September 16, 2025 • 43 mins
. Maurice and Kafi went to the Podcast Summit in ATL. They share some of the higlights from the event and the benefits of connecting with other podcasters.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I thank y'all very much for listening. Today.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
We're gonna talk about our experience going to Atlanta to
the podcast Summit. It was a time to remember we'll
talk about right after this, let's talk.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
About loving the Man, the Man of God. Intend like
experience to be show.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Spress. So we really wanted to do a video, and
we might still do the video, but again because I
had been hindered by some challenges. I'm pretty sure y'all
don't want to oh.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I'm all dribbling everything.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Definitely didn't want to see that, right, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
So, so I think some of those things of going
to the summit, traveling to Atlanta have been really instrumental
and uh, solidifying our our journey through through life. We
(01:17):
haven't had too many opportunities to travel via plane, that's
first and foremost not together. And then the experience of
being in a hotel. I mean, we we're in a
beautiful hotel, you know, looking across the city, you know,
(01:38):
feeling like we're like Scarface or the Godfather or something
like that. This is my world, you know vibe you
know type thing, and and uh, looking over the city
at night, it's looked this, say you look beautiful.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
This you really looked beautiful.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
So we stayed in a hotel that had I think
about forty five floors I don't.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Remember because we was on our.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Our elevator only went to the thirty third or something
like that, some along those lines.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
On the twenty I don't know, second floor.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Second something, third floor somewhere around there. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
So yeah, so to be twenty plus stories above the
ground was interesting.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
So if any of you are afraid of heights, or
appear to be afraid of heights, like myself, if it
wasn't for the fact that I knew that there was
a pane of glass there one number two there, I
could see that there were some metal things holding the
glass in a little bit number three, and that there
if there was an issue that I did see the
numbers to my hotel room up in the corner on
(02:44):
the glass, just in case the firefighters had to come
save me or Tom Cruise or somebody.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Because that was on my mind. I was thinking every
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Every night we were sleep, I would lay there and
I would think about some military special agency whatever coming
and jumping through our glass, talking about some tourists or
terrorists or some aliens were coming and running through our hotel.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And they need to go and save us.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, I was having some real now again because I
was I wasn't feeling the greatest.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I was having my hallucination moments.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Okay, yeah, so the hotel had I guess it was
Florida ceiling window. Yes, so so you had nice full view. Yes,
you did those things below as well as those things above.
So it was quite interesting experience, not only as MAURICEA
(03:53):
saying the airplane ride to Atlanta, but also getting there
and experiencing the hotel. Now. The hotel was about a
block or two away from the conference center where we
went to the podcast summit. It was a two day
(04:15):
experience filled with various speakers and vendors that would assist
us with becoming better podcasters. Those individuals ranged from well
known podcasters to just influencers and educators. I guess that
(04:40):
what provided information to us about how to build our numbers,
how to put a podcast together. Because some of the
people who were in attendance hadn't even started a podcast yet,
had ideas, had done some other things, but had not
yet started a show. They were a few that have
had some shows a few under their belt, and then
(05:03):
there's others that were seasoned like us, So those that
were our presenters, you know, spoke to all of those audiences,
providing them that information. So one of the things that
I think that Maurice and I both walked away with
was to be consistent, and which looking back at all
(05:23):
these years that we've had a show, you know, we
recently celebrated our two hunter show, so we're you know,
pressing forward and we're trying to be more consistent this
year recently. But I think being at the podcast Summit
kind of lets us know what to do moving forward
to be more consistent, to be the voice for you all.
(05:46):
So I think that's one of the things I walked
away with with being consistent. And the other thing I
walked away with was knowing there's so many people out
there that are in the same boat during this thing
called podcasting, So what about you?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
What did you?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
So I learned that that we are at least this
show has achieved a lot compared to those that are
looking to be in a position that we've been in.
And so we are at seven seasons as confiscated, two
(06:27):
hundred episodes as of right now for this particular season,
we're at somewhere around sixty three to sixty five, sixty six,
whatever this episode number is.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
And so.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
That number right there by itself is more than what
we've done in the past as confistated as far as
just being consistent seas.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So like last season, season.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Six, we only had forty six episodes, which again and
people could say that's consistent, but then if you go
to a season five, we only had nineteen.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
So season four again only nineteen.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
So look at what when we changed our mindset, when
we changed our direction, when we changed you know, what
we wanted to do and what we wanted to present,
we have more than double triple, almost quite druped what.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
We've you know, you know where we were last year.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Like, we've done more this season than we've done in
the past three seasons together, right.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
So I think a lot of things that we added,
you know, we added some guest interviews which we hadn't
had in the previous six seasons, and that added a
total new element to you know, talking to other people
about what they have going on in their relationship, talk
to them about the things that they are working on,
(08:07):
whether they're promoting their books or their courses or their dance,
you know, program whatever it may have been. It not
only provided information, I think for you all as our
listening audience, but it also helped and provided information to
my reason and myself just to again to let people
(08:28):
let us know that we're not in this thing alone.
And I think for me, that's what a lot with
this podcast does is it helps to share that, hey,
relationships are tough, but you're not in this alone. You're
not in your relationship alone, and you and your partner
in the relationship are not going through these things alone.
So I think that's the key thing. But again, like
(08:52):
Maurice is saying, we've we've done so much more just
really I guess giving more of ourselves to the podcast,
from it not being a hobby as much, you know,
really diving deeper into it. So with all of that,
we've made so much change. Earlier in the year, so
(09:14):
you know, even going to the podcast Summit was something
we hadn't done, even though we've been podcasting for you know,
well over five years or just about five years, so,
but we hadn't gone to a summit. We hadn't gone
to anything else where other podcasters get together, so this
was something totally different for us. But a lot of
(09:37):
the information that they shared was things that we've kind
of done some homework on already. We have done some
exercises and activities in already. Not saying there was nothing
there that was new. There was certainly information there that
we could implement, even if it was just another level
(09:58):
of what we're already doing about for you.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
So for me, because of what uh, what we've been
implementing thus far and kinset it to you, for me,
it was nothing for me per se, and because we're
already in that process of changing, because we're already in
(10:22):
that process of building a pond and looking at things
from a different lens, all those type of things. So
for me listen to what they had to say, and
because some of the speakers I listened to already, So
because of.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
That, I didn't really get anything in per se.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Now where there's some people that I've heard them before
on their podcast that they where they spoke about like
Terry is talking about creating a viral video or viral podcast,
I haven't heard that from him before, right, because.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
That's not what he talks about in his podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Necessary not necessarily it comes up in conversations when he
talked to like Kevil on stage or whatever. You know,
it will come up, but his viewpoint doesn't come up.
