Family Therapy Podcast
Two cousins get together to discuss recent events & hot topics with insight from their generational differences and outlook on today's society & culture. Warren and Erica offer commentary on entertainment and music industry news. This podcast welcomes listeners a peak into their unique upbringing with hilarious stories and general life survival guides.
Family Therapy Podcast
Episode 1: Introductions
Warren and Erica introduce listeners to Family Therapy and explain what sort of content to expect in the near future.
Hey Warren.
Speaker 2:Hey Erica, how's it going?
Speaker 1:It is going well Wow good, I'm glad.
Speaker 2:I'm glad it's going well.
Speaker 1:So here we are.
Speaker 2:Here we are, first episode.
Speaker 1:Oh, we pinch poke. You owe me a Coke. No, no, no, absolutely no, we're not doing that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, not here not here, not not today. I'm just kidding, I don't care no if I had a coke, I would give you a coke yeah but I don't have a coke it's okay, I was just asking you if you had a coke.
Speaker 1:No, I do not, but we have uh alternative downstairs yeah, okay sorry, go ahead so again, here we are, first episode. It has taken us some time to get here it has. It has but again, I'm excited I'm excited too.
Speaker 1:It took us about, I would say, about two months to get here you know we had failed projects in the past, so this has seemed to move the quickest um, you did mention a podcast a few years ago when we started to do herbaloco yes, I did like you had mentioned earlier, we had a filled project called herbaloco um and you wanted it to be a podcast originally yes, because I've always been interested in a podcast and I, you know, know I enjoy speaking and talking um publicly it's which is weird because my personality is not like that in, you know, real life scenarios. But you know, I just want to do this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it is nice. It is nice I I wasn't really thinking of doing this as a podcast, but I was like, okay, let's, let's just, let's just do it, why not? Because it did come up again a couple months ago right let's, let's actually do a podcast. Yeah, because we tend to talk a lot, you and I, we do. This is family therapy, uh, podcast, this is um, our. Were you going to clap?
Speaker 1:I was going to clap in real life.
Speaker 2:Well, that's what the button is for. That's what it's for, that's to get us immersed in our show.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that applause just like did a spark in me where I'm just like ready to go.
Speaker 2:Yes, we're just going to keep in mind that we are speaking in a public domain, so let's get started with talking about what this podcast means to you and I, and why it's called Family Therapy.
Speaker 1:And I would like for you to start per se, but it's my outlet, my family therapy, to vent and just discuss topics that you know, that are on my mind, and I just want it to be heard right, you want to hope that somebody out there listening might take something that you've experienced and hopefully use it to advance their life somehow.
Speaker 1:Yeah, by evolving and those you know, silent strugglers, because I've been one and so now that I'm older and I've learned of all these different resources, I'm more vocal. So it you know, if I can reach at least one person, I will be very happy yeah, yeah, it's fine and I think we'll.
Speaker 2:We will reach a few, a few people, yes, um, yeah, but I totally agree. This is what family therapy means to me too, what this podcast is like a platform for me to just really just vent and talk about stuff that's happening with me, what's going on in my mind, you know, um, and it's why it's called family therapy. It's our therapy like toward you's why it's called family therapy. It's our therapy like toward you and I. It's called family therapy because we're cousins, um, but that's pretty much what it is, uh, just a back and forth, you and I just on on unfiltered, just just talking, yeah authentic um, we grew up in the same um, so our moms, our sisters, so we have the same family dynamic, um, but we still grew up differently.
Speaker 2:So we will definitely discuss the different, you know, beliefs and perspectives on life and, just uh, experiences yeah, we have a lot of topics to talk about that I would like to talk about, like tradition and culture.
Speaker 1:Food.
Speaker 2:Music Movies, stuff that's interesting to us, stuff that we normally talk about, because you and I could talk about anything essentially it seems like yeah, we really do, and our just normal everyday conversations.
Speaker 1:You know, we can start from talking about our day to dreams or you know, just different types of things.
Speaker 2:All kind of crazy topics. And it just goes from there and an hour later we're like how did we get here? How do later? We're like how do we get here? How do we talk about? How do we start from talking about our day to talking about something completely random?
