Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Grape Therapy: Amy Purdy

Episode Date: December 12, 2019

Listen up for another live show from Kaitlyn's Fall Crawl in Phoenix with special guest, professional snow boarder and Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy. First, Amy shares the intimate and inspiring details of her life journey that took a turn when she lost her legs. Her comeback story is unparalleled and Kaitlyn is struck by her perseverance and optimism. Brandi Cyrus takes Blake's place as resident DJ and they play all the classics like 'Truth or Drunk' and 'Crowd Confessions.' See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hi, everyone. I like this crowd. I like this crowd. It's like a little boozy brunch moment, and I'm just like really feeling it. How are you guys doing? They are lit. Phoenix is lit.

On a scale of one to ten, how lit are we right now? How lit are we on spade and sparrows right now? You guys, I have two shows today, and I've already... I think I had like a half of a sandwich, two shots of tequila, and two glasses of wine. That sounds right. It's going to get weird tonight. You guys...

Well, it'll get weird here today, don't worry. But tonight it's going to get extra weird. Like, you guys got the good show, because I'm going to be, like, kind of a piece of shit later. Um, sometimes I, like, I wake up in the morning, I'm like, what city am I in today? And that happened to me this morning. Legit had no idea where I was. Uh, Jason's going to hate me for telling this story, but he wasn't in the bed beside me. And I was like, huh?

But I didn't drink last night. So I was like, okay, we're in a fight. We don't fight. Um, and so I was like, we're, and then I realized that in the middle of the night, I got so mad at him for snoring because I was like, I need my rest for two shows. and he was doing a little snor thing and he was so cute because he went and slipped out on the pillow couch

so that I could have a good sleep. Yeah. Wait, he shouldn't get mad at me for telling that story, but he's like, he's like, don't tell everybody, I snore. But he snores. The important question is,

where did ramen sleep? Oh, so he stayed with me. Oh. But then he switched in the morning when he realized Jason wasn't in there he went to find him. So it's like equal love, you know. Is it hot in here?

I'm just sweating. Phoenix is hot. Maybe it was those dance moves I did on the way out here. Or the leather pants. Or the leather pants. I know I thought about Ross when I was going to pee. Actually, I'm not going to lie. I get the nervous shits every time.

Every time. I'm like, I get all excited to go and I'm like, I'm excited to see everybody and, like, feel the crowd's energy. And I'm like, I'm also going to shit my pants. um so i did well i almost did the leather pants you know when ross makes the paste and i always think about that when i wear these thank you guys i know everybody here probably watches friends uh so okay how close are we do scotsdale from here close and how many of you are not from here oh wow what you guys had to think about that for a second you're like um Alberta?

What? Lyer. Really? Where? Let's hear the accent. Yeah. You're from Emmington. Oh my gosh.

That's like basically my home. That's where I was born. Oh, that's awesome. Well, welcome. Thank you. Are you here? Oh, let me guess. Your family has a property out here because it's cold as

in Evident. Yeah. Yeah. That's my mom and my stepdad have a place out here too, and it's the most genius thing they've ever done because I get to also reap the benefits. I love it here. I absolutely love Arizona.

I feel like everybody... Wait, what's your team? I feel like I have to say, like... Go Cardinals! Oh, the Phoenix Suns? Go Suns! Yay! Oh, I thought you guys were going to get a lot more hype than that.

Usually, I say, like, whatever team is there, and everyone goes, like, Buck Wild. Oh, everyone's not... Oh, you guys all just came here from somewhere else, so you're... Sounds like Nashville. That's, what? Sounds like Nashville. Everybody comes in somewhere else. That's exactly right.

Brandy, how are you? Okay, how are you? I got. It's so good to have you here. It's Brandy's first, well, it was Blake the rest of the time. Brandy's here now. Thank you guys. Thank you.

Thank you. Listen, nobody loves Blake Horsman more than me. I came to his defense so hard on BAP, but I am such a better DJ. Oh, man. Yeah. Thank you. Let me tell you. many stories sent to me on Instagram

of people videoing Blake and being like LOL, can you help him out? He legit, now I don't know. So I did a podcast with Nick in L.A. And I, they had a little bit of beef online or something. I guess Nick was a little bit hard on him. And when, like,

we all come out to a song. And when Nick came out, it was just, he didn't put on a song. And I was like, ooh, that's dirty. Putting up palm trees everywhere. Yeah. Nick. Yeah, it was just awkward. And then I made him put on a song

and made Nick go back into the curtain and then come out again. So you made him more awkward. He needed to have his woman and then Blake was like, F***. Blake was legitimately like the drunkest I've seen him every show. Well, clearly you weren't at stagecoach.

I was not. I definitely heard about it and there was definitely a lot of stagecoach jokes that went on through this tour. I think he actually took home a couple vinos, too, which is... I can say that because he admitted it on one of the shows, so I'm not saying anything behind his back. But that dirty dog, that dirty dog.

Great guy, though. Great guy. One of the best. Love him. He's got a really great heart. He does. He does, though. He really does.

He really does. He really does. He's just a hot guy who came off a show. getting a lot of attention from girls and he gives the attention back. Yeah. Yeah. So sue him. Sue him.

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How many men are in the crowd tonight? Two. Wow, loud and proud. Thank you. I see two. I saw it you look like my friend over there so I keep like making awkward eye contact with you because I'm like do I know you

I don't right okay okay so three four yeah I just always like to warn the guys just because I'm like do you know what you're getting into tonight or today? Yeah you love it they're saying no

I love it yeah That's commitment. I don't know if you guys all heard that, but he said he was promised a blowjob after this. Yes, you do deserve that. And good for you for knowing he deserves that. That's amazing.

But I will say, I will entertain you, okay? there's that. It's not going to be super painful for you, except you did choose the wrong seat, because now I'm going to call you out for everything. What's your name? Johno. Wait, I had another... Oh, no, there was a guy Skip that sat front row who was about 80 years old at one of my shows.

And we talked a lot about anal. And I just kept... I'd automatically go to Skip and then be like, uh... Ne. Have you guys seen Superbad? Yeah. You know, when Michael Sarah's like in class, and he's like looking at that girl's boobs and she catches him and she looks up

and then he looks at her and he's like that's what I kept doing with Skip we talk about something so in it I'd be like it got weird anyways I'm really excited for today's show I'm really excited you guys chose to have your Saturday afternoon spent with me it's going to be fun

it's going to be funny it's going to be weird and I'm really excited about my guest I listened to her interview on the Oprah's Soul Sunday. Is that what it's called? I don't even know. I think so. Super Soul Sunday.

Yeah. That one. I was just, I just can't wait for you guys to meet her. She's so sweet. She's so well-spoken. She speaks in front of crowds that are like 3,000 people. Like, she's a motivational speaker. Let me give her a little intro.

Not only has she competed on Dancing with the Stars, as well as the amazing race, but she also has three Olympic medals. She's a motivational speaker, best-selling author, a clothing designer, the co-founder of the Adaptive Action Sports Organization, and there's the little fact that she herself, Oprah called her a hero, okay? Oprah called her a hero.

She's done all this while simultaneously overcoming physical and mental obstacles, but those obstacles have made her everything she is today. I am so excited for you to hear her story. Please welcome to the stage, my guest, Amy Purdy. I am so excited. This is, okay, I have the nervous shits too. Like, I speak to huge crowds, but the small crowds are crazy.

