humans sometimes can get
a little tired of each other, but you can't really
get in fight with a goldfish.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
That's hilarious, that's true.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
I mean, you're right and it's I love the unconditional love,
but we have to give the unconditional love back.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
But you're right. With humans, it's.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Like there could be a little bit interaction where you're like,
I'm tired of this. You know, it can be kind
of challenging, but I think it is really powerful when
you have the interaction with animals.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
I think that it's it's something that's important.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Would you say that you think that it would be
it's a better idea to have animals in the house
than to not to kind of educate children and adults
in that type of situation.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Yeah, I do think it's helpful to have an animal
in the house. I mean it doesn't necessarily have to
like be like a zoo, but just a goldfish or
a puppy or a kitten or a bird or something
like that, or a little lizard to take.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
I agree with you right your day a little.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
I agree with you wholeheartedly. And and you know, Buddy
is here. He's and he's the office studio dog. You know,
he's always here. I call him my office mascot. But
he does make life better. And it's funny because even
when I'm like sometimes I just hold him. You know,
and everybody's smiling when I'm on like you know, FaceTime
calls or something, because he just sits in your lap
and he's looking at everybody on FaceTime.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
So he's always having a good time.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
So let's talk about let's talk a little bit about
how do you connect because you have this awareness and
you have this direction, and I don't think everybody has that.
I think I think that, uh, you know, I think
everybody has it over time, you know, I don't know
if everybody has it when they're super you know, when
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they're young. So how do you connect with other kids
that are kind of your age and inspire them to to,
you know, see the value in animals or to want
to help save the environment type thing? What are the
things that you kind of try to instill within you know,
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kids your own age.
Speaker 4 (27:13):
Well, I try to when someone's feeling sad, I try
to make I try to make them a little happier,
cheer up. I can't I know that inside though, that
I can't really force anyone to change how they feel.
And I want everyone to just love animals so much
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and just want to cuddle with the animal kingdom, but
I can't force that. And so but instead I can
raise awareness about how good animals are to other kids.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Nice, Okay, that's good.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
It's just like because again it goes back to you know,
some some kids are not exposed to animals because mom
or dad or allergic or don't like animals or whatever,
and so the impact of that situation and so you know,
it's like it takes an outside resource, you know, to
get them to see that value because it's not being
taught at home.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Yeah, so what about the power of paying it forward?
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I know that it sounds to me like you are
very connected with giving and helping.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
You know. How how do you see that, you know, as.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Far as you know on a daily basis, with with
even you know obviously other children are other humans or
even with animals.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
Well, I'm very lucky and I see a lot of
kindness going around around me. And when I see that,
I try to spread it. Someone smiles at me or
gives me a high five, and I give someone a
compliment and hopefully they'll pass it on, brighten someone's day
(29:03):
a little.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
It's it's it's passing on the good energy and the
good vibes.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
And I think also.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
To what I hear a lot from you throughout today's
you know conversation is gratitude. It seems like you have
quite a bit of gratitude for life.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Yeah, I would you say that.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
Yeah, I just feel so lucky to have what I
have and do what I do.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
So how long?
Speaker 2 (29:35):
So I know that you so far you've raised y'all
raised money when it comes to selling the book, can
you tell me more about you know, that fundraiser and
where we are so far.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
Well, it isn't going to be cheap to buy land
for animal sanctuary, we know that. But everyone being so
generous with us. And every time you go to market,
we have a fundraising jar and we accept donations and
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sixty percent of the proceeds go to the Happy Place.
And we are also doing things for the Humane Society,
and so we do have a lot on our hands,
but it's in a good way.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
That's really good.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
So there's so so yeah, so more than half of
the proceeds goes to the Happy Place as well as
the Humane Society.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
That is really neat.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
So is that the local Humane Society or the National
Humane Society?
Speaker 4 (30:48):
It's our local one.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
Okay, perfect, that's awesome, Okay, really are there any other
books on the horizon right now for you?
Speaker 4 (30:57):
Yes. I've actually really never told anyone this, but I've
been making this little book lately. I wrote it on
the computer and I just kind of lost it eventually,
but I really like it. And we're writing Shelter Dogs
right now. It's coming soon and it's it's a really
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big goal for us.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
Oh nice, So will that be coming out soon?
Speaker 4 (31:29):
We're hoping.
Speaker 3 (31:30):
So that's very important.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Cause and I think that that needs to be brought
to light as well. You're right, because a lot of
times people just buy a new dog. They don't think
about shelter dogs or the value of other dogs, and
it's kind of sad. Right, So is that what y'all
are trying to bring to light?
Speaker 4 (31:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Very cool, very cool. That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
I mean that's very important, and I think nowadays more
than ever, it's so important because I think trying to
turn it around from this is not a disposable society
is very important, you.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Know, for people and animals and even our elders.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
Yeah, so where do we find I want to ask
you a few questions real quick, because I know that
we're toward the end of this segment, and in our
next segment, we want to really talk about where to
find you in social media.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
But where do we find you?