It's really that person he's interviewing, you know.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
So yeah, he tends to interview people and not necessarily
give tips and tricks and teach a course type of
a thing topically. Where in the podcast summit he did
he didn't necessarily interview anybody or talk about how to
interview anyone. He was just saying, hey, like you'll have
that moment, well, some one little thing will click and
(11:41):
then the show will blow up.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
He said he had been doing podcasting for quite some time,
interviewing people for quite some time, and just you know,
not getting anywhere, still having a love for it and
still pushing forward. But you know, there was one episode
where there was a mishap and that just became a
viral thing and everybody was looking for that and you know,
(12:04):
wanting to see that mishap, and that just created things
to kind of flood where then people were like, well
I don't just want to see the mishap. Let me
see what else this person has to offer. So then
they went back and looked at other ones and they
looked you know, so that.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And that was something that was consistent that most people said,
even though the one thing that I thought was going
to turn the channel for us, or the flip the
switch or whatever it might have been, that was the
one thing to maybe get eyes on my name. But
(12:40):
when people started to go back in their archive, then
all of a sudden, a whole other episode that they
had done prior to is the one that blew them up. So,
like I give you an example, even for us right now,
I'm not sure because we're talking about this episode or
(13:00):
the show or in the summit or whatever else, how
much attention it will garner. Right, But because and for
those of you who have not listened yet to our
twenty fifth wedding anniversary episode, I thought, because yo, that
that episode is gonna be an over an hour long
or whatever it is, that that let's see how that happens,
(13:22):
how that works. Because that's the longest show we've ever recorded.
It's nowhere near as successful as I anticipated. It's like
at zero, right, And so when you look at that,
you're like, well, what happened?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
What changed? You know? How come people you know whatever?
Speaker 2 (13:44):
So So what happens in some of this that, you know,
if I were to take anything really away, is that one.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
You got to be patient no matter what the situation is.
Be patient in.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
How you look at life, how you view life, what
your expectations are. Be patient. Speak life into your situation.
You know that, Hey, yes it may not be what
I expected for it to be right now, but lord,
you got it. Your hand is on it, and eventually
(14:22):
it will hit the right person.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
And the last thing I would say is enjoy life.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Just enjoy your process, enjoy your journey, because I think
everybody that spoke at that summit, I think they kind
of enjoy what they do, you know, and understand that
you are unique.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
You are you, and even.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
If your story sounds like someone else's, but it's not right.
You are the X factor and that's what sometimes we lose,
you know. So again, for someone like myself, was it like,
oh wow, like my eyes are open and excited, you
know whatever? I wasn't Now that's now. Let's put this
(15:05):
also into another perspective. I didn't know that increasingly every
day I was getting sicker and sicker, you know, so
my attitude and my demeanor could by the time the
last a had come, I'm like, CoA, I gotta go.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
I can't stay. I can't I'm not feeling right and uh.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
And by the time we got back to our hotel
room and I had in my mind like we're gonna
go out and do dinner here and that or whatever
it is, I couldn't do it. I was so like,
I don't want to do anything. And I felt bad
because I'm sorry, babe, but you know, it seemed like
you were like, Maurice, let's enjoy it, like we're not
here often, like we can enjoy this, whatever it is.
(15:51):
And I felt bad that I could not fulfill that
for you. But I didn't realize how bad I was because.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Until so, I mean, it's no need to apologize. If
you weren't feeling well, you know you didn't you weren't
able to express it because you didn't know what was
going on. You just knew something was off.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
And I didn't know until you know, we walked in
the door that Saturday, ya, and I'm like one hundred
and three fever, Like I was bad, right.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
But again, you're away, so you don't know did you
have a fever?
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Right?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
And with all of the things that come along with it,
the excitement of being on an airplane, which you haven't
been on in the last thirty years, the excitement of
being in another city and having to deal with all
of those things, of going to a conference for podcasters
and you've been doing this thing and have won awards
(16:41):
for it and are true to it that you know,
you're excited and you're you know, looking forward to that event,
meeting people, connecting. We had even sat down and said, hey,
this is what our game plan is. We're going to
connect with people. We're gonna see we can get guests
(17:02):
on the show. We're gonna try to push the things
that we have coming up. And so we had all that,
We had our script together, we had you know, our
links to our websites and places where people can go,
and like you said, just there was so much going
on prior to There was so much going on leading
(17:24):
up to the conference that yeah, I can understand that
you could feel down. Now. Again, I also didn't say
anything at that particular time, but the previous time we
went to Atlanta, it was similar. Where you went and
the first day you.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Were out, well, well again, you.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Know, again it was for a different reason for a
different purpose while you were out. But you know, again,
sometimes you know, you can get yourself all worked up
about something prior to and then when you get.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
There, you know, well, I mean, I really do believe
that I was.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
I was excited, but I was nowhere near as So,
so again I'm gonna give you all a backstory for
those of you who ever heard. And so this is
not our first time to Atlanta, our last time to Atlanta.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I drove.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
I drove all the way. I think we talked about
it confident drives. She touched the wheel for five seconds.
I took the wheel back from the back seat, and
I kept driving. So the reality is I had worked
myself up. I drank all these PEPSI maxis. I must
have drank a good eighteen bottles. That's what it felt
like anyway, and nervous about not being awake long enough
(18:44):
and this, that and the other because of the time
we left, you know, so it was a whole lot
of stuff going on. So by the time we get
down to Atlanta, I wasn't really sick. I was sleepy,
I was tired. My body was like, I'm my reason
we taken and we're gonna take a little two day,
three day na straight.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
So I woke up real quick for dinner that night
that we got down there, I went back to sleep.
I woke up for the banquet the following day, went
back to sleep, and then we were supposed to check
out the hotel, you know, so that by that by
the day it was time for us to check out,
I was awake, but I missed all the events. I
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missed everything. So coffin the kids went down to a
centennial park and did this and that and whatever else.
Meanwhile I'm sitting in the bedroom. I'm knocked out cleaning.
The lady could have been in there cleaning all around me,
whatever it was, but you know, I wouldn't have known.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
You know, that was the first trip. So again for
the second trip.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
So I wasn't nowhere near that because and.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
The the excitement, because even if I did not feel
well like it was coming on. But but we got
down there, we walked around, we went eight and you know,
so so I was willing, you know, but it's just
(20:14):
like I said, just over a couple of days, I
didn't realize it was setting in and it really took
me out. By the time we had gotten all the
way home, and maybe you know, my determination is like, yo,
I just got to get home, because sometimes I be
in that mindset and I block everything else.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
I just need to get home. That's what happened.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
But I knew that once we got off that plane,
we had to stand there and wait for our luggage.
Oh yeah, I was struggling. I was struggling. So I
told Kapfer, like, right here, the cab is right there
on that side of the door.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
We out.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
I was going to catch the bus because I wanted
to continue to process, you know.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
We went down to Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
We got out the plane and we got our luggage,
and we got on the train, go downtown and looking
in all the sites and realize like, oh wow, I
no longer have my Filly card because I don't care something,
you know, or whatever for me. So it's just kind
of because I drive all the time, you know. So
it was different being on public transportation. So it was
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a really really good experience for me overall. And then
being in the environment of these other individuals that in
some ways like I see where I am as a podcaster,
I see where we are as a podcaster or as
podcasters confine and nine, and I see where we need
to help y'all out a little bit more, encourage y'all
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to listen and share, you know, whatever it is. But
also you know, y'all continue to encourage us and you
know all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
So you know, did I see that? Did I hear that?
