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I was like, really, really depressed. I was just literally

smoking weed all day.

I didn't have a job. And I was like, What is the point of life?

Like I was just so down, and that it was like hopelessness

and I was like, there's gotta be something like what is what am I

here to do? And I was listening to all of this old jazz like

Eddie James and Billie Holiday and and Amy Winehouse and stuff

like that. And it was like a lightbulb just like went off in

my brain. And it was like, Oh, this is what I'm here to do.

Hello, fellow Earthlings. Welcome to the becoming the big

me podcast. I'm your host, Djemilah, Birnie and together,

we will be stepping into our highest potential, exploring all

things mind, body, and soul. With justice, major business,

you're a spiritual badass solopreneur and a warrior for

change. You're ready to expand your impact and leave your old

self behind in order to raise your vibration so that you can

positively influence your business, your community, and

ultimately, the world. Without further ado, let's dive right

into it.

Hello, everyone. Welcome that to this episode of The becoming

baby podcast. I have with me today, Kaylee penny. She is a 26

year old singer and songwriter based in the San Francisco Bay

Area. She grew up in an abusive

environment, and has overcome many barriers that have come

with mental health issues, miles apart, and essentially building

something from the ground up. Right now she is following her

passion following her dreams, creating the life that she

desires by chasing her dreams of becoming a singer and

songwriter. Hello, Kaylee, how are you doing today? Hello, I am

great. How are you? I am doing fabulous. I'm so excited to have

you on today. And to hear more about your story. Definitely.

Thank you so much for having me, of course. So let's just dive

right into it. So just Can you give us just a quick little

summary of you and what you're about and what you've got going

on right now. Yeah, so I actually, I live in LA now. So

that's a more recent thing. So I am following music. I'm a singer

and a songwriter.

And so that's what I'm doing. I'm writing albums, and I'm also

diving into, you know, making documentaries and more real

content. And so making stuff that is real raw, and people

can, you know, kind of making art out of out of real life

and trying to connect with as many positive people who, you

know, positive, successful, good hearted people. So that is what

I'm up to right now.

So where did you Where did you come from? Like, what? How did

you get to LA? Was that kind of like, a solo trip? Tell me a

little bit about that. Yeah, um, so I, well, I grew up in a town

that was kind of like a wine and cheese town, very like boozy and

sheltered. And I never felt like I really fit in. I was very

rebellious, and kind of like a really independent thinker. So

it never really felt like home being in the Bay Area, for

whatever reason. And about three years ago, me and my best

friend, Dane, I've known him for almost 10 years now. We moved

down kind of spur of the moment, we were like, We just need to

like make a big decision and go do something awesome and go live

our lives. So we moved down to LA like three years ago, and we

stayed for like three months. Just trying to figure it out.

Like staying at Airbnb ease and stuff like that.

And we ended up going back because it was like pretty hard.

We weren't really that prepared. But anyways, I completely fell

in love with la then. And so in April, I actually, like stopped

working with my band. I had a band up in the Bay Area.

And so I stopped working with them. Because I was like a

little bit more serious trying to push things forward and they

were more so doing it as like a hobby. So once I stopped doing

that, I had

have the opportunity to like, you know, live wherever I wanted

to.

And so I decided to just make the leap. And so I packed my two

dogs, which are right behind me, they'll probably pop up in a

minute. I pack them into my little, you know, coupe, and,

you know, brought my clothes and then, you know, now I'm here so

awesome. So is it just you right now you're kind of solopreneur

whoring it doing it on your own? Yeah, definitely. For the most

part, it's been a really solo thing. So far, I've met a few

select really quality people down here so far. So I'm really

grateful for that.

But for the most part, yeah, I've been, you know, solo,

pairing it up.

Can you tell me a little bit more about your music? Like,

what kind of impact Are you trying to make with your music?

And and where did that come from? What made you inspired to

make the kind of music that you make?

Yeah. So I remember always writing like poetry. I remember

the first time I started, I picked up.

Machiavelli, like, it was like an old book in my house. Like, I

don't, it was so random, but I was like, Oh, this looks

elegant. Let me see what's in here. And I would just look at

the words. And it was pretty hard to understand when I was

like, because I was probably like, 12, or something.

