Episode 17: Curious Minds: Your Questions Answered

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Podcast Related Questions

We delve into our reflections and aspirations for the podcast. We share favorite episodes and funniest moments, revealing the topics that have resonated most with us. We discuss our dream guests, with Christine hoping for an interview with Adele and Emma Arletta. We reflect on the surprises and challenges we have encountered while producing the podcast, and imagine potential crossovers with other shows. We also talk about upcoming topics we are excited about, such as navigating toxic family dynamics, finding one's true home, and exploring the concept of soulmates. Alexandra and Christine contemplate what success looks like for The Mirror Project in the coming years, envisioning its growth and impact.

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We open up about our personal interests and dynamics. We discuss the rabbit holes they can easily fall into, along with our current favorite shows, music, books, and activities. Alexandra and Christine describe the other in three words, reflecting on how our friendship has evolved since starting the podcast. We ponder whimsical scenarios like switching lives with a fictional character, our ideal lifelong food, and the era we would visit if time travel was possible. We share our favorite ways to unwind and consider what the male equivalent of receiving flowers might be. The conversation turns introspective as we discuss areas of self-sabotage, to our relationships with anger, and what are the performative aspects of our lives to where we feel most authentic.

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Hello, and welcome to the Mirror Project.

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We are your hosts, Christine,

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Alexandra: and Alexandra.

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Christine: and we are thrilled

to have you back with us.

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We've missed you all so much,

and we're so excited to be

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back just in time for summer.

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hope you're ready for some sunshine,

fun, and fantastic conversations.

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Today, we're kicking things off with

a special listener Q& A episode.

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We've got some amazing questions from

you guys, and we can't wait to dive in.

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So grab your favorite summer drink,

and Sit back and let's get started.

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It's going to be a fun ride.

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Alexandra: Before we dive in today's

topic, like, subscribe, or follow us

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on your preferred listening platform.

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Go ahead, pause, and do

it now before you forget.

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Don't worry, we won't

get started without you.

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Christine: All right.

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So we got so many amazing questions

from you all that we decided to

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break them up into two parts.

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So we're going to start with

podcast related questions.

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And I will say, I know I put together this

outline for the episode, but did I think

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about the answers to these questions?

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Not a whole lot.

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So I'm going to be winging it and it'll

be fun to see what comes out of my mouth.

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Alexandra: I feel like that's every

episode that Christine will plan, but

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then it's just, hey, in the moment.

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Christine: then it's authentic.

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Alexandra: Yes, and it's real

and it's fun and we get to bring

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everyone along for the ride with us.

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Christine: I don't want to overthink

things too much because I'm, I

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classically do overthink things.

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But anyway let's get started

with these questions.

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Alright, so one is what's been

our favorite episode so far?

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Alexandra, why don't you kick us off?

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Alexandra: Oh, wow.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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So Before we jump into that, can you

believe that this is our 17th episode

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and we only started in February?

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So we have quite a lot of

episodes to choose from.

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Christine: I can't believe it.

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I still, sometimes I'm

like, wow, we're doing it.

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for such a long time.

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It was just this idea,

but now we're doing it.

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And it's wild that we're on 17 and

we're answering your questions What

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Alexandra: I really like our

sayings and mantras episode.

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I thought that was really cool.

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I feel like we keep

coming back to that one.

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Yeah.

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I was like hitting the ground running.

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I've also enjoyed the ones where we've had

guests on like my friend Traveris does.

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That was really fun because she

always brings such inspiring

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questions to the conversation.

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So we do little teas

for later in the year.

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We have an episode coming up with her

where we kind of cut the small talk.

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So that was super exciting.

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And wow.

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I mean, there's really so many, those are

the couple that are sticking out to me.

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What about you, Christine?

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Christine: I agree with you.

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I episode two sayings and mantras.

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We is definitely one of my favorites.

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And it's also been one that I think has

resonated with a lot of people because

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I've had people come up, say to me, wow,

I loved that sayings and mantras episode.

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So that feels so good knowing that we

kind of, you know, hit it out of the park

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with that One of our first topic episodes.

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So sayings and mantras.

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think.

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I did really enjoy our conversation.

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Oh gosh, I'm blanking on episode titles.

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The one where we talked

about self confidence.

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Am I confident?

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Hello.

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Alexandra: Ooh, that was a good one.

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Christine: one.

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That was one where I felt like I really

Went deep and was vulnerable in a

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way I hadn't yet been on the podcast.

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So,

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I really enjoyed that one.

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Sort of peeling back more layers

and getting to the heart of things.

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And then most recently I loved

the episodes we did with our moms.

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Alexandra: Was really fun.

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That was,

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Christine: And having them on was so fun.

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I really loved it.

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Alexandra: I really liked the two

part format because it allowed us to,

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you know, take people who've been so

instrumental in our lives and really

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devote specific times to parts of

that relationship, which was cool.

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Christine: Yeah, I agree.

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Alexandra: I am actually having

to look back at our calendar to

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remember all the episode titles.

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I really enjoyed the forget balance

episode, the one I was like, you know,

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go crazy, join a cult, then start one.

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That was a lot of fun.

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And I remember in the episode, I was like,

I don't really love the word balance.

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Cause we don't want to be still.

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And then a coworker of mine was like

said she likes the word harmony,

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like a harmony between Work in

light, like work, life harmony.

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And I was like, Ooh, I like that.

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Cause it's, you know,

it's kind of a dance.

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So, that just made me think of that, but.

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Christine: That's really cool.

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Cause I think it also speaks to the

reality of how life can be, right?

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Like it's never truly 50, 50.

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You're constantly like trying to find.

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Steady ground, but harmony

allows you to flow with it.

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And that's a good way to look at it.

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Very cool.

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Alexandra: So what has been the funniest

moment to date, or if not the funniest,

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what have been some of the funniest?

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Christine: Well, it's always pretty

funny when we sit down to record, cause

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I feel like as soon as I press that

button, I'm like, what am I going to say?

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So as Alexandra has mentioned, we have

to put a blooper reel out there because

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there's so many funny things of like us.

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Me messing up and

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Alexandra: We both do.

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It's not just Christine.

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Christine: but let me

think, has there been a.

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You know, I've really loved

having Nicole on, my sister.

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She, I always laugh so much.

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So I feel like whenever she's on or

when my other sister Tori is going to

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be joining us for a future episode, I

can just imagine like having them on,

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it's going to be a lot of fun and can't

wait to see what Tori brings to the mix.

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But how about you, Alexandra?

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Alexandra: I love it.

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So we try to really like outline

script, some of our intros and closings

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to keep it keep us from rambling.

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Cause I think we can kind of,

we can get into a flow and Oh

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my gosh, let's keep talking.

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So to kind of keep us.

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Tailored in and stuff.

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We try to write them

out and they're great.

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They're funny.

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And then we'll sit down to record.

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And we're like very serious, dead on.

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I'm like looking at Christine.

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I'm like, okay, we're saying this

and then serious moment, but our

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mouth goes off and it's just like

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Which we're like, okay.

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And so then we laugh for

like about a half a minute

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Christine: It's

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Alexandra: and we're like okay.

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Christine: I read a word, but my mouth

says a different word, or says it

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combined words or I say, I don't know.

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It just is kind of,

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Alexandra: Or even if we don't have

something scripted and we're talking

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about something and like you can

tell like we were thinking something

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but our mouth went the other way

and we're like, what happened?

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It's just

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Christine: because that happens.

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And I'm

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Alexandra: What was I saying?

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I was like,

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Christine: I don't know where

I with this, but here we are.

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Alexandra: Yeah, I know.

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I think this is why we have to release

a blooper reel so people can join in

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on some of the laughters and the gaffs

that we've had, because it's just

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been, it's, you know, been quite funny

and totally randomly out of the blue.