Speaker 2:exactly so we are going to share that with yeah, we're just going to try to capture that, capture that just on the podcast, really just share our thoughts, you know, on a on this platform. All right, now let's talk a little bit about, a little bit about what brought us here. Okay, like, what sort of experience did you have that initiated you to tell me like, hey, let's, let's do a podcast for real now?
Speaker 1:yeah, so other than a while back, when we, you know, when I mentioned it it was just kind of an idea, but what sparked it for me was just recently, when we had a conversation you know, that deep conversation with our cousin, and so, just speaking on our family dynamics and you know how crazy things are and our different you know perspectives on that, I was thinking, you know, hey, it would be great to just kind of like put that out there and again, just you know, because there's so many people that can relate to that, um, and so that's what actually inspired me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I remember that conversation. Yeah, we we've had a lot of those right conversations.
Speaker 1:And I think that night when I was, you know, telling you both about you know some experiences you learned a little bit more about me. So another thing is my intention is you will learn, you know just more about me as your older cousin you know, so just different aspects of yeah, as an adult right, right, um, and so what led you to this?
Speaker 2:I would say the same, because we do have interesting conversations right um, about lots of things about our family and our past and our upbringing and, um, like you said earlier, like this is a conversation where you and I are just, uh, getting to know each other as adults. But yeah, that that's pretty much essentially what what it was. I also feel like this podcast is a great chance for me to get my opinion out there. I tend to share my opinion a lot, my opinion a lot on Instagram, but I feel like a podcast would be a little more direct way to do this, because people can. I'll be in their ears, like I love this. I'm in your ear, so I know you're listening to me, and it's a way of therapy. You know, as long as somebody's listening, that's all pretty much somebody needs sometimes.
Speaker 1:And here is a safe space. So it's going to be, you know, raw. Give me your thoughts. That's what I want it to be. Yeah, uncensored, unfiltered. I want to hear you. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:And that's the plan.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I want you to hear me.
Speaker 2:I'm going to I'm definitely going to lay out a lot of my thoughts on this podcast. Some people might not like it.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:But everybody is entitled to their opinion.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, and then that's where we can't please everyone. But yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I wouldn't say we're here to please, really. But yeah, we all have an opinion. Mine might not be the best, maybe my opinion wouldn't align with Erica's opinion. What if we have a difference there? And I would like to, I would like to talk about that difference. Depending on what the topic is. It could be anything, because each week is going to be a different topic, different topics, unfiltered, uncensored, authentic. There's one more thought I wanted to say, and that's going to be if you don't like my opinion, don't listen right what wouldn't you say?
Speaker 1:I would say, yeah, no, I mean, this is our podcast, so we are going to keep it as we should you know, whatever is on our mind, and I'm kind of afraid because I feel like you're going to hurt my feelings at some point.
Speaker 2:I'm not going to hurt your feelings. No, no, no, I won't hurt your feelings. I mean, I might I don't know, you might but. I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1:But I'm looking forward to your insight on things that we will discuss and I'm not gonna try to offend you.
Speaker 2:that's gonna be my goal. I want to talk to you about things, genuinely about topics that make me happy, that bring me joy, because if I were to sit and talk about it with somebody that I thought loved me, sometimes they don't listen or I get a very vague response from them After I just laid out my entire interest plate and then it's like oh, okay, cool.
Speaker 1:What now?
Speaker 2:What now? That's all right.
Speaker 1:Well, let's just hold. I'm going to just stop you and hold that thought, okay, cause we've been talking for some time. So, we will go ahead and take a break.
Speaker 2:Take a break.
Speaker 1:And we will come back and we will finish that thought.
Speaker 2:All righty, so let's talk about. Let me get back to that thought I was just saying earlier before the break. This podcast means a lot to me because I can, like I said, talk about my interests. It sets a big turn off when you lay out your interest to somebody who, like I said earlier, you thought loved you and then I mean whatever, uh god they just don't yeah, no, no it's fine.