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Because I talked to other people around may like to
make other connections or whatever it is, But I did
not achieve.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
What I was looking for because of how I felt.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
So with that, you're saying you didn't achieve what you
were looking for because of your health, you weren't able to,
I guess, get your money's worth if you will, you know,
be able to be your full self or you know,
partially there. Do you feel as though you would go
again to that particular one or would you try maybe
a different I mean I would.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Have tried a different one. Would I go back with
a different mindset? I probably would. If I were to
go back, I would go back, because again, sometimes you
just need to get your feet wet, and that's all
we did. We paid for general emission, so I don't
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know if we would have paid for VIP, if things
would have been different, I don't know, if we had
gotten down there earlier, if it would have been different,
because what I didn't realize that some of the people
that was for the summit, like they were staying in
our hotel, but they were like they had badges on
(23:02):
and all that type of stuff. So even even if
we did not pay for the v I P or
the Inner Circle stuff, but even if we just met
up and saw those individuals because they said the lobby
a lot, and just walked up to them and say, hey,
we're at the podcast summit too, what are your experience
(23:23):
thus for or whatever it is. Again, it's about making
a connection, you know. So and even like the night
before that, that Friday night, as we're getting pack up
and you know whatever, I told Copper, I was like, look,
they're from the summit.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
They're from the summit.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Even when it was in a in the airport, young
lady sitting over on the side, and actually get into
our flight to come back to Philly.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
But I really wanted to like.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Talk to those individuals, but I wasn't feeling the greatest
and the last thing I wanted to do is, you know,
spread my juice, look my.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Little bad juju.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Right, So I think for myself, so you will go.
I'm like you, I'm not so much interested in attending
the workshops and the topics. I think I would, and
we had talked about it prior to I would go
back as a volunteer, you know, and assist as a
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volunteer in that capacity. I think for me, it's kind
of like, hey, especially if they have the same speakers.
It seems like they have the same speakers each time.
And I'm not saying that the information around podcasting doesn't change,
because it does. But I would attend as a volunteer,
and I think I would see that experience. I'm kind
(24:44):
of checking it off as an attendee. I understand there's
different levels from like you're saying, Maurice that there's the
general admission and Inner Circle and VIP and they have
other things. They have events throughout the week for those
in those categories. But when we spoke to one of
the volunteers, she said, hey, I've been here all week long,
(25:07):
you know, so she's been, you know, participating that again.
I don't know what that means, but I would certainly
look at that because I know they do the call
for volunteers shortly before the event, But yeah, I would
volunteer at the event, I think, especially because of what
we have to give back looking at the audience and
how many people who attended had not had podcasts before,
(25:31):
they were just trying it out or looking to start.
So I think our knowledge and experience would be helpful,
you know, or could be helpful as well as we're
you know sometimes people people people, and so I think,
you know, that would be good, you know, to do volunteer. Now,
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As for the other podcast gatherings, expos or whatever they
are called, I would want to try one of those
out and to see because I'm sure there's a different audience.
I'm sure there's different presenters, maybe the same topics, but
they may come from a different point of view. So
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I think, for me, hey, whatever those other ones are,
and I'm starting to follow some of those, some of
them are around the same time, some of them are
at different times of the year. But I think for us,
you know, if we can put on our book that hey,
each year we go to a different one or is
what I would like to do as we continue down
(26:37):
this podcasting journey.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
So some of you mee wondering why in the world
are we talking about this stuff. I'm saying it and
I'm saying it to you or we're talking about it,
because one we would like for y'all to continue on
our continue contributing to our journey of podcasting. I've given
you great information, great tips, great ideas. We're sharing right
(27:03):
sharing our life, but also continuing to have experiences with
your loved one that you might not have had in
the past that can also spark that next part of
your life together. So for us, again, twenty five years
(27:28):
married and never flying together, it was another catching the belt.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, it's another experience. Most definitely learned a lot. You know.
I thought Maurice was going to be a bit more nervous,
a bit more anxious about it, you know, clenching his
hands on the arm, breast or something like that. But
he wasn't. He was pretty calm and normal. I normally
(27:57):
fall asleep. Why are you laughing?
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Because I was calm.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
You were pretty normal. I mean, there are a few
moments I thought like, okay, we had we hit a
little turbulence, little patchiness, little clouds. They weren't happy clouds
on the way down. So we kind of bounced around
a little bit and Murray's was like, this is wild.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Leave my seatbelt on because I did not take my
seatbelt off.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
His seat belt was tight, mine was loose. I could move.
He's like, you move it all around. I was like, yeah,
I gotta get you know. I couldn't get comfortable. But again,
I tend to drift off on the airplane and not
because we had not flown together, kind of wanted to
experience it. I closed my eyes for a little bit,
(28:51):
but then I felt bad, so I tried to force
myself to stay awake. And it was a short flight,
just two hours, just under two hours, you know.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
But I take it as if now I hear you
saying that, hey, you want feel bad, But I'm pretty
sure you're like, you know, other times when you've flown,
you kind of like you said by yourself ish as well.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
You know, So who are you going to talk to? Right?
So you had me to talk to?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Yeah, we didn't talk that much. I've had people to
talk to, but even those people like they wanted to talk.
I was just like, all right, my my my meters
going towards E and I have to shut my eyes.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
So yeah, you know, but I would say that like
on our way back home, as bad as I felt,
but you and I were able to share quick moments
on the flight of saying, hey, you know, are those
houses small enough for your calf? But should we go
higher into the sky, you know whatever, or as she
(29:52):
was taking videos and you know, all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
So you know, it was a great experience, you know.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
And again for those of you that are out there,
what are you doing to keep this spark alive?
Speaker 1 (30:07):
What are you doing to have to say? You know what?
Speaker 2 (30:10):
We need to be able to experience something else because
we can we all can get caught up in it
every day. Yes, we all can get caught And even
though our children are getting older and they're moving on, and.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
Sometimes how you say the children are getting older, but
we're not.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Oh yeah, we're not getting older.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I the kids and the children are getting older, you know,
but you know.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
But see when they get as they're getting older and
moving on, I can see where people can still be
in their.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Routine in life and never really change.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
And because of that routine, that's what And then especially
now you don't have the kids, because they were part
of that routine as well, and now you got to
figure out, like, well, who am I, What am I doing?
Or whatever it is, and then you realize, like, were
we together just for the kids? Were were together because
there was a routine, because we're comfortable, whatever it is.
(31:15):
And then you start to see yourself and now you're like, well,
you know what, I like you, but I'm not with
you like that anymore. I could see that. I could
see how people get into that.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Space, and I think, you know, I can see where
you're coming from. And yes, a lot of relationships and
end at that time when a transition is the kids
transition out, and you have to redefine yourselves or find
(31:46):
what brought you together in the beginning. And I think
that's why so many couples and marriages end, because hey,
yes we do change, but if you find where you
were from the beginning, or you rEFInd and redefine where
you are now and find that connection, then it can last.
(32:13):
I know Maurice had said to me some years ago,
like he didn't know where we would be after the
kids left. You know, it wasn't quite sure how because
we didn't have anything in common. We didn't like the
same things, the same things that make us laugh and whatnot.
But we still had some connection. There was still something
(32:34):
there that brought us together, and it was just up
to us to identify what it was that brought us together.