Speaker 2 (32:19):
Where can we find the book and where can we
find more information about you?
Speaker 4 (32:23):
Well, you can find pretty much everything on my website www.
Dot emileonastasia dot com.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Okay, so everything's there.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
You can find the books, you can find everything there
on the website. Yeah, okay, perfect, we'll put we'll definitely
put that obviously, if you're listening to the radio, you
had to catch up, but if you're listening to the
podcast afterwards, we'll have that in the description as well,
so you can go on and just click on that,
you know. And I think it's interesting too. Like with
your do you feel like your mom has been very
(32:57):
instrumental in kind of helping to you know, kind of
help with the focus and what have you, Because it
sounds like y'all really work together quite well and she.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Can be she's kind of helpful for you as well.
Speaker 4 (33:09):
Yeah, she helps me a lot with everything, and and
I love how much we work together on it and
how she helps me so much with things that would
take me a year that take her two minutes. And
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I just love how much we work together on.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
That's so valuable, and I know that that is instrumental
and success in life. And a lot of a lot
of folks listening to the show right now, you know,
whether you're young or young at heart listening to the show,
some of you had the help and the you know,
and the nurturing of parents, and some of you did not,
and so that can you know, but it's really amazing
when you do have someone that can't help and nurture
(33:56):
the power that that is. And I'm so glad that
you and your mind have such a good connection.
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Yeah, I'm glad too.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
That's amazing. So stay tuned.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
We're gonna be talking to more with Emilee about you know,
just her direction, but also you know, don't miss our
last segment because I'll be asking her her nuggets of wisdom,
some things to share with us, how to how to
help us move forward, how to have you know, a
better life, but also how to even have more gratitude
in our life, since that is so valuable and so
(34:28):
important to have. You know, gratitude is very important. And
I can hear it with an Omily's voice about how
she's so happy and she's so lucky and she feels
so great.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
About her life and that is amazing. And I know
that we all go through.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
Hardships and we all have challenges in our life, but
it is tight to refocus and refocusing that energy and
seeing the value in our life and seeing the value
and the things that we have, and that's what's so powerful.
So stay tuned, don't change the channel. We have a
lot more coming up. Live Your True Life Perspectives with
your host me Astlebergs will be back in I'll be
back this time in two shakes.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
Get in here. You're listening to Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Welcome back live to look at true life perspectives, and
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess. On today, I've been interviewing
Omile Emily is a ten year old philanthropist and Chuldren's author,
and we've been talking about paying it for It. We've
been talking about empathy, you know, helping others, you know,
trying to you know, just connect with other people and
make things happen. And at this time of the show
(35:43):
is the time where I like to talk about the
golden nuggets of wisdom, you know, things that are important
specifically to this change maker. And so you know, Emily,
I was, I was, I was thinking about the concept
of gratitude. You know, how do you how do you
reconnect with gratitude on a daily basis because many of
us deal with problems and issues. You know, life is
(36:05):
not perfect, and so we have to kind of recalibrate
into that. How do we recalibrate into seeing gratitude or
turning gratitude into action?
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Maybe?
Speaker 4 (36:16):
Well, I think that seeing gratitude in both yourself and
others is very important. It's a very important part of
our day because just being happy about what you have
or what others have, that's just it just makes you
(36:38):
happy inside. And just turning it into action, that's that's
when you're grateful for something, and so you put it
to a good use. Like I had. My parents rescued
a shelter dog and I grew to love her very much.
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Training is roxy and so I put it into the
cause of helping our local human society.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
I like that. I like that.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
So, you know, your family adopted a shelter dog and
then it's like you really connected with her, you know,
and then you also saw the value of that, and
then you saw the gratitude in her but then also
went a step further and Okay, I see the gratitude
now I want to pay that forward.
Speaker 3 (37:29):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
That's very important and for everybody else listening, you know,
it's it is about reconnecting with that gratitude, seeing it,
and you know, no matter what's happening in your life,
try to recalibrate as fast as possible, because it can
be a slippery slope when we don't do that. Because
there are things to have gratitude or to be thankful for,
you know, Emily, Let's let's switch and talk about nature,
(37:50):
because it seems to me like you've had this great
ability to be able to connect with nature and have
that and be inspired by that. What is being in
nature really provide for you? Tell me more about the
value of nature.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
I think that nature really provides a calmness and a
joy for me, like like when something is worrying you
or something and you just take a little walk with
your dog and you come back and you feel better.
And I think that it's so important to me because
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of how much I've been exposed to it throughout life.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
I think it's been helpful too, and I think sometimes
I know a lot of folks that are listening to
the show are like, well, I live in the big
city and I don't get around it, but I think
that there's times to be able to you know, whether
it's going to a park or getting out of town
a little bit, or walking around nature.
Speaker 3 (38:46):
You find that as inspiring.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Yeah, do you think that people should do that? I
mean how often do you think, you know, like once
a month or if they're living in the big city,
do you think they should get out and do that?
Speaker 3 (38:57):
You know, what do you think about that? Well?
