The Elijah Winfrey Show

Elijah gets you caught up on his past week and answers your email questions.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
You're listening to The Elijah Winfrey Show, a space for inspiration, impact,
and community connection. Each week, Elijah shares the latest on
his work in the community, answers listener questions, and reflects
on the week that was, from acts of kindness to
real conversations that matter. This is where purpose meets positivity.

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Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Here's your host,
Elijah Winfrey.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hello, folks, and welcome to the Elijah Winfrey Show. I
am indeed your host, Elijah Winfrey. It is a beautiful
day in the Pacific Northwest, or beautiful morning. It's going
to be a pretty hot day, so those of you
in the area make sure that you're hydrating, taking precaution,

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doing all the things necessary to make sure you stake
as cool as possible. It is beautiful, nonetheless, a beautiful
time of year here, and I love taking morning walks
to kind of get my day started in the summertime,
definitely before it gets too warm. Great show today for you, folks.

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We're gonna answer your listener questions you you sent them
in for the past a few weeks now, and my producer,
my producer and I picked out some good questions this
week shout out my producer, Greg Nice, who always puts
the show in positions to succeed. I wouldn't be as

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successful as I am without him making sure the show
that may making sure the show is listened to around
the world. I can't talk this morning for some reason.
I got to get it together. My past week, let's
jump into that was pretty It was pretty slow. I

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will say that it's pretty slow. I got some work
done pertaining to my nonprofit, and I did a little
bit of writing. I've kind of I've kind of taken
a bit of a pause on writing my on finishing
my latest book, children's book. I am really taking the

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summer to really focus on me and making sure that
I'm in a good place mentally and physically. I've had
some starting stops, you know, from a workout standpoint, but
you know, I'm feeling decent, and you know, I'm really
trying to sit back and really enjoy summer. You know,

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at the beginning it was pretty busy, pretty chaotic, and
now you know, I'm having a chance to reset and
refocus and I'm really trying to enjoy it. I am
working on a few little things. You know, we're still
feeding families in the community, you know, so I'm always

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you know, busy doing that. But as far as big things,
you know, big ideas and big goals, I've kind of
tabled that for the time being, just to make sure
that I'm focusing on myself and on my family and
catching up with friends. You know, I get so busy.

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We all do. We get so busy, we get bogged
down with work that we tend to forget about, you know, friends,
and sometimes you know, as you interact with your family,
you realize you're two ships, you know. And I've definitely
realized that and needed to put some things aside, and
I've done that. So this past week was slow. I

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was able to get out and do some walks with
with with the missus and and we went to see
Trevor Noah a couple of days ago, and that was fantastic.
Trevor Noah is just He's a funny guy, very relevant,
very honest about where we are in the world. And

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and uh, it was good too to be in attendance
and listen to him, you know, tell a few jokes
and tell tell a few truths as well as well.
So that was fun. You know, I'm going to do
a few walks with a couple of friends here this week,

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which I'm excited about, you know, catching up on what
they're doing this summer. So that's gonna be fun, you know,
and I encourage everybody to do that, you know, kind of.
If you can't, right, it's easier said than done. But
if you can, it is important to carve out that
time for yourself, right, reset, refocus, recharge, enjoy the sunshine,

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but reflect on your journey that's far and that's what
I did this past week. Family's doing really well, you know.
The missus is working hard, you know, but we have
taken some time to reconnect, if you will, not to
say there was a disconnection, but you know we're able
to kind of hang out and laugh and catch up

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on some things and some ideas. Our kiddo is doing
really well. He's enjoying summer as he's getting ready for
high school, something that I'm still trying to wrap my
head around. Gods take real up fast. But all in all,
you know, I really can't complain. I have allowed to

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be thankful and grateful for and I try to really
appreciate where I am in my life and celebrate the
good things. So that's it for the week for me.
I am going to be heading down to the capital

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here to talk with legislators about education and maybe some
other things immigration, you know, maybe you know I'm working
on some things in that department. So I'm excited about that.
That is something that has been on the table for
a while, and I'm going to see that come to

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fruition here in the next couple of weeks, and I'm
excited about that. I am also excited about these questions.
So let's let's jump into the show today. Each week
when we're here, we tell you to sentence your questions.
No question is off limits as long as it's not
out of bounds. You all always seem to knock it

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out of the park, and this week is no different.
And we're gonna get started with the first question. It's
from Tanya in Tacoma. She writes, High Elijah, this is
Tanya from Tacoma. What inspired you to write Little Eccelebrates
June teenth? And how do you explain the importance of
Juneteenth the young children. It's a great question, Tanya. I

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My inspiration just comes from my experiences and having the
courage to to write a children's book about June teen.
You know, I've said this before. When I was growing up,
we didn't we didn't talk about June teenth, not in school.