And then, as he said, make new memories. You know,
you can't live off of a oh I And we
talk about it on the show. We always talk about,
you know, our first couple of dates and our first
(32:55):
few years, and those are great memories. But you have
to not only be fond of the memories that you've had,
but create new ones, such as being on an airplane
in an idy BDC.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
With someone talking to you in your face the whole.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Time exactly coughing, or looking out the window, you know,
as you pass by many states and you're trying to
figure out what state it is.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
I told you, you know, I wish they had it
like Google, where as you're flying over there, you can
see exactly where you're at.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
In the previous episode, we talked about this and we
said that certain airplanes do have that, but the flight,
because we're so short, doesn't have that. I think some
of the longer flights will have that. But because we're
just basically doing the hopper, like the plane just go
from this city, that's it. Just you know, returns back
and forth. So yeah, it was no need to kind
(33:52):
of say, hey, we're here. We're here because it's not
going anywhere, you know.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
So so and I agree with you CoV that one
thousand percent. And that's where I was going that for us. Yes,
I did question where we're going to be that when
the kids are starting to move out and do whatever,
where are we going to be? Because I could see
that we were in two different places and spaces.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
And once we.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Started with podcasting and then again started taking this thing seriously,
if you heard another episode where you know this season,
I mean, listen, it's totally different from any other time.
But it has definitely brought us together. It brought us
together for a mission and a vision and you know,
(34:48):
and understanding that God has his hand on all of this,
you know, and putting all this our cares and worries
and dreams of our stuff into God's hands, let him
handle it right, you know.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
And so so.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
All the things like said, hey, she was waiting for
me to clinch my teeth or hold on to my
pearls or whatever it was. In the flight, No, I mean, yeah,
I haven't flown in a while. And like the lady
said to me that made me sick. I believe.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
That.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
She says, like riding a bike.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I'm like, all right, yeah, you're right, it's just the
bike is you know, it's one of them unicycles that's like,
you know, thirty thousand feet high. So yeah, and I
just got a big bubble helmet on with other people
in it, like you know, I had to look at it. Yeah, right,
But and then see, here's the thing. I don't even
(35:44):
know if it was the lady that was sick or
was it the kids that kept passing gas the whole
time that was making me sick. I have no idea,
but we had.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
An experience, an experience that we'll be able to share many, many,
many with our.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
Kids, grandkids, great grandkids, you know, whoever.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
And for those of you that are listening, share with
your own.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
Kids, like, hey, kids, I listen to this podcast and
they're talking about right, yeah you know so, but.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
You know, have those new experiences, put yourselves in different
places where you can.
Speaker 1 (36:27):
Grow from.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
It gives you more things to talk about, you put
you more in the same playing field, and also it
gives you not as confiscated, which is the next part
of this which is not only do you have something
to talk off from the past, but it gives you
something to look forward to the future, right. You know,
now you can start to say, well, when I go
(36:49):
again with my best friend, when I go with my
wife or my husband, when I go with my.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
Girlfriend or my boyfriend, you know, whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
To say, y'all, don't get a confused. He's not going
with that many people. He's only going with me. Well,
she is all the above, That's what I'm saying, so
you know, but.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
I'm saying for all of you that are saying those type.
Speaker 3 (37:08):
Of things, Oh, I got you, I gotch But first of.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
All, you're not my husband, no, my boyfriend, but we'll
I'm everything.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
We ain't playing those games.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
But when you sit down and have those types of
conversations and you got something to look forward to, it
changes everything and you have to think.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
About in life. You know, throughout life we have so
many things that we look forward to, especially as youngsters.
When once we get older and our kids get old.
What did you say when the kids grow up? The kids, Yeah,
because we don't get older whatever they do. So as
(37:55):
things change around you, you have to find a way
to still have goals because I think that that helps
it truly truly helps Like you know, hey, when you're dating,
you're like gathering data and trying to figure out if
this is the right person for you. And then once
(38:15):
you do, you know, your goal is to get married.
And then once you get married, you know your goal
is to purchase a home for you know, to raise
a family, and then your goal is to raise a family,
and then you know, vacation and do these things, so
always have something to look forward to. I think that
(38:36):
helps the relationship out so so much so, as Marie said, hey,
we've done this one podcast event, and as I said, hey,
we're now questioning what's the next thing on our podcast
agenda or where else do we go? How else do
we not only take this podcast further, but how do
(38:58):
we educate ourselves and and be around like minded individuals
who are also in this podcast world. So if you're
a podcaster and you're out there and you're listening to us,
hit us up, let us know you're listening so that
we can grow our podcast.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Friends, right and if you really are interested in podcasting,
please visit accelerate Youoimpact dot co my course on podcasting
just launched. And so one of the outcomes of the
which I think is the best outcome you can have
(39:39):
out of the course, which is you would have started
your podcast and you would have already recorded ten episodes
by the end of that. Now, the key to that
is what I say it makes it so exciting is
that you have already exceeded the expectation for anyone else
(39:59):
who starts podcasting, because the average person only gets to
three the three podcast episodes recorded put out there, then
they stop.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Those that might be just a little bit above average
might get to ten.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
Really was I think I believe the number is really eight,
but it's you know, let's say ten round number. So
at least we get you to a point where you're
just a little above average. But the reality is is
that part of that, you know, you should be able
to get to another level and say, hey, you know what,
I'm liking this, this is where we are. Hey, you
actually get a chance to reach out to me and
(40:38):
talk to me a little bit and maybe we can
figure out something else.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
Then keep you moving, keep you motivated.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
So but those are things that we've learned from the
podcast Summit, The things that we've experienced and we experienced
things that not only helped us out from podcasting, but
life as a whole. We learned a lot about ourselves.
We learned that, you know, we need to take more
(41:04):
vitamins or something. I don't know, but you know, but
that's the way things are, y'all.
Speaker 3 (41:08):
Yeah, I mean, we learned, you know, things about breathing
and how to to just position yourselves so that podcasting
can be a part of your life. Like, how do
you now add this to all that you're doing in
addition to all the other tasks that you have, and again,
(41:31):
to be consistent. And then the first thing before you
can even be consistent is for those who haven't started podcasts,
just to do it. There's there's nothing really that should
be stopping you and holding you back from getting started.
So it's just to get started, get the microphone, get
your telephone, and to start recording yourself and sharing your experience.
(41:54):
And that's what all we did today was share our experience.
We hope that you enjoyed listening to us and let
us know we want to hear from you, not just
see each other. We know you're listening, we can see you,
We see the stats. We don't see you exactly, but
we want to get to know you. We want to
(42:16):
get to know you, so you know, drop us a line,
send us a little emoji or something, let us know
you're there.
Speaker 1 (42:25):
All right, y'all, We think you are very much for
listening today.
Speaker 3 (42:28):
And don't forget to go to where Maurice Accelerate your
Impact dot com. There's lots of information, not just that course,
so even if you're not interested in being a podcaster,
but just check it out and see all the other
information that Maurice has been working on there. There's some
great downloads that you can review, but certainly go to
Accelerate your Impact dot co.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
We talked to you all later. Peace. Thanks for tuning
in to another episode of a No Fruit Podcasts, where
we bring you fruitful conversations, ripen wisdom and love that's
deeply rooted.
Speaker 3 (43:04):
If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe, leave
us a review and share it with someone who could
use a little inspiration in their dead Until next time,
stay rooted in love and remember every seed you plant
today shapes the fruit of tomorrow.