Speaker 4 (39:01):
I think that really any amount of time, depending on
what you're doing lately, is perfect. And I just love
everything about nature. It doesn't have to be like a
It doesn't have to be something really long or something
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that you can't really make time for. It can be
something that you just have time for. You you have
a need to just step outside and just take a breath.
Speaker 2 (39:36):
I think that's super powerful, amazing and great nuggets of wisdom,
and I hope that this is inspired you know everybody
that's listening.
Speaker 3 (39:44):
Emily, I'm so happy to have you on the show.
Speaker 4 (39:48):
Thank you, it was so good being here.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
Well, I look forward to having you back on.
Speaker 2 (39:53):
I know that this is you have lots of other
books and lots of other things in the work, So
I hope you would come back on the show when
you can.
Speaker 4 (40:00):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (40:01):
Awesome, amazing, so thank you, great interview today, great show,
great conversation. I mean, it's amazing that we have change makers,
and especially when a change maker is as young as
they are. This is powerful and I think that it
gives us not only a very good outlook, but it
also is a very you know, beautiful bright future for
everybody involved. So thank you, Emile, Thank you so much
(40:24):
for your intuition, your your your hot, your happiness, but
also your golden nuggets and wisdom.
Speaker 3 (40:29):
And for everybody out there listening. No, it is all
about gratitude.
Speaker 2 (40:32):
It's about getting into nature, no matter where you are,
no matter if you are living in the city, take
a little bit of time, get out there, you know,
walk in the park. If you do live another you know,
around nature, spend time with it.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
Be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome back Live to Live Your Two Life Perspectives, and
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess. On today's show, I have
the ability to interview an amazing change maker. She's a
ten year old philanthropist, a children's author, and you don't
really come across that that often, especially when you're ten
years old. Emily Anastasia is joining me live in studio
(00:35):
today and we're gonna be talking about creating the next
generation of change makers. We're gonna be talking about her
three amazing books and what she wants to create in
our world today. And I think it's amazing when you
have a desire to make change, a desired to correct things,
a desire to make things right. And Omily has that desire. Emily,
(00:56):
I'm so happy to have you here Live on Live
your True Life Perspectives.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
You doing today, well.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Thank you so much for having me, and I'm doing great.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
It was amazing receiving your three books, woolf Tails, Foxtails
and Foxtails too.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Emily.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
What are who, I guess exactly are your muses to
write these amazing children's books.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Well, I think that the full, the full kind of
grab of these books that I kind of found just
in the world was when I realized how beautiful and
truly gentle nature can be in different in so many
(01:44):
different ways, and I just love every way about it.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Nature is beautiful and it is amazing when you're able
to participate.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
In it and see that.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
And you, you and your family live in a very
beautiful place.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right where exactly do you live?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, we live in northern Michigan, in the small town Potoski.
It's really awesome here. It's actually snowing right now, but
it's great.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
And there's a lot of wildlife there. And so probably
when you walk outside of your house, do you see
wildlife or do you see wolfs or other types of
animals walking around?
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, there are bunnies and squirrels, many, many, many squirrels.
And sometimes at night we can catch the glimpse of
a little fox just running through our yard.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Okay, so you see that on a constant basis, And
I'm assuming over time, you know, throughout your life, were
you automatically just in love with animals or has that
you know, changed or or become more over time or
were you just fascinated with animals at a very young age.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Well, I've always loved animals, but I think as I
grew with just my love for them just became so
much bigger over time.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And so when you look at these animals or you
interact with nature, so do you have the desire to
kind of help them or save them? Tell me a
little bit more about your mission when it comes to
animals and wildlife.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Well, when I see wildlife, I just try to notice
every wonderful bit of it. And my goal is to
save the natural, but the natural parts of earth, and
to keep these ecosystems thriving and a happy place. And
(03:44):
so I have seen a lot of animals in my life,
and I'm just so grateful that I have the opportunity
to step outside and see two chipmunks fighting over a
(04:06):
nut or something, or a fox just walking through looking
for a field mouse.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
That's neat, And it's neat that you're able to see
that and to experience that, you know, is so the
first book was that Wolf Tales that you created.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
No, my first book was Foxtails.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Foxtails okay, and when did you start When did you
start writing Foxtails?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I was eight years old when I wrote it, and
the first copy was actually my ninth birthday present.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Wow, that's amazing and I love that. The greatest friendship
in the Forest, I love that, and so I love
your writing The Fox's Friendship. Tell me a little bit
more about that.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Well, it's just all about how nature crosses its path
with other types of nature all the time, and no
matter how different the species or plants or really anything,
as over time, they kind of stick together.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
That's neat.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
That is valuable. That's a great observation, and it's very true.
It's interesting how nature and animals seem to work together
sometimes a lot more than we see humans interact or
work together.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Interesting, and I love I love the illustrations in the book.
And this is like and this is a high level
read too.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
That's another thing that I find very very interesting of
this book is that this is definitely a high level read.
And I love the silliness of the puppy too. Is
is that do you have a puppy? Do you have
a dog at home?
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Do we?
