Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Solo Dolo | The One Where We Survive the Nashville Ice Storm!

Episode Date: February 3, 2026

#916. In this Solo Dolo episode, Kaitlyn is coming at you from a very real Nashville winter wonderland — aka an ice storm that knocked out power for tens of thousands of people and turned everyday life upside down!! From hotel vibes to living like a displaced human, she shares what it’s actually like navigating this historic storm and long outages that have plagued Music City for dayyyys.She also talks about asking for help without guilt, protecting your peace like a superpower, and how dancing — even under pressure — can be a form of joy, expression, and full-circle healing.Grab your headphones (or watch on YouTube) and join Kaitlyn as she riffs, laughs, and shares her thoughts on everything from surviving storms to finding little moments of happiness amidst chaos.If you’re LOVING this podcast, please follow and leave a rating and review below! PLUS, FOLLOW OUR PODCAST INSTAGRAM HERE!Thank you to our Sponsors! Check out these deals!Covergirl: Go the distance with COVERGIRL’s new Eye Enhancer Wrap Tubing Mascara for a lash extension effect. Shop at your nearest retailer now. Only from Easy, Breezy, Beautiful COVERGIRL.comNutrafol: For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you visit Nutrafol.com and enter promo code VINE.Better Help: Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/VINE.Quince: Go to Quince.com/vine for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too!Wayfair: Get organized, refreshed, and back on track this new year for WAY less. Head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. Wayfair. Every style. Every home.Apartments.com: The Place to find a place!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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So if you hear laughter, it's because I'm very funny and I'm not alone. But solo episode, and I feel like I need to start. start by saying, if you hear anything strange in the background, silence, echoes, I don't know, maybe the sound of my sanity slipping away slowly. It's because I still don't have power. I don't have power at my house. And I am staying at a hotel and I was going to do this solo podcast from my computer. But this is obviously a better option here. I found a studio that is amazing. And I'm not in a bunker. I'm safe. And I'm just displaced for now. So displaced and mildly feral, I would say. But she poured me champagne. So there's that. Introduce yourself if you're going to be a part of this podcast. My name is Erin. The studio name is a cast collective and the person running your audio board is my brother, Sean. I know. We're like a little happy little family over here. Cute. It's very cute. Okay. So Ice Storm. It got a name. Fern. The Ice Storm got a name, which means it's, you know, it must be bad. I feel like they only do that when it's like a hurricane. There is actually more destruction and devastation in the city than when there was the tornado, which is,

absolutely insane. But I'm Canadian. I grew up with winter. I know snow. I know cold. I know scraping ice off a windshield with a credit card. I've done that before. So I know ball. I know ball, but this is not quite that. I've never seen anything like an ice storm. Have you guys ever been part of an ice storm? Never like this. Yeah, no, never like this. They're violent. Ice storms are violent. Totally. They're sneaky. They're loud. At nights, trees quite literally explode. I actually had no idea they even named ice storms. Like I have had had. and hurricane named after what I thought was me. I'm sure they didn't know me.

But like, ice storms, I didn't know they named there, so it must be bad. They really are something, and I am dramatic, but this is, this ice storm was dramatic. I remember I didn't read the comments. I'm really proud of myself, but there was a TikTok about me, and it was like a news station, not TMZ, something like that. And it goes, Caitlin Bristow, Bachelorette Star says it's a war, it's like a war zone in Nashville. And I went, oh, God, I don't even want to read the comments. are probably like, oh, fuck off, Caitlin, it's a snowstorm.

But it did sound like a war zone because the trees snapping and exploding sounds like gunshots. And then I would look in the sky and all the transformers were exploding. So it was like green lightning and pink blowing up the skies. And it just felt apocalyptic. It was really unsettling and terrifying. And I just haven't been sleeping. I just feel like not sleeping in your own bed. I'm very lucky for my situation.

But I don't know. I'm just tired. I'm freaking tired, man. And I don't want to say it because perspective does matter. So I don't want to seem like a complete little bitch. I'm uncomfortable, but I'm not unsafe. And that is what matters. I feel like so many people in the world are dealing with much worse.

So this definitely isn't a pity party. I already had one of those and got shit on for it. So lesson learned. So right now I am actually staying at one of my favorite places in the world. It's called South Har Farm Inn in Franklin. It's all farm to table food. This is where I'm really going to get shit on. They're like, you just complained.

