Kingdom Athlete Founder Kellie Schiller joins Tyler Yaw and Chris Kellum on the Whiskey & Wisdom Podcast to share how a simple faith-based clothing brand evolved into a thriving community movement centered around fitness, faith, and purpose.

Kellie discusses launching Kingdom Athlete during her husband's military deployment, overcoming repeated rejection from local gyms, hosting her first fitness and devotional events, and growing a brand focused on helping people strengthen both their bodies and their faith.

The conversation covers entrepreneurship, event planning, apparel manufacturing, Christian business ownership, handling setbacks, and redefining success through impact rather than income.

Along the way, the crew samples Tapped Maple whiskey and dives into lessons on resilience, marriage, community building, and staying faithful when the path isn't clear.

In this episode:

• The origin story of Kingdom Athlete

• How rejection helped grow the brand

• Building sold-out fitness events

• Faith and entrepreneurship

• The future of Kingdom Athlete apparel

• Marriage, military life, and perseverance

• Why success isn't what most people think

Connect with Kellie Schiller and Kingdom Athlete:

Website: KingdomAthlete.com

Instagram: @kingdomathleteco

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welcome back to the Whiskey Wisdom Podcast, everybody.

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I am your

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co-host, Tyler Yau.

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Today,

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I am with my constant

co-host, Chris Kellum.

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And our special

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guest today is

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Kelly

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Schiller, one

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of the

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founders of

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the Kingdom Athlete-

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Kellie: Mm-hmm

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Boys: just

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like your shirt.

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That's right.

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Yep.

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On the back.

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Yeah.

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Well, thank you

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so much for coming on today.

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Greatly

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appreciate you coming all

the way down here from,

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You said Sneads Ferry, right?

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Kellie: I do live in Sneads Ferry, yeah.

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Yeah,

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Boys: so one heck of a drive, so- Yeah

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we appreciate that.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: It's not that bad.

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Kellie: Not too bad.

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I'm gonna do some shopping after, so.

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Boys: Right, yeah, and it's a

Sunday, so it's not really rush hour

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or anything- Yeah, yeah … like

that, so that's all good.

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Good.

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So before we go

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too far into it,

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Chris, what have we sipped on today?

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So Tyler got bored.

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Yep.

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I don't think he was actually

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bored.

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He was on a fa- trip seeing people

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in PA, and he picked up this- I was bored.

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Oh, well.

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When he's by himself, he

ends up at distilleries.

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In trouble.

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He picked up this bottle, Tapped Maple.

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Mm-hmm.

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It's really cool 'cause

the label's super classic.

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The, it has, like, the detailing

that looks like the tree rings,

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so inside of a maple tree.

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Mm-hmm.

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And it's Tapped Maple,

presumably excellent.

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It's a blended whiskey and

they have Pennsylvania maple

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syrup and a touch of vanilla.

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It's actually only 70 proof, so- Mm-hmm

… it should be a little bit sweeter.

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Really great for…

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My assumption before trying it is that

it's gonna be a good, like, old-fashioned

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or, like, a fall cocktail- Yeah

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when you mix in that mapley

'cause I don't think it's gonna

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be spicy enough for winter.

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Mm-mm.

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But you never know.

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Let's check it out.

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Yep.

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Cheers.

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Kellie: Whoo.

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Cheers.

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Boys: Whoo.

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Sweet

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Like

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candy.

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Kellie: Yum.

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Boys: Sorry.

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Kellie: If

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Boys: you know, you know.

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That's an old-school reference.

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So what do you think?

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I like…

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It's

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just very sweet, so I would have to

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have it in a

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cocktail probably.

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Mm.

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Actually, you know what'd be good

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is

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to mix this with,

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like a, Like ble- use this.

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as like a blended whiskey

with something else.

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Yeah, like a frozen drink?

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Yeah.

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That'd be good.

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You should have this at,

at one of your businesses.

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Kellie: One of my businesses?

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Boys: You should convince them-

Probably the one that has a bar

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to do it.

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at HyTime.

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Yeah.

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The one where drinking is acceptable.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Boys: I mean, drinking is

acceptable working out.

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That is true.

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Only if you're drinking water and

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electrolytes.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Electrolytes.

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We got, yeah- Yeah … my electrolytes.

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Definitely.

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Yeah.

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Boys: You like that?

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: You thought I was gonna

be like, "Don't be, be-" Yeah.

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I was

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Kellie: like, "Where are you going with

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Boys: this?"

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All right.

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So with all that being said, Mm …tell

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us a little bit about Kingdom

Athlete, where that came from,

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how it got started- Mm … and-

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Kellie: All

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Boys: the things … where,

where you wanna go with it.

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Yeah.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So Kingdom Athlete

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right now is a faith-based

lifestyle brand.

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It started

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as a

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kinda like

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clothing brand, which they're very

similar, but there's slight differences.

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Yeah, for sure.

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And so this

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was like two years ago that I my

husband was deployed, and I was

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just like, "Okay, what do I do.

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And so

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I've always loved the idea of

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combining

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fitness and faith.

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That's kinda like where my heart for

ministry is, is in the fitness industry.

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Mm.

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And so I was like, "Okay, cool.

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I'll just create clothing, and

it's gonna sell really well, and

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it's gonna be overnight success."

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And I remember like looking at

our Instagram the night before

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we were launching, it had like 88

followers, and I'm like, "What am I-"

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And

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so we had, you know, friends and

family support it and whatnot, but

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then I was just like, "Ugh, this

isn't really what I wanna do."

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And so I just kinda like put

it on the back burner and

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did whatever

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else I was doing in life.

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You know, I didn't even really own

a business at that point because-

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Yeah … I was doing nothing for it.

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And

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so then I got

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to a point where, fun fact, if you have

a Shopify and, and a bus- and a business

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account, they take money every month.

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Oh.

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And so- Yeah … I was doing nothing for

this, and so any money that I had made

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through selling clothing

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had slowly dwindled down.

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And so I look at the

account and I'm like, "Okay,

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well, I either have to

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do something or I need to shut this

down because I'm about to start

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paying money- Right … out of my

pocket to keep this nonexistent- Yeah

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store open."

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And so I was like, "Well, I love events.

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I still love

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fitness."

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I was a fitness instructor at the time.

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I've been in the fitness

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And so I was like, "Why

don't I just do events

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as well, and it'll be an

opportunity for me to sell my

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clothing and do events

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and create community."

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Okay.

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And so I was like, "Ah,

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"Easy."

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I always have

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these ideas and I'm like, "They're

gonna be so easy to accomplish."