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We're in a good flow.

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We're doing things.

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And then suddenly it's Oh, now

we've got to get back on the tracks.

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Similar to the first question,

one of the questions I got

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was what's the favorite topic?

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What is our favorite

topic discussed so far?

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Christine: It's a really good one.

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I always love the topics when we get deep.

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I love when we talked about books and

our interest, because that's like a

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really good insight into who we are and

we get to geek out and, all of that.

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But I always love the topics where we

sort of keep peeling back those layers.

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So like, I, the uh, Am I

confident episode or there's even

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Alexandra: What

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Christine: this.

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Yeah, bravery.

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There's even some coming

up this month where

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flow and we I love it when we confront

topics where I've always feel a

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little bit uncomfortable about it Not

because I don't want to talk about

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it but because like I really have to

think about how I feel about these

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situations because I think a lot of

people Or, I'll just speak for myself.

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When when I'm faced with something that

makes me feel uncomfortable, it's hard

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for me to continue facing it and dig

deep as to okay, why am I uncomfortable?

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Is it because I what's,

it because of this?

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Or is it something else that I don't

even realize but it's affecting

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me when I Facing these situations.

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So for me, those are my favorite

topics, but, what about you?

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Alexandra: I enjoy that we're

doing some of those deeper

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dives and we're definitely, I

feel like gaining traction and.

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Delving further into those.

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But I loved some of the ones that

we just kind of are in sometimes

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balanced out with that the lighter

and like the pack your bags.

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It's time to fly because

we both love to travel.

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So I really like that.

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Trying to think I'm looking forward

to some of the ones that are coming

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up this month with your sister.

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I like, I don't know.

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I just like the variety of stuff we cover.

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I think instead of just a

specific topic, I like that.

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We cover a variety.

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Cause people ask me like, Oh,

what's your podcast about?

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And I would say, Oh, we

pick things that we cover.

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are drawn to or we're dealing with and

that kind of guides what we're doing

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versus being a sole topic podcast.

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So I enjoy that part, which makes it

then difficult to say, what's my favorite

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hands down topic that we've discussed.

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Christine: Yeah, definitely.

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I, yeah, I always, I think about it more

broadly and, you know, we've only done

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one so far, but we plan to do more, the

history focused episodes was like the St.

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Patrick's day when we did was

really fun to research and

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Alexandra: I think

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Christine: flow.

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So I look forward to more of those.

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Alexandra: we have what one,

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maybe two or three, definitely

at least two more, I think.

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this year.

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Christine: coming out this summer and

then I can't remember when the next

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one's coming But yeah, so stay tuned

more history focus episodes to come

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Alexandra: Okay.

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Dream guest, Christine.

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Christine: dream guest

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are we gonna be like completely realist

really like completely unrealistic or?

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Alexandra: Okay.

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Give me what we think is

unrealistic right now.

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And then what you think

is realistic right now.

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Christine: dream guest would

be my favorite artist of all

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time right now, which is Adele.

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I fucking love her so much.

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I

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Alexandra: She's so funny too.

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Christine: so funny, and I feel like I

would just love to have a conversation

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like we have on here with her.

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We could go so many

different ways with it.

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And she's just is the way she thinks

about life she things that have happened

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to her and like moves forward with that.

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It's just so cool to me how she's

a wonderful example of somebody who

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continues to put in the work to add

anything she does her professional

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life, her family life, her, like

even her relationship with herself.

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It's really something I've.

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watching and as a fan have always been

rooting for her, not only, with her

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music, but just she's out there just

trying to live life like the rest of us.

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And I really would love to

just talk with her about it a

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bit more, but maybe one that.

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In time, I think could be achievable.

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Alexandra: We

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Christine: don't know.

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We'll see.

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Alexandra: have to dream for the

stars and then make it happen.

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Right.

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Christine: What about you?

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Alexandra: Oh, well you

didn't answer the second one.

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Who's a bit more realistic right now that

you think we could in the next year or so.

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Christine: You know, there, we up our

favorite influencers that we follow

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in the body health and body episodes.

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a influencer I found about.

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A year ago, her name's Emma Arletta.

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She is a plus size influencer,

and I just really love her vibe.

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She I always enjoy her content.

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She seems really sweet, and I think

it would be fun to have her on, and

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we don't even have to have the episode

focused on body acceptance and the body

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positivity movement and things like that.

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I think she would just be a fun

person to interview cause she's

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in, she's doing modeling now.

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She's, had a whole life prior to becoming

like doing the influencer life full time.

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She I think.

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don't know if she was a speech

pathologist, but she had this whole

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other career path that she was on

and was doing social media on the

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side and got to a point where she was

able to make it her full time job.

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So I feel like that would just be a really

interesting conversation of this wasn't

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the life you, the job you are expecting

to have, but it sort of just grew.

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And it'd be really cool to talk

with her about all of that.

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Alexandra: I think that

would be a great episode.

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You know, I don't know that we're fed

a story that when we're younger, but

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I think I had this idea that, okay,

life is going to follow a set of

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Pre prescribed orders and thing.

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And

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Christine: Yeah.

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Alexandra: as Christine can attest

to have, we have both learned

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that life does not follow that.

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So it'd be very awesome to have somebody

who very almost publicly has shown

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that shift, which would be awesome.

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Christine: Cause like when you're

little, made to seem like, Oh,

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there's these tracks that you can,

you pick what track you want to take.

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And then you're mean to think

it's an easy shot from there or

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it's a simple shot from there.

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Not necessarily easy.

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But it's really not how that it's really

not how it works as I've been rudely

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awakened to realize, but yeah, but.

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What about you, Alexandra?

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Alexandra: so interestingly, kind of

more on the topic of dating life partner

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or kind of, you know, what is it like?

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In that field.

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What are women hearing?

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What are men hearing?

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I would really love to get somebody.

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I've probably started

following in the past year ish.

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And his name is Will Hitchens.

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I think I've mentioned him on an episode.

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But he's out of Australia and I just

really enjoy his content and his content.

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Perspective and his take, because he

talks about a lot about the male space

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on, you know, social media and how

that says, if you're not a certain

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way or like an alpha male kind of

thing, then you won't find females.

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But I like how he responds to it.

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And he's Hey, I used to listen

to that and think it was true.

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And then what it's like

coming out of that.

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And so it's really helpful, I think, to

see what women hear and then what Men

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can hear and then where is the reality?

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So I think that would be kind of fun.

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And then Somebody maybe

a little bit sooner.

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I really enjoy talking to Melissa

Sparrow she's somebody I know in

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Canada who does Akashic record

reading and shamanic healings and as

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people if you've been listening for

a while, you know that Christine and

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I are into all the things, all the

witchy vibes and the spiritual stuff.

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And it's, you know, my bread and butter.

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So I'd love to have her on and talk

about that with you all listening

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and share with you guys another part

of me and what Christine and I like.

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So those are, I think the two like

current dream guests right now

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Christine: Nice.

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it happen.

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Alexandra: would love

to have Adele on too.

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So.

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Christine: that one's

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Alexandra: I think we

didn't make these for,

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Christine: but who knows?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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This one was a fun question.

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What has surprised you about making

the podcast as you continue to record?

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I've never really thought

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it.

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It's a fun one.

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Alexandra: I haven't either.

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And, you know, I was actually weirdly

thinking along this and I hadn't

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read our outline until basically

this morning for this episode.

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And this past week is Christine can attest

to, I have been working on a project

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for my MBA in a negotiations course.

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And it's an audio visual thing

with a group of four and we're

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had to record on a PowerPoint.

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So it learned some new skills on

PowerPoint, which is kind of cool, but

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surprised me about making this podcast

is how much more comfortable I am now

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kind of allowing my voice and what

I'm saying to be recorded and not.

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freaking out about it so much.

