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Speaker 1: Good morning, Victoria. How are you doing?

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Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm good, How are you?

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Speaker 1: Fantastic? Very excited to share a conversation with you because

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I love it when people take their creativity to so

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many different levels and they understand who it is that

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they're reaching out to and how it's going to change

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people's lives. I'm an adult. This book right here really

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has a way of reaching into adult lives as well.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much. That means a lot to me.

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I was actually one of the goals because there was

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a book that I really loved called All the Places

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You'll Go. And though it's supposed to be a children's book,

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I was gifted in high school graduations, so it's still

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applied even after all those years.

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Speaker 2: So I definitely love that you resonate.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that I really felt in the

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very beginning is is there a difference between separation, anxiety

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and codependency? Because I mean, I mean, to me, they're

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one and the same, but they're not. But at the

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same time, after reading this book, I'm trying to figure out, Okay,

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where am I on this path? Because you talk about

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so many amazing things.

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Speaker 3: You know what, I feel like they can be intertwined

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but also looked at differently. And I think even the

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fact of that when people go away, we miss them

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is one reason to read the book.

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Speaker 2: No matter what the title of the feeling is.

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Speaker 3: I think the book can address those emotions, especially when

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you're able to establish object permanence as at such a

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young age and being able to understand you know that

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when you go away, it doesn't mean that you're actually gone,

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you know. And it kind of applies even for someone

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who's grieving, just taking on different meanings depending on what

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each reader is feeling.

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Speaker 1: It's so amazing how you're being so open and so

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honest with this book in the way of you're getting

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the subject at hand at such an early age, because

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I wish I would have had a book like this

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when I was a kid. Well, I didn't have this,

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and I think that's the reason why I had high

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anxiety or I became codependent.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think there's It's not necessarily a negative

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feeling if you're feeling codependent. I think we are in

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a world where we do want to be able to

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want each other and need each other. We're not meant

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to be I am.

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Speaker 2: Legend with one person on the work in the world.

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Speaker 3: So I think it's cool to have emotions when when

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people are away from you and missed them, but also really.

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Speaker 2: Great to have a book that helps you through through.

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Speaker 1: That because I study Native American spirituality. I love the

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fact that you have a gentle moon comforting a star

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that that hit me very spiritually.

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Speaker 2: Oh I love that, Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Where did that idea come from? Were you staring at

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the stars somewhere out in Montana, Wyoming, Canada, or wherever

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you're traveling for well?

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Speaker 3: I remember growing up, I lived in a place called

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Wilton and High School, which was kind of a little

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bit outside of Sacramento, and we didn't have city lights

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like when you're driving. When I was driving from high

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school home, once you got into my heir, there was

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only reflectors, which allows for a really amazing view of

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the sky and you can see even more stars because

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the city's so dark. And so I always loved looking

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at the at the stars and looking at the sky

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and wondering what's out there. And I think it was

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a really great way to describe it, you know, object termanence,

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because when you see the sun, you know you know

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it's going to come up, it always goes down. You

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never see the sun in the moon in the same room,

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you know, so it was cool to use that as

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a visual. Is something that you'd definitely be able to

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see daily and explain to the child, and it gives

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it gives a visual to something that they feel emotionally.

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Speaker 1: The book we're talking about is everywhere you are. One

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of the things that you put concentration on, and you're

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actually educating young readers, and that is being present and

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being happy in your moment of all things right now, Yes,

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that's right, but so many people don't understand because you know,

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there was one thing I looked up the other day

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about the word uncertainty. The reason why people feel uncertain

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is because they're spending so much time in their past

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trying to rewrite that's history that they don't want to

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be in the present because they know what their history is,

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but they don't know what the future is, so therefore

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they would rather spend time in the past. And it's

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almost like one of those things where I'm blessed to

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have an author like yourself to do this, because people

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need to learn how to be in their moment of now.

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Speaker 3: No, that's right, I think a lot of anxiety comes

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from either, you know, reflecting on the past or thinking

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too far in the future, and neither of those things

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or things that you can control, or a race. So

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it is really nice to be in the present, and

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I think those are the moments in happiness truly exists or.

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Speaker 4: Please do not move. There's more with Victoria mone coming

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up next. The name of the book is Everywhere you

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Are from Victoria Monet. One of the things that you're

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very true and transparent with is when someone isn't right

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here next to us, their love is still here. Because

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I swear to God, I feel my mother's presence more

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today than I did when she was here. And I

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love the fact that that you're so open and honest

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with this.

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Speaker 2: I love that. I think that's so important. I think

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I feel the same way.

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Speaker 3: You know, my grandma was one of my favorite people,

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and she passed, but I feel that she's more present

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everywhere that I am now than she was able to

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be while she was here on earth.

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Speaker 2: So now that she's in the spirit realm, she's part

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of the stars. So I think it's really.

