August 20, 2025 • 40 mins
Fresh off vacation, Elijah is back and gets you caught up on his past week with family, & amswers your email questions.
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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 (00:33):
Hello, folks, and welcome to the Elijah Winfrey Show. I
am your host, Elijah Winfrey. It feels good to be
back in the studio. It is a beautiful day here
in the Pacific Northwest. I think for the next eight
or nine days we're going to get some great weather.
I am excited about that as summer continues to wind down.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I've really enjoyed.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Myself this summer, scale back on some things, and I've
seen the the long term benefits in doing that. So
I am refreshed, and you know, I'm ready to tackle
the rest of the year. Hopefully things will continue to
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move as smoothly with limited bumps in between. You know,
I'm prepared for that. But things are going well. My
past week was really good. Just got back from a
family vacation, and you know, my wife and I were
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taking you know, daily walks and having conversations about you know,
where we both are in our work, and you know
how we feel physically and mentally, and you know, we're
both in good places. And Birch Bay is a beautiful
place I had never been. I really enjoyed myself. It
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did rain a couple of days, but you know, that's
to be expected here in the Pacific northwestern time and
time in the summer. We didn't eat the rain, but
it was still beautiful. I got a chance to visit Vancouver,
Canada as well. I'd never been to Vancouver. I've been
to Toronto, but being in Vancouver was nice. The streets
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are narrow, as I found out, a lot of honking
of the horns, something that it took some getting used to,
but all in all, it was fun. Took the kiddo shopping.
Jordan had a good time, as as he often does.
He was anxious to get back home, though, so I
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think he's very happy that, you know, we're home and
he's able to kind of hang out with his friends
before high school starts.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
So everything's going well on the home front.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I hope that your week has got enough to a
good start out at your past week was a success
as well. When we are in the middle of this week,
you're currently hump day, and I hope that you're closer
to reaching your goals as we wind down the week.
Shout out to my fabulous producer, Greg Nice. He always
puts the show in positions to succeed and be successful.
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And I want to shout out all of you at
the top of the show for your continuous downloads and
I see we see some of you now live listening
to the show, so we're really grateful for that. Physically, mentally,
I'm doing well. I had a great workout this morning
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before I got here to the studio with some amazing
educators that I work with quite a bit in the
local school district. And you know, we are I can
only speak for myself. I'm a Peloton junkie right and
and and I think they love Peloton as well, So
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you know you're not gonna get up at five six
in the morning to jump on a ride if you're
not really dialed into that way of thinking.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
And and uh, it was great to ride with them.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And get a good workout in before I got here
in the studio today, So shout out to the amazing
educators in uh my local school district.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
We will definitely continue doing that.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
As we we build toward a successful school year. I
just wanted to take a moment to shot them out.
We have some great questions, folks that we're about to
get into each week. I encourage you all to send
me questions at Elijah dot Winfrey at gmail dot com,
and my producer grabs those questions and we jump into
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the mailbag and we try to answer as many as
we can and your questions never ever disappoint. A quick
shout out. I did a book reading this past Friday,
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and I want to shout out Restoration of the Arts
Deba Kendrick, who runs Restoration of the Arts for that opportunity.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
The kiddles were great.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
If you follow me on my social media channel at
Eli six two six on Instagram, you'll see a photo
there with some pixel of the kids. And reading is
so much fun. The engagement was special. The questions that
they asked afterwards were very fun. It's inspiring to sit
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in front of children and read. And again, this is
something that I I didn't foresee myself of doing this
and writing and reading to kids in schools and in
community centers. But we're here now, and I'm really really
excited about, you know, these opportunities that I get. And
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again I want to shout out debacate Deborah Kendrick, and
we're gonna get her on the show.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
I did talk.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I talked to her and her sister a little bit
before and after the reading about coming on the show
and talking about the work that they're doing. Restoration of
the Arts is a great program. It's a great organization
and what they're doing for for kids, it is truly remarkable.
Uh And and I want you to really hear their
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story and how how it all came about.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
So that was really really good, really really good.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Okay, again, send your questions to me at Elijah dot
Winfrey at gmail dot com.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
We'll do our.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Best to get them on This first question comes from
Angela Anna Angela Wrights, Elijah, how is your family vacation
and what moment will you always remember from it? The
family vacation was good. One of the things I will
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remember from it.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
I think there's so many moments.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I think just bonding with the family, like you get
a chance to kind of really unplug from everyday work
and everyday situations, and it's kind of you know, the
family and you're kind of catching up a little bit
on things you may.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Have missed.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
And you laugh. You know, we always laugh quite a bit.
But I think when you're on vacation, you laugh more,
you bond more, you you talk about plans, and you know,
we did a lot of that. So I would say,
you know, it's it's it's a multitude of moments, right.
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I can't really narrow it down to a moment. It
was fun, it was it was everything I thought it
would would be. And I always remember the trips, right
because again, as a kid, you know, we didn't take
family vacations. We didn't and so whenever, you know, we
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get out together, I try to, you know, to cherish
that time. And you know, I love seeing my my
my family smile and laugh and have fun. And to me,
those moments are the moments that I really try to
cherish and take in, you know, So I really don't
think so much of me even though I'm in those moments.
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I really love seeing them laugh and talk and and
share ideas, you know, as to what they want to
do and what's not happening. So it was a great trip.
Great trip. Next question is from Sharing in New York,
Sharon Rights. Elijah, this summer, you said you liked your
work schedule for your nonprofit. How did that decision feel?
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It feels good. It was something that I needed to do.
You know, I I I throw a lot of things
against the wall, hoping that a lot of these things stick,
knowing that it's gonna take a lot of hard work.