I know, I agree. It's big crowds. I always try to think about it about Instagram stories and how many people watch the Instagram stories. And I'm like, oh, dang. And then it's like a small, intimate crowd. And you guys are like the real powerful ones who care too. So I'm like, I'm like, we are all. And we can see your faces.

Yeah. It's fun, but it's kind of nerve-wracking, too. It is. For a minute. For a minute. Just for a minute. We'll be good. Yeah.

And then you realize how everyone's just like so happy to be here and you're like, we're doing okay, guys. We're all going to be okay together today and a little drunk. I have to say, too, this was the first time that I crutched on my crutches, kind of buzzed. So I was like, yes. Well, you nailed it. I'm on the same diet as Caitlin right now. I was like, take a step, crutch.

Take a step, crutch. I'm like, oh, God. But you're a person who is very in the moment, so you're probably focusing on just that one. Yeah, that's amazing. Well, thank you so much for being my guest today. I'm, you guys are in for such a treat. Obviously, the fact that you just, Oprah called you a hero

and wanted you to be on her show, like, it's for a reason. You say that you don't want people to hear your story and say, oh, that you're so inspirational. and that you're an inspiration. You want people to be inspired and live an inspirational life, right? Right. Yeah.

So explain, I mean, for people who don't know Amy, she's got her, I want you to tell the story because you tell it beautifully, and I just think it's important that everybody here knows who I'm sure you already do know, but but just to tell a little bit of your story and a brief little background on just even how you started snowboarding as a child and what that led to.

Yeah, so I mean, okay, let's see. So the first part of that. So, yeah, I mean, You know, I never want people to really sit back and go, okay, it's inspiring what she's done, but, you know, I can never do that myself. Like, my hopes is that everybody would say, hey, if she can do that, then I can do that as well. Because we all have challenges. We all have obstacles. We all have to work through stuff. And it's really just being flexible and adapting to your situation, embracing it. And then that's when you really thrive. And it doesn't matter what your,

you know, what your circumstances are. Yeah. So, but it took me a long time to learn that. So I actually, I grew up in Las Vegas, not many Olympic snowboarders. Is there Vegas? Yeah. I heard of Wu. So I grew up in Vegas. Yeah, not many Olympic snowboarders come from Vegas. But there's ski resorts outside of Vegas.

And I fell in love with snowboarding. I knew it was going to be something I'd do for the rest of my life. And so I became a massage therapist because my thought was I could travel the world and have this job that would travel with me. And then suddenly my life took a detour. This is when I was 19 years old, and I contracted something called meningococcal meningitis. We have no idea how I got it. It's kind of spread like the flu or the cold, so somebody could have sneezed on me. Right.

Maybe that's how I got it. And some people's body can fight that in some case. Is that what it is? It's a weird thing because one and four people are carriers of it. So it's like, it's actually a common bacteria, but it's not common to get sick from. But when you do get sick from it, like my immune system just didn't fight it off, then it can be really deadly. And they say it's something like, it's like 80% deadly within the first 15 hours. Wow.

Wow. You think you have the flu, but then you're like suddenly dying. Right. And that happened to me. I remember actually, I remember I was laying in bed, not feeling well. And I heard this voice say, Amy, get up and look in the mirror. And as I was sitting up, I realized something was really wrong. And my heart was beating out of my chest.

And I was shaking. And I was so weak. And I scooted to the edge of the bed. I put my feet on the floor, and I stood up, and I realized that I couldn't feel my feet. And I glanced through the floor. I saw that my feet were purple. I glanced at my hands. I saw my hands were purple.

And then I looked at my reflection in the mirror, and my nose, my chin, and my cheeks were purple as well. It hit like that. And I was dying, and I knew it, and I was rushed to the emergency room. You knew. You knew. Right then, it was just an overwhelming. And, I mean, I was so sick just in that moment. But it got there so fast.

I thought I had the flu, and then suddenly I was like, oh, God, like, this is bad. Something's wrong, yeah. So rushed to the emergency room and ended up being in the hospital for three months. I ended up losing both of my legs below the knees to septic shock. That's what happened. Actually, it's a pretty amazing thing. Your body to try to save you and to save your organs, your body pulls blood from your extremities to save your organs. So, you know, you can look at things like, God, that's, like, so shitty, or it's like, that's a miracle.

It is. That's crazy. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. And you've always had, you've always been sort of a, I remember you saying you're a daydreamer and you've always kind of been like a person who visualizes things. And I feel like you have a just really good attitude about everything, but you've always been that way, right?

You know, I don't know. I mean, you know, it's hard to say where I would be right now if none of this had happened. But I'll tell you guys what, so I have an injury right now that's really hardcore. It's like the biggest thing I've gone through since I lost my legs when I was 19. I injured my popliteal artery last year, and I ended up with a blood clot from my hip down to every artery of my left leg. And it happened just like that. And I had five surgeries over the last nine months, totally to save my leg.

Totally traumatizing, even harder than when I lost my legs 20 years ago. Really? Because, yeah, because I think I've just, it's, I've put so much into getting where I'm at today. And my legs, my prosthetics are like, they're an extension of me. Of course. And I identify with them. So to think that, you know, you can lose even more.

But yet here, I know people, I have so many friends who are above the knee amputees, who are amazing athletes, who are in wheelchairs, amazing athletes. Like, I'm in the right community to, like, know that everything's going to be okay. And I've been there before. But I'll tell you what, I mean, there are times when shit gets hard. Yeah. And you just have to, like, know that you have to believe that you will get through it. And you have to believe that, like, everything's temporary, everything.

Good things are temporary, bad things are temporary. And, like, your body's going to change or circumstances are going to change or somebody's going to step in the picture and help you. And so that's, that's, like, very slowly what I've kind of worked through this year. All right. Let's talk about LaCroix. LeCroix's 25 flavors are derived from natural sources with natural fruit essences. That means if you're like me and my fam, you know you can actually feel good about drinking LeCroix because you know you're putting natural sources in your body while enjoying your beverage.

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So I'm like, I got to be careful what you put out there. But in this situation, yeah, I had never, you know, met anybody who had prosthetic legs or went through anything I went through. So, but my mom had told me right before all that happened before I was 19 and before all that happened, actually like literally like a month before I lost my legs and got sick. my mom told me about her friend's son who just lost his legs below the knee he had something called meningitis and it was traumatizing and I remember sitting in the bathtub that night looking at my legs and my feet and thinking what would I do without my legs how would I live my life and actually thinking about it and I thought to myself I would roll myself off a cliff that is what I would do like there is no way I could live my life without my legs a mom later the same exact thing happens to me a month isn't that crazy and then you realize like oh no i got this like i'm still the same person like now it's just i know it sounds easy and it wasn't no but it's like you you definitely find a strength that you didn't know you had well because you're forced with a choice yeah at one point and i know you don't you didn't ever want to feel like a victim

to it and i just to point out this this say it again i can't say pronounce it a meningitis oh right I thought you had a way fancyer. So it was a, it was like men, I don't know. You said, wait, what did I say? Oh, menager coughball. Yeah, sorry, yes. That's what I was trying to say, but I can't. Okay, meningitis.

