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Your power isn’t found. You own it.
In today’s tea time sesh, Amanda sits down with JJ, founder of The MVMNT Lab, a Pilates and wellness studio in Kissimmee, Florida, to talk about daring to be yourself, choosing yourself as an entrepreneur, and building a community that lifts everyone up.
JJ gets real about the highs, the lows, and the moments of imposter syndrome that come with starting something new—and how trusting the process is part of stepping into your power. They break down why movement is medicine, how Pilates supports your mind, body, and confidence, and why community is one of the most underrated tools for healing.
This episode is your wake-up call to stop shrinking, stop waiting for permission, and start reconnecting with your body, your voice, and your power.
JJ and Amanda also give a sneak peek of the Dare To Move wellness event on Saturday, April 25—a space to break up with the past, fall in love with your future, and step fully into your iconic self through movement, affirmations, and intentional journaling.
If you’re ready to claim your confidence, feel your power, and move in a way that heals, this episode is your blueprint.
🎧 Press play and start moving into your power.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to Dare To Be Iconic
00:37 Dare To Move Event Preview
01:40 New Merch Drop!
03:09 Spill the tea with JJ
05:17 Origin of The MVMNT Lab
09:53 JJ’s Highs, Lows, and Founder Lessons
14:14 Why Movement Is Medicine
16:24 Pilates & F1: An Iconic Duo
21:44 Healing Into Power
23:37 Why Community Matters
25:34 Dare To Move Sneak Peek
27:45 What Attendees Will Gain
30:28 JJ’s Power Practices
33:05 Power Begins With…
34:35 See you next week!
Transcripts
What's up, Radiant Icons and welcome back to Dare To Be
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:Iconic, the podcast made for icons
who are daring to be themselves.
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:I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli and
for today's tea time sesh, we are
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:spilling the tea with jj, the owner
of the Movement Lab, a Pilates and
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:wellness studio in Kissimee, Florida.
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:For today's tea time sesh, JJ and I
spilled the tea on owning your Power
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:healing through movement, and give a
little sneak peek of what to expect for
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:our iconic wellness event experience:
Dare To Move: Where Healing Becomes Power.
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:Dare to Move is an iconic wellness
experience that you cannot find anywhere
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:else, radiant icons, and that will be on
Saturday, April 25th at the MVMNT Lab,
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:this iconic empowerment event includes
a first ever in-person masterclass of
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:Dare to Be Iconic's Very own breakup
with the past, fall in love with the
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:future, and a Pilates class and so much.
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:We want to see you there on April
25th at the MVMNT Lab Radiant Icons.
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:So make sure to secure your seat today
by clicking the link in the show notes
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:below, and also radiance icons before we
get into our piping Hot Tea time slash
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:because you know we split all the tea
and yes, it was indeed very, very hot.
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:I dare you to connect with
me on Socials Radiance Icons,
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:absolutely on Instagram and TikTok.
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:It's @amandapaolicelli_
and @daretobeiconic_.
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:And if you're on LinkedIn Radiant icons,
you already know what I'm gonna say.
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:Make sure to connect with me on there.
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:It's Amanda Paolicelli.
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:All of my socials are linked
in the show notes below.
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:And also radiant icons, speaking of show
notes, you may see that we dropped a
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:little something something on Monday,
and that is our new merch line because
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:it's time to own your sexy this spring.
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:And the best way to own your
sexy is by repping your DTBI
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:pride with our new spring line.
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:You see that?
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:How that rhymes, radiant icons.
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:I'm just.
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:We're just iconic like that.
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:And if you are watching on YouTube right
now, then you can see that I am wearing
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:our hot and healing pink crew neck.
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:I am absolutely, utterly
obsessed with this collection.
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:I think this is honestly
our best collection today,
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:our best collection to date.
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:And I know you want to own your sexy
with us by repping your DTBI pride.
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:So make sure to grab your favorite pieces
from this exclusive drop by clicking
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:the link in the show notes today.
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:And now that we've gone through
all the housekeeping radiant
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:icons, the time has come.
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:Are you ready for your tee time sesh?
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:Because it's starting now.
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:Jj, it's been a long time coming.
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:Welcome to Dare to Be Iconic.
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:How are you doing girl?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Doing so good.
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:Thank you so much for having me on here.
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:I'm just like so excited
to get talking and
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:Amanda Paolicelli: do Oh my God.
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:Of course.
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:Us spilling the tea is something that the
radiant icons I know cannot wait to hear
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:about because we have so much to spill.
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:But before we get into all
that iconicness, we do have to
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:go over some DTBI essentials.
