WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.120 I'm gonna leave you here. What is up, guys? How 2 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:07.719 is everyone doing? Welcome to the show today we have 3 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:14.759 a special guest author, podcaster, and autism awareness Miss Christy Michelson. 4 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:17.960 Yes, hi, Jake, Now you do it. 5 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.199 And by the way, I usually get your name wrong. 6 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:21.760 Is it Micholson? 7 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.000 It is, it's Christy Michelson. You got it perfect. 8 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:28.879 Yeah, I hope. Hold on. We we got a little 9 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:32.240 thing out here. Sorry if I'm Mike. They had this 10 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.880 thing now where you could do the chat bot right there. 11 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:37.759 Oh yes, yes, box. 12 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.439 Yeah, But I hope everybody is staying save over. Everybody's 13 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:45.039 doing well on this great, fabulous Thursday afternoon, and it's hot. 14 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:53.079 It's hot. But tell us a little bit about yourself, Chrissy. 15 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.759 All right, well hello everyone. As Jake said, my name 16 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:59.039 is Christy Michelson. I am a book author, a podcast host, 17 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.200 and an APA for causes such as cancer, autism, and 18 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.840 lupa's awareness. You can actually find out more about me 19 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:09.719 by visiting my website at Christymichelson dot com, or you 20 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:13.280 can find my podcast ww double a podcast on all 21 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:19.159 the podcast platforms. I am a mother of two autistic children. 22 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.519 Well they're young adults now, my son Josh and my 23 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.519 daughter Cassie. Josh has high functioning autism. Back in the 24 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.920 day we called it aspergers and now I believe it's 25 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:33.239 called level one. And then my daughter, yes, right ahead. 26 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.560 Sorry, is a thing that's called They now call it 27 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:40.120 as ASD autism spectrum disorder. 28 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.840 Very good, thank you, Jasi. I have been It's been 29 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:49.000 a while since I've done a lot of advocacy for autism. 30 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.719 My kids are now in their twenties, so it's been 31 00:01:52.760 --> 00:02:04.400 a long time since I've gotten the terminology proper. So, yes, 32 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:10.439 my children are autistic again. My daughter is moderate severe. 33 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:15.199 And then I deal with LUPUS for myself on a 34 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.120 daily basis. So that's a little bit about me, ladies 35 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.520 and gentlemen. I never apologized, never apologize. 36 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:24.039 So one thing that you do a lot in work 37 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.360 with wrestling, I saw that you promoted a few of 38 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:28.599 its for wrestling. 39 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:32.280 Absolutely. Let me tell you a little bit about that. 40 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:34.800 It's it's kind of a short, kind of long story here. 41 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:37.680 I'll make it as short as possible. My son, being 42 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.319 on the autism spectrum, had always been obsessed with WWE. 43 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:47.639 He wanted to be a WWE wrestler. Well. Growing up, 44 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:50.120 he had lived in California with me and my husband 45 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.960 and my daughter, and during COVID, my husband lost his 46 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.039 job and we had to move out of state and 47 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.000 find a whole new life for us. Well, we ended 48 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.039 up moving to Texas, and my son decided that he 49 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:05.000 was going to look up wrestling schools while we got here, 50 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.120 and he found one called m WA, which is Main 51 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.280 Event Wrestling, and he trained with the pro wrestlers out 52 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:18.159 here in Texas on the indie circuit. And he had 53 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.360 went far in his training and he got to where 54 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:25.280 he was doing intern security. He was paying his dues, 55 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:30.039 but unfortunately, one night out in the audience during his interning, 56 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.520 someone started calling him a very bad name, which a 57 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:35.319 lot of us referred to it as the R word 58 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.680 because we don't like that word. And someone started picking 59 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.080 on him and bullying him, and him being autistic, he 60 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.039 took it pretty hard and he went through suicidal ideation, 61 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:52.039 suicidal thoughts. So still putting him through therapy and getting 62 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.960 him through the hard times that he was going through. 