But I was looking at the words, and I was just so drawn to these

cool words. And so I started writing poetry. And it was like,

pretty metaphorical, like, using, like, symbolism and stuff

like that, to just portray, like, what was happening, and

what was happening in my life was a lot of abuse, you know,

and so it was, you know, some dark poetry and I just felt this

need to express myself, you know, it was less on the, you

know, beautiful flowers outside, and more on the, you know, like,

symbolism for, like psychology that I felt was going on, or

whatever, at that time.

So I started writing poetry and didn't really, like think too

much of it.

And then about five years ago, I was like, really, really

depressed. I was just literally smoking weed all day.

I didn't have a job. And I was like, What is the point of life?

Like I was just so down, and that it was like hopelessness.

And I was like, there's got to be something like, what is what

am I here to do? And I was listening to all of this old

jazz, like, at a James and Billie Holiday, and an Amy

Winehouse and stuff like that. And it was like a lightbulb just

like went off in my brain. And it was like, Oh, this is what

I'm here to do. And so I started singing, and then I was like,

Well, I'm a good writer. So let me try and write some songs. But

I was like, I don't know if I can do it, you know, rhyming and

all that. But it clicked after a while.

And so yeah, that's kind of like where that where that came from.

It's it's really a lot like, you know, kind of like Amy

Winehouse, like jazz soul.

But I do experiment with different like, I had a reggae

song, and alternative rock song. So it's kind of it's kind of a

mixture of a lot of things but yeah, mainly like the vocals

like go along with jazz So

okay, yeah, so one thing that I'm I teach and then I preach is

repurchasing your mess into your foundation. So do you feel that

like, you know, that some of that stuff that you went through

in your earlier years, some of that trauma? How do you feel

like that has served you now?

Yeah, um, so I,

I see.

I see a lot of people just being really easily like reactive

instead of,

instead of like thinking for themselves, and I mean, no

shade, or anything like that. But, um, but for me, I had to,

like, defend myself so much. And, and protect myself so much.

Like my, like, my state of being and my thoughts and my, my

opinions, I had to protect them so much for myself.

That I feel like I'm a pretty independent thinker, and that

has allowed me to

you know, like, like, what's what's the benefit of being

An independent thinker, it's like you don't you kind of you

think for yourself and you,

you're not easily swayed by, like, different opinions. So

like, you know, like, I mean, I'm not political at all, but

you know, like that kind of like, oh, triggering words. And

it's like, it's this thing. And it's like, well, I'm kind of,

like, in the middle of like, being an intellectuals, like,

just look at things from your own perspective, really think

about them, you know, but it's also made me really confident,

like,

you know, I know who I am, and I know what I want, and all that

kind of stuff, you know, because I had to be so protective of it,

and, you know, defend myself, you know, from, from, like,

attacks on, on who I am, and, you know, my validity,

basically. So I'm pretty confident in that area, you

know, growing up, would you say, Did you, did you have

confidence? Or were you kind of schnorr shell off?

Um, I honestly, I think both my parents, they say, like,

they're, my dad is like, an intellectual. My mom is, like,

more on the reserve side. So they're like, how did we have

you? They were like, cuz they're like, You're like a social

butterfly, you know, how did this happen? So I've always been

pretty confident, I'm naturally like, in your DNA, or whatever,

I've been, like a vocal person, I've been wanting to express

myself and, you know, kind of sassy in a way, you know,

but like, be going through, like, all of that abuse, like

it, it made me very shelled off after us, you know, after like,

years. So I had to, like, break out of that shell, because I was

very, like, insecure because of that abuse, you know, for a

while, and I had to figure out how to get out of that. So do

you do you recall, like, what you're kind of like, aha moment,

like, what your awakening moment when you realize

that you were kind of living in that shell, and that, you know,

it was time to release, you know, that past and move

forward.