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:Which basically is what does dare to
be iconic mean to you, and how do you
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:dare to be iconic in your everyday life?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Dare to be
Iconic like that statement right there
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:I think is something that everybody can
speak to it differently and it can really
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:be something different for everyone.
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:And I think to me it means to
like dare to just be yourself.
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:Like don't be afraid of that.
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:Like really like find who
you are and be proud of it.
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:Don't feel any shame towards
the way that you feel.
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:The way that you feel is
valid and all of that.
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:And I think that that is probably what
dare to be iconic means 'cause every one
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:of us is an icon and in our own right.
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:And I think we all just
wanna lean into that.
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:I think nobody should feel like they
have to reach a certain status to
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:be what they can consider an icon.
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:You are an icon in your own life.
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:And I think that's kind of what
I like to live by with that like
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:dare to be iconic every day.
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:It's like really just waking
up and just choosing to be me
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:and not be afraid of who I am.
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:And, um, it's way easier said than done.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Amanda Paolicelli:
Retweet girl, preach it.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Uh, not for me
today, but just knowing that that's also
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:part of your journey and that it's okay
to feel that way and then you just kick
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:it into gear the next day and keep going.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:And what I love the most about what you
said in your dare to be iconic definition,
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:is that part of choosing yourself.
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:I am such a big advocate for the Choose
yourself journey, like point blank period.
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:'cause I think when you lean
into the magic of daring to be
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:yourself, that is when everything
else in your life follows suit.
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:Right?
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:Yeah.
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:And when it comes to that act of choosing
yourself, I specifically think about both
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:of us on our entrepreneurial journeys.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: And for the radiant
icons that may not know about your
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:business, the movement lab, can you bring
us back to that moment where you decided
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:to choose you and create the MVMNT Lab?
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:What is the Movement Lab?
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:What inspired you to go on this journey
and basically dare to be yourself
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:while you are building a business?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah, so
for the Movement Lab, like for anybody
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:that doesn't know we are a Matt Pilates
studio located in downtown Kissimmee.
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:Um, but like that's just on paper.
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:That's what we are.
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:But I really do feel that the Movement Lab
is a community of people that just wanna
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:promote wealth, health, wellness, fitness,
like we kind of have like this, like
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:ongoing saying that if you have a body.
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:Like the Movement lab is for you?
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:Like it doesn't matter.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Yes.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: What
you look like, where you come from.
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:Like we are just like, we wanna be that
welcoming community in the Pilates space
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:or just in the wellness space in general.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Um, but what kind of like, that moment
in time that I thought of creating
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:something like the Movement Lab was
honestly just kind of like, was a.
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:Kinda just like a flow of things that
kind of just started sparking this idea.
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:So for those who don't know,
I also own a dance studio.
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:That's like what I've been doing.
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:That's, I've been a dancer
my whole entire life.
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:And I am in school right now to get
my doctorate in physical therapy.
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:So I've always wanted to tie my
like, love for health and wellness
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:with physical therapy into dance.
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:Yeah.
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:And then I love going to the gym.
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:But it was like one of those things
where I was like, I just don't
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:feel connected to it like that.
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:Like I don't feel connected
to it the way I do with dance.
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:So then I found Pilates, started doing
Pilates classes, fell in love with it,
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:realized how beneficial it is, not just
as a workout like for rehab from the
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:physical therapy mind that I'm having.
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:Like just like the, the benefit
of it for your body and the fact
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:that literally anybody can do it.
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:And then being a dancer, like.
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:If there's any dancers out
there, you know, the dancer
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:to Pilates pipeline is like,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: it's huge.
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:It's like literally insane.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Kind of fell into that pipeline.
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:Right?
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:But then already being like an
entrepreneur in that aspect of
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:like having a dance studio and
wanting to promote wellness.
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:I just thought, well, I looked around
and I would always drive out of
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:Kissimmee into any neighboring city, any
neighboring neighborhood to go to Pilates.
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:And I'm like, well, why don't
we have this here in Kissimmee?
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:Like Kissimmee needs this.
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:This is something that would be great.
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:Exactly for the people around
here 'cause I know so many
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:people that want it, but I'm.
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:Orlando is 30 minutes away from Orlando.
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:Orlando's 45 minutes.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No, literally for
the Radiant icons who are not in central
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:Florida, it like Orlando is huge.
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:Yeah.
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:You have to drive 30 to 45
minutes to get anywhere.
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:Point blank and period.
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:Okay, so we did need this in Kissimmee.
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:Like we literally were talking about
this before we press record on this tea
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:time session is how important it is to
have spaces that not only are inclusive.
