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Speaker 1
Hi, everyone. Welcome back to tales of the town. Today I have on Scott and he is here to tell us his story today.

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Speaker 2
Thank you for having me. I'm excited to. Well, you know, there's a lot of stories. I think that everyone you've interviewed,

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Speaker 2
has a lot that we can share when you start reflecting back on your journey. And, as you know, I have written a soon to be published book which in and of itself has been incredibly therapeutic.

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Speaker 2
Like the whole process of writing, it has felt therapeutic for me and has provided me the opportunity to reflect on

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my self-growth journey, what I've discovered about myself over recent years, and things that have just, I think, brought out the best in and really kind of the magic. When you start thinking about it.

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Like all the magic that has taken place, how it's all unfolded to get me to this place, and all the tiny little events that seem insignificant in the moment all contributed to kind of like a domino effect to get me where I'm at.

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Speaker 2
And I think a good example of that would be

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we just had Halloween and, I went as the tooth fairy.

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Speaker 2
I mean, I was a huge step, but it's not a huge step out of my comfort zone anymore. It would have been a huge step outside of my comfort zone in the past. And like, I found myself at Spirit Halloween and going through all the costumes, I wanted something like show off my muscles like sleeveless, something to go along that line.

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Speaker 2
So like there's the traditional, police man firefighter. I'm a mobster. I'm like, you know what? There's probably like, toga. There's going to be a bunch of other guys wearing the same type of thing. They're just it's ordinary. And then I saw the tooth fairy costume. I'm like that's me. Like I, I was excited to wear this tooth fairy costume and I'm

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like proud to wear it.

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Like I just couldn't wait to get there. And like it sparked a whole bunch of conversations. People couldn't wait to come up to me. Take pictures. And it really got me engaging with people that otherwise. Like if I didn't wear something that was so out there, I guess I wouldn't have the night wouldn't have been the way it was.

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And then afterwards I was talking with my my mom, who's like my biggest supporter in the world,

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and she's like, Scott, like, I can't believe this is you. Like, you're at these events

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being the tooth fairy, wearing all these crazy costumes, but knowing that, like, I've been doing it for a few years here, she's like. Like you used to be so shy, somewhat introverted.

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Speaker 2
And it got me thinking, like, yeah, and I still am to a degree. There's still a little bit of shyness in me.

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Speaker 2
I wouldn't say I'm too much introverted anymore to a degree, but like, the domino effect that kind of got me to this place really started with yoga, joining, yoga hot AF three years ago, and that all started as a gift from my kids.

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Speaker 2
It was for my birthday three years ago. They had heard me talking about how I want to improve my mobility, my flexibility. I've been talking. I tried yoga in the past. It just wasn't for me. Just give me dumbbells. I just pick things up and put them down.

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But they knew and like, okay, this is I've got to start improving my, my flexibility.

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So they brought me ten sessions to yoga, I think. And it was going to be a good way for me to improve those aspects of my life. And it was a huge step outside my comfort zone to do that. I'm not familiar with it.

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But like they immediate the community immediately made me feel comfortable at home, like a non-judgmental atmosphere.

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Like two weeks into joining the studio, they had an anniversary party, which was a costume party. I'm like, I don't do this thing. I don't know anyone here. What am I doing? I almost backed out, maybe even going to that event. But I went and I had a blast. And then they kept having these

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costume parties, like, everything they do is a themed event.

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And each time I just kept getting more and more like I had the one up. The previous costume. I just felt so comfortable. I think in that setting, I think when you're in a setting that you feel comfortable with, where you know you're not going to be judged, where

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I don't want to say weird or goofy, but just being yourself, like letting your playful, fun, creative self just be you and let loose and have fun like that environment is what got me to this place right now.

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And it's really like looking back at my kids had no idea when they bought me that gift certificate that

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not only would I be improving my mobility, flexibility, strength, all the different, like doing handstands and all the stuff that I never dreamed I'd be doing, but finding my tribe, like my people who I feel like I belong with, I fit in that have been like bringing the best out of me.

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Speaker 2
And yeah, I'm still a little bit of shy. That's it's in me. But I feel like this part of me was always in me as well, and it has me reflecting on like, why did I suppress that all these years? Yeah, but it's all meant, like it all unfolded the way it was meant to unfold. So it's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1
I have a lot of questions.

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Speaker 1
Okay. Number one, can you describe your tooth fairy costume for people listening?

