Full Transcript for The Alignment Podcast Ep. 6 - Manifest It, Then Become It

conversations have literally been every episode we have done, I feel like you and I have already had these conversations to each other on the phone. 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:23.520 So the fact that now we want to have this community of women and people and and and just come together and bring our knowledge, but also listen to you all and you know, these takeaways and just like sitting in with what we're actually saying. 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:25.120 It's just it makes me happy. 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:28.080 I I I'm a little lost for words, and that's that's rare. 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.680 Well, this is uh the point of this episode manifestation. 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:36.639 It's not just magic, you know, it's it's action, it's belief, it's a feeling. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:46.960 So the one thing I've learned through this, like, you know, work I've been doing on myself, and I've talked to shamans, I've talked to the best chauvin in the world, many, not just one. 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:57.280 I've talked to like psychics, healers, I've talked to coaches, therapists, and the one thing I've learned from everybody I talk to is this, and it's so simple. 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.919 If you don't feel what you want to manifest, it's just not gonna come into fruition. 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.919 You create what you are feeling at the moment. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:11.280 So if I am trying to be like, I, you know, like let's go back to my beauty brand. 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:22.159 If I am trying to be like, I'm creating a beauty brand and I want it to be successful and I want it to be, by the way, my beauty brand is gonna be launching at one of the biggest retailers. 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.360 I manifested it and let me let me show you guys how. 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:38.159 I won't mention the name of the retailer yet because it's a surprise, but like when I started making the bottles, I met with one of the best, best people in the business who created a huge beauty brand that's sold at this retailer. 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.759 And I said, I want to create a brand to be sold at this retailer. 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:43.120 How do I make the bottles? 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.680 He helped me, Rod, which is amazing. 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.759 He helped me design bottles that he said he could see in the store. 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:51.120 And I had that feeling. 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.479 I'm creating a brand that's one day gonna be in this retailer. 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:54.960 Okay. 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:04.960 So, like, if I didn't feel that, if I created the bottles that I just didn't feel like it was gonna be in that store, it's about the feeling. 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.639 I really felt confident and I was like, this is gonna be in that store one day. 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.080 And by the way, it took about like four years for this to happen. 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:16.000 So in four years, I would take my bottles, I would actually put it in the store. 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:17.759 The employees would come to me like, What are you doing? 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:21.040 I'm like, I'm just trying to see if my bottles are gonna be nice at this store. 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:22.319 They're like, Are you in our store? 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:23.680 I go, not yet. 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:28.480 Last year on my birthday, which is so interesting because August 22 is my birthday. 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.639 Last year on my birthday, I was with my daughter and my husband and my son. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:37.439 We were gonna go to uh Zion and uh, you know, like Antelope Canyon. 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:39.120 Um, so I like being in nature. 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.680 So for my birthday, we made a stop in Vegas. 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:46.000 I went to the store in Vegas and I on my birthday made a wish. 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.040 I want to be in the store next year by my birthday. 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.480 I kid you not, this my birthday is now. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:53.120 Yes. 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.399 And we are talking to the retailer about launching in the next year. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.759 And the best part is I never went to the retailer. 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:06.800 The retailer came to me because a president of a huge beauty brand said, Hey, have you heard of Dynamadison Beauty? 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:07.759 You should check it out. 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:10.319 And they were like, introduce us to her. 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:11.839 I never even went to them. 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:12.399 Gosh. 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:14.319 That is how magical it is. 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.319 But you said that in the very beginning. 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.000 Manifest takes action. 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:19.759 And you took the action though to get there. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:20.800 Took four years. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:25.759 Yes, but it's not, it's not, you know, people will say, Oh, well, if it's meant to be, it will happen. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.199 Yes, but you do have to put the work in. 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:35.360 You do have to put the mindset, you do have to put the feelers, you have to talk about it, you have to bring your bottles to the retailer store. 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:37.519 I like that you said that because it does take action. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:40.560 And by the way, imagine that employee looking at me, they're like, this woman's crazy. 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.040 She's setting up her bottles and she's taking pictures to see what section to bottle. 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:49.279 Or she took something from them, been like, wow, her confidence. 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:50.879 Maybe she was struggling with something. 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:55.360 Maybe she wants to like promote something or start something or whatever, and saw what you did. 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.279 Think about that tripled down effect, you know? 