And now you're talking about your farm to table food. I'm even paying for it. I'm not even getting this for free to say it on my podcast. I should, though. Hey, it's just like cozy cabin vibes. And again, farm to table. And so in the mornings, I'll be like, oh, what's your fruit of the day? And they're usually, I mean, not right now because of the ice, but it's usually like, oh,

we'll go see what we handpicked this morning from our garden. Like, it's insane. This is more of like if you ever come to Nashville. and want to stay in Franklin, please go there. It's more of like not to talk about how spoiled I am. It's more to promote them because I love their property. It's amazing. But no places like home.

There's just nothing like your own bed and your own routine. Dogs just knowing exactly where they're supposed to lay. They have been so off. Ramen and Pino are not having storm fern. Ramen is barking more than usual. Pino doesn't know where he is half the time. But I will say I stayed at a friend's house who they have a bin of dog toys. and I realized that I deplete my dog from toys because all he does is rip them up.

And so when he sees a toy bin, he's like, bitch, why don't we have this at home? But everyone's just kind of displaced out of the whatever. I can move on. I can shut up about the storm now. It's not a joke. Like, it's actually really bad. It is a natural disaster. And a lot of people are affected.

Like, people are dying. I just feel lucky for my situation. But the storm is bad. I always wonder why I get depressed when I leave and come home. I realize it's not about coming home. It's about the fact that I was gone. When I just get out of a routine or feel anxious when I'm not at home with my dogs in a good routine, I'm not eating healthy, I'm not sleeping as well.

I just feel like home feels safe for a lot of people. Okay, I was also talking about home feels like a place where you can finally unclench. I am like this on a plane at all times. I have TMJ right now, I swear, but I have a hack for people who are feeling tense and need to just release. Okay, so I learned this in yoga the other day. I did like an online yoga thing and the woman was talking. about crunching your toes as tight as you can 20 times and then feeling what happens to your body when you release. It put me back to sleep in the middle of the night last night. Really? Yes, I was like,

I'm going to try it because I had a bit of anxiety and I was just wide awake. So I crunched my toes 20 times and then I just let them go and my whole body like felt like high. Sean, you should try that. Are you a clenchy guy? Just anxious. Oh, an anxious clenchy. Yeah, I feel that. Try the toe clenching. And if you wake up in the middle night, this woman went viral on TikTok. I don't know if it was someone that she, they taught it to them in like the army or something, where to fall back asleep or to relax, you look to the left and then you look to the right and then you look up and then you look down and then you roll your eyes that way and then you roll your eyes that way and then you cross your eyes. And then apparently you won't even get through three times of that. You'll just fall back asleep.

That's definitely going to be the social clip. There it is. Exactly what you just did is going to be the whole social clip. You're welcome. It's going to go viral. You're going to cut the audio and it'll just meet me doing this, this, this, this, this, this. It's like Caitlin Brissau is really sane, you guys, you should watch this. We're worried about her. Downloads through the roof.

Love it. Okay. So there are my two hacks for calming down and feeling like you can sleep. But one thing I have found really sweetly emotional, I guess, is not the right term, but that's how I'm feeling, is how much my friends, even you guys stepping up today. Like, you've been so kind to me being here. and my friends have really stepped up and they've been checking in and offering places to stay, bringing supplies, holding space, even the hotel that I'm staying at that I speak so fondly of, they gave a rate to people in Nashville without power, which I guess is like an honor system,

because how do they know? I guess you could maybe Google their area code, but anyways, I just feel like it's been really sweet. Whenever bad things happen, it's always nice to see where the good comes in and where community steps up. And if anybody knows me at all, you know that this is very challenging for me, because my coping skill in trauma is hyper independence. And I used to never be like that. I used to just completely rely on other people to help me. And then once I learned to change that, I went too far the other direction where now I don't ask for help.

