WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.440 Deborah, with her thirty years of being an ltrepreneur and 2 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:09.919 creating over seven companies, knows exactly what it means to 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.160 accept the mission. When you make that decision, when you 4 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:16.359 accept the mission to become a solopreneur, to take yourself 5 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.039 and your talents to market, then you embrace a life 6 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:23.120 of not only unlimited possibilities, but also the unknown. It's 7 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.280 an elixir of fear and bravery that only someone who's 8 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.480 taken the leap really understands. On our show, deb digs 9 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:33.359 deep with her guests to highlight what you the listener 10 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.560 wants to know, the stories, the whys, and the hows 11 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.000 to navigate the journey to success. Get ready to hear 12 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.039 from some of the most incredible mission takers from Generation 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.560 Z to boomers. So sit up, perk up, and get 14 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:49.320 ready to be blown away. Now here is your host, 15 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:50.560 Deborah Drummond. 16 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.479 Hello, and welcome back to you Mission extended it. I 17 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:56.799 am so excited that you here. 18 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:02.880 We are connection a very, very, very powerful podcast today 19 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.599 because you know how much I believe in words on 20 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.879 paper right it is so impressionable. 21 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:10.439 I am sure all of you. 22 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:13.840 Out there have read something or have seen something or 23 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:16.959 screenshot at a meme and it's sitting in your camera role. 24 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.719 You probably have a whole bunch of them, and your 25 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:24.079 phone's not working properly because we get so impressed upon 26 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.079 whether it's five words, whether it's a quote, whether it's 27 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:28.760 a chapter. 28 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:30.519 And even if I was to ask. 29 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:32.439 You, and I'm talking to you audience, because you talk 30 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:33.959 to me all the time and thank you, thank you, 31 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.359 thank you. You are like the best. And if there's 32 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.120 other podcasts I was listening, sorry, we have the best audience. 33 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:43.000 They ask questions, they share the shows. 34 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.359 But you do let me know. I'd love for you. 35 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.840 To send me on social everybody, what is your favorite book? 36 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:51.680 But what was it that you remembered about that favorite book? 37 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.200 Because many times a book will make an impression upon 38 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.280 us and will remember a phrase or will remember a 39 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.480 feeling that it evote. Right, That's what good books do. 40 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:04.719 The thing I love about books is that they're so valuable. 41 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:07.480 They're so valuable because I'm sure all of you have moved. 42 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.319 I know that one of our guests, Kathy, certainly has moved, 43 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.400 and I'm sure when she has just come through that move, 44 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:17.319 I'm sure she was unpacking books. We buy book cases, 45 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:21.080 We buy furniture to put our books in because they're 46 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.360 that valuable. We don't just put them in recycling, right, 47 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:27.199 Like we may have magazine after a good long time 48 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.680 of sitting on the coffee table, right, but we pass 49 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:33.639 our books on because they're just so full of valuable now, 50 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:36.280 so full of valuable, so full of value. 51 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.080 I'll correct my own words. 52 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.159 Today, So I want to thank you, audience. And we 53 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:42.159 are going to be talking to a group of authors 54 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.680 that are in different processes of maybe their first book, 55 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:49.319 writing their second book. There's people out there that are 56 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:51.599 thinking about writing a book, and it's really interesting. 57 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.080 I was on. 58 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:55.039 A great call yesterday with a bunch of women from 59 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.240 two sixty two, and we were talking about authoring and 60 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:03.639 when authors get together, it's like we feel like everyone's authoring, 61 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.199 but the truth still lies in then less than three 62 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:10.159 percent of people actually put their words into this creative 63 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:13.080 process of writing into a book that goes to market. 64 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.879 And so when you're in it, right when you're hanging 65 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.719 out with authors, you think everybody goes through this process, 66 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.240 but that is actually very much not the case. 67 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.080 Yet, over ninety percent of people would like to write 68 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.919 a book. Isn't that interesting? 