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--> 00:05:58.240 Maybe so. 00:05:58.319 --> 00:05:59.279 I hope she puts that away. 00:05:59.519 --> 00:05:59.920 It could be. 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:00.399 I don't know. 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:02.720 She kind of looked like me like uh weirdo. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.759 But also weirdo and Ile skincare. 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:10.160 But also, probably a little intrigued, you know, because not many people do that. 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:17.839 You know, it's so crazy because my daughter, the second I told my family that guys, we we have a call set up with this retailer, they want the brand. 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.519 My daughter was like, We made that wish on your birthday in the store. 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:22.079 We did. 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:23.759 We made the wish on my birthday in the store. 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:24.399 It's so crazy. 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:25.279 Oh my gosh. 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:26.720 It's so crazy. 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:27.519 I love that. 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.360 Guys, you have to feel where you want to go. 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.959 You have to look like the part of where you want to go. 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:39.199 You can't be like, I want to like do this and not look the part. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:41.360 You gotta look the part. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:42.560 I love that you say that. 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:46.879 And I know I feel like every episode I kind of say a little takeaway from my husband, but he says this to our kids. 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:52.639 Like, there's a lot of kids that wear like those pajama pants to school or whatever it may be, and the kids, oh, you know, can we do that? 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:53.759 Yeah, on pajama day. 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:54.639 You cannot wear it every day. 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:56.959 And Kyle's like, Do you see me wear my pajamas to work? 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:57.920 What would that look like? 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:02.000 You know, for the clients that I see, or you know, you gotta you wake up. 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.959 It's part of it's how you start your day, like, you know, do your hair, brush your teeth, whatever it may be. 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.839 But you know, pr it's the way you present yourself too. 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:18.399 So for me, uh, when it comes to fashion, when I am doing different things, uh the fashion speaks to what I'm doing. 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:23.279 I have charts that I like make, like I have meetings about my hair and makeup. 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:36.959 Yeah, uh, when we were doing the film festival in Croatia, Charlene Roxborough, who's an amazing stylist, she's worked with like Eva Longoria, she's worked with like, you know, Kim Kardashian, she's worked with like Sophia Vergara. 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:43.600 We had meetings about what I was gonna wear and how the dress had to really represent the movie. 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.279 It's called method dressing. 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:52.319 So I wasn't

gonna show up to Croatia and wear an you know, a designer that doesn't represent the movie. 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:57.439 So I Googled who are Armenian designers out there because I didn't know any. 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:00.079 And so I found this Armenian designer out of Paris. 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.560 Her name is Armino Ohanyan, and I reached out to her. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:11.360 I said, Hey, um, I have a movie and it's about like it's about the war in Armenia and it's gonna premiere at Croatia, and it's really important for me to wear an Armenian designer. 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.199 And she said, Let's collaborate. 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.879 And she made this beautiful dress, and there was thought that went into that. 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:21.920 So I can't show up to Croatia and and there was thought in the dress that was. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.680 I have to admit, I I I don't think my thought process would go that far. 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:26.800 That is really amazing. 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:38.399 No, there was a lot of thought made in the dress I wore, and you can see it on my social media, but the dress, it was symbolic, the color red was symbolic, um, you know, the the way the dress was shaped was symbolic. 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.960 There was a lot of symbolisms in the dress. 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:41.840 It was beautiful. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.639 And so, but and it's not something I would have ever worn before. 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:49.759 I've never worn anything like that, but it was powerful because I was like, this has to represent the movie. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:57.440 So if you are like not going to a movie premiere, but you're going to a big job interview, um, how do you dress up for that job? 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:02.080 Like, how do you show up as, you know, like how do you show up for that job? 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:02.559 Yes. 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:05.279 Like if you're going to go interview for Skims, right? 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:06.720 I would wear a Skims outfit. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:08.639 So I wouldn't wear like Spang's. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:13.039 No, but I would wear one of like the Skims hot dresses that with a suit jacket. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:15.360 Like I would show up representing the brand. 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:17.039 Okay, but I have a question about that. 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:23.279 Um, how would you, what kind of advice would you give to someone that's maybe working through financial struggles and challenges? 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:34.240 Like so maybe they can't necessarily So I when it comes comes to like some of the red carpet outfits I wear, like I can't always spend money and get insane outfits. 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:37.600 So for this premiere, we collaborated, which was amazing, right? 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:40.080 Um, there's times I go rent outfits. 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.720 There's times I like, you know I love that advice. 