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And then…

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Do you feel that?

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Boys: Yep.

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Kellie: And then, oh my goodness, the,

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the humbling that comes

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from being said no to is so fun.

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Boys: Oh,

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Kellie: yeah.

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And so I had reached out to, like,

literally every gym, like everywhere

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from Wilmington to Jacksonville,

and I was getting all of these nos.

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And

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so finally,

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I was teaching at a studio in

Jacksonville, and they're like-

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Mm … "Sure, you can do it

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here."

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And so

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I host my first event, and,

like, I had sponsors somehow.

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Boys: Oh,

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Kellie: wow.

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I don't know how

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People were like, "Yeah, we'll send

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you stuff."

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And I'm like, "Okay."

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Boys: Sweet.

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Thank you.

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Kellie: And so we

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had like goodie

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bags, and we did a devotional

that I led, and then an instructor

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from that studio led the class.

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And it was, like, 20 people.

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It was nothing crazy.

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And I was like, "Awesome."

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like, "The momentum is gonna pick up now."

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It didn't.

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I like then had something to show,

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and I was like, "Lookit,"

showing all these businesses.

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I'm like, "Look what, look what we just

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did."

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And

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they were still like,

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"No."

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And so I

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was like, "Okay,

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I'll just rent

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a space."

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And so that

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was probably the scarier

moment Oh …because

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I had to

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pay money.

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Yeah.

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And, and so I was like, "Whatever."

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And so we rented Shaka Taco

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in Hampstead, like the-

Yeah … beer garden area.

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Mm-hmm.

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And by

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the literal grace

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of God, because for three weeks,

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I had three tickets

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sold, and I'm like, "Ugh,

this is gonna be so weird."

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Like, "Three people are gonna show up, and

I'm gonna have to do this whole workout."

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Yeah.

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And then day of, this is

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like two weeks later, day of,

we were sold out at 40 people.

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Oh, wow.

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Gosh.

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And so it

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was, it was so cool.

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And just standing in front of…

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I was like

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had my little headset on and the

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speakers, and there's so much that

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went into putting an event on

that I didn't even think of.

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But I was, like, standing over, like,

all these people, and I was like,

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"Okay, this is what God wants me to do.

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Let's do it."

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And it was awesome.

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It was so cool.

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And the

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momentum was

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picking up from that event

because I realized I don't have

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to have another gym be behind me.

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Like

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I had convinced myself, I

can't do this on my own.

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I have to have another,

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you know-

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Someone else, yeah … something.

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Yeah.

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Boys: Yeah.

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Kellie: And as soon as it

clicked that it's like, oh, my

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gosh, just do it on your own.

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Like, if the Lord wants this

to work out, it's gonna work.

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As soon as that clicked

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in my mind, then we've just, that's

what we've kind of been doing.

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We have found some

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Christian gyms, Emotion

Fitness in Wilmington.

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Oh,

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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They're awesome.

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We love doing events with them.

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That coach, right, Macy?

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Yes, yes.

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But otherwise, we just

pick- locations and just

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they're, "Yeah, Kingdom

Athlete, do what you want."

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Boys: Yeah.

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Kellie: and so we were then became

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just events because then I

was like, "This is awesome."

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Like, I'm gonna do events

and da, da, da, da, da.

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Boys: Yeah.

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Kellie: And then I was like, "Ah, but

I'm, I'm li- m- losing that clothing

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brand that- Yeah … we wanted."

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And so now we're trying to

like find the happy medium-

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Boys: Mm-hmm

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… Kellie: and not give up every

single Saturday of my life.

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Yeah.

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My husband was like, "What are we doing?

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You are waking up every Saturday

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to put on these

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events and

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that wasn't even the business model.

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so

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I'm like, "Okay, figure it out."

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And so we're only doing one

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month,

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one event

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a month-ish.

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Boys: Right.

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Kellie: And

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we're leaning more into

actual high-end clothing.

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So like

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having a manufacturer make the clothing

instead of just having screen prints.

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Right.

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We still do the screen printing

'cause I love a good T-shirt.

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Yeah.

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But like our mock necks that

we just had cut and sewn, like

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I was measuring seams

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and doing all this craziness- Oh,

wow … and I'm like, "What am I doing?"

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But that was like

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where I feel like, okay,

I'm starting to get it.

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And we do like grip socks.

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People love the grip socks.

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Mm.

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They're custom grip socks for

like Pilates and all the things.

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Yeah.

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So I'm like,

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okay, I need to like figure

out that and combine it

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into events, and then like also sometimes

I'll, you know, go and speak at events

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or vendor, be a vendor, things like that.

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So I'm trying to like

slowly figure it out.

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but it's a lifestyle brand

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that hosts fitness

events, long story short.

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Boys: That makes sense.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: So-

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Kellie: All over the place … but-

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Boys: I have a couple random questions.

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Let's hear them.

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Okay.

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So how long have you been coaching?

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Kellie: since 2020.

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Boys: Okay.

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I need to clarify.

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You said 2026, and I'm like- It's

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like-

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four months … so for three months.

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I mean, that's- Yeah.

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… a lot of events in three months.

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So, so you've been doing it a while.

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So it's-

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Kellie: Yeah.

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I've been in the fitness

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Okay.

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But we started doing

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fitness events in 2025,

so we just hit one year.

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Boys: Okay.

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Oh, wow.

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Very good.

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Kellie: For

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Kingdom Athlete.

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Boys: Yeah.

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So I wanted people to know that-

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Kellie: Yeah

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… Boys: there's just some…

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You've been doing it a minute.

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Kellie: Yes.

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Yeah, I got-- I'm like collecting

certifications at this point.

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Boys: Yeah.

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Kellie: Yeah, yeah.

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Boys: second random question,

but not too random, difference in

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clothing versus athleisure 'cause

you mentioned that at the top, too.

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Kellie: Yes.

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Okay.

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So clothing, I would

say is more like Comfort

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Colors T-shirt, canvas

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what is it Bella and Canvas tank top.

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Right.

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But

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then when you get into

athleisure, I feel like that's

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where it-- my-- what I think is when

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you start to manufacture, like, one of the

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coolest things is seeing my tag

in the clothing kind of thing.

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Right, right.

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So it's a little bit more high-end

than a screen print T-shirt.

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And I, I do wanna say, I still love it.

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Like, we're gonna have some new

Comfort Color T-shirts coming

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out, but we also want to

provide some higher-end clothes

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as well.

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Boys: Got you.

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That makes sense.

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So it's- T-shirt's Comfort Color.