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:But you know, that are also close
in an area that takes you like
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:30 to 45 minutes on a good day
to get to what you need to do.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Correct.
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:And so with that, I was like, man,
like I've always loved serving the
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:community in any way, shape, or form,
rather than like doing community
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:events with the dance studio or like.
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:Just getting involved with like the
first responders or getting involved
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:with like just neighbor, neighborhood
people, like all, all of that.
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:Just like giving back to the community.
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:And I thought, what better way to give
back to the community than to provide
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:something like fitness or wellness
that we need here just in general.
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:And so literally the, the idea
of popped into my head and I've
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:always loved the name movement.
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:That was like something that
I knew I wanted to use in
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:some point in time in my life.
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:And then the MVMNT lab came
to be, and then here we are.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: How long has the
Movement Lab been up and running?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: The idea
of the Movement Lab started with like
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:our first couple Pilates classes.
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:Yeah.
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:In March of last year.
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:So it's been a year of like the idea
of it, but the actual like full on
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:having classes since June of last year.
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:Like it's been less than
a year of like full on.
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:Go, go, go.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Girl.
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:Oh my God.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Yeah.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: You're like killing it.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: It's like such
a little baby, but it's growing so fast.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No, you're
like, wow, I had no idea.
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:Holy.
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:Okay girl.
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:That's one period.
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:Like that's boss babe shit right there.
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:Like period.
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:So speaking of you being so early
then in your entrepreneurial
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:journey, right, with the MVMNT lab.
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:What have been some of the highest
highs and lowest lows, and what have
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:those, both of them, the highest highs
and lowest lows taught you on this
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:journey as you think about the future
of MVMNT Lab 'cause as you said, it's
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:growing at an unprecedented rate.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: So what has
it taught you about yourself as a
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:founder, and how has it impacted
your vision for what's to come?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: For sure.
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:Um.
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:Some like, obviously like people can
say the highest highs are like the sold
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:out classes and the that and like, yes.
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:Obviously that's a really high, high.
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:Like, to be able to say that
I had a sold out event two
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:week, uh, not even a week ago.
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:It was like last Saturday, we
had an event completely sold out.
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:Honestly kind of oversold out like,
and it was amazing to see that.
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:But I think another, like really high,
high that we've had at the movement, love
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:has been just seeing the community and
hearing the feedback that are in like
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:that come into the studio because I have
people that come in and say like, they
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:just feel like they're a part of a family.
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:Like they're here to work out.
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:But they're also here to like
hang out with their friends.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly, yes.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
They come in alone and they
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:leave with a friend like that.
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:That to me, because that's what I wanted.
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:To create, like warms my heart knowing
that like people feel that way.
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:People feel like it's a safe space.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:And then obviously some of like the
lowest lows have definitely been like
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:the times where I'm like, I don't
even know if we can keep this going.
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:Like there's times where like before
when we first opened up, it was like
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:not a lot of people were hearing about
us, uh, we're in downtown Kissimmee,
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:which in and of itself like is an older.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Area of Orlando.
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:Yeah.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: So because
it's a little bit older, like the setup
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:maybe isn't as like ideal, like storefront
wise and like having little hallways and
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:alleyways that most businesses are in.
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:So it's like foot traffic and just
thinking that, like exposure to
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:the community and just feeling
kind of like it wasn't working.
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:And then, you know, we have the
people that walk in and find us.
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:And all of that, and that's great.
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:But I think some of the lowest lows
were like those days where I was like,
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:man, like I don't even know if we're
gonna be able to keep this going.
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:Like, this was a cool idea
at first, I'm not sure.
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:Definitely also kind of taught me
while I'm like instructing and teaching
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:and, and creating this, it's like.
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:There's moments in times where
like, I'm sure everybody feels it
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:kinda like an imposter syndrome.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Mm.
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:Don't retweet.
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:Yeah.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: And
it's like I'm teaching the class
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:and I'm like, I really hope that
these people like the, the, yeah.
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:We have like the class.
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:I hope people that
really resonate with it.
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:I hope people
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: And then I
see people come back, but then I, some see
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:some people don't and I'm like, well I've,
I've had, I've had to learn to think like.
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:Everyone will have their path.
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:Everyone who's meant to be here
will be here and all of that.
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:And I think that's maybe one of the
biggest things that I've learned with the
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:Movement Lab as a founder of it, is like
trusting that process and like trusting
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:those lows because you know that there's
gonna be a high coming next, you know?
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:Mm-hmm.
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:And I think already having ran the
dance studio and still running that, um.