Speaker 1:I, you know, I think, um, what you're trying to say and correct me if I'm wrong is just everybody seems so busy and they're not actively listening, and so I can go and I have the same problem. And this is again why I'm excited about this podcast, because I'm gonna be listened to, I feel like for the first time, because I try to express my interest right, and when I talk about my interest to loved ones or, you know, friends, it's like you get a half-assed response yes and that kind of hurts, because it's a turnoff.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's, it's, it is, it, is it, it hurts because it's like go ahead, okay, but I also don't want to come up as a person. That's like listen to me. You know I'm saying I realize people are busy and they have stuff going on. You know, like I probably wouldn't want to hear somebody's interest either, but if I care about the person enough I would, I show interest at least. Or if you show interest, ask a question, ask a follow-up question, something like that. Like how are? You feeling.
Speaker 1:So, I'm you know the nerves are definitely there Because and it's crazy because I used to do do like a briefly talk on the radio for marketing over what 15 years ago, not afraid I could do public speaking, um, like I mentioned earlier, but for some reason it's like my nerves are. I haven't done it in a while, I guess. So yeah um, and I just want to make sure I critique myself, or I'm very. What is the word that I'm looking for?
Speaker 2:help me out here very critical on myself yeah, like you're self-critical yeah self-critical.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so I just want to make sure that you know this is good.
Speaker 2:I'm I'm the same way too. I'm very self-critical. It's something I'm trying to get over and I feel like I definitely have to an extent. Uh, now I just really don't care sometimes yeah, do you think that came with age? Uh, perhaps, perhaps I would say I do, I do still do, still feel stupid, but I do still feel kind of young.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I don't feel old really, even though I do look old, an old man.
Speaker 1:No, you do not, I do I do.
Speaker 2:I was called an old man. I was referred to as an old man by a few girls, little girls that were in in the same theater, as Wicked as me, and they didn't want to sit next to the old man, which was me, and I accepted it. I accepted it. I cried through the movie, not because of the music, but because she called me an old man. Oh, I'm sorry. I did not know that. No, no, it's fine, I didn't cry, well, I did.
Speaker 1:But yeah, like internally, not because of that, not because of the music. Yeah, that's powerful stuff. Really Powerful stuff, and I haven't even seen the show.
Speaker 2:So oh my God, erica, it is so good and it is so personal to me. I mean, I've never known Wicked I I've never I've seen it like posters and stuff around. I've never like I didn't know what it was about. I didn't care enough about it to like look into it, watch videos on it, not until the movie came out.
Speaker 1:Okay, is it relatable?
Speaker 2:Like how do you relate to that movie?
Speaker 1:Because, um, I relate to that movie because I don't know Well, you said the music.
Speaker 2:Is it like? And I listened to the. I got the album before I saw the movie. Okay, so I listened to the album about a few days before the movie came out. I didn't even listen to the original Broadway soundtrack either.
Speaker 2:That never crossed my desk ever, not until this album came out with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and it's powerful stuff. It's powerful, I mean, I think it is. It's composed by a man named Stephen Schwartz, who also did the music for Pocahontas, the Disney movie, and he did the music for Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Disney movie, and he did the music for Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Disney movie. You know those movies?
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he did the music for those.
Speaker 1:It's been a while since I've watched him, but but they're good movies.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're good movies because they came out during what's called the Disney Renaissance era, where all the Lion, the lion, kings, the aladdins, yeah, see, those are classic classic movies. Yes, that's all called the disney renaissance era. Yeah, um, but yeah, he did those soundtracks too. Uh, but we can get deeper into that album sometime in the episode yeah, that'll be great, and that'll kind of lead us into our second podcast, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Erica, let's, I'm gonna let you talk now yeah, let's go ahead and circle back.
Speaker 1:Let's get back to our, our introduction.
Speaker 2:Okay, what was next?
Speaker 1:um. So I was just gonna circle back to that like uh, that you said that it was like deep for you. Um, there are certain things that are like that for me. Oh, it was like deep for you. Um, there are certain things that are like that for me.
Speaker 2:Oh, right, see, like like if I were to sit there and talked about that wicked snip, that little two minute thing with somebody else and get like a oh, I'd be like oh that movie.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:You're like exactly really like how I don't like a honda grande or something stupid. You know like what's? That's not a grande, or?
Speaker 1:so stupid, you know, like that's not my point, or she's so thin now. You know, all this judgment right.