I just handle things if I need it. I power through. I figure it out on my own. And I feel like hyper independence looks strong on the outside. But a lot of times it's just like fear in a blazer. Do you do that? I saw you nodding your head. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. I definitely do that. But I want you to describe that more. Like, why does it like the hyper independence piece? Like, what changed it? What should to go like too far this way? To go that way. Heartbreak because I was emotionally, emotionally, financially and spiritually like just relying on a guy when I was like 27. And I feel like I didn't even know. I didn't know how to do anything for myself. And even like opening mail that has my name on it, I would put it in a pile away for it. I would avoid. avoid, avoid. And I didn't want to do anything for myself because I thought I wasn't capable. Did someone tell you you weren't capable? No, but I was never taught that I was capable. Okay. No one told me I couldn't, but no one told me I could, if that makes sense. Yeah. And so I remember a girlfriend of mine told me, she was like, why don't you open your mail? She goes, it's just empowering to figure shit out for yourself. And when I heard the word empowering, I remember being like, I just have to do it. when I moved to Nashville, I remember being like, I have to figure out how to get an American

credit card. I have to figure out how to buy a car. I have to figure all these things out for myself. And it was just that. Once I did it once, I was like, I'm empowered. Like, I don't have to. I get to. Yeah. And I just kept being like, and I did. And I could and I can. And it just snowballed from there. And then in the two relationships in my 30s, I felt like I really had to be in this masculine era of my life. And then I just got to like, I'm never going to lose myself to a man again. I will always be able to do this for myself. And I got too much that way. So now I'm starting to like unlearn those things and try and find some middle ground. Like someone could help you if they were willing to. Yeah. And I can ask if I need it.

That's okay. And so that's what's been really challenging for me in this time is that I am without power. My house inside, I just went in there to flush all the toilets and grab my, Bachelorette engagement ring. No, bitch. It's in my purse right now. Show it. Where's my purse? Because I have my

Bachelorette ring just sitting. What's worse? It's sitting in my house or in a... Look at this. Do you have to call out Who Made it? Neil Diamond.

No, what's his name? Neil Lane. Neil Diamond is an artist, Queen. Thank you so much, Caitlin. Neil Lane. it's back on my finger. No, so I grabbed it and I had it on my finger for like an obnoxious amount of time and then I looked down. I was like, oh, I should probably take that off. So I was like,

what could I grab in my house? Because apparently looters be looting around now that people don't have power, they're breaking into houses. And I was like, do I have expensive jewelry? And I was like, oh my gosh, my engagement ring from the show. So here it is in my purse instead of in my house, which I'm going to lose it, and that's how that'll happen. Incredible. Can you believe? What you just said is incredible. Thank you.

I just, I flushed the toilets and I grab my Neil Lane ring. The Bachelor. Thank you, Neil Diamond for this engagement ring. This message is sponsored by Neil Diamond. Who? I mean, Neil Lane. Isn't that crazy? I'm like, everyone's like, what are you going to do that?

I was like, I still don't know. Anyways, I was putting stuff in my car and I realized, and this is such a good thing. So I was thinking of how people in Nashville could just like help in any little way. There's so many warming shelters that have opened up. Again, seeing the good in people when stuff like this happens is always a nice reminder that there are still good people in the world. But what I did was I put three bags of dog food, like freeze dried dog food in my car. And then I got off Amazon a box of like hand and body heaters.

So if I'm driving and I see somebody that's homeless that has a dog, I'm going to be like, here's some dog food. Also, here's some handworms. I saw a tent set up on the side of the highway. of somebody sleeping outside. And I'm, like, again, I'm Canadian. I know what cold is. And this is cold.

And it was just so sad. So as much as I'm being a diva, I do feel incredibly lucky. So many people don't have warmth or shelter or resources right now. And, yeah, if you're listening and you're able, just small things help. Sox, handwormers, pet food. Checking in on your elderly neighbor. My sweet elderly neighbors, like, having to stay in hotels. And, like, some people can't afford hotels.

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a platform in these moments because I do feel this responsibility to use my voice. I'm lucky to have a platform. I'm lucky to have a voice, but I don't want to speak without enough information. And that's what was happening. I was getting bullied into saying something when I literally had found out the day before about what was going on because my algorithm was feeding me with Nashville ice storms. I didn't even see what else was going on in the world. And it just was, I didn't want to be performative. I'm being now accused of being performative. And it's just like, if I do speak on it, then more information comes forward and then I look stupid again. Like, it's just damned if you do, damned if you don't. And I just never also want to jump on something