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:The business side of it kind of just
like flowed right into, I'm not gonna
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:say I'm a perfect business person,
I'm not, I promise you every day
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:I'm making mistakes and everything.
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:But like it's,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: well
that's so normal though.
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:'Cause we're just learning, you know,
like we're all just learning and
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:we're just figuring it out as we go.
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:There's no one perfect like road
when it comes to building a business.
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:Like,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
and I think we in our own head,
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:thinking that there is, and so
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:Amanda Paolicelli: exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Building
this from the ground up has definitely
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:taught me that in a different way
than the dance studio ever did.
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:And I think the dance studio, I mean,
backstory on that, it was a family
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:business that I ended up taking over.
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:So it was almost kinda like
I, I grew up learning it.
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:I grew up knowing, like building
this from literally ground zero,
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:from like having to create the name
of it and finding movement and being
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:like, how am I gonna make this work?
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:Googling cool ways to make this like name.
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:You know, make sound like a
Pilate studio, but something
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:that can also be so much more.
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:Um, so then now having, you know, classes
and, uh, that are full, that are full
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:and having like a team behind me and
with me teaching and everything, like,
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:it's just been, it's been an awesome
experience to see like, the growth of it
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:and just lean into those highs and those
lows, because that's what makes us human.
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:That's what makes
everything, you know, real.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:I wanna just piggyback off of real quick.
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:One thing you said, which was the phrase
movement and how community and movement,
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:it just like kept popping up, right?
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:When you were describing the highs and
lows that you've experienced, right.
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:In that trusting yourself process
as you were building the Movement
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:lab and you tagline for the Movement
Lab is movement is medicine.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Mm-hmm.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Has there been
a time in your classes, right?
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:Or your events where you have seen that
phrase, movement is medicine come to
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:life, and can you share that with us?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:There's been so many times where I've
seen that come to life kind of like.
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:You know, again, the physical
therapy mind that I have.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Having,
like, the movement is, medicine
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:is one thing that we use as
physical therapists as a tagline.
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:We use like, yes.
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:Medicine, like motion is lotion.
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:Like we use that like as our like
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Yeah.
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:It's the, like it's the thing.
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:Yeah.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
Talk to a physical therapist
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:and they're gonna say that.
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:Um, but knowing that it's so much more
than just that, you know, and I have
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:people come in, like, for example, I have
a client that that'll come into class and
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:I can tell that she might not be feeling
the best that day or anything like that.
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:And after the class, she's
like, man, I really needed that.
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:Like I really needed to move my body.
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:And just like I let go of all of
like for 45 minutes, I'm letting
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:go of all of the stress from work.
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:Mm.
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:All the stress from home letting
go of all of the negativity
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:and like being able to just.
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:Move and be present in the moment
and be in tune with my own body.
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:Um, and so it's times like that that
I see, like that tagline come to life.
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:And even me, like, I'm sure there's
times where I'm showing up to teach
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:and I'm like, man, like I really
don't feel like moving my body today.
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:But then when I'm done, I
feel like a brand new woman.
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:I'm like, man, I love the
fact that I got to do this.
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:And it's also like we get to play fun
music and we have fun lights and the
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:whole environment of it and the vibe
and the mood of everything really does.
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:Like, like just change.
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:And I think movement is, medicine is so
much more than just medicine for your
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:body, but it's medicine for your mind.
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:And I think it's like, yes, probably
just such a, people don't realize
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:that Pilates is not, some people
think Pilates is just stretching.
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:Yeah.
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:In classes.
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:Yeah.
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:Or Pilates is so much more
than stretching, like.
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:Girl.
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:I had a guy come in and take class.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Oh, I was
literally just about to ask you.
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:Thank God you brought that up,
because I love watching on TikTok.
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:The men struggling doing Pilates.
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:Like I am a certified man hater.
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:I know everyone knows this about me.
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:Like when you play man eater in
your class, I have taken J'S class.
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:Okay.
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:And you can look on my
Instagram and there's a part.
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:She plays man eater and she has
me do the damn arm exercises.
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:'cause I hate working out
my arms radiant icons.
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:I am so weak.
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:But every time that song comes
on, I go, yes, I can do this.
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:I can fight a man
because I always want to.
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:But
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: no,
I said that in my class one day.
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:Super unhinged.
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:We say crazy things here.
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:Okay, we
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:Amanda Paolicelli: have some, we should.
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:It is therapy.
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:Okay.
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:Like we're literally in therapy when
we are moving our body in Pilates.
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:So of course the emotions that we are
feeling deep down that we don't get
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:to say every day are gonna come out.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Exactly.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
And literally I love it.