Speaker 4 (05:49):
Oh? He's he will be more of a puppy than.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Ten And tell me more about him.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Oh, well, His name is Prince and he is a
mix between a pug and a Bernese mountain dog.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Wow. Okay, yeah, that's.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Like the littlest preon Earth and the biggest breed on earth.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Wow, I've never met one of I've never met one before.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
So tell me more about his uh, you know his
kind of vibe or you know his personality.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Well, most pugs are like tan with brown ears and
a brown nose, well, black nose and brown like face.
But no, no, no, no, no, he has brown eyes.
He is in an incredible shade of tan, and his
tail is just the cutest. And he the first time
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we saw him, the first thing he did was at
first his tail was just down because he didn't really
know any of his environment. But then it just curled
up and it was so adorable and I just fell
in love with him.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
It's it's amazing how a dog's tail reveals a lot
about them, right, Yeah, it's really neat.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
It's kind of like the smile. I think.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
I think it's like my dog actually smiles, But I mean,
you know when they're smiling, when their tail is going,
and how higat's going. I think, Yeah, that's pretty cool.
Do you have any other animals or pets at home
as well.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Yeah, we have some fish. One of them is the
most interacting fish I've ever met. His name is Sonny,
and my mom picked him out and he was just
the best choice. And we have a couple more fish.
I think some of them might be I don't know
what they're called, but they're they're amazing.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Okay, so you have a really interactive fish. I mean
that's pretty neat. I mean I think that you sound
very empathic and very connected because I don't know if
some people would actually be able to observe that or
actually even see that. Thanks, So you know, I think
the interesting part about this is that you know, when
we're thinking about, like you just said earlier, you know
(07:58):
a happy place, and so are you wanting to create
some sort of like wildlife preserve basically that's called the
happy place to protect or have a sanctuary. Can you
tell me more about that concept of the happy place?
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Well, yeah, I am making a wildlife preserve, and the
happy place pretty much is what it says, a happy place,
but I want it to be more than that. I mean,
we all have different happy places, but I really want
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to make mine the happy place of not just me,
but many.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
I like that. I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
So a place where so would it be various different
species of animals that come together, wild and domesticated or
how does that look?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Well, it is an enclosed sanctuary, so wildlife will be
prohibited to be entered by humans. But it has a
beautiful connect It will have a beautiful connection of many
northern species, foxes, will coyotes, maybe definitely squirrels. And I
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envision it to be beautiful.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I think that's amazing idea, and I think it's very
it's very helpful because it is hard because nowadays, I
think you know, now with so much building and you know,
so much changing, you know, from people keep moving in
more and more into the rural areas where we're taking
more and more of their habitat. You know, at some
point there has to be places in kind of like
(09:48):
like you say, happy places or safe zones where these.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Animals can be.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah, thank you so being.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
A change maker. You know, we hear about that. We
hear that word a lot, and it's thrown around quite
a bit, and usually you hear it in you know,
circles of you know, you know, people that are in
their forties talking about being a change maker and how
they want to change the world and do this and that.
What does it mean to you really to be a
(10:17):
change maker?
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Well, I think that being a change maker means that
you care what the effect that you're doing has on others,
and you make sure that you know your place in
the world.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I like that the effect that you have on others.
So let's kind of dive into that a little bit.
So how we I guess, you know, communicate, how we
put ourselves out there, or how we treat other people,
that directly relates, I guess to the effect we have
on others.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
So I think that every thing really just ties up
to the effect we have on others, because there really
is nothing we can do if we can't get along
with everyone around us. I mean, not everyone has to
be your friends in the world, but there is a
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connection between everyone. Not necessarily friend, but.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I agree with that.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Everybody has a connection and everybody's connected, and it is
interesting because it is it is about trying to find
some sort of common ground or to be able to find,
you know, something that we can agree upon and see
the value within that. And I respect that because you're right,
we can't really get anywhere if we you know, can't
communicate or can't at least allow the other person to
(11:48):
have their opinion or to see their reality. So let
me ask you, do you feel like there's a lot
of change makers today that you know that you look
up to, or you know other change makers that you've
connected with.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Yeah, there are a lot of change makers that I've met.
I know a lot of amazing people that I very
much admire, some my age, some older, some younger, and
I'm impressed by how much it can change.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
This world with me. That's nice.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
So you found some friends and you've unified with some
other people.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Tell me more about your tour.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I know that you've been speaking in different areas and
speaking to groups both both you know, kids but also adults,
and I know that you've been to like DC and
what have you.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Tell me some more about that.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Well, it's true that I have been to a lot
of places that I've never been to during this tour.
But I'm really glad that it gives me the opportunity
to meet new people and see new places, and I
just feel like the luckiest person in the world. After
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the interview or something like that, after I walk out
of it, and I just think that I just feel
like the luckiest person in the world to have that opportunity.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Well, I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
And don't change the channel because when we come back,
Emily and I are going to be talking more about
change making and the importance of empathy.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
And sharing kindness.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
And then also we will be talking about in this
next upcoming segment directly about wolk Tales, the next book
and I love for dedication, which is the book is
dedicated to all the people who give their time, effort,
and resources to keep national and state parks hoping and thriving.