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Speaker 2
Okay, so it was a little two two. It's a white two to white tank top with a little tooth in front, wings on the back. I had a little tiara. I had a little one. And I was like full out flaunting, and just embracing. Like I,

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the tooth fairy was in me, that entire thing. And it's like I'm even still seeing pictures today.

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It was for a gala, and they're posting pictures from a week ago and, just see me, like when I won prize for the cutest costume they made the super cute little trophy. So they got pictures of me accepting it, and I'm like,

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floating around there. But really a big part of that. Like, feeling comfortable. Like, I feel confident and comfortable in my masculinity.

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Speaker 2
The Rock, I mean, he was in the movie The Tooth Fairy, and, you see, like, there's a lot of examples of men

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embracing and so, like, it doesn't have to mean just be fun, have be playful. It's,

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again, like how we how we hold ourselves back because like, societal norms or so.

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Speaker 1
Second part of that question is, was that costume intended for men? Yes. Okay. Yes.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, yeah. Picture in a guy in front of like on the cover of it. And I was like, yeah, yeah. So it was made to fit a guy I've never seen in. Well, I shouldn't say that I had because I was looking up other costumes as well. Yeah. So yeah.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, that's a great idea. Okay. Third question. So you mentioned that, like, this part of you is probably always there. So how do you think?

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Speaker 1
I know you said yoga was a part of it. How what other steps did you take to start unraveling it or bringing it back out?

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Speaker 2
Yeah, it is, because again, like I was just going back to the gift of my kids. I mean, yeah, that's kind of that's the big catalyst that got me to where I'm at. But it all

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like you start tracing the steps even further back and

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like just divorce. Like, if I wasn't if I didn't go through the divorce, I probably who knows if my kids would even got me that gift certificate at the time, I likely wouldn't have been embracing the community like I am now because I wanted to put myself out there.

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Speaker 2
So a big part of the process for me was, like after Covid, which I really embrace that time alone to myself. It really was a blessing in disguise for me. Gave me that time to look within,

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to discover a lot about myself, what brings joy to my life. And then once things opened up,

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I really made a point of exploring like I wanted to support all the small businesses, all the mom and pop cafes, restaurants, little microbrewery.

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So I'm like, I'm going to get out there. Being single and a lot of my friends, young kids, families, I always didn't always have someone to go out with. So I'm like, I'm going to start going out on my own. And so I started

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dating myself, which felt uncomfortable. So I started doing a lot of these things.

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Speaker 2
Getting out on my own made me feel a little uncomfortable at first, but then you start feeling more comfortable with that and going to restaurants. And at first it's like, let me go to a place it's not. It's

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maybe an event or a festival where everyone's kind of all around, but like then go into like fine dining where everyone's like, it's a couple, it's date night and everything, and you're there on your own, all dressed up and everything.

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Speaker 2
And yeah, the first like a little bit.

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Speaker 1
It's it's challenging, but then you're like, oh yeah, this is me. I can do it. So little things like that,

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that just kept me attempting things that made me feel uncomfortable, but also got me thinking, you know what? I'm. I'm good. Like, I'm

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good on my own. And I want to explore more. And then solo travel and everything as well, like, so used to taking vacations with whether it's my daughter or friends or family, like, you know, I'm going to do this one on my my own and again, feeling uncomfortable with it all.

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Speaker 1
So it's just not,

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I guess, somewhat intentionally doing these things to make myself feel a little uncomfortable. It's because I want to do it like I want to live my life. There's so many things I want to do and explore. I'm not going to allow things to hold me back.

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Speaker 2
So you do feel uncomfortable? It is still uncomfortable.

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Speaker 1
Some of the things, some of the things I put myself through feel uncomfortable at first. But yeah, like going to restaurants on my own now. Not uncomfortable. I just went to Hawaii on my own. Not uncomfortable, mind you. I've made some friends there. It's. It's my fourth time being to Maui. I knew I was going to be going to meet some people, but I did.

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Speaker 1
I still, on my birthday, I dined on my own, had a great conversation with, the waitress there who she knew, she's like, oh, you're like solo travel. I'm like, yeah. So it sparks like, great conversations with people. And then I found out some great snorkel spots and everything. So, that that trip excited the heck out of me.

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Dining alone. Like, I look forward to those things now.

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And I kind of, because initially when I would dine on my own, I'd bring my phone, I'd be, like, buried in my phone, wondering, what if everyone's looking at me here and it's like, I don't want to bring my phone. I want to, like, soak up my surroundings and really be in this experience and bring my journal as well from time to time.