63 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:58.199 We wanted to stay into the wrestling family and into 64 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:03.120 the wrestling business, so I became a sponsor for our 65 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.039 local wrestlers, and I sponsor a lot of our events, 66 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:11.240 and our wrestling family, we call them our family, is 67 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:15.039 helping me put together in November, November fifteenth, if we're 68 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:20.279 putting together a suicide awareness and prevention fundraiser, wrestling and 69 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:24.240 karaoke VIP party afterwards. So we're going to have all 70 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.800 kinds of wrestlers and we're going to do some matches 71 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:28.639 and my son is actually going to get step back 72 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:30.680 in the ring and be a referee for this event. 73 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.600 Yeah, you know, And I just want to say that 74 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:39.360 number one, you know, and I think that people forget 75 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:44.120 that when you have a disability, you're people they use 76 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:48.519 in media, they use that word, that our word religiously 77 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:54.000 to clarify, and that is not right for someone to, 78 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.639 you know, for someone with a disability. By the way, 79 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:00.800 your son had a birthday recently, he did. 80 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.199 He just turned twenty eight. Oh my gosh, I feel 81 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:03.680 so old. 82 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.319 Yeah, and I want to say that number one is 83 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:15.160 people who who don't understand you know, having to having 84 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.120 to deal with it, and you know, and I want 85 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.240 to say that you you you're a good person. You 86 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.519 got a great community on Twitter. A lot of times, 87 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:28.800 you know, we try to Oblah. You know, I this 88 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:32.040 has been the second interview we tried. The first one 89 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:33.439 we tried to get and you had we had this, 90 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.199 you had to you had to back out the last 91 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:39.079 minute because of uh problems or. 92 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.639 Yes, we had I don't remember what happened. I think 93 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.360 it was a scheduling problem. We were supposed to have 94 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:48.439 Axel Savage with us, and Axel was traveling. He's a 95 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:51.399 pro wrestler ladies and gentlemen. Axel was traveling at the time, 96 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:55.600 and then we could never get the schedules to coordinate 97 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:58.519 between Jake, myself and Axel. So it's been a while 98 00:05:58.600 --> 00:05:59.800 and I'm finally here. 99 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:02.600 Yeah, you know what the thing is is. Also, I've 100 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.040 been I've been watching a few of your stuff. And 101 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.680 by the way, I am I am. I hope you're 102 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.279 on I think you're on Apple Bag. I'm gonna look 103 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:12.120 for you on Apple. 104 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:14.639 Yes, I'm definitely on Apple. 105 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:20.319 Apple podcast is good. But what do you think about? Like, 106 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:25.120 you know, we talked backstage about like what do you 107 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:29.399 think about? Like Number one, they're doing a show in 108 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.000 your neck of the woods in Texas over on an 109 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:37.839 Arlington called All in Texas AE W do you follow 110 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:39.279 ae W do you. 111 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.480 I am not as big into ae W. My son 112 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.800 he follows all of it. I have followed over the years. 113 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.360 W W E a little bit of n X T. 114 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:50.800 Ring of Honor. 115 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:56.000 Doing a show on tomorrow. They're doing a show the 116 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.480 day before. They're doing a Texas show before all in 117 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:00.879 tomorrow night. 118 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:07.160 Yeah. In fact, we actually had Shane Taylor from Ring 119 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:11.279 of Honor wrestling my boy Axel Savage Goodness a year 120 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.240 ago at an autism benefit show that we did so 121 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:16.600 love love all of them to death. 122 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:21.560 You know. And I've actually had on my show earlier 123 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:25.319 in the in my first year of podcasting because I 124 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.399 pot I've been on I've been podcasting for five years, 125 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.240 been on YouTube for nine years. And the reason why 126 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:35.000 I started podcasting, thank you. The reason why I started 127 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.839 podcasting is because of death of my father. I lost 128 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:43.560 my father in twenty twenty two alcoholism, and it's hard 129 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.920 for me to you know, I want to say that 130 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.319 anytime that I'm not promoting my donation links because this 131 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.600 is not about me. This today is about Christy. Christy. 