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What kills me, it doesn't actually kill

me, my brain just was thinking just

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now, that I remember back in the day

when Comfort Colors wasn't a thing.

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Mm-hmm.

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And you would just go to Walmart and buy-

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Yeah … like, a- So you're iron-

… hideous colored T-shirt and, like- Mm-hmm

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put it on there, or you'd

just get, like, an…

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You'd get a white labeled shirt

and print it, and I'm like, "Ah."

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But now that people, when they hear

Comfort Colors, like, "Okay, I know how

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those fit, and then I can buy this"-

Right Yeah … which is a good thing.

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Kellie: That's

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probably, like, our most, besides

the stuff that we're now producing,

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our most popular shirt.

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People are like, "You

guys have Comfort Colors?"

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Like

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everyone loves it, so.

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Boys: Yeah.

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They did a

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good job branding

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themselves that way.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Which

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Boys: is really interesting.

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Kellie: Yeah, so.

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One,

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Boys: one day we'll have the,

the creator of it on here.

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That'd be a good idea.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Boys: We'll work on it.

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Kellie: My goodness, that

would be really cool.

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Boys: Hey, you gotta…

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If you don't think big and put

it out there, it won't happen.

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Kellie: 100%, dream

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big.

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Boys: Yep.

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When planning events, do you…

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Like, you've been doing

this for a little bit.

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Kellie: Mm-hmm.

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Boys: What do you prefer

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mentally.

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Do you like the, "Oh, we're sold out

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already"-

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Kellie: Mm-hmm

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… Boys: or last minute?

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Kellie: Oh, sold out.

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Sold out

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Boys: already.

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Okay.

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Kellie: I want it sold out.

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It's so much less stress

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than having to

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market and be like, "Please show

up, please show up, please show up."

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If we can be sold out,

like when our events, the

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Puppies

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and Pilates events-

Mm-hmm … sell out so quick.

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That's so fun.

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And so those are so, like,

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easy for me,

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'cause I post it

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once and then it just floods

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in.

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Boys: Yeah.

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Kellie: Whereas other events

we have to get, create…

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by we, it's me.

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I do it.

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Yeah.

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But I have to

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kinda create different

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marketing tactics and yeah, figure it out.

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It's more effort.

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Boys: Okay.

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Kellie: Which is, you know,

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it's good.

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It's stretching me, but

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if it could be sold out

Yeah … then I can put my efforts

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somewhere else, I love that.

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Boys: So people- … follow her.

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Kellie: Please come to

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my events.

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Boys: Yeah.

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And

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you do…

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You're in, like, the, the

Wilmington to, to Jacksonville

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area for most of your events?

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Kellie: We do mostly Hampstead

and Wilmington right now.

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Okay.

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We've traveled to Charleston

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and to Georgia, but- Mm … Wilmington is,

and Hampstead are, like, our sweet spots.

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Boys: Good.

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Oh, nice.

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Kellie: Very cool.

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It's our city.

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Boys: and I'm gonna ask you this on

the back end also, but how can people

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see where your events are gonna be?

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Kellie: On our

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website and on our social

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medias.

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Boys: Okay.

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Kellie: So our Instagram

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and TikTok are

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the same username.

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It's kingdom, underscore,

underscore, two of 'em,

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athlete.

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And then our website

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is www.kingdom-athlete.com.

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Boys: Okay.

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Okay.

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Easy enough.

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Yeah.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: Easier than I would've expected.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: It's funny with your story

too, I have a background in setting

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up events and everything from

previous business that I had.

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But it's

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interesting when you have a free space

to do something- Mm-hmm … versus when

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you have money on the line to- Mm-hmm

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do something, how much more effort and

time- Oh, 100% … that you put in to-

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Yeah … like trying to recoup your money.

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Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: And- Yeah … it does end up,

in my experience anyway, being more

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successful if you have money on the line-

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Kellie: Mm-hmm

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… Boys: than if you don't.

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Kellie: Mm-hmm.

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Boys: So I just thought that was

interesting too, that you kinda had that

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similar experience that I had like- Yeah

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a few years ago from

doing that as well too.

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Yeah, yeah.

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And just knowing

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like,

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"Okay, this has to work now."

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Right.

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Like, there's a completely different

way that you- Right … show up from

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like, "Okay, this is a good idea.

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Let's stress test it,"

to, "No, this is the idea.

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It needs to work."

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Kellie: Yeah.

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And just- Like, success

is the only option.

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Boys: Exactly, yeah.

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Kellie: Yeah,

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Boys: yeah.

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Burns.

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So walk, walk through that a little

bit more where I th- the other

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thing that I was thinking about

too, I have a five-year-old son.

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Something I was thinking about

was like, "You know what?

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I'm gonna have my son, like, sign up for

Aptive when he- Mm … like, turns 18.

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They do the, Yeah, walking around place

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pe- or pest control, like

door-to-door knocking.

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Mm.

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Like, I'm gonna sign my kid up

to like go to door to door and-

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Mm … just get yelled at by a bunch

of adults, like trying to sell-

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Oh, my gosh … like pest control.

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Because there's

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something about being told no,

like infinite amount of times- Yeah

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that

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just gives

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you the grit to show

back up every single day.

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Right,

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Kellie: 100%.

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Boys: And it sounds like that was a

good jumping point for you before like

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the first event actually launched.

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Would, would you agree-

Yeah … with that?

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Or you're like, "No, it,

it sucked and it didn't.

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I didn't get anything out of it."

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Kellie: I would say

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failure

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is so good.

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Like, I, I really do believe that.

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Failure as a business owner is

so good because if everything

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was handed to you, I, I

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feel like the creativity would

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be taken out of it.

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Boys: Right.

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Okay.

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Kellie: Because you don't

have to be creative with it.

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And so

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for me, yes, getting said no

to, it was so discouraging.

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And, and being faith-based- Mm-hmm … I

would have that little enemy in

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the back of my head being like,

"Well, if this wasn't faith-based,

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they probably would've said yes."

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And

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so it's like, "Ugh, "I have to work that

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much harder," but it's like, no,

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you can't

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look at it that way.

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Right.

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But yeah, getting said no to is,

ugh, I loved it because it's like,

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okay, well, what can I

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do to get a yes?

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Or what can I do to make this successful?

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And in that case, oh my gosh, if

I would've limited myself to only

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working with gyms, like the events

that we've held- Right … at Shaka

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Taco and Marina Grill and just other

places, they would've never happened.

588

Right.

589

And they were so much- Don't let the local

gyms hear me, but so much cooler than if

590

we were to be inside a confined space.

591

Right.