Right I'm not I'm not afraid of that, but I
think about a lot of things all the time. So
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I'm pretty scattered about you know, when I'm when I'm
you know, doing things or preparing for things, whether it
be a speaking mentoring, being a pair of small business owners,
so are there are a lot of things, and sometimes
I tend to burn the candle at both ends. And
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you know, this summer, I just made a point to say,
you know, I'm gonna pull back and really, you know,
spend some time with me.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Kind of really recharge.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
You know, I say recharge a lot, and I'm not
saying I don't do that, but I really needed to,
you know, reset and take some things off my schedule
that I really wanted to do or really wanted to try,
and it's been so beneficial. Now those things that I've
taken off the schedule, I'm not saying that they won't
come back, but I will definitely do those things in
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moderation now.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
You know, as I'm.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Getting older, I'm slowly trying to really take that time
to take care of me right and to be my
best self as much as I can every day, and
so I think sometimes, you know, we we have to
scale back in order to be successful in the things
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that you know, we really care about. And you know,
I've been able to to do that. It's worked, and
I don't regret anything that I've done since then. I
don't great question. Excuse me. Next question is from Sophia
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and Philadelphia Sophia Rights. In your advocacy for autism awareness,
what recent moments reminded you why this is so important.
I don't know if there's any recent moments. I think
every time I advocate, or I mentor or I speak
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about autism awareness or autism acceptance, it's important, right those
moments will always stand out to me. It started with
my niece and nephew, and it continued to grow with
families in the community. You know, I think whenever you
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can lend your ear and offer support to families that
are in need, and a lot of them, to be
quite frank with you, a lot of them aren't looking
so much for your expertise right away.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Right, it's just a near to.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Listen to what their days like, what their year or
week is like. And so I think, you know, those
moments are important and it reminds me of why I
do the work that I'm doing, because sometimes I don't
have the answer unfortunately, right, I don't try to. I
don't try to project myself as a perfect advocate or
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someone who has all the answers, because I do not,
and I'm quick to say that, But that doesn't mean
that I'm not willing to do the work to find
the answers for families that are in need of one.
And you know, if I can do that, those are
the things that stand out to me, and those are
some of the reasons why it's important that I continue
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the work that I'm doing. And I've learned from different
advocates as well, So I don't I know the work
that I'm doing, I don't do it alone. I need
someone to lean on as well and to bounce things
off of. My team has been great at that, and
so the other advocates that I've I've worked with, So
it's a great question, Sophia. Next question is from Anthony
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in Detroit and Anthony Rights Elijah as an advocate for
low income families. What challenges or opportunities do you see
on the horizon this school year? Well, you know, I think, yeah, lunches,
it's on you know, the agenda for me. I've read
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and seen on the news where you know a lot
of things are being cut in education for these kids,
and you know, I think, you know, that's a challenge
because it's extremely art for a lot of these families
who don't have enough food on the table to send
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their kids to school with with a full lunch or
with breakfast. And you know, I I'm brainstorming on a
way to to to help with that. You know, I
know there are some amazing folks around the community who
are also engaging in those thoughts as well. You know,
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I think, you know, we have an opportunity to make
sure that these kids are fed and you know, they're
attentive in the classroom, and you know, we have to
do our part to make sure that that that comes
to fruition, and I think we're all working on that,
you know, but that's definitely, you know, a challenge. It's
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been a challenge for a long time, you know, making
sure kids are are eating that come from low income backgrounds,
because it is it is definitely difficult, definitely. Next question
is from Maria and San Antonio Maria Rights, Elijah, how
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do you measure the impact of your advocacy efforts, efforts
both big and small. I think I measure them on
the amount of families we we continue to engage with
new and the families that we are engaging with currently.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
I think.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
When you when you do good things in the community,
when you're when you're advocating for low income families or
families with kids on the spectrum, I think you're hoping
that it spreads.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
And and you know when that happens, you know, you
you you sit back.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
And you look at.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Your work and how it's being impacted it in the community.
So I try to measure it that way.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
And you know, I never I never really worry about
how big or how small the efforts are. You know,
I'm not in it to be like, uh, the biggest
or best advocate out there. I I, you know, I don't.
I don't look at it that way. I try to
do my part. Sometimes it's very tiny, sometimes it is
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pretty big and impactful. I am grateful for those opportunities,
right because I you know, you you you have to
get that trust from families that you're going to be
there and you're going to help. And you know, I
try to measure things that way as well. It's a
great question. Next question is from David in Los Angeles.
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David writes, ELI, what did you notice about your energy,
focus or mindset when you skill back your worklow? I
think I learned that it's okay to say no, it's
okay to pull back. It's okay to say I need
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a break, you know. I think sometimes and again I'm
speaking for myself and it's just my opinion. Sometimes we
think that we're super superhuman in certain aspects and we
can just push through and do things and not really
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worry about our mindset and our focus or energy. And uh,
since pulling back this summer, you know, I've had more
energy to do things, to really focus on my family.
Not that I didn't before, but it feels good to
kind of you know, watch my wife work, or listen
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to my kid play with his friends, and take my
kid to the basketball court and shoot hoops. You know,
I have the energy to do that while also letting
them live the lives that they want to live as well.
But it's it's given me a new perspective. Now I'm
gonna have to maintain that, and that's easier said than done,
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right because I think once things start to pick up again,
you know, I have to do a better job at
pacing myself. And again, I think it all starts with
having the courage to say no to some things. Some
things that you may like to do, you may have
to say, nah, I'm not gonna I'm not going to
do that this time.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Maybe next time. You know.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
I think having the courage to do that really helps.
And you know, I think I'm learning that even at
fifty two years young, I'm still learning, like no is
a complete sentence. No is non negotiable, and you don't
have to say it in a way that's disrespectful, but no,
it's no. I've been told no, dountus times. People have
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told me no and said to me right after saying no,
it's non negotiable.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Eli, and I get it. It's not rude. I understand it.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
So I've had to pull back and really reassess things,
and I can't begin to tell you how happy I've
been all summer.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Awesommer.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Next question is from Jasmine in Miami, Jasmine Rights, do
you see yourself continuing this lighter pace as the school
year begins and you return to your parer professional role.