132 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:57.439 Sorry you're finding you're because if you watch my shows, 133 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.000 I'd be promoting my donation. But I'm not today, because 134 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:04.279 I'm trying to I might do a stream later where 135 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.920 after interview, because when I do these interviews, I'm just 136 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:14.439 trying to do what's right for my fans. 137 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:15.120 And I think that's wonderful, Jake. 138 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.240 The fans are the fans of the guys that So 139 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.319 what do you think about what's going on in the 140 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:26.560 in those worlds? About like you know now it's say, 141 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:31.079 you know there's TV shows talking about autism on the 142 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.720 on the specs and you actually said that you had 143 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.360 you didn't. 144 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:42.360 Sorry there, You're fine. I, personally, Jake, don't watch a 145 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.600 lot of the television shows that regard autism because I 146 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:49.519 the one that I actually started to watch, which was 147 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.240 The Good Doctor, and that was a while back. To me, 148 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:57.679 they stereotype autism, and that's not what I'm about. I'm 149 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:02.279 not about stereotyping. I'm about the actual person, and you 150 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:06.480 and my children you're actual people. So I try not 151 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.320 to watch television these days, and I get a lot 152 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.200 of backlash on that. A lot of people are like, 153 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:14.840 why don't you watch these shows? It's about autism. To me, 154 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:20.480 autism is it's just a disability. It's not something that 155 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.639 I want to sit here and say you're autistic. That's 156 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.679 not what I'm about. I'm about getting to know the person. 157 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:31.080 And so watching television shows sometimes they can help you 158 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.039 understand autism, and I understand that, but again, the ones 159 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:37.600 that I have seen, they do nothing but stereotype. And 160 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:39.600 I'm just not about stereotip typing. 161 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.639 So when I was when I was younger, I got 162 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.480 sent into a middle hospital twice. And I've talked about this. 163 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:51.519 The first time was for fifteen days because the bleep 164 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:57.240 doctors I'm trying to keep PG here, bleep doctors decide 165 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:00.600 to put me on mix pros ou I can riddle 166 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:01.240 in together. 167 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.080 Oh my god. 168 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.080 And the second time was because eight days because they 169 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.840 put me on seven to ten different medications a day. 170 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:11.279 That's a day that's ridiculous. 171 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.039 And they so I'm not I'm not trying to I 172 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:19.080 want to have This show is for real people, real 173 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:23.360 life matters in this show. And and I thought I 174 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:25.919 knew that you were busy. I knew you. I've been 175 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:27.840 I've been bugging you about this. 176 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:29.000 For a long time. 177 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:31.919 Yeah. 178 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.639 In fact, today I'm kind of in a rush too. 179 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.279 I was just telling Jake, ladies and gentlemen, but ten 180 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.120 minutes before I came onto his show. I just finished 181 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.240 a show of my own that I've got to get 182 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.360 out and put it onto the podcast. But yeah, my son, 183 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.200 who I pick up from work every day, I mean, 184 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.559 gets out early tonight. So I'm like in a rush 185 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.159 with Jake today too. I'm like, oh man, I feel 186 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:59.720 bad because I've had to put him off so many times. 187 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:02.480 Here you know what, and the thing is is and 188 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:06.080 you know what I'm I just am. You know. I've 189 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:08.320 done an interview where I did a fifteen minute interview 190 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:12.519 before I've done I've done where I did a couple 191 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.720 of hours. But I know that you're a busy person. 192 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:18.879 I know that you know. And the thing is is, 193 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:22.320 and the thing is we and then and later and 194 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:26.240 the thing is I was actually stressed in two days 195 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:33.360 before the show. Why because because I was nervous because 196 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:38.919 these interviews because number one, I don't know, didn't because 197 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:42.399 I've listened to you before. I try not to listen 198 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.799 to like the X stuff, the X spaces because that's 199 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.360 I think that's your guys, is that's yours stuff, not me. 200 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.399 I'm not trying to like disrespect you, but I love 201 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:57.840 that you are you are an amazing person. And by 202 00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:59.759 the way, I digging that fifty dollars you sent a 203 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:00.639 couple months ago. 204 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.559 Awesome. I'm glad I do. 205 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.080 The thing is now let's say everybody, so, you said 206 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.240 you haven't listened to Howard Stern in a while. 