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:43.519 Rent. 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:45.919 There's like so many opportunities to rent. 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:46.320 Okay. 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:51.200 I buy vintage clothes for a very affordable price. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:51.679 Okay. 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.360 And I keep it and on hand for special events. 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:58.399 Um, this outfit is wardrobe NYC. 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.039 I love their stuff, but it's a little pricey. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.440 And I bought this 70% off. 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:05.600 And I just, you know, I love their stuff. 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.279 I always wait for sales. 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:11.919 So not everything I buy is, you know, expensive. 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:15.360 I love going on like shopping websites like you's. 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.679 I love going on like Setiere. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.360 It's like you could find so many amazing things on sale. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:30.799 And I like, I what I do is I've started to like create a collection in my closet of like, I'll start with the shoes. 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:34.399 Like, um, you know, these shoes I bought full price, right? 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:40.559 But I've been building an outfit with the shoes that I buy stuff that are from the same brand on sale. 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.600 Like, so it's like, uh, and it's kind of fun for me. 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:52.799 It's actually, I have fun doing it, like searching websites, finding good deals, and you'd be surprised you could find such amazing deals on shopping websites, like the Real Real. 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:54.480 You could sell your clothes on the Real Real. 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:56.159 Yeah, I bought some stuff from The Real Real. 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:56.480 Yeah. 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:56.879 Yeah. 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.279 I actually like I do a lot of like deals. 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:02.320 There's like Christos, uh, coveted by Christos. 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:05.919 He has a shopping uh Instagram page where he goes live all day long. 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.799 I have sold so many of my gowns on his website. 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:10.000 I'm shopping. 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:10.720 Yeah. 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:13.360 Because like I, you know, I'm never gonna wear the dress again. 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.879 But I love this advice because I know that there's probably a lot of people listening in. 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.120 Like they're listening, they're like, okay, I could do this. 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:20.960 I want the part, but maybe I can't afford that. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.000 Or how does you know she get X, Y, and Z? 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:25.759 And there are so many options, but even me. 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.399 You said that, and I'm like, oh my gosh, duh, yes. 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:30.960 Rent. 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:34.159 I I I so many of the red carpet outfits I wear are rented. 00:11:34.320 -->

00:11:34.559 Yeah. 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:42.159 But also just for uh a woman that's listening maybe now that wants to go for a high-end job interview, you know, what's wants to look the part. 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:47.039 You could rent outfits on rent the runway for under like, you know, like very under$100. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:49.279 Like you could get a whole outfit, like with the bag. 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.639 I mean, there's like so many ways. 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:51.360 I love that. 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:51.919 I love that. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:52.159 Okay. 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:56.639 And a lot of the stuff, I've become like a collector now for like some of like my favorite brands. 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:02.559 And you could find like I went to Paris uh to get the dress, and Charlene was in town. 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:08.080 I said, I can't get diamonds, like I don't want to travel with other brands' diamonds, and then what if I lose it? 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:09.120 Then I have to pay for it. 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:15.919 We went to a vintage shop in Paris, and I bought these earrings that I wore the premiere, they were from the 80s, and it was like$100. 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.080 And it looks insane. 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:21.519 It looked like I'll show you pictures, it's on my Instagram, you can see it. 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:22.559 It looks insane. 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:24.000 It stood out, it looked very grand. 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.039 I bought it at a vintage shop and it looked like a million bucks. 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:29.200 So there's a takeaway from that. 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:40.480 If you you should look the part when you are aiming for something bigger, or you want to, you know, get that job interview or that promotion or whatever it may be, looking the part and you could do at an affordable price. 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:44.559 Yeah, and I sell, I resell, I sell, I like to do a lot of that. 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.519 So there you go. 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:47.519 You can manifest yourself right into that. 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.279 Manifest yourself right into it. 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:58.000 So let's dive into you talked about earlier, uh, vision boards that you have this like dressing method that you have a vision board every year, by the way. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:02.320 Every new year's I've never gotten into that, like a vision board. 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.559 Um, and I see a lot of people talk about it. 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:13.759 And it's something that I kind of want to incorporate with my ki my daughter, which is funny because I don't do it for myself, but it's like I want the best for her, but why not take that in for me too? 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:15.440 Vision and value board. 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:19.200 Like what visions I want and what value do I bring to the world? 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:20.320 I like that. 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.600 So, what value do you feel that

