I Did The Scary Thing And It Changed EVERYTHING

In this episode I take you behind the scenes of my Regulate to Reset with Joy workshop with Dr. Lexi and how that space took me way outside my comfort zone but in the best way possible. Then I talk about the podcast's biggest milestone, we hit 1,000 downloads a few weeks ago and about to cross the threshold of 1,300 downloads already. I truly could not be here without YOU so I'm announcing a giveaway for this community. 

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Transcript

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Hey hey! Welcome back to I Know A Girl, the cozy corner of the internet where we hype each other up, get raw and real, and remember, healing is hot. I'm your host, Morgan, and you obviously know that because here we are, 40 episodes in. Can you believe it? Because I sure as fucking can't. Well, I can. I can. Because I've been doing the damn thing. However, it's just it seems a little surreal, especially when I think that like in just a short amount of time we're gonna be at one year of doing this. And it just doesn't ever seem real to me sometimes. But um, this is gonna be a little different than our usual episodes. One, because I'm stepping out of my comfort zone here, and um that is hyping myself up. So you already know me very well at this point, at least well, maybe you don't know me very well because I can be still mysterious little gremlin, but um um if you listen to last episode, I talked about how I was co-hosting an event with my sister-in-law, Dr. Lex, and I actually had her on a few episodes ago too. So if you haven't listened to it, definitely. Um and go give her a like and a follow, and lots and lots of loves. Tell her that you you were sent by Moa. But um, yeah, so I'm kinda just hyping myself up right now in this episode. Uh, and yeah, I don't I don't do that a lot. I actually, I mean, you know, I play small a lot, and so if this makes you a little uncomfortable, I'm sorry. It's not meant to. Um, it's actually really uncomfortable for me to talk about myself. And um you would think after 40 episodes, this wouldn't be hard to do, but here we are, it is, and so yeah. Not only do I want to talk about how great the event was and how we are planning another one, but I also have a surprise, so stick with me, okay? Alright, so the event, it went amazing. It went amazing. I had a great turnout, okay? And let me just backtrack a little bit. Before I even went, I was extremely nervous, okay? Extremely nervous. Just because like the pressure was on, you know, like everything had been planned and put together, and like it was really happening, you know what I mean? And so, yeah, of course, it was scary because it was something new. And believe me, there were many times that doubt crept up in my mind, and um, there was a few opportunities for me to cancel and play small again and you know go back to being little me that didn't want to grow, you know. And um, but I didn't. I didn't obviously cancel, and the whole way there, oh I just dropped my water. The whole way there, I rocked out to my bad bitch playlist. So it got me in the right mindset of I am that girl, right? Because we all are that girl, but it got me in the mindset of like whatever happens, happens, right? Like if it flops, then you know, this just wasn't meant to be. Or, you know, if it goes good, well then great. My vision is being seen, and I can't wait to see where it goes, you know. But I very much like used my playlist to get me back into the mindset of like, I am that girl, plans are going the way that they should. I was just pretty much like anticipating anything to happen, and I was gonna work through it very calmly wherever it took me. You know what I mean? So that was great. As soon as I got there, I look over and I parked right next to one of my greatest friends, and I would have thought that she would have like already been inside or was gonna be getting there shortly, but no, she was already there, so we had to walk in together. And to my pleasant surprise, literally everybody that was gonna be there was already there, and I tried getting there early. In fact, I left early to get there early, but I got to a neighboring town that's in between here and where it was at, and there was a three-car pile-up. So sent my good prayers and intentions to the people that were involved as I made my way past and through the scenario and on my way to the event. But yeah, and so the whole thing was really great. We had a great turnout, everybody loved it. In fact, like we got to like almost the end of it, actually, and we checked the time and we were like, shit, time has flown by so fast. We actually didn't even get to do all that we wanted to do at the event. So yeah, and then everybody was like, when's your next one gonna be? And me and Lex looked at each other like, well shit, we haven't really thought of that yet, you know? So I am coming to report that we are in fact planning the next one. So if you wanted to go to this one but couldn't, you better be prepared because baby, we are doing the damn thing again, okay? And so yeah, I'm so excited about it. When I left there, I was literally just buzzing out of my seat because I mean, if you listen to the episode with me and Leck, she asked me what my intentions were for this, and I was like to just build a good community around I know a girl, you know what I mean? And I wanted people to be seen and heard, and you know, and that's all that happened. I created more connections and more people were seen and heard, and a lot of well, I want to say everybody that went left there feeling like I am that girl, you know. So it was a great time. It was a great time, and I cannot wait for the next one. Um, so yeah, there's that. Uh the other thing that I was going to talk about was just a few weeks ago, I hit a thousand downloads, and