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I think when I first sat down to record

on my slide for that PowerPoint, I was

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like, Oh my gosh, it's, it was first

of all, learning PowerPoints recording

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versus what we use here for this podcast.

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Christine: Yeah.

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Alexandra: it's okay.

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But then something happened and

I think somehow my recording

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for my slide got deleted.

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So I had to redo it like Thursday night.

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And I was actually here at my

desk, had my mic hooked up and I.

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Clicked it and I was like,

Oh, this is, I know this,

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with this.

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I can do this.

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So I enjoyed that as we continue doing

this, I'm getting more comfortable

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speaking in other parts of my

life and putting myself out there.

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But in terms of the podcast, I kind

of think it's, we'll start with one

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thing where it's okay, we want to talk

about X, but then X will morph into

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like X, a XB, like it kind of grows.

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And sometimes I'm like, wow,

we could really talk about.

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this one topic in many different ways.

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So I think that constantly surprised me.

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I'm like, okay, we're going to do this

and this is what it's going to be.

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But we were just talking about

with Emma Arletta, like life

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goes in a different direction.

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So being able to flex and adapt with that.

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Christine: Yeah.

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For sure.

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Alexandra: What about you, Christine,

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Christine: to

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point you were making, like there was

one episode in particular that the

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balance episode where I thought I going

into it, I was one way, but as we were

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having the conversation, I was like,

wow, talking about it, talking it out.

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was realizing like, well, maybe this

there, what I thought isn't what I

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thought it was going like, how it's

going to feel about it, you know?

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So of course, when we sit down and

we think out, okay, the topics we're

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going to discuss and the outline

we're going to have for that episode,

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it isn't until we start actually

having the conversation that.

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A lot of times I sort of discover

my thoughts and opinions on things

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because when you listen to another

person share their feelings, it not

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necessarily changes my opinions, but

it gives me a new way of thinking

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or a new perspective on something.

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And then so like that avenue

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Alexandra: mull it over.

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And

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Christine: So.

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I would say that's been the biggest

thing when it comes to recording.

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But also I feel like as me personally this

project has really helped me build back

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my confidence in a way that I've mentioned

before at the about a year ago, I was sort

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of just totally Down, wrecked, depressed.

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My job had really done a number on my

self confidence and my mental health.

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working on this project and

making this podcast reality

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has helped me in so many ways.

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And I'm, I mean, I think back to

the first episode when we started

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recording and Sitting down, like

in thinking about it, I'm like,

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Oh, I'm going to be totally fine.

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But once you sit down and you hit

that record button, you're like, whoa.

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But

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Alexandra: I want to say as, you know,

thinking back to that first episode

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to like the last episode, really.

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The last episode we released,

I have seen you grow just in

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cause it's not visual, right?

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I mean, you and I can see each

other recording, but right

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now the podcast is only audio.

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You can hear how much more comfortable

and confident you've gotten your voice.

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So I, I liked that.

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And I think it'll continue to

surprise both of us how much more

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confident we'll get, but it's been

wonderful to see you grow that way.

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Christine: you.

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that's such a sweet compliment.

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Thank you so much.

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Yeah, I think it's like what you said,

I've really I found a comfortability

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in voicing my, how I feeling and

my thoughts and opinions on things.

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And not that I never, that wasn't how

it was before we did this podcast, but

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this it's, it's just different now.

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And I,

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Alexandra: Yeah.

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Christine: I'm loving it

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Alexandra: And it's kind of different

to do it with your friends and

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talk about it, but then to also go.

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I'm willing to put this out

there and whatever comes back and

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whoever listens, which is awesome.

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And both frightening.

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Christine: Yeah,

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Alexandra: one more thing on the,

what surprised us is I think it

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surprises me in a very good way

that our outlines seem to evolve.

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I mean, we follow a similar pattern

because it's helpful, but I think as

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we get more comfortable we kind of use

cues and stuff, but then I, when we go

425

back to write show notes, I'm like, Oh,

I have to remember, I have to write down

426

what we're saying while we're saying it.

427

Christine: definitely.

428

Alexandra: but I think, you know, before

it was like we needed a lot more structure

429

and now it's has opened up a lot.

430

So I'm excited to see where

those go in the future.

431

Christine: me too.

432

Yeah, it also might be fun to test some

other other ways of approaching episodes

433

just to sort of mix it up and see.

434

You never know until you try, right?

435

Alexandra: And since it's pre

recorded, we could always scrap it.

436

Christine: Exactly.

437

All right.

438

This one's fun.

439

If you did a crossover with

another podcast, would you choose?

440

Alexandra: Okay.

441

So This may surprise you.

442

I'm not a huge podcast listener.

443

I think of the two of us, Christine

is definitely more in the know about

444

different podcasts, but the only one I

can think of at the moment is rituals,

445

which is, I think kind of what you

introduced me to that podcast on Spotify.

446

And I think that was an

offshoot of those creators.

447

First podcast.

448

That's why we drink.

449

So that would be kind of cool because I

mean, as we've both mentioned, Christina,

450

you're very much like witchy stuff.

451

And I think it would be kind of cool to

do a crossover on some topic that they

452

haven't covered or if they're still going,

I'm not sure haven't listened in a while.

453

But my mom really likes the

podcast, the importance of sleep

454

or something, nothing much happens.

455

I think that would be really interesting

to do because the creator creates

456

podcasts to help people fall asleep.

457

And that's so very different from

what we're doing as a podcast that

458

I think that would be kind of cool.

459

Christine: be cool.

460

Yeah, I need to check that one out.

461

Your mom has talked several

times to me about that.

462

I'm like, wow, that's really fascinating.

463

Alexandra: What about you, Christine?

464

Christine: well,

465

like Alexander mentioned,

I consume a lot of things.

466

Podcasts being one of them.

467

So there's a lot to choose from.

468

But Okay, so there's one podcast that

I've started to just sort of follow.

469

I don't listen to them religiously

or anything, but the Lautners, the

470

Taylor and Taylor Lautner, they have a

podcast called the squeeze And they,

471

each episode, I don't know if it's

every episode, but they usually have a

472

cast come on and they kind of approach

conversations like we do, but they they're

473

Alexandra: Mm hmm.

474

Christine: and that sort

475

Of space, I think so a podcast

that's similar to ours, I think that

476

would be kind of a fun one to sort

of, have a crossover episode and

477

just maybe Talk to them about how

we're similar, how we're different.

478

But then I'm also, what got me into

podcasting was uh, not, not that big

479

of a surprise was crime podcasts.

480

I've listened to a lot of

different true crime podcasts

481

some that are like limited series.

482

The one that I've listened to

the most is called Crime Junkie.

483

Each episode is focused on a

different case it's really quite

484

fascinating because and I'm, I

really admire the work that they do.

485

They've built such a following and

they Bring new light and voices to

486

these cases that have gone unsolved.

487

Some for decades, some for just, you know,

like it doesn't matter how long it's been.

488

They give voices, voice to these

cases that are still not solved.

489

And as a person who's, who

always loves a good mystery I've.

490

Really enjoyed listening to

the work that they've done.

491

And I'd be really cool to just.

492

Talk with them and even sort of get

an inside look into how their creative

493

process and how they construct their

episode and the research involved.

494

And they have a an amazing

team that does a lot of the

495

groundwork for them and research.

496

And, but there's so many there's

so many great podcasters.

497

Alexandra: Definitely would love to

stick it to a point where we, for

498

like research heavy episodes, we

could have a team helping us do that.

499

Christine: Would be awesome.

500

Alexandra: yeah.

501

Which when you were talking about the

crew, true crime junkies, it made me

502

remember that there is a podcast I

have not listened to, but I started

503

following the account on Instagram.

504

And she's just very engaging.

505

And I think I've sent you one

of the trailers for an episode

506

and I was like, did you know?