69 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:32.080 So the accessibility to write books are so available now. Anyways, 70 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.199 I'm not going to make this about me or about writing. 71 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:35.879 I want to get in and talk to some people 72 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.039 that have actually done that are in through that process. 73 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:40.919 And you know what, I'm going to just get our 74 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.759 guest today. As I say your name, if you can 75 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.840 just kind of put your hand up, because you know, 76 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.199 we have some people that are listening and some people 77 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:51.000 that are, you know, watching, and so by putting your 78 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.479 hand up, we'll be able to see who you are. 79 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.439 And if you're just listening, well, you know what, when 80 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.639 you when you get home, watch this and you'll be 81 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.719 able to see who we're talking about. So I'd like 82 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:03.280 to introduce Rachel Collins. Just give us a nice wave. 83 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:07.840 We have Yvonne Silver, oh my gosh. We have Kathy Holt, 84 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:12.240 and we have Peter Kelly. We have some Canada in 85 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.400 the house today. We have some Canada in the house today. 86 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:19.600 All right, so let's talk about it. Maybe our authors 87 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.439 today were impressed upon by a book that they had 88 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:25.600 while they were growing up. So I'm going to start 89 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.160 with you, Rachel. Was there a book that made an 90 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.040 impression upon you? I mean, it could have been a 91 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:33.160 childhood favorite, something that you really loved or was it 92 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:36.439 something else that just overrode that that has made an 93 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:37.279 impression upon you. 94 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.959 Yeah, so lots of Canada the house today, for sure. 95 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.399 My favorite book growing up was Anna Green Gables, and 96 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.519 I just I loved the language of it. I loved 97 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:52.279 the feeling of it. And it was a character that 98 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:56.199 was just independent and fierce and loving and would make 99 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.839 mistake after mistake and learn and grow and recover from that. 100 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:02.800 And so that was a book that I read over 101 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:04.639 and over for most of my childhood. 102 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:05.720 Oh my goodness. 103 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:08.839 And see, I think that's really interesting how we can 104 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.519 relate to the characters, not that maybe you were making mistakes. 105 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:13.120 When you say mistakes over and over again, it reminds 106 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.000 me of sitting there Saturday afternoon watching Pippylong stalking. 107 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.000 Oh okay, I've got a birthday coming up. 108 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.120 If anyone rehab Pippy Lie stalking you, me and you, 109 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:24.120 we need to talk. But it's so interesting, right, It's 110 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.160 almost like sometimes through characters it gives us allowance. 111 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.439 That's amazing. And Yvonne, how about yourself. 112 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.759 I didn't have one particular favorite author. I had a 113 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:40.959 collection of nursery rhymes, and that was a combination of 114 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:46.680 poetry and story and beautiful illustrations, and that kept my 115 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.000 interests because there was so much variety in there, but 116 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.839 there was always a common thread with a happy ending. 117 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.480 It's almost like watching the Homewark channel, right, there's a 118 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.480 secret recipe, you know, distrust and then there's success at 119 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.959 the end and everyone falls in love happily. So those 120 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:05.439 were my favorites, but not one particular book. 121 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:09.040 Oh my goodness, I love happy endings, I think for 122 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:13.480 me because for me media the books or magazines, or 123 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:15.360 when I go to a movie, I like to get 124 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.160 lost in a story. It's me getting out of my life. 125 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.040 And who doesn't want to Who doesn't. 126 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.839 Want to have a happy ending or watch a happy ending? 127 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:24.600 But that's awesome and Kathy, but yourself. 