I'm gonna try, right, like Jasmine, that's the goal. The
goal is to build off of this now.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
And again.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
It starts with having the courage. I'm not afraid of
saying no. But I love making people happy. But I
also know you're not going to make everybody happy. I've
learned that lesson over and over and over again. Right,
So I have to tell myself, you know, you know,
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maintain these things that you're doing.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
That gives you peace of mind.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
I think that's another thing too, Like I've found my piece,
and I've found it a couple of times and I've
given it away, but I found it. I like being
at home. I like doing absolutely nothing. I like writing.
I love people. Watching gives me peace. I don't care
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about being in the crowd. I don't think I've ever
cared about that. You know, I'm not a follower. You know,
I'm okay with being by myself if that's what it takes.
So I'm going to continue this lighter pace and sprinkle
in some things from time to time that I feel
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that I'm ready to do. You know, I finished my
fifth book that is in post production right now, and
I haven't started writing the next book yet. So I'm
giving myself that that lattitude to kind of free myself
of not always having to Okay, put this down, pick
this up.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Now, I can.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I can put this down, take a break, and then
pick something else up and run with it.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
I'll definitely, I'm sure get questions about this as we
head into you know, the home stretch of twenty twenty five,
so stay tuned on that. But that is the plan
jas beIN is to continue to continue this lighter pace
and to be impactful uh in the school that I
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will be at. That is the goal. Next question is
from Christian Chicago. Chris writes, Elijah, how do you plan
to balance your nonprofit commitments with your responsibilities in the classroom.
It's pretty simple. I've been able to keep those separate.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
And again, I think with this lighter pace, it's gonna
it's gonna help me a lot. You know, when I'm
when I'm when i'm a paara professional, I'm a pair
of professional, right, I'm I'm fully committed to the school.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
When I am on my break.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
During that time, I do catch up on emails, but
I am committed to both. Right when when it's time
for me to put on my nonprofit hat, when school's over,
that's when I do it, you know. But I try
to be asking mad it to the classroom and to
the kids as much as possible, right because you're trying
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to give them tools to be successful. And I don't
want to be thinking about a meeting, a board meeting,
or a meeting with a family during classroom time. When
when I can think about those things after school or.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
During my break. So I do.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
I've always had a plan with that. It's always seemed
to work.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
You know.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I'm grateful that I'm able to do that. And we'll see,
we'll see. Next question is from Marcus in Seattle. Marcus Rights,
did your vacation give you new perspective or inspiration for
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your personal or a professional life? No, I think when
I'm on vacation, I shut down down. Like I I'm
into a to Griffith, I'm catching up on like classic
TV shows that I like. You know, I follow sports
quite a bit, so you know, I'm trying to catch
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up on those things. So I not a no, no
new perspective or inspiration comes from those vacations. It's just
me kind of really unplugging from the world and doing
absolutely nothing. Absolutely nothing. That's a good question. Next question
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is from Jerome in Oakland. Jerome writes, Eli, why is
posting positive and inspirational messages on your social media pages
so important to you? Okay, so let me explain this
because I get this out in public from time to
time from people who know me and ask me this question.
So this all started with Peloton. When we got the Peloton,
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you know, we were addicted. I'm still addicted, by the way,
But when we when we got it, I just started
posting positive messages about vibes and energy and things like
that on the Peloton page and it was going really well.
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And someone reached out and said, would you could you
create your own inspirational page, you know, for for us
who ride like we would follow you so I did
that too, but I posted so much on Peloton and
at the time, we were in the pandemic, so you
were working from home and all of that. You would
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get all I would get all these clicks on my
post and they were all positive.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
I think.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
I can maybe count four negative comments in the time
that I had Peloton and the positive inspiration I sent
out four off my head that I can remember, But
it's always positive. I'm always trying to leave with love.
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And so Peloton reached out. They were interested in having
me in a commercial with some other great Peloton riders.
We all follow each other on social media. We were
the first group of folks that were in that commercial.
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We were like the ogs and I and I love that.
But it started there and I just said and and
I would post these messages Monday, Wednesday, Friday, right and
even for me it became a bit much because I
would think a lot of things. But I said, like,
let's just do Monday, the beginning of the week and
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the end of the week on Let's just do it
that way. And so I just started posting there and
on the page that I created from Eli with love.
For those of you who are interested in joining that page,
love to have you. And then I've just posted on
my personal page.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Just a.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
Constant reminder of you know, you can do great things,
and you know this and that and it and it
all is genuine. It comes from the heart and I
try to live by that. So once I post it,
it's out there. So it's important to me because we
live in the world that that is really really negative,
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and I think sometimes we we try to be politically
or too politically correct in saying like, oh, you know,
things are not as bad as they seem to be. Yes, yes,
things are bad, you know, but there are enough people
who we're talking about the negativity, right, There's so many people.
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There's enough of that. So I didn't want to go
in that lane. I wanted to create my own lane
and share my positive vibes with people. And if you
like it, if it's for you, great, If it's not
for you, that's great too. You can move on and
not follow. I don't force anybody to read it or
to like it or comment on it. Those that do,
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I'm appreciative of that. It makes me feel good that
you see it and you respond to it and you
like it, And that's the goal. You know, I'm trying
to inject more positivity into the world that can sometimes
be full of negativity and leads with negativity. So that's
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why it's important to me. Right, I'm just trying to
do my part right. It's a very small piece, but
I'm trying to do that. And the responses I've gotten,
I've been great. I've been great. All right, it's like
a few more questions before we wind down the show here.
We got a lightning around coming up, so let's take
a couple more questions. Next question is from Kelly and Boston.
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Kelly writes, Elijah, what do you hope people take away
when they read your post? I hope that they look
at themselves in the mirror, ask honest questions, fill themselves
with confidence, and attack the day. I hope that my
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post provides a little light for you to go out
and do the things you need to do to be successful.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
That's it.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
That's it, nothing more, nothing less. And again, if it's
for you, great, If it's not, that's great too. But
that's the hope. You take it and you build off
of it. You know, there are people out there that
I see that post, great things that I read and
not try to take in as well. It ain't just
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me doing it. It's a lot of people out there
posting some heartfelt messages. And I'm not a goody goodie,
you know. You hear that, well, he's goodie goody. No,
I got flaws, I got skeletons. I'm not a perfect person.