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We didn't really talk about it in the neighborhoods either.
From being honest, we didn't. You know, you you have
to you have to, you know, dig deep into history
sometimes to to find out things that were maybe being
kept from you. They didn't want you to learn that

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or uh, people just didn't know. They didn't really educate
themselves well enough to know about it. And so I
I like to dig and and uh and watch a
lot of the history. I really try to study as
much as I can. I do not know everything, you know,

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let me start by saying that, but I love studying
history past and present. So I think my inspiration is
just my childhood and the things that I think about
on a daily basis, you know, regarding that and Mike

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growing up, what was what was taught to me, what
was said to me, and how I had to unlearn
and relearn some things, as far as how the importance
explaining it to young children. Look, I think you know
what I always try to do is I try to
lay the foundation for kids, and I try to encourage

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them to do the homework, to ask the questions to
their parents, and to go to their public library and
read up on the history of Juneteenth and other things
pertaining to history. But I just think it's important that
we talk about and we celebrate these days. You know,

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the more I thought about Juneteenth and the significance of it,
you know, I tried my best to put myself in
the shoes of those folks that were not free, where
they were free, but they didn't know it. I mean,
you think about that, that's a lot. So I try

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to relay that to the kids as they're thinking back,
as I'm thinking back, you know, the importance of if
you can placing yourself in that situation and how would
you feel, what would you do? Where would you go?

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So I think Juneteenth will continue to be an important
day moving forward. I love all the celebrations and the
activities that go along with it, and I encourage all
of you to continue to get involved and stay involved
in June teenth. Next question is from Marcus in Atlanta.

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He writes, high Elijah, how can someone like me new
to community service start making a difference in their neighborhood
without a big platform? Or budget. Great question mark is
you don't shout out to the atl by the way
too get they got the Major League Baseball All Star

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Game today. I'm gonna be watching you, don't. You don't
need a big platform. You don't. You don't need a
big budget to make a difference. You just need to
show up and use your voice. You don't have to
scream it. You know, sometimes it's okay to scream it,

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but you don't have to scream it. And it starts
with the little things. I think sometimes we get we
get caught up in a lot of the big things
that these these wealthy and big celebrities do that we
think that we have to start there. We do not
start small and let it grow, let it build. If

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you do that, great things will happen. But you don't
need a big budget. You don't need a huge platform
to make a difference in your community. So I would
encourage you to get after it. Have the confidence to

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fail because you won't reach everybody, right, but if you
happen to reach one person and you're doing your job,
and that's where we start. Next question is from Olivia
in Seattle. Olivia Rights Elijah, you've mentioned burnout before what

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are your go to tools or habits to stay grounded
when life gets overwhelming? Ooh, great question, So Olivia, I'm
still working on this part. I'm not like I'm not
very good at it. I'm decent. I experienced a little
bit of burnout, and I talked about this on last

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week's show in late May. You know, my go to
tools are taking a walk, working out, hitting some golf
shots at the driving range. You know, I try to
keep I try to keep the main thing, the main

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thing right, and I've been pretty good listening to my
body except for a couple of months ago. But I
think as long as you know the go, as long
as you can feel the signs you you, you have
those habits right for you. I don't know what it be.