Um, there's honestly been multiple layers, like multiple

instances, like, like, you know, I was hanging around with people

who didn't really have a lot of ambition. And I think that

really drove me nuts. Because I was trying to have a friendship

and support people and have them be supportive of me. But at the

same time,

you know, I had to be who I was, and go after these bigger ideas,

these bigger dreams. And so I think, like, a part of it was

actually leaving the friend group that I, you know, I love

them to death. But part of it was that and me just going out

on my own and being like, I'm not okay with like living a

mediocre life anymore. You know, I need to go bigger, whatever

that means. I'll do whatever it takes, you know. So I love that.

Yeah, the biggest part of my journey was when I decided to

move away from my hometown. And basically, it was just kind of

like, you know, what, you guys, you're great for you, but you're

not great for me. Yeah, yeah, I was gonna move forward. And I

find that this is a piece that is really, really important to

finding success in your life and becoming your own person is

realizing that you can love people, you can care about

people, they can be your friend. But that doesn't mean that that

relationship is serving you and what you want. Sometimes we have

to let that go and dive into the unknown and really go after what

it is that we want. So moving moving forward back to five

years ago, I guess, when you were kind of in your depressive

state, and you're smoking weed.

What were you doing for work at this point, like, were you were

you living with what was what was kind of going on? Can you

shed some light on that? Um, yes. I was living with my friend

Dane. And like I said, I've known him for like, almost 10

years now. And this, this, like, really quickly after I met him,

um, we moved in together. And so it was like, it was like, once

that happens, just coincidentally, all of all of

the issues of my past kind of like locked up on me because I

was,

you know, maybe 19 or 18 or 19. And so it was like, all this

stuff was catching up to me and my and my, and I also, you know,

I had just gone through

an abortion and like so, and I've had to in my life and so he

kind of acted as like the best like friend and, and, like

pillar of support for me, he was actually a huge reason that I

was able to get better, like with all of these issues is

because he was there. And he would listen to me and I would

sometimes be talking like complete craziness. But he knew,

and I knew that it was like, I just needed to vent it out. And

he would never judge me and he would always be there to listen

to me. So he helped me like he would go to work. And it was

like, you know, it was like, we were married, almost, you know,

but he would he would go to work. And I would stay home and

like take care of our, like the dog. And because I couldn't like

he and I both knew, like I couldn't. I tried, like so many

times to like, get a regular job. And I just couldn't like

hold it down because of my instability, you know?

So yeah, like, I honestly, in that time, just tried to

develop, like the habits of like, becoming happy. And so

what I was doing at that time is like, finding happiness and

being okay, like just being okay, you know. So I would go

and I would walk the dogs. And that would be like one thing

that I had to do, you know, just to be sane, and to be happy, you

know? So? Yeah, yeah. And I mean, that's really a process,

especially when you have gone through trauma in your life. And

in your childhood, a lot of times, what people do is they

will just kind of box that shit up. And then we'll just walk it

away. And then what happens, which sounds like you know, kind

of manifested in your life is years down the road, it catches

up to you and it you have to deal with it. So

you know, you guys, don't be discouraged if you're going

through anything difficult right? Now, a lot of the times,

this is a process that we have to go through, in order to get

to that next level. It's not instantaneous, it does take

time, it takes healing, it takes self love and exactly what

Kaylee is seeing here, how she was just taking it one day at a

time, whether that be you know, one day just being able to get

out of bed to go and you know, tear her dog for a walk like

that is a win. And if that's where you are right now, I just

want you to know that I love you love you. There are people out

there supporting you make sure that you reach out to other

people because when you are in this place, you can feel

extremely, extremely alone in and when you are depressed, it

doesn't feel like there are people out there that care about

you. I have struggled with depression myself for a very,

very long time. And you know, we I'm sure Kaley would be someone

she would be happy to talk to you as well. So if you want to

reach out to her, you want to reach out to me, feel free to do

that. And I just want to thank you, Kaylee for being like so

open and honest and vulnerable with your story. I know that

that takes a lot of courage. And you are helping people right

now. Because there are people all over the place who are

ashamed of their stories who are scared to say what's going on.

And it takes women like you standing up and being like,

Listen, this is what I have gone through. This is what I have

walked through. And this is where I'm going and look at

where you are now. Like now you are out. You're chasing your

dreams. You're, you're living on your own, you are creating your

reality. And, girl, I'm just so proud of you. Oh, this is so

awesome.

