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Hey Coupley Fit fam.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Coupley Fit podcast where we talk all things health, marriage and mindset.
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Today we're focusing on mindset because there has been complete unrest happening in the world and we just want to give you some tips on how to stay positive.
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I know it can be very difficult in this time.
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Yeah, I mean the times are.
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I mean it is getting strange, like the uncertainty.
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I know we try to not overly consume the news and look at everything that's going on, but it's hard to to miss everything that's happening from a national, from a global, just like you feel like it's all kind of mounting a little bit at once.
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it feels like Absolutely, and you know this.
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What we're seeing in different formats, ways, policies, has happened before, and so when we talk about history and history repeating itself, we are in that phase right now, although, you know, I think social media really exasperates a lot of what we're seeing.
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But we just again want to give you some ways that you can stay positive during this time, because it can be extremely difficult and we still are living our lives, you know, and even if the unrest that's happening right now is not affecting you personally, do know that there's probably somebody that you know or that you're around that has been affected, and so how can you stay positive?
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But then also, how can you, you know, kind of radiate that positivity for others too?
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Yeah, and it's a lot of people that need that light right now they're.
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They're hoping for that energy or that positive person.
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I mean.
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I just think about how blown away you know I was just seeing the fallout between Elon Musk, donald Trump, just the the I mean the Twitter back and forth.
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I'm like wait, did you guys go from being partners to like you know it's?
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a bad breakup.
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We're seeing a bad breakup on social media in real time, but it's at the highest government level.
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It's the highest level.
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It's the leader of our country here in America, and we were talking about this when we first saw it and we in shock, of course, but then you almost have to laugh to keep from crying, honestly, like I feel like that's where we kind of are right now, but let's dive into a couple of tips to help people stay positive, because I think that's really what we need right now.
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So, first and foremost is practice gratitude.
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That's something that we like to do every day.
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You know, wake up, thank the Lord for this day, but what are three things that you're thankful for each day?
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And if you can kind of write that down or, you know, even say that out loud to somebody, that is just going to be something that's going to elevate your mood and remind you that, no matter what's happening in the world, I can still be thankful for where I am or what I have.
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And then I can, you know, move throughout my day.
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Yeah, for somebody that maybe is thinking about that or trying to do it for the first time, they're like, well, what are we grateful for?
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And I think about you know, today, practicing this, you know, I'm grateful I woke up this morning.
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Amen, I'm grateful for you, yes, and also I'm grateful I woke up this morning.
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Amen, I'm grateful for you, yes, um, and also I'm grateful that I'm healthy, right like I feel like sometimes not overthinking it, and it doesn't have to be about you know, today was the most extravagant weekend ever and it's just like man.
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I'm healthy, I've got a lot to be grateful for, I've got family, I've got all of those little things and I think, if we can start there, um, it just it allows you to be open and receptive to more of those positive things coming into life, versus what's going to happen or what's that negative thing or maybe what am I worried about or have fear of?
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Yes, and this reminds me of the Oprah Winfrey quote where she mentions that you want to focus on the things that you do have and not the things that you don't have.
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So I think when we talk about gratitude, it's that same piece there.
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And so three things that I'm grateful for.
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First and foremost, I always say waking up I mean just on the basic level is waking up.
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And then I get into things like I'm so grateful that I have shelter.
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I mean the unhoused population right now is significantly increasing and as we talk about policies and you know other things that are happening here on the government and policy side, it's getting difficult for people to continue to stay housed.
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And then also, you know, on a basic level, is having a car, being able to have transportation that has AC, especially here in Arizona, right?
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Like just being grateful for the things also that you can control and that are things that are going to allow you to remember that let's get back to basic human needs and basic human rights.
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Really, yeah, and there's so many people that are struggling with that right now, and I think about the fact that we're based and we're filming in Arizona and this is home for us.