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:I literally, I was talking like that with
a few of like my regulars and they were
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:like, jj, every time you play man eater
or breaking dishes, we know your arm burn.
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:Yes,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: yes, yes.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah, exactly.
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:Um, but yeah, I feel like it's like,
you know, that's probably like the
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:best thing when it comes to like
the movement is medicine thing and
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:girl, going back to the guy thing.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Oh please.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Hey, if you
don't know both Amanda and I love F1.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: We love F1.
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:We're both Lando Norris' girly.
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:So like, Lord, help us all.
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:I
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: don't
talk about the past few weeks,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: I can't.
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:No, please.
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:We, we need to like,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: we
can do a whole other episode on
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:just the stuff happen before.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No, like literally.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Anyway
before Miami, but um, there was a, did
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:you see a video of Carlos doing Pilates?
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Oh
yes, of course I did.
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:Of course I did.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: I think that,
that video, I see it when I close my eyes,
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:'cause I've watched it so many times.
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:A professional athlete
like that struggling with
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:Pilates made me feel so good.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Not the fact
that you can see it in your mind,
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:but like point blanking period.
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:You know what I need?
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:I need Williams.
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:I know someone from the Williams
team listens to Dare to be iconic.
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:So I need you to listen to me right now.
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:I need you to have JJ teach Carlos
and Alex Pilates and then I will
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:come and film it for the podcast.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
Call us right now.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No, like literally
James, I know you listen to my podcast.
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:Okay.
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:I know you listen.
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:But any who, anyway.
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:I love when men struggle with Pilates.
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:It is the funniest thing in the
world because they like, they, I
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:think they underestimate how much
strength it takes to be moving like
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:your, like the pulsing, when you
say pulse, I know I'm going to die.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Mm-hmm.
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:Exactly.
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:Exactly.
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:Half down.
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:That's it.
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:The worst movement ever.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: I hate it.
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:And when you're like with the arm one
and you're like, pulse, I said, jj,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: you are like,
why are you making me do this right now?
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No.
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:Like literally.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Lemme tell you, it's not easy folks.
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:It's not easy.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No, it's not.
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:I dare you to try it.
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:Radiant T icons.
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:I know you probably have because of
how many times I have said on this very
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:podcast do movement that brings you joy.
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:And then I mentioned heels
dancing, and Pilates, and I know
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:you guys have probably done it.
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:So you know, you feel, you feel the pain.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Okay.
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:You feel you're in the same boat as us.
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:Okay.
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:Exactly.
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:We're all together.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: We're all
suffering together with the pulsing.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Correct?
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:Exactly.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Just like we're
suffering with Lando Norris and McLaren.
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:This season,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
I stayed up until 1:00 AM.
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:Till,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: no, a thousand percent.
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:I definitely did too, but it was
honestly lowkey kind of boring.
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:In my opinion, because like I
already knew Kimi was gonna win.
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:I already knew.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: We
all knew that was gonna happen.
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:We all knew it was gonna win.
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:We all knew Mercedes was gonna take it.
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:And then I know.
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:Girl, I can't at least
Oscar got a race though.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No.
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:I literally was like, at least
we got a McLaren on the podium,
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:like, you know what I'm saying?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
And this was Oscar's first race
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:of the season, go off King.
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:Like
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:Amanda Paolicelli: he
literally said, hold my beer.
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:I'm starting a race and
I'm gonna finish it.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: I finish
it and he just podiums on top of it.
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:We're good.
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:Like girl,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: thank God, thank God.
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:I mean, at least we are hoping for
something good in Miami, you know, like.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
The vibes have to be set right?
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:I'm sorry.
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:I, I,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: no, they
have to because that is
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:like the thing about Miami.
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:Is that Miami has some of the best vibes
ever, like Point, plague, and period.
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:I love Miami because of the activations.
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:The activations really
set you up for success.
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:So when you're on the track,
you're like, oh, this is a vibe.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Oh my God.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Right?
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:Like the, the, you know how we
were just talking about the, the
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:mind, body, soul connection, right?
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:When we're moving in Pilates, it's
the same thing when you're on the
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:track because you gotta move to the
other side, to, you know, everywhere.
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:To see those cars, especially
with those campus passes that
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:they haven't dropped yet.
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:Miami gp.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Hello?
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:I have one Miami,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: but
Miami has immaculate vibes.
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:Yeah, it's always a party.
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:Like genuinely.
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:Think of a day club on a track.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: You
sold me there, like I'm sold.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: I know, I know.
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:It's so good.