128 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:31.120 For me, I was an avid reader very very early on. 129 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:33.560 Whenever we'd go to the store or the grocery store 130 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.360 even I'd want a book, not candy or something like that. 131 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:40.040 But really the book that impacted me so much was 132 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.680 called Flowers for Algernon and I wrote read it in 133 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:45.319 about sixth or seventh grade, and it's about a man 134 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:49.360 who has a low IQ that's put in a science 135 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:54.959 experiment and becomes brilliant, but then as as time goes off, 136 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.439 he loses that ability and goes back to who he was. 137 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:00.920 And I'm getting chills talking about it. But what it 138 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:05.480 taught me was to grab life because while he could, 139 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:11.040 he did everything and experienced everything he could possibly experience 140 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.759 because he knew this might not last forever. And so 141 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.879 that's really the one that really hit me hard, and 142 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:21.199 really I think started the whole process of me saying, yes. 143 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.120 Oh wow, that's really that's profound. 144 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:29.000 I mean that sounds like, you know, if someone read 145 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.519 that book in their thirties, but to read it in 146 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:36.560 grade six or seven and to have that kind of experience, Wow, 147 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:39.600 I have you know, knowing you. 148 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:42.720 And your role in world leadership, I get it. I 149 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:43.040 get it. 150 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:44.759 I love how you get to know people and you 151 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:47.160 get to know people are like, Okay, now it's making sense. 152 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.439 Thank you so much. And Peter, what's yourself? 153 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:55.399 Yes, Deborah, thanks first of all for having us. This 154 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.920 is a wonderful opportunity for not only to meet each other, 155 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:02.839 but also to talk about ourselves a little bit. And 156 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.839 I know, for myself, I'm usually in a different position 157 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:10.959 where I'm the listener, and I'm doing a lot of 158 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:15.639 nodding and using empathy because I'm a clinical hypotherapist. Previously 159 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:20.399 I was working as a clinical psychologist. And how did 160 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:23.319 I get to that point? Well, this goes back many, 161 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:27.480 many years. I'm not going to say when, because you're 162 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.519 going to know how old I am. But nevertheless, we're 163 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:35.759 talking about the seventies when I first came across the 164 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:41.000 writing of doctor Wayne Dyer. And doctor Wayne Dyer, of 165 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:46.360 course most of you probably know, was very very much 166 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:52.440 involved in the New Wave movement and an inspirational speaker. 167 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.519 He wrote many, many books, but the first book that 168 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:00.159 I came across by him was called The Sky the 169 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:07.399 Limit in the seventies, and that book just totally transformed 170 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.440 my view on things. At the time, I was working 171 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:16.399 for my father in a business. It was office equipment, 172 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:21.440 and I was in the role of repairing typewriters. I 173 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:26.679 was a technician basically, and I was getting a little 174 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:30.519 bit more and more disheartened by what I was doing 175 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.360 and my life I just felt was going nowhere. But 176 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:39.519 when I read The Sky's the Limit, I mean, it's 177 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:46.200 like total transformation. I ended up leaving the job, not 178 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:52.600 right away. I went back to university, I completed my degree, 179 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:57.720 my graduate degrees, and went on to become a psychologist 180 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:02.440 and started my practice. And so it just shows you, 181 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:07.559 you know, don't lose hope. There's always something out there 182 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.559 for you. It takes time sometimes, but you get a 183 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.480 book like this, it just can change everything. 184 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.080 Thank you so much for reminding us that. 185 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.679 And I think that we all could probably put our 186 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.600 hand up at some point where there's been a message 187 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.759 that needs to come to And many times when I'm 188 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.879 talking to clients, I'll say, especially when they're making a 189 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:29.399 change or needing to make a change, and I'm like, 190 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:32.200 watch for the book that gets thrown on the floor 191 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:35.639 in front of you. That's just my analogy of something's 192 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:37.080 going to open your world. 193 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:38.720 And isn't that what books do? 194 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.159 They take you to another place, They inspire you, they 195 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:46.039 motivate you. I always say, you know, a good book 196 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.759 happens when you need to find an answer, either. 197 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:53.480 There or where. It travels you to. Right. 