Is a safe space for animals and those who love them.
So stay tuned.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
We have a lot to talk about. Don't change the channel.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Live your true life Perspectives me your host, Ashley Burgers,
will be.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
Back in I'll be back this time. You know it.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
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Speaker 1 (14:20):
Turn it up and jump in the deep end on Perspectives.
Now here's Ashley.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Welcome back live to look at your life perspectives and
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess on today. I've had an
amazing experience already interviewing Omiy and Omily's a ten year
old philanthropist and children's author. I know, I said, a
ten year old philanthropists and children's author. And so right
before the break, we began talking about Wolf Tales, her
second book, and I love the dedication and I read
it earlier, right before the break.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
But this book is dedicated to all the people who give.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Their time, effort, and resources to keep national and state
parks opening, open and thriving as a safe space for
animals and those who love them. Omi love that dedication.
Tell me more about your second book, wolf Tales.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Well, but Wolf Tales is actually my third book, but
it still feels like my second.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Oh no, oh, your third. Okay, I'm sorry. Tell me
more about your third book. Well, here we go a
little out of order, but tell me more about it.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
No, no, that's fine, that's fine. But my third book,
wolf Tales, is kind of continue kind of continuing, kind
of continuing Foxtails, but after fox Tales two, because there's
(15:42):
a part in Foxtails where the two main characters n
and Hazel come across two wolf pups named Lavin. I mean,
not wolf pups, but the wolf pups that we meet
in Wolf Tales is mother, father, and really the whole pack.
(16:03):
They have a little squabble, and then in wolf Tales
we finally get to meet the children Lavender and Leaf
in these in from the first book, but in the
end they are very good friends.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
So go, okay, so definitely okay, going back to Foxtails too,
sorry about that.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Okay, so very interesting.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
So this leads into wolf Tales, which is super neat,
and in Foxtails too, okay, that that's kind of more
the backstory before we get into wolf Tales. Okay, and
then more wolf Tales, we're talking about the entire pack.
You would say, yeah, very cool, And did you do
(16:46):
a lot of the illustrations or I know that you
wrote everything, but did you you know, did you have
someone that was helping you with the illustrations on the book?
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Yeah, I didn't do the illustrations. They were done by
a Bulgarian artist and she's very talented. Her name is
Sevda and she actually, this is the cool part. She
makes her own paints that are eco friendly and it
really is amazing for my whole purpose.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Oh, that's really neat, I mean, because that kind of
brings it forward, you know, and I think that's nice
and so did you know that prior to hiring her?
Was that part of the reason to bring her on
for the illustrations?
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Yeah, very cool.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
And I like your concept of preserving our natural world,
and I think that's very important to you. And that's
what's so neat you know about your books and your
concept is the preservation of that. And did you feel
like you knows as even younger, like and when you
were five or six, was that preservation you know?
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Was that part of you?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
I mean, do you feel like that was definitely like
inside of you that really kind of I guess defined
you or had that direction for you.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
Yeah, definitely. I remember when I was a little kid.
We live actually right next to like we own a
little property in the woods, and we live right next
to it, and so we can't go walking there. There's
a creek not far away from us. And I remember
so at such a little age, like six or younger,
(18:20):
just pretending I've lived in the woods and throwing snowballs
at trees, trying to make a smiley face out of it,
and I just had so much fun.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
That is awesome, That is really great. I'm glad that
you can remember some of those things.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Too.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
It's so nice to be able to go back to
that and remember those times when we were younger as well,
very very powerful. So when we were trying to be.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
Talking more about Omley's books as well as you know,
how do we practice in the the.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
How do we share kindness? All these are very important
on you know, there's no age limit.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
You know, there's no it's too early for somebody, there's
no too late for somebody.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
So stay tuned. We have a lot more to.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Talk about liber True Life Perspectives with your host me,
Ashley Burgers.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Will be back in Are we back this time?
Speaker 4 (19:06):
You know it?
Speaker 5 (19:06):
I'll be back this time in two shakes.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
This is Jake Busey and you're listening to Perspectives with
Ashley Burgess.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Welcome back live to Libertrue Life Perspectives and I'm your host,
Ashley Burgess. Emile the writer of Wolf Tails, Foxtails and
Foxtails two has joined me here live in studio and
liber True Life Perspectives. And right before the break, we
were about to get into the concept of talking about empathy.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Emily, what do you think.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Is the importance of practicing empathy and sharing kindness with
people around you?
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Well, I think that practicing empathy is good for everyone.
It's it's something that we all have to use. It's
empathy is a beautiful way to just to live your life,
having empathy for others, having sharing kindness and things like that.
It's just you have to you have to understand how
(20:20):
beautiful life is and how many opportunities it gives you
and having empathy for other people.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
It just.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
Feeling good about about about everything, feeling good about how how.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Like feeling good about others? And do you feel like empathy?