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But how many people last year I think you said a hundred that had heat related deaths in Arizona due to it being, you know, triple digits, 115 plus degrees, and you're living without you know, you're unhoused and the concrete is high, just it's.
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It's hard to even think about that reality for somebody, and that's someone's, every day.
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Exactly, exactly so.
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The second point is to and you mentioned this briefly before is connect with your loved ones, right, like getting back to your roots.
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That's one thing that we always hear, too, even just as you on a separate note or building your brand, right, you remembering who you are, remembering your roots, talking to your loved ones and saying to them I just appreciate you, you know, in calling somebody up, not because I want anything or need anything, but just because I want to just tell you hello today, I just want to see how you're doing today.
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Uh, I think that goes so far when we talk about, uh, the connection piece which I feel like, especially here in America, we are lacking and it seems like it's getting further and further away from us being able to actually connect with each other.
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It's a great call out because so often, when you think about family and even the quality time that you want to spend, I was having a conversation earlier with somebody and they were like man, they don't have it.
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We talk about this too.
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A lot of people don't have living grandparents left.
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Yeah, that's me.
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Right, and I'm super grateful because I have my grandparents living, so like being able to talk to grandma today and, you know, ask her what she thought of the movie centers and like like those.
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It seems small, but those are things that you can really cherish and be appreciative of.
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So I just I think about that and and that can be a reminder for somebody, of just think about that little connection that you can have or those moments, and sometimes that takes your mind off of all the craziness that's going on in the world.
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Absolutely.
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And something just came to me too, that when you are talking about your loved ones, something that you and I just talked about a couple of weeks ago was, oh yeah, like our grandparents were not our grandparents right Before.
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Like our mom was not our mom before.
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So what was your life like before?
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And asking those questions of you know who were you and what were some of the experiences that you had, and just again getting back to that connection piece.
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But these are also stories that you can take along in your journey and take along too when you do have kids or need to pass down that legacy piece, because it does bring a during a time of unrest, it brings some sort of stability and really brings you back to your core.
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You're so right.
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You know Gam Gam and Paw Paw had a life.
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They had a life before us, right, and so you know, and I think to your point on being able to draw that appreciation I know I talk about so often, um, and I literally just sent a message to my granddad's on Facebook, but he commented on a post where I was speaking somewhere and I was just like I wouldn't be able to do what I'm doing right now If it wasn't for your sacrifices, for you know, you being able to like and this is across all of the grandparents of just like me you really paved the way for us to be here and have these opportunities, and so I'm just, I'm not lost, Like that's not lost on me, you know, is that man, someone had to make serious sacrifices.
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I even see.
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You know we're living that prayer or that life that they wanted you know, 2050.
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How many years ago was for us to be able to do what we're doing today?
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Absolutely.
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And when you talk about sacrifices right, especially for us also being in a place where you can talk to your grandparents, but learning more about their story, it gives you insight into your legacy and it gives you insight into who you are, and it's like, oh shoot, this is why I am the way that I am.
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It started generations before and I'm not only appreciating that, but then also, just again, giving that, giving your loved one another opportunity to connect with you.
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And, especially as we talk about grandparents, right, Something that my mom said she is, she's worked in senior living for over 30 years as an executive and she's told me that, you know, when you talk about elderly people, it's typically I have five things going on for the entire week, Right, and I think that when we start thinking about that, that gives us another opportunity to say you know what I'm going to make that call some more.
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I'm going to even text, because we've got some grandparents that can text now, right, I'm going to send a text or I'm going to share, like you said, some things on social media too.
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That's just those little pieces of connection that you can create that allows you to just get more stability 100%.
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So this goes right into, too, about when we're talking about loved ones and connection.
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Volunteering Volunteering is so important because it just gives you the opportunity to again you're seeing how other people are living at this current time of unrest.
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And going back to the gratitude piece, you can be so grateful again for just the car being able to get here to volunteer Right, and those type of of small moments that really add up every day to I'm grateful that I am here on this planet, like I'm grateful that I'm able to come and volunteer and give my time back, and I think it just really opens you up to see that maybe your life is not what you may think it is and it actually could be better.