592

Because they had so much more space.

593

Yeah.

594

And I had complete creative

freedom to do whatever I wanted.

595

So-

596

Boys: True

597

… Kellie: the nos are good.

598

Sign them up to

599

do pest control.

600

Boys: Yeah.

601

Put some

602

Kellie: humility in that boy's body.

603

Yeah.

604

Boys: Yeah.

605

That, that was, like, one of the

things I was thinking of, just

606

being

607

able to take that.

608

'Cause usually there's … The reason

why there is a no, there's usually

609

some type of truth inside of the no.

610

Right.

611

And if you're able to get them to

explain why they said no to it,

612

and if you take that, like, with a grain

of salt and try to build something around

613

it, I have found has usually helped out-

614

Kellie: Mm-hmm.

615

Boys: in the, in the long run.

616

Kellie: Mm-hmm.

617

Yeah.

618

I

619

Boys: mean- So with being a

faith-based business and with

620

having all of those nos, what's

something that you learned about your

621

faith

622

during all of the struggle?

623

Kellie: That I have faith.

624

Boys: Yeah.

625

Beautiful.

626

Kellie: To be honest.

627

You know, faith is confide- confidence in

628

what we hope for and assurance

in what we do not see.

629

That's, like, Hebrews 11:2.

630

Mm-hmm.

631

And so just knowing that my hope is

found in Jesus and that I have a purpose

632

to go out and share the gospel with

people in the fitness industry, there

633

wasn't anything

634

that was gonna stop me from doing that.

635

Like, I … Once I realized that, I was

like, "Okay, like, we're doing this."

636

And when people show up and they

have a good experience and, you

637

know, they come up and be like, "What

you're doing matters," I'm like,

638

"That's, that's all I needed to hear."

639

So.

640

Boys: Nice.

641

That's awesome.

642

Kellie: Yeah.

643

Boys: I like it.

644

Kellie: Yeah.

645

Boys: Sorry, I was just laughing because

you sending your kid to walk around-

646

… and sweat his tail off to get nos.

647

Yeah.

648

And I'm like, or he just go work in

retail and get nos, and be like, "Okay,

649

how do I turn this no- … into a yes?"

650

No, that's different though.

651

Nasty pest.

652

I worked in retail for a long time.

653

It could be, it could be

any door-to-door sales.

654

It doesn't have to be pest control.

655

That was just the first

thing that popped in my mind.

656

But, like, there's something

about, like, knocking on a door

657

and, like, getting yelled at now.

658

Like, "Why are you showing

up on my doorstep?"

659

As opposed to like kind

660

of what we do.

661

Like, people walked in, like,

"You want a piece of jewelry."

662

Yes.

663

Like, "I just haven't found

the right piece for you yet."

664

Right.

665

Yeah.

666

It's different sides of the same thing.

667

It is, yeah.

668

Kellie: Yeah.

669

Boys: I just don't wanna be hot.

670

Kellie: You don't wanna walk outside-

Yeah … when it's hot, yeah.

671

Boys: No.

672

Kellie: No.

673

Boys: No.

674

But I do, I do think young people

do need to have an outdoor job at

675

some point- Mm-hmm … of any kind.

676

Kellie: Mm-hmm.

677

I'm trying to think if I ever had one.

678

Boys: Mm.

679

Kellie: I was a summer camp

680

counselor for a long time.

681

Boys: Okay.

682

Probably got a lot of nos to get too.

683

I don't wanna do this.

684

Kellie: Yeah.

685

I, it was me that was saying no.

686

Yeah.

687

I was like, "I

688

Boys: don't wanna do this."

689

That's what I was saying.

690

Yeah.

691

I love it.

692

Don't do that.

693

Yeah, yeah.

694

Kellie: No, stop.

695

Boys: No, you can't jump off of that.

696

Kellie: Yeah, yeah.

697

Boys: Get down from there.

698

So for those curious people like

myself, how did you end up here?

699

'Cause you don't have a Southern accent.

700

Kellie: No, no.

701

My husband's a Marine.

702

Boys: Oh, okay.

703

Kellie: That's pretty

much all I had to say.

704

Oh.

705

Yeah.

706

Yeah, yeah.

707

Boys: Did you guys meet in Chicago then?

708

Kellie: Yeah, yeah.

709

Oh.

710

We met at our church in Chicago area.

711

Right.

712

Yeah.

713

Barrington, Illinois.

714

Boys: It's a-

715

Kellie: and then, yeah, he was

in IT sales at the time, and

716

then had a little career switch.

717

And was like, "You wanna do

this military lifestyle?"

718

And at that point, neither of us

really knew what that entailed.

719

Right.

720

And I was like, "Sure."

721

you

722

know, 20, what were we?

723

23, 24.

724

And so I was like,

"Yeah, let's just do it."

725

And then-

726

Boys: That's a big

727

Kellie: switch.

728

Yeah.

729

Boys: I was gonna say,

that's one heck of a switch

730

Kellie: going- Yeah.

731

… from

732

Boys: IT sales to-

733

Kellie: Yeah, it was.

734

He was, like, barely in IT sales.

735

Oh, okay.

736

Yeah.

737

So, it's not like we had this

comfortable lifestyle in IT.

738

We were dating at that point.

739

Oh.

740

So when we were married, he was…

741

We got married, and then he

left for training camp, like-

742

Oh, wow … a week after.

743

So,

744

like, our first year of

marriage was just distance.

745

Most of our marriage has

been distance, fun fact.

746

Boys: Sure,

747

Kellie: yeah.

748

Yeah.

749

Boys: I mean, depending on when he

joined, I could totally see that.

750

Kellie: Yeah.

751

So.

752

Yeah.

753

Boys: Pretty much if he joined

within the last 20 years.

754

Right.

755

Kellie: And he did.

756

Yeah.

757

'Cause we're, we're not that old.

758

Yeah.

759

No.

760

Yeah, so…

761

If

762

Boys: you were that old,

you'd be looking amazing.

763

The

764

Kellie: skincare would be crazy.

765

Right.

766

It's like we

767

Boys: need to know the secret.

768

Kellie: Put

769

me on the podcast again to

770

talk about skincare- Right.

771

at that point, yeah.

772

Boys: Please do.

773

So when you're not planning

events, what else are you up to?

774

Kellie: I lead students, so I'm

actually, after this, heading

775

out to go to their senior night.

776

I have seniors, so- Oh, nice … high

school seniors at our church, I lead-

777

Boys: Okay

778

a group-

779

Kellie: Yeah.

780

do that

781

Boys: Oh, very cool.