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But I'm working on it, you know. I think I
think I'm a good dude, and I just want to
see people happy, and I just want to see people successful.
And if saying something positive, of putting something positive in
the universe helps, then I've done my part or I'm
doing my part. Next question is from Derek and Charlotte.
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Derek writes Eli, how to sharing positivity online help you
personally in your daily life. I don't know if it
helps me in my daily life. I think it's just
something that I try to live by. Like I wake up.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Some days.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
In pain, I don't sleep really well, you know, but
I'm always thinking positive thoughts. So when I share this stuff,
you know, I'm hoping that it has an impact, you know.
Outside of that, I personally, I just try to apply
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those things and sometimes I fall short and sometimes I acceed, right, So.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
I think it.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
I just think I try to live by those things right,
and I try not to put any added pressure on myself.
All right, let's take one more question before we get
to the lightning round and close the show. This next question,
this last question comes from Lydia in Portland. Lidia writes,
do you ever receive feedback from people who say your
message is impacted them? If so, how does that make
you feel? Yes, all the time, all the time, and
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a lot of times it's people I don't know who
send me a private message or on that page will
say something kind back to me. It makes you feel good,
it makes you feel seen. Some people get it, and
I'm not doing it for clicks and likes. That's the
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thing I could care less about how many likes I get.
Are you getting the message? Do you understand it? Is
it impacting you in a positive way?
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Is it for you?
Speaker 1 (32:47):
So?
Speaker 2 (32:47):
I love the feedback that I get. It makes me
feel good and again it it It justifies why I
do it, and it also tells me there are more
people out there like me who are trying to do
positive things right, not for the attention, but.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
For the love. Right. You're leading with love and that's
what it's all about all right. Those are some great questions. Folks.
Continue to send them in. We will do our very.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Best to continue to get them on the show and
to read them.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
All right.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
This is a segment called the Lightning Round. We did
this last week and the week before. Our producer kind
of comes up with these questions and I try to
answer them. You've got to quite a few today, so
we're going to get to as many as we can.
His first one is, what's one word that describes your
nonprofit journey this year?
Speaker 3 (33:51):
Growing?
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Favorite moment working with a student as a para professional? Oh,
favorite moment? Gosh, favorite moment. There's so many of those
favorite moments working with a student. There's so many. I
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really can't answer that, but I don't really have to
think about that.
Speaker 3 (34:19):
That's a good one. If you could.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Pass one new law tomorrow to support teachers or families,
what would it be? Oh, so I wrote this bill.
I'm gonna be quick. I wrote this bill. Talk to
legislators about it, about more pay for teachers and para educators.
I would definitely throw in there. Providing decent school lunch
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meals for students from a low income background. Gosh, Okay,
that's one. Okay, I'll leave at that. That's just one.
My mind is starting to really crank up here. What
inspires you more a thank you? A thank you note
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from a child or a smile from a parent you've helped.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
That's that you? Okay? Both both? He's looking at me like, no, yeah,
both both.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
If you could take a dream vacation anywhere in the
world right now, where would you go?
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Hawaii? I'm gonna go to Hawaii's so bad.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
What's your go to pump up song before you host
your show or speak publicly? I still have a soul
by epic score. I think I said that last week.
If you could play around the golf with any historical figure,
who would it be? James Baldwin. I don't know if
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he played golf, but I would love to take golf
of that. Pizza and I classic Pepperoni, Veggie Supreme or
barbecue chicken neither. I don't not a big pizza guy.
And the only pizza I really like eat is mod pizza.
All that other stuff you can miss me with that,
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I won't do it.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
No thank you.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
If Little E, your book character, could give you advice,
what would he say? He would say, always stay positive,
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Always stay positive. Which superhero would make the best podcast guests?
And why Batman? I want to interview Batman, like, he
doesn't have any superpowers, he's just super smart, and I
want to know how does he how is he able
to find weaknesses and all the other superheroes and have
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access to all of this technology, right, some of this
stuff that we've never seen before. And I want to
talk about the Batcave and what's really happening with him mentally.
That'd be a good interview. Let's do one more. If
you had to wear one color suit every day for
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a year, what color are you choosing?
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Blue is my favorite color. It's between blue and gray.
I'd probably say.
Speaker 3 (37:39):
I love blue. I'd probably say gray though I like
gray suit. I like gray. A little black undershirt that
would work.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
All right, that's it for the Lightning Round, and we've
come to the end of the show today. Unfortunately, I
wish it were longer, but unfortunately that is it for today.
I want to thank everybody for tuning in as they
as you always do. I really appreciate the support. Thank
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you for the downloads, Thank you for sharing the show
with others. In the community. I want to thank all
the lot of listeners who are here today. Really really
appreciate you. Tuning in really means a lot. I have
a busy day on deck. I am giving golf lessons
this afternoon. I'm going to come back and watch the
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Dallas Cowboys documentary. I'm intrigued on that. I used to
be a Cowboys fan. That's a whole nother discussion for
another day. But anyway, do me this one favor this
week or the rest of this week. Heading into the weekend,
check in on your family and your friends. All right,
put a smile on someone's face. Remember it doesn't take
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a lot of energy to do that at all. Make
sure you're taking some time for you. Self care is
not selfish, it's important. It's mandatory. All right, Until next week,
Take care, God bless Thank you for listening to the
Elijah with the show. Please be sure to download this
show whatever you download your favorite podcast.
Speaker 4 (39:17):
Take care.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
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You're listening to The Elijah Winfrey Show, a space for inspiration, impact,
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his work in the community, answers listener questions, and reflects
on the week that was, from acts of kindness to
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Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Here's your host,
Elijah Winfrey.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Hello, folks, and welcome to the Elijah Winfrey Show. I
am your host, Elijah Winfrey. It feels good to be
back in the studio. It is a beautiful day here
in the Pacific Northwest. I think for the next eight
or nine days we're going to get some great weather.