198 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:56.559 One book introduces you to maybe the author, that takes 199 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:59.279 you to a speaking engagement that they've done, that takes 200 00:10:59.279 --> 00:10:59.720 you to you know. 201 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:03.279 I I ended up in actually New York at the. 202 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.320 Omega Institute listening to Cheryl strad in a writing workshop 203 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:12.600 before I decided to just because I was really made 204 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:16.320 an impression upon the journey of the movie you know 205 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:18.080 that her book turned into. 206 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:20.279 So that's thank you so much for taking us through 207 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.159 that a little bit of that journey. Why don't we 208 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:22.559 do this? 209 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:24.480 I'm sure the audience is like, Okay, you've got a 210 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:27.480 group of authors here. They've been inspired, they you know, 211 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:30.559 they've had movement, and I want to know how to 212 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.960 do that too. These are people that take the mission. 213 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.320 That's what this show is about. So again, Rachel, let's 214 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:35.840 go back to you. 215 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:36.919 What is your book? 216 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.679 Are you in the process of another one? Like tell 217 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.360 us where you are as an author right now? 218 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:41.440 Yeah? 219 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:45.799 So I had done two children's books, so those I 220 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:50.679 published years ago. But the book that is new for 221 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.559 me that I'm really excited about is called Insights and Inspirations, 222 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:59.679 three hundred journal prompts for cultivating joy, gratitude, and mindfulness. 223 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.559 And so the way that I wrote this actually was 224 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.360 for myself. I was creating journal prompts when I was 225 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:10.200 going through a really challenging period of life, and I 226 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.000 had friends just encourage me, like you need to share this, 227 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:15.720 You need to find a way to share this, and 228 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.240 it led to me publishing. So having done two children's 229 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:21.440 books in the past, I think just gave me the 230 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:25.440 way of doing that easily. But this one is very 231 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:28.440 meaningful for me and I've been getting really great feedback 232 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:32.600 on it. I am in the process of launching another one, 233 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.679 which is called the Focus Flow Planner, and so it 234 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:42.279 is a system to basically help people identify the really 235 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.120 the top priorities in their life and then work on 236 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.519 those in ninety day planning cycles. So a lot of 237 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:51.639 interrelated projects that I'm just very excited about at this time. 238 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.240 Awesome, Well, thank. 239 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.600 You for sharing, and we'll have everyone's information in the 240 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:57.639 show notes of people wants more than like children's but. 241 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.960 I mean, it'll be awesome. So what about yourself? Were yet? 242 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.639 Well, I just want to look back to that previous 243 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.360 question because I was thinking, you know, why did I 244 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:11.600 not have one favorite book that spurred me into authorship? 245 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:15.440 And I think what it was, deb is my dad, 246 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.039 who was PTSD, came back from World War Two, You 247 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:21.240 got a bullet and Dunkirk. He was such an angry 248 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:24.720 man and such a strict parent that he was forcing 249 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.279 me to do homework, and I was the adventurous soul 250 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:31.200 who didn't want to do it, so I resisted. However, 251 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:34.639 English Lit was my top market in school, so there 252 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.519 was a sign there. But that's why I actually wrote 253 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.360 my book, this one words Women and Wisdom, the Modern 254 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.919 art of confident Conversations, to honor my mom, who was 255 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:49.679 literally had the dignity drained right out of her because 256 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.919 he constantly criticized her all the time, took her power. 257 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:54.879 She didn't have a job anymore, she was a stay 258 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:56.720 at home mom, and he took the car keys and 259 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:58.759 wouldn't let her drive the car after she taught him 260 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.120 to drive. A lot of things going on, but that book. 261 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:06.600 Now I'm looking at doing an additional either a second 262 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:09.480 version or a leadership version, because this one is for 263 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:12.799 every woman and there's forty words and more concepts to 264 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:15.000 help them to ask for what they want to get it. 265 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.120 And I think that's powerful leadership too. 266 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.320 Yvon, thank you so much. 267 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:23.480 For sharing that, because we talk about getting inspiration from 268 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:25.799 books and sometimes we don't talk. 269 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:26.559 And Peter, thank you for this. 270 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.960 I think it was one of the questions that I 271 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.200 like to ask, is where did the inspiration come from. 272 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.399 I mean, Rachel, you talked about you were doing these 273 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.399 journal prompts because you were getting yourself through something. 