Thank you. No, it's so true. It's so true. It's like there's

no reason to be ashamed of what we've gone through. These things

make us so much stronger. I look I always my kind of thing is

like the diamonds. Like diamonds, but

but also because I feel like I've been carved out by these

things and I'm actually so grateful for them. Like how you

ask them the beginning how these things like, helped me in my in

my life now. I feel like I've been carved out you know, and I

needed to go through that adversity and there's no other

way you know, and now you know you can sparkle and and and just

like live to your full potential, you know? Yeah, and

it's so true. I mean, we every single thing that has I am with

you Like every single thing that has happened to me as

You know, horrible as some of it might sound to some people, like

when I explain it. For me, I'm numb to it because I lived

through it. So to me, I'm just like, why are you.

But as horrible as it may sound, I am so grateful for every

single thing. Because if I hadn't been through that, I

wouldn't be where I am now. You know. And

as one of my mentors and my lead, he always is talking about

how everything happens for you, not to you. And when you adapt,

that's really when your wife can vote. Because I mean, I'm sure

you still struggle now. Right? There's still things that Yeah,

of course, yeah. So we're always gonna struggle, there's always

gonna be those things to come up. But you just have to take

that ownership and be able to look like, well, what is there

to learn? How can I How can I grow?

So one of the one of the lines that you wrote in,

in your email to me, was that you bring art into reality, and

you love making art out of life? Can you expand upon that a

little bit? Because I just, I just, I just love that.

Um, yeah, so I

you know, I love britney spears and everything, okay, pop star

like icon, right? But I was never, you know, the kind of, I

always hated the idea of pop music and pop celebrities, and

just these things that are so superficial, and it's like,

there's all of this, like, packaging around it. And I get

it on a on a business sense. But at the same time, in the longer

run of things, like, in terms of like, your legacy, and what you

want to leave to the world. Like, I don't, I don't want to

say, Yeah, I was like, a pop princess. And it was all kind

of, like, this manufactured thing, and whatever. I want to

bring, like actual life to, to people, you know, I want to, you

know, all my lyrics are just things that have happened to me,

they're just real, they're just real emotions, you know, and in

terms of like, music videos, or documentaries, or any type of

like, film content that people can see, I want them to get real

life from it, I want them to see, you know, somebody's going

through a hard time or, you know, just making a joke just

being real with with the camera. Like, I mean, I, I think that's

really like, that goes along with,

with, like, what we, what we, like our generation kind of does

now is is less manufactured, and it's less fake, and you can't

really get away with that kind of crap anymore. Because, you

know, people can see right through it, and you really want

to connect with people. So, I don't know. Um, yeah.

You know, so as far as legacy goes, What is this is gonna be a

loaded question, what is the legacy that you want to, to

leave? Like, if you picture yourself, you know, it 50 years

from now? Like, what, what do you what is that story that

you're going to be telling your grandkids and you're great.

Yeah. So, I mean, part of it is the is the kids thing. That's

part of my legacy. I want to be like a really good mother, you

know, um, so that's really important to me is having my

kids be like, wow, like, I have the coolest mom ever. And I just

really respect her and she just did such a great job. Like, I

feel so loved that part of my legacy, you know, it's a huge

part of it. Another part of it is is leaving

is leaving the arts, you know, is leaving, you know, films and

songs that people resonate with.

And they know like, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm a real person and I,

you know, I'm not really trying to put on like a front

and I really just want to make cool stuff, you know.

And yeah, so, yeah. So yeah, I love that and I believe that,

you know, with with my becoming the big me, you know, brand and

coaching is all about

stepping into alignment with yourself and you are allowed to

get massively rewarded on a monetary level, just for being

who you are.

And that's one of the reasons why I love this story. Because

with through your music like you, you are really leaving a

piece of yourself like, this is your soul coming out into

existence into the world. And I just think that is so awesome.