I am excited about that as summer continues to wind down.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I've really enjoyed.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Myself this summer, scale back on some things, and I've
seen the the long term benefits in doing that. So
I am refreshed, and you know, I'm ready to tackle
the rest of the year. Hopefully things will continue to
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move as smoothly with limited bumps in between. You know,
I'm prepared for that. But things are going well. My
past week was really good. Just got back from a
family vacation, and you know, my wife and I were
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taking you know, daily walks and having conversations about you know,
where we both are in our work, and you know
how we feel physically and mentally, and you know, we're
both in good places. And Birch Bay is a beautiful
place I had never been. I really enjoyed myself. It
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did rain a couple of days, but you know, that's
to be expected here in the Pacific northwestern time and
time in the summer. We didn't eat the rain, but
it was still beautiful. I got a chance to visit Vancouver,
Canada as well. I'd never been to Vancouver. I've been
to Toronto, but being in Vancouver was nice. The streets
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are narrow, as I found out, a lot of honking
of the horns, something that it took some getting used to,
but all in all, it was fun. Took the kiddo shopping.
Jordan had a good time, as as he often does.
He was anxious to get back home, though, so I
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think he's very happy that, you know, we're home and
he's able to kind of hang out with his friends
before high school starts.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
So everything's going well on the home front.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I hope that your week has got enough to a
good start out at your past week was a success
as well. When we are in the middle of this week,
you're currently hump day, and I hope that you're closer
to reaching your goals as we wind down the week.
Shout out to my fabulous producer, Greg Nice. He always
puts the show in positions to succeed and be successful.
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And I want to shout out all of you at
the top of the show for your continuous downloads and
I see we see some of you now live listening
to the show, so we're really grateful for that. Physically, mentally,
I'm doing well. I had a great workout this morning
(03:43):
before I got here to the studio with some amazing
educators that I work with quite a bit in the
local school district. And you know, we are I can
only speak for myself. I'm a Peloton junkie right and
and and I think they love Peloton as well, So
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you know you're not gonna get up at five six
in the morning to jump on a ride if you're
not really dialed into that way of thinking.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
And and uh, it was great to ride with them.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And get a good workout in before I got here
in the studio today, So shout out to the amazing
educators in uh my local school district.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
We will definitely continue doing that.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
As we we build toward a successful school year. I
just wanted to take a moment to shot them out.
We have some great questions, folks that we're about to
get into each week. I encourage you all to send
me questions at Elijah dot Winfrey at gmail dot com,
and my producer grabs those questions and we jump into
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the mailbag and we try to answer as many as
we can and your questions never ever disappoint. A quick
shout out. I did a book reading this past Friday,
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and I want to shout out Restoration of the Arts
Deba Kendrick, who runs Restoration of the Arts for that opportunity.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
The kiddles were great.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
If you follow me on my social media channel at
Eli six two six on Instagram, you'll see a photo
there with some pixel of the kids. And reading is
so much fun. The engagement was special. The questions that
they asked afterwards were very fun. It's inspiring to sit
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in front of children and read. And again, this is
something that I I didn't foresee myself of doing this
and writing and reading to kids in schools and in
community centers. But we're here now, and I'm really really
excited about, you know, these opportunities that I get. And
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again I want to shout out debacate Deborah Kendrick, and
we're gonna get her on the show.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
I did talk.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I talked to her and her sister a little bit
before and after the reading about coming on the show
and talking about the work that they're doing. Restoration of
the Arts is a great program. It's a great organization
and what they're doing for for kids, it is truly remarkable.
Uh And and I want you to really hear their
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story and how how it all came about.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
So that was really really good, really really good.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Okay, again, send your questions to me at Elijah dot
Winfrey at gmail dot com.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
We'll do our.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Best to get them on This first question comes from
Angela Anna Angela Wrights, Elijah, how is your family vacation
and what moment will you always remember from it? The
family vacation was good. One of the things I will
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remember from it.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
I think there's so many moments.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I think just bonding with the family, like you get
a chance to kind of really unplug from everyday work
and everyday situations, and it's kind of you know, the
family and you're kind of catching up a little bit
on things you may.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Have missed.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
And you laugh. You know, we always laugh quite a bit.
But I think when you're on vacation, you laugh more,
you bond more, you you talk about plans, and you know,
we did a lot of that. So I would say,
you know, it's it's it's a multitude of moments, right.
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I can't really narrow it down to a moment. It
was fun, it was it was everything I thought it
would would be. And I always remember the trips, right
because again, as a kid, you know, we didn't take
family vacations. We didn't and so whenever, you know, we
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get out together, I try to, you know, to cherish
that time. And you know, I love seeing my my
my family smile and laugh and have fun. And to me,
those moments are the moments that I really try to
cherish and take in, you know, So I really don't
think so much of me even though I'm in those moments.
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I really love seeing them laugh and talk and and
share ideas, you know, as to what they want to
do and what's not happening. So it was a great trip.
Great trip. Next question is from Sharing in New York,
Sharon Rights. Elijah, this summer, you said you liked your
work schedule for your nonprofit. How did that decision feel?
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It feels good. It was something that I needed to do.
You know, I I I throw a lot of things
against the wall, hoping that a lot of these things stick,
knowing that it's gonna take a lot of hard work.
