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Hello, Jenny Garth. Hi, KJ, how are you?

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I am just thrilled to be talking with you

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this morning. I'm going to introduce you

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to what we have going on here. This is the

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KJ Today Show. It is the positive place for

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pop culture, people to know, and pets. And

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Jenny Garth, the people tuned in that listen

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along here are known as the kind of nerdy

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network. And they're the nicest group of

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nerds And when they found out you were going

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to be on today, the love and support that

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is coming your way this morning, just know

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that it is amazing and we are thrilled to

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have you here with us.

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KJ, that's so nice. I love nerds, first of

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all, and I love what you're doing. Spreading

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positivity, can't go wrong.

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Yes, and that's what you're here to do. We're

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also excited to hear more about two big projects.

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So, you know, I'm going to let you start.

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Do you want to talk about the clothing line?

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Do you want to talk about the podcast? Which

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one?

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Oh, geez, either one. I'm so excited. You

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know, it's all kind of under one big umbrella.

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It started with Kelly Taylor's I Choose Me

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statement back in the 90s. And I've sort

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of brought that up today to remind people

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it's sort of become my mantra and my purpose

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really to spread that message to everyone.

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And I started with the podcast. And as I

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got to be older, I started to really realize

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the piece that I found within when I started

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to prioritize my own physical and mental

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health. And I really wanted to show others

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what this experience can look like for me

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and hopefully they can relate in their own

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lives to the things that we talk about. So

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the whole purpose of that is to have beautiful

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guests that share their stories and we have

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some deep, meaningful conversations. So that's

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the podcast, I Choose Me, it's on iHeartRadio

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or wherever, you know, you listen to your

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podcast.

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Isn't it funny now? It's like, okay, everybody,

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like we know, like, just go find our podcast,

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right? We're everywhere. You can figure it

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out. Let me ask Jenny, before we get to the

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clothing line, because I'm also super excited

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about that. You know, the conversation we

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were having before you were on the show about

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that statement, I choose me. I'm just one

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of many women who were sitting there watching

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that and remembering how impactful it was

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to be like, it's not about, I'm not complete

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with one of you two, I'm complete already.

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Did you realize when you were delivering

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that simple statement how it was going to

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have a lasting impact.

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I really didn't. I my beautiful friend Jessica

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Klein wrote that line, and I don't think

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either of us realized the impact that it

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would have on so many young girls at that

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time and their moms who were listening with

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them or watching with them. And that's the

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beauty of something that is rooted in, you

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know, positive self-love messaging and now

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being able to reawaken that line and spread

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it to even more people has become sort of

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my life's purpose and I couldn't be more

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satisfied with that. So I'm very proud of

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it.

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Let's talk about in this, you know, this

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movement of yours and I choose me one of

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the things that you have chosen. And it's

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something that I have done as well, Jenny.

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So I know that it is it is scary and crazy,

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but incredibly rewarding, rewarding. And

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that's to become an entrepreneur. especially

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at this point in our lives and spreading

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the message that you can do that. So let's

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talk about the clothing line and kind of

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how it feels for you to be in that space

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where you are creating your own business

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and creating your own vision.

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Yes, I did not see, I really did see a big

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world for iTruthMe in my mind and I set forth

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at 50, I was asking the questions like, why

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am I here? What am I supposed to do next?

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And I think we all reach that point in our

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lives. And for me, this just kept coming

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up. And I come from educators. My parents

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were both teachers. I love teaching people.

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I love helping people. So this was just like

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it just fell into place in a time when I

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was looking, I was wondering. And this came

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to me and everything along the journey since

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I started two years ago. has had this beautiful

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synchronicity and I never saw myself starting

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a fashion brand. I never really had any interest.

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I was the one that just stood there and let

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people dress them for many, many years. And

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so making this enormous leap into starting

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a brand at 52 has been so exciting and frightening

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and you know there's been so many emotions

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behind it along the way but I really embraced

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all of those feelings and just kept that

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energy rolling and pushing it forward and

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here we are about to launch our brand on

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QVC of all places. I mean it's just like

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a dream come true.

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So can you give us a little I know it's hard

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when we're doing this audio thing, but can

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you give us a little you know description

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idea on what it was that you wanted to create

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it when it came to a clothing line that is

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representing you.

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Well, me is the name of the clothing brand

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is called me by Jenny Garth and I really.

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wanted to empower women and inspire confidence

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and self-love through these clothes. And,

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you know, we make 35,000 choices every day.

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And maybe this is one less choice you have

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to make because, you know, if you pick one

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of one of our pieces, you're going to feel

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good in it. You're going to feel empowered

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and you're going to look amazing. And just

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taking that One of those decisions that we

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make out of the equation and having people

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really feel confident in their own skin,

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in their clothes, was just the impetus behind

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everything that we do and also providing

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women of all body shapes and all lifestyles

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something that they could feel good when

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they put on. We have sizes from extra, extra

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small all the way to 5X and really incredible

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price points. Like I said, it's all fallen

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into place in the most beautiful way. QVC

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has just really taken my vision and helped

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me and my daughter, who's co-designing with

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me, to create this beautiful place, this

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beautiful company that we're so proud of.

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Jenny, I am also the kiddie correspondent

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for Pet Pals TV. So I have to bring up pets

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because I know that you have talked in the

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past that you've had quite a menagerie of

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pets in your life and that they have made

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an impact for you. Can you talk a little

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bit about the crew maybe that you have now

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and why having pets has been such a great

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support for you?

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I could talk all day about pets and their

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importance in our lives. Um, yeah, I think

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I literally came out of the womb holding

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a little white dog in my lap. Like I've always

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had a little dog in my lap, whether I'm working

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or at home. Now I have, um, right now we

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have four dogs and that they're just my,

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my family. There are family and they are

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so important to me every day. Yeah, wow.

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There's nothing, I couldn't say anything

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more positive than get a pet. You need a

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little love, get a pet.

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And as we are, you know, kind of closing

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out, I wish we had more time to talk, Jenny,

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but what is the, if you could give a message

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right now to a woman who is listening, who,

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you know, I'm about, I'm about to turn 49.

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And, you know, my sister just said to me

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the other day, like, let's, what are we doing

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for your 50th? And I'm like, slow down. Like,

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I want to get, I want to be 49 for a little

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bit. What is that message that you want in

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everything that you are doing to share maybe

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with a woman today who isn't feeling as confident

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or maybe doesn't know where they're heading

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at this point in their life?

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Well, I've been there. I've been in your

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exact position. And I know how scary it can

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feel because we have, as women, given our

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lives to taking care of others, you know,

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whether it's children or animals or partners,

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our community, we're just naturally caretakers

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and nurturing. And so I really kind of stopped

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the clock and said, okay, now my kids are

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older and are at a place where they're kind

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of leaving the nest. I wanted to focus on

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what I needed and what I wanted. And I really

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just encourage, other women out there to

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take a minute and just write it down, write

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it, write down like what your questions are

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that you're like, what am I doing or what's

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next or where should I, what should I focus

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on? And then just let the universe sort of

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lead you because you know, if you put that

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question out there, you're going to get the

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right answer and you just have to listen

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for it. And then once you're sure that you've

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heard it, you take action and every day you

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just keep moving towards what you want in

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life next.

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The podcast is called I Choose Me, and you

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can find it on all the podcast apps and the

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clothing line coming out on QVC. Jenny Garth,

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it's been a joy to talk with you. Thank you

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so much for being here today.

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Thanks, KJ, you too.