Have you? Have you ever had fear of like sharing that was a part

of your life? Maybe like, like, your band where you weren't

quite as you know, authentic or anything? Yeah, no, I mean, I

still I still have fear about, you know, performing and, and

letting people see like the real me, which is silly, because I

mean, that's it. That's it is what it is like, I am me. I'm

never gonna.

Yeah, exactly. And so but I think we all have fears about

being, like, completely exposed for who we truly are. I don't,

there's nothing to be ashamed of, though, you know, what I

mean? Like, we need to be who we truly are, and, and share that

with the world. Because if we don't share, you know, our

journeys and share ourselves with others, then it's not a

very fulfilling life, you know, and it's doing like yourself a

disservice, as well as other people who aren't able to, like,

get the value from, from your story and everything. So you

have to share yourself, you know, it is scary, though.

That's the whole. That's, it is what it is, like, you have to

get out of your comfort zone, you know, because everything. If

you're going to do something that you haven't done before,

you're probably not going to be comfortable with it. But on the

other side of that is like, immense happiness, because

you're going to do it and you're gonna be like, Oh, my God, I

can't believe I waited so long. This is amazing. You know, so,

yeah. hard until you have done it once you've done it. And it's

like,

Yeah, exactly, exactly. And also, like, I think the like, I

honestly, I think of it as like, a portal or like, it's like your

own energy and your own desires, and who you truly are on your,

your true gifts. Like, those are a source, they're, they're like,

the most potent energy you could draw from. So I always, you

know, I grew up like, Oh, my mom and dad just work nine to five,

and like, they're kind of complaining a lot. And like,

they didn't really seem like that inspired. You know, so

like, that doesn't seem like, you know, and I think a lot of

like, our generation kind of went through that they're like,

this kind of seems like, Bs, like, what are they doing? And

so tap on the other side of that tapping into, like, your true

potential, and you're, like, what you really want to do and

that that is way more potent energy. And that's gonna, like,

you know, proliferate the things in your life. And, you know, so

you have to, you have to use that source, you know, for all

that.

So how I'm, I'm definitely on the crazy woowoo side of things

these days, I never used to be I was like, completely opposite.

But have you like, how has mindset, belief, spirituality,

any of those kinds of topics? How has that played into your

life and your growth?

Um, okay, so for in terms of mindset, I think mindset is

honestly, everything.

And of course, like, we've heard that a million times, but like,

the things that people say that are cliche, or because people

keep saying them, because it resonates, you know,

but mindset is truly everything.

Back, you know, years ago, when I had gone through all these

things, and I was struggling so much just for, you know, to get

through a day and for basic things, like I was just so

struggling.

But I was, I was like, in a victim mindset. I was like, why

is this happening to me, like, I feel so bad for myself. I can't

do anything to help myself. And it was just a rotating mindset,

you know, and that's just through your thoughts throughout

the day. And as soon as I say, Okay, I started listening to

this really weird thing on YouTube. How I found it. I think

it was like related to like law of attraction and stuff. This

guy's name, I think it was called Bashar. So it was like

Porsche or something. It was this really weird guy who kind

of talked about like anything like being real, like, it was

really out there and weird but so I was listening to that and

listening to a lot of jazz and stuff.

But that kind of broke me out of like this kind of dead end

mindset was like, oh, okay, wait, anything actually is

possible. I've always believed that, okay, how do I like

integrate that, more of that, you know, and just law of

attraction is just you like you, you become what you think. And

so I listened to a lot of I listened to a lot of like

Abraham Hicks like law of attraction stuff just to get me

through and to, you know, like, reprogram my mind because I was

like, No, this isn't working, whatever program I'm running is

not working very well. So I'm going to try and download all

these new mindsets. And that honestly was like, the number

one thing that like broke me out of will. It just broke me out of

my mindset and into a new one. And then it was better, you

know, began up leveling process. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. How do you