Right I'm not I'm not afraid of that, but I
think about a lot of things all the time. So
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I'm pretty scattered about you know, when I'm when I'm
you know, doing things or preparing for things, whether it
be a speaking mentoring, being a pair of small business owners,
so are there are a lot of things, and sometimes
I tend to burn the candle at both ends. And
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you know, this summer, I just made a point to say,
you know, I'm gonna pull back and really, you know,
spend some time with me.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Kind of really recharge.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
You know, I say recharge a lot, and I'm not
saying I don't do that, but I really needed to,
you know, reset and take some things off my schedule
that I really wanted to do or really wanted to try,
and it's been so beneficial. Now those things that I've
taken off the schedule, I'm not saying that they won't
come back, but I will definitely do those things in
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moderation now.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
You know, as I'm.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Getting older, I'm slowly trying to really take that time
to take care of me right and to be my
best self as much as I can every day, and
so I think sometimes, you know, we we have to
scale back in order to be successful in the things
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that you know, we really care about. And you know,
I've been able to to do that. It's worked, and
I don't regret anything that I've done since then. I
don't great question. Excuse me. Next question is from Sophia
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and Philadelphia Sophia Rights. In your advocacy for autism awareness,
what recent moments reminded you why this is so important.
I don't know if there's any recent moments. I think
every time I advocate, or I mentor or I speak
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about autism awareness or autism acceptance, it's important, right those
moments will always stand out to me. It started with
my niece and nephew, and it continued to grow with
families in the community. You know, I think whenever you
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can lend your ear and offer support to families that
are in need, and a lot of them, to be
quite frank with you, a lot of them aren't looking
so much for your expertise right away.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Right, it's just a near to.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Listen to what their days like, what their year or
week is like. And so I think, you know, those
moments are important and it reminds me of why I
do the work that I'm doing, because sometimes I don't
have the answer unfortunately, right, I don't try to. I
don't try to project myself as a perfect advocate or
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someone who has all the answers, because I do not,
and I'm quick to say that, But that doesn't mean
that I'm not willing to do the work to find
the answers for families that are in need of one.
And you know, if I can do that, those are
the things that stand out to me, and those are
some of the reasons why it's important that I continue
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the work that I'm doing. And I've learned from different
advocates as well, So I don't I know the work
that I'm doing, I don't do it alone. I need
someone to lean on as well and to bounce things
off of. My team has been great at that, and
so the other advocates that I've I've worked with, So
it's a great question, Sophia. Next question is from Anthony
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in Detroit and Anthony Rights Elijah as an advocate for
low income families. What challenges or opportunities do you see
on the horizon this school year? Well, you know, I think, yeah, lunches,
it's on you know, the agenda for me. I've read
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and seen on the news where you know a lot
of things are being cut in education for these kids,
and you know, I think, you know, that's a challenge
because it's extremely art for a lot of these families
who don't have enough food on the table to send
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their kids to school with with a full lunch or
with breakfast. And you know, I I'm brainstorming on a
way to to to help with that. You know, I
know there are some amazing folks around the community who
are also engaging in those thoughts as well. You know,
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I think, you know, we have an opportunity to make
sure that these kids are fed and you know, they're
attentive in the classroom, and you know, we have to
do our part to make sure that that that comes
to fruition, and I think we're all working on that,
you know, but that's definitely, you know, a challenge. It's
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been a challenge for a long time, you know, making
sure kids are are eating that come from low income backgrounds,
because it is it is definitely difficult, definitely. Next question
is from Maria and San Antonio Maria Rights, Elijah, how
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do you measure the impact of your advocacy efforts, efforts
both big and small. I think I measure them on
the amount of families we we continue to engage with
new and the families that we are engaging with currently.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
I think.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
When you when you do good things in the community,
when you're when you're advocating for low income families or
families with kids on the spectrum, I think you're hoping
that it spreads.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
And and you know when that happens, you know, you
you you sit back.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
And you look at.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Your work and how it's being impacted it in the community.
So I try to measure it that way.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
And you know, I never I never really worry about
how big or how small the efforts are. You know,
I'm not in it to be like, uh, the biggest
or best advocate out there. I I, you know, I don't.
I don't look at it that way. I try to
do my part. Sometimes it's very tiny, sometimes it is
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pretty big and impactful. I am grateful for those opportunities,
right because I you know, you you you have to
get that trust from families that you're going to be
there and you're going to help. And you know, I
try to measure things that way as well. It's a
great question. Next question is from David in Los Angeles.
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David writes, ELI, what did you notice about your energy,
focus or mindset when you skill back your worklow? I
think I learned that it's okay to say no, it's
okay to pull back. It's okay to say I need
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a break, you know. I think sometimes and again I'm
speaking for myself and it's just my opinion. Sometimes we
think that we're super superhuman in certain aspects and we
can just push through and do things and not really
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worry about our mindset and our focus or energy. And uh,
since pulling back this summer, you know, I've had more
energy to do things, to really focus on my family.
Not that I didn't before, but it feels good to
kind of you know, watch my wife work, or listen
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to my kid play with his friends, and take my
kid to the basketball court and shoot hoops. You know,
I have the energy to do that while also letting
them live the lives that they want to live as well.
But it's it's given me a new perspective. Now I'm
gonna have to maintain that, and that's easier said than done,
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right because I think once things start to pick up again,
you know, I have to do a better job at
pacing myself. And again, I think it all starts with
having the courage to say no to some things. Some
things that you may like to do, you may have
to say, nah, I'm not gonna I'm not going to
do that this time.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Maybe next time. You know.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
I think having the courage to do that really helps.
And you know, I think I'm learning that even at
fifty two years young, I'm still learning, like no is
a complete sentence. No is non negotiable, and you don't
have to say it in a way that's disrespectful, but no,
it's no. I've been told no, dountus times. People have
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told me no and said to me right after saying no,
it's non negotiable.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Eli, and I get it. It's not rude. I understand it.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
So I've had to pull back and really reassess things,
and I can't begin to tell you how happy I've
been all summer.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Awesommer.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Next question is from Jasmine in Miami, Jasmine Rights, do
you see yourself continuing this lighter pace as the school
year begins and you return to your parer professional role.