I thank y'all very much for listening. Today.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
We're gonna talk about our experience going to Atlanta to
the podcast Summit. It was a time to remember we'll
talk about right after this, let's talk.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
About loving the Man, the Man of God. Intend like
experience to be show.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Spress. So we really wanted to do a video, and
we might still do the video, but again because I
had been hindered by some challenges. I'm pretty sure y'all
don't want to oh.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I'm all dribbling everything.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Definitely didn't want to see that, right, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
So, so I think some of those things of going
to the summit, traveling to Atlanta have been really instrumental
and uh, solidifying our our journey through through life. We
(01:17):
haven't had too many opportunities to travel via plane, that's
first and foremost not together. And then the experience of
being in a hotel. I mean, we we're in a
beautiful hotel, you know, looking across the city, you know,
(01:38):
feeling like we're like Scarface or the Godfather or something
like that. This is my world, you know vibe you
know type thing, and and uh, looking over the city
at night, it's looked this, say you look beautiful.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
This you really looked beautiful.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
So we stayed in a hotel that had I think
about forty five floors I don't.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Remember because we was on our.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Our elevator only went to the thirty third or something
like that, some along those lines.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
On the twenty I don't know, second floor.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Second something, third floor somewhere around there. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
So yeah, so to be twenty plus stories above the
ground was interesting.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
So if any of you are afraid of heights, or
appear to be afraid of heights, like myself, if it
wasn't for the fact that I knew that there was
a pane of glass there one number two there, I
could see that there were some metal things holding the
glass in a little bit number three, and that there
if there was an issue that I did see the
numbers to my hotel room up in the corner on
(02:44):
the glass, just in case the firefighters had to come
save me or Tom Cruise or somebody.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Because that was on my mind. I was thinking every
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Every night we were sleep, I would lay there and
I would think about some military special agency whatever coming
and jumping through our glass, talking about some tourists or
terrorists or some aliens were coming and running through our hotel.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And they need to go and save us.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, I was having some real now again because I
was I wasn't feeling the greatest.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I was having my hallucination moments.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Okay, yeah, so the hotel had I guess it was
Florida ceiling window. Yes, so so you had nice full view. Yes,
you did those things below as well as those things above.
So it was quite interesting experience, not only as MAURICEA
(03:53):
saying the airplane ride to Atlanta, but also getting there
and experiencing the hotel. Now. The hotel was about a
block or two away from the conference center where we
went to the podcast summit. It was a two day
(04:15):
experience filled with various speakers and vendors that would assist
us with becoming better podcasters. Those individuals ranged from well
known podcasters to just influencers and educators. I guess that
(04:40):
what provided information to us about how to build our numbers,
how to put a podcast together. Because some of the
people who were in attendance hadn't even started a podcast yet,
had ideas, had done some other things, but had not
yet started a show. They were a few that have
had some shows a few under their belt, and then
(05:03):
there's others that were seasoned like us, So those that
were our presenters, you know, spoke to all of those audiences,
providing them that information. So one of the things that
I think that Maurice and I both walked away with
was to be consistent, and which looking back at all
(05:23):
these years that we've had a show, you know, we
recently celebrated our two hunter show, so we're you know,
pressing forward and we're trying to be more consistent this
year recently. But I think being at the podcast Summit
kind of lets us know what to do moving forward
to be more consistent, to be the voice for you all.
(05:46):
So I think that's one of the things I walked
away with with being consistent. And the other thing I
walked away with was knowing there's so many people out
there that are in the same boat during this thing
called podcasting, So what about you?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
What did you?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
So I learned that that we are at least this
show has achieved a lot compared to those that are
looking to be in a position that we've been in.
And so we are at seven seasons as confiscated, two
(06:27):
hundred episodes as of right now for this particular season,
we're at somewhere around sixty three to sixty five, sixty six,
whatever this episode number is.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
And so.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
That number right there by itself is more than what
we've done in the past as confistated as far as
just being consistent seas.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
So like last season, season.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Six, we only had forty six episodes, which again and
people could say that's consistent, but then if you go
to a season five, we only had nineteen.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
So season four again only nineteen.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
So look at what when we changed our mindset, when
we changed our direction, when we changed you know, what
we wanted to do and what we wanted to present,
we have more than double triple, almost quite druped what.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
We've you know, you know where we were last year.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Like, we've done more this season than we've done in
the past three seasons together, right.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
So I think a lot of things that we added,
you know, we added some guest interviews which we hadn't
had in the previous six seasons, and that added a
total new element to you know, talking to other people
about what they have going on in their relationship, talk
to them about the things that they are working on,
(08:07):
whether they're promoting their books or their courses or their dance,
you know, program whatever it may have been. It not
only provided information, I think for you all as our
listening audience, but it also helped and provided information to
my reason and myself just to again to let people
(08:28):
let us know that we're not in this thing alone.
And I think for me, that's what a lot with
this podcast does is it helps to share that, hey,
relationships are tough, but you're not in this alone. You're
not in your relationship alone, and you and your partner
in the relationship are not going through these things alone.
So I think that's the key thing. But again, like
(08:52):
Maurice is saying, we've we've done so much more just
really I guess giving more of ourselves to the podcast,
from it not being a hobby as much, you know,
really diving deeper into it. So with all of that,
we've made so much change. Earlier in the year, so
(09:14):
you know, even going to the podcast Summit was something
we hadn't done, even though we've been podcasting for you know,
well over five years or just about five years, so,
but we hadn't gone to a summit. We hadn't gone
to anything else where other podcasters get together, so this
was something totally different for us. But a lot of
(09:37):
the information that they shared was things that we've kind
of done some homework on already. We have done some
exercises and activities in already. Not saying there was nothing
there that was new. There was certainly information there that
we could implement, even if it was just another level
(09:58):
of what we're already doing about for you.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
So for me, because of what uh, what we've been
implementing thus far and kinset it to you, for me,
it was nothing for me per se, and because we're
already in that process of changing, because we're already in
(10:22):
that process of building a pond and looking at things
from a different lens, all those type of things. So
for me listen to what they had to say, and
because some of the speakers I listened to already, So
because of.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
That, I didn't really get anything in per se.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Now where there's some people that I've heard them before
on their podcast that they where they spoke about like
Terry is talking about creating a viral video or viral podcast,
I haven't heard that from him before, right, because.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
That's not what he talks about in his podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Necessary not necessarily it comes up in conversations when he
talked to like Kevil on stage or whatever. You know,
it will come up, but his viewpoint doesn't come up.