because it's trending or it everyone else is doing this. So I have to. And I tried to get all the information. But it was, it's just, I couldn't believe the nasty comments. And I'm just like, but I don't want to perform grief or outrage. I want to be genuine about it. And I don't want a platform for politics. And I don't want a platform for religion or money or all the things that are really heavy to talk about because it's not who I am. And I know that sounds ignorant. But I want a platform where I can talk about my feelings and make people smile in a dark time. And I want to be able to say on my Instagram, this scares me without being told that my fear is invalid unless it's perfectly informed. Again, I will say this. Again, I do feel ignorant sometimes because I do choose

nervous system regulation over consuming the news 24-7. I see my mom do it. And I go, you, that's not, you're not okay. I choose peace with my body and my mind. And, And I can't help anyone if I'm feeling dysregulated or disassociated. And so I'm like, I just think at the end of the day, the world is so scared. And people take out anger on influencers because it's so easy to do so. And I just ask that you have a little grace because I'm just trying to talk about my feelings. And I say this as a person who falls asleep to true crime. So am I really protecting my nervous system?

Because my favorite shows to watch before bed are like the murdery ones. Because I was like, oh, I'm podcasting on a Sunday. I can have this come out Tuesday. How fun I can talk about current events and things that are going on right now. Well, I Googled current events and my whole heart just dropped into my butthole. And I was just like, because the news is so bad. And it's so scary. So I don't know.

Apparently my brain just prefers murder stories whispered calmly into my ear holes as I fall asleep. Okay? That's just, it is what it is. What I'm saying is my heart is with Minnesota. on the note of Minnesota. I was just there for two days. Nope, 24 hours. I was there for 24 hours.

And this is going to lighten up the mood because I got to dance. I flew there. I got to dance with Alan Burstyn. And if anyone knows my history with Alan, we got in a bit of a rough patch. We were like the best of friends. We got in a rough patch. And I just feel like we are back, baby.

We are back. And I flew there and I got to dance with him at his family's gala, which was so cool. And it was just good, clean, fun. And I just wish the world would be like, hey, what do we need to feel childlike and to feel joy? Do that. Dancing for me is when my just heart soars and when my brain feels at peace and when I feel my happiest. We learned this dance in three hours to perform that night. Now, this is something that would have taken me seven business days

on Dancing with the Stars to get to because it was a minute in 25, it was a minute in 25 seconds. And that would have taken me literally a full week of seven hours in the studio with Artem to learn this dance. I did it in three hours. And there's one part in the very middle of the dance where I come up and I'm hugging him and then I release back and it's a back bend and I just close my eyes and he spins me around. And I just took in that moment every time I was just like, I'm dancing, I'm free, I'm happy. And there's a photo that I didn't know there was a photographer there. And when I saw the photo, I started bawling my eyes out because I was like, look at that piece. I could just like my whole body was relaxed and I was just in the moment. I'll again, I don't know if she already clipped it in or

It's clipping in now, but look at that photo. It was really special, full circle healing to dance with Alan, reconnecting through dance. Like, dance is such a form of communication. That sounds cheesy to people, but like, to me, I'm like, learning to dance with Artem on Dancing with the Stars, I didn't understand communication through dance until I had a partner. I was usually either doing a solo or I was doing a group dance growing up, but it really is a form of communication.

And it was just really full circle to dance with Alan. I've never danced with Alan before. So did that make me want an All-Star season even more? And then partner me with Alan, we'd win. No, we win. There'd be like Alex Earle and all those people who are on the show now where I'm like, you guys deserve to win. I want Alex to go back on and she deserves to win.

You'll win. I better win. My competitiveness. That was cute that I tried to hide that for two seconds. Her voice defense. Oh, God. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. February can obviously be a bit of a tough time.

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Okay, irony for the week. I was just kind of talking about this because I haven't had power. I haven't been able to podcast. And now I'm here on a Sunday and can talk about current stuff and it worked up my nervous system. Okay. So, yeah, I googled headlines and remembered why I choose peace for my body. But I just feel like sometimes protecting your peace isn't ignorance. It's just like a survival mode, you know? It's also a boundary. So I'm going to try and work on that more. Let's take a moment to honor Catherine O'Hara. I want to...

May I bless, of course. As you should. Pour it out, Queen. That was for her. I feel like she would want me to talk about her with a little sense of humor. So I'm legend. Have you ever seen the movie Best in Show? Oh, God.