tie in, like self care, and, like gratitude, or any of that

kind of stuff, you tie that into your routine to keep high

vibrational state? Yeah, you You definitely you have to, um,

like, in terms of like, self care, I'm always

I used to not be good with this. But I, I just think of myself as

if I was my own friend. And so, you know, you're going to be

like, so nice to your friend, and so caring, and you're going

to be like, well just take a break or take a bath. Like,

don't overthink it, you'll be fine. But with ourselves, we're

like that, you know, it's like,

okay, so just pretend like you're your best friend. And,

you know, say what they would say to you, you know, so So, you

know, take a nice long bath, you know, make, I always like, I

can't go out of the house without like getting fully

ready. Even if it's like just a little bit of makeup, at least I

look polished. Because that does so much for your self

confidence, you know what I mean? It's just, like night day

difference, I feel so much more confident when I'm like, put

together. And you know, just like, just a little bit of care

goes a long way. You know, I always you know, keep my

surroundings like, clean, like, I care for everything and you

know,

you know, lighting candles and stuff like that just just good

for you, you know, comforting yourself. Um, yeah,

I think it can be kind of hard sometimes when you're on this,

you know, entrepreneurial journey, especially as women I

feel we kind of can let like,

we put ourselves last a lot of the times, you know, like we're

trying to show up and serve people. And we're in a business,

when you're trying to build a business, there's always all

this tasks that you need to do. And a lot of times, we can let

that go, we can let that self care piece kind of slide, slide

away. And what I realized for myself personally, and my

clients and everyone that I've really worked with, is that when

you are entrepreneur, self care is more important than anything

else ain't more important than any of the you know, business

tangible strategies, the going, going going because

you are your business

or your business. And when you're out there having to share

yourself in that way. You need to make sure that you're taking

care of yourself first, because it was kind of hard for you to

get to the place where you realize that was kind of like a

slow journey. Was it kind of like a smack in the head?

Yeah, I mean, I think it was probably a little bit of a slow

journey.

Like at first I would I would honestly be so excited to start

working on songs and working on this and not that I would wake

up and then I wouldn't like I wouldn't I wouldn't take a

shower yet. I would just like go like straight on my computer or

straight on this and that and then like before you know it

it's like all this time has passed and my hair is still

crazy. And I'm like wait a second.

This is not the Okay, so So yeah, I think making just like

the routine of everything you know, I make sure that I

Go to, you know, do like exercise, at least, you know, a

couple of times a week. And just having those set routines at the

same time is golden, you know, like, um, yeah, and just, I just

think routine is because it's like, then you don't have to

think about it, you know? But if every day is different than it's

like, you're going to Oh, no, nevermind, nevermind this that.

So you know, so prioritize putting a routine around your

self care and around around taking care of yourself first,

have that be the foundation, you know, and then, and then put,

you know, schedule the time for your business. Yeah, I love that

so much, because so often, we put like, all of the big tasks

in our calendar first. And then we're like, oh, we'll just do

the other stuff. Like, as you know, when I can fit it in, and

then never fit it in. So I love that you're saying like,

schedule yourself care that

I love, I do that I schedule. Care, like, I have a period of

time in the morning and a period of time in the evening. And it's

like, no, this is for me.

And God is sacred, like that is the most important part of my

day. It's true. It's true. It's so important. So important.

And so one of the other things that one does the way that you

described it, I really liked so that your thoughts holding you

in a mental cage? Can you expand on that phrase a little bit

more? Yeah. Um, so like, like I said, You know, I grew up in a

very abusive environment. And the, the, when people hear that

they think, like, oh, like, you were beaten, and like, you know,

that sucks. But like, you know, you're not, you're not in that

anymore. So whatever, right, but the brunt of it was actually

emotional abuse, and somebody, you know, my father, just

putting these seeds of doubt in my mind, you know, he had his

own issues, and that got projected onto me, you know, so,

after a while, I was like, doubting my own my own

confidence. And I was doubting, Is this real? Wait, did that

actually happen? You know, it was like, and then I, it was,

like, I honestly discovered that I had this like, self hatred for

myself. And there was, and it's like, that doesn't make sense.

Why would I hate myself, but it was because it was, like,

planted inside me, you know, because of the environment. And

I subconsciously developed these beliefs that were not serving me

at all. And so, you know, it reached a point where it was

like, completely like a cage. And I think that that's, that's

what like, mental illness is, it's like, you know, you don't

feel like you're in control anymore. Because these thoughts

have become so all encompassing, that it. It's like, how do you

move? Everything is in the way, you know? Um, yeah, I think

that's what makes people go nuts is,

you know, it's like, oh, it's like, you know, you just you

reach a point where you're like, this is just not working.