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Yeah, and the volunteering side of things to your point is a perspective shift.
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So and you know we're not parents yet, but when we think about especially kids, we've both had the opportunity to volunteer and give back at a young age and we still do now now.
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But when you get a chance to see someone else's circumstances, it will give you a reality check, quick, quick, like I mean, I remember years where we, you know, we struggled going, you know, a couple years ago we're struggling, you know, in like heading to the holidays and it's like man, there's going to be no christmas gifts this year.
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It's going to be literally like for decoration, it's just the wrapping inside of some plastic.
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How to let family members know, right?
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Hey, listen, don't expect gifts we're going to get together.
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Double gifts.
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You know I'm going to make you something.
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Come on Arts and crafts, right, I'm going to go ahead season and you see, wait, we're talking about not having gifts under the tree and there's someone that doesn't have a roof over their head.
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There is no tree, there is no house, right.
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And then in your you know, volunteering or helping put together meals, or you know, going out into the community and it gives you this perspective shift of like wait a minute.
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I have so much to be thankful for for the kids.
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You know I have got 15 things on my you know Christmas list or on my birthday list.
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I want a $500 laptop or cell phone.
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I want a new bike, I want to this, I want to this, and it's like well, wait a minute.
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There's kids that don't have shoes right, there's people that don't have a roof, and it's it's, I think, perspective for all of us that there's always someone out there that is in a worse off situation, which also goes back to that gratitude.
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But also there's areas to volunteer and opportunities with so many different organizations where you can help right in your own community, be a part of the change.
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Absolutely, and there's so many pieces to that and so many layers, because when you were talking about, just again, you're being in your own community that gives you another piece of stability and core and then also a sense of purpose, like you said right.
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And then taking it a step further, I know we like to volunteer at a local community garden in South Phoenix, which was not far from where we lived.
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We lived in South Phoenix for four years.
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It was a food desert, amongst other things, and we were talking to some at-risk youth and they're telling us that they've never had a room, let alone a bed.
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I sleep on the couch.
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That's where that's my bedroom, is the couch.
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And so, thinking about your own childhood, right, and as we reflect, being in our 30s and we're just looking back at our childhood, it is another piece.
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We're going back to connecting with loved ones, saying to your loved ones, your parents or grandparents or whoever took care of you thank you so much for all that you did for me.
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I didn't realize at the time that, although we may not have had everything, we didn't necessarily need anything.
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And so our basic needs were met, as opposed to people that we have talked to and kids specifically who are struggling with just basic needs were met, as opposed to people that we have talked to and kids specifically who are struggling with just basic needs.
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And it does give you another sense of understanding that you can be grateful even for the smallest things that allow you to continue to expand on your, your purpose, and expand on on giving back to the community 100% to that too, and I was just thinking how grateful I am to your point of man duh Getting older and seeing how expensive these tournaments and how expensive kids are.
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You don't think about it, you're just like.
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I just want to play basketball.
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That's it.
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I just want to play football I just want to join the league, not realizing there's a cost for the shoes, the jersey, the gas to get there, the time, the weekends, and so it's such a sacrifice that parents make and I think so often they can just be like, oh, I just want to go play, and so often it can just be like, oh, I just want to, it's the, I just want to go play, and there's so many sacrifices that have to happen to do that.
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So showing that appreciation is it's it's pretty significant.
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It is, it is, and so then, this kind of goes into the second part of the you know another point, which is create a routine.
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Right Now, we, when we talk about practicing gratitude, connecting with loved ones, volunteering, amongst some of the other tips that we're going to give this is all creating a routine, and you're going to hear us say stability often in this podcast, but it gives you stability and it gives you structure, especially when we're in a time right now, where unrest, dissatisfaction, awful things are happening not only in our community, in our backyards, nationwide and globally.