We'll be right back with more off the vine, grape therapy. Now back to off the vine, grape therapy. There is a less than 2% chance of you surviving. Yeah, yeah. And in fact, when this was happening and you went into surgery, you went in very aware that you were going to lose both of your legs and you went in with a choice

and I think a lot of people in that moment would feel like giving up. Yeah. And you thought of certain things about life that you enjoyed that you wanted to still enjoy later and you actually felt your last heartbeat on that table. Yeah. Yeah, we're talking

about this. Oh yeah, I'm like so I'm just, I listened to the Oprah I shouldn't have done. I'm like, I don't want to make it like the same interview as Oprah because nobody can do that. But I'm just, I just love, I want people to hear the story. Yeah, I, so I rarely tell this story. Actually, I told it to Oprah, and I put it in my book, and that's about it.

Oh, okay. Yeah, so, no, it's good. So, I'm like, you don't have to tell me, it's okay, I'm just kidding. So I've only told Oprah this. Yeah, okay, now I feel blessed. No, but so when I, yeah, so I entered the hospital. I mean, I was really, it was like they gave me less than a 2% chance of living. I had about two hours left to live. They told my parents that because this infection was through my blood and all my organs were failing. And at one point, it was about two days later. I was in a coma and my stomach was getting bigger and they knew I was internally bleeding, but they couldn't move me because I was so weak and so unstable that just to move me like my heart rate would go up, my blood pressure would crash. But they realized like we got to get her in. in CAT scan to see what's going on.

And so it took something like 13 hours and eight doctors to move me from the table to the CAT scan table, just by literally like fingertip by fingertip, just slowly move me to the CAT scan table. And then they put me into the CAT scan, and they saw that my spleen, if it hadn't already burst, it was about ready to. So, and if it did, I would die. So they had to rush me into emergency surgery, which at this point I already had a 2% chance of living, and then they're putting me into surgery.

And I remember being in that surgery. I remember... What was it? Oh, he'll come out later, don't know. There's ramen here. I know. He is very exciting. I know, I freak out too.

I was like that, too. I was like... He'll come out. Who's the idiot that just rocked him by right now? Just kidding. Just kidding. No, it's okay. No, it's okay.

The second half, we're going to play so many games. Rom's going to come out. It's going to be great. Yeah. So, but yeah, so I remember being on, in that emergency. or not in the emergency room, in the surgical operating room. And I knew I was in surgery for something. My heart was beating out of my chest.

And I remember my doctor, who I'd never really met before because I was in a coma, but I remember my doctor talking to me and saying, Amy, whatever it is you believe in, think about that right now. And I thought to myself, I believe in love. Yeah. I believe in love. Like, that's what creates everything. And then all of a sudden my heart was beating just out of my chest.

and I remember just kind of having my last harpy because I lost my breath and I thought, that was it, that was my last heartbeat. And it pushed me out of my body. And suddenly I was in the space and I thought to myself, I know where I'm at, like I know what just happened. And I saw these three silhouettes in front of me

and I didn't recognize them, but they were going like this with their hands and they were saying, you can come with us or you can stay. And I remember getting so frustrated and going like, no, like every bit of energy in my body, no, because I haven't fallen in love yet. Like, I haven't lived my life yet. I haven't done the things I loved, and I started thinking about the things I love. I started thinking the little things.

I started thinking of the smell of a campfire or, like, the taste of hose water as a kid. Really? You know, that metallic taste? I'm like, I can't give that up. But I started thinking of all these sensory things that are like, you know, who cares, like, arms, or legs or whatever, like, clearly, like, I want to live my life, and there's these things to live for. And so, and then all of a sudden, I remember this kind of light on my shoulder, kind of telling me, like, per, not, like, telepathically, I don't know, just somehow telling me that, like,

life is crazy. Like, you chose to stay, and there's going to be ups and downs, but it's all going to make sense in the end. And so when I woke up from the coma that I was in, I knew I was facing losing both of my legs below the knee. I knew I was facing a kidney transplant. I knew my life was going to be different forever. But I had that faith that no matter what happens, it's all going to make sense in the end. And that sticks with me. There's a lot of that that kind of formed me into who I am today. Because A, I made the choice. If I wanted to leave, I could have taken the easy way out, right? And so why be here and complain about my situation? I chose to be here. And then also just going through stuff like I went through this year. It's like,

okay, this is hard. Nothing prepares you for this. But just kind of having that awareness, I had that moment. I believe that moment so much. And what it told me is that it's all going to make sense in the end. So just know that. And it does because now you speak in front of so many people. I know you don't like to think of it as inspirational, but it is. And I mean, a lot of us have inspirational stories and yours is one of them and and it's just everyone has a different path and a different story but you're now doing things that I think you knew all your life you had a bigger purpose and who knew that that would be the road that you took to get there but now you are there and you're helping people you're motivating people you like tell us about your three

medals like you went on dancing with the stars you competed on the amazing race like what And you almost won Dancing with the Stars. Yeah, you've just done so many things that are just like incredible and you really did. You knew there would be a reason why and now you're living your wife.

Yeah, so just going back to something that you just said, it's like, I always knew I wanted to travel the world. I always knew I wanted stories to tell. I always knew I wanted more wine. Yeah. I'm so rude. Oh, my God.

I do. Go on. Yes. It is the rosay. Sorry, I'm such an asshole. I'm a basic rosé girl. We're like, wine, we need one. But no, I always wanted to do the things I'm doing today,

but it took a massive detour to get here. And so I always say you never know when your detours will lead you to your destiny. Yes. You know, you think that there are side track or like some crazy obstacle to stop you, but you never know if that's exactly what's going to like unleash what's really inside of you. And no matter on what scale, I think some people feel. feel here probably like you're on a detour or you're like lost or you don't know where you're going but we've all felt that way and we all will continue I'll all feel that way again at

some point in my life it's I felt that way a year ago and everything just changed and and everything that you go through in life really does take you to where you're supposed to be right and so for anyone going through anything right now yeah you're on the right path yeah yeah yeah it'll all make sense where you've always wanted to be it will always make sense. And yeah, when it came to like, yeah, the Paralympics, dancing with the stars, I mean, I could go into dancing with the stars for a while. It's pretty, it was such a crazy experience. But just to even get to that point. So I actually, I ended up making a pair of feet that I could snowboard in. So that's really how I started snowboarding again with prosthetic

legs. So you just, like, because you, when you went through all this, you were like, snowboarding was a passion of yours. And you, you decided, well, it's not like I'm not going to not snowboard again. I'm going to make my own feet and snowboard, God damn it. Yeah. And that's what you did. Yeah. I, yeah. So actually, when I was being wheeled into the operating room and I was going to lose my legs and I was totally aware of it and it was the scariest situation of my life. Literally the only amputees I've ever seen in my life are like wounded veterans sitting on a corner in a wheelchair begging for food. Like that is my, that was my vision of what my life could be like. But so I needed to change that narrative for myself.

so I could get through it. So being wheeled into the operating room, I gave myself three, kind of three goals. And the first one was that I wasn't going to feel sorry for myself ever. And I wasn't a victim. I do love that because how many, I probably would have done the opposite. Of course, you don't know what you would feel until you're in the situation, but so many people could choose.

Yeah, well, and I think too, because a lot of people felt sorry for me. You know, my parents, my family, they were all heartbroken. And I thought that, actually, it does not feel good to feel sorry for yourself. I don't want to be there. So that was the first goal. The second one was that I would somehow help other people through this journey. And then the third was that I would snowboard that year because, so it happened in July. I was like, I'm going to snowboard this year because I've never missed a season of snowboarding before.