you bring to the world, Diana? 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:32.080 So, you know, I think for a long time I was in a hustle mode of things I wanted, and it was very like surface-driven vanity. 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:37.840 And then it comes to a point where you get it and you're still feeling like, wait, I still want to do it, I still feel empty. 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:39.360 Why am I not feeling fulfilled? 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:39.840 Yeah. 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:46.960 And I think I came to the point, I was doing this shamanic work in Sedona with this amazing shaman, Suzanne. 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:48.399 Hopefully, we could have her on the show. 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:55.279 And we did this meditation on the red rocks, which they say under the red rocks is like a clear quartz crystal. 00:13:55.360 --> 00:14:02.799 So imagine that you're meditating on rocks that are clear quartz crystal that are magnifying you what you want in your life. 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:11.360 And through that meditation, I realized my purpose is to uh give a platform for people who have no voice to be seen and heard. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.320 And with the movie There's No Place Like Home, we do that. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:21.279 We went to Armenia, we interviewed the survivors of the war, and we're giving them a platform to talk about their truth. 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:28.799 So, you know, for me, I'm a storyteller and I realized that this year that that is my purpose to tell stories. 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:37.519 So whether I'm here talking to you about like my manifestation techniques and what I do, and you know, this isn't like this is what's worked for me. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.080 I'm not here to preach and tell you you all should do this. 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:42.639 I'm just telling you, I did it, it worked for me, and I love it. 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:44.960 But you know, for for me, it's to tell stories. 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:53.360 If I'm talking about my beauty products, I tell stories through the plants, the stories about how the product came to be and where it comes from, the ancient rituals. 00:14:53.519 --> 00:15:01.840 And then if I'm like acting in a movie, like this movie that's coming out in September, Other Side of Fame, I play a feminist filmmaker, Mia, and I'm telling her story. 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:10.399 Like I'm talking to the world about this story of Mia and who she is, and she's this film filmmaker that's like, I'm gonna do it, and I'm going against the system. 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:14.399 And that kind of sounds like kind of sounds like me, right? 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:18.799 So, you know, I think for me, it took a long time to find out what my purpose is. 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:24.879 And if you are at a place where you're like, wait, I'm in my mid 40s or 50s or 60s, I don't know my purpose. 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.519 It's okay. 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:29.440 Like, it is we're not all supposed to have everything down at no, there's no timeline. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:38.879 No, and I think that's what we we uh just as a society, as humans, we do think that everything should be like, oh, I need to get married at this time, have kids here, my career should be there. 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.240 My no, no, no. 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:44.399 We have to trust the timing, but we also have to put the work into it. 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:51.039 We have to realize that, you know, it's easy to kind of just sit there and be like, I want this, but what are you doing to get that? 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:56.799 So manifesting is a great thing, setting a positive mindset for sure, but we also have to add the work into it. 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:04.720 So, like you said, take action and just make small little adjustments every day to those goals or whatever it may be. 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:09.360 Uh, being the publisher of LA Living Magazine, how you said you get to tell stories, I get to tell stories. 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:14.480 I get to help build these people's career or um whatever brand they're gonna be. 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:16.159 You're giving them a spotlight. 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.759 You give so many people a spotlight. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.240 And I love it, especially if the story really resonates, you know, with me or maybe people I know. 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.480 And I'm like, okay, this could help so and so. 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:28.559 I actually talked about that with my therapist, and I I was saying, hi, put someone who I admire. 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:31.120 She goes by the handle peaceful barb on. 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:32.559 And she also has a podcast. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.639 She is someone that I found in COVID. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.799 And I You've been talking about her for years. 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.519 Really, I have. 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:42.320 It's been like six years, and I resonated with so much at the time that I was going through with what she was posting. 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:49.840 And I was like, okay, if she did this for me, I'm gonna reach out to her and I'm gonna have her, I'm gonna have her on the cover of the Mother's Day issue. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:57.039 She has a daughter that does the same work as her, and she's gonna continue to build uh, you know, with her mom's legacy and what she's building now, and she has a book. 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:02.159 And I was like, I want to share them even more with the world, even though they already have a massive following. 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.880 So I, I, yeah, I split right to her DMs. 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.960 I didn't think that, so she's never gonna see it. 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:11.599 I think she has like four million followers, but I was like, no, she is on the cover. 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.160 And I told my business partner that he was, wait, what? 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.359 I don't know, she's on the cover. 00:17:15.440 -->