I'm gonna try, right, like Jasmine, that's the goal. The
goal is to build off of this now.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
And again.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
It starts with having the courage. I'm not afraid of
saying no. But I love making people happy. But I
also know you're not going to make everybody happy. I've
learned that lesson over and over and over again. Right,
So I have to tell myself, you know, you know,
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maintain these things that you're doing.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
That gives you peace of mind.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
I think that's another thing too, Like I've found my piece,
and I've found it a couple of times and I've
given it away, but I found it. I like being
at home. I like doing absolutely nothing. I like writing.
I love people. Watching gives me peace. I don't care
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about being in the crowd. I don't think I've ever
cared about that. You know, I'm not a follower. You know,
I'm okay with being by myself if that's what it takes.
So I'm going to continue this lighter pace and sprinkle
in some things from time to time that I feel
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that I'm ready to do. You know, I finished my
fifth book that is in post production right now, and
I haven't started writing the next book yet. So I'm
giving myself that that lattitude to kind of free myself
of not always having to Okay, put this down, pick
this up.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Now, I can.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I can put this down, take a break, and then
pick something else up and run with it.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
I'll definitely, I'm sure get questions about this as we
head into you know, the home stretch of twenty twenty five,
so stay tuned on that. But that is the plan
jas beIN is to continue to continue this lighter pace
and to be impactful uh in the school that I
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will be at. That is the goal. Next question is
from Christian Chicago. Chris writes, Elijah, how do you plan
to balance your nonprofit commitments with your responsibilities in the classroom.
It's pretty simple. I've been able to keep those separate.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
And again, I think with this lighter pace, it's gonna
it's gonna help me a lot. You know, when I'm
when I'm when i'm a paara professional, I'm a pair
of professional, right, I'm I'm fully committed to the school.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
When I am on my break.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
During that time, I do catch up on emails, but
I am committed to both. Right when when it's time
for me to put on my nonprofit hat, when school's over,
that's when I do it, you know. But I try
to be asking mad it to the classroom and to
the kids as much as possible, right because you're trying
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to give them tools to be successful. And I don't
want to be thinking about a meeting, a board meeting,
or a meeting with a family during classroom time. When
when I can think about those things after school or.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
During my break. So I do.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
I've always had a plan with that. It's always seemed
to work.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
You know.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I'm grateful that I'm able to do that. And we'll see,
we'll see. Next question is from Marcus in Seattle. Marcus Rights,
did your vacation give you new perspective or inspiration for
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your personal or a professional life? No, I think when
I'm on vacation, I shut down down. Like I I'm
into a to Griffith, I'm catching up on like classic
TV shows that I like. You know, I follow sports
quite a bit, so you know, I'm trying to catch
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up on those things. So I not a no, no
new perspective or inspiration comes from those vacations. It's just
me kind of really unplugging from the world and doing
absolutely nothing. Absolutely nothing. That's a good question. Next question
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is from Jerome in Oakland. Jerome writes, Eli, why is
posting positive and inspirational messages on your social media pages
so important to you? Okay, so let me explain this
because I get this out in public from time to
time from people who know me and ask me this question.
So this all started with Peloton. When we got the Peloton,
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you know, we were addicted. I'm still addicted, by the way,
But when we when we got it, I just started
posting positive messages about vibes and energy and things like
that on the Peloton page and it was going really well.
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And someone reached out and said, would you could you
create your own inspirational page, you know, for for us
who ride like we would follow you so I did
that too, but I posted so much on Peloton and
at the time, we were in the pandemic, so you
were working from home and all of that. You would
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get all I would get all these clicks on my
post and they were all positive.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
I think.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
I can maybe count four negative comments in the time
that I had Peloton and the positive inspiration I sent
out four off my head that I can remember, But
it's always positive. I'm always trying to leave with love.
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And so Peloton reached out. They were interested in having
me in a commercial with some other great Peloton riders.
We all follow each other on social media. We were
the first group of folks that were in that commercial.
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We were like the ogs and I and I love that.
But it started there and I just said and and
I would post these messages Monday, Wednesday, Friday, right and
even for me it became a bit much because I
would think a lot of things. But I said, like,
let's just do Monday, the beginning of the week and
(26:59):
the end of the week on Let's just do it
that way. And so I just started posting there and
on the page that I created from Eli with love.
For those of you who are interested in joining that page,
love to have you. And then I've just posted on
my personal page.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Just a.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
Constant reminder of you know, you can do great things,
and you know this and that and it and it
all is genuine. It comes from the heart and I
try to live by that. So once I post it,
it's out there. So it's important to me because we
live in the world that that is really really negative,
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and I think sometimes we we try to be politically
or too politically correct in saying like, oh, you know,
things are not as bad as they seem to be. Yes, yes,
things are bad, you know, but there are enough people
who we're talking about the negativity, right, There's so many people.
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There's enough of that. So I didn't want to go
in that lane. I wanted to create my own lane
and share my positive vibes with people. And if you
like it, if it's for you, great, If it's not
for you, that's great too. You can move on and
not follow. I don't force anybody to read it or
to like it or comment on it. Those that do,
(28:25):
I'm appreciative of that. It makes me feel good that
you see it and you respond to it and you
like it, And that's the goal. You know, I'm trying
to inject more positivity into the world that can sometimes
be full of negativity and leads with negativity. So that's
(28:46):
why it's important to me. Right, I'm just trying to
do my part right. It's a very small piece, but
I'm trying to do that. And the responses I've gotten,
I've been great. I've been great. All right, it's like
a few more questions before we wind down the show here.
We got a lightning around coming up, so let's take
a couple more questions. Next question is from Kelly and Boston.
(29:07):
Kelly writes, Elijah, what do you hope people take away
when they read your post? I hope that they look
at themselves in the mirror, ask honest questions, fill themselves
with confidence, and attack the day. I hope that my
(29:29):
post provides a little light for you to go out
and do the things you need to do to be successful.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
That's it.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
That's it, nothing more, nothing less. And again, if it's
for you, great, If it's not, that's great too. But
that's the hope. You take it and you build off
of it. You know, there are people out there that
I see that post, great things that I read and
not try to take in as well. It ain't just
(29:59):
me doing it. It's a lot of people out there
posting some heartfelt messages. And I'm not a goody goodie,
you know. You hear that, well, he's goodie goody. No,
I got flaws, I got skeletons. I'm not a perfect person.