we're actually to the point where we're about to hit 1300 downloads. So I'm very excited about that. That's tons of growth, tons of listens, and tons of messages of people just saying that they love listening to me and feeling like they have a girlfriend going through the bullshit with them. You know what I mean? So yeah, that's awesome. But with that, I want to give back to you guys. And so I think I'm gonna do like a giveaway. However, I'm literally like scratching my head trying to think of what to include in this giveaway. Like I have a few ideas, but I don't know if they'll land well. So please, please, please, for the love of myself, this podcast, yourself, anything that you love, free shit. I mean, whatever. Please, I am begging you, tell me what is a good idea to put in this giveaway, okay? I want to know what you guys want me to put in the giveaway because I want to give back to you guys for the loyalty. And I really, I mean, I don't know how else to show my appreciation for you guys than to give back and do a giveaway. So if you have any other ideas other than a giveaway, please shoot me a message. With that being said, I need you to follow me on Instagram or TikTok or Facebook, one of the three, or all three, or just two, or whatever. I need I need you to get on there and tell me what, or maybe not even on there, but like shoot me a DM somewhere and tell me what you want in this giveaway. Okay? Pretty please. Thank you. Hi, love you. You know it. Thanks. Bye. But not bye, because I'm not done yapping my ear off your ear off yet. So, yeah, let me know what to put in the giveaway. I would really greatly appreciate it. Just as much as I appreciate all you guys listening into me every week. You have no idea. I didn't even think 40 weeks ago when I started this that we would even get this far. Okay. It's believe me, it's unreal. Like this weekend after the event, I've literally felt like I've been on cloud nine, and then this morning I get on social media while I'm drinking my coffee real quick, and there's like a review on the event, so it solidified even more that like things went so great, it it jumped me right back into that cloud nine, like mindset, frequency, whatever you want to call it. And then my day went on, and I actually got really busy today, so I couldn't even be on the podcast. Well, I couldn't be on Instagram, and uh I would plan to record this earlier today, but time had gotten away from me, so I'm recording it now. But oh, I had a review on Facebook, and so it really just like solidified that everything went well and great, and you know, so yeah. Let's get into our little joys of the week. Um, I've been kind of naughty and I haven't been posting that to my stories on socials either for you to submit your little joys of the week. So please just send them in a DM because I very much forget to do that in my stories. And I'm going to actually send a reminder now so that I do the giveaway questionnaire in my stories tomorrow when this airs. Um this also wasn't the episode that I originally planned on posting for today, so you will see what I had originally planned shortly in a few in I think either next week or the week after. But yeah. So shout out to anybody that's listening that went to my event this past weekend. Thank you so much. I hope you had a great time. And for those of you that keep listening, I really hope you tell me what you want in the giveaway. And I just want to say thank you so much for believing in me. Especially when I didn't believe in myself. I truly I I can't, I'm literally, I can't even put into the words like how much all of this means to me. I'm just like I said, I I literally feel like I'm on cloud nine. I don't think I've ever felt this like great before. I mean I have, obviously, like back when I first started the boutique and it w it like you know really took off, but I don't know, it's just this isn't a very familiar feeling, and I hope it does become familiar familiar, you know? So yeah, my little joy of the week. Uh my plants that I have been growing from my garden have really taken off. Last week I told you that I thought I fried them from having the grow lights on, right? I in fact did not, okay? I didn't even stun them either. They are thriving so much so that like I need to thin them and transplant them into other peat pots, I guess you should say, I should say, um, before I put them in the ground, which I'm hoping to put them in the ground here soon. However, over this weekend we got hit with like a little snow flurry, nothing that stuck, but something that it definitely rocked everybody in the state, that's for sure. Nobody was expecting or wanting snow flurries. So but yeah, my plants are doing great, absolutely great. And um, yeah, I can't wait to sh show you guys in pictures because as soon as they go in the ground, you know I'm gonna be out there just like eyeing them left and right. However, my other little joy of the week is my totem pole, that plant that I was telling you about a few weeks ago that my grandma gave me, it is already starting to sprout, which is crazy because my grandma said that it takes a while, and like I put it in water like maybe two or three weeks ago, and like the bark is already splitting, and there's like a little green shoot coming out of it. It it's crazy. I feel like every single time my grandma gives me something, it always does way more than or way better than she leads on. Like my armaryllis that she gave me, she she gave me this huge instruction thing, and like not gonna lie, I kinda forgot where I put it, and so like I've just been treating it like all the other plants that I have where it's where it's at, and it's been thriving. I mean, it thrives so much that it ha it's all like just green long leaves now. And she told me that I could cut that off and and dry it out and replant it again later on, like I did this