Hell yeah. It's amazing. It is one of my favorite. It was filmed in Vancouver, and I remember... I was like, I know what, Hotel? What? She had a lot. She was mad at her.

Made a hand. Remember when he's like, oh, she had dozens of boyfriends when she was so pretty. And she's like hundreds. He goes, hundreds. Oh, I did not know that. Because Eugene Levy is also in it with her and just the combination of them. Oh, you know who else is in it? What's her name from White Lotus?

Fourth of July. Oh, makes me want a hot dog real bad. Yeah, real bad. Oh, it's Jennifer. Jennifer Coolidge. Jennifer Coolidge. She's in it. It's such an incredible cast.

If anybody listening and watching this right now has not seen Best in Show, go honor Catherine O'Hara with that performance. Because from that to Home Alone, to Shits Creek, she made awkward beautiful. Did she not? She just, there was something about her presence. I feel like she was all like our TV mom. She made dramatic lovable. She showed us that women don't age out of relatives. relevance. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like that's always been scary to me.

viral. What? Of her being like looking at Stevie and Schitt's Creek and being like, if I, if you ever take any advice from me, take as many naked pictures as you can as you can. Oh, good. I do that all the time. I love a nude. Well, she supports that because she's like, I'm going to take one tonight in her honor. Yeah, exactly. And on her, Catherine O'Hare. Of course. Take a full nude. As one would. Maybe I'll leak it. She goes, she said it. And if your kids find it, you have to watch it. Just watch it. I'm going to watch it. Because also I love that people. were asking her whenever they would interview her like, what do you want to be remembered for? And she was like, remember the mother of my kids? I was like, she's just perfect. I feel like, I feel like, I feel like, I like that line that I said that she doesn't age out of relevance. I feel like she aged into it more. Like, she got better. She did. And I just like, I just want to yell Kevin in her honor. I'm going to yell Kevin while taking a nude while watching. While watching. Sean doesn't out loud laugh very much. That's a pretty big.

deal. I'm going to do it while watching Best and Show. That's amazing. And I think you should find one opportunity in this podcast to turn a one syllable word into three syllables in her era. Oh. You know how she's like, yes. In Schitt's Creek. Yeah. Oh my God. My mom tries to do an impression of her. I'm going to it's so bad. Call her. I'm going to call your mom. It's going to be so bad. It's going to be good. And she's only going to say one word. She'll go, Mar-a-law. And that'll be her impression. Hi. I was just calling because I'm podcasting right now. And we're talking about Catherine. O'Hara and Schitts Creek. Oh, yeah.

Morbra. Five, six, seven, eight. Thank you, Mom. David. Oh, do it again? David. Can you turn one more, one syllable word into three syllables? I was like, incredible.

I was like, I'm going to face-time my mom because she thinks she can do an impression. I said, but she'll just say one word and she'll go, moral. And that's what you did. That's what I have. Dave, David. The face. Incredible. Thank you. That's all I needed. Thanks, Mom.

Okay. I'll call you later. Love you. I love her so much. What a cutie. Okay, look at me go. I've been spending a little more time at home lately, which is odd for me. And I realized that my coffee corner, my next project, I look at it and I said, hey, you, you're next. It was just feeling a little boring. I don't know. I always find projects in my house.

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Bringing back old school chores for kids, like making them do the dishes, the laundry. I am so on board with it. I don't have kids. So I'm not allowed an opinion, probably. But do we think, maybe you could put it in the YouTube comments or my Instagram, whatever,

do you think chores build resilience? I do. 100%. Do you have kids? No. Not the panicked headshake. He was like, Oh, it's like, this is actually making me want kids.

Are they going to do the laundry? Yeah. I think that's... That'll be easy, right? Just have kids, they'll do laundry? Yeah, are we romanticizing hardship or are we, like, should we bring... I don't know what it looks like for kids right now with responsibilities. I feel like my niece and nephew, I do know that they have to do the dishes.

But like, I think that's it. I mean, they're kind of older now. But I am... Apparently, this is a trending topic. So I was like, oh, I feel like so many of my listeners are moms. So I want to know what you make your kids do for chores. This is not in my algorithm. Yeah, I'm not asking you.

Bitch, I'm not asking you. But I'm curious. So let me know. That's the debate. That's not that riveting. But once I saw like war is about to happen again in the United States, I was like, you know what? Kids doing chores. Let's click on that one.