It's really that person he's interviewing, you know.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
So yeah, he tends to interview people and not necessarily
give tips and tricks and teach a course type of
a thing topically. Where in the podcast summit he did
he didn't necessarily interview anybody or talk about how to
interview anyone. He was just saying, hey, like you'll have
that moment, well, some one little thing will click and
(11:41):
then the show will blow up.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
He said he had been doing podcasting for quite some time,
interviewing people for quite some time, and just you know,
not getting anywhere, still having a love for it and
still pushing forward. But you know, there was one episode
where there was a mishap and that just became a
viral thing and everybody was looking for that and you know,
(12:04):
wanting to see that mishap, and that just created things
to kind of flood where then people were like, well
I don't just want to see the mishap. Let me
see what else this person has to offer. So then
they went back and looked at other ones and they
looked you know, so that.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And that was something that was consistent that most people said,
even though the one thing that I thought was going
to turn the channel for us, or the flip the
switch or whatever it might have been, that was the
one thing to maybe get eyes on my name. But
(12:40):
when people started to go back in their archive, then
all of a sudden, a whole other episode that they
had done prior to is the one that blew them up. So,
like I give you an example, even for us right now,
I'm not sure because we're talking about this episode or
(13:00):
the show or in the summit or whatever else, how
much attention it will garner. Right, But because and for
those of you who have not listened yet to our
twenty fifth wedding anniversary episode, I thought, because yo, that
that episode is gonna be an over an hour long
or whatever it is, that that let's see how that happens,
(13:22):
how that works. Because that's the longest show we've ever recorded.
It's nowhere near as successful as I anticipated. It's like
at zero, right, And so when you look at that,
you're like, well, what happened?
Speaker 1 (13:39):
What changed? You know? How come people you know whatever?
Speaker 2 (13:44):
So So what happens in some of this that, you know,
if I were to take anything really away, is that one.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
You got to be patient no matter what the situation is.
Be patient in.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
How you look at life, how you view life, what
your expectations are. Be patient. Speak life into your situation.
You know that, Hey, yes it may not be what
I expected for it to be right now, but lord,
you got it. Your hand is on it, and eventually
(14:22):
it will hit the right person.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
And the last thing I would say is enjoy life.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Just enjoy your process, enjoy your journey, because I think
everybody that spoke at that summit, I think they kind
of enjoy what they do, you know, and understand that
you are unique.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
You are you, and even.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
If your story sounds like someone else's, but it's not right.
You are the X factor and that's what sometimes we lose,
you know. So again, for someone like myself, was it like,
oh wow, like my eyes are open and excited, you
know whatever? I wasn't Now that's now. Let's put this
(15:05):
also into another perspective. I didn't know that increasingly every
day I was getting sicker and sicker, you know, so
my attitude and my demeanor could by the time the
last a had come, I'm like, CoA, I gotta go.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
I can't stay. I can't I'm not feeling right and uh.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
And by the time we got back to our hotel
room and I had in my mind like we're gonna
go out and do dinner here and that or whatever
it is, I couldn't do it. I was so like,
I don't want to do anything. And I felt bad
because I'm sorry, babe, but you know, it seemed like
you were like, Maurice, let's enjoy it, like we're not
here often, like we can enjoy this, whatever it is.
(15:51):
And I felt bad that I could not fulfill that
for you. But I didn't realize how bad I was because.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Until so, I mean, it's no need to apologize. If
you weren't feeling well, you know you didn't you weren't
able to express it because you didn't know what was
going on. You just knew something was off.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
And I didn't know until you know, we walked in
the door that Saturday, ya, and I'm like one hundred
and three fever, Like I was bad, right.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
But again, you're away, so you don't know did you
have a fever?
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Right?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
And with all of the things that come along with it,
the excitement of being on an airplane, which you haven't
been on in the last thirty years, the excitement of
being in another city and having to deal with all
of those things, of going to a conference for podcasters
and you've been doing this thing and have won awards
(16:41):
for it and are true to it that you know,
you're excited and you're you know, looking forward to that event,
meeting people, connecting. We had even sat down and said, hey,
this is what our game plan is. We're going to
connect with people. We're gonna see we can get guests
(17:02):
on the show. We're gonna try to push the things
that we have coming up. And so we had all that,
We had our script together, we had you know, our
links to our websites and places where people can go,
and like you said, just there was so much going
on prior to There was so much going on leading
(17:24):
up to the conference that yeah, I can understand that
you could feel down. Now. Again, I also didn't say
anything at that particular time, but the previous time we
went to Atlanta, it was similar. Where you went and
the first day you.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Were out, well, well again, you.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Know, again it was for a different reason for a
different purpose while you were out. But you know, again,
sometimes you know, you can get yourself all worked up
about something prior to and then when you get.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
There, you know, well, I mean, I really do believe
that I was.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
I was excited, but I was nowhere near as So,
so again I'm gonna give you all a backstory for
those of you who ever heard. And so this is
not our first time to Atlanta, our last time to Atlanta.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I drove.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
I drove all the way. I think we talked about
it confident drives. She touched the wheel for five seconds.
I took the wheel back from the back seat, and
I kept driving. So the reality is I had worked
myself up. I drank all these PEPSI maxis. I must
have drank a good eighteen bottles. That's what it felt
like anyway, and nervous about not being awake long enough
(18:44):
and this, that and the other because of the time
we left, you know, so it was a whole lot
of stuff going on. So by the time we get
down to Atlanta, I wasn't really sick. I was sleepy,
I was tired. My body was like, I'm my reason
we taken and we're gonna take a little two day,
three day na straight.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
You know.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
So I woke up real quick for dinner that night
that we got down there, I went back to sleep.
I woke up for the banquet the following day, went
back to sleep, and then we were supposed to check
out the hotel, you know, so that by that by
the day it was time for us to check out,
I was awake, but I missed all the events. I
(19:27):
missed everything. So coffin the kids went down to a
centennial park and did this and that and whatever else.
Meanwhile I'm sitting in the bedroom. I'm knocked out cleaning.
The lady could have been in there cleaning all around me,
whatever it was, but you know, I wouldn't have known.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
You know, that was the first trip. So again for
the second trip.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
So I wasn't nowhere near that because and.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
The the excitement, because even if I did not feel
well like it was coming on. But but we got
down there, we walked around, we went eight and you know,
so so I was willing, you know, but it's just
(20:14):
like I said, just over a couple of days, I
didn't realize it was setting in and it really took
me out. By the time we had gotten all the
way home, and maybe you know, my determination is like, yo,
I just got to get home, because sometimes I be
in that mindset and I block everything else.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
I just need to get home. That's what happened.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
But I knew that once we got off that plane,
we had to stand there and wait for our luggage.
Oh yeah, I was struggling. I was struggling. So I
told Kapfer, like, right here, the cab is right there
on that side of the door.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
We out.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
I was going to catch the bus because I wanted
to continue to process, you know.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
We went down to Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
We got out the plane and we got our luggage,
and we got on the train, go downtown and looking
in all the sites and realize like, oh wow, I
no longer have my Filly card because I don't care something,
you know, or whatever for me. So it's just kind
of because I drive all the time, you know. So
it was different being on public transportation. So it was
(21:13):
a really really good experience for me overall. And then
being in the environment of these other individuals that in
some ways like I see where I am as a podcaster,
I see where we are as a podcaster or as
podcasters confine and nine, and I see where we need
to help y'all out a little bit more, encourage y'all
(21:36):
to listen and share, you know, whatever it is. But
also you know, y'all continue to encourage us and you
know all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
So you know, did I see that? Did I hear that?