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Maybe you like to read, you know, you you invest
in that. You know, I'm in a book club that
helps me to stay grounded with with not having the
burnout face hit me so hard. But you know, I
really think it's important that we have these habits and
these tools in place, you know, because I've gotten to

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a point where it was really really bad, and you know,
I can I can burn the candle at both ends
and I don't. I don't encourage anybody to do that.
I know we're all chasing dreams and goals, but you
have to take care of you because if you don't
take care of you, it doesn't matter how big your
dreams are, right, you will never meet those expectations because

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physically and mentally you're burning out not even halfway through.
So you know, my go to tools are taking a
nice long walk. Why an episode of Andy Griffith. I
know people laugh when I say that, but I'm telling

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you all, Andy Griffith means so the show means so
much to me. The structure of the show, the communication
between father and son. I like the comedy in it. Uh,
it helps keep it keeps me grounded as well, you know,
So that's one of the go tos. Also, Peloton has

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been big. So I have tools. I just have to
use the tools. That's the thing, right. We have to
be able to use the tools that are provided to
us so that we've set you know, as we you know,
as goals to reach when we get to a point
where we feel like we're burning out, so we have
to utilize that. And you got to be true to you.

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You got to be honest with yourself as to whether
or not you're you're doing that. That's a great question
and I think so many people struggle with that, and
I am going to do you a I'm gonna I'm
gonna I think it's gonna be this week. We haven't
really nailed down the day, but I am going to

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do a show based on wellness. I did a webinar
in Springfield, Missouri that was really really well received, and
I am going to do one on this show this week,
and I hope that you listen to it because it's
gonna it's it's I'm gonna share like my ups and

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downs in the process and why it's important to pause.
I think we sometimes we go one hundred miles an
hour and we need to slow down. I'm not saying
stop because sometimes you you know, as you're chasing your
dreams and goals, you don't want to like stop and

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restart that way, right, Some people can't do that. I'm
one of those people. I can't just like completely stop
like I can. I can slow myself way down and
then start to pick up speed again. But I would
encourage you to you all to listen to the show

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that I'm going to put together. I want to say, Thursday,
is that is that right? Thursday? Yeah? Yeah, Thursday, Thursday.
Regarding wellness, just just give it a listen. If you
like it, great, If it's not for you, that that's
fine too, And let me know what you think about that.
All right. That's a great question though, Olivia and I

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think it's one that we need to really think about. Burnout.
Where are we right in our journey? Do we need
to step back and slow down a bit? Great question.
Next question is from Devin and sandye Go. Devin writes, Hi, Elijah,

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my nephew is on the autism spectrum. What are some
simple but meaningful ways I can be more supportive and
inclusive when I'm with him? Great question, Devin, I think
continue to and you're doing I'm sure you're doing this.
Continue to have an open mind, continue to listen with

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the intent on understanding where your nephew's coming from. Right,
Try to try to, I shouldn't say, try to make
sure you're you're you're consistently communicating with your nephew, whether

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that be through text, on social media if if if
he has one, make sure that you you are a
part of his life in some way. Shape form or
fashion right and do things together right. And as you're

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supporting your nephew and he's out and about, you know,
you can ask him questions pertaining to life. What do
you want to do? What do you want to be?
I don't know how old your nephew is, but you know,
one of the ways that you can you can be
supportive is just being there, being present, being present when

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you can. It's a big deal, a big deal. I
talked about this on the Navigating Autism podcasts in Springfield, Missouri,
and I think it is so important for males, dads,

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uncles to be involved. And I'm not saying that they aren't.
There are many that are out there that are involved
and invested, but we need more. And this is a
this is a very deep conversation. It's a very tough

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conversation amongst dads in the community. Whether it's here in
the Pacific Northwest, or in Springfield or or San Diego
where you're at, Devin, it's an important conversation to have.

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Who's this male role model? Is it you? So just
make sure you're present, right, That's one of the ways
you can be supported. And you know, the on the
inclusiveness side. I again, I would say, as you're as
he's doing activities, just make sure he's not. Just make

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sure he has an opportunity to thrive right, and it's
done in a way that he feels he's a part

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of the group or the activity or the event. He
feels that, not what you feel is what he feels.
Make sure he's not being included right. Make sure it's inclusive.
We get that mixed up sometimes, So make sure that

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everything is is is on the up and up from
an inclusive standpoint, that things are you know, adjusted for
his success. And if you do that, you're gonna be
all right. Let me know how that goes. Keep me
posted on that. Next question is from Rochelle and Portland.