last Thanksgiving, but I don't know, I feel so bad for cutting the leaves off. It's like a perfectly healthy plant, and I feel like cutting the leaves off of it and undigging it out of the soil is just doing it doing something bad to it, you know. So yeah, there's that. But yeah, so I've been debating going back and forth on whether I want to do our tarot card poll with our old deck, like we've been for all our other episodes, or if I should do it with our new deck. So I guess I'm gonna decide that while I read you off our horoscope hype for the episode. And our horoscope hype is kinda a little blunt truth. Okay. So we're gonna start with Aries and Aries. The tension you're feeling today is self-created because you'd rather react than reflect. Slow down or keep burning bridges and calling it passion. Taurus, you keep saying you want change, but your actions say you want control. Today calls you out hard. Either evolve or accept that you're choosing the same cycle all over again. Gemini, avoidance disguised as humor isn't cute anymore. Someone sees through it today. The question is, are you ready to be seen or are you going to deflect again? Cancer, your mood isn't intuition, it's unprocessed emotion. Stop acting like your feelings are facts. Today pushes you to separate truth from projection. It might sting a little. Leo, you've been performing a version of yourself that isn't accurate anymore. It worked before, it got your attention, validation, maybe even control, but now it's outdated and people can feel that something is off. Virgos, perfectionism isn't just fear in a more socially acceptable outfit. You're overanalyzing instead of acting. Today demands movement, not another mental doom spiral. Libra, you're keeping the peace at the cost of your own honesty. That's not balance. Today puts you in a position where you either speak up or silently resent. Choose carefully. Scorpio, you're holding on to something that's already dead. Control won't resurrect it. Today forces a reality check. Let go or keep poisoning yourself with what ifs. Sagittarius, running away doesn't count as growth. You're craving freedom, but you're actually dodging responsibility. Today calls you out on your inconsistencies. It's time to align your words with your actions. Capricorn, you're so focused on the end goal that you're ignoring the emotional wreckage along the way. Today reminds you that success without connection feels empty just before you isolate yourself completely. Aquarius. Detachment is your comfort zone, but today it looks more like avoidance. You can't intellectualize your way out of feeling something real. Drop the observer act for five minutes. You're not confused, you're avoiding a decision. Deep down you already know what needs to happen. Today strips away the illusion. Now you actually have to act on it. Alright. So now we're gonna get into our tarot card poll. And I think for at least this season, I'm gonna stick with doing the tarot card poll with the first deck. However, when we start season two of I Know a Girl, we are gonna move to our second deck, the new one. Readings, however, on my Instagram are going to continue to be with the new deck. Let's get into it. Alright, so today's card that we pull is the Queen of Cups. So the Queen of Cups in reverse suggests a journey towards recognizing one's inner emotions and the importance of self-care. It cautions against codependency and highlights areas of insecurity, urging a path to self-love and emotional independence. So I would definitely say it goes perfect with this episode because the whole point of my event was to reconnect with joy, which is a form of self-care. And I'm going out of my comfort zone and hyping myself up, which is also a form of self-care. And you know, I am kind of coming out of my insecurities, you know, of I'm not enough, and that, you know, I shouldn't hype myself up or boast about my accomplishments. So yeah, I would definitely say that this card definitely resonates, that's for sure. So yeah, if you liked this episode or you love me, you love the podcast, definitely, definitely, definitely go follow me on Instagram at i knowagirl.pod. I'm on TikTok as well at i dot know dot a dot girl.pod. I'm so sorry that it is so long and annoying. It would not let me do I know a girl pod as a handle on there. So if that's as annoying to you as it is to me, definitely submit a message to TikTok and allow me to change it. I'm kidding. However, I am not kidding that I think that it's annoying to say dot after everything. So that. Um, and if you if you haven't already, go give me a review on wherever you listen to this podcast. It helps me get seen and it helps other people feel like they have. A community, so yeah, definitely go go follow me on every social that you possibly have. Go get me a good review. And if you missed my last event just a couple of days ago, um definitely keep your feelers out because we are planning the next one. In fact, we actually just sh you know brainstormed a few dates, so I don't think it will be long before we're announcing the next one. So definitely get your tickets before they run out, you know? And uh yeah, even if you don't feel like the workshop would pertain to you, I would love to see your face, I would love to have your support, you know. Even if you just come to hang out with me, I'd love it. So thank you for listening today's episode. I uh hope you had a great week, a great weekend, and we're gonna kick ass the rest of this week, guys, because we are that girl. I love you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Don't forget to tell me what you want in that giveaway that I'm about to do. I literally cannot believe probably by the time that this airs, we will hit 1,300 downloads. So I'm literally screaming internally, just thinking about it. I love you so much. I'm gonna shut up now. Bye. See you next week.