00:17:17.440 She hasn't confirmed, but you know, we're gonna make this happen. 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.319 We're gonna make it happen. 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.240 And she answered my DM, but put me to her assistant, which was great. 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:27.680 And in the beginning, you know, I was kind of pounding, like, hey, we kind of have a deadline, but you know, I need this and this. 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:29.359 It's not that I even kind of asked. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.680 Right. 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.480 I was telling her that I need blah, blah, blah, blah. 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.000 And it happened. 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.519 And at the luncheon when she was sitting there, I I got up and I said that. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:41.119 I said, I I literally slid into your DMs in the best way possible. 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.720 And she told me, she goes, you know, what's funny is I get a lot of DMs. 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:49.599 A lot of people tell me, you know, their problems or what's going on in their life, or even asks, you know, she'll be their mother. 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:53.440 Like she gets so many DMs and she goes, I saw yours. 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.160 And I, you know, she's like, it just felt like light. 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.240 It felt, you know, just seeing your picture. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.119 And she goes, Yeah, I never see my DMs. 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:09.599 There's, there's, you know, she's older and she's busy and she's she's doing so many wonderful things that she probably doesn't have time to check all her DMs or like misses it. 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.559 I I mean, I miss things. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.160 I don't even have half her following. 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:16.000 And the fact that she saw that and I was like, oh my gosh, all this was supposed to happen. 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:22.640 And me being able to share her story and her daughter Michelle's story, and you know, having that event for them, I do. 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:24.799 I feel like I left that day feeling so fulfilled. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.599 I go, oh my gosh, I love her so much now. 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:31.519 The community that I know know who she is, and she's gonna help so many others. 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:33.599 And it just like, I was like giddy that day. 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:37.039 I went to bed so happy and I was like thinking like we're friends. 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:45.599 But you know, Jessica, you you guys are friends, and I saw how you know she looked like she really resonated with you, and that's pure alignment that she saw your message. 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.240 That's a life. 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.359 I agree. 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:50.880 So what I'm saying is like, do that DM, do whatever it may be. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.519 Reach out. 00:18:51.680 --> 00:19:05.759 People are so um, like is the word accessible now that you can actually DM that person that you look

up to, or maybe get a response, or maybe, you know, you're starting your own podcast, or you're, you know, you want to interview on Substack or whatever it may be, reach out. 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:07.119 Right you never know. 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:11.039 And if you don't try, then I mean, come on. 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.559 And you know, I'm gonna be real. 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:14.400 Like, I had never heard of her. 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.799 Uh-huh. 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:17.279 I learned about her through you because we went to dinner. 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:19.279 You were like, I think I'm gonna have her on the cover. 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:20.960 You were so excited about it. 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.519 Yes. 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:23.599 And I just was like, Well, I don't follow her. 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.720 Let me go see her page. 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.319 And then at the dinner, I'm looking at her page, I'm like, oh, I I'll follow her. 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:30.880 She seems like she, you know, she's doing a lot of motivational stuff. 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.319 I I could use some motivation. 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:32.880 We all can. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.839 We all can. 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.400 Uh, you know, I could use more motivation in my life. 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:38.079 And I learned about it through you. 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:43.279 And and I just want you to know that the power that you have because I learned about it through you. 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:45.359 I understand she has four million followers. 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.599 Yeah. 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.400 But like, that's also like you influencing me. 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.920 Yes, that's what I'm saying. 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:58.160 Even though this group of people somebody knew who she was that came and or read, or when we posted, they're like, oh my gosh, peaceful barb, Michelle Murray. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.759 I mean, they they were so happy. 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.440 And then the others were like, Thank you. 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:09.279 Like, I was having this kind of day, and I went to her page and something that she had posted because she does these motivational um signage every day. 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:17.680 And yeah, you can resonate with it, or you you don't have to, but if you do, I did that little intro and I loved it. 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.160 I love it. 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.359 And the cover was beautiful. 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.079 It really was. 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:26.480 I gotta be honest, like, you know, you had me on your cover for my beauty brand, and like you blew it up. 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:29.279 It's in my office, my kids come in and see it. 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:31.519 And it's a and it's like a big deal for me. 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:39.920 I'm like, yeah, I, you know, growing up as this like, you know, child of immigrants, I didn't know I was gonna be on a cover magazine