That's what I need to deal my brain with. Okay. That's it. That's my solo podcast episode. Hopefully next time you see me, I have power. Hopefully I am still. No, I'm always insane in the membrane. I was going to say maybe next time I'll be saying I'm not never want to be never happen but thank you

everybody for being here. Thank you for always letting me be human here and just riffing off the cuff with my own weird thoughts and if you're dealing with any discomfort right now you're not weak you're choosing peace for yourself you're not ignorant and if you're still without power I see you and I feel you and I'm cold with you I love everybody so much thank you I'm out I have like a personal question When you described you feeling free doing, well, I dance my whole life. So like maybe it like resonates when you said you were spinning and you felt free. What was like, is there an opposite emotion that made you feel how free that was? Was there like an opposite thing that made you not feel that so that you know how free you felt?

I think just like in so many situations in life I feel held, not held back, but like clenched. I think clenched is my word of the podcast. But when I dance, I feel so free. Even in, no matter what I'm doing. Like, even if it's a hard move and I'm like cracking my ribs for it, I'm still like, I'm right. Because I love dancing so much. Did fame make you more clenched?

Oh, yeah. Like you were free before. I was, I found freedom. You were free and then clenched and then free again with dance. I was clenched and then I found freedom and then I found therapy. And then I found myself on The Bachelor and then I found myself the Bachelorette. And then I found 10 times the amount of clenching that I ever. have in my whole life. And I would do it all again, though. Because I feel like even like no matter what,

even when I'm like in a very low place, I have like the ability to say I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be. Like even when people are yelling at me on the internet and I got death threats on this last post. And I still went, I'm supposed to have this platform. I'm supposed to be here. I'm supposed to be where I am. They can yell at me all they want. And sometimes it does make me sad, of course. But I'm still like, nothing really gets me down like it used to. But I'm still like, I'm still clear. clenched. Which really helps the Kegels. See, I find humor in dark times.

I'm like, how can I make this funny? You're asking me really deep questions. We're probably the darkest people on Earth, so. Hey, I appreciate some dark humor. I just, you really are so good at this. Thank you. I think that, like, what you're so good at is, like, meeting yourself exactly where you are,

because that gives other people permission, like, permission to do the exact same thing. That's like, if I could, if I could, Wish anything for every human being on the planet. I wish that they could just meet themselves where they are and own it and like accept. Be there. Yeah. Well, you're really good at doing it for yourself.

And I think like that's like the coach Carter quote. You ever see that movie? Like it's actually originally a Marianne Williamson quote and I don't want to mess this up. But it's reused in coach Carter. And they say like it's not our darkness, but our light that most frightens us. Like by doing you like you vicariously give people permission. do the same. Wait, I love that because I get this right. So I don't like absolutely, you're going to get death threats from me. I'll just copy and paste them over to you. I'm like, I'm like,

please, queen, just give it, just give me a second to get this right. Because I don't want to like end up getting you killed when you're already almost got a tree drop. They Google Aaron at the studio and then send you the death threats. If they don't, I promise, I'll forward. Like, please forward them all to Aaron Dugan. Thank you. It is our deepest fear is not that we're inadequate. It's or powerful beyond measure. It's our light, not darkness that most frightens us. Playing small does not serve the world and there's nothing enlightened about shrinking. We're meant to shine as children do. And as we let our own light shine, we give others permission to do the same. Our presence automatically liberates others just as we are liberated from our own fear. He can rock on. That's like, that's, but that's what you do.

Duh. You make me cry now. That is so kind. I literally, in my bio of my Instagram, it says lightseeker and asked me what that meant once, I wish I could just pull out that quote because that's exactly what I mean. When I say that, I'm like, I want to find other people that are light that want to bring light out and others. And I, I'm constantly like seeking for that in myself because I've been so dark and I think that's okay and I still will continue to be. But if I continue to show up as light and love and find that in other people, I think that's just like what I'm here to do. Wow. It's the whole thing. Why am I not getting nominated for Oscar in the podcast community? You have to pay $500.

You Mel Robbins. Just kidding. Joe Rogan said you have to pay $500 to be in that category. I'll give you $1,000 to win. You know? Okay. I love you guys. I'm glad we, that was a little PS, a little post script.

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