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Just write in it. But, yeah, yeah, but so those types of things don't make me feel uncomfortable anymore.

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Speaker 1
But I still seek something like dance made me feel uncomfortable, when I first started that. So, yeah, trying different things put myself out there. I didn't feel uncomfortable at all with the tooth fairy costume like that was. And that's kind of the whole reflection part of it.

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Like that would have made me feel so uncomfortable in the past. Yet here I was, like, fully like excited. Like, this is what I want. This is this is me

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showcasing, like, who I am and how I've grown over the years. Yeah.

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Speaker 2
I'm hearing a lot of exploration and curiosity. Would you say those two themes are kind of what's been driving a lot of this growth for you?

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Speaker 1
Yeah, yeah. There is this healthy fascination of

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where life can take me, and it's kind of,

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because I used to set

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goals, and goals were like five year goals, even one year goals based on like

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what I want to achieve in life, based on what I know right now in this moment. And I'm just like,

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it seems like every day, every week.

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Speaker 1
So the opportunities present themselves. It

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I would have never

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thought of like, that's the direction I want to go. So I'm fascinated and fascinated with what I'm capable of doing, when I'm capable of overcoming,

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but just fascinated with the journey and how it just all

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unfolds. I just don't like to pigeonhole myself like I do it because I honestly couldn't six months ago.

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I could not have picture of my life the way it is right now.

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Speaker 1
And that fascinates me.

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Speaker 2
What about it, do you think?

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Speaker 1
What about it?

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Speaker 2
What do you mean you couldn't picture it?

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Speaker 1
I couldn't picture myself dancing. That was not

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my thing. And even six months ago, I didn't start writing the book. I didn't have the. I wasn't talking with my publisher at that time, so.

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Speaker 1
And the way that's all, like, I don't know what's going to happen from that. Who knows what kind of opportunities are going to the trickle down effect from all of that?

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Speaker 2
Yeah. I do believe goals are a great kind of North Star. There's so many things that could happen that you could never, ever predict. And to ignore them all just because you have this one North Star, right, would seem silly.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, and that's because I used to be very the smart goal approach that it's what I talk to. My clients would say what I did for myself and see that

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bigger, long term goal and break it down into chunks and everything. Measure my progress as I'm going along. But

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it's just like the more life is happening to me, the more I'm realizing

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there's a trajectory.

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I know the direction I want to go with life, but goals. Like I see how some goals in the past kind of had. It gave me blinders, which is good in some cases. If you have a goal you really want to achieve, like having blinders, having that deadline, breaking it all down, getting excited for achieving that goal. It's all good stuff.

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But

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now I'm just kind of focused on

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the magic of the day. Just give the best of myself to this moment. Be open to all of the opportunities that present themselves.

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Let it unfold the way it's going. It's meant to unfold.

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Speaker 2
There are seasons, right? Seasons to push, seasons to rest, seasons to just let it happen.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. I still think that the seasons of letting it happen I still it's progress. It's still always moving me in the right direction. I kind of think of it along the lines of just the natural flow of life. It's just me. Like I feel

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Speaker 1
it's about alignment and I can kind of tell those things like when my actions are in alignment with my inner nature and the trajectory I'm aiming for, when the things I'm doing feel congruent with who I am.

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Speaker 1
Like my core values and everything when I'm doing, when all of that's happening, when everything is in alignment, it's like life is taking me on this ride.

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That I meant to, meant to be on. And I just. I'm less resistant to

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a lot of that stuff where. Yeah. Before I would be like, opportunities would present themselves and be like,

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yeah, but then it's like it's either fear or just so many things that you allow to kind of hold you back, stay comfortable.

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I guess you'd say.

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Speaker 2
How do you know when you're in alignment?

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Speaker 2
Or how do you know when something is taking you out of alignment?

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Speaker 1
Yeah, that definitely. I think the taking out of alignment, you feel uncomfortable. There's just an uneasiness to it. Sometimes it could be like a pit in the stomach, just like this is this just doesn't feel right to me. Incongruent with who I am. It's just. Yeah, it's just an icky kind of feeling. You're like, that's just.

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That's not me.

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Something needs to change. Yeah. Whereas, like, when things are in alignment,

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it's just ease. It's, You feel that joy. You feel that

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spark. Like, everything just seems to happen

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naturally, like, effortlessly. And it's fun. It just. Yeah.