Let me so, let me ask you a question. Do
you feel like a lot of times people? Because I
think sometimes it's it might be easier for sometimes people
to be more empathic or more have more empathy for
animals sometimes in humans and then vice versa.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
I feel, yeah, go with that.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Do you feel like people can learn a lot about
empathy or learn how to like kind of instill empathy
within them by seeing the value of animals around them
as well?
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Yeah, just just just seeing the just if you walk
past in the morning, you just walked past the treot
rain last night and there's just a snail, let's say,
just really learn to appreciate how that snail didn't stay
(21:34):
curled up, but you can see it, and not all
animals you can see, so the ones you can, you
have to appreciate them.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
It was interesting. It was several years ago and I
was heading to the studio. I had to make a stop,
and I got to the store to make a stop
before I went into the radio studio, and there was
a bird that, you know, somebody had actually run over
their foot or something like that in the in the
parking lot, and it was interesting how people were not
doing anything about it. And so I ended up getting
(22:03):
like I had like this plastic bin in my car
that I would keep, like, you know, in case of
something like I kept like paper towels and stuff like that.
So I took all that out of there, and I,
you know, I reached down, I picked up the bird.
I stuck it in the you know, the little box
with it was open, and I stuck it on my
passenger seat and I drove.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
With it all the way to the studio.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
We did the because I had the live show, I
couldn't miss it, and so I took it with me
and then I brought it to a wildlife sanctuary after
and they you know, they bandaged his little leg, his
foot and everything, and he was able to stay at
the wildlife refuge. But I remember that, and I and
you know, I kind of nicknamed the bird and everything,
and he was in the studio, but I just could
not overlook the fact that the bird needed attending to.
(22:42):
And so I'm assuming you've probably done some of those
things as well in your life, taking care of animals
or wildlife when you come across them.
Speaker 4 (22:51):
Yeah, yeah, I remember. Actually one of the times I
found it was a very very small, small snail. Again, snail,
gotta bring up the snails all the time. Yeah, I
found a small snail and I don't know how, but
(23:15):
it must have been like flooding water or something. But
and we have like this road that goes down at
our house down to this little pathway that you can
walk on, and it was like in this little caveway
of rocks, and its shell was like cracked, and so
(23:39):
I kind of moved the rocks around a little very
gently took it and took it in my hand and
put it on a little plant, obviously like at the
bottom of the plant, so it couldn't be eaten by bird.
That would be a very sad story. But yeah, the
next day I came and it was at the top
(24:00):
of the tree, and I was happy that it had left.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
I like that, it's it's and I understand it's it's
trying to like help them and save them.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
It's something I do to you.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
It's like, you know, butterflies, whatever, even mosquitoes. I let
them fly out of my house. I try not to
kill them, like you just fly out, You're out, and
I don't even here. But it's interesting and I think also,
let me ask you, so obviously, I have a dog
named Buddy, and I know that you have the pug
bernice mix uh puppy. I mean, I think having a
(24:32):
dog or even a cat for them at or a
pig at home, really does even I think kind of
connect with you more because I think it brings that
really positive, powerful, like you know, just really great loving
energy into your home.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
I mean, how do you feel about that?
Speaker 4 (24:51):
Yeah? I yeah, I take great interest on how humans
and animals interact. And you know, humans sometimes can get
a little tired of each other, but you can't really
get in fight with a goldfish.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
That's hilarious, that's true.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
I mean, you're right and it's I love the unconditional love,
but we have to give the unconditional love back.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
But you're right. With humans, it's.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Like there could be a little bit interaction where you're like,
I'm tired of this. You know, it can be kind
of challenging, but I think it is really powerful when
you have the interaction with animals.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
I think that it's it's something that's important.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Would you say that you think that it would be
it's a better idea to have animals in the house
than to not to kind of educate children and adults
in that type of situation.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Yeah, I do think it's helpful to have an animal
in the house. I mean it doesn't necessarily have to
like be like a zoo, but just a goldfish or
a puppy or a kitten or a bird or something
like that, or a little lizard to take.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
I agree with you right your day a little.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
I agree with you wholeheartedly. And and you know, Buddy
is here. He's and he's the office studio dog. You know,
he's always here. I call him my office mascot. But
he does make life better. And it's funny because even
when I'm like sometimes I just hold him. You know,
and everybody's smiling when I'm on like you know, FaceTime
calls or something, because he just sits in your lap
and he's looking at everybody on FaceTime.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
So he's always having a good time.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
So let's talk about let's talk a little bit about
how do you connect because you have this awareness and
you have this direction, and I don't think everybody has that.
I think I think that, uh, you know, I think
everybody has it over time, you know, I don't know
if everybody has it when they're super you know, when
(26:47):
they're young. So how do you connect with other kids
that are kind of your age and inspire them to to,
you know, see the value in animals or to want
to help save the environment type thing? What are the
things that you kind of try to instill within you know,
(27:10):
kids your own age.
Speaker 4 (27:13):
Well, I try to when someone's feeling sad, I try
to make I try to make them a little happier,
cheer up. I can't I know that inside though, that
I can't really force anyone to change how they feel.