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:It's so good.
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:But, but speaking of
immaculate vibes, yeah.
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:Like the Miami Grand Prix and our
event, our iconic wellness experience.
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:Dare to move.
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:We're talking a lot about this.
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:Mind, body and soul connection, right?
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:And the importance of healing
out loud through movement.
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:And our tagline for this event,
is where healing becomes power.
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:So in your opinion, jj, what is
the difference between simply
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:healing from something and
stepping into your power afterward?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
Ooh, such a good question.
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:Um, honestly, I think as simple as
it can be, it's like when you take an
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:experience that you've gone through
good, bad, or indifferent, and you heal
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:from it in whichever way that it needs
to happen, and then you use that to your
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:advantage, not only to grow as a person,
but to help inspire other people to
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:grow as their own person like healing.
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:Then becoming your own power.
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:Like really there's something about
finding who you are and that power, even
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:if it's like a sliver of who you are.
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:'cause we're always finding
ourselves every single day.
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:But even if you find that extra little
sliver that one day, there's something
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:so powerful about it, especially as.
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:Anybody, but especially like when,
for this event, if we're healing
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:through movement and like, it's like
women empowerment and all this stuff.
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:Yeah.
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:Especially like in that space, there's
something so unique about that.
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:Something so some vibe that like
you, that's it's, it's intangible.
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:Something you really can't hold onto.
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:Like Yes.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Feel that,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: you
know, and I really think that healing
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:and then growing into your powers
like using that and like you hold
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:onto it, you take over that you.
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:Take control of that.
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:Again, you don't let that power you.
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:You take power over that
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:Amanda Paolicelli: exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: With it.
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:I think that is like probably
the most important thing when
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:it comes to like healing.
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:And moving into your own power.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:And like, like you mentioned,
healing in itself is, it's such an
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:individualized personal experience, right?
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:We are all healing from so many
different things in life, right?
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:Like I'm healing from something
completely different than maybe
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:you can be healing from, right?
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:But we both won't know it, right?
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:We, well, we're just
going through it, right?
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:Because it is quiet,
it is intimate, and so.
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:Why do you think it's so important
for us as young women who are
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:business owners that mainly cater to
a female audience, a female community.
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:Why do you think it's so important
for us to create experiences or
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:spaces where people can heal in
community and why it is so powerful
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:as we learn how to own our power?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Um, honestly, like.
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:Having community is
something so important.
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:Like we don't realize how important
it's to just have people by your side.
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:Like you said, you might not even
know what other people are going
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:through and they might even tell you,
and even then you still might even
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:know, not know the full extent of it.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Having
those people around to know that you're
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:not alone in whatever your healing is.
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:For example, if you're healing
from a heartbreak or you're healing
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:from, you know, maybe something
happened at your job or maybe like.
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:I don't know, you lost your favorite
sweater, whatever it might be like,
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:whatever's you need to heal from.
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:Knowing that you're not alone in
that, because other people can share a
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:similar or adjacent experience to that.
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:It might not even be that they're
in the same boat as you, but you're
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:all on the same journey together.
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:And I think having that sense of
community that you have people to lean
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:on, you have somebody that you can
talk to, that you can reach out to.
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:Everybody has such a
different outlook on life.
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:Yes.
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:Everyone has a different perspective,
you know, and being able to hear
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:other people's perspectives.
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:Will only widen your horizons more.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: And so speaking of
that community aspect our event Dare
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:to Move, which is now live in the show
notes for you to secure your tickets,
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:radiant icons, if you are in the central
Florida area, we want to see you there.
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:But our event centers
around the words community.
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:Right.
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:Because it's so vital to healing.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:It centers around movement
obviously, and confidence.
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:Yeah.
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:From your perspective, how do these
three elements work together to
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:help someone reconnect with their
power as they're healing out loud?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: I think
they connect more than people think.
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:You know, community moving, like
healing, confidence, things like that.
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:Like just.
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:Especially when you show up to an event.
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:Let's just say you show
up alone like any of you.
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:radiant icons show up by yourself, right?
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Mm-hmm.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: I promise
you that you're gonna feel this
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:sense of community and all being
in the same boat together, like we
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:were talking about with the pulses.
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:You're going to feel the pulse,
you're going to feel the the burn.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: We're
all gonna struggle together.
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:We're
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: all struggling
together, and we're all feeling the
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:burn and the pulse together, and feeling
that and being in the same boat with.
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:You, even these new people that
you don't know, like you will
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:walk away with a friend, you
will walk away with someone new.