207 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.039 You said, yes, it's been a long time. I'll let me. 208 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.559 I'm gonna date myself and how old I am The 209 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.080 last time I listened to Howard Stern, Lisa Marie Presley 210 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:25.399 was actually a guest on his show. So it's been 211 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:26.559 a long time. 212 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:29.759 But the new Howard, the new Howard is not good. 213 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.360 I'm gonna say this. He he turned into iMOS, he 214 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:38.679 turned into Don Imis. Oh wow, he became he became woke. 215 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.639 Howard Stern became woke. But that's my opinion, not not 216 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:47.039 the guest, the guests opinion, because I think but Howard 217 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:51.399 Stern did say they call people the R word very 218 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:56.759 bad and and it's you're and you can't do that, 219 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:59.639 you can't these are these are real people with real 220 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.320 five stories in you're and you're going on there to 221 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:05.240 shot job for that is not right. 222 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:10.279 Absolutely, my daughter, ladies and gentlemen, for those who can 223 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.399 who can hear this. My daughter is mildly retarded. She 224 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:19.159 has autism moderate severe, she has auditory process and disorder, 225 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:24.519 and she has moderate retardation. It is not something to 226 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.320 joke about. And calling people that word that are word 227 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:33.360 is very offensive. If you got to know my kids. 228 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.759 A lot of people, I get so many compliments because 229 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:38.720 my kids are very loving. They're they're now young adults, 230 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:42.399 but they're very loving and they're just normal people. They're 231 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.320 looking for acceptance. They're not looking for people to look 232 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:47.879 at them and say, oh my god, you're crazy. They're 233 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:49.960 looking for acceptance of who they are. 234 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.080 And you know what the thing is is, and that's 235 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.559 what That's what sometimes I try to do on these 236 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:59.879 shows is because I try too because I've gotten I'm 237 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.600 I don't leave my house. I don't, but I'm hoping 238 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.240 to lead to get to go to that con and 239 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:12.080 stuff because help get awareness for autism and all that. So, yeah, 240 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.759 I do appreciate, appreciate a lot of people that I 241 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:19.360 and you we might do like twenty minutes so and 242 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.759 then we because I know you're busy. I know you guys. 243 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.159 Yeah, I'm going to have to go eventually soon here, 244 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:28.080 but I can go a few more minutes with you, James. 245 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.120 Yeah, thank you. And one of the one of my 246 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.720 things is I'm always trying to be And I made 247 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:35.799 you a few songs you. 248 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.279 Have and those have been very popular. We play them 249 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.080 around the house and my kids absolutely love it. So 250 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.159 I thank you for that. 251 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.360 Yeah. And the thing is, it's like so many so 252 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:47.960 the one thing we did. You were a preschool teacher 253 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:50.000 before becoming an author. 254 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:55.279 I was back goodness, two thousand and four. I think 255 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.679 it was two thousand and four. I had started my 256 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:01.240 schooling and back in cal Alifornia, where I used to live, 257 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:04.120 there's a thing called state preschool, and it's pretty much 258 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.399 you are working for the state. It's not your typical 259 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:10.039 go in, watch the kids play for a while. You're 260 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.440 teaching actual subjects. So I had to go to college, 261 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:18.519 get my ECE units, get some certifications, and then I 262 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:22.480 went to teaching preschool. And I taught preschool for eight years, 263 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.279 and I made a character called the Crazy Hat Lady 264 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.559 Silly Preschool Teacher, where I would wear funky hats and 265 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.919 funky socks and funky makeup because I wanted to show 266 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.879 the children that education can be fun. It doesn't have 267 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.720 to be boring, so we would come up with some 268 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:42.120 crazy hats, and we taught all kinds of things, like 269 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:45.200 the first Man that walked on the Moon, Neil Armstrong. 