782

Kellie: What else do I do?

783

I work out.

784

I play with my dog.

785

I have a golden retriever,

and he's just my baby.

786

Boys: A lot of energy.

787

Kellie: Yeah,

788

Yeah.

789

Lots of energy,

790

but he also just loves to snuggle, which

791

I love that.

792

And then I hang out with my husband

793

I feel like it

794

takes up all my time, but now I'm, like,

saying it, I'm like, what else do I do?

795

Boys: Well-

796

Kellie: But yeah, working-

It does sound like a

797

Boys: lot, though.

798

Yeah.

799

I mean, you are working, but

I also see that, like, you're

800

in your community as well.

801

Kellie: Mm-hmm.

802

Mm-hmm.

803

Boys: 'cause a lot of people,

like myself, if I'm not at

804

work, I'm at home or at the bar.

805

So people are like, "Chris, you're

an alcoholic," and I'm like, "No."

806

That this is how I meet people.

807

This is how I meet people.

808

And the bartenders- … actually

at the point, like, I've tried so

809

many beverages, now I'm drinking the

non-alcoholic spirits- Yeah … just to

810

be like, "Okay, what are we doing here?

811

What are we trying here?"

812

Yeah,

813

Kellie: yeah.

814

Boys: just to kinda expand- Mm.

815

… my personality.

816

Which is funny for both of us,

817

that we spent so much

818

time at bars over the last four years

that we're like, "Yeah, we're gonna need

819

some, like, non-alcoholic cocktails."

820

Yes.

821

It's like we're over it now.

822

Yeah.

823

I mean, I still…

824

But in my- Or low, low ABV … low ABV.

825

Uh-huh.

826

Those are good, too.

827

But it makes me think, like,

you, you're busy, but you're,

828

like, let me try something new."

829

Mm-hmm.

830

Let's figure it out.

831

Yeah.

832

And I think being in your community,

working with those kids in your

833

church, and, like, having someone

to support you that's not just your,

834

your parents who kinda have to-

835

Kellie: Right

836

Boys: says a lot.

837

Yeah.

838

Like, and it, I think when people g- when

younger kids get that support- Mm … it

839

helps them- Mm … in the future, too.

840

Mm-hmm.

841

Kellie: Yeah.

842

Boys: So thank you.

843

Kellie: Yeah.

844

Boys: What are you looking forward

845

to with Kingdom Athlete next?

846

Kellie: I would say just growing,

847

'cause we're at that point

where I really feel like

848

growth is,

849

or, like that

850

little growth boom is hopefully- Yeah

851

coming, and I feel it in my gut.

852

But I just got to speak at a

woman's conference, like, a month

853

ago,

854

and I was like, whoa, I

really, really love this.

855

And we were just a vendor,

basically, and then I was a speaker.

856

Right.

857

But we

858

had set up our, our table, and then

I was speaking, and it was so much

859

less effort than when

860

I would, you know, my husband and

I would set up all these events.

861

And so I was like, ah,

like, I wanna be a vendor.

862

Like, I just wanna- Right.

863

… show up.

864

And so I'm like, okay, thinking

about how we can really get into the

865

community in that way of just being a

vendor or me getting to go and speak.

866

I, I love public speaking and

just- Yeah … you know, sharing

867

the gospel and all the things.

868

And so I was like, if

I could do that more,

869

like, I would love

870

doing that.

871

I get to do a little bit at Kingdom

Athlete, like, 15 minutes, but-

872

Boys: Yeah

873

… Kellie: that was my first, like,

30-minute long, they called it

874

a sermon, and I was like, whoa.

875

And so that was super, super fun.

876

But we have

877

a lot, we're almost sold

out of everything right now.

878

Boys: Oh, wow.

879

That's great.

880

Kellie: So we have a lot

of designs to finalize.

881

Boys: Cool.

882

Kellie: which is awesome.

883

Yeah.

884

And also hard, 'cause I'm the

only person on the design team.

885

Boys: For now.

886

Kellie: And so I'm indecisive,

887

but I have them

888

narrowed down, so I

just have to order them.

889

and then we have to, like, kinda get

photos and things and all the- Yeah

890

all the craziness onto our website.

891

And yeah, we have workout

sets being manufactured.

892

Mm.

893

That's a really exciting one.

894

Like, little, you know, tanks and shorts.

895

Boys: Yeah.

896

Kellie: You know?

897

So you're doing that for

898

Boys: the girlies.

899

The

900

Kellie: girlies.

901

Boys: Okay.

902

Kellie: Eventually we'll

do some for the boys.

903

not the

904

tight little spandex, but just normal.

905

I mean, some

906

Boys: boys like it.

907

Kellie: Some do.

908

Boys: That five-inch inseam

apparently- … is all in, in

909

theme.

910

Kellie: Yeah.

911

They can get it

912

from someone else.

913

I was gonna say, yeah.

914

But we will start doing those too, 'cause

my husband has been, like, begging.

915

Yeah.

916

He's like, "Everything

you do is for girls."

917

And I'm like,

918

" Boys: Ee."

919

Well, that's the

920

Kellie: brand.

921

It's not up for me.

922

Yeah.

923

Yeah.

924

But we are trying to hit men as well.

925

Mm.

926

So kinda trying to fig- figure

out what is gonna do that.

927

Yeah.

928

And I do think just, we have some new

T-shirt designs that are, like, really

929

s- not specifically for men, but they're

unisex, and- Yeah … men will buy it.

930

But we are- Yeah

931

gonna eventually do

workout shorts for boys.

932

Just like, you know, like the swishy-

933

Boys: Yeah.

934

Yeah

935

… Kellie: normal workout shorts.

936

Boys: Yeah.

937

It's okay to stick to

the, the ladies' vibes.

938

Yeah.

939

I laugh 'cause, yes, I say I laugh

a lot, because I do in my head.

940

Kellie: It's

941

Boys: good.

942

Yeah, I was

943

Kellie: gonna say.

944

Laughter is medicine.

945

Boys: I, I'm like RBF outside-

946

but in my head it's, like, a comedy show.

947

But, like, we watch YouTube videos,

and I watch, like, Christian Guzman,

948

and he has a whole men's and women's

line, and then his wife only does women.

949

Mm.

950

Like, she is Buffbunny.

951

It's only women's merch.

952

Oh,

953

Kellie: I follow Buffbunny.

954

Boys: Yeah … and I'm like,

955

in my head, because I only see

them, I'm like, there aren't as

956

many people that just do women's.

957

Yeah.

958

Because if you're doing men's and

women's, you're splitting your energy-

959

Right … versus focusing on women's.