There's something, you know. So yeah, like, like I said, just

reprogramming. Like, I would write out in my journal, all of

these crazy thoughts that were going through my mind, and I

didn't realize that I had these it would be like, I effing hate

myself. But oh, I didn't know I actually thought that.

Like, think about it, okay, no, like, I don't, I don't hate

myself, you know, like, reason with yourself and be like, is

that true, please, that's total BS, I will, you know, cuz we

can't choose the environment that we grow up in, you know,

and if it doesn't serve you, if it's giving you beliefs that are

not serving you, then it's our responsibility to change those,

you know, so but just doing the whole like, word vomit thing,

and just writing out these crazy things. Like I would never want

someone to find that. You would literally think I was like an

insane person. We like but if that's what it was, you know,

those are the, the person were holding me back. So, you know,

and also you have to do is sometimes people, at least I

know for me when I was first like kind of realizing what

these toxic beliefs and programs that I had was, is I was like

afraid to admit, afraid to even like look at that side of

myself.

But that's exactly what you have to do, you have to steer it head

on, you have to write it down. So you can go, and you can read

it and be like, that's total bullshit. Like that is not true

at all. And then you can dissect the limiting belief. And that is

when you can actually start to make changes, you have to be

aware of it, like, nothing is gonna change. So

you, you know, did that word vomit is

mean that that's what you got to do, or even some people are not

good at like a writing thing. So even if you just like pull out

your cell phone, and just like, record your thoughts, like word

vomit, just like stream of consciousness, don't block

yourself because our ego and our consciousness is going to like,

try to jump in away and like, have us not say the things

because it doesn't want us to be like, embarrassed or to feel

shameful. But you have to just like do that stream

consciousness. So you can go back and you can be like, Oh,

is that helping me? Yeah, yeah, no, like, I was telling you, my

friend Dan, he was there to listen to me, we would have

conversations. And I would be like, Okay, I know, this sounds

crazy. But here's this crazy belief inside my head. And he

would just let me you know, and so having somebody who can, who

can just listen to you. It's like, he didn't have to say

anything. comfort me. He didn't have to be like, No, that's not

true. He just, he just had to listen.

And he did. And so having somebody like that around who

can just listen to you and not judge you and not try to fake

but just listen. And you're like, Oh, well, yeah, we both

know, that sounds crazy. But you know, hey, it is what it is. So

you got to get out there. Can I ask? How is your relationship

with your dad these days.

Um, so it's, it's, I feel like, it'll always be complicated.

Because there's, there's certain boundaries that you can cross

with someone who that's like, unforgiveable. You know, I don't

say it lightly, you know, that, oh, like, I have a grudge and

I'll never forgive someone. But it's like, there's certain

boundaries that you cross in a human where you're like,

I'm never going back. Because I'm never letting that happen to

myself again, you know, so you have to protect yourself. So for

years, I just kind of cut myself off and didn't really, you know,

engage in the relationship, it's been distant for like, years.

And then, you know, right before I moved down to LA, so in March,

I was actually, you know, I went back and I was living with him.

And it was, he had, he's actually improved a lot over

over a few years, he's a lot more aware of how other people

feel, because that was kind of the main root problem is like,

he didn't think about others having feelings, he just kind of

like exploded his own issues over everything.

And so I can tell that he's actually more conscious now.

Which is great. You know, I mean, he actually hit me up, I

think, yesterday or the day before. He was like, hey, um,

and we talked like, every, every now and then he'll send me

these, like, this YouTube video of like, this couple that like,

goes on a boat, and they have people fund it for them or

something, I don't know, some random thing. So but he actually

texted me the other day, it was like, you know, I have I know, I

haven't been

the best dad, you know, obviously, but I want to fix

that. And so it's like, you know, always have like, a

certain amount of distance just because, you know, but what

someone's capable of, you know, you're not going to put yourself

in that same situation. You know, I don't look for his

approval. I don't, you know, I don't expect like anything from

him really, you know, but it is nice that at least we can be

kind of cordial, and maybe, you know, he can come visit and you

know, we'll see what happens but you know, I don't I'm not really

too invested. If that makes sense. It was like I feel you on

so many levels.