Speaker 2:Right, and that's not even the point I'm talking about the album right, so I?
Speaker 1:think the lesson with that is consideration Just be considerate with others and what their interests are.
Speaker 2:Right and don't expect them to yeah right. So let's get yeah. Back to my other thought. You know, I don't expect people to listen to me Like I'm. Everything I say is golden and it's not you know it's not. That's why we're here.
Speaker 1:I have this um platform to just let it out Right and to. I feel like there's a difference. You know, like I'm going to give my opinion and I don't know how that's going to sit with you and vice versa, but to be adaptable and accept.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, yeah, and that's all we can do.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:I mean, if you don't accept his opinion, all you can do is acknowledge it and be like, hey, well, this is what I think.
Speaker 1:And move forward.
Speaker 2:And move forward and then just agree to disagree and just coexist. Why go to war or go to, you know? Why make it a big deal for something small, for an opinion? Right. From two people who don't even, who are essentially nobody.
Speaker 1:Yes, right, yeah, but a lot of people tend to take things personal and they hold grudges and things like that. So just a little.
Speaker 2:Yeah, most people should, yeah, be phased out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, or something.
Speaker 2:Something I don't know. I mean I don't know. I mean I don't know. Does our moral coming across here? Do you think is this? Should it have a moral like a lesson?
Speaker 2:yes, yeah is that what it is? Okay, so it shouldn't be. Yeah, so, yeah, definitely be considerate, yeah, that's that's our moral, that's today's, that's this week's moral. Be considerate, that's our moral, that's today's, that's this week's moral. Be considerate with somebody, talk to somebody, ask a question, show interest in somebody. It doesn't got to be I mean, it can be anybody, it doesn't got to be on any level Just like hey, how was your day? Like oh, and how did? You enjoy that Talk to me.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Somebody could use that.
Speaker 1:Right, they really can and somebody could use that. And it just feels like so robotic. You know, I'm I'm on a hybrid schedule, so it's like when I go into the office it's like hi, how are you? You know, of course I'm going to say fine, but if, do you really want to hear my opinion, you know? Um, so I kind of I just hate that question. Hey, how are you?
Speaker 2:because nobody really expresses their true self yeah, I feel like it's more of just like a greeting, like a hello yeah how are you? Just a robot and all you expect will be just good. Yeah, oh good, me too yeah. I think we are done introducing our podcast. What did you say? Do we have a little bit more?
Speaker 1:No, that's pretty much what it's going to be about.
Speaker 2:Yes, we do have a counterpart podcast. It's more entertainment driven, but we'll talk about that later on. Let's take a break and when we get back, we are just going to have a normal conversation, is that okay? Normal, a normal conversation. And I got a question for you. Okay, I got a question for you, but I'll ask. I'll wait till we get back. I am glad we got that out of the way. Erica, it's so hard. It's so hard to follow an outline for a podcast for me. Well, this is my first day. It's my first day, so don't don't judge me no, that was there's.
Speaker 2:This is a judgment free zone judgment free zone got it, yes, so got it so feel free to speak your mind how do you think we did um?
Speaker 2:shaky nervous I was nervous too yeah, um, I feel like it is definitely hard to follow an outline um, because it feels like it's so scripted right and it shouldn't feel like that right especially the content that we're gonna bring and exactly this is a podcast unfiltered just you and me just talking family therapy right, that's what it is. Um, I yeah, it was definitely hard, but I can only imagine what presenters like on TV are like. I mean, how much stress they go through because they have to stand there in front of an audience and read a teleprompter across the audience and speak that Like. That's just so much. I'm having a hard time here now.
Speaker 1:Yes or earlier?
Speaker 2:You know it's easier to just come on here and hit record and just talk speak you know, yes, not scripted yes, exactly yes, so.
Speaker 1:So that is our goal, that I mean that's what we are going to give here yeah, that's what it is.
Speaker 2:That's what it is, so how was your day?
Speaker 1:It was good. What's today? Yeah, so I was extremely busy, but I'm learning to, just when my time is done at work, just kind of remove myself and not be that overachiever or whatever it is I'm trying to accomplish because I just feel like so much needs to get done, um, and using that as an as an outlet to not think about everything else, because I love, love, love my job.