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Speaker 2
Yeah, it's. I love this energy about you. And I think it might be a little bit of a silly question because I know the answer.

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Speaker 2
Are you excited for what's next in the future?

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Speaker 1
I'm. I'm stoked. Like, I

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Speaker 1
and it's such a great place to be, in it to be this excited and

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having no clue. Like, because I don't know what's happening, what's going to happen next. But seeing how things just keep happening, it's like, yeah, like what? What is next? But at the same time, embracing the moment that I'm in right now.

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Speaker 1
Like how awesome, how awesome that we're having this conversation right now. Everything that brought us together. And like, even as

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Speaker 1
I saw you share a story yesterday or the day before, the cards that you got, Christie, who I think I just met her like the day before I saw your. And she shared a video of those cards.

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Two I met her at the cafe, and like, all these different, it's like. Oh, and like, it's just it's wild. It's really wild when you're open to it. But I think, like so many people.

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Speaker 1
They don't see, like, what's right in front of their face. They don't see the magic that's unfolding in front of them. And they don't take advantage of that.

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Speaker 1
Those opportunities. And see, I mean, it's it's

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to sit back in all of I mean, the moment that we're in right now and everything that brought us here, I think it's.

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Speaker 2
The fact that this is is like our second recording.

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Speaker 1
A little third. So what?

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Speaker 1
So it's kind of like I'm looking at the skies now tonight because it wasn't supposed to be windy the last time we recorded this here. And it wasn't supposed to be windy today. Like luckily the wind, the wind's been good. But look at the sky. It's not supposed to rain. And like if it rains on us and gets windy, the sun.

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Speaker 2
I'll be fine.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. And again, all of it. Yeah. It's. I'm. I am super excited for what's going to happen next.

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Speaker 2
So we do know that you are working on a book and it will likely be published very soon. Yes. Very soon.

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Speaker 1
Very soon.

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Speaker 2
Is there anything else that you are working on?

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Speaker 1
That's been.

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Speaker 2
I mean, that's the main thing.

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Speaker 1
That's been my main. Yeah. So the coaching, the fitness coaching business still going strongly, trying to juggle all of that has been because the the book I'm writing two books. So this one is about my self-growth journey and how to create joy, a life of joy, peace and and, freedom. The other one is a fitness book.

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Speaker 1
So the two going into gether, that'll be like after this book is finished, completed before it's even published, I will already be trying to complete the fitness book as well. So those two books will be published

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back to back, pretty much while still working on the business. My fitness coaching business, which is

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it's fun. It doesn't seem like, seem like work to me.

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Speaker 1
So growing that, growing the YouTube channel, travel retreats, those are the things like kind of more connection. In.

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Is what I'm looking for with the business tying in, because I definitely have the travel bug right now and just want to keep

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exploring the world. And my clients are all around the world, so every time I go on an adventure, I tend to meet up with them, get in a workout. So tying that in together as well as like getting a group of my clients together because they all we're all similar.

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Speaker 1
I tend to attract clients who are very similar to me

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Speaker 1
philosophical, spiritual, and want to get jacked at the same time.

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Speaker 1
So we have a lot to to share and to grow together. I learned just as much from my clients as they learn from me. So being in a retreat type setting, I think makes sense. I've done one on a cruise before, which was a blast.

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Speaker 1
I think the paparazzi are coming.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. So more along those lines and more writing. I just, I do find like these this is not

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Speaker 1
a one off or two off thing here. I think

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Speaker 1
I was meant to write these books that I'm writing right now, and I'm looking forward to seeing what's going to come next from them.

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Speaker 2
This is a self-serving question. How do you are you addicted to social media?

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Speaker 1
No, I wouldn't say - How do you manage that?

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Speaker 1
Posting leave kind of thing like I do. There is there's moments like, I recognize that. Like, I have to be responsible with social media because it is it's a part of my business. It's how I tracked most of my clients. I'd say like 95% of my clients come from YouTube, which is the easiest social media to kind of

00:19:51:01 - 00:19:51:23
Speaker 1
be responsible.

00:19:51:23 - 00:20:10:08
Speaker 1
Yes, 100% Instagram and Facebook. You do kind of like you write a post where like this is going to resonate with you. You just know it and you want to keep check in to people like it and all that kind of stuff there. Is that so it's that learning process of like,

00:20:10:08 - 00:20:14:05
Speaker 1
you've got to set it aside. And there's times like, especially when,

00:20:14:05 - 00:20:17:03
Speaker 1
like reading these two books, I've got to be focused, I can't be.