So I made that my goal. And you did it? And I did. And so, but it didn't. That's awesome. I, but listen, I did, but it didn't go like quite. I don't get too excited. I mean, I don't care.

I don't care. So I got up on my snowboard, and I was with a couple friends, and I had my two prosthetic legs, and didn't have anything really set up that good. I just wanted to see how it felt. And I kind of rode over to my heel edge, and everything felt fine. And then I went to go to my toe edge and shot down the mountain. I hit this bump. I fell.

My goggles went one way. My, like, my beanie went the other way, and my legs still attached to my snowboard, went flying. Oh, no. down the mountain and I heard a lady scream from the chairlift which I know she racked of years of therapy bills after that because that's like the last thing you ever want to see when you're learning to ski or snowboard like I swear this girl's legs came flying off

oh my god so that was like that was the beginning of my Olympic career and like who would have thought like who would have thought to be in that situation that I would ever go on to win medals and do dancing with the stars. And I mean, it's, life is crazy. I mean, I'd clap for anyone who does that anyways. Like, it's just such an accomplishment no matter what, you know? I don't know, you probably don't know this about me. I don't know if anyone does. I've said it on a couple live podcasts, but I don't know if I've ever aired it because I always, I always want to respect somebody else's privacy too, but I actually dated someone who went through meningitis and loss's hearing. Yeah, I'm deaf in my left ear too.

Yeah. And that's usually, is that, is hearing usually the first thing to go? Yeah, hearing is a big one. And I remember they said, you're so lucky you're hearing going to go. And like days later, half my hearing went. Really? Yeah. But it's, again, it's so amazing. Like, okay, when I first met my husband, so he lived in Crestabute at Colorado, and I was in Las Vegas. And the paper, the Sunday paper did a story on me. And this was like days after we met. And the headline was, girl who lost her legs, kidneys, hearing, spleen, like survives to tell the story. story. And I was like horrified because, and my husband, he called and he goes, I heard you were in the paper today. You know, we were dating at that time. And I was like, no, you said. Oh, he didn't know that your story yet? Okay. So my husband knew, we met in Krista Butte. He knew I had prosthetic legs, but I didn't tell him about my kidney transplant. Because that's a lot to unload up first, right? You meet some of you. You're like, so, by the way, like, here's everything. So I was like,

I'm going to just ease them into like what I've gone through. It's not a big deal. And then all of a sudden, It's like the headline of the Sunday paper, and his brother happened to live in Vegas. And so he, like, faxed him at that time, faxed him, you know, faxed him the cover. And I was like, damn it, because when you see it, like, when you see it written out, like, I lost my legs, I lost my kidneys, I lost my spleen. I lost the hearing of my left ear. I mean, that's a lot of stuff to lose. Right. But I've never really, you know, it's taught me to, like, compartmentalize.

I've never really looked at it like that. There's something called stacking, and if you stack all this shit on top of you, you can get crushed underneath it, right? Or you can just kind of like compartmentalize and deal with each thing at a time, and you realize, oh, I got this. Now I got to move on to this. Okay, I got this. So, like, my hearing, I don't even think about it. It's crazy. I don't hear it.

I don't hear it. Actually, when I don't want to hear my husband snore, I just sleep on the side, and it's silent. So it's a benefit. That is a benefit. Yeah. I remember the guy that I dated, he had two of the, I don't know if it's cochlear or cochlear implants. And if we were ever arguing, he would just take them out. And he'd be like, yeah. And I would be like, touche, I got nothing. Yeah. All right. So the holidays are a time for giving and that means a time for spending too. Lots of spending. We all know that. So here's a thought. Why not add earning a little extra cash for your holiday plans? by selling all the stuff that you don't use on Mercari. It's easy.

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hear because I just every time I think of one I'm like it's not as good as the tampon story I know I know your tampon one it was gold it was It was content gold. Diamond status. Okay, well, I mean, I don't have a confession, but I feel like all my guests are always prepared, so you have one, right? You have one for us? What? Kardashian.

Oh, the Cardassian? Oh, so you didn't listen to Thursday and Friday's podcast. Ah. I have a job. I have a job. I think, did I hear this in the car today? Yeah. I basically just.

just made an ass of myself in front of the Kardashians and, like, walked up to them like I knew them and was like, hey, guys! And they were like, hey, you. And then, and then I pretended they knew who he was. And then, um, and then I just kind of told them that I find them comforting and that I fall asleep to them, and then I started bowing down. And then I just, just removed myself from the situation. I was like, like, I didn't even realize I did it, but Jason caught it on, on camera. And I literally was just like, they were all like this to me like like I was some little dumb kid coming over and I was like this backing away from them like trying to get to my seat bowing down to the Kardashians and I was reading my

off of my Facebook group and some girl who I think she kind of looks I think she kind of has it out for me to be honest which is weird that she's on my page but she was like I find it the most embarrassing that she worships the Kardashians and I was like I do yeah

I tried to deny it for a long time I was like, those Kardashians. Right. But you secretly. But I'm like, those girls are boss-ass bitches who are very, very fascinating. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever.

Anyways, that's mine. Okay. My confession is not, I don't, it's not Kardashian confession. That's okay. I don't even know. I'm like, this is crazy because it's like, I don't think I've shared the story before. So, okay, let's see. Where do I start?

So, I was doing, I was doing, um, a World Cup race in Europe and traveling home and it was like a 15 hour of flight. So I used to get really, really sick on airplanes. I mean, I was so sick that I thought there's no way I could ever travel for work. And now that's all I do is travel for work. Do you still get sick on planes? No, but I'll tell you what happened. I'll tell you after the story what happened.

So I was on this airplane and I had like 13 hours probably on that one plane. And I got so sick right as the plane was taking off. and I threw it. I was like searching. I had like stole my neighbors throw a bag, I'm sure. So I threw up in this bag, and then I just had it sitting in my lap, and then all of a sudden I felt warm,

and I was like, oh, God, no. And it was like halfway. Yeah, okay, the bag broke. Okay, I was like, you either peed yourself or the bag broke. No, the bag broke. And so, and then it's like we're like going up in the air, and I was like, this is hell, this is horrible.

This is like 13 hours like this. So I went to the bathroom. There was like a two-story bathroom in this plane. Oh, fancy. And I got in there, and I took all the paper cloths that I could and cleaned the whole area, like made it my own, got undressed, washed everything in the sink. And I was standing there. I looked at myself in the mirror at one point. I had my snowboard hat and snowboard boots on, and that's it.

And my clothes were just, like, hung to dry in there. And then I realized, I got to wait until these dry. Right. I was in there for, like, four hours. I just, I just, I sat in there, read my book and I was like, were people not not like, well, luckily it was like a two-story plane, so, or like a two-story bathroom. So like, you know, there are other bathrooms that were open, but I was like, I can't, I can't go anywhere. I was in there for hours through like all the turbulence and like, you know, and just like, and I take all these paper cloths and like try to soak my, you know, I washed my clothes with soap and water. they were clean, but I was, like, trying to drive them.

Oh, that's so sad. It's so sad. And then I ended up sitting on the plane, like, with damp clothes for another, like, 10 hours. It was horrible. That sounds terrible. Yeah. Okay, so maybe not the funniest confession, but that was like, I mean, it's horrible.