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:You will walk away following somebody
extra on, on Instagram and tagging
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:them in your story like and having
that confidence to even just say hi to
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:somebody that you don't know because
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:Amanda Paolicelli: or
even come to the event.
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:I think that's a big thing too, is like.
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:A lot of times we feel scared to
go outside of our comfort zone
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:and go to an event by ourselves.
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:But honestly, I think that's like the
best thing you can do for yourself.
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:Yeah.
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:Is force yourself to go
to an event by yourself.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Because
you're gonna make friends.
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:You are,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
I promise you, you will.
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:And having the, the confidence even show
up and then knowing that you have a sense
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:of community there because everybody
there is searching for something similar.
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:Some sort of confidence boost,
some sort of healing, some sort
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:of something, as well as getting a
really good burden and moving and
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:all being in the same boat together.
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:I think that's honestly the best
way that we can combine those
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:three things into our event that
we have that I'm so excited for.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: And speaking of
this experience that we can't wait to
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:share with you guys on April 25th at
the MVMNT Lab, what else do you hope
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:attendees take from our event and
what are you most excited for too?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: I'm most
excited to see everybody coming together.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Yeah.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
And being able to like, just
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:honestly, just meeting new people.
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:That's like the scariest
thing in the world.
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:Yes.
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:Is meeting new people and honestly,
so excited to fear, to feel that
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:little sense of like, oof, I
wonder who I'm gonna meet here.
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:I wonder like, yeah.
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:Like friends.
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:We're gonna make, I'm so excited
to just see everybody coming
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:out of their comfort zone
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Yes.
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:To
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: this event.
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:Showing up, going through the
workshop that I'm so excited
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:that you're gonna lead.
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:Like I cannot wait.
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:Thank you.
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:Um, I'm so excited to hear you like.
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:Anything that you have to say?
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:'cause I just know that you, like,
I literally am so excited you
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:Amanda Paolicelli: say it again.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
Um, literally I just, yeah.
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:I think that the workshop
is gonna be amazing.
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:I think that people are gonna be able
to take away so many things from it.
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:And I really hope that people
just take away this sense of self.
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:I guess, yes.
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:Best way that I can say it is like this
sense of not just the healing power, but
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:just being able to feel like you walked
away and you learned something new and
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:you think that, and you know your worth,
you know, your strength, um, physically,
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:mentally, emotionally, all of the above.
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:Yes.
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:And I feel like that's probably
one thing that you may go into this
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:event not knowing that you will walk
out with and you'll walk out with.
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:So much more than you
could have ever expected.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly.
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:No, we can guarantee you radiant
icons that you will be walking
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:away with radiating inner power.
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:Yeah.
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:Like you will know how to turn
your pain into power and heal
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:out loud, I promise you, when you
show up to dare to move, because
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:that's where healing becomes power.
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:You know, I had to do already
in icons, but any who, that was
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:beautiful and I hope everyone takes
away exactly that from our event.
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:'cause there's.
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:Again, so much power in daring to be
yourself and coming in community and being
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:confident in who you are and not letting
anything or anyone define you because
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:you are the only person that can define
yourself at the end of the day, you know?
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:Amen.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Say that
louder for the people in the back.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Amen.
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:So jj, I can't believe our time to
spill the tea is literally almost done.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Oh my gosh.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: I know, I know.
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:We've had a, we had a
really good tea time sesh.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: You did.
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:I we are, we can keep going.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: No.
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:Like literally, I do have two
little fun things for you.
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:Okay.
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:Before, before we, we go.
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:Okay.
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:For a radiant icon who is listening
to this right now and feels
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:disconnected to their power.
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:What is one small step that
they can take right now to start
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:reconnecting with themselves?
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: So something
that you can do, like right now, um, I'm
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:gonna give two, two tiny little things.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: I love it.
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:Give it to us.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Is, it
sounds so silly, but literally just
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:look at yourself in the mirror and
literally just say out loud, one
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:positive affirmation about yourself.
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:Just say it to yourself in the mirror
and you are gonna feel so silly
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:doing it, but I promise you there's
something about saying it to yourself
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:and hearing your own voice say it.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: And seeing it, like
literally connecting to yourself in
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:that mirror, making that eye contact.
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:Yes.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: One
positive thing about yourself
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:or, and or grabbing a journal.
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:And writing something
positive about yourself.
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:I think what happens is we so
often only harp on the negatives
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:that are going on in our lives.
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:Yes.
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:And the things that we wish we could
change, that we don't sit there
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:and actually create a sense of.
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:Of, uh, positivity and confidence in
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:Amanda Paolicelli: what we
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
do have going for ourselves.