And I want everyone to just love animals so much
(27:36):
and just want to cuddle with the animal kingdom, but
I can't force that. And so but instead I can
raise awareness about how good animals are to other kids.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Nice, Okay, that's good.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
It's just like because again it goes back to you know,
some some kids are not exposed to animals because mom
or dad or allergic or don't like animals or whatever,
and so the impact of that situation and so you know,
it's like it takes an outside resource, you know, to
get them to see that value because it's not being
taught at home.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Yeah, so what about the power of paying it forward?
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I know that it sounds to me like you are
very connected with giving and helping.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
You know. How how do you see that, you know, as.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Far as you know on a daily basis, with with
even you know obviously other children are other humans or
even with animals.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
Well, I'm very lucky and I see a lot of
kindness going around around me. And when I see that,
I try to spread it. Someone smiles at me or
gives me a high five, and I give someone a
compliment and hopefully they'll pass it on, brighten someone's day
(29:03):
a little.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
It's it's it's passing on the good energy and the
good vibes.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
And I think also.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
To what I hear a lot from you throughout today's
you know conversation is gratitude. It seems like you have
quite a bit of gratitude for life.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Yeah, I would you say that.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
Yeah, I just feel so lucky to have what I
have and do what I do.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
So how long?
Speaker 2 (29:35):
So I know that you so far you've raised y'all
raised money when it comes to selling the book, can
you tell me more about you know, that fundraiser and
where we are so far.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
Well, it isn't going to be cheap to buy land
for animal sanctuary, we know that. But everyone being so
generous with us. And every time you go to market,
we have a fundraising jar and we accept donations and
(30:11):
sixty percent of the proceeds go to the Happy Place.
And we are also doing things for the Humane Society,
and so we do have a lot on our hands,
but it's in a good way.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
That's really good.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
So there's so so yeah, so more than half of
the proceeds goes to the Happy Place as well as
the Humane Society.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
That is really neat.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
So is that the local Humane Society or the National
Humane Society?
Speaker 4 (30:48):
It's our local one.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
Okay, perfect, that's awesome, Okay, really are there any other
books on the horizon right now for you?
Speaker 4 (30:57):
Yes. I've actually really never told anyone this, but I've
been making this little book lately. I wrote it on
the computer and I just kind of lost it eventually,
but I really like it. And we're writing Shelter Dogs
right now. It's coming soon and it's it's a really
(31:23):
big goal for us.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
Oh nice, So will that be coming out soon?
Speaker 4 (31:29):
We're hoping.
Speaker 3 (31:30):
So that's very important.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Cause and I think that that needs to be brought
to light as well. You're right, because a lot of
times people just buy a new dog. They don't think
about shelter dogs or the value of other dogs, and
it's kind of sad. Right, So is that what y'all
are trying to bring to light?
Speaker 4 (31:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Very cool, very cool. That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
I mean that's very important, and I think nowadays more
than ever, it's so important because I think trying to
turn it around from this is not a disposable society
is very important, you.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Know, for people and animals and even our elders.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
Yeah, so where do we find I want to ask
you a few questions real quick, because I know that
we're toward the end of this segment, and in our
next segment, we want to really talk about where to
find you in social media.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
But where do we find you?
Speaker 2 (32:19):
Where can we find the book and where can we
find more information about you?
Speaker 4 (32:23):
Well, you can find pretty much everything on my website www.
Dot emileonastasia dot com.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Okay, so everything's there.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
You can find the books, you can find everything there
on the website. Yeah, okay, perfect, we'll put we'll definitely
put that obviously, if you're listening to the radio, you
had to catch up, but if you're listening to the
podcast afterwards, we'll have that in the description as well,
so you can go on and just click on that,
you know. And I think it's interesting too. Like with
your do you feel like your mom has been very
(32:57):
instrumental in kind of helping to you know, kind of
help with the focus and what have you, Because it
sounds like y'all really work together quite well and she.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Can be she's kind of helpful for you as well.
Speaker 4 (33:09):
Yeah, she helps me a lot with everything, and and
I love how much we work together on it and
how she helps me so much with things that would
take me a year that take her two minutes. And
(33:31):
I just love how much we work together on.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
That's so valuable, and I know that that is instrumental
and success in life. And a lot of a lot
of folks listening to the show right now, you know,
whether you're young or young at heart listening to the show,
some of you had the help and the you know,
and the nurturing of parents, and some of you did not,
and so that can you know, but it's really amazing
when you do have someone that can't help and nurture
(33:56):
the power that that is. And I'm so glad that
you and your mind have such a good connection.
Speaker 4 (34:03):
Yeah, I'm glad too.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
That's amazing. So stay tuned.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
We're gonna be talking to more with Emilee about you know,
just her direction, but also you know, don't miss our
last segment because I'll be asking her her nuggets of wisdom,
some things to share with us, how to how to
help us move forward, how to have you know, a
better life, but also how to even have more gratitude
in our life, since that is so valuable and so
(34:28):
important to have. You know, gratitude is very important. And
I can hear it with an Omily's voice about how
she's so happy and she's so lucky and she feels
so great.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
About her life and that is amazing. And I know
that we all go through.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
Hardships and we all have challenges in our life, but
it is tight to refocus and refocusing that energy and
seeing the value in our life and seeing the value
and the things that we have, and that's what's so powerful.