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Because I talked to other people around may like to
make other connections or whatever it is, But I did
not achieve.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
What I was looking for because of how I felt.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
So with that, you're saying you didn't achieve what you
were looking for because of your health, you weren't able to,
I guess, get your money's worth if you will, you know,
be able to be your full self or you know,
partially there. Do you feel as though you would go
again to that particular one or would you try maybe
a different I mean I would.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Have tried a different one. Would I go back with
a different mindset? I probably would. If I were to
go back, I would go back, because again, sometimes you
just need to get your feet wet, and that's all
we did. We paid for general emission, so I don't
(22:41):
know if we would have paid for VIP, if things
would have been different, I don't know, if we had
gotten down there earlier, if it would have been different,
because what I didn't realize that some of the people
that was for the summit, like they were staying in
our hotel, but they were like they had badges on
(23:02):
and all that type of stuff. So even even if
we did not pay for the v I P or
the Inner Circle stuff, but even if we just met
up and saw those individuals because they said the lobby
a lot, and just walked up to them and say, hey,
we're at the podcast summit too, what are your experience
(23:23):
thus for or whatever it is. Again, it's about making
a connection, you know. So and even like the night
before that, that Friday night, as we're getting pack up
and you know whatever, I told Copper, I was like, look,
they're from the summit.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
They're from the summit.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Even when it was in a in the airport, young
lady sitting over on the side, and actually get into
our flight to come back to Philly.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
But I really wanted to like.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Talk to those individuals, but I wasn't feeling the greatest
and the last thing I wanted to do is, you know,
spread my juice, look my.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Little bad juju.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Right, So I think for myself, so you will go.
I'm like you, I'm not so much interested in attending
the workshops and the topics. I think I would, and
we had talked about it prior to I would go
back as a volunteer, you know, and assist as a
(24:22):
volunteer in that capacity. I think for me, it's kind
of like, hey, especially if they have the same speakers.
It seems like they have the same speakers each time.
And I'm not saying that the information around podcasting doesn't change,
because it does. But I would attend as a volunteer,
and I think I would see that experience. I'm kind
(24:44):
of checking it off as an attendee. I understand there's
different levels from like you're saying, Maurice that there's the
general admission and Inner Circle and VIP and they have
other things. They have events throughout the week for those
in those categories. But when we spoke to one of
the volunteers, she said, hey, I've been here all week long,
(25:07):
you know, so she's been, you know, participating that again.
I don't know what that means, but I would certainly
look at that because I know they do the call
for volunteers shortly before the event, But yeah, I would
volunteer at the event, I think, especially because of what
we have to give back looking at the audience and
how many people who attended had not had podcasts before,
(25:31):
they were just trying it out or looking to start.
So I think our knowledge and experience would be helpful,
you know, or could be helpful as well as we're
you know sometimes people people people, and so I think,
you know, that would be good, you know, to do volunteer. Now,
(25:54):
As for the other podcast gatherings, expos or whatever they
are called, I would want to try one of those
out and to see because I'm sure there's a different audience.
I'm sure there's different presenters, maybe the same topics, but
they may come from a different point of view. So
(26:16):
I think, for me, hey, whatever those other ones are,
and I'm starting to follow some of those, some of
them are around the same time, some of them are
at different times of the year. But I think for us,
you know, if we can put on our book that hey,
each year we go to a different one or is
what I would like to do as we continue down
(26:37):
this podcasting journey.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
So some of you mee wondering why in the world
are we talking about this stuff. I'm saying it and
I'm saying it to you or we're talking about it,
because one we would like for y'all to continue on
our continue contributing to our journey of podcasting. I've given
you great information, great tips, great ideas. We're sharing right
(27:03):
sharing our life, but also continuing to have experiences with
your loved one that you might not have had in
the past that can also spark that next part of
your life together. So for us, again, twenty five years
(27:28):
married and never flying together, it was another catching the belt.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, it's another experience. Most definitely learned a lot. You know.
I thought Maurice was going to be a bit more nervous,
a bit more anxious about it, you know, clenching his
hands on the arm, breast or something like that. But
he wasn't. He was pretty calm and normal. I normally
(27:57):
fall asleep. Why are you laughing?
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Because I was calm.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
You were pretty normal. I mean, there are a few
moments I thought like, okay, we had we hit a
little turbulence, little patchiness, little clouds. They weren't happy clouds
on the way down. So we kind of bounced around
a little bit and Murray's was like, this is wild.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Leave my seatbelt on because I did not take my
seatbelt off.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
His seat belt was tight, mine was loose. I could move.
He's like, you move it all around. I was like, yeah,
I gotta get you know. I couldn't get comfortable. But again,
I tend to drift off on the airplane and not
because we had not flown together, kind of wanted to
experience it. I closed my eyes for a little bit,
(28:51):
but then I felt bad, so I tried to force
myself to stay awake. And it was a short flight,
just two hours, just under two hours, you know.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
But I take it as if now I hear you
saying that, hey, you want feel bad, But I'm pretty
sure you're like, you know, other times when you've flown,
you kind of like you said by yourself ish as well.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
You know, So who are you going to talk to? Right?
So you had me to talk to?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Yeah, we didn't talk that much. I've had people to
talk to, but even those people like they wanted to talk.
I was just like, all right, my my my meters
going towards E and I have to shut my eyes.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
So yeah, you know, but I would say that like
on our way back home, as bad as I felt,
but you and I were able to share quick moments
on the flight of saying, hey, you know, are those
houses small enough for your calf? But should we go
higher into the sky, you know whatever, or as she
(29:52):
was taking videos and you know, all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
So you know, it was a great experience, you know.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
And again for those of you that are out there,
what are you doing to keep this spark alive?
Speaker 1 (30:07):
What are you doing to have to say? You know what?
Speaker 2 (30:10):
We need to be able to experience something else because
we can we all can get caught up in it
every day. Yes, we all can get caught And even
though our children are getting older and they're moving on, and.
Speaker 3 (30:25):
Sometimes how you say the children are getting older, but
we're not.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Oh yeah, we're not getting older.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I the kids and the children are getting older, you know,
but you know.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
But see when they get as they're getting older and
moving on, I can see where people can still be
in their.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Routine in life and never really change.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
And because of that routine, that's what And then especially
now you don't have the kids, because they were part
of that routine as well, and now you got to
figure out, like, well, who am I, What am I doing?
Or whatever it is, and then you realize, like, were
we together just for the kids? Were were together because
there was a routine, because we're comfortable, whatever it is.
(31:15):
And then you start to see yourself and now you're like, well,
you know what, I like you, but I'm not with
you like that anymore. I could see that. I could
see how people get into that.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Space, and I think, you know, I can see where
you're coming from. And yes, a lot of relationships and
end at that time when a transition is the kids
transition out, and you have to redefine yourselves or find
(31:46):
what brought you together in the beginning. And I think
that's why so many couples and marriages end, because hey,
yes we do change, but if you find where you
were from the beginning, or you rEFInd and redefine where
you are now and find that connection, then it can last.
(32:13):
I know Maurice had said to me some years ago,
like he didn't know where we would be after the
kids left. You know, it wasn't quite sure how because
we didn't have anything in common. We didn't like the
same things, the same things that make us laugh and whatnot.
But we still had some connection. There was still something
(32:34):
there that brought us together, and it was just up
to us to identify what it was that brought us together.