274 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:39.879 And you know the idea. I love. 275 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:42.879 I love when friends are like, yes, it's a good idea. 276 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:45.240 And I love when friends say it's a good idea. 277 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:46.840 But you know what I mean, it's nice, like, you know, 278 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:48.200 give it, give me the truth. 279 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.480 But and then, Yvonne, for you to be able to I. 280 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.240 Mean, you know your content, right, you know your content, 281 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.519 whether it's from a personal experience, watching a personal experience, 282 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.000 or what have you. It was really beautiful. Thank you 283 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.000 for sharing that. It reminds me of the one book 284 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.080 that made a big impression on me in my teens. 285 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.679 Was very similar in the sense that I found myself. 286 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:11.600 So, you know, I was a. 287 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.759 Creative in a family that was very you know, my 288 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.600 day to Friday nine to five. They kept wondering when 289 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.360 I was going to move out to the valley. You know, 290 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:20.759 I wanted to be near the ocean and all the things. 291 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:22.000 And I was young. 292 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.919 I was you know, my favorite class school was art 293 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.879 and all of that. 294 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.000 And I remember reading a book called Living in the 295 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:31.320 Light by Shakti. 296 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.120 Gatwan and it was the first time that there was 297 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:35.519 this concept that there was this female energy and this 298 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.240 male energy. 299 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:38.279 And I was like, glory, hell lujah. 300 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.480 I was just like, thank you, sister, and I mean, 301 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:43.759 thank you sister for explaining why I feel like there's 302 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:47.519 two parts of me. And interestingly enough, I saw her 303 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:51.120 maybe twenty years later at a speaking at a church 304 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.279 downtown here in Vancouver, and she was like, I read 305 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.480 my book, you know, ten years after, and I was 306 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.879 what was I thinking? And I was like no, no, no, no no, 307 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.720 it saved my life. Don't you dare change it now? 308 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.080 But it's interesting, right, Like we write and sometimes people 309 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.559 like go, yeah, but you know the book that I 310 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.679 wrote ten years ago, the children's book that are open 311 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:13.600 to you may all write multiple books, yet that book 312 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:16.320 that you first wrote is going to inspire people when 313 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.080 they need to find it, when they need to find it, 314 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.519 which is why I'm very important. I find it very 315 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.679 important to keep books alive. You know, sometimes people write 316 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.399 books and then they just kind of like go over 317 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.720 here and you don't hear about it again. Keeping books 318 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.639 alive because people need to read your book, Yvon in 319 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.639 five years, and we'll be ready to do your book 320 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.559 in five years, right, So I think that's why it's 321 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:44.600 really great to do this, Okay, Kathy. 322 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.320 Well, I guess I was. 323 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.720 Where I am in my book is I'm writing a 324 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:53.440 book about leadership for women, and it's really trying to 325 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:59.399 create the motivation for women to lead, because I think 326 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:02.200 every woman has what it takes to lead. The things 327 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.400 that used to be considered soft skills or interpersonal skills 328 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:11.200 are now key leadership skills, and so I want women 329 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:14.200 to recognize that they are leaders because so many of 330 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.240 us have been programmed over the years in Peter I yeah, 331 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:20.920 I know of the seventies, so you know, the programming 332 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:27.240 of not being you know, not shrinking yourself, to not 333 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:30.880 not be heard, to make other people happy before your 334 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:35.200 own happiness. All those social conditionings. A lot of us 335 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:39.839 still have them. Our culture still gives those messages. So 336 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:42.839 I want women to realize that they have what it 337 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.839 takes to be a leader, and that they should jump 338 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.319 at it and step into their power. Step out of 339 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:50.319 those shadows and step into their power. 