507

And I'm like, this is so cool.

508

I think it's called for the

love of history podcast.

509

And you know, as we talked about

we kind of want to do some more

510

history based research episodes.

511

And I think that would be a cool

opportunity to crossover because somebody

512

who does like predominantly history

focused episodes for us to learn about.

513

What we should do more for those.

514

That'd be cool.

515

Christine: That would be really fun.

516

I would love that.

517

All right, here we go.

518

Any, has there been any topic

ideas that we've scrapped?

519

And what are they?

520

Alexandra: So I don't think we've

scrap scrapped any episodes.

521

Christine: Yes, as we've mentioned,

spent a year prepping and coming

522

up with ideas for this podcast.

523

So we have a document that is a mile long.

524

With so

525

exactly with so many ideas that we

haven't necessarily scrapped anything yet.

526

But we have a whole bunch that we

didn't get to or plan for this year.

527

So there's definitely more to

come in the coming year on that

528

Alexandra: I definitely think when we

were planning our year out, which we

529

are coming up to our timeline to do

530

we're like, okay, well, we already have

a lot of that type of content coming up.

531

So maybe we.

532

Postpone this one topic

until the next year or so.

533

Christine: Yeah,

534

Alexandra: yeah, it kind of feels like

the, you know, how topics have evolved.

535

Like we haven't really scrapped anything.

536

Christine: Yeah.

537

But maybe just to tease a little bit there

538

Alexandra: definitely.

539

I

540

Christine: a couple I'm

looking forward to, let's see.

541

family members.

542

We have to, was one that I

think we both would love to talk

543

about, but haven't gotten to yet.

544

Let's see, finding your home.

545

is where people notice

that you're not there.

546

I think that's such a beautiful

quote by Alexander Heyman.

547

what else?

548

Alexandra: feel like there

was one about soulmates and

549

how they show up in our lives.

550

Christine: Yes that, that's

one topic I think both of us

551

are kind of excited about.

552

And what is a soulmate?

553

cause I feel like there's so many

different kinds of soulmates out there.

554

I personally think that.

555

So yeah, guys, there's so many

things, habits and rituals.

556

What else?

557

Alexandra: I think we had talked

about maybe doing like Love

558

sex and taboo or something.

559

That would be kind of fun

delving into that realm.

560

Christine: Yeah, most definitely.

561

And then I think there's so many

we just touched on it briefly with

562

our first two part episode about

body image and health, but health

563

in general, there's so much to that.

564

So,

565

Alexandra: Definitely

566

Aspects like mental,

physical, emotional health.

567

I mean, even spiritual health

at many points of our lives.

568

Christine: yeah.

569

So so many, nothing has been scrapped.

570

Nothing is off the table.

571

That's for sure for the

both of us, but yeah,

572

Alexandra: And I definitely think

that there's topics that we've

573

already covered that we're like, we

want to come back and follow up on.

574

So those will get re

added to the list as well.

575

Christine: Definitely.

576

Alexandra: So Christine last

question around the podcast, what.

577

Does success for the mirror

project look like for you?

578

And I

579

Christine: So it's so interesting to

think about this because this for me

580

was just a fun creative project that

I wanted to do with my best friend,

581

but as we were planning and coming

up with what this could be and think

582

about what the future could be.

583

There's so many different

things I hope for.

584

Well, I sure hope that we continue to

do, we're continuing to do this the

585

next two, three, maybe even five years.

586

I.

587

Gosh, I would love for this to

grow and become my full time focus.

588

Maybe even be the start

of a podcast company.

589

And there's like different

podcasts that are underneath

590

the mirror project umbrella.

591

Like you mentioned our

topics are so varied.

592

It might be fun to have a podcast

that's focused on one specific thing.

593

But.

594

Alexandra: think also in that

supporting other podcasters who.

595

are interested in a similar format or

have a similar approach be so cool.

596

Christine: for this to grow

and, support other podcasters,

597

but also so their philanthropic

work is a big passion of mine.

598

So I would love for this to

benefit that in some way as well.

599

Wow.

600

There's so many, my

mind's just spinning right

601

you?

602

What do you think?

603

What's success look like?

604

Alexandra: similar to Christine.

605

I think in a practical sense for the

next year, I would really love to see

606

the show support itself in terms of,

607

I would love to have You know,

sponsors and listeners support us

608

so that we can continue creating

us for the listeners, which is

609

partially a lot of why we do this.

610

I also love getting to spend time with my

best friend recording this and creatively

611

expressing myself through a different

type of project than I normally do.

612

But yeah, I'd love to see our audience

grow and our community grow and

613

really support itself and take off.

614

Cause I would love to see that.

615

But yeah, I would love to see

us get our own recording space,

616

like not just our rooms, but like

a dedicated space or something.

617

So that'd be fun.

618

Christine: love that.

619

Alexandra: So.

620

we have our short term goals

and our long term goals.

621

And I love that.

622

Christine: yes, that's what, that's,

you know, that, that makes it easier

623

to constantly work towards something.

624

So yes,

625

a lot of a lot of hope for the future

of this and I'm excited to see it

626

grows and evolves because like we

said, there's so many ways this could

627

go and were here for whatever happens.

628

Alexandra: Also success wise,

I'd love to see have more

629

engagement with our audience.

630

So that, that would be a huge, I feel

like a benchmark, a mark of success

631

Christine: would love to

632

an element where we have listeners

either call in or come on and like

633

a guest for a segment of the show.

634

I think that would be so fun because

right now the way we're engaging

635

with people is just through our

social media and that's great.

636

I love that too.

637

But I want to see how far this could go.

638

Alexandra: I do want to say that we

have seen success that we started people

639

have donated to us, which is awesome,

which helps us keep funding this.

640

Our listener base has grown.

641

I feel like we have pretty

good audience engagement with

642

Christine: god,

643

Alexandra: and listen.

644

So I have to remember as

much as we want to grow.

645

We can also celebrate the

fact that Hey, we've done it.

646

Like you said, Christine earlier it's

kind of hard to believe Oh we're doing it.

647

So.

648

You ready to shift gears and

switch into the personal questions.

649

All right, Christine, coming out the

gate, what is a rabbit hole that you

650

could go down any day of the week?

651

I think

652

Christine: I try not to I know

there's people who like get

653

caught up in conspiracy theories.

654

I try not to do that.

655

But it definitely sometimes

you can't help it.

656

But for me it's like my interest when

it's like, there's a book series I

657

really love, or current, my current

rabbit hole obsession is Bridgerton.

658

Only four episodes have

come out, but I'm obsessed.

659

Alexandra: I mentioned in an episode,

I was like, I, you know, or we were

660

talking and I was like, I binged a show.

661

And then she was like, Wait, what show?

662

Christine: is it

663

Alexandra: And I was like, Third Vision.

664

And she's Okay, we have to talk about it.

665

Christine: do!

666

Oh my gosh, yes, we have, at length.

667

Alexandra: And I'm sure we will

again when part two comes out,

668

Christine: yes.

669

So that's my current thing that I can

just go go down a rabbit hole on and I

670

just get caught, all caught up in it.

671

And I'm sure people look at me

like, why are you re watching

672

this show five or six times?

673

I'm like,

674

Alexandra: because I love it.

675

Christine: it.

676

Alexandra: And it's so hot.

677

Christine: But yeah, I could easily

go down any sort of rabbit hole.

678

Alex and I go down them frequently.

679

I also love watching her and

her mom go down rabbit holes.

680

I just listen

681

Alexandra: Honestly.

682

Christine: our phone conversations.

683

I'm like, they go on a tangent.

684

I'm like, okay, guys, where are we going?

685

Where are we going to end

686

Alexandra: I think that could be close to

a sport sometimes when we start talking.

687

Christine: Yes, I would say you

and your mom are pros at that.