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Speaker 3: A beautiful message for everybody who has lost anybody.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 1: So Now, what have you learned from this project? Because

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I mean when an author goes into a writing adventure,

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you know you're also going in there as a student.

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Speaker 3: Yes, well, I think I really just wanted to be

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able to express myself and how I was feeling and

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use that expression to help people through their own emotions.

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And that's part of my calling, whether it's through songwriting

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for myself for other people. I think a book is

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another form of that calling. So one of my purposes

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is to really just help people through certain emotions and

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using words that maybe they couldn't find in order to

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do so.

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Speaker 2: So this book is another conduit for that.

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Speaker 1: So what was it like to create with Aliyah? Because

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I mean, you know, when it comes to that kind

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of a collaboration, there's got to be some sort of

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relationship between the two creative people, you know what.

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Speaker 3: We were really aligned from the beginning. One of her

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first iterations of the drawings I already was in love with.

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I had very minor tweaks and notes, color changes in

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certain shapes and quessions, but she's based on what she

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naturally did. She was a perfect fit for what I

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wanted people to feel when they even look at the pictures,

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and so I'm so thankful and excited that I was

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able to work with her. And she's a very, very

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busy illustrator, so I'm lucky to have her a part

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of this book.

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Speaker 1: So this is one of those books and my wife

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and I were talking about this because she's a retired

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school teacher. This is one of those books where I

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would love to have parents read out loud to their

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kids this book, to share the book so they can

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hear the pitch, volume, and tone of it.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, absolutely, I think that's super important. I do

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feel like at a certain age, maybe the child will

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read it to the parent, you know, those teenage years

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where they're trying to go out with their own friends

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and they got their own life. I feel like the

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message may apply back to the adult as well. So

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it's I think a multi dimensional book.

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Speaker 1: See that is so interesting that you say that, because

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instantly I was shot back to the movie note the

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notebook where he was, you know, the the daily journals

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were being read back, and oh, that's a fantastic story.

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when when we go and be with adults with dementia

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and stuff, read the stories that they had as children.

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Speaker 2: Right, right, So then how how do.

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Speaker 1: You take this to the next level? Do you take this?

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I mean, are you on are you the voice on audible?

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What what is the next step?

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Speaker 3: Actually, my daughter and I record audiobook together, so she's

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four years old. I think she was three at the

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time of the recording, but we've recorded it together, so

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she's definitely going to have that for the rest of

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her life, which I'm really excited about for her and

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then also for other kids to hear, you know, a

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child's voice within the book as well, I think will

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be pique their interests and be super exciting for them to.

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Speaker 2: To read along with the audiobook.

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Speaker 1: When you touch on the subject of even the ones

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that you love in your life, what is that like

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for you to put it on a page and then

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share it, Because I mean that that is an extension,

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that is an extension of your creativity and basically your

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your truth and trust in yourself.

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Speaker 3: Yes, well, you know a lot of times when you

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say certain things, it can it can go in one

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air the other, but when it's written down, it feels

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permanent and it feels factual. So I think that's one

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of the powers of books is when and even manifestations,

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when you're writing things down, the universe will respond, God

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will respond, your body will respond, more cells will respond,

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and you're able to read read it almost like a

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mancho or affirmation over and over again with the same words,

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so it becomes even more true in your body. So

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I think when you write a book or write anything down,

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it just it manifests as permanence.

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Speaker 2: And that's what I wanted.

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Speaker 3: For the book, for it to outlast people, you know,

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be here for generations and be able to be passed down.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I cassed up.

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Speaker 1: I totally get that because I'm still reading Mike Mulligan'

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Steam Shovel and in the first grade. I totally get that.

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I call that dear future reader. I mean, it's like

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we were in this moment here in twenty twenty five,

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but in twenty and seventy five, your words are still going.

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Speaker 2: To be there right right Exactly Where.

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Speaker 1: Can people go to find out more about you, Victoria,

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because I want them to really get into what your

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presence is and how you're sharing positive energy.

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Speaker 3: Yes, so I'm able to be found on our social

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media sites at Victoria Monet.

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Speaker 2: It's m O and E. T is the last name.

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Speaker 3: And then also I think you'll get to know a

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lot about me by even read reading the book and

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what my intentions are and the dedication in the back.

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So the book is available everywhere books are sold. And

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also the audio book Wow is available.

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Speaker 1: You've got to come back to this anytime in the future.

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The door is always going to be open for you.

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Speaker 3: Oh.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Will you'd be brilliant today? And thank you for giving

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yourself permission to write such amazing books for young adults,

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because this is the kind of steps that we need

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to take, and especially for parents who are afraid to

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bring up that subject.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate that. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Do you have a great day today?

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Speaker 2: Okay, you too, Thank you.