(30:22):
But I'm working on it, you know. I think I
think I'm a good dude, and I just want to
see people happy, and I just want to see people successful.
And if saying something positive, of putting something positive in
the universe helps, then I've done my part or I'm
doing my part. Next question is from Derek and Charlotte.
(30:48):
Derek writes Eli, how to sharing positivity online help you
personally in your daily life. I don't know if it
helps me in my daily life. I think it's just
something that I try to live by. Like I wake up.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Some days.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
In pain, I don't sleep really well, you know, but
I'm always thinking positive thoughts. So when I share this stuff,
you know, I'm hoping that it has an impact, you know.
Outside of that, I personally, I just try to apply
(31:32):
those things and sometimes I fall short and sometimes I acceed, right, So.
Speaker 3 (31:41):
I think it.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
I just think I try to live by those things right,
and I try not to put any added pressure on myself.
All right, let's take one more question before we get
to the lightning round and close the show. This next question,
this last question comes from Lydia in Portland. Lidia writes,
do you ever receive feedback from people who say your
message is impacted them? If so, how does that make
you feel? Yes, all the time, all the time, and
(32:11):
a lot of times it's people I don't know who
send me a private message or on that page will
say something kind back to me. It makes you feel good,
it makes you feel seen. Some people get it, and
I'm not doing it for clicks and likes. That's the
(32:32):
thing I could care less about how many likes I get.
Are you getting the message? Do you understand it? Is
it impacting you in a positive way?
Speaker 3 (32:43):
Is it for you?
Speaker 1 (32:47):
So?
Speaker 2 (32:47):
I love the feedback that I get. It makes me
feel good and again it it It justifies why I
do it, and it also tells me there are more
people out there like me who are trying to do
positive things right, not for the attention, but.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
For the love. Right. You're leading with love and that's
what it's all about all right. Those are some great questions. Folks.
Continue to send them in. We will do our very.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Best to continue to get them on the show and
to read them.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
All right.
Speaker 2 (33:28):
This is a segment called the Lightning Round. We did
this last week and the week before. Our producer kind
of comes up with these questions and I try to
answer them. You've got to quite a few today, so
we're going to get to as many as we can.
His first one is, what's one word that describes your
nonprofit journey this year?
Speaker 3 (33:51):
Growing?
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Favorite moment working with a student as a para professional? Oh,
favorite moment? Gosh, favorite moment. There's so many of those
favorite moments working with a student. There's so many. I
(34:17):
really can't answer that, but I don't really have to
think about that.
Speaker 3 (34:19):
That's a good one. If you could.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Pass one new law tomorrow to support teachers or families,
what would it be? Oh, so I wrote this bill.
I'm gonna be quick. I wrote this bill. Talk to
legislators about it, about more pay for teachers and para educators.
I would definitely throw in there. Providing decent school lunch
(34:43):
meals for students from a low income background. Gosh, Okay,
that's one. Okay, I'll leave at that. That's just one.
My mind is starting to really crank up here. What
inspires you more a thank you? A thank you note
(35:04):
from a child or a smile from a parent you've helped.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
That's that you? Okay? Both both? He's looking at me like, no, yeah,
both both.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
If you could take a dream vacation anywhere in the
world right now, where would you go?
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Hawaii? I'm gonna go to Hawaii's so bad.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
What's your go to pump up song before you host
your show or speak publicly? I still have a soul
by epic score. I think I said that last week.
If you could play around the golf with any historical figure,
who would it be? James Baldwin. I don't know if
(35:53):
he played golf, but I would love to take golf
of that. Pizza and I classic Pepperoni, Veggie Supreme or
barbecue chicken neither. I don't not a big pizza guy.
And the only pizza I really like eat is mod pizza.
All that other stuff you can miss me with that,
(36:14):
I won't do it.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
No thank you.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
If Little E, your book character, could give you advice,
what would he say? He would say, always stay positive,
(36:38):
Always stay positive. Which superhero would make the best podcast guests?
And why Batman? I want to interview Batman, like, he
doesn't have any superpowers, he's just super smart, and I
want to know how does he how is he able
to find weaknesses and all the other superheroes and have
(36:59):
access to all of this technology, right, some of this
stuff that we've never seen before. And I want to
talk about the Batcave and what's really happening with him mentally.
That'd be a good interview. Let's do one more. If
you had to wear one color suit every day for
(37:21):
a year, what color are you choosing?
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Blue is my favorite color. It's between blue and gray.
I'd probably say.
Speaker 3 (37:39):
I love blue. I'd probably say gray though I like
gray suit. I like gray. A little black undershirt that
would work.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
All right, that's it for the Lightning Round, and we've
come to the end of the show today. Unfortunately, I
wish it were longer, but unfortunately that is it for today.
I want to thank everybody for tuning in as they
as you always do. I really appreciate the support. Thank
(38:10):
you for the downloads, Thank you for sharing the show
with others. In the community. I want to thank all
the lot of listeners who are here today. Really really
appreciate you. Tuning in really means a lot. I have
a busy day on deck. I am giving golf lessons
this afternoon. I'm going to come back and watch the
(38:32):
Dallas Cowboys documentary. I'm intrigued on that. I used to
be a Cowboys fan. That's a whole nother discussion for
another day. But anyway, do me this one favor this
week or the rest of this week. Heading into the weekend,
check in on your family and your friends. All right,
put a smile on someone's face. Remember it doesn't take
(38:53):
a lot of energy to do that at all. Make
sure you're taking some time for you. Self care is
not selfish, it's important. It's mandatory. All right, Until next week,
Take care, God bless Thank you for listening to the
Elijah with the show. Please be sure to download this
show whatever you download your favorite podcast.
Speaker 4 (39:17):
Take care.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
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