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:I promise you, you have so many
more strengths than you can imagine.
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:Exactly.
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:And I think just grabbing a
journal, writing it down, even
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:if it's the, the breakup journal.
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:DTBI.
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:Sorry, excuse me.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: Thank you.
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:No, I mean, she's right.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: You, you can buy
it in the, the link in the show notes.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Thank you.
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:Just grabbing a journal, writing in it.
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:Find something positive.
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:Pinterest or Google a.
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:Yes.
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:A positive journal prompt if you
don't know what to write, and then,
746
:Amanda Paolicelli: or even doing like
three things you're grateful for too.
747
:Yeah, absolutely.
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:Like just living in that gratitude Yeah.
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:Can help you with that positive
mindset, so you can have that friendly
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:outlook of the world and of yourself.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
Yeah, that's it.
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:Just really just start writing down a
little things that you're grateful for,
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:positive affirmations about yourself,
and you will begin to believe it.
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:I promise you exactly like it will start.
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:There's something so powerful
about pen to paper and saying
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:it to yourself in the mirror.
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:Just
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:Amanda Paolicelli: exactly.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: You're
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:Amanda Paolicelli: switching your mind.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yeah, just
you have to, our minds are so powerful.
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:Our words hold such power and if we
only talk down and self-deprecate,
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:we're never going to believe otherwise.
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:And I think that's the first thing.
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:Just get out of that head space and
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:Amanda Paolicelli: exactly
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
said than done.
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:But start with that.
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:Start with the application in journaling.
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:That's what I would say.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: I love it.
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:It's a good old mindset Switch radiant
icons and you know, we love that here.
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:So lastly, jj, this is new.
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:I've actually never done this on the
pod before, so I am very excited.
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:I would like you to finish this sentence.
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:Power begins with,
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab:
Ooh, I have to say it.
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:Power begins with moving for me,
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:Amanda Paolicelli: and that's on period.
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:Jj, thank you for coming on dare to be
iconic and spilling the tea with us.
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:I am so excited for Dare to Move,
and if you are in the Kissimmee area,
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:not only will we see you on April
25th, but also make sure to check out
783
:the MVMNT Lab and I will be linking
their site in the show notes below
784
:so you can book your next class.
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:JJ, Owner of The MVMNT Lab: Yes.
786
:Book your class.
787
:Come hang out with us.
788
:We are super, super welcoming.
789
:Anybody is welcome and we are so
excited to see you guys in the studio
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:and at our event on April 25th.
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:Welcome to the Fashionably Single
Podcast, where single life meets
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:real talk, hosted by Hannah.
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:This guy is sitting next to me and
this was like a no shoe kind of house,
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:so he had to take his shoes off.
795
:They were playing cards, drinking, and
then all of a sudden he starts rubbing his
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:foot on my leg and her co-host Jessica.
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:So he leaves me at the table, he gets
his food, he goes back to his car.
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:I'm thinking he's
dipping out on this date.
799
:I just told him I don't want to marry
him and I won't let him kill me.
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:So two millennials in
Austin, Texas, navigating.
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:Independence and becoming your best
self with confidence and style.
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:Amanda Paolicelli: All
right, radiant icons.
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:That is your tea time session for today.
804
:If you enjoyed today's episode, make
sure to subscribe, to leave a review,
805
:a rating to tell your friends about us,
to tell everyone and anyone, because
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:you know we love what, say You with me.
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:radiant Icons.
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:We love more radiant icons in
our iconic community of ours.
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:I will never get tired of saying it.
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:I truly will not.
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:And you know what else?
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:I will never get tired of rain.
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:These icons.
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:Is meeting you guys in person, so
make sure to secure your tickets
815
:today, especially if you are in
the central Florida area to our
816
:iconic wellness experience- Dare To
Move: Where Healing Becomes Power.
817
:I am truly so excited to heal out loud
with you guys and reconnect with ourselves
818
:and own our power together because if
there is one thing I know we can do
819
:this year in 2026 is turn our pain into
power and heal out loud, and I cannot
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:wait to do it together with you all.
821
:Thank you JJ, so much for spilling the
tea with us here at Dare To Be Iconic.
822
:Make sure to check out The MVMNT Lab
if you are in Kissimmee, Florida.
823
:Her links are in the show notes below
and well, I'll chat with y'all next week.
824
:Next week.
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:We have a little episode, rewind.
826
:'cause you know I love how
good rewind every once a month.
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:Okay.
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:Okay.
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:Radiant icons.
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:So I'll chat with you then.
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:Remember, dare to be iconic.
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:Bye.