And then, as he said, make new memories. You know,
you can't live off of a oh I And we
talk about it on the show. We always talk about,
you know, our first couple of dates and our first
(32:55):
few years, and those are great memories. But you have
to not only be fond of the memories that you've had,
but create new ones, such as being on an airplane
in an idy BDC.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
With someone talking to you in your face the whole.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Time exactly coughing, or looking out the window, you know,
as you pass by many states and you're trying to
figure out what state it is.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
I told you, you know, I wish they had it
like Google, where as you're flying over there, you can
see exactly where you're at.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
In the previous episode, we talked about this and we
said that certain airplanes do have that, but the flight,
because we're so short, doesn't have that. I think some
of the longer flights will have that. But because we're
just basically doing the hopper, like the plane just go
from this city, that's it. Just you know, returns back
and forth. So yeah, it was no need to kind
(33:52):
of say, hey, we're here. We're here because it's not
going anywhere, you know.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
So so and I agree with you CoV that one
thousand percent. And that's where I was going that for us. Yes,
I did question where we're going to be that when
the kids are starting to move out and do whatever,
where are we going to be? Because I could see
that we were in two different places and spaces.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
And once we.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Started with podcasting and then again started taking this thing seriously,
if you heard another episode where you know this season,
I mean, listen, it's totally different from any other time.
But it has definitely brought us together. It brought us
together for a mission and a vision and you know,
(34:48):
and understanding that God has his hand on all of this,
you know, and putting all this our cares and worries
and dreams of our stuff into God's hands, let him
handle it right, you know.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
And so so.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
All the things like said, hey, she was waiting for
me to clinch my teeth or hold on to my
pearls or whatever it was. In the flight, No, I mean, yeah,
I haven't flown in a while. And like the lady
said to me that made me sick. I believe.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
That.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
She says, like riding a bike.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I'm like, all right, yeah, you're right, it's just the
bike is you know, it's one of them unicycles that's like,
you know, thirty thousand feet high. So yeah, and I
just got a big bubble helmet on with other people
in it, like you know, I had to look at it. Yeah, right,
But and then see, here's the thing. I don't even
(35:44):
know if it was the lady that was sick or
was it the kids that kept passing gas the whole
time that was making me sick. I have no idea,
but we had.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
An experience, an experience that we'll be able to share many, many,
many with our.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
Kids, grandkids, great grandkids, you know, whoever.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
And for those of you that are listening, share with
your own.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
Kids, like, hey, kids, I listen to this podcast and
they're talking about right, yeah you know so, but.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
You know, have those new experiences, put yourselves in different
places where you can.
Speaker 1 (36:27):
Grow from.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
It gives you more things to talk about, you put
you more in the same playing field, and also it
gives you not as confiscated, which is the next part
of this which is not only do you have something
to talk off from the past, but it gives you
something to look forward to the future, right. You know,
now you can start to say, well, when I go
(36:49):
again with my best friend, when I go with my
wife or my husband, when I go with my.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
Girlfriend or my boyfriend, you know, whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
To say, y'all, don't get a confused. He's not going
with that many people. He's only going with me. Well,
she is all the above, That's what I'm saying, so
you know, but.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
I'm saying for all of you that are saying those type.
Speaker 3 (37:08):
Of things, Oh, I got you, I gotch But first of.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
All, you're not my husband, no, my boyfriend, but we'll
I'm everything.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
We ain't playing those games.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
But when you sit down and have those types of
conversations and you got something to look forward to, it
changes everything and you have to think.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
About in life. You know, throughout life we have so
many things that we look forward to, especially as youngsters.
When once we get older and our kids get old.
What did you say when the kids grow up? The kids, Yeah,
because we don't get older whatever they do. So as
(37:55):
things change around you, you have to find a way
to still have goals because I think that that helps
it truly truly helps Like you know, hey, when you're dating,
you're like gathering data and trying to figure out if
this is the right person for you. And then once
(38:15):
you do, you know, your goal is to get married.
And then once you get married, you know your goal
is to purchase a home for you know, to raise
a family, and then your goal is to raise a family,
and then you know, vacation and do these things, so
always have something to look forward to. I think that
(38:36):
helps the relationship out so so much so, as Marie said, hey,
we've done this one podcast event, and as I said, hey,
we're now questioning what's the next thing on our podcast
agenda or where else do we go? How else do
we not only take this podcast further, but how do
(38:58):
we educate ourselves and and be around like minded individuals
who are also in this podcast world. So if you're
a podcaster and you're out there and you're listening to us,
hit us up, let us know you're listening so that
we can grow our podcast.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Friends, right and if you really are interested in podcasting,
please visit accelerate Youoimpact dot co my course on podcasting
just launched. And so one of the outcomes of the
which I think is the best outcome you can have
(39:39):
out of the course, which is you would have started
your podcast and you would have already recorded ten episodes
by the end of that. Now, the key to that
is what I say it makes it so exciting is
that you have already exceeded the expectation for anyone else
(39:59):
who starts podcasting, because the average person only gets to
three the three podcast episodes recorded put out there, then
they stop.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Those that might be just a little bit above average
might get to ten.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
Really was I think I believe the number is really eight,
but it's you know, let's say ten round number. So
at least we get you to a point where you're
just a little above average. But the reality is is
that part of that, you know, you should be able
to get to another level and say, hey, you know what,
I'm liking this, this is where we are. Hey, you
actually get a chance to reach out to me and
(40:38):
talk to me a little bit and maybe we can
figure out something else.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
Then keep you moving, keep you motivated.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
So but those are things that we've learned from the
podcast Summit, The things that we've experienced and we experienced
things that not only helped us out from podcasting, but
life as a whole. We learned a lot about ourselves.
We learned that, you know, we need to take more
(41:04):
vitamins or something. I don't know, but you know, but
that's the way things are, y'all.
Speaker 3 (41:08):
Yeah, I mean, we learned, you know, things about breathing
and how to to just position yourselves so that podcasting
can be a part of your life. Like, how do
you now add this to all that you're doing in
addition to all the other tasks that you have, and again,
(41:31):
to be consistent. And then the first thing before you
can even be consistent is for those who haven't started podcasts,
just to do it. There's there's nothing really that should
be stopping you and holding you back from getting started.
So it's just to get started, get the microphone, get
your telephone, and to start recording yourself and sharing your experience.
(41:54):
And that's what all we did today was share our experience.
We hope that you enjoyed listening to us and let
us know we want to hear from you, not just
see each other. We know you're listening, we can see you,
We see the stats. We don't see you exactly, but
we want to get to know you. We want to
(42:16):
get to know you, so you know, drop us a line,
send us a little emoji or something, let us know
you're there.
Speaker 1 (42:25):
All right, y'all, We think you are very much for
listening today.
Speaker 3 (42:28):
And don't forget to go to where Maurice Accelerate your
Impact dot com. There's lots of information, not just that course,
so even if you're not interested in being a podcaster,
but just check it out and see all the other
information that Maurice has been working on there. There's some
great downloads that you can review, but certainly go to
Accelerate your Impact dot co.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
We talked to you all later. Peace. Thanks for tuning
in to another episode of a No Fruit Podcasts, where
we bring you fruitful conversations, ripen wisdom and love that's
deeply rooted.
Speaker 3 (43:04):
If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe, leave
us a review and share it with someone who could
use a little inspiration in their dead Until next time,
stay rooted in love and remember every seed you plant
today shapes the fruit of tomorrow.
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