960

So I wasn't meaning that you

needed to make men's stuff.

961

I was just like, "Oh, I wanted- Yeah

… people to know, like, 'Hey, check it

962

out, like, she, you're making-" Yeah.

963

And I feel like there's more

variance when it comes to

964

women's clothing in general- Yeah

965

as opposed to guys.

966

Oh, yeah.

967

'Cause, like, there's only so

many ways that you're gonna make

968

a T-shirt for a guy to wear.

969

Kellie: You just have to

switch up the designs.

970

And so I'm like, "Ah."

971

Eventually,

972

you know, once we

973

are growing and growing

and growing, we'll expand.

974

Yeah.

975

But right now the workout sets

976

are gonna be my big thing that

I'm really, really excited about.

977

Boys: Yep.

978

Kellie: And then-

979

Boys: To have your flagship.

980

Yes.

981

Yeah.

982

So what's your favorite

color in this new series?

983

Kellie: So

984

we do a lot of

985

neutral right now, because I'm trying to

986

figure out the

987

branding.

988

We're kinda,

989

like in that

990

rebrand phase- Mm … of what do we

want Kingdom Athlete to be branded.

991

Like, if you saw our

social media and you're

992

like, "Oh, that's Kingdom

Athlete"- Right now

993

it's just

994

like,

995

it's just a social media

996

page,

997

but I kinda wanna go vintage sports.

998

Ooh, okay.

999

So right now it's all neutrals.

00:25:30,401 --> 00:25:31,221

We have a lot of navy.

00:25:31,251 --> 00:25:31,611

I love

00:25:31,611 --> 00:25:32,061

navy.

00:25:32,681 --> 00:25:34,211

So probably navy.

00:25:35,041 --> 00:25:35,421

Boys: Navy.

00:25:35,531 --> 00:25:35,931

Okay.

00:25:36,096 --> 00:25:39,586

Kellie: but we'll have a little bit of

a brighter blue sweatshirt come in, so

00:25:39,586 --> 00:25:40,446

that, probably that

00:25:40,446 --> 00:25:41,706

color will be my favorite.

00:25:41,746 --> 00:25:42,036

Boys: Okay.

00:25:42,406 --> 00:25:44,616

I, I'm a green person.

00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:46,396

Kellie: We're doing green in September.

00:25:46,476 --> 00:25:48,106

Boys: Ooh, what shade of green?

00:25:48,116 --> 00:25:48,996

Kellie: It's gonna be like…

00:25:49,036 --> 00:25:49,186

We're

00:25:49,186 --> 00:25:50,716

doing a pickleball tournament.

00:25:50,806 --> 00:25:51,096

Boys: Okay.

00:25:51,176 --> 00:25:51,716

Kellie: So it's gonna be

00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:52,176

that like

00:25:52,176 --> 00:25:53,286

foresty-

00:25:53,426 --> 00:25:53,616

Boys: Yeah

00:25:53,656 --> 00:25:54,556

… Kellie: deeper green.

00:25:55,316 --> 00:25:55,706

Boys: Perfect.

00:25:56,166 --> 00:25:57,006

We need to get her set up with

00:25:57,006 --> 00:25:57,656

Brittany.

00:25:58,156 --> 00:25:58,576

Truth.

00:25:58,936 --> 00:26:02,096

She's doing a- Yeah, Brittany

Limeberry- … retreat … one of

00:26:02,096 --> 00:26:04,646

our good friends back- Yeah … from

the jewelry days and everything.

00:26:05,026 --> 00:26:07,136

She's doing a branding retreat in Topsoil.

00:26:07,176 --> 00:26:07,416

Ooh.

00:26:07,426 --> 00:26:07,446

Kellie: Yeah.

00:26:07,456 --> 00:26:08,476

That's so fun.

00:26:08,666 --> 00:26:08,966

Boys: Yeah.

00:26:09,196 --> 00:26:10,326

For, with the foundry.

00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:12,476

Yeah, with the foundry, one

of her other businesses.

00:26:12,506 --> 00:26:12,926

Yeah.

00:26:12,976 --> 00:26:16,696

I think I've heard of her … so our

office is Peak & Wealth Management, but

00:26:16,696 --> 00:26:18,836

she helped- Yeah … us a lot with our

branding here and all of our- Mm-hmm

00:26:18,836 --> 00:26:19,886

… photography and everything as well.

00:26:19,886 --> 00:26:20,046

Yeah.

00:26:20,046 --> 00:26:20,436

Yeah.

00:26:20,436 --> 00:26:21,896

So yeah, she's really good with that.

00:26:21,896 --> 00:26:22,276

Kellie: Yeah.

00:26:22,286 --> 00:26:23,116

It's so hard.

00:26:23,136 --> 00:26:25,786

I'm like, ah, there's

just so much you could do.

00:26:26,266 --> 00:26:26,906

Boys: So much.

00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:27,266

Kellie: Yeah.

00:26:27,266 --> 00:26:31,786

Boys: And that's why, well, we joke

every once in a while when they announce

00:26:31,786 --> 00:26:34,116

a new like, color of the year- Mm-hmm.

00:26:34,116 --> 00:26:39,606

Mm … about what the color is, and I'm

like, "I've not once bought anything

00:26:39,606 --> 00:26:41,086

that had the color of the year."

00:26:41,746 --> 00:26:42,816

Kellie: Butter yellow.

00:26:43,246 --> 00:26:44,636

Boys: It's not butter yellow this year.

00:26:44,726 --> 00:26:45,856

Kellie: That was what, last year?

00:26:45,866 --> 00:26:46,346

Boys: Last year I think.

00:26:46,376 --> 00:26:46,676

Kellie: Yeah.

00:26:46,676 --> 00:26:48,266

Boys: Yeah, 'cause this year

is- Well, you know what, though?

00:26:48,296 --> 00:26:48,806

The green

00:26:48,806 --> 00:26:49,476

was pretty darn

00:26:49,476 --> 00:26:50,866

close in our studio that year.

00:26:51,746 --> 00:26:51,996

Oh,

00:26:51,996 --> 00:26:52,396

yeah.

00:26:52,426 --> 00:26:53,776

Well, it's 'cause I wanted green.

00:26:53,816 --> 00:26:54,196

I know.

00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:55,716

But this year

00:26:55,716 --> 00:26:58,396

it's like cloud lining or something silly.

00:26:58,426 --> 00:26:58,526

Weird.