and you made that happen for me. 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:42.079 And we're gonna continue to support each other. 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:48.559 And I think when women especially, you know, believe in other women, yeah, like it's just like that full circle kind of moment. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.000 Like you just it's it's that triple-down effect, like I said earlier. 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:58.400 Um so when we're talking a little bit about timing, I know we want things at a snap of a finger. 00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.359 We want things so much. 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:01.920 And you said it took four years to get your beauty brand or your bottle. 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:08.720 And by the way, we're not still in stores, four years to just get the meeting to say, hey, we're gonna do this. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.680 But the fact you are trusting the timing of it. 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:15.759 If you did not and you gave up in those four years, you wouldn't be there. 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:19.680 And I'm gonna be honest, like, I'm not sitting here lecturing, like, follow me. 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:22.960 I'm I no, I have like I almost quit. 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.880 I was like, but this is what I love about it. 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:27.680 I was like, I almost quit. 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:32.079 Diana, I have almost quit so much, like so much, where I'm like, I can't do this. 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:34.400 Like, even this own magazine, I was like, I can't do this. 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:38.160 The kind of pressure, the kind of like I I mean, being on the other side too. 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:43.759 You know, I I did, you know, Playboy, I did reality TV, I did tons of TV hosting. 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.880 I was on the other side. 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:51.759 And now being like behind the scenes working with the magazine, you know, some of these emails that come my way, I'm like, you can't talk to me like that. 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.720 Like, what is going on? 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:55.680 People talk to people like that, but I've gotten a lot tougher. 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.440 Uh there was moments where I was like, I'm just not gonna, I can't deal with this, but I'm like, you know what? 00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.759 No, yes. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.799 I can. 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:05.200 I was trusted with this position and I proved myself that I'm worthy of this position. 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:10.319 So no, I will respond and I will let you know that nope, this doesn't work for us. 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:12.720 I I'm sorry, but this is what we can do. 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:15.359 And if you don't like it, I yeah, I will move on. 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.319 That's so crazy. 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.640 Yeah. 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:23.519 It's interesting because when I got that call from that retailer, it was one of the lowest points of my life. 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:29.599 And um it this past year has been very, very difficult for me, but we've passed it. 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:31.279 It's so nice being here on the other side. 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:33.039 But it was a very difficult year for me. 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:43.920 Uh dealing with like some personal issues that I can't talk about because it has to do with um family and it has not like I'm not allowed to talk about it, but I will say this much, it was a very low point in my life. 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:50.880 I was sitting on my couch, dressed up, ready to go to an event, and I canceled it because I just couldn't handle it anymore. 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:58.079 And I was in tears, and I was sitting on my couch, and I got a call from my friend who's a president of a huge beauty brand. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:02.079 At six o'clock on a Tuesday, I said, Why is he calling me at this time? 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.000 Like he never calls me at this time. 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:06.000 You know when you get a call from someone at a random time. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.680 And I pick it up, usually. 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:10.960 And I pick it up because I'm like, Yeah, you never call me at this time. 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.640 Yeah, and he's like, Are you sitting? 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.839 I go, I'm sitting. 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:16.960 He he's like, Well, I'm at this retailer's headquarters right now. 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.920 I go, Okay. 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:20.480 He's like, I'm talking to the president. 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:22.480 They want it, they want to talk to you. 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.920 They want to learn about your brand. 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.519 And I go, What? 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:34.079 Guys, as he was talking to me, I have my holy, I was like, everything is like, you know, everything was gray. 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.920 There was like no hope in front of me. 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:47.279 But you are so lucky at that moment to be well, not to be that down, but to be down and out at that moment and to get a call like that, that was just like the universe literally being like, Diana, get back up. 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.839 Get back up. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.839 Or actually sit sit down and listen to the call. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.200 But that is that's trusting the timing. 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:57.440 Trusting the timing, trusting God, the universe, whatever you want to call it. 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:01.839 And actually, you know, we're closing off this last episode. 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:03.200 I'll say this much. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:15.039 Through the uncertainty, the dark times that I went through, it has brought me to this place of actually being in peace and trusting God. 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:20.559 Because that's, you know, I'm like, I trust in God, and I'm like, I'm gonna be okay, and everything's gonna be okay. 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.680 And guess what? 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.680 It is okay that we are gonna be okay.