688

What

689

About you?

690

Alexandra: yeah.

691

Well, mentioned a couple of times

this episode, I love witchy stuff,

692

metaphysics spirituality stuff.

693

I can go down the rabbit

hole on that all day long.

694

love researching, but my, one

of my, the biggest things I

695

love to look into is tarot.

696

And maybe at some point we'll talk about.

697

you know, cards and

divination and all that jazz.

698

But a bit of a freak for tarot

699

Christine: Yes, you are.

700

Alexandra: and yeah, Christine can

Attached to my bit of a habit when

701

it comes to buying different decks.

702

Not all tarot.

703

I do have Oracle and Lenormand

and other things, but yep.

704

A book about tarot, how to read tarot,

this like numerology and tarot, spell

705

work and tarot, yeah, give it all to me.

706

And I'd love to go.

707

Christine: thinking out

your own book on tarot.

708

You're outlining

709

book.

710

Like this girl, everything I know

about tarot is because of her.

711

And has helped foster a love for myself.

712

So yeah definitely rabbit hole.

713

She loves to go down.

714

Alexandra: The book is something that has

been put on the back burner with my last

715

year of my MBA program, but it is still

percolating in the back of my mind and I

716

still keep thinking about it and what I

want it to be and how I want it to look.

717

So yeah, that's a project coming up.

718

But yeah, that's my rabbit

holes that sounded wrong.

719

Okay.

720

That's my rabbit hole.

721

I

722

Christine: That's your main one.

723

Yeah.

724

Alexandra: think we should cut that.

725

Christine: No.

726

I

727

Alexandra: Well, thanks, Christine.

728

Okay.

729

What is your current

favorites at the moment?

730

Some book, music, TV shows, activity.

731

Rattle off.

732

Christine: mentioned

one already, Bridgerton.

733

Excited for part two.

734

I've been also rewatching,

I love procedural dramas.

735

So I've,

736

Alexandra: Okay.

737

Christine: been, I recently

rewatched through 9 1 1 and I'm just

738

started rewatching 9 1 1 Lone Star.

739

just really enjoyed the format.

740

I like The stories it tells.

741

I mean, some of them are very crazy

and are, I sometimes wonder if it's

742

realistic, not really, but yeah, right

743

Alexandra: It's probably the drama.

744

Christine: right now I'm

on a real big TV kick.

745

Just

746

Of things

747

let's see.

748

Earlier in the year I was like reading for

like obsessively, so a good audio book.

749

I'm currently, I listened to Crescent

City, is the name, but Sarah J Maas.

750

I listened.

751

Alexandra: I, hilarious.

752

I actually just started

that book, audio book.

753

Christine: We're okay.

754

We'll have to, I'm coming to visit Alex.

755

Next weekend, so we'll have to

debrief and see where she's at.

756

It's a long book.

757

I don't know where you

758

Alexandra: Okay.

759

I think like chapter eight.

760

Christine: you, yeah,

you're just getting started.

761

So I've read the first one.

762

I have started the second.

763

I downloaded the third, so I'm

like ready to get all up in it.

764

Music?

765

Well, Beyonce came out with her

album a month or two ago, and I

766

really have been enjoying that.

767

Those who have watched Bridgerton will get

this reference, but I've had the Carriage

768

Scene song just on repeat in my head.

769

It's got no words, y'all.

770

It's just an instrumental, and the

violins It's my soundtrack to every day.

771

Alexandra: You, you sent

me three different social

772

media posts of that in a row.

773

I think she's a little

obsessed to be fair.

774

I have to agree.

775

I love how Bridgerton will take like

popular songs, like ABCDFU and like a

776

bit of in string quartet and a bunch

of other ones will come in and make

777

instrumental music to it, which I.

778

I love, you know, I love classical music.

779

So it's a real vibe.

780

Christine: It is indeed.

781

Alexandra: Any activities

that you've been his

782

Christine: Oh, I feel like I had one

the other day and it escaped me.

783

Hang on.

784

It's Well, like coming down to

785

see you next weekend, so I'm sure

you have some things in store.

786

I'm looking forward

787

Alexandra: Keep trying to convince

her we should go bowling, but I

788

keep getting like response to it.

789

Christine: go bowling, sure!

790

What else?

791

Just really looking forward

to going down to the beach.

792

Summer's here.

793

I love going down to the

shore and, playing in the

794

ocean and soaking up some sun.

795

Looking forward to

traveling a bit this summer.

796

Yeah, those are,

797

what's coming to mind

for me at the moment.

798

How about you?

799

Alexandra: All right, so I'm going

to try and write them off real quick.

800

The show's kind of split.

801

I just rewatched a little

bit of Sweet Magnolias.

802

I love that.

803

I don't know, it's kind of a vibe.

804

It makes me feel a little bit Gilmore

Girls, which, I don't know, I've been

805

kind of hesitant to rewatch Gilmore Girls,

and I typically rewatch it about once a

806

year or at least my favorite episodes.

807

Bunheads because that was a

one season also by the writer

808

and producer of Gilmore Girls.

809

That's a good one.

810

I got really into Netflix's

Dead Boy Detectives.

811

Thought that was so fun.

812

I'm like, I didn't even think

it would be a second season, so.

813

back and rewatching something, so

I actually started rewatching um,

814

CSI crime scene investigation, the

815

So I was like, okay, this is fun.

816

I feel like I never saw season two.

817

I was like, wow, this is all new.

818

Oh, music.

819

As we talked about love music.

820

That's been instrumentalized

like modern music.

821

That's cool.

822

I love like at like academia, dark

academia, classical vibe music.

823

But I have really Been getting into

EDM house trap techno music, which

824

kind of relates into the activities.

825

So I'm going to jump to that real quick.

826

Trying to stay and get physically healthy.

827

And I've mentioned, I have a Peloton,

I think, and I love hopping on.

828

So You know, and when I just, my brain's

going around and Christine can attest to

829

we both tend to overthink things a lot.

830

I just hop on, or it's been like a

not great day and I can just hop on

831

and lose myself in the music, which I

really, really like, and the instructor.

832

So plus got such a vibe.

833

And I really liked that.

834

It's almost Never been to a rave.

835

Don't know that I will go to.

836

I feel like I enjoy my raves on the bike.

837

But it's, I really love the music.

838

Gets me super hyped.

839

Trying to think.

840

Books.

841

I have really I'm starting

to enjoy Crescent City.

842

It was a recommendation from

Funny enough, not you, Christine,

843

but my coworker, Christina,

which we call, who we call Tina.

844

And she was like, you just have to listen.

845

I was like, okay, I'll do that.

846

So been on that.

847

There's a, I'm going to save it

for another question later on.

848

So I'll save that one.

849

Movies.

850

You know, like you, Christine, I think

I've been mostly watching TV recently.

851

Movies haven't Kind of in the mood to

852

Don't know why.

853

Just been, like that's coming up.

854

I want to see that.

855

But yeah, those are my current

favorites at the moment.

856

And activities, always.

857

reading tarot and oracle cards.

858

So that's always on the list.

859

But

860

Christine: definitely.

861

Alexandra: okay, Christine,

you ready for a hard one?

862

Christine: Yeah.

863

Alexandra: Okay.

864

How would we describe

each other in three words?

865

Christine: Well, if I was to

describe Alexandra in three words,

866

I would say loyal motivational.

867

Yes.

868

I'm constantly in awe and motivated

the, at what Alexandra does, she

869

also is such like a cheerleader for

the people she loves in her life.

870

So I feel like, yeah, loyal, motivational,

and gosh, there's so many words!

871

Loyal, motivational, and Joyful.

872

Loyal, motivational, and joyful

are my three words to describe

873

my dear friend, Alexandra.

874

Aww.

875

Alexandra: How can I sum up

you in three words, Christine?

