Bonus Episode: Questions In A Hat: Meet Mikey & Zuri

Zuri:   0:00
I am Zuri and this is your invitation to be the beautiful you. Welcome to our podcast. My co-host and partner is Expansion Coach Mikey Star

Mikey:   0:10
And she's lifestyle coach Zuri Star and together we make the EmPOWERment Couple!

Zuri:   0:15
We are the founders of the Omni-media Organic lifestyle company.,I am Zuri, and we've teamed up to bring you a healthy lifestyle podcast.

Mikey:   0:24
Each week we'll bring you either a special guest or a peek behind the scenes at how we're co-creating our most beautiful life. Our goal is to energize, edify and elevate your day!

Zuri:   0:36
Walk with us as we chart a course to living your most beautiful

Mikey:   0:40
life. 

Zuri:   0:49
What's up pod fam. We are going to answer your questions live right here.  We've had about 25 questions that we've narrowed it down to, and we put him in a little hat. You guys had some interesting questions and they're all here and we're gonna answer them right now so you can get to know us a little better. Randomly. Randomly. Okay. You ready for this? All right, Mike, you're gonna go first. Uh, Mike, What is your superpower?

Mikey:   1:32
Um, I would say adaptability.

Zuri:   1:38
Just trying to cheat,

Mikey:   1:39
I would say, Yeah, adaptability.  I don't run away from change, I actually thrive on change. I like change. Change brings (so serious) change or challenges bring change. So when a challenge comes I adapt, I change and I grow.

Zuri:   2:03
huh? I'm like a little butterfly. I was just gonna say that. Like, are you a caterpillar right now? Or what phase are you in right now?

Mikey:   2:13
Um, constantly metamorphosing, I think. Right now, I would say that I am, I'm in a cocoon

Zuri:   2:23
I had a song about that. Remember? In like, 2008, called Butterly. Yep. Um Okay, well, so you wanna pick one for me? I do. That was a good question. Pod fam, I love it.!

Mikey:   2:37
Alright, so this one is nice and easy. Yes. What is your favorite food?

Zuri:   2:44
Oh man, I get this one asked all the time. Um, my favorite food is a really delicious ripe avocado. Yes. And I'll tell you why. Because avocado can be a meal in itself, right? But, it's delicious in a salad, it's delicious on bread and it's delicious in smoothies like it has so many uses. But you literally could just, like put a little bit of seasoning on it and eat it. So I"m gonna say that's my favorite because I could eat anywhere and be super happy. Is it a superfood? And, of course, it's a superfood. Yep. Okay, your turn. My turn to pick. Ah, decisions. Okay. What, is she gonna pick? I'm in a pick. Um, the top. What are the top three things that make you feel most alive?

Mikey:   3:58
Um, I would say creating because I'm a writer. Andi, I was gifted with a stunning imagination. Here's

Zuri:   4:08
where here's where he toots all the horns.

Mikey:   4:11
The spot where my memory is

Zuri:   4:12
(peacocks)

Mikey:   4:13
is clouded over with my imagination.

Zuri:   4:15
Geez, you guys gave me what's like, What kind of food is my favorite food and you gave him, like, sheesh? Yeah. Anyway, continue. Yes.

Mikey:   4:23
Um, I would say, um, teaching. I love teaching. Yes, because I'm a yoga instructor. But prior to that, I was thinking about being a school teacher. But I like I like teaching because I like the process of empowering people. Okay, It's good times. Um and then a three. Right?

Zuri:   4:46
Was that three? That was two! Ok? I'm listening.

Mikey:   4:48
Third would be, um I like pushing the limits of my body. A like running, mountain biking and hiking and

Zuri:   4:59
standing on your head in the middle of the airport

Mikey:   5:01
stem. Yeah, standing on my head in the airport. (freak) meditating for long periods of time. I just I feel like

Zuri:   5:08
you're a little extreme.

Mikey:   5:09
I like to be extreme.

Zuri:   5:11
Yep. Yeah. So they think that's the superpower. Yes, that's that extreme, man

Mikey:   5:16
I got from my short man complex.

Zuri:   5:20
I'm gonna do everything better.

Mikey:   5:21
Oh, yeah? Well, I could do it too. Okay.

Zuri:   5:24
Your turn? Yeah, give me something easy.

Mikey:   5:29
how would you define your

Zuri:   5:34
.. Are you making it up? 