So stay tuned, don't change the channel. We have a
lot more coming up. Live Your True Life Perspectives with
your host me Astlebergs will be back in I'll be
back this time in two shakes.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
Get in here. You're listening to Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
Welcome back live to look at true life perspectives, and
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess. On today, I've been interviewing
Omile Emily is a ten year old philanthropist and Chuldren's author,
and we've been talking about paying it for It. We've
been talking about empathy, you know, helping others, you know,
trying to you know, just connect with other people and
make things happen. And at this time of the show
(35:43):
is the time where I like to talk about the
golden nuggets of wisdom, you know, things that are important
specifically to this change maker. And so you know, Emily,
I was, I was, I was thinking about the concept
of gratitude. You know, how do you how do you
reconnect with gratitude on a daily basis because many of
us deal with problems and issues. You know, life is
(36:05):
not perfect, and so we have to kind of recalibrate
into that. How do we recalibrate into seeing gratitude or
turning gratitude into action?
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Maybe?
Speaker 4 (36:16):
Well, I think that seeing gratitude in both yourself and
others is very important. It's a very important part of
our day because just being happy about what you have
or what others have, that's just it just makes you
(36:38):
happy inside. And just turning it into action, that's that's
when you're grateful for something, and so you put it
to a good use. Like I had. My parents rescued
a shelter dog and I grew to love her very much.
(36:58):
Training is roxy and so I put it into the
cause of helping our local human society.
Speaker 3 (37:09):
I like that. I like that.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
So, you know, your family adopted a shelter dog and
then it's like you really connected with her, you know,
and then you also saw the value of that, and
then you saw the gratitude in her but then also
went a step further and Okay, I see the gratitude
now I want to pay that forward.
Speaker 3 (37:29):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
That's very important and for everybody else listening, you know,
it's it is about reconnecting with that gratitude, seeing it,
and you know, no matter what's happening in your life,
try to recalibrate as fast as possible, because it can
be a slippery slope when we don't do that. Because
there are things to have gratitude or to be thankful for,
you know, Emily, Let's let's switch and talk about nature,
(37:50):
because it seems to me like you've had this great
ability to be able to connect with nature and have
that and be inspired by that. What is being in
nature really provide for you? Tell me more about the
value of nature.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
I think that nature really provides a calmness and a
joy for me, like like when something is worrying you
or something and you just take a little walk with
your dog and you come back and you feel better.
And I think that it's so important to me because
(38:25):
of how much I've been exposed to it throughout life.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
I think it's been helpful too, and I think sometimes
I know a lot of folks that are listening to
the show are like, well, I live in the big
city and I don't get around it, but I think
that there's times to be able to you know, whether
it's going to a park or getting out of town
a little bit, or walking around nature.
Speaker 3 (38:46):
You find that as inspiring.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Yeah, do you think that people should do that? I
mean how often do you think, you know, like once
a month or if they're living in the big city,
do you think they should get out and do that?
Speaker 3 (38:57):
You know, what do you think about that? Well?
Speaker 4 (39:01):
I think that really any amount of time, depending on
what you're doing lately, is perfect. And I just love
everything about nature. It doesn't have to be like a
It doesn't have to be something really long or something
(39:22):
that you can't really make time for. It can be
something that you just have time for. You you have
a need to just step outside and just take a breath.
Speaker 2 (39:36):
I think that's super powerful, amazing and great nuggets of wisdom,
and I hope that this is inspired you know everybody
that's listening.
Speaker 3 (39:44):
Emily, I'm so happy to have you on the show.
Speaker 4 (39:48):
Thank you, it was so good being here.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
Well, I look forward to having you back on.
Speaker 2 (39:53):
I know that this is you have lots of other
books and lots of other things in the work, So
I hope you would come back on the show when
you can.
Speaker 4 (40:00):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (40:01):
Awesome, amazing, so thank you, great interview today, great show,
great conversation. I mean, it's amazing that we have change makers,
and especially when a change maker is as young as
they are. This is powerful and I think that it
gives us not only a very good outlook, but it
also is a very you know, beautiful bright future for
everybody involved. So thank you, Emile, Thank you so much
(40:24):
for your intuition, your your your hot, your happiness, but
also your golden nuggets and wisdom.
Speaker 3 (40:29):
And for everybody out there listening. No, it is all
about gratitude.
Speaker 2 (40:32):
It's about getting into nature, no matter where you are,
no matter if you are living in the city, take
a little bit of time, get out there, you know,
walk in the park. If you do live another you know,
around nature, spend time with it.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
Be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
See that, you know, recognize that value because that is
so powerful and so life changing. If you know the
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Speaker 2 (41:03):
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