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What are we going to do?
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That's going to continue to keep us grounded and give us structure as we move forward.
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Yeah, and I think to that point, you know, as we look at something that we do, that's a game changer trying to be and focus on being the thermostat and not the thermometer.
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Because it's very easy to wake up, jump on the phone, look at social media, see that a plane just crashed, see that a country just got attacked or bombed, like these are like crazy things to be able to see.
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But if you can be the thermostat and not jump on that phone or on social media when you first get up, or when you, you know, are kind of adjusting to the day and maybe you're going to that gratitude journal or you know you're taking that time to, you know, get your workout in and get active or just focus on how you're feeling and getting centered, before allowing all of these outside factors to really impact your day, how you feel, your emotions, cause as soon as you like, get news like that or find out something like that, I mean it.
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It throws you off your entire day.
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And now you're thinking about man, all of those people that are maybe impacted, or how this you know how tariffs are impacting maybe your current job or layoffs, like there's all of these things that are happening that can be fear-based.
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How do we create a routine that really reinforces a positive mindset and a more optimistic approach?
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Absolutely.
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It reminds me of something that I saw on social media that said our nervous systems are not meant to see death.
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When we wake up to see unrest during lunchtime and doom scrolling at night, like we're, we literally our bodies cannot handle it.
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And we're seeing more and more people, honestly, that are in their forties, even in their thirties, that are having significant health issues.
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And it is one of those things where I think we're getting to a point going back to that cliche of stress will kill you.
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And we're kind of in that realm right now where we are so stressed out all of us, whether it's again community level, nation level, global level we are all so stressed out.
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It's remembering what are the things that we can do that are going to ground us, keep us structured, keep us in a keep moving, uh, forward in a positive manner, although you know we're not saying that there aren't going to be bad days like that's definitely not what we're saying at all and for us we're typically optimistic, we're positive, naturally, but it doesn't mean that's not a choice every day.
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I mean, there's times where we wake up and it's your, you know you don't mean to look at your phone, but you do and then you see, oh my gosh, we're having, you know, more unrest around the globe.
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And it's just like, oh my gosh, this now.
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My cortisol levels are high, like I'm feeling stressed out, my heart rate is fluttering, my palms are sweaty, I'm getting anxious.
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And what are we doing to combat that?
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Because that's where we have to get to right now in order for us to be successful as we move forward in a way that's going to keep us again stable.
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Yeah, and the game changer, I think too, is when there's all of these distractions and there's so much noise going on how do you stay tuned in to what that truth is and stay rooted in that?
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And I think for us, our faith plays a big part in that staying rooted in the word.
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You know, the Bible app, youversion, being able to you, you know, stay in our prayers and that's a part of that routine of not being swayed or getting so distracted by what's happening because it can consume you, like it can literally be to the point where I think you know and we talked about it people are either so stressed out, some people are paralysis by analysis, like I'm not doing anything because I'm just concerned about what's next, like do I invest and do more?
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Or like is is the world ending right?
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Like that people are literally at that concern level of place and I think, if you can stay rooted in the optimism, stay rooted in how do I create balance in my routine so that I'm not getting swayed and distracted by these outside sources or these outside examples, I think it at least gives you a chance because, right now.
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I mean we're we're literally looking at like crazy times.
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Yes, absolutely, and it reminds me of the Bible verse that essentially says you don't want to sway to and fro, right, you want you don't necessarily want to be um on the fence when it comes to your health in particular.
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You want to be somebody that is not only setting those boundaries for yourself and sticking to those boundaries, but then also being transparent, like, where are you Right?
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And that's when you go back to checking on your loved ones, checking in on them hey, how are you doing?
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What's everything that's going on?
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How are you feeling?
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Are you doing things for yourself that are allowing you to bring down your stress levels?
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Right, maybe I can send you a book, maybe I can you know, what can I do to also support you?
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That can be another question that you can ask your loved ones.