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Rochelle writes, Elijah, I'm thinking of writing a children's book.
Where do I start? How do you stay motivated through
the process. Look, I owe all of my success to
my to my son. I've said that time and time again.
Where do you start? I you know, I think it's

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it has to be in you. You know, you have
to be motivated to write. I didn't think i'd be
motivated to write. I still have moments where I'm like
what am I? What am I doing this for? Right?
But there's a purpose, right, it is this part of
your purpose. And as far as thing motivated, once you

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start and it comes from your heart and it's real
to you, you'll find that motivation. Right. If it's just
if it's just a passing fad and and and there's
there's no real sense of urgency to write something or
to start an outline of a book, then you know

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that you know, maybe it's it's not the time. But
if you have, if you have stories to tell about
your life or something you've seen, and you start writing.
For me, once I started, I was just motivated to
keep going because things started to come back to me,

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my childhood, things that I see in the community today,
and and that was the motivation I needed. It was
the motivation that needed to start and continue the process.
And there will be times where you you know, you

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say to yourself, I'm a little tired today, I don't
feel like writing. And that's fine, But as far as starting,
just think about where you are, think about why you're
doing it, what's the purpose behind it. If it's about

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making a dollar, well I'm not sure how successful it's
going to be. If it's coming from the heart, then
there's your there's your motivation, there's your reason to start. Right.
You want to tell a story, and you should tell it.
All right, let's take a few more here. This next
question is from Jamal in New York. Jamal rights, Elijah.

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I heard you talk about making peace with the mirror.
What does that mean? And how can we practice that? Daily?
Great question, Jamal, Look, I do this daily and sometimes
I ask myself this, Why am I talking to myself?
You know? Loudly? I think, before you can do anything

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in this world, anything, you have to make peace with yourself.
Where are you in your journey? Have you dealt with
the things you need to deal with? So I think
sometimes we get out here in the world and we
have all the answers, so we think for everybody else,

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but we don't deal with our own traumas and demons
and skeletons in our closets. We don't do that. But
we'll quick to tell other people how they should live
their lives, you know, and then we come home and
we're sad, we're depressed, we're upset, we're moody. It's because
we haven't worked on ourselves. So I do my best

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every day to give myself a pep talk. Where am
I when I wake up? What goals do I have
to chase today? Am I good mentally and physically today

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to accomplish those goals? And it doesn't matter how big
those breakthroughs are. I think sometimes we get caught up
in wanting to make a big breakthrough that when we don't,
we get more frustrated with ourselves. It doesn't matter how
big the breakthroughs are. Sometimes they're very small, but they
still count. There's still breakthroughs. Remember this, you have to

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be happy on your way to happy. You don't think
you're going to get there and be happy. Wherever you go.
You carry yourself with you and you can't run from it.
So you got to make peace with yourself. You've got
to deal with the little things that nag you and

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bug you and bother you on a daily basis. You
got to make those breakthroughs. I can't get out in
the community and help anybody be successful if I'm not
working on myself first. Doesn't work. That It'll never work
if I'm not doing the work on myself. So I

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talk about it quite a bit, and you know, I
mentor some adults in the community, and you know, when
I do interact with them, you know, I talk about
this very thing. What have you done on yourself? Right?
Have you gotten better today? What have you done to

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make yourself better today? How have you put yourself in
a position to succeed today? What are you working on
behind the scenes. That's a great question, Jamal, And again

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it ties into the wellness show I'm going to have
here on Thursday. But I just I think it's important
that we make peace with the mirror. There's some great
therapists out there, right. Therapy is great. Before you get there,

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you got to start the ball rolling with yourself. Look
at that reflection, talk about the success of your day,
talk about things you really need to work on in
an honest way, be honest with yourself. Got to do that.
We don't do that enough. I'm guilty of that, you know,

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But I'm working on it. I can honestly say that
I'm working on it. So I think constant communication with
yourself is a start, and do it daily. Don't beat
yourself up, tell yourself all the reasons why you can

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get it right, and then think of those goals and
put them in place and get. After you do that,
you'll be successful more times than not. I can guarantee that.
Next question is from Brianna in Dallas. Brianna writes, high Elijah,