Speaker 2:So gotcha yeah, it's a, it's definitely a priority. I would say.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it is, it really is. So, erica, I got to ask you a question. I got to ask you a question, even though we're here recording our mics. We got to go on. Are you sure you want to do a podcast? Are you sure you want to do a podcast? I need you to tell me.
Speaker 1:Tell me sure you want to do a podcast? I I need you to tell me. You tell me, I mean, based off the past few days, I I know why you're asking me this question and I'm gonna go over it every detail right now okay, yeah so we would have had family therapy law sooner.
Speaker 2:And I'm not picking on you. Maybe I am, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Talk, talk to me, talk to me um, I don't feel like you're picking on me. I feel like this is just you um expressing yourself right and your frustration yeah with me, because it's like I wouldn't say I wouldn't say frustration okay, that's, I would say frustration, um yeah just getting that commitment right getting that commitment.
Speaker 2:Uh, yeah, back to that commitment. Yeah, back to this. Yeah, back. We would have had family therapy a lot sooner. Right, we had to postpone twice, but it's no big deal. It's no big deal Because we're just trying to.
Speaker 1:But it is. So I'm a little bit torn with that, because you say it's not a big deal, but it is a big deal because we're also we're not only on my time, we're on your time, um, and you know, like we have a busy life and I'm spread thin exactly and same here.
Speaker 2:Like every every hour counts pretty much toward the day. And um, when you said let's do a podcast, I was like, yeah, you know I could do a podcast. When somebody tells me let's do a podcast or let's do a YouTube channel or let's do some kind of a project, instantly in my head I'm seeing it happen. I'm seeing it happen. How it's going to sound, how it's going to look, anything, anything I do, I don't know if you're the same way, like if somebody were to come to you and say, hey, eric, let's work on a project, we're gonna, it's gonna be paid, you're gonna be paid handsomely and come up with a movie, instantly in my head I I'm quickly, it happens in like milliseconds. What genre I want to go with what? You know who's gonna.
Speaker 2:You know what's you're already creating the music, the everything is happening the, the cover, the intro, the credits, maybe everything is happening already, because I'm just like, okay, I could do this project. I'm excited for it. You know I'm saying so. When you asked me let's do a podcast, what did you see in your head, like I honestly want to see, not considering what we have here now right like what did you honestly like if you were to bring it to me? Like what would you bring? Like what?
Speaker 2:what tell, me tell me like what, what, what was your? How did you feel like it was? How did you envision us doing this?
Speaker 1:So I see how your mind just started going, that creativity, my mind, or how I you know, I'm like a light switch right and so I presented it to you. Hey, let's do a podcast. I have a lot that I want to talk about. I have a lot of personal experiences I want to share and just, you know, just be out there. Yeah, but I guess my mind's a little bit slower of a process because I I'm a visual person but I'm also more hands-on. So I needed to get the equipment, as we did, sit and talk to you and just get started like hands-on, because once I'm hands-on, I feel like that's when my creative side starts flowing and going and things like that. Um, the hard part about that is because of my busy schedule. I have not.
Speaker 1:I feel like and this is my commitment to you, I'm making this promise that I am in it, I am here right um, but I want to get more organized with my time and this is something as I enter a new chapter in my life. This is what I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be just out there, like speaking which is crazy to me because in reality I'm very anti-social but if somebody comes to me or approaches me, I have I can give so much advice or my opinion to enlighten people.
Speaker 2:So right that's, that's what I feel that's okay, perfect, yeah, and I don't expect I mean not to single you out, but anybody, anybody's mind to work like mine. You know what I'm saying. That's just me being a creative person, being like that outlet. You know what I'm saying. But definitely, what you just told me is that when you say let's do a podcast, you are definitely thinking more about the speaking, the opening up to people.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah.
Speaker 2:Which makes sense to me, that's. That's good. I'll accept that. I did not think you would have an answer, but perfect I like that answer awesome, awesome. But let's speak, I mean, let's move real quick to um. And, like I said, erica, this is family therapy. I'm just gonna be me yeah, okay, please okay, um, let's talk about um your busy schedule, um what would you like to?