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But we really do have to start building a routine for ourselves that's going to allow us to just come down, like let the parasympathetic nervous system come down, because I know even for me, that's something that I've been struggling with is my high cortisol and like being just highly stressed and like my face was getting really puffy and, amongst other things, because I'm just I was so stressed out and now I've been able to find ways and we've even talked about.
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I said to you I was like I've really realized I'm a nature girly and I need to be in nature.
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That's something for me that allows me to just calm down.
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And you were like, oh, let's throw it into chat GPT.
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And you came out with a whole itinerary of things that we're able to do here in Arizona to just help bring down the stress levels.
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Yeah, let's talk a couple about a couple of those things chat GPT gave me, gave me, so one of them that I really love and I think what's great, I appreciate you just communicating and sharing that.
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That's something that can help support you and for the husbands you don't have to have all the answers.
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You do not.
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If you don't have all the answers sometimes ChatGPT does but also just being actively listening and you being able to share that.
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Yeah, it's not, but you shared that with me.
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So then I put that into chat gbt and literally asked how can I support you in Arizona when it's hot and it's summertime?
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And it was like, oh, we can do staycation, we can go up to Sedona or Flagstaff, we can go hiking in the morning or you know we could go.
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And I even mentioned like golf was another great one.
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Yeah, doing things outside that have misters or uh covering in arizona.
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I was like these are all great examples.
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I know we got to put air into the tires for our bikes, but that'll be something else we can do.
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So, like all of these ideas that are super basic, like I know the bikes are down in the garage, but getting that list from chat gpt and then putting that into a note and now we're going to literally schedule out like these are something we can do each week to get more like outdoors for you.
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But also it's being able to spend time and quality time together and everything that, for the most part, that we named, aside from maybe the, the gas to get to certain certain places.
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It's not costing a lot of money.
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It's just being intentional about your time absolutely and to your point right, having a support system I think that's something that we're hearing just as we're talking is really having that support system and tapping into that and not being afraid to be.
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We say hot.
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We also use this for our business, but we say that we are hot, we are humble, open, transparent.
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The ones that are supporting you, the ones that are rooting you on, the ones that are also saying, hey, like I can help you get out of this rut, or whatever that looks like for you.
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That's where we need to tap in more into.
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And find those right.
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Find those people that are true supporters, because I think right now a lot of people are like no, like trust.
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Do you know them?
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Do you like them?
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Do you trust them?
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If you've got a question mark on one of those, this likely isn't the person that's a confidant.
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They're not the passion partner or someone that you need to lean in and spend more time with and I think one of the quotes that we also hear that I love you know, look at the five people you spend the most time with.
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That's going to be what you, that's more of your future.
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So try to be aspirational in those people that you're spending time with.
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You know and becoming you know, sometimes even when we, when we're in that evolution.
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I heard a quote.
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It was talking about the fact that when you're in the growth phase, you haven't found your new friends or the people that match where you're going, but you've outgrown maybe some of the old friends or some of the people from your past.
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So you're in this space of figuring it out, but that's where you build your routine.
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You have that, those foundational pieces that you're really stacking together so that now you can really take off and kind of go into this next phase of who you're becoming.
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And to add to that, that also is what you put out.
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There is also what you're going to attract, right?
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So if you're putting out that positivity, if you're putting out just even more of a structure, that's also the people that you're going to start attracting into your life and you're going to notice, oh my gosh, okay, this was a new friend, this is, you know, no Drake quotes here, no new friends.
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It's like actually, no, I do need some new friends that are matching where I am right now and it's, it's okay if you are in that phase as well.
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I feel like we maybe need to have a whole episode about friendships, because that's something, especially now that we're in our thirties, we're realizing that.
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Oh, okay, we are in a new phase now and we are gaining some new friends, and what does that look like?
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But and I think to your point, the episode on friendships and then also like dating as a married couple, because the friendships when you're a married couple and like you're dating with other couples, that's a whole.