00:20:17:03 - 00:20:31:02
Speaker 1
So that's a part of my business. I know I need to track more clients or write a post. I can't be thinking about that post and writing my books at the same time. So my phone is off and it's in a drawer in my bedroom, so I'm like, not even tempted to to touch that.

00:20:31:02 - 00:20:35:19
Speaker 1
But I'm getting better with it because I do think, like, I love social media.

00:20:35:19 - 00:20:40:18
Speaker 1
It's allowed me the opportunity to connect with a lot of people. It's just a matter of being

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Speaker 1
responsible with it. And I mean, tying in dating apps and all that kind of stuff, too. It's very easy to be glued to your phone and I don't want. Yeah, to be like that. So knowing I think that's been the part like even through my, my fitness journey, my, my body transformation,

00:21:01:00 - 00:21:05:18
Speaker 1
getting to that point where like, I don't want to feel full anymore.

00:21:05:18 - 00:21:19:02
Speaker 1
So kind of like in social media to that feeling of if I'm finding I'm addicted to I'm scrolling and I'm like, that's me being full. That's me eating more than I should. I'm no longer hungry. Push it aside.

00:21:19:02 - 00:21:27:16
Speaker 1
So with with with my my nutrition and maintaining my weight and everything. Learning to like that's that's good. I want to avoid that pain of overconsumption.

00:21:27:18 - 00:21:36:09
Speaker 1
And it feels so great to just consume to that point of satisfaction. So it's very similar. It feels great to go on a social media share something that you hope,

00:21:36:09 - 00:21:44:05
Speaker 1
well, even if it doesn't resonate with anyone else. It's usually therapeutic for myself. Just get my thoughts out there. Anyway. So in in part I'm doing it for me.

00:21:44:07 - 00:21:56:14
Speaker 1
But if it helps someone else, that's that's fantastic as well. But to to do it and then just set it aside and focus on other things that, I don't want to be distracted from.

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Speaker 1
What matters most in life, I don't want as much as I love social media, I want to make sure I'm I'm living my life to the fullest.

00:22:03:20 - 00:22:05:08
Speaker 1
I think the big thing for me.

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Speaker 2
I was just going to say, I think that is the key, is finding the thing that matters more.

00:22:10:05 - 00:22:21:16
Speaker 1
Exactly, exactly. And that was like I had a little bit of a health scare when I came back from Hawaii in February, where I, I found a little lump on my chest and

00:22:21:16 - 00:22:29:17
Speaker 1
I figured it was just fatty tissue, but like, I had just I literally just talked, was on vacation. Someone said their brother had breast cancer.

00:22:29:17 - 00:22:43:00
Speaker 1
I'm like, that's weird. I've never heard of guys having breast cancer. I get home, I see this lump on my chest, and, I made an appointment with my doctor, and, so I had to wait two weeks to get into him. And during those that two weeks time, I'm like,

00:22:43:00 - 00:22:44:20
Speaker 1
if this is it,

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Speaker 1
I don't want to spend my life scrolling through my phone.

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Speaker 1
I want to live my life to the what matters most to me.

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Speaker 2
Thank you. Yeah. So if people are loving this conversation and they want to get on your list, find out about your book, where can they find you?

00:23:02:22 - 00:23:24:03
Speaker 1
Just look me up. Scott. Tucson, on Instagram and Facebook. If you're interested in the fitness aspect, Lose Fat, Get Jacked on YouTube is where I share. Not just if I'm starting to incorporate more of this self-growth journey, stuff as well on the YouTube channel. But yeah, most like Instagram and YouTube is where I share my

00:23:24:03 - 00:23:25:06
Speaker 1
unfiltered thoughts.

00:23:25:07 - 00:23:33:02
Speaker 1
Just when I was in my head is going to get dumped out there. And yeah, that's where I share a lot, about the books and and my writing as well.

00:23:33:06 - 00:23:34:09
Speaker 2
Yeah. Awesome.

00:23:34:11 - 00:23:37:08
Speaker 1
Thanks for having this friend conversation. So, you know, I love it.

00:23:37:13 - 00:23:39:12
Speaker 2
Thank you for being on the podcast today, Scott.

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Speaker 1
I appreciate it.