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as a teacher, I'm so grateful for your advocacy around
fair pay. What advice would you give us educators who
feel unseen and underpaid? This is a good question. Continue
to make your voices heard, Brianna. You know I'm heading
down to the capitol here in Washington State to talk

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about education. And you know, I've been a parent. Now
this is gonna be up this is gonna be my
fourth year upcoming. And you know, I never saw myself
as as a pair or doing anything pertaining to education

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inside the building, right. But but now that I'm there,
you know, I see it. I see the burnout, I
see the frustration. I definitely see the lack of pay.
I've been saying that before I was involved in the
school system. Right. Teachers are just grossly underpaid, underpaid, and

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it's something that you know, I'm open to talk about. Look,
I don't have all the particulars or I definitely don't
have all the answers, but I'm willing to go down
talk to educators. I did this last year, I talked
to legislators. I should say I did it last year.
I'm gonna do it again this year, and just and
and and just have my say, and I would encourage

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you to do the same. And you know, I think
maybe a group of you put something together in writing, Right,
That's the thing I think sometimes, and a lot of
things that we do pertaining to the world that we see.
We we do a lot of talking, too much talking
and not enough writing down ideas and then taking these

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ideas and then using your voice to say, this is
this is what needs to change, and we're gonna stay
here until it happens. Right. I think we got to
do more of that. Because it's easy to talk about it,
it's easy to post get on social media. But are
you putting something in writing? Are you creating or forming

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a team of educators or activists, you know, whatever you're
passionate about. Are you putting together a group where you're saying, Okay,
we're gonna write this bill, we're gonna call it this
and we're going down to our legislators and we're talking
in person. I don't want to talk over email. I

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don't want to talk over the phone. I want to
go down to the building with this proposed bill, and
I want to sit and talk. Legislator's got time to
go on TV and and and and and talk about
the world and the shape is in. Well, you've got
time for to listen to us too, So I would

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I would encourage you to former group, go down and
talk about it. Don't be afraid to talk about it.
It's nerve wracking, it can be scary and intimidating, but
you can do it. You can do it, and I

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encourage you to do so. I see you, right, I
see these teachers. I've worked with these teachers now, I
see them and I try to I try my best
to relay that to them. And I know sometimes it
may come off as oh, you know, he says it
all the time. He's super nice, super nice and all that,
and and listen, I appreciate that, but I just hope

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that they feel that like. My goal is to to
get them to feel like I see that I see
them and that I'm rooting for them. It's hard work,
they're doing it. They come back every day and they

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retain so much information. In all honesty, I couldn't do
it but I'm a big fan of what they do
and how they do it, and if I can help
in any little way, I'm gonna do it. And nobody

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nobody told me to write this bill that I've written,
and nobody told me to go down last year. I
just did it. I see it. Well, who can I
talk to? Where can I go? Right? I can talk
to the district But are they really gonna hear me? Maybe?

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But maybe if I go down to the legislators and
talk and then talk some more, and then talk some
more after that, and then maybe next time bring to
three people with me. Right, that's a start. I'm building something.
It's not for me, it's for us, you know. I'm
I'm I'm not really the voice I'm starting it. But

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those teachers will eventually step forward and be the voice
for this bill or for something else they're passionate about. Right.
I just want them to I just want them to
have equal pay, more pay. They deserve it, all right.
Three more questions. We are going along today, folks, and

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I love it. Three more questions. Next question is from
Carlos and Denver. Carlos rights High, Elijah. I love your show.
You'll work with so many families. You work for so
many families, what's one powerful moment that reminded you why
you do what you do. I think there isn't like
one particular moment. I think they're just there. They're multiple moments.

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You see, like the emotion on these families' faces. You
know there's a family that recently that I've interacted with
that that's really going through it. And you know, to
deliver grocery gift cards or a Walmart gift card to
the to these families, it means so much and you
see it, and you also say to yourself, that's me.

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That could be mean at any moment. So I think
about that. So every time I have an interaction with
a family, it's always powerful, whether we are monetarily helping
them or just giving them words of encouragement, or we're
directing them to a different set of services or a

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different organization that can best help them. I'm always emotional
about that. Those are always powerful moments, and they get
to see me consistently. So all those womens are very powerful.
So I don't have that one powerful moment. I don't think.