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Nother like that's a whole topic like couple date.
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What do you mean?
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yeah, so like so one, you have the individual friendships that like I have and you have as we're getting older.
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But then once you get married and you're now a married couple, now you're hanging out with other married couples and like what's that?
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Like right?
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So?
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because sometimes it's like we have, because I just heard dating married couples like but I get what you're saying, that's a good point.
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No, I get what you're saying, but you kind of are.
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If you think about it, let's be totally right and you're like right here's my bio.
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Come on, here's our bio.
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Here are the hobbies that we like do we like the same foods, do we hang out at the same places or do our kids go to the same school?
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Yeah, those are all things.
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That's because you want to typically hang out with other married couples or other couples in general, because you likely have more in common or it's like kind of in that same path, uh, like career life and all of those things yes, absolutely so.
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Then we can jump into being solution oriented, and it's it really is looking at what can I control?
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What are some positive steps to get there?
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Because when we think about again where we are right now, there is so much that is out of our control right now that a lot of what we're giving you on on the tips, not only is this what we do or that we're aspiring to do, but these are the tips, these like the steps to get you to a position where it's like I feel like I'm in control.
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I'm sure a lot of people right now that are listening are feeling that instability I don't know where, I don't know where I'm going, I don't know what's happening in the world right now.
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It's almost like this state of confusion which turns into anger and unrest and all the other adjectives to describe where we are now.
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But being solution oriented I think is is very key because again it brings you down.
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Rather than focusing on the macro, it's on the micro of okay, what's in my control?
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I can control how I think I can control how I react.
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Like we always say from the Bible I can, I'm in control of my mind, emotion and will, and so really sticking to that and then also you can have some sort of control as well in your household when we start talking about some of the, the tips that we're giving you and incorporating these into your household and seeing again, we need to get back to some sort of structure or we need to create a structure yeah, I mean, the structure is definitely being shaken up right now and I think there is a lot of fear.
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Yeah, you know which which I heard this week?
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fear is contaminated faith, which I really like, I like that and I think a part of that fear, too, is what's happening right now with technology.
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Right, there's AI, there's, you know, with artificial intelligence.
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You know we're also seeing is, you know, there's more self-checkouts and there's less, like, engagement at stores.
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And the question of what are people doing with, like, what about the jobs?
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What about the people that were doing technical writing?
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And now you have AI and these different tools and this replacement with robots.
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So there's this idea of like, oh my gosh, how does all of these things factor into my life?
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Is my role going to get replaced?
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All of this?
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And I think to your point, how do I continue to provide value?
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How do I stay on that learning curve of how do I incorporate chat, gpt or AI into what I'm doing?
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How do I make those adjustments?
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And then also not having fear that it's coming in and replacing things today, but how do I make again the innovative kind of steps to say like, this is how I can use it to my advantage.
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Yes, and to your point, right, chat GPT is a great opportunity to be solution oriented and learning how to use it I would highly recommend everyone learns how to use it.
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There is a format on how to ask questions in ChatGPT or really any AI system that you're using to be able to just help you get further faster.
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Take some stress off of yourself as well, right?
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Something that for both of us, we were just talking about, like, oh my gosh, the amount of emails that are just flooding your inbox.
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But thankfully we have Gemini that can summarize a quick summary of what we need.
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Right, and that's changed the game for us, just on a work side.
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But again, what are some positive steps that you can take now that are going to make you feel like you're in control and do them right?
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A lot of times, people want the transformation but they don't want to change.
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That's a Dr Brene Brown quote that I really enjoy, because that is true.
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Right, like you, you have to put in the work to get yourself out of the place that you're in.
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Nobody's saying that it's going to be easy by any means.
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Typically, it is difficult.
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Right, it's like going into the eye of the storm.
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You have to go through the storm, get into the eye where there's some calmness, but then you still have to get out of that and there is a rainbow on the other side.