It's funny now. It's funny now. Oh, God. In the moment, that sounds like that's, like, my worst. Well, one, I have, like, the biggest fear of throwing up. And two, like, 13 hours on an airplane. Yeah. in, yeah, and just...

In damp, puky clothes? Yeah, and then, and then, and then just standing in the bathroom, like, you know, hanging your clothes to dry. Like, I looked in the mirror. I was like, this is so sad. I'm, like, beanie and snowwear boots. But at least you're on, like, a really nice airplane. I was on a great airplane. Thank God, seriously.

I don't know what I would have done if I was on, like, you know, if we were all sharing one bathroom. So thank God you don't get sick on flights anymore. Oh, yeah, so I was going to say, this is what's really cool. So that was before I did the amazing race. And when my husband and I got the amazing race, that was before we got married, I knew, well, I got to figure this thing out. I could not be throwing up on airplanes traveling all over the world. I literally willed myself into not getting sick on planes, and then from that point forward, I never did. What?

The power of the mind? Isn't that crazy? I think it was, so first of all, I brought all this ginger tea, ginger bites, but then I thought, like, I just can't get sick. I cannot get sick. Yeah. And there's just something that totally changed my mind. And then from, and that, the amazing race, that was 2011. I haven't gotten six cents on a plane. Wow. The brain is such a powerful thing.

Who has a confession for us? I mean, you've really, wow. Usually people, like, jump up and they want to confess. Everyone's silent. Except for this girl, who I think for the last hour has been like this. Oh, you have a, oh. We got it. Yeah, we got.

She's been saying the whole time that she's got a great confession. Okay. Okay. Is it, does it have to do with anal pooper pee? Yes, that's a yes. It's a period story. Oh, okay, period story. Great. We love those. Okay, so my name's Kate. Okay. So I was babysitting. Kate? Kate? Kate.

Oh, Caitlin? Oh. K-A-T-E, though. Hi, Caitlin. Oh, Kate. Yeah. Okay. So I was babysitting and had a really bad period. Yeah. And didn't have a pad or a tampon, so I used the pull-up diaper. And it really actually worked, like, really well. You hit it to a pull-up?

Yeah. Oh. I mean, that's almost more impressive. Like, it wasn't, like, it wasn't, like, buttoned or like... Oh, it had, like, the Vel-Chan. But I had to, like, kind of, like, you know, DIY. DIY. What, that's a DIY pull-up.

That's a great confession, actually. Yeah. Yeah, give it up for Kay. I like that one. Yeah. I like it. That's funny. Very resourceful.

Yeah, very resourceful. I'm... Yeah, okay. But have you heard about my sponsor, Thinks Underwear? Which is a great time to take a break for Thinks Underwear. A pull-up for adults. Yeah, yeah. It actually feels like real underwear. It does. Brandy is there so much? Okay. Yes. What's your name? Casey? Do you want to... Oh, Stacey.

I feel like I, who, why can I not see who's talking? What? Yes, please, Cleo. Thanks. Oh, yeah, thanks, Cleo. Give it up for Cleo. The burke to my Ernie. Who was confessing? Oh, you're confessing. Yeah.

Okay, so I used to play volleyball when I was in school. Okay. And I played club volleyball. And this is my mom, Lana. Hi, Mom. She's part of the story. Okay, great. So one day I was like, Mom, I'm really sick.

I can't go to practice. Yeah. She didn't believe you. Oh, did she not know the story's coming? She's like, oh. She's like, no, you're going because I used to always fake being sick. Oh, okay. She's like, no, you're going.

And I was like, oh, shit. Mom, I really can't go. No, you're going. So she was like, I'm going to take you. So she took me to practice. And the whole time I was in and out of the bathroom. And I couldn't, like, practice at all. Then all of a sudden,

I went to the bathroom, shit my brains out. Diarrhea. Yep. And then I, she comes to, pick me up, and she's like, how are you doing? And I'm like, Mom, I don't feel good. Just take me home now. So I get in the car, and my mom was carpooling for someone. So I also had a friend with me. Yeah. They were in the back seat. I get in the car, and I was like, Mom, I can't do it all over the car. Oh, no. I mean, you warned her. And I didn't know what to do, so we had to roll down

the window the whole way home. How long was the drive? It was 45 minutes. Oh. So you didn't go, like, pat down and wash up your clothes. You just battled through the 45-minute drive? My mom had towels there, and I wiped myself off as best as I could, but that was all I could do. Oh, I'm so sorry.

That's traumatic. I'm so sorry. It was her fault. Sorry. Stacey's mom has got it going on. Oh, my gosh. That's rough. I feel like does everybody have a bad poop?

Yeah, everyone. Okay, okay, so I'll just quickly, quickly tell you mine then, because we're all talking about. But I, when I first moved in with my husband, and I was like so in love with them, and we were just dating. Oh, yeah. We were driving in the car. We lived in San Diego. We were driving in the car to breakfast. I had to go to the bathroom so bad, and I was like, it is happening.

It is happening right now. He, like, pulled up to this garage, and I, like, pulled up to this garage, and I was. I thought that there would be a way into the bank, but it was Sunday. So I got out, and I was, like, running in circles, and I got back in the car, and I was like, oh, my God, the door's locked. I can't get in there. And then I just started crying, and then he cried with me. I was like, I was like, oh, my God, oh, my God. And he was like, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. While you were pooping? Well, I was like right there. And I was like, it's happening. But then we, like, found a place. I ran into the bathroom. And I was like, I mean, it was like, you know, barely made it. But like, he totally cried with me.

I was like, uh-huh. Oh, Jason, would you cry with me if I had to be shypats? That's so romantic. That is really romantic. All right. So if you're like me, you've been looking for thoughtful and unique gifts to give this holiday season. My favorite place to find the most unique gifts to those I love is Society 6. Society 6 is an online marketplace home to how.

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Should we do one more crowd confession? Do you guys have a good one? I feel like we need one to really like drive it home. I guess better be good. Does it have to do with poop or pee? Someone else. I'm just kidding. What does yours have to do with?

Great. That's the one. Herpes, I'm sorry, but herpes had to beat out your poop. I'm sorry, but I love you guys. Hello. Okay, hello. So this has to do with the first date. Okay, uh-oh.

And the guy I was with didn't, we were not vibing together. And needless to say, what I did is I faked herpes so then he wouldn't kiss me. I love it. It was quick and simple, and to the point you faked herpes. Yeah, and then the rumors started about it,

and it was fine in undergrad. Yeah. But we fake turpees. You set yourself up for that one. I did sell myself up, but I was like, because he was a business major, I'm medical. I was like, what is something he's going to have no idea about? So I fake turpees, so then he wouldn't kiss me.

I mean, you could have just told him you didn't want to make out. Yeah, but I felt bad for the dude. You really wanted to sell that. I gave him an out. I was like, dude, but I have herpes. And he's like, I'm pretty sure you can see that. And I was like, but do you understand the medicine for herpes? And he didn't.

So I just, I faked I had herpes. What's your name? Lauren. Lauren faked herpes, and it made for a great confession today. Yes. If for anything, you went through all of that with all these rumors, it was to tell that story today. Nice.

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It's called Truth or Drink. Now, this is a game I've been playing on tour. This is how I blessed Blake for taking home a volleyball. I know, which he drank, and then I was like, well, you, you just pretty much admitted it anyway, so thank you. Okay, so this is called truth or drink. You guys could all play along if you want. Have to. I would like, are we playing this?