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I don't know if I ever have that, because it
wouldn't be fair to the other families that I support, right,
because everybody has different needs and everything with me is
emotional anyway, when I do that type of work right.
Two more questions. Next question is from Naomi and Chicago.

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Naomi writes, Elijah, how do you balance your nonprofit, your writing,
your podcast, and your wellness? Any secrets you can share?
I don't know. I don't really have any secrets to share.
I try to pace myself as best as I can,
and some days it's great, some days it's not. What

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I've learned is that there really isn't balance like work
life balance. There really isn't that right. In order to
be successful at anything, you're going to be out of
balance quite a bit, and you have to find a

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way to mentally and physically make sure that that is
not so unbalanced that you're out of whack. Right. I
don't know if you ever get to fifty to fifty. Now,
there are some who may say that you do, and
God bless them, right, maybe they should be answering this question.

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For me, I'm not sure if if I'm ever gonna
get there, right, because I'm really busy, but I'm able
to make that work and find my happiness right, because
I know I'm not alone in that aspect, right. And

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if you're chasing something or you've got these goals in
order to get there, sometimes things are out of balance.
Sometimes you're not at home as much as you should be.
Sometimes you're not out mingling with your friends as much
as you should be. Sometimes you're not working out right.

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But it's not so lopsided that you're completely on an
island by yourself. Now. That can happen, and I'm sure
it has, but I think for me, I've been able
to really slow down when I need to and then

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pick up the pace when I need to. I've gotten
better at that. It's taken me fifty two years, but
you know, I feel like I'm there. I think the
most important thing for me right now in my life
is to be as healthy as I can. This year,

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i've really struggled even with my health, I haven't I
don't think there's been a moment where I felt like
I was close to one hundred percent at all. I
think I've been seventy at best, and that's not terrible,
but I don't think that's great either. Like I'd love

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to be eighty five, ninety and I think that's why
I'm really taking this summer to really get myself together right.
I think it's important if I'm going to accomplish any
of these other goals that I set for myself, I
got to make sure that I'm at, you know, that
percentage to be successful. Otherwise it's another year where I'm

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struggling with my health and I really don't want to
do that right because it's really it's really set me
back in a lot of ways. And you know, I
don't have that luxury, so I don't I don't have
any secrets, Naomi. I would tell you that sometimes things

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are just out of balance, and you got to make
sure that they're not so far out of balance that
you lose yourself and you lose your goals in that process.
So I hope that answers your question. Last question is
from Terrence in Augusta, Georgia, in my hometown. Terrence writes, Elijah,

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what's one lesson your niece and nephew have taught you
that you carry into your work every day? Be patient,
be willing to get it wrong to get it right.
I think that's one of the things that they've taught me.

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Be patient, be understanding, be kind. Everybody's going through a
different journey. I've learned that from them, and you know,
I've tried to do my very best to incorporate that
into my life on a daily basis. And some days

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I'm good at that. Some days I'm not so good.
But it's not from the lack of trying. I'm always
trying to be a better person always. And you know,
you you come to grips with your your good days
and your bad days, and again it goes back to
making sure you're making peace with yourself. Right. You got

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to give yourself grace. It's important, it's vital. If you're
not giving yourself grace, it gets harder and harder. Right,
everybody's not gonna patch you on the back, So you
got to stop. Smell the roses, take the compliments, right,

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and then continue to move forward. So they've taught me
a lot, and I'll try to use those things to
be a better person every day. I really do. All right,
That is it on questions and guess what, We've come
to the end of the show. As always, I want

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to thank everyone for downloading, listening live, Spreading the word
about the show really means a lot to me. You
know we have we've sort of transitioned, not away from autism, right,
but you know, we're opening the show up to more

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things that I'm doing in the community, which is which
is great. I'm open to that. But it's because of
you that we are able to do that. I encourage
you all to listen to my show Thursday regarding wellness
in my journey. Maybe it'll help someone. I'm hoping that

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it does. That will be live and I'm excited about that.
As you continue to maneuver throughout the week, make sure
you're checking on your family and friends, all right, do
me that one solid favor put a smile on someone's face.

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Doesn't take a lot of energy to do that at all.
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