Speaker 2:know we we had to postpone not really postpone because we just we had planned but not really a time but for the first recording for our episode we kind of got to like an hour late because you had to perm your son's hair.
Speaker 2:I'm very dependent on hair, so that was yeah, exactly, I mean, but I understand, I get it, you know, I'm too each their own, you know. And the second time okay. So like, okay, let's do tomorrow instead, let's do seven o'clock late, just to be safe, just to be safe, cause nothing happens at seven o'clock. Really, you know, nothing happens at seven o'clock. So let's do that just to be safe in a normal person's world.
Speaker 1:Right Eric's world.
Speaker 2:And not not in Gilbert. No, not in Gilbert. But 7 o'clock comes around, and then, what was it? Whose kid's birthday was it?
Speaker 1:It wasn't even.
Speaker 2:One of the kids' birthday, one of the humans that live here who I can't remember.
Speaker 1:Humans, whose birthday was it? It was our dog's.
Speaker 2:Oh, it was a dog, the dog's birthday, so that's what held us up yesterday the dog's birthday, so that's what held us up yesterday, the the second birthday. Yeah, yes, and it was, it was it was it was a birthday party. It was a birthday party, yeah it was really a birthday party I mean, like I said, to each their own.
Speaker 2:You know, personally I don't, I, I wouldn't give that much dog attention. You know, I'm not really a dog person. You know what I'm saying, but I know you are. My mom is too but I'm not.
Speaker 1:Though is the thing? Isn't that crazy?
Speaker 2:like.
Speaker 1:I feel like it's a contradiction, right? So, as I go into this new stage of my life, yeah um, with my adult children um. My youngest is almost an adult, but you know, I transitioned into this. I got left with two dogs, two golden retrievers, so I became an instant dog mom Dog, mommy, yes. Yeah, prior to that, did not like animals. I do not, I can't, I just can't handle it. I'm very, I'm like OCD.
Speaker 2:Wouldn't you say like you've had enough, like you love animals, like you don't hate them?
Speaker 1:I don't hate them, but they're just not for me. Right, exactly Just because I just I don't feel like I have the time or patience, but I've learned to now have the time and patience for animals.
Speaker 2:Because they're like kids. Yeah, they are like kids.
Speaker 1:They're like little toddlers.
Speaker 2:They're like kids.
Speaker 1:Yes, so, being that I'm an instant dog mom and I'm almost an empty nester, I tend to just oh, you're holding on to that.
Speaker 2:You're holding on to that mom role. I get it. Okay. That makes mom role. I get it. Okay, that makes sense to me. See, that's see, that makes sense to me okay that makes me feel better, okay, because I get what's happening now. Yeah, you know you're holding on to that, that mom feeling, because you are. You are almost an empty nester, aren't you?
Speaker 1:and yeah, and that's hard, it's a hard thing to accept. Like for me it's like you're a mom. I was a mom ever since I was in my, you know, 20s.
Speaker 2:Yeah, mom is all you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that is all I know Didn't have like a normal life. I was a mom. So now that I'm older but still young, like I'm like what, what, what is Erica doing? What am I like? And now, and this is why you know, I brought the podcast up again because this is something I've always wanted to do, and now I feel like I have the time, but for some reason I'm still spread thin. So just that's where I'm at with this.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, and it makes sense to me now. It makes sense to me now, but I do feel kind of, you know, like I would feel silly. I would feel super silly, clown full on, If I were to put a product online for people to purchase, give me their money essentially, you know, in return for content on specific days and then not deliver on those days. You know, I just I wouldn't want to find myself in that position. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's, that's very important and I see where you. That's a bit worrisome for for you, just because of our delayed recording and our delayed I'm getting this out on the platform. So, um, now that we're here and we're going to do our first episode and we're gonna put it out there, I have to show up. I have to show up for me, I have to show up for you and just and for our patrons.
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah, because I want to.
Speaker 1:I want to provide quality content yeah, quality erica yes, and just things that I've bottled up for so long. I want to get it out there. I'm ready. I'm ready for it. So, just again, this is a learning experience and I, you know, as I transition into this new me, into finding out and discovering the new version, I want to share that journey with you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, open up yeah, perfect, yeah, yeah, yeah, same here, same here, definitely I.