Yes. Oh, okay. I'm going to ask you, I'm going to ask somebody in the crowd, and I'm going to ask Brandy. Okay. I would like to know what you, right here, what's the last thing in your Google search. Ah. Or you can drink if you don't want to tell me But I prefer

Yeah Go to your Google history And what's the last thing you googled? I have to answer this? I've got to look Oh She Googled a Jersey Shore Pizzeria That's too tame

That's too tame That's hilarious, okay That's fair How do you find your Hey I need to get my phone Where's Jonna? Oh yeah Can I get my phone?

I'm curious. Wait, where's my phone, too? I need to take pictures of the crowd. We need phones to the stage, please. We need our phones to the stage. Okay. Brandy. Mine is really lame.

My Google search. I was on Instagram backstage before the show, and I was looking at Dean and Caitlin's freaking, like, romantic Havasu Falls Getaway. I know. Barf, I want to barf. And I was like, that looks fun.

So I Googled, like, where do you stay if you want to go hike Lake Hap? Oh, have a few falls. Oh, thanks. So lame. Oh, let's see what mine was. I'm scared. It's like super weird porn.

You guys. Just kidding. I'm just kidding. History. Mine is so boring. What's yours? But I just put top party songs. Oh.

What are the top party songs? That's kind of funny, right? Top party songs. I'm glad it was that. Yeah, I Google some weird stuff. I'm assuming a lot of people do. Mine is guy on a turtle head breaking bad. because

Oh yeah, from yesterday Yeah, so I saw the guy from Breaking Bad who's like the guy from the cartel who gets his head chopped off and it's on a turtle and Breaking Bad I met him at the airport and so I was like trying to Google his name That's funny

And I put guy Yeah Guy on a turtle That's funny Anyone, what's yours? Is it funny? Okay Oh, is this a confession or your Google search? Oh, okay, what was it?

that's a good one why do i always poop when i go to barns and noble what is it why do i always poop when i go to barns and noble is it because you smell coffee from like the what is it That is why, because for the smell of the paper is the natural laxative. That is, I believe it. The smell of the paper is a laxative? There's no way. A natural laxative. Oh, I didn't know if that was a thing.

Wait, did they make the paper smell that way? No, no, no, the paper from the books. Yeah. That's crazy. Like it just gets your sister. a movie. Johno is so bored right now. He's literally

like every time I look at him, he's just looking down. Oh, you don't want me to make eye contact with you. It is ridiculous. All confessions are. Do you got one, Jono? If you want a good blowjob later, it better be... This better be good.

You got? Oh, Jono has to poop every time he goes into Walmart. Okay. That's a great confession. Thank you for that. That's natural, yeah. Okay. Brandy.

What is the most embarrassing thing that your boyfriend's ever caught you doing? You know, he lives very far away. Thank God. Yeah, but he stays with you when he visits. He does, but I feel like we're pretty good at, we've been so good at hiding and embarrassing things. Like, he has a poop back. bathroom downstairs and my poop

bathroom is upstairs. Boring. So we don't... Yeah. No, he wishes. He wishes he caught you. He would love that. She asked if he's ever caught her masturbating. He'd love that? He would love that. He'd be into that. Yeah. Oh, okay. Uh-huh, for sure.

He's real freaking outy. He's always like, he's always like, so, like the toys that you always talk about. Like, do you have them here? There's toys you talk about? What toys you talk about? What toys you're talking about? You fake ones that I don't really have, but he likes it, so I pretend I have them. Yeah, and so when he comes over here from South Africa, he's like, so about those toys? And I'm like, oh, yeah, I don't know where they are, sorry. I somehow lost them in my travels.

Lost them. I was thinking about this when I was traveling. My bag keeps getting searched. Every time I open the bag, I have, like, a paper in it that says it's been searched. I'm like, it's good thing I don't carry around the toys with me on this tour. I know. Like, I mean, they must see some shit when they look through that, right? Okay.

I mean, I guess somebody should ask me. one of these. Ask me one of those questions that you want. I haven't really looked through all of them. I think Cleo or someone came out with them. Why are we so poop central on this podcast? It's like there's so much about poop. It's a hot topic. Whoa. What's the

grossest thing you'd ever put in your mouth? Everyone goes so sexual with that. It's so funny. The grossest thing I ever put in my mouth. Okay, I know what it is. I'm not repeating that. I'm not repeating that. But yes. Oh, yeah, I'll drink and then I'll tell you a different one.

That was good. I'm so glad everybody didn't hear that. Okay. The grossest thing I've ever put my mouth was, you guys know my best friend Bree, if you like listen to the podcast um she was feeding her dog once and i was talking about how hungry i was and she was scooping it was like wet dog food and she was scooping it into the um dog dish and i just wanted to do it for shock value and i was like oh i'm so hungry and she was like oh it's tuna and so i just

took a um a chunk of it like a big one it was two different discs of food and i just took it and shoved it in my mouth what did it taste like it didn't taste like tuna all the tell you that. It tasted like dog food would smell. Oh, my friends backstage, Evan and Betsy, they got me the what are those jelly beans? The bean boozled?

Harry Potter? No. That have bad flavors? Yeah, it was a bean boozled and they were like, so Jason was like, what's that? And he made me taste one, and the first one I tried was canned dog food. I'm like, what is it? Can dog food to me? I don't get it. Okay, last one

is for Amy. You ready? Okay. what you again what is the craziest thing you would do for a million dollars that's not crazy okay I would do the sex for a million dollars I'll combine both questions actually

because I did this for a million dollars so when I was on the amazing race so I ate and it was also the grossest thing that I've ever eaten So we were in China and we ran into this little restaurant. We were first at this point, ran to this little restaurant and they just brought out, there was no directions. They didn't tell us what to do because we got there before everybody else. So we just sat down.

They brought us this plate. They made me tie my hands behind my back and they were two papayas full of what looked like noodles. And they said, you can't use your hands. You just have to eat it somehow and then run to your next clue. So I just stuck my face in it. ate through all this stuff. Later on,

found out that it was frog flopian tubes. Frog flopian tubes. And then, then the worst part is then the producers came in and said, sorry, guys, we did it wrong. That was actually for Daniel to do. And I was like, no.

So we both do it. So then all this, I know. We were actually on the show, we were so early, Daniel and I, to some of the places that they wouldn't be set up yet. So then we'd have to, like, You guys are that good.

What? Yeah. Oh, TV tricks, guys. TV stuff, yeah, for sure. TV tricks are so, especially in that circumstance when you're having to eat frog falobin tubes again, like what? Yeah. That's so, I'm glad I asked you that one, because you ate frog fallopian tubes for a million dollars.

I did. And it was, um, it actually wasn't as bad as you would think. It was, it was bad to know what it was. Yeah. But it kind of just tasted like salty noodles, like salty, like salty, yeah. I kind of want some. I kind of want to try it. Actually, they're delicacies.

They are? Yeah. Oh, I've had frog legs before. Yeah. This is so stupid, but my dad used to make funny jokes and be like, I'll have a frog leg sandwich and make it snappy. And he'd always tell you, that's where I get my humor from, clearly. All right, let me tell you about one of my favorite brands, a new brand from the co-founder

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Okay, I think we have some Q&A's to do. So should we bring out Jason and Ramen? Have to. You got some Q&A's for us, Mr. Jason, Michael Tarduk. We got some. Oh. This is a great crowd, by the way. I love it.