Mikey:   5:38
How would you define a beautiful life?

Zuri:   5:44
I would define a beautiful life by living a life on purpose. So knowing your purpose and then living it every single day. That's beautiful. Don't make fun, don't make fun, I didn't make fun of your superpower. My superpower was bona fide. Okay. I'm going to pick a really stank one for you after that crap. You just can't.  Hahaha! This one is kind of interesting. Okay. I don't know exactly what they meant, but I'm guessing it, it says core human needs. So what is your core human need?

Mikey:   6:43
My core human need, if it's just one, would be to be connected to someone to something. something bigger, something important, it kind of goes in line with what you said, you know, having a purpose.

Zuri:   7:03
That's awesome. I love that. Alright, next question. Let me have it.

Mikey:   7:09
And here we go. I want to know , or if this question is, what things do you suck at?

Zuri:   7:23
Apparently, I really suck at just walking because I just recently tripped and fell and had to get surgery Just because I, you know, can't walk, Apparently. Yeah. But real talk.  I really suck at small talk, so if it's like,  example, don't hate me for this, but I'm just really bad at small talk. So, if we're, like, getting around a group of people and everybody's like, oh, so what's going on? And I'm horrible at that. I just don't like small talk. I like to go deep, quick, and I'm like, "tell me about you." What it is really is I'm very curious. and I want to go deep. But, I'm not curious about the weather. I already know that. I'm not curious about how awkward it is for you to talk about your job. I don't want to know that, I want to talk about, stuff that matters. Heart matters!

Mikey:   8:31
What moves your soul?

Zuri:   8:35
I don't know if I'm that intense, but yeah, you get me. What are your wounds? Tell me your wounds.  Alright, so the last one for you and we will answer more of these. You guys definitely send them in. I'm gonna pick a good one. Look it, we still have a lot left, but okay we'll just do this one. This beautiful one. Alright, this says what is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? Um, it's a good question, that would be hard.

Mikey:   9:12
You know what (glad I didn't get that one) I had the initial thought that came to my head was seeing our daughter born.

Zuri:   9:26
Oh, really? That was your initial thought.

Mikey:   9:27
That was the initial thought. And then I tried to come up with something that would trump that.

Zuri:   9:33
I can't remember where you like down there looking like you know at the goods?

Mikey:   9:38
No, no, no. At the disaster, of childbirth? No, I was holding  your hand

Zuri:   9:41
Okay, I didn't want to see that part. So, did you like look at the mirror or anything?

Mikey:   9:45
No, no, you and I were watching the doctor and all the nurses and all the teachers,

Zuri:   9:50
we had an audience. Everyone else was watching.

Mikey:   9:55
that section of my body. Our daughter was born to a round of applause. 

Zuri:   9:58
Right, she's a star! Duh, Star Fam,  but it was a teaching hospital just for clarification. But so that's the most beautiful thing you've seen is once she was out.

Mikey:   10:10
Well, not the physical part of being born, right?

Zuri:   10:15
Yeah, I just wanted some clarification.

Mikey:   10:18
But the look on your face and your dad's face and I'm assuming that look on my face when that happened, right, because it was such a long buildup. It was like 10 months?Yes. And then all of a sudden, we had this new life.

Zuri:   10:39
I thought you were talking about, the labor. I was like, 10 months? That's a long labor. It felt like that long.

Mikey:   10:44
And it was the end and the beginning at the same time. Yes, So it was beautiful. And

Zuri:   10:52
that's probably what I would have said, too. But that's interesting that that's what you said. And I just want clarification so that you could help your you know, brethren out there to not traumatize themselves by maybe seeing you know, the crowning experience. I don't know. To each its own.

Mikey:   11:13
I can look at those and I can go on YouTube. You can

Zuri:   11:18
see somebody else do it. Yeah,

Mikey:   11:19
I can check pictures. I don't necessarily have to see it for my own eyes.

Zuri:   11:24
Oh, yeah? Yes. Alrighty, well, that wraps up our questions. Thank you so much for participating and thank you for sending in questions. Thank

Mikey:   11:33
you. Thank you. Thank you.

Zuri:   11:34
If you want to send in more questions, you can DM us. You can leave us a comment. We will add them to the hat. And we will do this again soon. You can also email us at hello@iamzuri.com and we will get back to you and let you know if your question was selected. And we love you.

Mikey:   11:57
We love you. Enjoy