340 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:52.319 Oh my goodness, I'm so excited. 341 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.240 And for those that don't know, Kathy will be presenting 342 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:58.359 her book for one of the very first times, if 343 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:02.599 not the first time at the Oscars at February twenty 344 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:06.559 seventh that the celebrity had gifting ceremony, which is ceremony lounge. 345 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.920 They get champagne and caviar and then they get you, 346 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.680 you know what I mean. So they're really a ceremony, 347 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:12.839 but it will be because she will be there in 348 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:16.039 What a great place and a great platform to step 349 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:19.440 into to have your book being seen, So congratulations on that. 350 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:22.839 All right now, Peter, please tell us about your book. 351 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:25.319 I know that you produced one, and I believe that 352 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:27.079 there's a second one ready to launch if it's not 353 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:29.279 launched last week or what have you. It's very fresh 354 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:32.720 and new, so please tell us the name and where 355 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.400 that came from. 356 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:36.559 Okay, well, the first book I happen to have it 357 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:40.720 right here is the keys to success are all in 358 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:45.759 your mind, and so clearly we're talking about the fact 359 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:51.720 that you have everything you need is just a question 360 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.640 of unlocking in the subconscious mind. And this book basically 361 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:59.680 talks about all the different things you can do in 362 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:08.079 terms of holistic therapy, hypnosis, regular therapy, all the different 363 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.079 types of reiche, you know, all the different ways that 364 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:15.319 you can be successful. And part of what it does 365 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:19.960 is that it helps you to define in a more 366 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:27.240 precise manner what success really means for you, because everyone, 367 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:32.000 as as Kathy was saying before, we're conditioned. Society conditions 368 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:36.119 us to have a certain way of looking at success, 369 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:40.680 which usually means money, which means position and ex prestige. 370 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.960 But there's so many other ways that you can express success. 371 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.079 The second book, I don't have it here. I don't 372 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:55.119 know if I have time to share a picture of it. 373 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.759 Only if you can hold it up, but we don't do. 374 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:03.640 Okay, So I'll just say that the name of the book, 375 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:08.440 which should be coming out probably the mid January, is 376 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:14.160 called How to Awaken Eternal Youth You Don't Have to 377 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:23.920 Grow Old, And that contains, guess it contains, okay, an 378 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:29.119 anti aging modification program, which I'm really excited about because 379 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:35.960 it shows people the steps you can take to harness 380 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:47.519 your own ability to become young, eternal youth, longevity, health span. 381 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.880 It talks about all that. It talks about the Fountain 382 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:54.119 of Youth. It gives you a history of the Fountain 383 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:57.839 of Youth and all the cultures over the years that 384 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:03.200 have tried to embrace here after life, like Egypt and 385 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:08.480 it's a wonderful book. I'm really excited about it. As 386 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:13.200 I say, I'm going to have links to my YouTube channel, 387 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:17.920 which will help people understand how they can progress, because 388 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:22.720 it's going to have an assessment tool so you can assess, Okay, 389 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:30.319 what supercharged areas that are linked to Eternal Youth, what 390 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:33.920 are you doing? Are you engaging in them or are 391 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.640 you not? And it gives you a way to calibrate 392 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:41.279 and to measure that. And then I have another module 393 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:46.640 that's going to show you progress a progress chart over 394 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:50.079 the twelve week program. So it's pretty exciting. 395 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:53.480 We can hear that. That's awesome. That's awesome. 396 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:55.599 I mean I love the variety, Like if you think 397 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:59.119 about the variety of just really myself included with the 398 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:02.039 books that we produce between the five of us here, 399 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:06.039 just the variety and the messages I was on. I 400 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:08.480 did a live yesterday because of course we're up for 401 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:11.480