876

I don't know.

877

Okay.

878

First word.

879

Sunshine.

880

I

881

feel like you're just always very

warm and bright and cheerful.

882

Christine: Thank you.

883

Alexandra: Sunshine.

884

Giving.

885

You're very generous with your time

and your kindness and always trying

886

to make sure people feel supported.

887

So you're very giving.

888

Sunshine, giving and curious.

889

I feel like when we talk, you're

always like, Oh, you learned something

890

new about food at work, or you saw

something on Instagram or somewhere else.

891

And you're like, Hey, did you hear?

892

And so, sunshine, curious

and giving wrapped

893

Christine: you.

894

That's very sweet.

895

Alexandra: up in a

896

Christine: Oh, that's fun.

897

We have, I love that we get, we have

these questions because we don't really

898

think about these until someone asks.

899

So,

900

Alexandra: That could be a challenge.

901

What if you had to quickly Instead of

having people's names in your phone or

902

as the title for them, if you gave them

three words, that would be interesting

903

to go through your contacts and

904

Christine: be fun.

905

Yeah, that's a fun, that's

a fun challenge for sure.

906

Okay.

907

Here's a, here's another good one.

908

How has your friendship evolved

since starting the podcast?

909

How has our friendship evolved?

910

Alexandra: well, I think it's

grown deeper in many ways.

911

I think, and also on a very practical

level in the sense of we're really

912

good friends, but also learning each

other as like business partners,

913

because Christine and I are as.

914

very similar as we are.

915

We're also so opposite.

916

I'm a morning person.

917

I'm like, hello, sunshine.

918

And she is the night owl.

919

And she's hello, evening.

920

And both of us were like, Oh,

you've lost me at that time.

921

Christine: it's

922

Alexandra: So,

923

Christine: one of your words

to describe me with sunshine

924

and I'm not a morning person.

925

Alexandra: no, but you have a

very just sunshine personality.

926

Christine: getcha.

927

Alexandra: So I think that's also, I

feel like for me, deep into my friendship

928

with you is just okay, the learning.

929

Each other's quirks in a

different way has also helped.

930

But it's nice also to have a constant

point of we do this together.

931

And also remembering to, to make

time to just call and catch up and do

932

things that aren't podcast related.

933

So balancing or harmonizing

between the two.

934

what about you, Christine?

935

Christine: No, I agree.

936

I don't, I yeah, 100%.

937

I don't have anything else to add.

938

I agree with what you said.

939

How to be business partners, but

also still prioritize our friendship

940

and figuring out how we'll work

together on this creatively.

941

Yeah.

942

I just echo everything you said.

943

Okay.

944

Alexandra: Okay, Christine,

here's a fun one.

945

Kind of relates, I think, to the

current favorites at the moment.

946

But if you could switch lives

with a fictional character for

947

a day, who would it be and why?

948

TV show, books, you know,

949

Christine: There's so

950

Alexandra: whatever.

951

Christine: Oh gosh, I've also, I've

consumed so much of everything, so.

952

Well,

953

Alexandra: I have a feeling

like maybe the carriage scene.

954

Yeah.

955

Christine: I've always loved Pride and

Prejudice, and that is Lizzie Bennet

956

has been character archetype that I've

always sort of in the back of my brain

957

and I love her journey in that story.

958

So I would say Elizabeth Bennett.

959

And then for the film and TV, sure,

I'd love to switch places with

960

Nicola Coughlin in Bridgerton and

be Penelope Featherington for a day.

961

Who wouldn't?

962

I mean, Colin's hot, man.

963

That, that

964

Alexandra: I also love how they,

965

Christine: ooh,

966

Alexandra: I love how they address

the glow up in the beginning of the

967

scene from Under What Foreign Sun.

968

Christine: Oh, his go up.

969

Yes.

970

Alexandra: You know, I

mean, both of them, but yes.

971

yeah,

972

Christine: just, love how, know

it's all fictional, but the way that

973

they, way with words that they have

both in Bridgerton and Jane Austen's

974

storytelling, it's just so beautiful.

975

Like it, it takes, I love

you to a whole nother level.

976

It's also like

977

love.

978

It's like not only how you speak to those

you care about, but how you show you love.

979

Those you care about.

980

So about you?

981

Alexandra: And really when I first

read this question, I was like, Oh,

982

definitely a fantasy character, like

some main female lead with powers.

983

And to be honest, all of it's kind

of fading out of my head, right?

984

I'm like, I wouldn't

know which one to pick.

985

There's so many that I really

like, but I'm trying to think of

986

honestly, any book like that has

just gone completely out of my head.

987

And I love so many

different, I really okay.

988

There's two, two characters.

989

In A Discovery of Witches, the

Diana, I really like her character.

990

I think that's kind of a cool character.

991

She has amazing abilities.

992

I also love the fact that

she's an academia an academia,

993

academic, an academic, sorry,

my words people I apologize.

994

But that she's like, Studying

and researching at Oxford

995

and just the library.

996

So it kind of really taps into

something in me that I'm like, I love

997

to study and learn about a lot of

stuff, but then also the practice and

998

the witchcraft and the time travel.

999

It's cool.

00:47:40,959 --> 00:47:41,249

It's cool.

00:47:41,279 --> 00:47:41,639

Right?

00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:42,079

Love it.

00:47:43,069 --> 00:47:45,659

But another fictional,

not fantasy character.

00:47:45,659 --> 00:47:49,378

I like there's a book by Helena

hunting that I listened to audio

00:47:49,378 --> 00:47:54,293

book because I really liked the voice

performer and how she narrates things.

00:47:54,383 --> 00:47:55,833

It was, oh, what was it called?

00:47:57,523 --> 00:47:58,383

Hold on, I gotta look it up.

00:47:58,933 --> 00:48:00,733

I should know this one

because I like it so much.

00:48:02,603 --> 00:48:07,523

If you hate me I would want to

be Beatrix or Rix because just

00:48:09,753 --> 00:48:13,090

some really um, if you've read or

listened to the book, you know.

00:48:13,130 --> 00:48:15,362

If you don't, go listen to it because

00:48:16,497 --> 00:48:17,647

Christine: Get in the know, everyone.

00:48:17,737 --> 00:48:19,707

Ah, yeah, I guess I have

to add this to my list.

00:48:20,327 --> 00:48:21,547

Alexandra: Yes, it's good.

00:48:21,547 --> 00:48:22,967

I've learned some things about myself.

00:48:24,692 --> 00:48:25,312

Christine: Noted.

00:48:25,507 --> 00:48:25,917

Alexandra: it's just

00:48:26,107 --> 00:48:28,767

Enemies to lovers, but

not really total enemies.

00:48:28,817 --> 00:48:30,817

It's just, I like it.

00:48:31,027 --> 00:48:32,717

I think the characters

have a bit more depth.

00:48:32,767 --> 00:48:35,257

You know, if you really think about

it, it's like Pride and Prejudice.

00:48:35,257 --> 00:48:37,387

I think so many people can go

Oh, it's Pride and Prejudice.

00:48:37,467 --> 00:48:39,048

It's just write it off.

00:48:39,048 --> 00:48:42,308

But I think I typically listen

or read to it about once a year.

00:48:42,308 --> 00:48:43,678

And there's so much

depth to the characters.

00:48:43,678 --> 00:48:47,508

If you kind of dissect it a little

bit more, but that's what I would do.

00:48:47,938 --> 00:48:51,828

If you had to eat food, one food

type of food for the rest of your

00:48:51,828 --> 00:48:53,338

life, first team, what would it be?

00:48:53,834 --> 00:48:56,304

Christine: Well, I think I should

pick something that can be versed

00:48:56,407 --> 00:49:01,447

well, are we literally thinking

like one food item or like a meal?