Yeah, you guys are. You guys are awesome. You guys are a really great crowd. I really appreciate your, like, energy, but also listening and then sharing at the right times. I appreciate it. Thank you. Yeah, it's amazing. Robin, I love you, guys.

Were you talking to me? Here, Roman, come here. I'll take them while you answer to the question. Okay. All right, so first question was from Liv, and Liv is 24, and Caitlin, you're 34. So what Liv wants to know, she did position that in her question. Okay. If you were looking back at your 24-year-old self, what would you tell that person?

Would you do things differently? What are your thoughts? My 24-year-old self, I would definitely, definitely tell myself to do things differently or be like, what are you doing? But at the same time, it totally led to me to where I am. Because when I was 24, I literally was so pumped if I had $5 in my bank because that mean I didn't, like, go into debt. I was living in, like, a teeny tiny little 400-square-foot apartment.

I, like, I was just like a partier, but I danced really hard during the week. I worked at a restaurant. I really had no plans for my future. I was just like, I'm always going to figure this out. I'll just, I'm going to figure it out. Even when I, like, needed to make rent, I would just be like, well, I'll take up an extra bartending shift and I would just like, hustle. I just, if I had $5, I was like, I'm living.

I am killing it right now. So at 24, I just honestly, I can't say I would go back and tell me. myself to do something differently, even though I probably should have been doing something different. But I just always kind of, it's bad advice because it worked for me, but it might not work for somebody else. So what is your passion right now? Jason! Back the fuck up. You're a personal trainer.

Oh, you're a personal trainer. Oh. So you really like fitness and that. kind of thing. I mean, you have a passion. No. You make people feel better. And you can tell you're very passionate about that. So keep doing what you're doing. Yeah.

Look, you're so cute. You're doing great, sweetie. You're doing better than I was at 24. So there's hope for everybody. Honestly, I feel like you could circle back to what Amy said earlier with that too. The sooner you can come to terms of the fact that everything is temporary, good things, and bad. I think that's so important to remember in your early 20s because that's when things feel like they're so bad

or you're so far behind your friends who are so far ahead of you or whatnot, but if you can just remember like... And then you have social media. Yeah, everything is temporary. Things are going to change all the time and just keep that in mind. Yeah, I agree. Sure, for sure.

Great addition, Brandy. I agree with that. Awesome. Well, the only thing I'll add, too, is that you said you just thought you'd figure it out. One thing that you didn't give yourself credit for at a young age, Caitlin wrote down all of her long and short-term plans of what she wanted out of life, right?

So you knew you wanted to host a radio show. You said you wanted to be the female version of Ryan C. Chris. You want to own your own companies, right? So in my opinion, the takeaway, I think, for everyone is right now there's only like 4% of people have short and long-term goals. So to Brandy's point, I think it's okay not to know, but it's not okay to at least have an idea of like where you want to go. And that's something you did, right? I think I did a really cool podcast with Ben Nempton from the Burry. life. And he talks about just the importance of writing things out or having visions, which I know

you're a believer in too, and just actually manifesting things and writing things out and just having an idea, even if they're small or big, of just what you want to do and actually just believing in those things and seeing them in front of you. And I put mine up on my wall in my little apartment every day. I looked at them in the mirror. So it's a really powerful thing to do. Amazing. All right. Great answer. All right. So we're going to go from like serious to fun, a little bachelorette. We'll get a little fun here. Chris Harrison. All right. So they have a question about when

Chris Harrison isn't, when you don't see him. Like he comes and goes, he ends out roses. But like, what is behind the scenes with Chris Harrison? Like, how is he involved? Well, he's one of the producers that a lot of people don't know that. So he's actually going back into like the little they have these, oh, it's a dark

place. This room where you like go back and all the monitors are there and they have everybody, they just have like a bunch of different monitors and they're watching what each person is doing and saying and it's crazy. And so he goes back into that room with all the monitors and all the producers so that he's very aware of what's going on. He doesn't just come in and do his thing. He's actually very involved and very invested in every single. Like when I found out, when I came from The Bachelor to Bachelorette, my eyes were

open to so many things that they saw that I didn't know they saw. And I was like, you guys want to think I'm nuts. Like I didn't even know I was miced sometimes that they could hear everything I said. Like I would go to the bathroom. room with my mic on, they'd be like, yeah, we'd have to, like, pull out our earpieces. Like, I didn't realize they were, like, listening to your every move. And as a bachelorette, I looked back, and I was like, oh, man, ugh, I did some weird shit. But, yeah, Chris Harrison's very involved, yeah. Yeah.

Funny story, I had a lunch with the guy I might do a business deal with, and we're talking about things. He just had a kid, his kid's six, and he's like, you know, I thought I was going to tell my child life advice, be a doctor, be an accountant, be a dentist. No, I am going to put together a highlight reel of Chris Harrison's life, and I'm going to tell my son, be exactly what this guy's doing, because he's got the best job in the world. He really does have a good job. All right, so we're going to get a little bit more serious here. This question is for Amy.

And the question is, at your darkest time, what did you do to overcome to be where you are today? Oh, gosh. You know, visualize, actually. So I've just always been a huge daydreamer. Like, that's just the way my brain works is I have to see myself doing something. But what's amazing is if you see yourself do it, but you feel it, you can't just be like, oh, that would be cool one day. You have to actually feel like it is happening right now. Then everything would come together and would happen.

For example, I, many years ago, so after I lost my legs, I remember flipping through magazines thinking it would be so cool to see. somebody with a prosthetic leg in this magazine or to just see a model and then find out she has a prosthetic leg and then now I did the women's health cover. She's on the cover of women's health magazine. It's such a gangster photo too. I mean that took

a really long time but I thought that was something that I like saw and visualized and kind of put out there and whether that made me kind of secretly work towards that and like plant seeds or whatever it is. It all like every single vision I ever had even if it started abstract, would start to work itself out and become more defined.

And then I would be like, that is not just, that's not what I'm doing. That's, no, that's not what I want to be. That's who I am. Like, that's not what I want to do. That's what I am doing today. Yeah. And I think when you, like, vocalize it too, when you tell people around you, like, okay, so what are you up to?

And you're like, I'm writing a book. That's what I said before I even wrote my book. And then I wrote my book. It made me, like, accountable to write my book. You know, and then. Yeah, and then it's written in languages across the world, and then it's... But, like, you have to, like, put it out there, you know? Yes, you can't just keep your goals and your dreams to yourself.

I think when you put it out there, your friends can kind of conspire to make it happen. The universe does its, you know, magical stuff. I definitely believe in that. And then it happens in one way or another. What is your book called, and how can people find it? Yes, well, talking about my book. No, it's called On My Own Two Feet, From Losing My Legs to Learning, to Learning the Debt. Dance of Life. And I wrote it in six weeks. What? Yeah. And I was given a six week deadline. And I went

from, so in one year, in 2014, that was like the craziest year of my life. Like I checked off every bucket list thing I could have. So 2014, I won a Paralympic medal, then almost won dancing with the stars, then went on a speaking tour with Oprah, then wrote a book. It became a New York Times bestseller. Jesus. And then I got married, then I bought a house. I, like, literally in, like, a year. So your book is Jimmy Jam Packed with a lot of good shit.