270 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:49.480 We taught so many subjects to these little preschoolers, and 271 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.559 we had so many people talking about our crazy hat 272 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.720 lady teacher at the school, and the kids learned a 273 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.240 lot through that. So I do a thing, or I 274 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:01.840 used to do a thing called whole brain teaching. I 275 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:05.120 mean that's where you use every inch. You're teaching the 276 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:09.720 entire child things, not just ABC one two three. You're 277 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:12.159 teaching a lot about a lot of things in life. 278 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:17.360 I loved teaching. However, I got sick in I think 279 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.840 it was twenty twelve. Twenty twelve, I ended up finding 280 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:23.840 out I have lupus and fibromyalgia, and they were also 281 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:27.919 testing me for MS, and I had to leave preschool teaching. 282 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.519 And from there I ended up working at a nursing home. 283 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:35.600 Later and then now I can't even explain it. It's 284 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:37.519 been a long journey, but I am now a full 285 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.120 time author, podcast host, and advocate. 286 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:43.840 Yeah, and you also travel. I've seen you. I've seen 287 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:46.360 you do stuff in New York. You do stuff over, 288 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.240 and so I was like, to know you're saying like 289 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:51.559 I told you in the beginning when we when we 290 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.039 when we turned to the room and you said four o'clock, 291 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:58.080 I'm like, because I was because you didn't say central. 292 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:00.879 I thought I didn't read the things as central. But 293 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.799 when you because I know you and I are on 294 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.480 the same time zone. So it's a profession that I 295 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:09.880 have to do central and not Eastern time zones because 296 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:12.960 I work with people with Eastern time zones and it's 297 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:14.880 it's you have. And I even work with people in 298 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:21.680 the Mountain time zones and the Pacific time zones in Japan, Australia. Uh. 299 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:26.720 By the way, I I I heard there was a 300 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:31.720 show called My six hundred Pound Life. Yes, you know 301 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:35.599 Doctor Now moved over to Lifetime. Now he's doing stuff 302 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:37.839 with Doctor Now, the person who does the. 303 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:40.960 Doctor right, I haven't heard about that yet. 304 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:46.000 He's moving. I I don't watch DC anymore. Turned into 305 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:50.480 like to me, he's turned into like a channel where 306 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.519 they'll just play reruns or they'll they'll show shows where 307 00:17:55.279 --> 00:18:00.200 it's uh, people with multiple kids or little people and 308 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:04.480 I'm I don't say I know that they don't like 309 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:10.200 them getting called the M word, the the what they 310 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.079 what they refer to little people. They like to be 311 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:15.200 called little people. Now they don't like to be called 312 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.759 that word. 313 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:22.480 Absolutely no, absolutely yeah. 314 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:27.960 But what what was your inspiration of doing podcasting? 315 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:33.960 Oh, podcasting itself. But when I first started X a 316 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.200 few years ago, I had been posting my stuff for 317 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.680 my books and I was still a newbie, trying to 318 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:41.519 figure out how to work X and all that kind 319 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:45.920 of stuff. And I somehow connected with Billy D's the podcaster. 320 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.680 And Billy has had a strong podcasting background. He's been 321 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:53.039 in the business for over thirty years with radio and podcasting. 322 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:56.279 And he asked me, he goes, would you like to 323 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.680 be a guest on my show? Well, I didn't even 324 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:01.039 know what a podcast was i first came on here, 325 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.079 but I agreed and I went on his show, and 326 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:07.400 within the first few minutes to fewse through hours, et cetera, 327 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.599 we had over six thousand hits in just a few minutes. 328 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.240 And then people that was just on YouTube, and then 329 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:17.440 all the audio platforms were really listening because my story. 