But it's nice because once you kind of realize that others have

pin other people's opinions of you are none of your business.

You can kind of move forward in that way. Yeah, like you're not

gonna allow them back into your life in the way that you used

to. But it sounds like you know, if you're you guys are kind of

communicating like

You're able to move forward from, from things and, and, you

know, forgive on some, on some level Obviously not.

You know, don't put yourself back into the line of fire but

move right. I love that, you know, you're not looking for his

approval because that's something that I have personally

struggled with for a very long time is because of that

relationship because the the mental abuse, I'm constantly

seeking his approval. And the moment that I realized that that

didn't matter, like why am I looking for someone's approval

who like, doesn't even care?

That's when, like, free like, it's so freeing, and now I can

talk I can have conversations with him. I can visit him I can

do these things. I don't want to jump off of a cliff. Yeah, yeah,

exactly. Exactly. Because like, you know, as children, like,

we're depending, I mean, in my case, with like a parent, we're

depending on these people for so much. But then once you become

an adult, you're you depend on yourself, you know what I mean?

For the most part, like, for those kinds of things, so you

realize, like, okay, I don't need, I don't need my dad to

tell me like that. He's proud of me. Like, I'm proud of me. I

know that he has his own issues, you know, so you kind of become

more mature and just just at least appreciate things for what

you do have, you know, so? Yeah, you will, I mean, you, you said

it right there, you realize that it comes from within yourself.

That's all that matters, you know that you are proud of you.

And I'm like feeling all kinds of like emotion surfacing.

But I didn't know what to say I don't you know, I don't know you

that, well, I'm just getting to know you. But I'm proud of you.

I mean, listening to your story, what you've gone through where

you are now, where you're going, I'm so excited to see all of the

amazing things that are going to happen for you. And you're I

mean, this is just the beginning, you're just at the

beginning of your journey. And there's so much that I see

happening in your life over these next couple of years. You

guys, she has some really awesome, awesome, awesome stuff

in the works outside of her singing. So you're going to want

to make sure that you stay up to date with her if you are

interested in

let's say empowering apparel. That's all I'm gonna say about

that, then you're definitely going to want to be in Kaylee's

life and in her network. So, Kaylee, I really appreciate you

for coming on and sharing your story with us. If there's one

thing that you can leave the listeners with one final tip, if

they only get one thing out of this whole, you know, 45 minute

chat. What would that be?

Well, thank you again, for having me on my last words.

This sounds like so dramatic.

My, my path that I want to end on is be the person that you

want to be.

So like, we all know, if we think about it, like in the back

of our mind, you know, we want to be a certain type of person,

we want to be a good person, we want to be a successful person.

So be the person that you really want to be. Because we can get

caught up in you know, reacting and stuff like that. We're only

human, but and also be grateful.

Though, be the person that you want to be and be grateful for

all that you have going for you already.

Thank you. I love that that is great. So you guys, where can

people follow you? Where can they listen to your music, give

me all the information so people can stay up to date with you and

just keep watching you on your journey. Yeah, so I I love

Instagram. So I'm getting more into the stories and stuff like

that so steely Kenny on Instagram, I post some funny,

and also some cool intellectual things on Twitter. Um, and then

you can find Kayla Kenny, my music on YouTube some videos up

there. So those are the main places that I hang out. Awesome.

And you guys I'm gonna put all of her information, all the

links, all the good stuff in the description in the show notes.

So you will

easily be able to just follow her there and thank you so much

for tuning in to another episode of solopreneur Saturday

featuring Kaylee Kenny. amazing, beautiful goddess singer.

I'm so happy to have you know share your story and got to know

you better I can't wait to continue to connect with you

further because I feel like there's so much more than I want

to talk to you of how

that I can't fit on this.

Absolutely thank you guys for watching and thank you so much

for having me.

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