Yeah. Yeah. But really, like, writing my book was, like, this goal, this dream. I used to say, someday I'm going to write my book. Like, I hope to write my book. I'm trying to write my book. And I just hit a point where I was like, no, I'm writing this thing. And it's going to be written by the end of the year.

And I don't care if I have to lock myself in a cabin in the woods. I'm going to get this. done and then I kind of started telling people that and then I got a book deal with Harper Collins and then I was given a six week deadline and then it was like I set this shit up so I need to deliver that is good that's a good thing to say is putting it out there to hold you accountable for doing it yeah that's cool and then you do it and you realize like I don't know like the hardest things you ever do in your life the hardest most stressful are usually the ones that bring you the most joy yeah you know eventually write that down that's awesome

That's good. I like that a lot. Amazing. So cool. That's a beautiful thing. All right. So a few weeks ago on the podcast, I had mentioned my anxiety. It left me laying on the floor of my house, not wanting to even talk to Jason until it passed.

Sometimes I just need it to pass. I feel like I talk about my anxiety pretty often because it's something I deal with almost on a daily basis. It's a big part of my life. And when I feel my anxiety coming on, I usually look for ramen. Well, now Pino as well. but ramen has really been one of the only things that has kept me calm when I feel the pain or worry in my chest when my heart starts beating super fast and that's what an emotional support animal does after opening up about this sensitive part of my life Madison who is actually on my podcast team shared with me about her anxiety and how difficult it was to get her dog eleanor an ASA letter because while therapy is essential to mental health it's also difficult to come by for a lot of people so surta pet dot com has a solution for that and it's offering you all 15% off your evaluation with code vine. Raman is my emotional support animal and I wanted to help Madison make Eleanor her emotional

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That's C-E-R-T-A-Pet.com slash vine and use code vine at surta-pet.com for 15% off your evaluation. All right, so we're going to go to women-owned businesses. We have a couple women-owned business owners out there who have questions about the number one piece of advice you have for a woman that is starting her business and taking a detour

out of her career. I know we have two women here. That was great story. There were two teachers, and they just weren't feeling what they wanted to feel out of their career, and they took a detour and started up a wine bar here in Phoenix. So that's a great story. Oh, yeah. I think I met them back

stage, but I don't think they're here anymore because I think they had to go to a wedding. Oh, no, are you still here? Oh, just kidding. They're still here. What is the place called again? Jenny Wine, Arizona. They had Spade and Sparrows there last night. It's awesome. Well, I mean, mine was kind of a different story just because I really like, I was lucky enough to have a platform, but I think what my, what I like to say is that I didn't just come off the show and be like, I'm going to do this and put it at it. I'm going to try and make people buy all this shit. Like I found out what my passion was, what I really love to do, wine. And I just like, I really put all of my energy into just the couple things that I really loved

instead of just like spreading myself too thin with a bunch of different deals that were coming my way. So my situation is a little bit different because I was blessed with a platform that I did work hard for. But I would like to hear your perspective on that because you've started your own organization with your husband, which is really cool. Yeah. Yeah. I think, you know, so much goes back to it. Like, we try to find our passion. We try to find our purpose.

A lot of times we're looking outside of ourselves. And, like, I didn't become successful until I really just embraced who I was. Like, who I was. Like, I have prosthetic legs. And when I started kind of sharing that and sharing my story, that's what kind of helped my speaking career take off. And then I was trying to figure out how to snowboard again. And then we decided to start our organization adaptive action sports to help other snowboard. as well. And so that was already something that I was doing. I was trying, you know, we were

developing that for me, but then created it for a bunch of other people as well. And we were able to actually get snowboarding into the Paralympics, which then really launched my career. It was really interesting. But we were just doing what, what I was doing, what I was just, I was kind of sharing what I was already doing. And I think that's when people become their most successful. I agree. It's like you have to, you have to believe in what you're doing because then other people feed off that. Like if I was trying to hustle like, fucking juice, people would be like, I'm not buying that.

Like, you know, like, you can't, you can't be like, I'm doing this for money, or that sounds cool, or it's like who, like, really, who are you? And for me, like, it's just crazy to think that, like, I could do what I've done in my life. I went from, let me tell you guys, I

went from welfare, because I went from, oh, it makes me want to cry. Hold on. You can cry. This is what, this is a Please. Okay. So it makes me want to cry. I went from, you know, losing both my legs and like living totally under the system. And like, I mean, I made like 700 bucks a month. That was when my husband and I were together for like 10 years. And I believed so deeply in myself that I had something more to share that I decided to step away from that, which was hard to do because I had a kidney

transplant, prosthetic legs, or $30,000. I needed that. Like, that's why I was on welfare. I needed that money to survive. Yeah. Thank you. But I, thank you. It is. But I believed so deeply there was more to share and that I wanted to share with the world.

And all it was was sharing who I was and what I went through and realizing that so many other people connected with challenges and obstacles. And it literally, like now I, you know, it's a, amazing when I'm able to. I travel the world and I live the life of my dreams and I make great money and it's like just by... And you help a lot of people. Well, and just by kind of

embracing and not hiding the things that make me feel weak or the things that make me feel vulnerable. And I feel like... Thank you. But I think we all have that. That's what's important. It's like I don't

want you guys to sit back and go, okay, she's amazing, whatever. I want you guys to see that in yourselves. We all have a story and we all have something to share and it truly is embracing your uniqueness and that's what makes you beautiful and there's a place for every one of us in the world and you

nobody can do what you do like nobody will ever replace you like you are supposed to be here. There's something you're supposed to do and it's not outside of you, it's inside of you. And that's really beautiful because I think you're so motivated by who you are and not by it and that's important advice to everyone in business

or just in life as you're motivated motivated by who you are and not by like money or what you want people to think you are or anything else. You're motivated by who you are and I think that will take you everywhere you need to go in life. You're just such a beautiful human being. I just love you. Well, it's the wine.

No, I mean, I get it. I get it. But no, it's your fucking heart, so. I don't think we can end a Q&A better than that answer. I know. It's really, I mean, just listening to you speak or just who you are, it's really beautiful. And I think you do motivate other people to be who they are. And obviously, I like to bring people on the podcast that can do that. And it's really fun to have, you know, Bachelor people and, like, other reality people.

And it's fun to have people like that on the show. But it's, it's, this is what I want people to take away from this podcast a lot of the time. So, really cool. I really appreciate you being here and doing that live. And I really, really love you guys for, for listening and being such a great crowd. Yeah, you guys are amazing. I just really cool. Are you guys, I mean, I'm hoping a lot of you are Vinoes, but are, yeah.

You guys are always just the most supportive people that are just always so, like the best energy, so supportive. Anyone that comes on the podcast and like whatever story they have, or whether it's like Blake being a fuckboy or like, people like get behind whatever it is that the guests come on for. And it's really cool to see because it's like there's not a lot of judgment in this community, which I just absolutely love. So I love all of you guys so much. Jason, do you need any more wine? Yeah, we're all feeling good here. We're all feeling good. Did you guys have a good time?

Are you feeling boozy? I like the shirt back there. Support day drinking. Let's go. I love it. Thank you guys all so much for coming out here. Thanks for listening to Off the Vine, Grape Therapy. Tune in to hear new minisodes every Thursday

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