00:26:58,536 --> 00:27:00,176

Like it's- I don't even know,

yeah … it's- I don't even know

00:27:00,176 --> 00:27:01,006

Kellie: what color that is

00:27:01,096 --> 00:27:03,666

… Boys: it's white with a-

Oh, I did see that … gray.

00:27:04,146 --> 00:27:04,386

Kellie: Oh.

00:27:04,426 --> 00:27:04,876

Boys: Like a little

00:27:05,116 --> 00:27:05,616

Kellie: sloop in

00:27:05,686 --> 00:27:06,216

Boys: there.

00:27:06,371 --> 00:27:06,951

Kellie: Yeah, it's sort of

like the eyes, the color white.

00:27:06,951 --> 00:27:08,061

Like you accidentally

put a little black paint.

00:27:08,601 --> 00:27:09,501

Boys: Oh, not even black paint.

00:27:09,521 --> 00:27:10,991

It's, you put gray paint in it.

00:27:11,021 --> 00:27:12,451

Like it's that faint.

00:27:12,901 --> 00:27:15,561

Because- That's true w- I just like

00:27:15,721 --> 00:27:16,341

s- colors.

00:27:16,481 --> 00:27:16,931

Kellie: Mm.

00:27:17,241 --> 00:27:18,491

Boys: Do I need more in my life?

00:27:18,601 --> 00:27:21,521

Probably, because this

is most of my outfits.

00:27:21,521 --> 00:27:24,001

Probably more so me than

you when it comes to color.

00:27:24,011 --> 00:27:24,491

Yeah.

00:27:25,321 --> 00:27:29,691

If you notice, if you watch any

of our videos, Tyler has a black-

00:27:29,701 --> 00:27:30,621

Oh, he's black … shirt on.

00:27:31,091 --> 00:27:31,481

Different

00:27:31,481 --> 00:27:32,321

shades of pants.

00:27:33,071 --> 00:27:33,671

Chris- Ben has

00:27:33,671 --> 00:27:35,341

words this t- True …next

00:27:35,341 --> 00:27:36,681

five weeks though, so.

00:27:36,781 --> 00:27:36,971

Yeah.

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Kellie: Crazy.

00:27:38,641 --> 00:27:39,551

Boys: I, I know.

00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:41,951

I just wear whatever is comfy in a 2XL.

00:27:42,611 --> 00:27:42,871

Yeah.

00:27:44,241 --> 00:27:45,051

Well, since we are starting

00:27:45,051 --> 00:27:48,331

to come up on our time here, I wanted to

ask you a l- one last question for myself.

00:27:48,331 --> 00:27:49,961

I know Chris has a few more for you, too.

00:27:50,521 --> 00:27:53,201

But if you were to tell your younger

self one thing, what would it be?

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Kellie: I had…

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Oh my goodness, my younger self was just

00:27:59,963 --> 00:28:00,453

crazy.

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I would say that

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you don't need a

00:28:03,143 --> 00:28:06,353

five-year plan and that

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your plan

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is gonna change.

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Boys: Nice.

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That's

00:28:09,163 --> 00:28:09,633

accurate.

00:28:09,633 --> 00:28:10,143

yeah.

00:28:10,143 --> 00:28:10,443

Kellie: Yeah.

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Boys: Very true.

00:28:11,253 --> 00:28:11,533

Kellie: I had

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a, I had a

00:28:12,003 --> 00:28:13,883

pretty strict five-year plan for myself at

00:28:13,883 --> 00:28:14,533

17,

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and-

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Boys: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

00:28:15,663 --> 00:28:16,313

… Kellie: most…

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I

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had one, one thing happened.

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I did get married before 25,

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But

00:28:21,603 --> 00:28:25,683

otherwise, I'm in Sneads Ferry North

Carolina, if that says anything.

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Boys: It's not what you expected.

00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:27,713

Kellie: No.

00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:28,633

No.

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Boys: You- So

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Kellie: yeah, just trust the

00:28:30,973 --> 00:28:31,903

Boys: Lord …but

00:28:31,903 --> 00:28:33,543

you were outside of You

lived outside of Chicago.

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so.

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Kellie: I lived outside of Chicago,

but I was in Austin, Texas.

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I was

00:28:37,303 --> 00:28:38,273

in Virginia.

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Mm.

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So I was always in,

00:28:39,183 --> 00:28:40,223

like, bigger cities.

00:28:40,303 --> 00:28:40,543

Boys: Mm-hmm.

00:28:40,543 --> 00:28:40,693

Yeah.

00:28:40,693 --> 00:28:42,323

Kellie: And thought that's

what I was gonna do.

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'Cause my degree is in event

management, so I was like,

00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:45,313

"Oh, awesome.

00:28:45,313 --> 00:28:45,473

I'm

00:28:45,473 --> 00:28:48,913

gonna do, like, experiential events for,

like, corporate companies and stuff."

00:28:49,083 --> 00:28:49,103

Boys: Yeah.

00:28:49,753 --> 00:28:50,723

Kellie: I don't wanna do that.

00:28:50,733 --> 00:28:54,053

But, like- Yeah … that's what success

at that time looked like to me, is,

00:28:54,053 --> 00:28:56,103

like, making money and climbing a ladder.

00:28:56,353 --> 00:28:56,523

Boys: Yeah.

00:28:56,523 --> 00:28:56,613

Mm-hmm.

00:28:56,613 --> 00:28:56,833

Kellie: And

00:28:56,833 --> 00:28:58,423

then, you know, I'm

00:28:58,443 --> 00:29:02,993

like, "Hmm, you know, that's not exactly

what success looks like to me anymore."

00:29:03,443 --> 00:29:04,913

Boys: So what does success

look like to you now?

00:29:04,913 --> 00:29:04,963

I saw that question, guys.

00:29:04,963 --> 00:29:05,373

Yeah, I know.

00:29:08,483 --> 00:29:09,573

you were leading into it.

00:29:09,573 --> 00:29:10,113

I was gonna say, perfect segue.

00:29:10,113 --> 00:29:11,403

I love a good segue.

00:29:11,693 --> 00:29:14,153

Kellie: success to me now

00:29:15,933 --> 00:29:16,273

looks

00:29:16,273 --> 00:29:17,023

like

00:29:17,203 --> 00:29:19,173

leading people more towards Jesus.

00:29:19,523 --> 00:29:23,243

I don't even think that was on the radar

at 17- Yeah … when I was planning.

00:29:23,253 --> 00:29:24,613

But if I…

00:29:25,013 --> 00:29:25,113

I

00:29:25,123 --> 00:29:29,243

think something people struggle

with is you're constantly

00:29:29,253 --> 00:29:30,793

just trying to find your purpose in life.