00:49:02,862 --> 00:49:04,252

Alexandra: Whatever, what would you like?

00:49:04,302 --> 00:49:06,442

Christine: Well, I was sort of

thinking well, maybe I should pick like

00:49:06,452 --> 00:49:08,832

pizza or something that I can like.

00:49:09,852 --> 00:49:14,862

up, like it's the same type of meal, but

it's, I can be a little creative with it.

00:49:15,222 --> 00:49:16,092

Well, okay.

00:49:16,482 --> 00:49:18,482

I had to eat one thing

for the rest of my life.

00:49:20,962 --> 00:49:23,462

I love a potato any form.

00:49:23,942 --> 00:49:25,382

Chip, fry

00:49:25,872 --> 00:49:26,472

Alexandra: Home fry.

00:49:26,547 --> 00:49:30,987

Christine: fry, hash brown

Just naming potato forms.

00:49:32,024 --> 00:49:34,744

Yeah, I w I guess I would

say it's a good one.

00:49:34,754 --> 00:49:36,484

That starch is good.

00:49:38,204 --> 00:49:38,964

Alexandra: So tasty.

00:49:39,574 --> 00:49:40,564

Kind of like you, Christine.

00:49:40,564 --> 00:49:42,994

I think if I had to pick something

that was versatile, I almost would

00:49:42,994 --> 00:49:46,624

say salad because then you can

throw any sort of topping, but you

00:49:46,624 --> 00:49:48,234

can also change the lettuce type.

00:49:48,344 --> 00:49:49,824

But that feels a little cliche.

00:49:49,884 --> 00:49:50,274

Okay.

00:49:50,794 --> 00:49:55,044

Here, if you could only eat one

dessert and that was the only

00:49:55,044 --> 00:49:56,894

dessert you could have your first

of your life, what would you have?

00:49:56,944 --> 00:49:58,214

Christine: be like, you'd pick salad.

00:49:58,214 --> 00:49:59,044

I pick potato.

00:50:00,874 --> 00:50:02,754

We would be very interesting people.

00:50:03,084 --> 00:50:03,414

Okay.

00:50:03,454 --> 00:50:08,194

I like this dessert currently

soft serve ice cream on a

00:50:08,194 --> 00:50:09,414

cone with rainbow sprinkles.

00:50:10,684 --> 00:50:15,404

Loving that and I think it's because

summertime is here, but that's my

00:50:15,414 --> 00:50:19,594

current favorite dessert And I could

eat that for the rest of my life

00:50:19,594 --> 00:50:26,244

right now, but I'm sure that'll

change in a month but currently

00:50:27,289 --> 00:50:28,569

Alexandra: Variety is the spice of life.

00:50:28,694 --> 00:50:29,414

Christine: How about you?

00:50:29,479 --> 00:50:30,149

Not

00:50:30,346 --> 00:50:32,156

Alexandra: I'm trying to think

of something that I really enjoy.

00:50:32,206 --> 00:50:35,166

I'm either thinking

truffles or macarons, right?

00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:39,666

Because the flavors can be different, but

I really enjoy the texture of a macaron.

00:50:39,696 --> 00:50:42,276

And then I really enjoy the

texture of a good truffle.

00:50:42,816 --> 00:50:43,656

Chocolate truffle

00:50:43,696 --> 00:50:45,436

just, yeah.

00:50:45,846 --> 00:50:47,256

So yeah, one of those two, I think.

00:50:47,866 --> 00:50:49,906

I had to have one to serve the

rest of my life, that'd be it.

00:50:50,926 --> 00:50:51,756

Christine: Those are great.

00:50:52,476 --> 00:50:54,176

love a macaron and I love a truffle.

00:50:55,136 --> 00:50:59,516

Okay, if you could time travel,

what era would you visit and why?

00:51:00,956 --> 00:51:03,396

Alexandra: Oh, I don't, oh, visit.

00:51:03,456 --> 00:51:03,786

Okay.

00:51:03,786 --> 00:51:05,026

At least I don't have to live there.

00:51:05,596 --> 00:51:08,996

Christine: You're coming back

to the 21st century, eventually.

00:51:10,133 --> 00:51:10,593

Alexandra: I don't know.

00:51:10,593 --> 00:51:15,783

I feel like visiting the area, the era

of Bridgerton, like to Regency, like

00:51:15,813 --> 00:51:17,968

Victorian, or like kind of around that.

00:51:17,968 --> 00:51:19,108

That would be cool to visit.

00:51:19,218 --> 00:51:21,158

I think, I don't know if I've

mentioned it on the podcast.

00:51:21,518 --> 00:51:23,688

I'm a huge fan of modern indoor plumbing.

00:51:23,788 --> 00:51:27,198

So living in the past, I've had

people who were like, Oh my gosh, you

00:51:27,198 --> 00:51:29,838

would do so well in a different past.

00:51:29,838 --> 00:51:33,688

And I'm like, I literally just finished

saying I prefer modern plumbing.

00:51:33,978 --> 00:51:34,238

So

00:51:35,128 --> 00:51:36,008

that, yeah.

00:51:36,008 --> 00:51:37,978

What about you what era or period?

00:51:37,978 --> 00:51:39,914

Yeah.

00:51:39,914 --> 00:51:41,851

Yeah.

00:51:41,851 --> 00:51:43,788

Okay.

00:51:43,903 --> 00:51:49,303

Christine: I, I definitely Sort of

have a nostalgia for decades of the

00:51:49,303 --> 00:51:56,633

past, but definitely like style,

not values that kind of a vibe.

00:51:57,023 --> 00:52:03,143

So, I mean, I love the the romantization

of the twenties like flappers and,

00:52:04,833 --> 00:52:11,243

the parties and the jazz and the sort

of, I feel like the twenties sort of.

00:52:11,658 --> 00:52:17,528

mimics Regency era as well, cause

both times were very sort of luxurious

00:52:17,648 --> 00:52:23,438

and indulgent, like that kind of, but

then like just juxtaposing that the

00:52:23,448 --> 00:52:30,528

twenties, I also really have a for the

forties and the like when Frank Sinatra

00:52:30,798 --> 00:52:33,258

and the crooners sort of came out.

00:52:33,628 --> 00:52:39,018

So Yeah, those, I would love to visit

any of those eras just to visit.

00:52:39,358 --> 00:52:40,408

And then, uh.

00:52:40,892 --> 00:52:42,652

I'll even throw like another one in there.

00:52:42,652 --> 00:52:45,462

I'd love to visit the seventies

and eighties, like the

00:52:45,492 --> 00:52:47,012

era of my parents grew up.

00:52:47,122 --> 00:52:50,882

Just because my, my, the, that,

that music sort of influenced

00:52:51,472 --> 00:52:53,322

Frank Sinatra, why I bring him up.

00:52:53,332 --> 00:52:54,692

My mom loves him.

00:52:54,792 --> 00:52:58,102

Listen to his music all the time

growing up, but the seventies,

00:52:58,132 --> 00:53:02,382

eighties rock was like my dad's

is my dad's bread and butter.

00:53:02,382 --> 00:53:06,722

And I have such fond memories

thinking back to listening

00:53:06,722 --> 00:53:08,762

to that music in summer time.

00:53:08,762 --> 00:53:16,842

And so I'd love to visit that time and

sort of to experience how parents grew up.

00:53:16,942 --> 00:53:19,062

So yeah, I know I can't

just pick one guys.

00:53:19,122 --> 00:53:19,752

I'm sorry.

00:53:19,872 --> 00:53:20,622

Just can't pick one.

00:53:21,957 --> 00:53:24,317

Alexandra: This is also why our

friendship works because neither

00:53:24,317 --> 00:53:25,987

of us can just go, this one thing.

00:53:26,437 --> 00:53:26,877

But yeah,

00:53:27,527 --> 00:53:27,747

So

00:53:27,782 --> 00:53:28,442

Christine: like this one.