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:25.680 And it's well, in that moment, you were still. 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:28.319 I was still and you believed. 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:31.279 Yes, and you are sitting here today to tell the story. 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:35.119 And I have my own relationship with my faith. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:37.200 I never talk about it, I don't preach. 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:39.200 Uh, I am not that version to preach. 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.920 I'll share. 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:47.519 This is what I did, but like I've grown to have a relationship with you know my faith, and it's really powerful. 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.359 I think that's how I became so confident and in peace. 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.640 I'm like, nope, we're good. 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.279 We got this. 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.319 I sent the email. 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:57.599 Yes, the email has been sent, we're gonna be taken care of. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.440 Wait, the email has been sent. 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.559 Yes, to God. 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.599 Oh my gosh, sorry. 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.240 I totally get that now. 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.920 Yeah, I send the email to God. 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.359 Yes, he's gonna handle it. 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.000 We're good. 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.119 I love that, Diana. 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:14.000 And the sense of peace that comes with that is I mean, it literally can move mountains. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.480 Yes. 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.480 I love that you have found your faith. 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.079 Yeah, I've sent the email. 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.960 We're good. 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:27.119 Yes, and I see it in you, I feel it in you, and maybe that's why six years ago we weren't where we are today with alignment. 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.240 You know, you are aligned in so many ways in your life as your friend. 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:34.720 I have seen with your career, your family, your marriage, your friendships, everything. 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.839 Yeah, same with the thing. 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.119 And we're ever evolving. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:39.599 And we're ever evolving and we're influencing one another. 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:46.319 You've been like the biggest um influence in my life when it comes to like motherhood and career and how I'm balancing it all. 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.160 You've been such a big influence. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.000 Uh, I love it, admire you so much. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:58.960 And I hope that with this show, we could influence people out there with like everything we go through and we're dealing with and how we're surviving. 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:04.720 And you know, I think like there was a lot of survival mode, and now I'm like chaos, no chaos. 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.680 You're surrendering. 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.039 Yeah, surrendering. 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:19.680 And I think the last six episodes that we have talked about, we touched on every little bit about that, about protecting your boundaries and your peace and surrendering and manifest and the positive mindset. 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:24.000 And people are really listening and they're seeing how that works. 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:30.000 You know, there are so many ways and so many times that we could literally just like crawl in a hole and be like, why, why? 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:32.240 But instead, you gotta do the work. 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.759 You gotta believe, you gotta know. 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:36.319 Why is what am I supposed to learn from this? 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:38.559 Yes, yes, the silver lining. 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.039 And it's hard at times, it really is. 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.400 And we've all been there. 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.640 Right. 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:48.079 And I think you and I being as authentic and real as we possibly can here, that it does resonate with all of you. 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:53.680 Yeah, I don't want to be like toxic positivity where you're like, okay, shut off, you know. 00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.400 Yes. 00:26:54.799 --> 00:27:00.960 It's just nice where you could go through things, evolve, grow, and you're like, I got this. 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.440 Yeah. 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.039 So nice to say I got this. 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.640 Yes, it really, really is. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.400 And there is so much power to that. 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.920 Yeah, and we got the show. 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:10.400 So thank you guys so much for tuning in. 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:14.559 Yes, this is alignment because we are finally aligned. 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.359 Yes. 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:17.519 I'm Diana Madison. 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.720 I'm Jessica Hall. 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.759 We'll see you guys next time. 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.359 Bye, guys.