00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:31,213

Boys: Mm-hmm.

00:29:31,373 --> 00:29:35,613

Kellie: and people go their whole

lives without finding it, or at least

00:29:35,643 --> 00:29:37,323

realizing what it is, you know?

00:29:37,323 --> 00:29:37,863

Mm-hmm.

00:29:37,863 --> 00:29:38,483

Even if they found

00:29:38,483 --> 00:29:39,763

it, they just push it to the side.

00:29:39,763 --> 00:29:40,603

And so for me,

00:29:41,103 --> 00:29:43,573

I know like, my purpose in life,

like, I have the spiritual gift of

00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:45,603

evangelism, is I,

00:29:45,693 --> 00:29:48,463

I am meant to share the gospel with

people, and I'm meant to do that

00:29:48,883 --> 00:29:51,983

in the areas I'm planted in, which

happens to be the fitness industry.

00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,263

And so, yeah,

00:29:54,263 --> 00:29:56,293

success looks like making heaven

00:29:56,303 --> 00:29:59,533

a little bit more crowded each

person I get to interact with.

00:30:00,043 --> 00:30:00,563

Boys: That's awesome.

00:30:00,563 --> 00:30:00,613

That's awesome.

00:30:00,613 --> 00:30:04,353

Kellie: Which is so different than

that five-year plan that I had, so.

00:30:04,353 --> 00:30:04,363

Yep.

00:30:08,025 --> 00:30:08,545

I might, might try I was like,

00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:12,825

Boys: I've never- I don't remember

ever having a five-year plan.

00:30:14,025 --> 00:30:16,395

I probably should have had one Every time,

every time I did, I always joked, and this

00:30:16,405 --> 00:30:18,415

is how, like, I got strong into my faith.

00:30:18,495 --> 00:30:18,895

Kellie: Mm-hmm.

00:30:19,005 --> 00:30:22,585

Boys: Is every time I had my five-year

plan, that would become my identity.

00:30:22,695 --> 00:30:23,395

Kellie: Mm.

00:30:23,425 --> 00:30:27,805

Boys: And God didn't like that my identity

was in, like, something so superficial.

00:30:27,975 --> 00:30:28,005

Right.

00:30:28,015 --> 00:30:31,135

And it would, like, crash every

time, and it was usually in

00:30:31,135 --> 00:30:33,085

a huge, like, ball of flames.

00:30:33,235 --> 00:30:33,475

Kellie: Mine,

00:30:33,605 --> 00:30:34,165

Boys: mine as well.

00:30:34,175 --> 00:30:34,805

And, yeah.

00:30:34,925 --> 00:30:36,805

And that, that's when I finally was like,

00:30:36,825 --> 00:30:40,975

"Okay, I see where I'm supposed

to be going now," like, with who I

00:30:40,975 --> 00:30:42,965

am, what my life is supposed to be.

00:30:43,095 --> 00:30:43,335

Kellie: Yeah.

00:30:43,335 --> 00:30:47,425

Boys: And so I kind of, or I did

take my life out of, like, my

00:30:47,425 --> 00:30:49,075

identity is not in these things.

00:30:49,085 --> 00:30:49,345

Mm.

00:30:49,345 --> 00:30:49,378

Mm-hmm.

00:30:49,378 --> 00:30:54,085

It's not in what title I have or my

first one was, like, being a championship

00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:55,985

wrestler or whatever the case may be.

00:30:56,285 --> 00:30:59,805

But finding more of my identity

in God- Mm … that no matter if

00:31:00,455 --> 00:31:02,805

my business explodes tomorrow-

00:31:02,835 --> 00:31:03,105

Kellie: Yeah

00:31:03,145 --> 00:31:05,635

… Boys: or if, God forbid, something

happened to one of my family members,

00:31:05,635 --> 00:31:07,575

like, I still know who I truly am.

00:31:07,615 --> 00:31:07,945

Kellie: Yeah.

00:31:07,945 --> 00:31:08,115

I like

00:31:08,115 --> 00:31:08,200

Boys: that.

00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,315

And I think that was one of the

most important things that I had to

00:31:10,315 --> 00:31:11,505

learn through all of my struggles.

00:31:11,515 --> 00:31:11,875

Kellie: Yeah.

00:31:11,915 --> 00:31:12,085

Boys: So.

00:31:12,145 --> 00:31:14,075

Kellie: I always say the

coolest thing about me is Jesus.

00:31:14,085 --> 00:31:14,095

Mm.

00:31:14,495 --> 00:31:14,945

That's the only

00:31:14,945 --> 00:31:17,245

thing you can take away

that would make me not me.

00:31:17,635 --> 00:31:20,175

Everything else, I'm still Kelly, so.

00:31:20,285 --> 00:31:20,525

Boys: Yeah.

00:31:20,785 --> 00:31:21,235

Kellie: I love that.

00:31:21,625 --> 00:31:21,875

Boys: So-

00:31:21,885 --> 00:31:22,245

Kellie: Super cool

00:31:22,845 --> 00:31:23,285

Boys: last question.

00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:24,115

What's the C?

00:31:24,695 --> 00:31:25,025

Kellie: C is

00:31:25,025 --> 00:31:25,455

Caleb.

00:31:25,645 --> 00:31:26,125

That's my husband.

00:31:26,125 --> 00:31:26,305

Oh.

00:31:26,315 --> 00:31:26,575

Boys: okay.

00:31:26,835 --> 00:31:28,765

I was like, you said Schiller-

Right … and I'm like-

00:31:29,145 --> 00:31:29,555

Kellie: Just kidding.

00:31:30,725 --> 00:31:32,575

Boys: I'm trying to put these letters

together and- I was just trying

00:31:32,575 --> 00:31:34,995

to spell Schiller, and I'm like,

"That's not how you spell that."

00:31:35,445 --> 00:31:36,445

Kellie: Caleb is my husband's name.

00:31:36,445 --> 00:31:36,575

Okay.

00:31:37,335 --> 00:31:37,935

Boys: That makes a lot more sense.

00:31:37,945 --> 00:31:38,225

Yeah,

00:31:38,395 --> 00:31:38,695

Kellie: yeah.

00:31:38,820 --> 00:31:42,870

Boys: for those ladies, gentlemen

who wanna buy gifts for the missus,

00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,600

where can they find you guys

on social media one last time?

00:31:45,710 --> 00:31:46,120

Kellie: Yes.

00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,360

Kingdom Athlete kingdom_athlete on TikTok

00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:50,770

and Instagram.

00:31:51,140 --> 00:31:55,680