00:53:29,192 --> 00:53:31,712

What's your favorite way

to unwind after a long day?

00:53:32,428 --> 00:53:35,648

Alexandra: I think I mentioned it

earlier it was the writing on the

00:53:35,898 --> 00:53:41,128

Peloton or working out mostly because it

feels like right now I've, as you have

00:53:41,128 --> 00:53:42,878

mentioned my schedule is pretty packed.

00:53:43,008 --> 00:53:43,528

So yeah.

00:53:46,148 --> 00:53:51,438

I really enjoy working out and I'm like,

I don't have time to go to a separate gym.

00:53:51,478 --> 00:53:53,358

So I really love the Peloton platform.

00:53:53,388 --> 00:53:56,748

And I love that I can get on and

I can ride, or I can be a bit more

00:53:56,748 --> 00:54:01,428

mellow and do yoga, or I can kill

my legs doing strength training.

00:54:01,428 --> 00:54:04,808

I think I did a leg workout

like a week ago and the

00:54:04,958 --> 00:54:05,128

Christine: You're still

00:54:05,358 --> 00:54:06,528

Alexandra: next day I was like, ow.

00:54:07,533 --> 00:54:08,263

I don't know.

00:54:08,263 --> 00:54:12,733

I was like, I just have to do it more

frequently, but it is really nice.

00:54:12,873 --> 00:54:19,733

So definitely on a like a long, hard day,

I will put on a EDM house trap techno ride

00:54:20,183 --> 00:54:22,633

and just get lost in the beat and just go.

00:54:22,873 --> 00:54:23,363

And I love it.

00:54:24,033 --> 00:54:24,993

But what about you, Christine?

00:54:25,033 --> 00:54:26,373

How do you like to unwind?

00:54:26,518 --> 00:54:26,998

Christine: Oh.

00:54:27,288 --> 00:54:35,518

Usually after a long day, I love the

stillness that comes when I come home.

00:54:35,688 --> 00:54:37,348

Living alone allows for that.

00:54:39,118 --> 00:54:42,518

So I just come home and I

sort of let my mind go blank.

00:54:42,898 --> 00:54:49,314

I just, when I can, when I'm not super

stressed or anxious, and I throw

00:54:49,314 --> 00:54:51,849

on an audiobook, Put some music on.

00:54:52,499 --> 00:54:57,239

I'm also loving I've struggled

with because I live alone cooking

00:54:57,249 --> 00:54:58,939

for myself just as one person.

00:54:58,939 --> 00:55:04,099

Cooking for one is a hard concept at

times, but with my current job, I'm

00:55:04,109 --> 00:55:07,549

around cooking and food all the time.

00:55:09,049 --> 00:55:15,634

I feel like that for me is something

I I'm enjoying and helps me unwind.

00:55:15,654 --> 00:55:18,584

I don't like the dishes part of

things as everyone knows now.

00:55:19,034 --> 00:55:19,594

Thanks mom.

00:55:19,904 --> 00:55:24,944

But yeah, I would say I come home

and I just sort of, I get comfy,

00:55:25,914 --> 00:55:34,264

something yummy pop on a TV show or

call someone I love FaceTiming you, or.

00:55:34,759 --> 00:55:41,219

It's my friend Tori, or my mom, or

sisters, and just sort of catching up

00:55:41,219 --> 00:55:45,866

with everyone because life can get so

busy it's important to check in with those

00:55:45,866 --> 00:55:47,846

people and see how their life's going.

00:55:48,106 --> 00:55:49,956

So that's kind of how I like to unwind.

00:55:50,417 --> 00:55:54,087

Alexandra: You've definitely pulled

me out of some low days when you call.

00:55:54,107 --> 00:55:54,717

So I

00:55:55,257 --> 00:55:56,047

appreciate you.

00:55:56,122 --> 00:55:57,032

Christine: Oh, I appreciate you too.

00:55:58,692 --> 00:55:59,182

It's a love

00:55:59,812 --> 00:56:00,592

the Mirror Project.

00:56:02,367 --> 00:56:06,127

Alexandra: So this question comes

from my friend, who we've had on

00:56:06,127 --> 00:56:08,267

this podcast and I am so excited.

00:56:08,467 --> 00:56:10,447

She is amazing.

00:56:10,547 --> 00:56:12,257

Asking questions that make you think

00:56:13,177 --> 00:56:13,797

or make you laugh.

00:56:14,547 --> 00:56:15,637

So this question is for her.

00:56:16,047 --> 00:56:18,527

What is the male equivalent

of receiving flowers?

00:56:18,717 --> 00:56:22,287

She was thinking one day how women

get flowers as sweet mementos

00:56:22,287 --> 00:56:25,830

on anniversaries or just because

but is there a parallel for men?

00:56:26,725 --> 00:56:30,515

Christine: It's so, and I love

Traveris and her questions.

00:56:30,575 --> 00:56:35,645

In my opinion, does there have to

be an equivalent get men flowers?

00:56:35,825 --> 00:56:37,895

I think I love that idea.

00:56:38,431 --> 00:56:41,011

last year for father's day,

I brought my dad flowers.

00:56:41,241 --> 00:56:42,721

I think just normalizing it.

00:56:42,721 --> 00:56:46,351

Flowers are beautiful

and men deserve that too.

00:56:46,381 --> 00:56:50,381

I'm all for just because

I, that's my opinion.

00:56:50,381 --> 00:56:51,031

What do you think?

00:56:51,538 --> 00:56:56,088

Alexandra: So yesterday when I got this

text message I was, doing readings.

00:56:56,408 --> 00:57:00,318

And I walked out to somebody who

was working at the shop where

00:57:00,488 --> 00:57:01,698

I do readings once a month.

00:57:02,088 --> 00:57:06,578

And I asked her the question and she

said her husband really likes flowers.

00:57:06,958 --> 00:57:09,078

And she was like, why, what did you say?

00:57:09,108 --> 00:57:13,778

And so I had said, I had texted my friend

back and I said my first thought was sex,

00:57:13,778 --> 00:57:15,668

but that might be oversimplifying it.

00:57:16,208 --> 00:57:16,608

Or.

00:57:16,953 --> 00:57:20,623

I think before I said that or I showed

her the response and then she's well, why

00:57:20,623 --> 00:57:22,953

don't you ask a young man who works there?

00:57:22,963 --> 00:57:26,373

And so I was like, Hey, what

do you like instead of flowers?

00:57:26,373 --> 00:57:30,703

What would you like to get from you

know, your girlfriend or something?

00:57:31,173 --> 00:57:34,393

And he was saying a lot

of the guys that he knows.

00:57:35,513 --> 00:57:36,793

Kind of they're very busy.

00:57:36,843 --> 00:57:41,383

So they like time with their partner

doing something that they maybe

00:57:41,383 --> 00:57:44,263

enjoy, which would be dependent on

the the person the guy in your life.

00:57:44,313 --> 00:57:46,477

And he's like, what'd you say?

00:57:46,546 --> 00:57:49,872

It's like sex, just sex.

00:57:50,252 --> 00:57:52,702

So that might be oversimplifying

it, but I feel you know,

00:57:52,762 --> 00:57:53,792

that might be also something

00:57:54,177 --> 00:57:54,567

Christine: All right.

00:57:54,907 --> 00:57:55,077

Yeah.

00:57:55,347 --> 00:57:56,567

I mean, Hey, that works too.

00:57:56,607 --> 00:57:57,467

I'm down for that.

00:57:58,492 --> 00:58:01,012

Alexandra: clearly my mind is in

the gutter and it's been a while.

00:58:01,142 --> 00:58:03,322

So, but I just laughed at that one.

00:58:03,322 --> 00:58:04,192

That was really fun.