330 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.920 He had interviewed me about my dad's cancer, he had 331 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:24.359 interviewed me about how I became an author, how my 332 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:30.000 children are autistic. And that episode went skyrocketing, like there 333 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:32.640 were so many views. And he looked at me afterwards 334 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:35.359 and he's all, you have a gift. Why don't you 335 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.079 consider podcasting? And I said, I don't even know what 336 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.000 I would do or what I would talk about. And 337 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:44.960 so he got me started by going into Twitter spaces 338 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:47.759 and talking to people and listening and see how they 339 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:50.960 went through. And then he helped me pick out equipment 340 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:54.960 like my microphone and my boom arm and all the revelator, 341 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.200 all the stuff that I have. He helped me pick 342 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:00.960 out my equipment, and he became my producer and he's 343 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:04.960 really helped to launch my career between podcasting and him 344 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.480 and I do a lot of stuff. In fact, I 345 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:09.640 am now one of the associates. I'm one of his 346 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:13.680 producer you know, his team on the Abilities podcast. So 347 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:17.000 I think Billy D's he's my biggest inspiration for the podcast. 348 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.599 By the way, the one thing that I am I 349 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:23.960 Will I loved about stream Yard and this is something 350 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:28.319 stream Yard. The two things that they did for the 351 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:31.039 AI clip pool in the in the chat box, because 352 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:34.240 the chat box I could tell people, people can know 353 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:38.400 what we're saying when this goes to audio, I will 354 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:41.319 do all I will let I will get this put up. 355 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:44.440 Give me give me about an hour to put this 356 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:47.920 up on the audios, because because number one, I have 357 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:52.079 to download it. Make sure that I hand out. I 358 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:56.839 don't export these. I just get it done, do my 359 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:59.279 own stuff. And then this will also be a vote, 360 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:01.559 will be a high line on Twitch, because we're on 361 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:05.440 Twitch and kick and wonderful and we and we learned 362 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:08.599 a lot of stuff, and I think we might be 363 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:11.759 I know that you are busy. I know you just 364 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:13.599 got done. I know you got you got some most 365 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:18.039 you gotta do any any plug I think we're done. 366 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:22.680 I'm gonna go ahead and plug a couple things really fast, 367 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.279 and just let everybody know that I just put out 368 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:29.920 a new memoir called Sweet Inspiration, available on all the 369 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:32.519 bookstore platforms. So please check that out if you get 370 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:35.519 a chance. And also check out my podcast, ww double 371 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:41.000 a podcast available on all podcast platforms. That's ww A 372 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:44.640 a podcast, and we talk about all kinds of different themes, 373 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:49.319 from cancer to autism, to lupus, to sex to drug 374 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:52.319 and alcohol addiction. We talk a little bit about everything, 375 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.640 so please feel free to check it out ladies and gentlemen, 376 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:56.359 and hello, I see people in the chat box. 377 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:58.480 Hi gays, by the way. I just want to let 378 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:01.119 people know. This is actually my first interviews that I'm 379 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.920 doing with the new headset. 380 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.440 It sounds great. 381 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:08.160 With the new headset that I got. I want to 382 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:10.720 say thank you, guys. And I know that I haven't 383 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.000 been you know. And I want to say this to 384 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:16.079 the fans that watch this show. And they're gonna ask 385 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:22.519 why I'm doing an interview with Christy Chris, I'm sorry. 386 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:27.680 I do these shows because I want to show people Christy. 387 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:30.839 I think Christy is an awesome human. She's a very 388 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:34.240 strong person. She's a very strong person when she's dealing 389 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:38.920 she has to deal with two people to kids. Both 390 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:42.759 of her young adult kids are both on or that 391 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:46.440 has a disability. I think it's hard for someone to 392 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:49.279 do that and have to deal with other stuff. And 393 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:52.440 you are showing that you're strong and thank you for 394 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:56.960 what you're doing you and you know it for me 395 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:00.799 to be I'm I'm thirty one. I'll be thirty two 396 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:04.160 on the twenty eighth. Got a birthday coming up, so 397 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:08.119 I don't I don't count birthdays anymore. I like I said, 398 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.920 I told someone yesterday, I don't count my birthdays anymore. 399 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:16.640 You know why? And I don't because my birthday, you know, 400 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:20.359 for me, is I just the only thing that I 401 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:23.839