Speaker 1:I like that and that sounds good um anything else that um is on your mind that we should clear, clear the air.
Speaker 2:No, no, just just my question. Like yeah, I just are you ready to do a podcast? Like are you ready? And not that I don't mean to be so like extra about it, you know, I just want some of like a formality, like, um, what would you call it? Like a, um, a process? Right pretty much.
Speaker 2:You know I'm saying like for just come in here record, edit it real quick and Right, you know what I'm saying. I like for it just to come in here record, edit it real quick and then get it published. Right, you know what I'm saying Completely. You know, simple, easy.
Speaker 1:Yes, you know.
Speaker 2:So it's not going to be a lot. It's not going to be a lot. I just, it is new schedule right now, um, but anyway, uh, that's yep, that's it. That's it. On that, I was I don't know. Yeah, I wasn't expecting you to have those answers or those responses, because I was gonna be like, oh my god, this is what a priority is and this is how you set it and this is how you look at the time. And then you give me a digit, four digits.
Speaker 2:I wasn't gonna go that far yeah honestly, but I was like no, I'm publishing it you know, yeah, no.
Speaker 1:But I think this is gonna be a good reality check for me too, because I'm gonna learn learn new things from you yeah and I think that you're gonna help me evolve into even a better version of myself perhaps yes, and I'm I'm.
Speaker 2:I'm no professional, I'm no saint, I don't know everything. A lot of my logic is actually like really negative, like rude, I would say but that again that runs in our blood yeah rude being rude.
Speaker 2:Um, I'm you know, and you'll learn again more about me and why, I do and act and behave the way, I do, you know, yeah, and like we said earlier, uh, not everybody will like my opinion or your opinion, right? Or each other's, yeah, um, but all you can do is just now listen you know, that's all it comes down to.
Speaker 1:So, before we end our episode here, I like to just call this segment speak from your soul and here I just want to provide some, you know, positivity and my lesson learned from today's episode, um, basically just from warren expressed and what he said, that he felt you know he was gonna say to me is um just being considerate and of his time and value him, all his hard work and efforts that he's putting into this, you know, and for us and for our success with this podcast.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, perfect, yeah, I like that, and thank you for acknowledging the time consideration stuff. Oh shit, yeah, so this next section is called Speak for your Soul your soul, essentially, where we will try to do this every time. It might not happen every episode, but we'll try. And this is where we kind of give you, our listeners, um, some helpful advice or some kind of mantra or some kind of, um, well wishes for the week, something like that. It's called speak, speak for your Soul, where we give a bit of ourselves to you, something, whatever it is, and it's meant to come from our soul. That means to us, without thinking about, without considering our groups, that we belong to or where we come from. You know what we believe as a soul on this planet Earth that we belong to or where we come from. You know what we believe as a soul on this planet earth that we currently live on.
Speaker 2:And I would say my piece of advice to you, erica, and anybody listening, is yeah, just treat time the way you want to be treated. When you're nice to time. Time is nice to you, and I kind of realized that a few years ago, a long time ago, like when I was like 2019 or so. Uh, I had a hard time with, like I was always in a rush, always in a hurry, and it stressed me out. I had to like rush to get here and there and get caught in traffic. I get stressed out and I get mad and angry. And it's because I am. I would treat time like nothing. You know, I would just ignore time, not look at it and just go when I wanted, when I felt like it, work when I felt like it, be social, when I felt like it, and that led to time just going out of control and it essentially won't be there for you.
Speaker 1:Like wasted time.
Speaker 2:Wasted time. So if you are nice to time, time will be nice to you and you won't feel so rushed, so so stressed, you know, and that's, and that's coming from my experience, my experience, but that's my advice today. What do you think?
Speaker 1:I think that's great um advice, because we just got to take that time to slow down. We just got to take that time to slow down and uh, yeah, just not rush. We are rushing to our grave and that's something that I do not want to do life is beautiful. I enjoy being here. I enjoy every piece of of life, whichever direction it hits me with good, bad, bad, ugly, you know and overcoming those challenges Right Time is valuable.
Speaker 2:Perfect, exactly, I like that. I like that, thank you.